[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6147 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]
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In the Senate of the United States,
August 1, 2018.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
6147) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior, environment, 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:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Interior, Environment, Financial
Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development 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 115-276.
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 115-281.
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 115-259.
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.
(d) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act'' contained
in division D shall be treated as a reference to Senate Report 115-268.
The effect of such Report shall be limited to division D and shall
apply for purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by,
and the implementation of, division D.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the
Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
management of lands and resources
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement,
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition
of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law,
in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration
of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands
pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)),
$1,196,143,000, to remain available until expended, including all such
amounts as are collected from permit processing fees, as authorized but
made subject to future appropriation by section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit
processing fees may be used for any bureau-related expenses associated
with the processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill
and related use of authorizations: Provided, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available to
carry out the Colorado River Basin salinity control program.
In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program
operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee
program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts
collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for
fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at
not more than $1,196,143,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau
for the cost of administering communication site activities.
land acquisition
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 318(d)
of Public Law 94-579, including administrative expenses and acquisition
of lands or waters, or interests therein, $26,016,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until
expended.
oregon and california grant lands
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development
of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access
roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and
California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-
of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including
existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands;
$106,543,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 25
percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby
made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and
shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance
with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605).
range improvements
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to
section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3
and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) and the amount
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing
receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the
Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall
be available for administrative expenses.
service charges, deposits, and forfeitures
For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing
application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of
public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official
public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and
termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and
for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be
collected under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and under
section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C.
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to
that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or
settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect,
or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of
Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used
on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided further,
That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair
damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
miscellaneous trust funds
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing
laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed
under section 307 of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys,
appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under
section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available
until expended.
administrative provisions
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations funded
under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative
agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private
entities, including with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary
structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and
appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to
$100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for
information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted
for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $10,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90-620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the
Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in
connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the
Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality
standards: Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a
written commitment by a State government to provide an identified
amount of money in support of the project may be carried out by the
Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall not be
available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and
burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the sale of
wild horses and burros that results in their destruction for processing
into commercial products.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
resource management
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies,
general administration, and for the performance of other authorized
functions related to such resources, $1,292,067,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed
$17,818,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c),
and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed
and final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions
described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)).
construction
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings
and other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein;
$50,413,000, to remain available until expended.
land acquisition
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54,
United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with
statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, $45,189,000, to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition
projects may be used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning
or other management costs.
cooperative endangered species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $49,495,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $18,695,000 is to be derived from the
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; and of which
$30,800,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
national wildlife refuge fund
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16
U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000.
north american wetlands conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North
American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.),
$43,000,000, to remain available until expended.
neotropical migratory bird conservation
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $3,910,000, to remain
available until expended.
multinational species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape
Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine
Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $12,061,000,
to remain available until expended.
state and tribal wildlife grants
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of
programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including
species that are not hunted or fished, $65,571,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein,
$4,209,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided
further, That $6,362,000 is for a competitive grant program to
implement approved plans for States, territories, and other
jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall, after deducting $10,571,000 and administrative
expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner:
(1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and
(2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not
more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall apportion the remaining amount in the following manner:
(1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land area of
such State bears to the total land area of all such States; and (2)
two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the population of
such State bears to the total population of all such States: Provided
further, That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be
adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is
less than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under
this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such
amount: Provided further, That the Federal share of planning grants
shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the
Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent of
the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That the non-
Federal share of such projects may not be derived from Federal grant
programs: Provided further, That any amount apportioned in 2019 to any
State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of
September 30, 2020, shall be reapportioned, together with funds
appropriated in 2021, in the manner provided herein.
administrative provisions
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the
operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts,
grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public
and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused
by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at not
to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public
recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their
primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria,
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service
and to which the United States has title, and which are used pursuant
to law in connection with management, and investigation of fish and
wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the
Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which
the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either in
cash or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable
of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing
aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all
fees collected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be
deposited under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--
Resource Management'' and shall be available to the Secretary, without
further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of such
non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising regulations as
necessary, and shall remain available until expended.
National Park Service
operation of the national park system
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park
Service and for the general administration of the National Park
Service, $2,500,369,000, of which $10,032,000 for planning and
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration and
$141,961,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for
constructed assets and $149,075,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for
constructed assets shall remain available until September 30, 2020:
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act are
available for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95-348: Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 9(a) of the United States
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130
Stat. 691), $500,000 of the funds made available under this heading
shall be provided to the organization selected under section 9(b) of
that Act for expenditure by the United States Semiquincentennial
Commission in accordance with that Act.
national recreation and preservation
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural
programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs,
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, and
grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $64,138,000.
historic preservation fund
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic
Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States
Code), $91,910,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund
and to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of
the funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, $500,000 is for
competitive grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the
National Register of Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks
associated with communities currently under-represented, as determined
by the Secretary, $13,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the
sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement, $8,000,000 is for
grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and $5,000,000
is for competitive grants for the restoration of historic properties of
national, State and local significance listed on or eligible for
inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, to be made
without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of section
101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historical Preservation
Act: Provided further, That such competitive grants shall be made
without imposing the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of
title 54, United States Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined in
chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local
governments, including Certified Local Governments, and non-profit
organizations.
construction
For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical
facilities, and compliance and planning for programs and areas
administered by the National Park Service, $364,704,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2019
with a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5-Year Line
Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which
includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause availability of
funds found at 48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further, That National Park
Service Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees
may be made available for the cost of adjustments and changes within
the original scope of effort for projects funded by the National Park
Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Committees on
Appropriations, in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds,
prior to making any charges authorized by this section.
land acquisition and state assistance
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54,
United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for
acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with
the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service,
$174,444,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund
and to remain available until expended, of which $124,006,000 is for
the State assistance program and of which $15,000,000 shall be for the
American Battlefield Protection Program grants as authorized by chapter
3081 of title 54, United States Code.
centennial challenge
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section
101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost
share agreements, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
Centennial Challenge projects and programs: Provided, That not less
than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall be
derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets,
or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of credit.
administrative provisions
(including transfer of funds)
In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of
title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a sub-account
shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further
appropriation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold
surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the
extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts
over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds
used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the
benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the
originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single
contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to
extinguish or reduce liability.
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432), the National Park
Service may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are authorized
to be disbursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain
available until expended.
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, for
purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a
reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs.
United States Geological Survey
surveys, investigations, and research
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to
perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography,
geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the
United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as
authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power
permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees;
administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct
inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1))
and related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and
disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; $1,148,457,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2020; of which $100,000 shall
be made available to the United States Geological Survey Mineral
Resources Program for the development of a map depicting pyrrhotite
occurrences throughout the United States; of which $84,337,000 shall
remain available until expended for satellite operations; and of which
$15,164,000 shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance
and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost:
Provided, That none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research
activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property,
unless specifically authorized in writing by the property owner:
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to
pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water
resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation
with States and municipalities: Provided further, That of the amounts
made available under this heading, not less than $200,000 shall be used
for activities to better understand mechanisms that result in toxins
being present in harmful algal blooms.
administrative provisions
From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United
States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available
for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is
administratively determined that such procedures are in the public
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and
appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations,
observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of the United States
National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation
and expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to
represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of
interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by
appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the use of
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in section 6302
of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United
States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative
agreements directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or
nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the
temporary or intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who
shall be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of
title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation for travel and
work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code,
relating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal
employees for any other purposes.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
ocean energy management
For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases,
easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other
minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental
Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law;
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other
laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial
delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements,
$179,266,000, of which $129,450,000 is to remain available until
September 30, 2020, and of which $49,816,000 is to remain available
until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be
reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from increases to
lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery
fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies,
assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as
such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than
$129,450,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be
available for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach
and marine cleanup activities.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
offshore safety and environmental enforcement
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related to
leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and
gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer
Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing
laws and regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or
cooperative agreements, $145,475,000, of which $121,351,000 is to
remain available until September 30, 2020, and of which $24,124,000 is
to remain available until expended: Provided, That this total
appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary
and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting
from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and
from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and
miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are
received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year
2019 appropriation estimated at not more than $121,351,000.
For an additional amount, $41,765,000, to remain available until
expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and
credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from non-
refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2019, as provided
in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized from
such inspection fees exceed $41,765,000, the amounts realized in excess
of $41,765,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and remain
available until expended: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019,
not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau
of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund personnel
and mission-related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly
development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer
Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the review of applications for permits
to drill.
oil spill research
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title
IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $12,700,000, which shall be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
regulation and technology
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87,
$114,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided,
That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State
and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement sponsored training.
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits
issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95-87 (30
U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting
collections, to remain available until expended: Provided further,
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced
as collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in
a fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than
$114,900,000.
abandoned mine reclamation fund
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, $22,952,000, to
be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public Law
97-365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20
percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United
States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts:
Provided further, That funds made available under title IV of Public
Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of
projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of
environmental restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid
mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such
projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That
amounts provided under this heading may be used for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.
In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
grants to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes for reclamation
of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in accordance with
the terms and conditions in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That such additional amount shall be used for economic and
community development in conjunction with the priorities in section
403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30
U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional amount,
$75,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian
States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet the
priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section,
$30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian
States with the subsequent greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet
such priorities, and $10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally
recognized Indian Tribes without regard to their status as certified or
uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and
other related activities in accordance with the terms and conditions in
the report accompanying this Act and shall be used for economic and
community development in conjunction with the priorities in section
403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977:
Provided further, That such additional amount shall be allocated to
States and Indian Tribes within 60 days after the date of enactment of
this Act.
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education
operation of indian programs
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as
authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25
U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25
U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,403,890,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not
to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representation
expenses; of which not to exceed $76,000,000 shall be for welfare
assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal
disasters, the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided
herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities affected
by the disaster: Provided further, That federally recognized Indian
tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes
may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance
costs: Provided further, That not to exceed $680,673,000 for school
operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs
shall become available on July 1, 2019, and shall remain available
until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That not to exceed
$54,174,000 shall remain available until expended for housing
improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $81,036,000 within and only from such
amounts made available for school operations shall be available for
administrative cost grants associated with grants approved prior to
July 1, 2019: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a
federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30,
2020, may be transferred during fiscal year 2021 to an Indian forest
land assistance account established for the benefit of the holder of
the funds within the holder's trust fund account: Provided further,
That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on
September 30, 2021: Provided further, That in order to enhance the
safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase
uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for personnel.
contract support costs
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal
year 2019, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for
obligation through September 30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no amounts made available under this
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account.
construction
(including transfer of funds)
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation
of lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483; $359,419,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further,
That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be
used to cover the road program management costs of the Bureau:
Provided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams
program pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall
be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That
for fiscal year 2019, in implementing new construction, replacement
facilities construction, or facilities improvement and repair project
grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under
Public Law 100-297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the
Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for
Assistance Programs contained in part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal
Regulations, as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That
such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of title 43, Code of
Federal Regulations; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed:
Provided further, That in considering grant applications, the Secretary
shall consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assuring that
the construction projects conform to applicable building standards and
codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards as
required by section 1125(b) of title XI of Public Law 95-561 (25 U.S.C.
2005(b)), with respect to organizational and financial management
capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines a grant
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in
section 5206(f) of Public Law 100-297 (25 U.S.C. 2504(f)): Provided
further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee
concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision in
section 5208(e) of Public Law 107-110 (25 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided
further, That in order to ensure timely completion of construction
projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and all funds
related to the project, if, within 18 months of the date of enactment
of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in
any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of the
project and commenced construction: Provided further, That this
appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special Trustee
for American Indians appropriation for the appropriate share of
construction costs for space expansion needed in agency offices to meet
trust reform implementation: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the
Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the WIIN Act
(Public Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 1749).
indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to
indians
For payments and necessary administrative expenses for
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to
Public Laws 99-264, 100-580, 101-618, 111-11, 111-291, and 114-322, and
for implementation of other land and water rights settlements,
$55,457,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary shall make payments in such amounts as necessary to satisfy
the total authorized amount for the Navajo Nation Water Rights Trust
Fund.
indian guaranteed loan program account
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $9,279,000, of
which $1,252,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized by the
Indian Financing Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is
to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed $123,565,389.
administrative provisions
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of Indian
programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements,
compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and
other organizations.
Notwithstanding Public Law 87-279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the Bureau of
Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the management,
operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos
Irrigation Project.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and Executive
Direction and Administrative Services (except executive direction and
administrative services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations,
regional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian
Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-413).
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by
this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this action shall not
diminish the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe,
or the government-to-government relationship between the United States
and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to access future
appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to
the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided herein
for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be
available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary
school in the State of Alaska.
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall be used
to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade
structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each
school in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of October 1,
1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this
prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the
Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support accomplishment of
the mission of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one grade
to expand the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with
a K-2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made available
in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be
available, in accordance with the Bureau's funding formula, only to the
schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any
school or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds
made available under this Act may not be used to establish a charter
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section
1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that
a charter school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of
this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before
September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only
if the charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to
reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property
(including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept
separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume
any obligation for charter school programs of the State in which the
school is located if the charter school loses such funding. Employees
of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and
performing functions related to the charter school's operation and
employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal employees
for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 113
of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106-113, if in fiscal year 2003
or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative costs pursuant
to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101-301,
the Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative
cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution formula.
Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish
satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of
September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this prohibition
in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and cultural immersion
educational programs for non-public schools located within the
jurisdictional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve
tribal members, do not include grades beyond those currently served at
the existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational environment
with educator presence and academic facilities comparable to the
Bureau-funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or
State health and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities
Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a
satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as
for transportation or other impacts to students such as those caused by
busing students extended distances: Provided, That no funds available
under this Act may be used to fund operations, maintenance,
rehabilitation, construction or other facilities-related costs for such
assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided further, That the
term ``satellite school'' means a school location physically separated
from the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms
part of the existing school in all other respects.
Departmental Offices
Office of the Secretary
departmental operations
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the
Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by
law, $131,673,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020; of
which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and
representation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be
available for workers compensation payments and unemployment
compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United
States Bureau of Mines; and of which $9,000,000 for the Office of
Valuation Services is to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund and shall remain available until expended; and of
which $9,704,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation
activities shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities may, as
needed, be transferred to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Bureau of Indian Education ``Operation of Indian Programs'' account
and the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians ``Federal
Trust Programs'' account: Provided further, That funds made available
through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or
grantee: Provided further, That within available amounts provided under
this heading, the Secretary of the Interior shall designate the rest
area bound by Alexandria Avenue, West Boulevard Drive, and the George
Washington Memorial Parkway on the Mount Vernon Trail within the George
Washington Memorial Parkway as the ``Peter B. Webster III Memorial
Area'' and any reference in a law, map regulation, document, paper, or
other record of the United States to the rest area shall be deemed to
be a reference to the ``Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area''; Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall accept and expend
private contributions for the design, procurement, preparation, and
installation of a plaque honoring Peter B. Webster III on the condition
that the Director of the National Park Service shall approve the design
and placement of the plaque: Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, $400,000 shall be made available to the
commission established by section 3(a) of the Alyce Spotted Bear and
Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Public Law 114-244;
130 Stat. 981).
administrative provisions
For fiscal year 2019, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained for
administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program:
Provided, That the amounts provided under this Act specifically for the
Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts available for
payments authorized under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code:
Provided further, That in the event the sums appropriated for any
fiscal year for payments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to
make the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local
government, then the payment to each local government shall be made
proportionally: Provided further, That the Secretary may make
adjustments to payment to individual units of local government to
correct for prior overpayments or underpayments: Provided further,
That no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the
payment is less than $100.
Insular Affairs
assistance to territories
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions
identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108-188, $100,688,000, of
which: (1) $91,240,000 shall remain available until expended for
territorial assistance, including general technical assistance,
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative
activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to the
judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as
authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of
American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction
and support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of the
Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam,
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the Northern
Mariana Islands , as authorized by law (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat.
272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020,
for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided,
That all financial transactions of the territorial and local
governments herein provided for, including such transactions of all
agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such governments,
may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its
discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement of
the Special Representatives on Future United States Financial
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104-
134: Provided further, That the funds for the program of operations
and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize
routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital
infrastructure with territorial participation and cost sharing to be
determined by the Secretary based on the grantee's commitment to timely
maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That any
appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds
for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to
section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).
compact of free association
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,563,000, to remain available
until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 of the
Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; and section
221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of
Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99-658 and Public Law 108-188.
Administrative Provisions
(including transfer of funds)
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may transfer
discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under section 104(e) of
Public Law 108-188 and Public Law 104-134, that are allocated for Guam,
to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or
guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the
subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, for the
purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
for construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds shall
remain available until expended: 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 such
loans or loan guarantees may be made without regard to the population
of the area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the
types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of
Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available to
make or guarantee loans under such authorities.
Office of the Solicitor
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $65,674,000.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$52,486,000.
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians
federal trust programs
(including transfer of funds)
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants,
$112,380,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to
exceed $19,016,000 from this or any other Act, may be available for
historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust management
improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to
or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian
Education, ``Operation of Indian Programs'' account; the Office of the
Solicitor, ``Salaries and Expenses'' account; and the Office of the
Secretary, ``Departmental Operations'' account: Provided further, That
funds made available through contracts or grants obligated during
fiscal year 2019, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by
the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide
a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account that
has not had activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or
less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual
account statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall
permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the
express written request of the account holder: Provided further, That
not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or
deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September
30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered
shall be credited to and remain available in this account for this
purpose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required to
reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than $500
unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives proof of ownership
from a Special Deposit Accounts claimant: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-412) or any other
provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts of
individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a continuous period of at
least five years and shall not be required to generate periodic
statements of performance for the individual accounts: Provided
further, That with respect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall
continue to maintain sufficient records to determine the balance of the
individual accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and
such funds shall remain available to the individual account holders.
Department-wide Programs
wildland fire management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels
management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department of
the Interior, $1,116,076,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renovation or
construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also
available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts
from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes:
Provided further, That of the funds provided $188,000,000 is for fuels
management activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided
$20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That
persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence
and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation:
Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received
by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire
protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of
United States property, may be credited to the appropriation from which
funds were expended to provide that protection, and are available
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the
amounts designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the
Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative
agreements, for fuels management activities, and for training and
monitoring associated with such fuels management activities on Federal
land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit
resources on Federal land: Provided further, That the costs of
implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government
and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the
affected parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements
of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of
fuels management activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition
among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth
Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109-154), or
related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3)
small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more,
of the project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further,
That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written
guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent
application of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in
connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations
to enter into leases of real property with local governments, at or
below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire
facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited to fire
guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and fire
support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or
for construction activity associated with the lease: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may
authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite
wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, That
funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support
of Federal emergency response actions: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for assistance to or
through the Department of State in connection with forest and rangeland
research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries,
and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be available
to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related natural
resource activities outside the United States and its territories and
possessions, including technical assistance, education and training,
and cooperation with United States and international organizations.
central hazardous materials fund
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of
its component offices and bureaus for the response action, including
associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended.
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration
natural resource damage assessment fund
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department of the
Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 54
U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to remain available until expended.
working capital fund
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial and
business management system, information technology improvements of
general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consolidation
of facilities and operations throughout the Department, $56,735,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated in this Act or any other Act may be used to establish
reserves in the Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued
annual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable
charges to State, local and tribal government employees for training
services provided by the National Indian Program Training Center, other
than training related to Public Law 93-638: Provided further, That the
Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities,
equipment or professional services of the National Indian Program
Training Center to State, local and tribal government employees or
persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or
recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40,
United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space,
facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National
Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That all funds
received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited to
this account, shall be available until expended, and shall be used by
the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National Indian Program
Training Center: Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into
grants and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Natural
Resource Revenue's collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and
other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law.
administrative provision
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources
within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may be obtained by
donation, purchase or through available excess surplus property:
Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price
for the replacement aircraft.
office of natural resources revenue
For necessary expenses for management of the collection and
disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds,
and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law,
$137,505,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020; of which
$41,727,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be available for refunds of
overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the
Secretary concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to
Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous
payments.
General Provisions, Department of the Interior
(including transfers of funds)
emergency transfer authority--intra-bureau
Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the
approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction,
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other
facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made
available under this authority until funds specifically made available
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been
exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this
section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must
be requested as promptly as possible.
emergency transfer authority--department-wide
Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer
of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts
included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the
suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction;
for emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes,
floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency
planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and natural
resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for the
prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper
and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law
106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under
section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year
funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of
regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That
appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations shall be
available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding
fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for
destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection
with their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimbursement to
be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of
receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire operations,
no funds shall be made available under this authority until the
Secretary determines that funds appropriated for ``wildland fire
suppression'' shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further,
That all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a
supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as
possible: Provided further, That such replenishment funds shall be
used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency
funds were transferred.
authorized use of funds
Sec. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in
this title shall be available for services as authorized by section
3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized by the Secretary,
in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of
motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles;
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by
the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations
which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower
than to subscribers who are not members.
authorized use of funds, indian trust management
Sec. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and Office of
the Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated balances
from prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and
reform activities. Total funding for historical accounting activities
shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such
purpose.
redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs
Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal
Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate
tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified,
unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in
Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year
2019. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas
or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation
does not apply.
ellis, governors, and liberty islands
Sec. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or
interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, dock,
or landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey,
for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support
of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors,
and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative
activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise
fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the
Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases,
concession contracts or other agreements for the use of such facilities
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable.
outer continental shelf inspection fees
Sec. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall collect a
nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the
``Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement'' account, from the
designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 43
U.S.C. 1348(c).
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above
the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start
of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2019 shall be:
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with
processing equipment or gathering lines;
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any
combination of active or inactive wells; and
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with
any combination of active or inactive wells.
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections
completed in fiscal year 2019. Fees for fiscal year 2019 shall be:
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water
depths of 500 feet or more; and
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water
depths of less than 500 feet.
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection
(b) within 60 days, with payment required within 30 days of billing.
The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c)
within 30 days of the end of the month in which the inspection
occurred, with payment required within 30 days of billing.
bureau of ocean energy management, regulation and enforcement
reorganization
Sec. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement a
reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and
Enforcement, may transfer funds among and between the successor offices
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the
reprogramming guidelines described in the report accompanying this Act.
contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative
agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate entities,
and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with the
provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the
long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses and
burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such
cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject
to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.
mass marking of salmonids
Sec. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in
carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered
species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of salmonid
stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated
or federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to fish
releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have
a visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and
recreational fishers.
contracts and agreements with indian affairs
Sec. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during
fiscal year 2019, in carrying out work involving cooperation with
State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision
thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts
receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at the
end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources
available at the end of the fiscal year.
humane transfer of excess animals
Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild horses or burros
that have been removed from the public lands to other Federal, State,
and local government agencies for use as work animals: Provided, That
the Secretary may make any such transfer immediately upon request of
such Federal, State, or local government agency: Provided further,
That any excess animal transferred under this provision shall lose its
status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro as defined in the Wild
Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act: Provided further, That any
Federal, State, or local government agency receiving excess wild horses
or burros as authorized in this section shall not: destroy the horses
or burros in a way that results in their destruction into commercial
products; sell or otherwise transfer the horses or burros in a way that
results in their destruction for processing into commercial products;
or euthanize the horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a
licensed veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or advanced
age.
department of the interior experienced services program
Sec. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating
to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter into cooperative
agreements with, private nonprofit organizations designated by the
Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to
utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other
provisions of law administered by the Secretary and consistent with
such provisions of law.
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not--
(1) result in the displacement of individuals currently
employed by the Department, including partial displacement
through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment
benefits;
(2) result in the use of an individual under the Department
of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or
function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff
status from the same or substantially equivalent job within the
Department; or
(3) affect existing contracts for services.
payments in lieu of taxes (pilt)
Sec. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``fiscal year 2018'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2019''.
sage-grouse
Sec. 115. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write or issue
pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1533)--
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus
urophasianus);
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct
population segment of greater sage-grouse.
technical correction
Sec. 116. Division II of Public Law 104-333 (54 U.S.C. 320101
note), as amended by section 116(b)(2) of Public Law 114-113, is
amended in each of sections 208, 310, and 607, by striking ``2017'' and
inserting ``2019''.
damage to department of the interior facilities by volcanic eruption
Sec. 117. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a
report on each facility and related infrastructure of the Department of
the Interior damaged by a volcanic eruption covered by a major disaster
declared by the President in calendar year 2018 in accordance with
section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) (referred to in this section as a
``covered facility'').
(b) The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) an inventory of all covered facilities;
(2) a description of--
(A) any closures of covered facilities; and
(B) the estimated impact on visitorship to covered
facilities open to the public as a result of a volcanic
eruption; and
(3) a plan--
(A) to restore or replace covered facilities; and
(B) to restore visitorship levels to covered
facilities open to the public to historic visitorship
levels.
(c) In preparing the plan required under subsection (b)(3), the
Secretary of the Interior shall--
(1) engage the community in which the covered facility is
located, including the State and units of local government; and
(2) include the estimated costs of carrying out the
activities described in the plan.
Sec. 118. (a) There are appropriated under the heading ``Operation
of Indian Programs'' under the heading ``Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Bureau of Indian Education'', in addition to any other amounts made
available under such heading and in order to provide additional funding
for hiring staff for tribal detention facilities, including addressing
the needs of newly funded tribal detention facilities, $2,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2020.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total
amount appropriated under the heading ``Working Capital Fund'' for the
Department of the Interior is hereby reduced by $2,000,000.
TITLE II
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Science and Technology
(including rescission of funds)
For science and technology, including research and development
activities, which shall include research and development activities
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related
costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and
supplies; and other operating expenses in support of research and
development, $717,723,000, to remain available until September 30,
2020: Provided, That of the funds included under this heading,
$5,000,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities as specified in
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of
unobligated balances from appropriations made available under this
heading, $11,250,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided further, That
no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the preceding proviso from
amounts made available in the first proviso for Research: National
Priorities: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under
this heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall be used to investigate
health impacts from exposure to harmful algal blooms and cyanobacteria
toxins, and to develop innovative methods to monitor, characterize, and
predict blooms for early action.
Environmental Programs and Management
(including rescission of funds)
For environmental programs and management, including necessary
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs
and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library
memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to
members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are
not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program under the
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of
2002; implementation of a coal combustion residual permit program under
section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed
$9,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$2,659,675,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:
Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, $15,000,000
shall be for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as specified
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the
funds included under this heading, $454,958,000 shall be for Geographic
Programs specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided
further, That of the unobligated balances from appropriations made
available under this heading, $61,676,000 are permanently rescinded:
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the
preceding proviso from amounts made available in the first proviso for
Environmental Protection: National Priorities, from amounts made
available in the second proviso for Geographic Programs, or from the
National Estuary Program (33 U.S.C. 1330).
In addition, $5,000,000 to remain available until expended, for
necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) of the
Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That
fees collected pursuant to that section of that Act and deposited in
the ``TSCA Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary offsetting receipts in
fiscal year 2019 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and
expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated in this
paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced
by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts 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:
Provided further, That to the extent that amounts realized from such
receipts exceed $5,000,000, those amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall
be deposited in the ``TSCA Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary
offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2019, shall be retained and used for
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That of the funds included
in the first paragraph under this heading, the Chemical Risk Review and
Reduction program project shall be allocated for this fiscal year,
excluding the amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount
of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 2014.
Office of Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$41,489,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.
Buildings and Facilities
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the
Environmental Protection Agency, $34,467,000, to remain available until
expended.
Hazardous Substance Superfund
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including
sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611)
$1,091,947,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of such
sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2018, as
authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,091,947,000 as a
payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for
purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $8,718,000
shall be paid to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to
remain available until September 30, 2020, and $17,398,000 shall be
paid to the ``Science and Technology'' appropriation to remain
available until September 30, 2020.
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage
tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$66,572,000 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out the other
provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is
authorized to use appropriations made available under this heading to
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide
financial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the
development and implementation of programs to manage underground
storage tanks.
Inland Oil Spill Programs
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to
remain available until expended.
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance
partnership grants, $3,575,041,000, to remain available until expended,
of which--
(1) $1,394,000,000 shall be for making capitalization
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which
$864,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 2019,
to the extent there are sufficient eligible project
applications and projects are consistent with State Intended
Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds made available
under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving
Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State for
projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy
efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative
activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, funds
made available under this title to each State for Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the
discretion of each State, be used for projects to address green
infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or
other environmentally innovative activities: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State
water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a
State to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts
included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year
2019 and prior years where such amounts represent costs of
administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or
were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for
separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible
purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided
further, That for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made under
title II of such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the commonwealth
of the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, and
the District of Columbia may also be made for the purpose of
providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design
activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any
proposed project for the construction of treatment works; and
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately
owned treatment works serving one or more principal residences
or small commercial establishments: Provided further, That for
fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the provisions of such
subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and section
518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, funds
reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also be used to
provide assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design
activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any
proposed project for the construction of treatment works; and
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately
owned treatment works serving one or more principal residences
or small commercial establishments: Provided further, That for
fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued pursuant
thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by
the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of such Act
may also be used for grants for training, technical assistance,
and educational programs relating to the operation and
management of the treatment works specified in section 518(c)
of such Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019,
funds reserved under section 518(c) of such Act shall be
available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined in
section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian reservations in
Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and
Native Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203: Provided
further, That for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the
limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds
appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and
notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) of
the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the
funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for
State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the
Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and section
1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That for fiscal year
2019, notwithstanding the amounts specified in section 205(c)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent
of the aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State
Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved
under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the
Administrator for grants made under title II of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin
Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019,
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in section
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of
the funds appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved
by the Administrator for grants made under section 1452(j) of
the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That 10 percent
of the funds made available under this title to each State for
Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20
percent of the funds made available under this title to each
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization
grants shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy
to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal,
negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of
these), and shall be so used by the State only where such funds
are provided as initial financing for an eligible recipient or
to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of
eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on or
after the date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt was
incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act if the
State, with concurrence from the Administrator, determines that
such funds could be used to help address a threat to public
health from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water or if
a Federal or State emergency declaration has been issued due to
a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a
municipal drinking water supply before the date of enactment of
this Act: Provided further, That in a State in which such an
emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more
than 20 percent of the funds made available under this title to
the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible
recipients;
(2) $15,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering,
planning, design, construction and related activities in
connection with the construction of high priority water and
wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico
Border, after consultation with the appropriate border
commission: Provided, That no funds provided by this
appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other
critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United
States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made
available to a county or municipal government unless that
government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or
other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the
development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or
the development within an existing colonia the construction of
any new home, business, or other structure which lacks water,
wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure;
(3) $25,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs
of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State of
Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide priority
list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal,
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that
are funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate
not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in
regional hub communities;
(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency
agreements, and associated program support costs: Provided,
That not more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated to
carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used for site
characterization, assessment, and remediation of facilities
described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided
further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for
assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided further,
That for purposes of this section, the term ``persistent
poverty counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent or
more of its population living in poverty over the past 30
years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and
the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates;
(5) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII,
subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
(6) $50,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in
accordance with the terms and conditions in the report
accompanying this Act;
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water quality
program authorized in section 5004(d) of the Water
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-
322); and
(8) $1,093,041,000 shall be for grants, including
associated program support costs, to States, federally
recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and
air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media
pollution prevention, control and abatement and related
activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set
forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making
grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate
matter monitoring and data collection activities subject to
terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, of which:
$47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA;
$9,646,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange
Network grants, including associated program support costs;
$1,498,000 shall be for grants to States under section
2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in
addition to funds appropriated under the heading ``Leaking
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program'' to carry out the
provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section
9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h)
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act shall be for State participation in
national- and State-level statistical surveys of water
resources and enhancements to State monitoring programs;
$27,000,000 shall be for multipurpose grants, including
interagency agreements.
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans,
as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of
2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, including
capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including capitalized
interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$610,000,000.
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of
2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until
expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2020.
Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency
(including transfers and rescission of funds)
For fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in
carrying out the Agency's function to implement directly Federal
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of
an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to
federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if
authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator in
implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian tribes required
or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be
awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance
agreements.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 112-177, the Pesticide
Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012.
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may assess fees
under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2019.
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $300,000,000 of
the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under
the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' to the head of
any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to
carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement programs, projects,
or activities; to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of
such Federal department or agency to carry out these activities; and to
make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations,
institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring,
outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management,
Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for
the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $150,000 per
project.
For fiscal year 2019, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any
fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian
tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act.
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated
under the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' for fiscal
year 2019 to provide grants to implement the Southeastern New England
Watershed Restoration Program.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with section 3024
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2019.
Of the unobligated balances available for the ``State and Tribal
Assistance Grants'' account, $109,078,000 are hereby permanently
rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from amounts that
were made available by subsection (a) of section 196 of the Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division C of Public Law 114-223), as amended
by the Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act,
2017 (Public Law 114-254).
Using funds appropriated under this title, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall implement the recommendations
described in the report of the Office of Inspector General of the
Environmental Protection Agency entitled ``Management Weakness Delayed
Response to Flint Water Crisis'', numbered 18-P-0221, and dated July
19, 2018, to ensure clean and safe water compliance under the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). If the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency does not implement 1 or more
recommendations required by the preceding sentence, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Environment and
Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report explaining
why the Administrator did not implement the recommendation and
identifying specific actions the Administrator is implementing to
address the concerns raised in the report.
TITLE III
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
office of the under secretary for natural resources and environment
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, $875,000: Provided, That funds made
available by this Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and
Environment mission area for salaries and expenses are available to
fund up to one administrative support staff for the office.
Forest Service
forest and rangeland research
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as
authorized by law, $300,000,000, to remain available through September
30, 2022, of which not less than $500,000 shall be made available for
wood utilization research to develop woody and agricultural biomass
conversion of low-value woody biomass using microwave-assisted
liquefaction: Provided, That of the funds provided, $77,000,000 is for
the forest inventory and analysis program: Provided further, That all
authorities for the use of funds, including the use of contracts,
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest and
Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the utilization
of these funds for Fire Science Research.
state and private forestry
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical
and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and
others, and for forest health management, and conducting an
international program as authorized, $333,990,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2022, as authorized by law; of which $65,490,000
is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to be used
for the Forest Legacy Program, to remain available until expended.
national forest system
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization
of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels management on or
adjacent to such lands, $1,937,653,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000
shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Fund for ecological restoration treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
7303(f): Provided further, That of the funds provided, $368,000,000
shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the funds
provided, $435,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management
activities, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to make
grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service under the
``State and Private Forestry'' appropriation, for the purpose of
creating incentives for increased use of biomass from National Forest
System lands: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be used by the
Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts or
cooperative agreements or to issue grants for hazardous fuels
management activities, and for training or monitoring associated with
such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal land, or on non-
Federal land if the Secretary determines such activities benefit
resources on Federal land: Provided further, That funds made available
to implement the Community Forestry Restoration Act, Public Law 106-
393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in
accordance with authorities made available to the Forest Service under
the ``State and Private Forestry'' appropriations: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act
(7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for
grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 50
percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing Association or direct
permittee for a conservation practice approved by the Secretary in
advance of the fiscal year in which the cost of the conservation
practice is incurred. And, that the amount credited shall remain
available to the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as
appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and each
fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for conservation
practices approved by the Secretary.
capital improvement and maintenance
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, $449,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
2022, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and
acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and
for construction, reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of the
transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads and trails by
the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101
and 205: Provided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2019
under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to
the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for
transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are
appropriated.
land acquisition
(including rescission of funds)
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 2003
of title 54, United States Code, including administrative expenses, and
for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance
with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, $74,099,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain
available until expended.
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for Land
Acquisition and derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
$16,028,000 is hereby permanently rescinded from projects with cost
savings or failed or partially failed projects that had funds returned:
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
acquisition of lands for national forests special acts
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National
Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland
National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita
National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $700,000, to be
derived from forest receipts.
acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to
Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 30, 2021, (16
U.S.C. 516-617a, 555a; Public Law 96-586; Public Law 76-589, 76-591;
and Public Law 78-310).
range betterment fund
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal
year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National
Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of
Public Law 94-579, to remain available through September 30, 2022, of
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative
expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation,
protection, and improvements.
gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2022, to be derived from the fund
established pursuant to the above Act.
management of national forest lands for subsistence uses
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal
lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.),
$2,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022.
wildland fire management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on
National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire suppression
on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection
agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National
Forest System lands and water, $3,229,620,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2022: Provided, That such funds including
unobligated balances under this heading, are available for repayment of
advances from other appropriations accounts previously transferred for
such purposes: Provided further, That any unobligated funds
appropriated in a previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management
may be transferred to the ``National Forest System'' account: Provided
further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and
other cooperating entities for services provided in response to
wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such
reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully
repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: Provided
further, That funds provided shall be available for support to Federal
emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of implementing
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected
parties: Provided further, That funds designated for wildfire
suppression, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis as such
assessments are calculated against other agency programs.
administrative provisions--forest service
(including transfers of funds)
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles;
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire
of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and
acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in
Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2)
services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration
of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4)
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National
Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost
of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for debt
collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be
transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest
firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands
or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe
burning conditions upon the Secretary's notification of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire suppression funds
appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' will be
obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to
this paragraph must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation
which must be requested as promptly as possible.
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest
Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the
Department of the Interior for wildland fire management, hazardous
fuels management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would
facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and projects.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest Service
may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated
to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the National Forest
System Account, or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of
hazardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of burned-over
National Forest System lands and water, such transferred funds shall
remain available through September 30, 2022: Provided, That none of
the funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be available for
obligation without written notification to and the prior approval of
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided
further, That this section does not apply to funds appropriated to the
FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund or funds derived from the Land
and Water Conservation Fund.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information,
and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support
forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United
States and its territories and possessions, including technical
assistance, education and training, and cooperation with U.S., private,
and international organizations. The Forest Service, acting for the
International Program, may sign direct funding agreements with foreign
governments and institutions as well as other domestic agencies
(including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the
Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S.
private sector firms, institutions and organizations to provide
technical assistance and training programs overseas on forestry and
rangeland management.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild
horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the
performance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such
lands.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act
or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to
transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public
Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107-171
(7 U.S.C. 8316(b)).
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming
procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act.
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest Service
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of
Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds available to the
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture
for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook
charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of
reimbursable agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to
obtain services from the Department of Agriculture's National
Information Technology Center and the Department of Agriculture's
International Technology Service.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation
Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands
Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.).
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and
representation expenses.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of
the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 may be
advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid
conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service
mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for
projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to
Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made
available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be available
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance,
private contributions to match funds made available by the Forest
Service on at least a one-for-one basis: Provided further, That the
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has
obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to $3,000,000
of the funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced to the
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share
conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall be matched on at
least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-recipients:
Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural
development purposes.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of
Public Law 99-663.
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet
the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of
performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance and
decommissioning.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations
or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 may be
used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department
of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of
OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase
negotiations and similar matters unrelated to civil litigation. Future
budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the Department of
Agriculture should clearly display the sums previously transferred and
the sums requested for transfer.
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and
administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal
employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, through the Office
of Budget and Program Analysis, the Forest Service shall report no
later than 30 business days following the close of each fiscal quarter
all current and prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget
line item and account, to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
indian health services
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68
Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act,
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service,
$4,072,385,000, together with payments received during the fiscal year
pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 238(b), 238b), for services furnished by the Indian Health
Service: Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal
organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any other
agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be
obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter
shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be
available for grants or contracts with public or private institutions
to provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, including
alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, That $964,819,000
for Purchased/Referred Care, including $53,000,000 for the Indian
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to
$36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for implementation of
the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended to supplement funds
available for operational costs at tribal clinics operated under an
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act compact or
contract where health care is delivered in space acquired through a
full service lease, which is not eligible for maintenance and
improvement and equipment funds from the Indian Health Service, and
$58,000,000 shall be for costs related to or resulting from
accreditation emergencies, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to
supplement amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care:
Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Federal Government
as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal
year for breach of contracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized
by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain
available until expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that
Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)), funds shall be available to make new awards
under the loan repayment and scholarship programs under sections 104
and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further,
That the amounts made available within this account for the Substance
Abuse and Suicide Prevention Program, for opioid Prevention, Treatment
and Recovery Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program,
for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for
civilian employees, for aftercare pilot programs at Youth Regional
Treatment Centers, to improve collections from public and private
insurance at Indian Health Service and tribally operated facilities,
and for accreditation emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion
of the Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may
be used for annual contracts and grants for which the performance
period falls within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is
recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided further,
That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the purpose
of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements
of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those
related to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities:
Provided further, That funding contained herein for scholarship
programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That amounts received by
tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and available
to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended:
Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from
the Indian Health Service, and from tribes and tribal organizations
operating health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93-638, such
individually identifiable health information relating to disabled
children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its
functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, That the accreditation
emergency funds may be used, as needed, to carry out activities
typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities account.
contract support costs
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service for fiscal
year 2019, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available
under this heading shall be available for transfer to another budget
account.
indian health facilities
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment
of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for
personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings;
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and
purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community
sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the
Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination
Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses
necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities
support activities of the Indian Health Service, $877,504,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design,
construction, renovation or expansion of health facilities for the
benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land on
which such facilities will be located: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase
TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to
the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be
used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with
grants by the housing programs of the United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That not to exceed
$2,700,000 from this account and the ``Indian Health Services'' account
may be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the
Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction with an
existing interagency agreement between the Indian Health Service and
the General Services Administration: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demolition Fund, to remain available
until expended, and be used by the Indian Health Service for the
demolition of Federal buildings.
administrative provisions--indian health service
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service
shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable
for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of
reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations
approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms or
allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for
expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or
activities of the Indian Health Service: Provided, That in accordance
with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-
Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally
administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges,
and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical
Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to the
account of the facility providing the service and shall be available
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be
administered under Public Law 86-121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities
Act and Public Law 93-638: Provided further, That funds appropriated
to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for
administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to
limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges
by the Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in the
budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming
process: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal
organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by
title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq. (title I), 5381 et seq.
(title V)), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination
contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title V of
such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal
organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this
Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in the Federal
Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human
Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care services of
the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted
a budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with the
proposed final rule, and such request has been included in an
appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided further, That with
respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes
or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to
provide goods and services to those entities on a reimbursable basis,
including payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and the
reimbursements received therefrom, along with the funds received from
those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be
credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account from which the
funds were originally derived, with such amounts to remain available
until expended: Provided further, That reimbursements for training,
technical assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service
will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and
overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or
technical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian Health Service
may provide to civilian medical personnel serving in hospitals operated
by the Indian Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those
that would be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the
United States Public Health Service serving in similar positions at
such hospitals: Provided further, That the appropriation structure for
the Indian Health Service may not be altered without advance
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
National Institutes of Health
national institute of environmental health sciences
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $78,349,000.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
toxic substances and environmental public health
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in
sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section
3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a
health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or
activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited healthcare
providers: Provided further, That in performing any such health
assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator
of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during
fiscal year 2019, and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
Executive Office of the President
council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and
representation expenses, $3,005,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger
vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901-5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
$11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career
Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to
the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of
the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of
EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and
shall not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $7,400,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any
other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible
individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-
partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in the
preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds
contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo
and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family
who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands
partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is
provided for such household: Provided further, That no relocatee will
be provided with more than one new or replacement home: Provided
further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible
relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to section 11 of Public
Law 93-531 (88 Stat. 1716).
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development
payment to the institute
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native
Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A of title XV of
Public Law 99-498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $9,960,000, which shall
become available on July 1, 2019, and shall remain available until
September 30, 2020.
Smithsonian Institution
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science,
and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the
National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances;
collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and
publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no
more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for
employees, $739,894,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020,
except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $6,917,000
for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition
reinstallation, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall
remain available until expended; and including such funds as may be
necessary to support American overseas research centers: Provided,
That funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to
independent contractors performing research services or participating
in official Smithsonian presentations.
facilities capital
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of
facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by
contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August
22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including necessary
personnel, $303,503,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109.
National Gallery of Art
salaries and expenses
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the
protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative
expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937
(50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the
treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art
associations or societies whose publications or services are available
to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general
public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services
for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance,
alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and
grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works
of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without
advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or
prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem
proper, $144,202,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of
which not to exceed $3,620,000 for the special exhibition program shall
remain available until expended.
repair, restoration and renovation of buildings
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of
buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National
Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating lease
agreements of no more than 10 years, with no extensions or renewals
beyond the 10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $23,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded
for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or
renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be
negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of
contractor qualifications as well as price.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
operations and maintenance
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $24,490,000.
capital repair and restoration
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the
existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, $16,800,000, to remain available until
expended.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of
passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$12,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
grants and administration
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $155,000,000 shall be available to
the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and
productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach
activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals
pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for
administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until
expended.
National Endowment for the Humanities
grants and administration
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $155,000,000 to remain available
until expended, of which $143,700,000 shall be available for support of
activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and
for administering the functions of the Act; and $11,300,000 shall be
available to carry out the matching grants program pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Act, including $9,100,000 for the purposes of section
7(h): Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2)
shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal
to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other
property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National
Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal
years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.
Administrative Provisions
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract
documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That funds from
nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of
the National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up to
$10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed
5 percent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year:
Provided further, That such small grant actions are taken pursuant to
the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from the
National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson.
Commission of Fine Arts
salaries and expenses
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 91 of
title 40, United States Code, $2,771,000: Provided, That the
Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its
publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an
offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without
further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork,
drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the
Nation's Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of
Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study, or education:
Provided further, That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided
under this heading may be used for official reception and
representation expenses.
national capital arts and cultural affairs
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (20
U.S.C. 956a), $2,750,000.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (Public Law 89-665), $6,440,000.
National Capital Planning Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission
under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of
1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for
official reception and representational expenses associated with
hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical
development of world capitals.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
holocaust memorial museum
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by
Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), $59,500,000, of which
$1,715,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, for the
Museum's equipment replacement program; and of which $4,000,000 for the
Museum's repair and rehabilitation program and $1,500,000 for the
Museum's outreach initiatives program shall remain available until
expended.
Dwight d. Eisenhower Memorial Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended.
women's suffrage centennial commission
For necessary expenses for the Women's Suffrage Centennial
Commission, as authorized by the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission
Act (section 431(a)(3) of division G of Public Law 115-31), $1,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
world war i centennial commission
salaries and expenses
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centennial Commission
Act, as authorized by the World War I Centennial Commission Act (Public
Law 112-272) and the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291),
for necessary expenses of the World War I Centennial Commission,
$7,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in
addition to the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the
World War I Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel services,
contractual support, or any appropriate support from any executive
branch agency for activities of the Commission.
TITLE IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers of funds)
restriction on use of funds
Sec. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of
literature that in any way tends to promote public support or
opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is
not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
obligation of appropriations
Sec. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
disclosure of administrative expenses
Sec. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges,
deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including working capital fund and
cost pool charges, from programs, projects, activities and
subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or
bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central
operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and
subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be
presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval.
mining applications
Sec. 404. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining
or mill site claim located under the general mining laws.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of
the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned (1) a patent
application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30,
1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims,
sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C.
35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were
fully complied with by the applicant by that date.
(c) Report.--On September 30, 2020, the Secretary of the Interior
shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by
the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1997 (Public Law 104-208).
(d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent applications
in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent
applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to
fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Director
of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as
set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have
the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in
accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
contract support costs, prior year limitation
Sec. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235)
shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2019.
contract support costs, fiscal year 2019 limitation
Sec. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2019 under
the headings ``Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health
Service, Contract Support Costs'' and ``Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract
Support Costs'' are the only amounts available for contract support
costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts,
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2019
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service:
Provided, That such amounts provided by this Act are not available for
payment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, or for
repayments of payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract
support costs for prior years.
forest management plans
Sec. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to
be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A))
solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this section
exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or
any other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to
revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section
shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper
jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.
prohibition within national monuments
Sec. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct
preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National
Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431
et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where
such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation
establishing such monument.
limitation on takings
Sec. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated
in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be
expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in
condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to funds
appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and
Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance
to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration
purposes.
timber sale requirements
Sec. 410. No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be advertised
if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is
not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a
normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal
process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western
red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the
domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic
processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic
prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or
contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to
foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska
yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of
the timber sale holder.
prohibition on no-bid contracts
Sec. 411. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter
into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in
accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United
States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless--
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be
entered into without regard for these requirements, including
formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian
tribes; or
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638,
25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that
specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as
defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of
enactment of this Act.
posting of reports
Sec. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the
Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national
security; or
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
national endowment for the arts grant guidelines
Sec. 413. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the
Arts--
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an
individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a
literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or
American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure
that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made
to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used
to make a grant to any other organization or individual to
conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in
exchange for goods and services.
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group,
unless the application is specific to the contents of the
season, including identified programs or projects.
national endowment for the arts program priorities
Sec. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding financial
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects,
productions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
(b) In this section:
(1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population
of individuals, including urban minorities, who have
historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities
programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income
below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
(2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as
defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised
annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a
family of the size involved.
(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance under
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with
funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions,
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education,
understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965--
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of
national impact or availability or are able to tour several
States;
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15
percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State,
excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually
and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each
grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to
improve and support community-based music performance and
education.
status of balances of appropriations
Sec. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances
of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated
funds in each program and activity.
prohibition on use of funds
Sec. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to
promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of
permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for
carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions
resulting from biological processes associated with livestock
production.
greenhouse gas reporting restrictions
Sec. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement
any provision in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting
of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.
funding prohibition
Sec. 418. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition
components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law.
contracting authorities
Sec. 419. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 112-74 is
amended by striking ``fiscal year 2019'' and inserting ``fiscal year
2020''.
extension of grazing permits
Sec. 420. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public Law
108-108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued by the
Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration under section
402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752),
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2019.
funding prohibition
Sec. 421. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is
designed to block access to pornography websites.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
forest service facility realignment and enhancement act
Sec. 422. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility
Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 580d note; Public
Law 109-54) is amended by striking ``2018'' and inserting ``2019''.
use of american iron and steel
Sec. 423. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State water
pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project
for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel
products used in the project are produced in the United States.
(2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel'' products means the
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined
pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings,
hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves,
structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction
materials.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases
in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in
this section referred to as the ``Administrator'') finds that--
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the
public interest;
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United
States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of
a satisfactory quality; or
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the
United States will increase the cost of the overall project by
more than 25 percent.
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this
section, the Administrator shall make available to the public on an
informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the
Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal
public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a
finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make the request
and accompanying information available by electronic means, including
on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with
United States obligations under international agreements.
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds
appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State
Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described in subsection
(a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this
section.
midway island
Sec. 424. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to destroy any buildings or structures on Midway Island that have been
recommended by the United States Navy for inclusion in the National
Register of Historic Places (54 U.S.C. 302101).
john f. kennedy center reauthorization
Sec. 425. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C.
76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the
following:
``(a) Maintenance, Repair, and Security.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), $24,490,000
for fiscal year 2019.
``(b) Capital Projects.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 4(a)(1),
$16,800,000 for fiscal year 2019.''.
local cooperator training agreements and transfers of excess equipment
and supplies for wildfires
Sec. 426. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter
into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments,
rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and
similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training and
equipment, including supplies and communication devices.
Notwithstanding 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521
of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized to
transfer title to excess Department of the Interior firefighting
equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of the
Department's wildland fire management program to such organizations.
infrastructure
Sec. 427. (a) For an additional amount for ``Environmental
Protection Agency--Hazardous Substance Superfund'', $43,000,000, of
which $38,000,000 shall be for the Superfund Remedial program and
$5,000,000 shall be for the Superfund Emergency Response and Removal
program, to remain available until expended, consisting of such sums as
are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2018, as authorized by
section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986 (SARA) and up to $43,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to
the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section
517(b) of SARA.
(b) For an additional amount for ``Environmental Protection
Agency--State and Tribal Assistance Grants,'' for environmental
programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants
for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants,
$670,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which--
(1) $300,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which $300,000,000
shall be for making capitalization grants for the Drinking
Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act;
(2) $30,000,000 shall be for grants for small and
disadvantaged communities authorized in section 2104 of the
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public
Law 114-322);
(3) $25,000,000 shall be for grants for lead testing in
school and child care program drinking water authorized in
section 2107 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the
Nation Act (Public Law 114-322);
(4) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for reducing lead in
drinking water authorized in section 2105 of the Water
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-
322).
(c) For an additional amount for ``Environmental Protection
Agency--Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account'',
$53,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the cost of direct
loans, for the cost of guaranteed loans, and for administrative
expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, of which
$3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, may be used
for such administrative expenses: Provided, That these additional
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $6,100,000,000.
policies relating to biomass energy
Sec. 428. To support the key role that forests in the United
States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United States,
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, consistent
with their missions, jointly--
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest
bioenergy--
(A) is consistent across all Federal departments
and agencies; and
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of
forest biomass for energy, conservation, and
responsible forest management; and
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of
forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies that--
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy
source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy
production does not cause conversion of forests to non-
forest use;
(B) encourage private investment throughout the
forest biomass supply chain, including in--
(i) working forests;
(ii) harvesting operations;
(iii) forest improvement operations;
(iv) forest bioenergy production;
(v) wood products manufacturing; or
(vi) paper manufacturing;
(C) encourage forest management to improve forest
health; and
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use
forest biomass.
clarification of exemptions
Sec. 429. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill material under
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (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)).
small remote incinerators
Sec. 430. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 21, 2011 at 40
CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State
of Alaska that are defined as ``small, remote incinerator'' units in
those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is issued, the
Administrator shall implement the law and regulations in effect prior
to such date.
recreation fees
Sec. 431. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ``October 1,
2020'' for ``September 30, 2019''.
Sec. 432. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used by the Department of the Interior,
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, the Indian
Health Service, or the Smithsonian Institution 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 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.
Sec. 433. Within available funds, not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall issue a report on efforts by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency
relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous
materials, which shall include--
(1) a description of direct removal efforts by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development and the
Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) a description of education provided by the Department
of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental
Protection Agency to other Federal agencies, local governments
and communities, recipients of grants made by either entity,
and the general public relating to the removal of lead-based
paint and other hazardous materials;
(3) a description of assistance received from other Federal
agencies relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other
hazardous materials; and
(4) any best practices developed or provided by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development and the
Environmental Protection Agency relating to the removal of
lead-based paint and other hazardous materials.
Sec. 434. (a) Within available funds for the National Forest
System, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct an inventory and
evaluation of certain land, as generally depicted on the map entitled
``Flatside Wilderness Adjacent Inventory Areas'' and dated November 30,
2017, to determine the suitability of that land for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System.
(b) The Chief of the Forest Service shall submit to the Committees
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, and Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate the results of the inventory and
evaluation required under subsection (a).
addressing pediatric cancer rates in the united states
Sec. 435. (a) Report Identifying Geographic Variation of Types of
Pediatric Cancer.--Using funds appropriated under the heading ``Toxic
Substances and Environmental Health'' for the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, a
report that provides details on the geographic variation in pediatric
cancer incidence in the United States, including--
(1) the types of pediatric cancer within each of the 10
States with the highest age-adjusted incidence rate of cancer
among persons aged 20 years or younger;
(2) geographic concentrations of types and prevalence of
pediatric cancers within each such State, in accordance with
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines; and
(3) an update on current activities related to pediatric
cancer, including with respect to carrying out section 399V-6
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-17).
(b) Support for States With High Incidence of Pediatric Cancer.--
Using funds appropriated under the heading ``Toxic Substances and
Environmental Public Health'' for the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may
conduct public outreach, in collaboration with State departments of
health, particularly in the 10 States with the highest age-adjusted
incidence rate of cancer among persons aged 20 years or younger, to
improve awareness by residents, clinicians, and others, as appropriate,
of possible contributing factors to pediatric cancer, including
environmental exposures, in a manner that is complementary of, and does
not conflict with, ongoing pediatric cancer-related activities
supported by the Department of Health and Human Services.
(c) Privacy.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
ensure that all information with respect to patients that is contained
in the reports under this section is de-identified and protects
personal privacy of such patients in accordance with applicable Federal
and State privacy law.
This division may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019''.
DIVISION B--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2019
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for financial services and general
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Freedman's Bank
Building; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and
improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies for,
real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the
performance of official business; executive direction program
activities; international affairs and economic policy activities;
domestic finance and tax policy activities, including technical
assistance to Puerto Rico; and Treasury-wide management policies and
programs activities, $208,751,000: Provided, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading--
(1) not to exceed $700,000 is for official reception and
representation expenses, of which necessary amounts shall be
available for expenses to support activities of the Financial
Action Task Force, and not to exceed $350,000 shall be for
other official reception and representation expenses;
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted
for solely on the Secretary's certificate; and
(3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2020, for--
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and
Internal Control Program;
(B) information technology modernization
requirements;
(C) the audit, oversight, and administration of the
Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;
(D) the development and implementation of programs
within the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection
and Compliance Policy, including entering into
cooperative agreements;
(E) operations and maintenance of facilities; and
(F) international operations.
office of terrorism and financial intelligence
salaries and expenses
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and Financial
Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against illicit use and
to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass
destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other
national security threats, $159,000,000: Provided, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading: (1) up to $33,500,000 may be
transferred to the Departmental Offices Salaries and Expenses
appropriation and shall be available for administrative support to the
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; and (2) up to
$10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less
than $1,000,000 shall be used to support and augment new and ongoing
investigations into the illicit trade of synthetic opioids,
particularly fentanyl and its analogues, originating from the People's
Republic of China: Provided further, That not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Treasury, in coordination with the Administrator of the Drug
Enforcement Administration and the heads of other Federal agencies, as
appropriate, shall submit a comprehensive report (which shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex)
summarizing efforts by actors in the People's Republic of China to
subvert United States laws and to supply illicit synthetic opioids to
persons in the United States, including up-to-date estimates of the
scale of illicit synthetic opioids flows from the People's Republic of
China, to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland
Security, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
cybersecurity enhancement account
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity for systems
operated by the Department of the Treasury, $25,208,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such funds shall
supplement and not supplant any other amounts made available to the
Treasury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided further, That
the Chief Information Officer of the individual offices and bureaus
shall submit a spend plan for each investment to the Treasury Chief
Information Officer for approval: Provided further, That the submitted
spend plan shall be reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief
Information Officer prior to the obligation of funds under this
heading: Provided further, That of the total amount made available
under this heading $1,000,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to provide
oversight of the investments made under this heading: Provided
further, That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any other
amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Information Officer.
department-wide systems and capital investments programs
(including transfer of funds)
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing
equipment, software, and services and for repairs and renovations to
buildings owned by the Department of the Treasury, $4,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That these funds
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy
the requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other
organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be
in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be used to support or supplement ``Internal Revenue
Service, Operations Support'' or ``Internal Revenue Service, Business
Systems Modernization''.
office of inspector general
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$37,044,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which not
to exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a
confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction
of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 to
remain available until September 30, 2020, shall be for audits and
investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies
of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of
which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses.
treasury inspector general for tax administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, including purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31
U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax
Administration; $169,634,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2020; of which not to exceed $6,000,000
shall be available for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed
$500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a
confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction
of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and of which not to
exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
special inspector general for the troubled asset relief program
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343), $17,500,000.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and training
expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel to attend
meetings and training concerned with domestic and foreign financial
intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation;
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $10,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and for assistance to
Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$117,800,000, of which not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2021.
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the Fiscal
Service, $338,280,000; of which not to exceed $4,210,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2021, is for information systems
modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses for
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of
Public Law 101-380.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$111,439,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research
and development programs for laboratory services; and provision of
laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with or without
reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accelerating the
processing of formula and label applications: Provided further, That
of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2020.
United States Mint
united states mint public enterprise fund
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States Mint
Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the production of
circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, including
both operating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during
fiscal year 2019 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage and
protective service capital investments of the United States Mint shall
not exceed $30,000,000.
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory
Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of Public Law 103-325),
including services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for EX-3, $250,000,000. Of the amount
appropriated under this heading--
(1) not less than $182,000,000, notwithstanding section
108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to
Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial
Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September
30, 2020, for financial assistance and technical assistance
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1),
respectively, of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A)
and (B)), of which up to $2,680,000 may be used for the cost of
direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not
to exceed $25,000,000;
(2) not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding section
108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is available
until September 30, 2020, for financial assistance, technical
assistance, training, and outreach programs designed to benefit
Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities
and provided primarily through qualified community development
lender organizations with experience and expertise in community
development banking and lending in Indian country, Native
American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and
other suitable providers;
(3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until September
30, 2020, for the Bank Enterprise Award program;
(4) up to $27,000,000 is available until September 30,
2019, for administrative expenses, including administration of
CDFI fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of
which not less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to
better assess and inform CDFI investment performance, and up to
$300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program; and
(5) during fiscal year 2019, none of the funds available
under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of
commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A of
the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act
of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commitments to
guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A shall not
exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 114A
shall remain in effect until December 31, 2019: Provided
further, That of the funds awarded under this heading, not less
than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support
investments that serve populations living in persistent poverty
counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of this
section, the term ``persistent poverty counties'' means any
county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and
2000 decennial censuses and the 2011-2015 5-year data series
available from the American Community Survey of the Census
Bureau.
Internal Revenue Service
taxpayer services
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to provide
taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and education,
filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and other
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
determined by the Commissioner, $2,506,554,000, of which not less than
$9,890,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of
which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for low-income
taxpayer clinic grants, of which not less than $20,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2020, shall be available for a Community
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax return
preparation assistance, and of which not less than $206,000,000 shall
be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service:
Provided, That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate
Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for identity theft and
refund fraud casework.
enforcement
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the
Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to
provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal
investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of
internal revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not to exceed
$50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, and of
which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and
Drug Enforcement program.
operations support
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to support
taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent payments;
facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters
and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics
of income; telecommunications; information technology development,
enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire of
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and other services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner; $3,709,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2020; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for acquisition of
equipment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2021, for research; of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not
later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue
Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General
of the United States detailing the cost and schedule performance for
its major information technology investments, including the purpose and
life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost and
schedule variances; the risks of such investments and strategies the
Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; and the
expected developmental milestones to be achieved and costs to be
incurred in the next quarter: Provided further, That the Internal
Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal
year 2020, a summary of cost and schedule performance information for
its major information technology systems.
business systems modernization
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service's business
systems modernization program, $110,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2021, for the capital asset acquisition of information
technology systems, including management and related contractual costs
of said acquisitions, including related Internal Revenue Service labor
costs, and contractual costs associated with operations authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of
each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the
cost and schedule performance for major information technology
investments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of the
investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks
of such investments and the strategies the Internal Revenue Service is
using to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental milestones
to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter.
administrative provisions--internal revenue service
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be
transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an employee
training program, which shall include the following topics: taxpayers'
rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations,
ethics, and the impartial application of tax law.
Sec. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and enforce
policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality of
taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against identity theft.
Sec. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the
Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities and
increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line
service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to make
improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a
priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response time
to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to victims of tax-
related crimes.
Sec. 105. None of the funds made available to the Internal Revenue
Service by this Act may be used to make a video unless the Service-Wide
Video Editorial Board determines in advance that making the video is
appropriate, taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of
the video.
Sec. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice of
confirmation of any address change relating to an employer making
employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent to both the
employer's former and new address and an officer or employee of the
Internal Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an offer-
in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud by a
third party payroll tax preparer.
Sec. 107. None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United
States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
Sec. 108. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regulatory
scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs.
Sec. 109. None of funds made available by this Act to the Internal
Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on conferences that do
not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, documentation
requirements, and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result of the
recommendations in the report published on May 31, 2013, by the
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration entitled ``Review of
the August 2010 Small Business/Self-Employed Division's Conference in
Anaheim, California'' (Reference Number 2013-10-037).
Sec. 110. None of the funds made available in this Act to the
Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended--
(1) to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, award,
or recognition program; or
(2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with
respect to re-hiring a former employee, unless such program or
process takes into account the conduct and Federal tax
compliance of such employee or former employee.
Sec. 111. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return
information).
Sec. 112. Except to the extent provided in section 6014, 6020, or
6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no funds in this or any
other Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Treasury to
provide to any person a proposed final return or statement for use by
such person to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such
Code.
Sec. 113. In addition to the amounts otherwise made available in
this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, $77,000,000, to be available
until September 30, 2020, shall be transferred by the Commissioner to
the ``Taxpayer Services'', ``Enforcement'', or ``Operations Support''
accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional amount to be
used solely for carrying out Public Law 115-97: Provided, That such
funds shall not be available until the Commissioner submits to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate a spending plan for such funds.
Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury in this
Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and
cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in
foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used
overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the
Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical services
to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this
title made available under the headings ``Departmental Offices--
Salaries and Expenses'', ``Office of Terrorism and Financial
Intelligence'', ``Office of Inspector General'', ``Special Inspector
General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program'', ``Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network'', ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service'', and ``Alcohol
and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau'' may be transferred between such
appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided, That no transfer under this section may increase or decrease
any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
Sec. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be
transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise
available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
Sec. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds from
the ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and Expenses'' to the Debt
Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection:
Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and
expenses account from debt collections received in the Debt Collection
Fund.
Sec. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United States
Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sec. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department of the
Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the United States
Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or
all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House Committee on
Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Sec. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the
transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the Treasury's
intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2019.
Sec. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Industrial Revolving Fund for
necessary official reception and representation expenses.
Sec. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a Capital
Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives not later than 30 days following the
submission of the annual budget submitted by the President: Provided,
That such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital investment
spending from all accounts within the Department of the Treasury,
including but not limited to the Department-wide Systems and Capital
Investment Programs account, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the
Treasury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital
Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in previous fiscal
years for each capital investment project that has not been fully
completed.
Sec. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on the amount of total funds charged to each office by the
Franchise Fund including the amount charged for each service provided
by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description of the
services, a detailed explanation of how each charge for each service is
calculated, and a description of the role customers have in governing
in the Franchise Fund.
Sec. 125. During fiscal year 2019--
(1) none of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury, including
the Internal Revenue Service, to issue, revise, or finalize any
regulation, revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a
particular taxpayer relating to the standard which is used to
determine whether an organization is operated exclusively for
the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section
501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including the
proposed regulations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November
29, 2013)); and
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on January 1,
2010, which are used to make such determinations shall apply
after the date of the enactment of this Act for purposes of
determining status under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of
organizations created on, before, or after such date.
Sec. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each quarter,
the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial Research
shall submit reports on their activities to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by
object class, office, and activity;
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the
fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office
during the previous quarter;
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within
each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and
performance measures of each office.
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in subsection
(a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial
Research shall make officials available to testify on the contents of
the reports required under subsection (a).
Sec. 127. Amounts made available under the heading ``Office of
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence'' shall be available to reimburse
the ``Departmental Offices--Salaries and Expenses'' account for
expenses incurred in such account for reception and representation
expenses to support activities of the Financial Action Task Force.
Sec. 128. Amounts in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fund may
be used for the acquisition of necessary land for, and construction of,
a replacement currency production facility.
Sec. 129. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the appropriate
divisions of the Department of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a
report on any Geographic Targeting Orders issued since 2016,
including--
(1) the type of data collected;
(2) how the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network uses the
data;
(3) whether the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network needs
more authority to combat money laundering through high-end real
estate;
(4) how a record of beneficial ownership would improve and
assist law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute
criminal activity and prevent the use of shell companies to
facilitate money laundering, tax evasion, terrorism financing,
election fraud, and other illegal activity; and
(5) the feasibility of implementing Geographic Targeting
Orders on a permanent basis on all real estate transactions in
the United States greater than $300,000.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of the Treasury
Appropriations Act, 2019''.
TITLE II
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
The White House
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by law,
including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as authorized by 3
U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in
that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to
exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3
U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, to be available for allocation within the
Executive Office of the President; and for necessary expenses of the
Office of Policy Development, including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000.
Executive Residence at the White House
operating expenses
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White
House, $13,081,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3
U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.
reimbursable expenses
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the
White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That all
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount
for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of
the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting
collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable political
event to pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the
event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That the
Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the
political party of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
separately accounted for and available for expenses relating to
reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee during such
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
ensure that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable
operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that
such amount is collected within 30 days after the submission of such
notice: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge
interest and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest
and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United
States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That
each such amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after
the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during
the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses,
the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official and
ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists of
reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such amount that
has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking
of expenses related to reimbursable events within the Executive
Residence that includes a standard for the classification of any such
expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no
provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive
Residence from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II
of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
White House Repair and Restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive
Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 105(d), $750,000, to
remain available until expended, for required maintenance, resolution
of safety and health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
Council of Economic Advisers
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers in
carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1021 et seq.), $4,187,000.
National Security Council and Homeland Security Council
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and the
Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $11,800,000.
Office of Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, $100,000,000, of which not to exceed
$12,800,000 shall remain available until expended for continued
modernization of information resources within the Executive Office of
the President.
Office of Management and Budget
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title
44, United States Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the
United States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title
31, United States Code, $101,000,000, of which not to exceed $3,000
shall be available for official representation expenses: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of
Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any
agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations under
the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7
U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be
expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of
witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of
Management and Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or their
subcommittees: Provided further, That none of the funds made available
for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for
the altering of the annual work plan developed by the Corps of
Engineers for submission to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That of the funds made available for the Office of Management
and Budget by this Act, no less than three full-time equivalent senior
staff position shall be dedicated solely to the Office of the
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall be used,
directly or indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for
evaluating or determining if water resource project or study reports
submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the
Army are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and
requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource planning
process: Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budget
shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy
reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has
reported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and
appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided
further, That if water resource reports have not been transmitted to
the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days
after the end of the Office of Management and Budget review period
based on the notification from the Director, Congress shall assume
Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the report and act
accordingly.
In addition, $2,000,000 for the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs to hire additional personnel dedicated to regulatory
review and reforms: Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition
to any other amounts available for such purpose: Provided further,
That these funds may not be used to backfill vacancies.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-469); not to
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and
for participation in joint projects or in the provision of services on
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public
organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, $18,400,000:
Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer,
and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without
fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the
work of the Office.
federal drug control programs
high intensity drug trafficking areas program
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $280,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2020, for drug control
activities consistent with the approved strategy for each of the
designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (``HIDTAs''), of which
not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local
entities for drug control activities and shall be obligated not later
than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49
percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments in
amounts determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used for auditing
services and associated activities: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding the requirements of Public Law 106-58, any unexpended
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2017 may be used for any other
approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming
requirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as of
September 30, 2018, shall be funded at not less than the fiscal year
2018 base level, unless the Director submits to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
justification for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated
priorities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy
performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the
Director shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the initial
allocation of fiscal year 2019 funding among HIDTAs not later than 45
days after enactment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of
planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in
consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon a determination
that all or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation
are not necessary for the purposes provided herein and upon
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to
this appropriation.
other federal drug control programs
(including transfers of funds)
For other drug control activities authorized by the Office of
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law
109-469), $117,327,000, to remain available until expended, which shall
be available as follows: $99,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities
Program, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by
section 4 of Public Law 107-82, as amended by Public Law 109-469 (21
U.S.C. 1521 note); $2,000,000 for drug court training and technical
assistance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,577,000 for the
United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and
$1,250,000 shall be made available as directed by section 1105 of
Public Law 109-469; and $3,000,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for activities authorized by section 103 of Public Law 114-
198: Provided, That amounts made available under this heading may be
transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such
activities.
Unanticipated Needs
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security,
or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal
year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2020.
Information Technology Oversight and Reform
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated,
efficient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the
Federal Government, $19,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may
transfer these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out
projects to meet these purposes.
Special Assistance to the President
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106,
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,288,000.
Official Residence of the Vice President
operating expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the
extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice
President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed
$90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That
advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may be made
to any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such
activities.
Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President and Funds
Appropriated to the President
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 201. From funds made available in this Act under the headings
``The White House'', ``Executive Residence at the White House'',
``White House Repair and Restoration'', ``Council of Economic
Advisers'', ``National Security Council and Homeland Security
Council'', ``Office of Administration'', ``Special Assistance to the
President'', and ``Official Residence of the Vice President'', the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other officer
as the President may designate in writing), may, with advance approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation
to any other such appropriation, to be merged with and available for
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropriation to which
transferred: Provided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not
be increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided
further, That no amount shall be transferred from ``Special Assistance
to the President'' or ``Official Residence of the Vice President''
without the approval of the Vice President.
Sec. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2019, any Executive order or
Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the President shall be
accompanied by a written statement from the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget on the budgetary impact, including costs,
benefits, and revenues, of such order or memorandum.
(b) Any such statement shall include--
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such
order or memorandum on the Federal Government;
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations
and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed
by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal-year period
beginning in fiscal year 2019; and
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government as the
result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscal-year
period beginning in fiscal year 2019.
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is issued
during fiscal year 2019 due to a national emergency, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget may issue the statement required by
subsection (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order or
memorandum is issued.
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential memoranda
shall only apply for Presidential memoranda estimated to have a
regulatory cost in excess of $100,000,000.
This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office of the President
Appropriations Act, 2019''.
TITLE III
THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as
required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and
1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief
Justice may approve, $84,703,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain
available until expended.
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary
under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and associate
justices of the court.
care of the building and grounds
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect
of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by 40
U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $15,999,000, to remain available until expended.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
salaries and expenses
For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary expenses
of the court, as authorized by law, $32,016,000.
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary
under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the
court.
United States Court of International Trade
salaries and expenses
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, and
necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $19,450,000.
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary
under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the
court.
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
salaries and expenses
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal
Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the
Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, necessary
expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning
of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as
authorized by law, $5,154,461,000 (including the purchase of firearms
and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain
available until expended for space alteration projects and for
furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and
construction projects.
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary
under current law for the salaries of circuit and district judges
(including judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from office or from
regular active service.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal
Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660), not to exceed
$8,475,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Trust Fund.
defender services
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to
represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599, and for the
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing
investigative, expert, and other services for such representations as
authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the maximums
under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys
appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has
waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions
for the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys
appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial
civil forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of
travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C.
4100(b); and for necessary training and general administrative
expenses, $1,140,846,000 to remain available until expended.
fees of jurors and commissioners
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 and
1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases
pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $49,750,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the compensation of land commissioners shall
not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5
U.S.C. 5332.
court security
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the
provision of protective guard services for United States courthouses
and other facilities housing Federal court operations, and the
procurement, installation, and maintenance of security systems and
equipment for United States courthouses and other facilities housing
Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress control,
inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter
security, basic security services provided by the Federal Protective
Service, and other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of
the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-
702), $604,460,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain
available until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the
United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for
administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with
standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney General.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by
31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, $92,413,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for
official reception and representation expenses.
Federal Judicial Center
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as
authorized by Public Law 90-219, $29,819,000; of which $1,800,000 shall
remain available through September 30, 2020, to provide education and
training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500
is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.
United States Sentencing Commission
salaries and expenses
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $18,548,000, of which
not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and
representation expenses.
Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation,
except ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial
Services, Defender Services'' and ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided,
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in section 608.
Sec. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries
and expenses appropriation for ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
and Other Judicial Services'' shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United
States: Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000
and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the
Judicial Conference.
Sec. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall
be applied by substituting ``Federal'' for ``executive'' each place it
appears.
Sec. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561-569, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Marshals
Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may
designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program,
the security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of
Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified in 40
U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services at these
courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service rather
than the Department of Homeland Security.
Sec. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of
1990 (Public Law 101-650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended in the matter
following paragraph 12--
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the District of
Kansas), by striking ``27 years and 6 months'' and inserting
``28 years and 6 months''; and
(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of
Hawaii), by striking ``24 years and 6 months'' and inserting
``25 years and 6 months''.
(b) Section 406 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. 2470;
28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relating to the
eastern District of Missouri) by striking ``25 years and 6 months'' and
inserting ``26 years and 6 months''.
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice
Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-273; 28 U.S.C. 133
note), is amended--
(1) in the first sentence by striking ``16 years'' and
inserting ``17 years'';
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central
District of California), by striking ``15 years and 6 months''
and inserting ``16 years and 6 months''; and
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district
of North Carolina), by striking ``14 years'' and inserting ``15
years''.
This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations Act,
2019''.
TITLE IV
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Federal Funds
federal payment for resident tuition support
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited
into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered
by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident tuition support,
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
funds, including any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of
eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the
difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public
institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at
eligible private institutions of higher education: Provided further,
That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a
resident's academic merit, the income and need of eligible students and
such other factors as may be authorized: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for
the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal
funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent
appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and
any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That
the account shall be under the control of the District of Columbia
Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the
purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program:
Provided further, That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall
provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for these
funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose
therefor.
federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in the
district of columbia
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined by the
Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the
elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions,
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of
providing public safety at events related to the presence of the
National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support
requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in
carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of
Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to
immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of
Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions.
federal payment to the district of columbia courts
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts,
$244,939,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, $13,379,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for
official reception and representation expenses; for the Superior Court
of the District of Columbia, $121,251,000, of which not to exceed
$2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the
District of Columbia Court System, $71,909,000, of which not to exceed
$2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; and
$38,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, for capital
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided,
That funds made available for capital improvements shall be expended
consistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan study and
facilities condition assessment: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this
heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds
appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies:
Provided further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than
$9,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the items and
entities funded under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may,
by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to the program
set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States
Code, for employees of the District of Columbia Courts.
federal payment for defender services in district of columbia courts
(including transfer of funds)
For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 11-2605,
D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel
appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad
litem representation, training, technical assistance, and such other
services as are necessary to improve the quality of guardian ad litem
representation, payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments
authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship,
Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986),
$46,005,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not
more than $20,000,000 in unobligated funds provided in this account may
be transferred to and merged with funds made available under the
heading ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts,'' to be
available for the same period and purposes as funds made available
under that heading for capital improvements to District of Columbia
courthouse facilities: Provided further, That funds provided under
this heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial
Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for
expenses of other Federal agencies.
federal payment to the court services and offender supervision agency
for the district of columbia
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor
vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the
District of Columbia, as authorized by the National Capital
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997,
$256,724,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception
and representation expenses related to Community Supervision and
Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not to exceed $25,000
is for dues and assessments relating to the implementation of the Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of
2002: Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$183,166,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision
and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the
supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of
services for or related to such persons, of which $5,919,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2021 for costs associated with
relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field
offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That, of the funds
appropriated under this heading, $73,558,000 shall be available to the
Pretrial Services Agency, of which $7,304,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation under a
replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related
facilities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in
the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of
other Federal agencies: Provided further, That amounts under this
heading may be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to
successfully complete their terms of supervision.
federal payment to the district of columbia public defender service
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor
vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as
authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997, $45,858,000, of which $4,471,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation
under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and
related facilities: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in
the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of
Federal agencies.
federal payment to the criminal justice coordinating council
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council,
$2,150,000, to remain available until expended, to support initiatives
related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal justice
resources in the District of Columbia.
federal payment for judicial commissions
For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 30,
2020, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, $295,000,
and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, $270,000.
federal payment for school improvement
For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the
District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain available until expended,
for payments authorized under the Scholarship for Opportunity and
Results Act (division C of Public Law 112-10): Provided, That, to the
extent that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and
following the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, the
Secretary of Education shall make scholarships available to students
eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act (Public Law 112-10; 125
Stat. 211) including students who were not offered a scholarship during
any previous school year: Provided further, That within funds provided
for opportunity scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall be for the
activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the Act and
up to $500,000 shall be for the activities specified in section 3009 of
the Act.
federal payment for the district of columbia national guard
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National Guard,
$435,000, to remain available until expended for the Major General
David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and
College Access Program.
federal payment for testing and treatment of hiv/aids
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the testing
of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, human
immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the
District of Columbia, $2,000,000.
District of Columbia Funds
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the
current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia
(``General Fund'') for programs and activities set forth under the
heading ``part a--summary of expenses'' and at the rate set forth under
such heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request Act of
2018 submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia, as amended as
of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1-204.50a, D.C. Official
Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47-369.01 and 47-369.02,
D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount
appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the District of
Columbia for fiscal year 2019 under this heading shall not exceed the
estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request Act of 2018
submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia, as amended as of the
date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total revenues of the
District of Columbia for such fiscal year: Provided further, That the
amount appropriated may be increased by proceeds of one-time
transactions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated
operating or capital needs: Provided further, That such increases
shall be approved by enactment of local District law and shall comply
with all reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to
assure that the District of Columbia meets these requirements,
including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the
appropriations and funds made available to the District during fiscal
year 2019, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram
for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other
obligations issued for capital projects.
federal payment to the district of columbia water and sewer authority
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer
Authority, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to continue
implementation of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan:
Provided, That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
provides a 100 percent match for this payment.
This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2019''.
TITLE V
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Administrative Conference of the United States
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the
United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $3,100,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed
$1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple
year leases), in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $281,500,000,
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for
consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign
governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not less than
$57,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, shall be for
the purchase of information technology and of which not less than
$3,302,509 shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General: Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C.
1553, amounts provided under this heading are available for the
liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments on leases
entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided
further, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any lease
obligations that should have been recorded and liquidated against
accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the
preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in
a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been established for the
sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating such unpaid
obligations.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials'
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $4,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, $126,000,000.
administrative provisions--consumer product safety commission
Sec. 501. During fiscal year 2019, none of the amounts made
available by this Act may be used to finalize or implement the Safety
Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles published by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November
19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after--
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the
Department of Defense, completes a study to determine--
(A) the technical validity of the lateral stability
and vehicle handling requirements proposed by such
standard for purposes of reducing the risk of
Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (referred to in this
section as ``ROV'') rollovers in the off-road
environment, including the repeatability and
reproducibility of testing for compliance with such
requirements;
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be
prevented if the proposed requirements were adopted;
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the
proposal to provide information on a point-of-sale
hangtag about a ROV's rollover resistance on a
progressive scale; and
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the
United States military if the proposed requirements
were adopted; and
(2) a report containing the results of the study completed
under paragraph (1) is delivered to--
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives;
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
and
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
Election Assistance Commission
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (Public Law 107-252), $9,200,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be
transferred to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for
election reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act
of 2002.
Federal Communications Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as
authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor
vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $333,118,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
$333,118,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected
pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934,
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year
2019 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided further, That any
offsetting collections received in excess of $333,118,000 in fiscal
year 2019 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further,
That remaining offsetting collections from prior years collected in
excess of the amount specified for collection in each such year and
otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2018, shall not be available
for obligation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C.
309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system
that may be retained and made available for obligation shall not exceed
$130,284,000 for fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That, of the
amount appropriated under this heading, not less than $11,064,000 shall
be for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General.
administrative provisions--federal communications commission
Sec. 510. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change
its rules or regulations for universal service support payments to
implement the February 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State
Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or primary
line restrictions on universal service support payments.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
office of the inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$42,982,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only
when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund.
Federal Election Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971, $71,250,000, of which not to exceed
$5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor
Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of
1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and
consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official
reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) and rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$26,200,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service
Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of
subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed
intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-Federal
participants at labor-management relations conferences shall be
credited to and merged with this account, to be available without
further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences.
Federal Trade Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902;
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, $309,700,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for
use to contract with a person or persons for collection services in
accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $136,000,000
of offsetting collections derived from fees collected for premerger
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection,
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not to exceed $17,000,000 in offsetting collections
derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing
Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and
Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to
this account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final fiscal
year 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more
than $156,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement
subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1831t).
General Services Administration
real property activities
federal buildings fund
limitations on availability of revenue
(including transfers of funds)
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections deposited
into the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of real
property management and related activities not otherwise provided for,
including operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and
leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including
space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in
connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of space;
contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and
moving; repair and alteration of federally owned buildings, including
grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites;
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and
sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings;
preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or otherwise;
construction of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings);
and payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for
public buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase
contract; in the aggregate amount of $9,633,450,000, of which--
(1) $1,080,068,000 shall remain available until expended
for construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and
expenses, and associated design and construction services) as
follows:
(A) $767,900,000 shall be for the Department of
Transportation Lease Purchase Option, Washington,
District of Columbia;
(B) $100,000,000 shall be for the DHS Consolidation
at St. Elizabeths, Washington, District of Columbia;
(C) $27,268,000 shall be for the Former Hardesty
Federal Complex, Kansas City, Missouri;
(D) $9,000,000 shall be for the Southeast Federal
Center Remediation, Washington, District of Columbia;
and
(E) $175,900,000 shall be for the Calexico West
Land Port of Entry, Calexico, California:
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new
construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded to the
extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but
not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in a
transmitted prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater
amount;
(2) $890,419,000 shall remain available until expended for
repairs and alterations, including associated design and
construction services, of which--
(A) $424,690,000 is for Major Repairs and
Alterations;
(B) $373,556,000 is for Basic Repairs and
Alterations; and
(C) $92,173,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs,
of which--
(i) $30,000,000 is for Fire and Life
Safety;
(ii) $11,500,000 is for Judiciary Capital
Security; and
(iii) $50,673,000 is for Consolidation
Activities: Provided, That consolidation
projects result in reduced annual rent paid by
the tenant agency: Provided further, That no
consolidation project exceed $10,000,000 in
costs: Provided further, That consolidation
projects are approved by each of the committees
specified in section 3307(a) of title 40,
United States Code: Provided further, That
preference is given to consolidation projects
that achieve a utilization rate of 130 usable
square feet or less per person for office
space: Provided further, That the obligation
of funds under this paragraph for consolidation
activities may not be made until 10 days after
a proposed spending plan and explanation for
each project to be undertaken, including
estimated savings, has been submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate:
Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous
Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations
shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount
identified for each project, except each project in this or any
previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10
percent unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees
on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That
additional projects for which prospectuses have been fully
approved may be funded under this category only if advance
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any
prior Act for ``Repairs and Alterations'' may be used to fund
costs associated with implementing security improvements to
buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for security
in accordance with current law and in compliance with the
reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the
House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference
between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in
this or any prior Act, under the heading ``Repairs and
Alterations'', may be transferred to Basic Repairs and
Alterations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That the amount provided in this
or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used
to pay claims against the Government arising from any projects
under the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'' or used to fund
authorized increases in prospectus projects;
(3) $5,418,845,000 for rental of space to remain available
until expended; and
(4) $2,244,118,000 for building operations to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the total amount of
funds made available from this Fund to the General Services
Administration shall not be available for expenses of any
construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for
which a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not
been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for
each project for required expenses for the development of a
proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in
the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees
on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to
provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under
40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable
fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on
private or other property not in Government ownership or
control as may be appropriate to enable the United States
Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to
18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues and
collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections
and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year
2019, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in
excess of the aggregate new obligational authority authorized
for Real Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in
this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available
for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
general activities
government-wide policy
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for
Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated with the
management of real and personal property assets and certain
administrative services; Government-wide policy support
responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehicles,
information technology management, and related technology activities;
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,499,000.
operating expenses
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for
Government-wide activities associated with utilization and donation of
surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency-wide
policy direction, management, and communications; and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,440,000, of which not less than
$26,890,000 is for Real and Personal Property Management and Disposal;
and up to $22,550,000 is for the Office of the Administrator, of which
not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and representation
expenses.
civilian board of contract appeals
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for the
activities associated with the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals,
$9,301,000.
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and
service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000: Provided, That not
to exceed $50,000 shall be available for payment for information and
detection of fraud against the Government, including payment for
recovery of stolen Government property: Provided further, That not to
exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and
initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General
effectiveness.
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, $2,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be transferred to the Council of the
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency for enhancements to
www.oversight.gov: Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition
to any other amounts available to the Council of the Inspectors General
on Integrity and Efficiency for such purpose.
allowances and office staff for former presidents
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (3
U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, $4,796,000.
federal citizen services fund
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and Programs,
including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and
for necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that enable
the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct activities
electronically, through the development and implementation of
innovative uses of information technology; $55,000,000, to be deposited
into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous
amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose
of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the
appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections deposited
into the Fund shall be available until expended for necessary expenses
of Federal Citizen Services and other activities that enable the
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct activities
electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000:
Provided further, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and
collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2019 in excess of
such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided
further, That the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.
Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund
For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets Sale and
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-287), $15,500,000, to be deposited
into the Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund, to remain available
until expended.
environmental review improvement fund
For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review Improvement Fund
established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-8(d), $6,070,000, to remain
available until expended.
administrative provisions--general services administration
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 520. Funds available to the General Services Administration
shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
Sec. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for
fiscal year 2019 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be
transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to
meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall
be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate.
Sec. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds made
available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 2020
request for United States Courthouse construction only if the request:
(1) meets the design guide standards for construction as established
and approved by the General Services Administration, the Judicial
Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management and
Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the
United States as set out in its approved Courthouse Project Priorities
plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom utilization study of
each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
Sec. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to
increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning
services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided
through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the
rate per square foot assessment for space and services as determined by
the General Services Administration in consideration of the Public
Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
Sec. 524. From funds made available under the heading Federal
Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue, claims against
the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct construction
projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings
effected in other construction projects with prior notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
Sec. 525. In any case in which the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting
lease authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by the
Administrator of the General Services Administration under 40 U.S.C.
3307, the Administrator shall ensure that the delineated area of
procurement is identical to the delineated area included in the
prospectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator
determines that the delineated area of the procurement should not be
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, the
Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement to each of such
committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority
provided in the resolution.
Sec. 526. With respect to each project funded under the heading
``Major Repairs and Alterations'' or ``Judiciary Capital Security
Program'', and with respect to E-Government projects funded under the
heading ``Federal Citizen Services Fund'', the Administrator of General
Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for each project
to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation
salaries and expenses
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust
Fund, established by section 10 of Public Law 93-642, $1,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
Merit Systems Protection Board
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems
Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978,
the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection
Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct procurement of
survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, $44,490,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020, and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2020, for administrative expenses to
adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit
Systems Protection Board.
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
morris k. udall and stewart l. udall trust fund
(including transfer of funds)
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund,
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,875,000, to remain available until expended,
of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act: (1) up to
$50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant to the
Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-289); and (2)
up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities
authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102-259 and section 817(a) of
Public Law 106-568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That of the total
amount made available under this heading $200,000 shall be transferred
to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Interior,
to remain available until expended, for audits and investigations of
the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
environmental dispute resolution fund
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry
out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict
Resolution Act of 1998, $3,200,000, to remain available until expended.
National Archives and Records Administration
operating expenses
For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the
National Archives and Records Administration and archived Federal
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses
necessary for the review and declassification of documents, the
activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, the
operations and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire
of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs,
and cleaning, $375,105,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act of
2008, Public Law 110-409, 122 Stat. 4302-16 (2008), and the Inspector
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $4,801,000.
repairs and restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities,
and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $7,500,000, to remain
available until expended.
national historical publications and records commission
grants program
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, $6,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
National Credit Union Administration
community development revolving loan fund
For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2020, for technical assistance to low-
income designated credit unions.
Office of Government Ethics
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of
Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the
Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading on Congressional
Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500
for official reception and representation expenses, $16,439,000.
Office of Personnel Management
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of trust funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2
of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and
representation expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable
funds of OPM and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses
incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as
amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to
employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee to
remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $132,172,000: Provided,
That of the total amount made available under this heading, not to
exceed $14,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for
information technology infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund
Federal Financial System migration or modernization, and shall be in
addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided
further, That of the total amount made available under this heading,
$639,018 may be made available for strengthening the capacity and
capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)),
including the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such
workforce and information technology in support of acquisition
workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to improve
acquisition management; and in addition $133,483,000 for administrative
expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM
without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of
printed materials, for the retirement and insurance programs: Provided
further, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the
authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by sections
8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title
5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this
appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal
Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358
of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided
further, That the President's Commission on White House Fellows,
established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may,
during fiscal year 2019, accept donations of money, property, and
personal services: Provided further, That such donations, including
those from prior years, may be used for the development of publicity
materials to provide information about the White House Fellows, except
that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of
travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.
office of inspector general
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of trust funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $25,265,000
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other
oversight of the Office of Personnel Management's retirement and
insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds
of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
Office of Special Counsel
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of
Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454), the Whistleblower
Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-12) as amended by Public Law
107-304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public
Law 112-199), and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $26,535,000.
Postal Regulatory Commission
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission in
carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability and
Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435), $15,200,000, to be derived by
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by
section 603(a) of such Act.
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight
Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $5,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2020.
Securities and Exchange Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space
(to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, $1,658,302,000, to remain available until
expended; of which not less than $15,206,269 shall be for the Office of
Inspector General; of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be available
for a permanent secretariat for the International Organization of
Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be
available for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the
Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials,
members of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning
securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logistic and
administrative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and
foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such
as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodging or
subsistence; and of which not less than $75,081,000 shall be for the
Division of Economic and Risk Analysis.
In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs associated
with relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission's New York
regional office facilities, not to exceed $37,188,942, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That for purposes of calculating
the fee rate under section 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2019, all amounts appropriated
under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular appropriation to
the Commission for fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That fees and
charges authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account as offsetting
collections: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,658,302,000 of
such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for
necessary expenses of this account and not to exceed $37,188,942 of
such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for costs
under this heading associated with relocation under a replacement lease
for the Commission's New York regional office facilities: Provided
further, That the total amount appropriated under this heading from the
general fund for fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced as such offsetting
fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2019
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0:
Provided further, That if any amount of the appropriation for costs
associated with relocation under a replacement lease for the
Commission's New York regional office facilities is subsequently de-
obligated by the Commission, such amount that was derived from the
general fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such amounts
that were derived from fees or assessments collected for such purpose
shall be paid to each national securities exchange and national
securities association, respectively, in proportion to any fees or
assessments paid by such national securities exchange or national
securities association under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2019.
Selective Service System
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
$750 for official reception and representation expenses; $26,000,000:
Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt
this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the
President deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national
defense: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be expended for or in connection with the induction of any
person into the Armed Forces of the United States.
Small Business Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as
authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code,
and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation
expenses, $267,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender oversight
activities: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge
fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small Business
Administration, and certain loan program activities, including fees
authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from
all such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended, for carrying out these purposes without
further appropriations: Provided further, That the Small Business
Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000
and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with section 132(a)
of division K of Public Law 108-447, during fiscal year 2019: Provided
further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Modernization
and Accounting System, to be available until September 30, 2020:
Provided further, That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State
Technology Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 657d).
entrepreneurial development programs
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial and
small business development, $241,600,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020: Provided, That $130,000,000 shall be available to
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020 as
authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided further,
That $31,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, and technical
assistance under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under the microloan
program: Provided further, That $18,000,000 shall be available for
grants to States to carry out export programs that assist small
business concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)).
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$21,900,000.
office of advocacy
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying out
the provisions of title II of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et
seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.), $9,120,000, to remain available until expended.
business loans program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $4,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2019
commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided
further, That during fiscal year 2019 commitments for general business
loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not
exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term loans and
the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019 commitments for loans
authorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The Small
Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019
commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed
$4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019,
guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the
Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of
$12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $155,150,000, which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and
Expenses.
administrative provisions--small business administration
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer
pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds
under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in
that section.
Sec. 531. None of the funds made available to the Small Business
Administration in this Act may be provided to a company--
(1) that is headquarted in the People's Republic of China;
or
(2) for which more than 25 percent of the voting stock of
the company is owned by affiliates that are citizens of the
People's Republic of China.
Sec. 532. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Small Business Administration shall conduct a study on
whether the provision of matchmaking services that, using data
collected through outside entities such as local chambers of commerce,
link veteran entrepreneurs to business leads in given industry sectors
or geographic regions, would enhance the existing veterans
entrepreneurship programs of the Administration.
Sec. 533. The Administrator of the Small Business Administration
shall--
(1) work with Federal agencies to review each Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization's efforts to
comply with the requirements under section 15(k) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)); and
(2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, submit to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives--
(A) a report on Federal agency compliance with the
requirements under such section 15(k); and
(B) a report detailing the status of issuance by
the Small Business Administration of detailed guidance
for the peer review process of the Small Business
Procurement Advisory Council in order to facilitate a
more in depth review of Federal agency compliance with
the requirements under such section 15(k).
United States Postal Service
payment to the postal service fund
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free
and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section
2401 of title 39, United States Code, $55,235,000: Provided, That mail
for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free:
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall
continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any
officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of
child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or
close small rural and other small post offices.
office of inspector general
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$250,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund
and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435).
United States Tax Court
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $51,515,000, of which
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written
certificate of the judge.
TITLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
Sec. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided
herein.
Sec. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or 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.
Sec. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government
employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government
employee would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation,
or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
Sec. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the
assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, United
States Code.
Sec. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been
convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
Sec. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1)
creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4)
proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by the Committee
on Appropriations of either the House of Representatives or the Senate
for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or
10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices,
programs, or activities unless prior approval is received from the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization or
restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each agency or
entity funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate to establish the baseline for
application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current
fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum the report shall
include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to
display the President's budget request, adjustments made by Congress,
adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal
year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each
appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity
as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation;
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest:
Provided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries
and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for
each day after the required date that the report has not been submitted
to the Congress.
Sec. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the
end of fiscal year 2019 from appropriations made available for salaries
and expenses for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 2020, for each such account for the purposes
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with
reprogramming guidelines.
Sec. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used by the Executive Office of the President to request--
(1) any official background investigation report on any
individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an
organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section
501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury or the
Internal Revenue Service.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply--
(1) in the case of an official background investigation
report, if such individual has given express written consent
for such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of
such request and during the same presidential administration;
or
(2) if such request is required due to extraordinary
circumstances involving national security.
Sec. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under chapter
15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with respect to a
contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and implementing
any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living
allowance program, the Office of Personnel Management may accept and
utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval.
Sec. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to
pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with
any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program
which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.
Sec. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where the
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to
term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
Sec. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 41,
United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American Act), shall not
apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of information
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States
Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in section 103 of title
41, United States Code).
Sec. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United States
Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission
funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, nor may such
agency or commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-
Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the
purpose of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate in
any meeting or similar function relating to the official duties of the
officer or employee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or
commission, or represents a person or entity subject to regulation by
such agency or commission, unless the person or entity is an
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
Sec. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds made
available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the
Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any other Act may be used
for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory
committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues.
Sec. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to enter into
contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration of real
property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must consult with
the General Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for
offers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case of
succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with the current
lessor.
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency lease
may do so during any period declared by the President to require
emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``Executive agency
covered by this Act'' means any Executive agency provided funds by this
Act, but does not include the General Services Administration or the
United States Postal Service.
Sec. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following activities
the amounts required under current law:
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102).
(2) Payments to--
(A) the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund (28
U.S.C. 377(o));
(B) the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund (28
U.S.C. 376(c)); and
(C) the United States Court of Federal Claims
Judges' Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)).
(3) Payment of Government contributions--
(A) with respect to the health benefits of retired
employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees
Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and
(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for
employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C.
ch. 87).
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and
increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348).
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory
provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter
84 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any amount
appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable limitation
on the use of funds contained in this Act.
Sec. 620. In addition to amounts made available in prior fiscal
years, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Board) shall have
authority to obligate funds for the scholarship program established by
section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of funds collected
by the Board between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018, including
accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties.
Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2019 shall remain
available until expended.
Sec. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft report entitled
``Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary
Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory
Efforts'' unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to
Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563.
Sec. 622. None of the funds in this Act may be used for the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management to award a contract,
enter an extension of, or exercise an option on a contract to a
contractor conducting the final quality review processes for background
investigation fieldwork services or background investigation support
services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, are being
conducted by that contractor.
Sec. 623. (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded by
this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of the agency
has the authority to participate in decisions regarding the budget
planning process related to information technology.
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency funded by
this Act that are available for information technology shall be
allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions of
appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations from the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as
specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of the
agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the agency
and budget officials.
Sec. 624. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United States
Code.
Sec. 625. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by a provider of
electronic communication service to the public or remote computing
service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication that is
in electronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in
sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in a manner
that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States.
Sec. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change
the rules or regulations of the Commission for universal service high-
cost support for competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a
way that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section
54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on July
15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not prohibit the
Commission from considering, developing, or adopting other support
mechanisms as an alternative to Mobility Fund Phase II.
Sec. 627. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to deny an
Inspector General funded under this Act timely access to any records,
documents, or other materials available to the department or agency
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the
Inspector General Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector
General's access to such records, documents, or other materials, under
any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers
to the Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector General's
right of access. A department or agency covered by this section shall
provide its Inspector General with access to all such records,
documents, and other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector
General shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the establishment
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the
Inspector General Act of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this
section shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures
to comply with this requirement.
Sec. 628. (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, adjudication activities, or other law enforcement- or
victim assistance-related activity.
Sec. 629. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize, issue, or
implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the disclosure of
political contributions, contributions to tax exempt organizations, or
dues paid to trade associations.
Sec. 630. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise made
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for
contractors whose performance has been judged to be below satisfactory,
behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet the basic
requirements of a contract, unless the Agency 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 and unless such awards or incentive fees are consistent
with 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR.
Sec. 631. (a) None of the funds made available under this Act may
be used to pay for travel and conference activities that result in a
total cost to an Executive branch department, agency, board or
commission of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless the
head of the Executive branch department, agency, board, or commission
determines that such attendance is in the national interest and advance
notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that
determination.
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to
pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 employees, who are
stationed in the United States, at any single conference occurring
outside the United States unless the head of the Executive branch
department, agency, board, or commission determines that such
attendance is in the national interest and advance notice is
transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that
determination.
Sec. 632. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used by departments and agencies funded
in this Act 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 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.
Sec. 633. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used for airline accommodations for any officer (as defined in section
2104 of title 5, United States Code) or employee (as defined in section
2105 of title 5, United States Code) in the executive branch that are
not coach-class accommodations (which term is defined, for purposes of
this section, as the basic class of accommodation by airlines that is
normally the lowest fare offered regardless of airline terminology
used, and (as referred to by airlines) may include tourist class or
economy class, as well as single class when the airline offers only one
class of accommodations to all travelers), unless such accommodations
are consistent with section 301-10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) and,
with respect to subsection (a)(3) and (b)(2) of such section, written
authorization is provided by the head of the agency (or, if the
accommodations are for the head of the agency, by the Inspector General
of the agency).
Sec. 634. The Comptroller General of the United States, in
consultation with relevant regulators, shall conduct a study that--
(1) examines the financial impact of the mineral pyrrhotite
in concrete home foundations; and
(2) provides recommendations on regulatory and legislative
actions needed to help mitigate the financial impact described
in paragraph (1) on banks, mortgage lenders, tax revenues, and
homeowners.
TITLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE
Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for
fiscal year 2019 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such
department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or
distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers and employees of such
department, agency, or instrumentality.
Sec. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with
subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United States Code, for the purchase of
any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law
enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance
vehicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which
the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That these limits may be
exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type vehicles: Provided
further, That the limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded
by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided
further, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceeded by
the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired
pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost of comparable
conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set
forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle that is a
commercial item and which operates on alternative fuel, including but
not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel
cell vehicles.
Sec. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments and
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available for
expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are
hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living
allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922-5924.
Sec. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the current
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any
other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or
employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency
the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the
United States) whose post of duty is in the continental United States
unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a
person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking
citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under
8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a
lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a
person who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for
purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall be
considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section
with respect to his or her status are being complied with: Provided
further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits
shall be submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as
necessary: Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no
more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both:
Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to,
and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law:
Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or employee
contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in
action by the Federal Government: Provided further, That this section
shall not apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the
Government of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act,
or to international broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board of
Governors, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary
employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of
emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply to the
employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 days of
nonresident aliens employed by the Department of the Interior or the
USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement with another country.
Sec. 705. Appropriations available to any department or agency
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment
to the General Services Administration for charges for space and
services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings
and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the
Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable
law.
Sec. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any other Act,
all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting
from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of
pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling or waste
prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for
the following purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and
recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13693
(March 19, 2015), including any such programs adopted prior to
the effective date of the Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs,
including, but not limited to, the development and
implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution
prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as
deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
Sec. 707. Funds made available by this or any other Act for
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations
and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are
otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by
which they are made available: Provided, That in the event any
functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on
administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
Sec. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any
other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees,
or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which
do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive
financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
Sec. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant to the
provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to implement,
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved
pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with the
applicable law of the United States.
Sec. 710. During the period in which the head of any department or
agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Federal
Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds
office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to
furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency head,
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for
any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or
redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this
section, the term ``office'' shall include the entire suite of offices
assigned to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily
by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the
individual.
Sec. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of this
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national
security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives
which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as
provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).
Sec. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be obligated or expended by any department, agency, or other
instrumentality of the Federal Government to pay the salaries or
expenses of any individual appointed to a position of a confidential or
policy-determining character that is excepted from the competitive
service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, (pursuant to
schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal
Regulations) unless the head of the applicable department, agency, or
other instrumentality employing such schedule C individual certifies to
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C
position occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily
in order to detail the individual to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal
employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from an element
of the intelligence community (as that term is defined under section
3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
Sec. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any
other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any
officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to
prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the
Federal Government from having any direct oral or written
communication or contact with any Member, committee, or
subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter
pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee
or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer
or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such
communication or contact is at the initiative of such other
officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of
such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes,
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or
efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns,
transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any
employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or
condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of
the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any
of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or
employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such
other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or
subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).
Sec. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills,
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official
duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of
emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the
content and methods to be used in the training and written end
of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age''
belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants'
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties.
Sec. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for
publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution
or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television,
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending
before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
Sec. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act
may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's home address
to any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such
disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 717. None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing,
telephone or electronic mailing lists to any person or any organization
outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
Sec. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any
other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by private
contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United
States not heretofore authorized by Congress.
Sec. 719. (a) In this section, the term ``agency''--
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C.
105; and
(2) includes a military department, as defined under
section 102 of such title, the United States Postal Service,
and the Postal Regulatory Commission.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use
such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use
official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An
employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee
exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in the
performance of official duties.
Sec. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 of this
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any
other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Federal
Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs.
Sec. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 of this
Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby
authorized to transfer to or reimburse ``General Services
Administration, Government-wide Policy'' with the approval of the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available
for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates
from charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds shall
be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support
Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, information
technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives,
and activities, including improving coordination and reducing
duplication, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-
agency groups designated by the Director (including the President's
Management Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the
Chief Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives,
the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology
initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital
initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procurement
initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for performance
improvement initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds
transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to improve
coordination, reduce duplication, and for other activities related to
Federal Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and
not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, initiatives,
and activities: Provided further, That the funds transferred to or for
reimbursement of ``General Services Administration, Government-wide
Policy'' during fiscal year 2019 shall remain available for obligation
through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That such transfers or
reimbursements may only be made after 15 days following notification of
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sec. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may
breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on
Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized
to be present at the location.
Sec. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of this
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific
projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the
purposes of the National Science and Technology Council (authorized by
Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Management and
Budget shall provide a report describing the budget of and resources
connected with the National Science and Technology Council to the
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Science and
Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
Sec. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant
application, form, notification, press release, or other publications
involving the distribution of Federal funds shall comply with any
relevant requirements in part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal
Regulations: Provided, That this section shall apply to direct
payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving
Federal funds.
Sec. 725. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of
Individuals' Internet Use.--None of the funds made available in this or
any other Act may be used by any Federal agency--
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data,
derived from any means, that includes any personally
identifiable information relating to an individual's access to
or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency;
or
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party
(including another government agency) to collect, review, or
obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that
includes any personally identifiable information relating to an
individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet
site.
(b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection (a)
shall not apply to--
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify
particular persons;
(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable
information;
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or
supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a
system security action taken by the operator of an Internet
site and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site
services or to protecting the rights or property of the
provider of the Internet site.
(c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to
implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
(2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the
agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety
and soundness, overall financial condition, management
practices and policies and compliance with applicable standards
as provided in law.
Sec. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision
providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also
includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with--
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Personal Care's HMO; and
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the
plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious
beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or
renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to
discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or
otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be
contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage
of abortion or abortion-related services.
Sec. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring the health of
its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, and supports the
strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication,
education, and research as performed by nationally recognized oversight
authorities.
Sec. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated for official travel to Federal departments and agencies
may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with Office
of Management and Budget Circular A-126 regarding official travel for
Government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft
ownership pilot program.
Sec. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds appropriated or made available under this or any other
appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce restrictions or
limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to
implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel
Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 of title
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal
Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the
detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
Sec. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive
branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be
used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training
without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.
Sec. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the
funds provided in this or any other Act may be used by an executive
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for
broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the
prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or
funded by that executive branch agency.
Sec. 732. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United States Code
(popularly known as the Privacy Act), and regulations implementing that
section.
Sec. 733. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used for any
Federal Government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which
is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary
of such an entity.
(b) Waivers.--
(1) In general.--Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a)
with respect to any Federal Government contract under the
authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that
the waiver is required in the interest of national security.
(2) Report to congress.--Any Secretary issuing a waiver
under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.
(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any Federal
Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment of
this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract.
Sec. 734. During fiscal year 2019, for each employee who--
(1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of
title 5, United States Code; or
(2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III of
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a payment
as an incentive to separate, the separating agency shall remit
to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount
equal to the Office of Personnel Management's average unit cost
of processing a retirement claim for the preceding fiscal year.
Such amounts shall be available until expended to the Office of
Personnel Management and shall be deemed to be an
administrative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5,
United States Code.
Sec. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer
for a Federal contract to disclose any of the following information as
a condition of submitting the offer:
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure,
independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering
communication that is made by the entity, its officers or
directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a
candidate for election for Federal office or to a political
committee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any
election for Federal office.
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment
described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers or
directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any
person with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the
person will use the funds to make a payment described in
paragraph (1).
(b) In this section, each of the terms ``contribution'',
``expenditure'', ``independent expenditure'', ``electioneering
communication'', ``candidate'', ``election'', and ``Federal office''
has the meaning given such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.).
Sec. 736. None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of an officer or
employee of the Federal government, including the President, the Vice
President, a member of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident
Commissioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as
defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), or the head of
an office of the legislative branch.
Sec. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the
funds appropriated for fiscal year 2019, by this or any other Act, may
be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in section
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code--
(A) during the period from the date of expiration of the
limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous
fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable
wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year
2019, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the
applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in
accordance with such section; and
(B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal
year 2019, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage
survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) by
more than the sum of--
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in
fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, United
States Code, in the rates of pay under the General
Schedule; and
(ii) the difference between the overall average
percentage of the locality-based comparability payments
taking effect in fiscal year 2019 under section 5304 of
such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and
the overall average percentage of such payments which
was effective in the previous fiscal year under such
section.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate
employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of
title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of
such title, may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is
in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such employee.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable to an
employee who is covered by this subsection and who is paid from a
schedule not in existence on September 30, 2018, shall be determined
under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium
pay for employees subject to this subsection may not be changed from
the rates in effect on September 30, 2018, except to the extent
determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with
the purpose of this subsection.
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for service
performed after September 30, 2018.
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision of law
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay,
retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that
requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement
or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate
of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this subsection
shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to permit or
require the payment to any employee covered by this subsection at a
rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this subsection
not in effect.
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions
to the limitations imposed by this subsection if the Office determines
that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or
retention of qualified employees.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates of
basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal year
2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall
be--
(1) not less than the percentage received by employees in
the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 and
5304 of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That prevailing
rate employees at locations where there are no employees whose
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5,
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees described in
section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, shall be
considered to be located in the pay locality designated as
``Rest of United States'' pursuant to section 5304 of title 5,
United States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and
(2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning after September 30, 2018.
Sec. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a pay raise in
calendar year 2019, notwithstanding the rate adjustment made under
section 104 of title 3, United States Code, or any other provision of
law.
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule position, or in a
position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive
Schedule rate, may not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year
2019, notwithstanding schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of
title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, except as
provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection applies only
to employees who are holding a position under a political appointment.
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not receive a pay
rate increase in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding section 401 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) or any other provision
of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i).
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, United
States Code, a pay rate increase may not be received in calendar year
2019 (except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i)) by--
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service
paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive
Schedule; or
(2) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee
in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political
appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV
of the Executive Schedule.
(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or
similar authority) at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule who
serves under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate
increase in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection
does not apply to employees in the General Schedule pay system or the
Foreign Service pay system, or to employees appointed under section
3161 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another pay
system whose position would be classified at GS-15 or below if chapter
51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them.
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent employees
who do not serve under a political appointment from receiving pay
increases as otherwise provided under applicable law.
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who receives
a Presidential appointment and who makes an election to retain Senior
Executive Service basic pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5,
United States Code, is not subject to this section.
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who receives a
Presidential appointment to any position in the executive branch and
who makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay entitlements
under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-
465) is not subject to this section.
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an employee in a
covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an authorized
movement to a different covered position with higher-level duties and a
pre-established higher level or range of pay, except that any such
increase must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay
limitations in effect on December 31, 2013.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual
who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period of time
subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based on the
rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31,
2013.
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through (e) is
subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2019 but
ends in calendar year 2020, the bar on the employee's receipt of pay
rate increases shall apply through the end of that pay period.
Sec. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, agency,
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations
Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior
ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding
the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by
any such department, agency, board, commission, or office during fiscal
year 2019 for which the cost to the United States Government was more
than $100,000.
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period--
(1) a description of its purpose;
(2) the number of participants attending;
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States
Government, including--
(A) the cost of any food or beverages;
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to
and from the conference; and
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to
determine which costs relate to the conference; and
(4) a description of the contracting procedures used
including--
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive
basis; and
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted
by the departmental component or office in evaluating
potential contractors for the conference.
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head of any such
department, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the
Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an
Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of employees
attending a conference held by any Executive branch department, agency,
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations
Act during fiscal year 2019 for which the cost to the United States
Government was more than $20,000.
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this or
any other appropriations Act may not be used for the purpose of
defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c) that is
not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes
related to a project funded by the grant or contract.
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other
appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities
that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget
Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to
that memorandum.
Sec. 740. None of the funds made available in this or any other
appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or reduce
funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in the
President's budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change
is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions of this or
any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 741. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply the rule
entitled ``Competitive Area'' published by the Office of Personnel
Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg.
20180 et seq.).
Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce a
study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to
contractor performance of any function performed by Federal employees
pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other
administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
Sec. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be available for a contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that requires employees
or contractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse
to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting
or otherwise restricting such employees or contractors from lawfully
reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or
law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency
authorized to receive such information.
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene
requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other
form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the
nondisclosure of classified information.
Sec. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be
used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and
4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or
agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the
following provisions: ``These provisions are consistent with and do not
supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations,
rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order
relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress,
(3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law,
rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse
of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or
safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The definitions,
requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created
by controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are
incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.'': Provided,
That notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a
nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a
person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-
related activity, other than an employee or officer of the United
States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any
classified information received in the course of such activity unless
specifically authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such
nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar
disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive
agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting a
substantial violation of law.
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented and
enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it complies with the
requirements for such agreement that were in effect when the agreement
was entered into.
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to
implement or enforce any agreement entered into during fiscal year 2014
which does not contain substantially similar language to that required
in subsection (a).
Sec. 745. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding,
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or
loan guarantee to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax
liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and
administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is
not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the
authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the
awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal
agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and
has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to
protect the interests of the Government.
Sec. 746. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding,
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or
loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony
criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless a
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the
corporation and has made a determination that this further action is
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
Sec. 747. (a) During fiscal year 2019, on the date on which a
request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with section 1017
of Public Law 111-203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request.
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be made
available on the Bureau's public Web site.
Sec. 748. If, for fiscal year 2019, new budget authority provided
in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary spending limit for any
category set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences
with the Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the
discretionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 2019
shall be made by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in
the amount of the excess but the total of all such adjustments shall
not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted discretionary
spending limits for all categories for that fiscal year.
Sec. 749. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for employees
under the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 2019
under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase
of 1.4 percent, and the overall average percentage of the adjustments
taking effect in such fiscal year under sections 5304 and 5304a of such
title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent (with comparability
payments to be determined and allocated among pay localities by the
President). All adjustments under this subsection shall be effective as
of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or
after January 1, 2019.
(b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in rates of basic
pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal year 2019
under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be
no less than the percentages in subsection (a) as employees in the same
location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to the
statutory pay systems under section 5303, 5304, and 5304a of title 5,
United States Code. Prevailing rate employees at locations where there
are no employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303,
5304, and 5304a of such title 5 and prevailing rate employees described
in section 5343(a)(5) of such title 5 shall be considered to be located
in the pay locality designated as "Rest of U.S." pursuant to section
5304 of such title 5 for purposes of this subsection.
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from
appropriations, which are made to each applicable department or agency
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019.
Sec. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in any title other than title IV or VIII shall
not apply to such title IV or VIII.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds
and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been
entered against the District of Columbia government.
Sec. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be
used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any
policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before Congress or any State legislature.
Sec. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this Act to
the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District government
agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
year 2019, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditures
for an agency through a reprogramming of funds which--
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility
center;
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied,
limited or increased under this Act;
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have
been denied or restricted;
(5) re-establishes any program or project previously
deferred through reprogramming;
(6) augments any existing program, project, or
responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in
excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a
specific program, project or responsibility center,
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to approve
and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local funds under
this title through November 7, 2019.
Sec. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may be
used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or
other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator or
United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District of
Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C.
Law 3-171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-123).
Sec. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of
the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to
provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia with an
official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only
in the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties. For
purposes of this section, the term ``official duties'' does not include
travel between the officer's or employee's residence and workplace,
except in the case of--
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police
Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is
otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department;
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or
employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical
Services Department who resides in the District of Columbia and
is on call 24 hours a day;
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department of
Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia
Department of Corrections who resides in the District of
Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an
officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours
a day;
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland
Security and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or
employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call
24 hours a day;
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of
Columbia.
Sec. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may
be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other
officer or entity of the District government to provide assistance for
any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to
provide for voting representation in Congress for the District of
Columbia.
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia Attorney
General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or
from consulting with officials of the District government regarding
such lawsuits.
Sec. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be
used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose of preventing
the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location that has been
determined by the local public health or local law enforcement
authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution.
Sec. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the
Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing the issue
of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans,
but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation enacted on such
issue should include a ``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions
for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
Sec. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may
be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize
or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or
distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols
derivative.
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the
District of Columbia government under any authority may be used to
enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce
penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any
schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801
et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational
purposes.
Sec. 810. No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the
District of Columbia government under any authority shall be expended
for any abortion except where the life of the mother would be
endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is
the result of an act of rape or incest.
Sec. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of
Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the
Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, a revised
appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the budget that
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-
204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia government for
fiscal year 2019 that is in the total amount of the approved
appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services
and other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual
expenditures.
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the Chief
Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that a
reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in program
requirements.
Sec. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of
Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the
Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised
appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia Public
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The revised
appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of the budget that the
District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-
204.42).
Sec. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds
may be transferred to the District of Columbia's enterprise and capital
funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation
authority consistent with the provisions of this Act.
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to reprogram
or transfer for operating expenses any local funds transferred or
reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from operating
funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once transferred or
reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the
provisions of this Act.
(c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes,
or other obligations issued for capital projects.
Sec. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may
any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so
provided herein.
Sec. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or
under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from appropriations
of Federal funds made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal
year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30,
2020, for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided,
That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to
the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests
shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in
section 803 of this Act.
Sec. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2020, during a period in which
neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a regular
District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local funds are
appropriated in the amount provided for any project or activity for
which local funds are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2)
(subject to any modifications enacted by the District of Columbia as of
the beginning of the period during which this subsection is in effect)
at the rate set forth by such Act.
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act of the Council
of the District of Columbia pursuant to which a proposed budget is
approved for fiscal year 2020 which (subject to the requirements of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia government for fiscal
year 2020 for purposes of section 446 of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (sec. 1-204.46, D.C. Official Code).
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be
available--
(1) during any period in which a District of Columbia
continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020 is in effect; or
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District of
Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2020.
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided under the
authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall be
available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by
this Act.
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all
obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity
during the portion of fiscal year 2020 for which this section applies
to such project or activity.
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during
any period of fiscal year 2020 if any other provision of law (other
than an authorization of appropriations)--
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or
grants authority for such project or activity to continue for
such period; or
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be
made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall
be granted for such project or activity to continue for such
period.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by
other law.
Sec. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV.
This division may be cited as the ``Financial Services and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2019''.
DIVISION C--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
Processing, Research, and Marketing
Office of the Secretary
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $46,532,000,
of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be available for the immediate
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $800,000 shall be available for
the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development:
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the
Rural Development mission area for salaries and expenses are available
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to
exceed $1,496,000 shall be available for the Office of Homeland
Security; not to exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of
Partnerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed $23,105,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration,
of which $22,301,000 shall be available for Departmental Administration
to provide for necessary expenses for management support services to
offices of the Department and for general administration, security,
repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses
not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and
efficient work of the Department: Provided further, That funds made
available by this Act to an agency in the Administration mission area
for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one
administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,869,000
shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for
Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this Act,
including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison
within the executive branch; and not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be
available for the Office of Communications: Provided further, That the
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated
for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of
the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation
for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent:
Provided further, That not to exceed $11,000 of the amount made
available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the
Secretary shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary:
Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading for
Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from applicable
appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding
of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred to agencies of
the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel
at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds made available
under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for
Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the date of
enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these
funds by USDA agency.
Executive Operations
office of the chief economist
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist,
$19,786,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155.
office of hearings and appeals
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals,
$15,222,000.
office of budget and program analysis
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $9,525,000.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $63,950,000, of which not less than $38,000,000 is for
cybersecurity requirements of the department.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, $6,028,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That funds made available by this
Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for salaries and
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff
for the Office.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $24,206,000.
Agriculture Buildings and Facilities
(including transfers of funds)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public
Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of
authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department
of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the
Department which are included in this Act, and for alterations and
other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate
unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance,
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and
for related costs, $58,330,000, to remain available until expended.
Hazardous Materials Management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management
may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in
meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-
Federal lands.
Office of Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978
(Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $98,208,000, including such sums as
may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public
agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the
Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.), and
including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational
expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the
direction of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector General
Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-98).
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$45,146,000.
Office of Ethics
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,136,000.
Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Research, Education, and Economics, $800,000: Provided, That funds
made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and
Economics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund
up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Economic Research Service
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service,
$86,757,000.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service, $174,767,000, of which up to $45,300,000 shall be available
until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts
made available for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct
Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f).
Agricultural Research Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for
acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the lands
exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total
value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
$1,300,966,000, of which $10,600,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be used to carry out the science program at the
National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas;
of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out the
dryland agriculture research program; and of which not less than
$7,000,000 shall be available for purposes of entering into a
management, operations, and research support contract to expedite the
hiring of a capable workforce for the commissioning of the Central
Utility Plant and in support of operations and management of the
National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility: Provided, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of
aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only:
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost
of constructing any one building shall not exceed $500,000, except for
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000,
except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to
exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for two buildings to be constructed
at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building or $500,000, whichever is
greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural
Research Service location for the construction of a research facility
by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service
and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall be owned,
operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and shall be removed
upon the expiration or termination of the lease agreement: Provided
further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act
shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the foregoing
limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry
out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at
any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a
research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable
to, the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the easements
shall be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the
Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the
Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of
the United States: Provided further, That funds may be received from
any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for
the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or
research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by
law.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
research and education activities
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses,
$898,535,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts,
specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, Research and Education Activities'' in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for
1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capacity
building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture
and food research initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment,
multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge
grants, and grants management systems shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive
funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000:
Provided further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual
eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds
awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided
further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be
made available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C.
3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the
amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry out the
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be
retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority.
native american institutions endowment fund
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by
Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to remain
available until expended.
extension activities
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa, $486,692,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in
the amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, Extension Activities'' in the report accompanying this
Act: Provided, That funds for facility improvements at 1890
institutions shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for
cooperative extension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided
further, That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and
(c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c)
of Public Law 93-471 shall be available for retirement and employees'
compensation costs for extension agents.
integrated activities
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants
programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $38,000,000,
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the
table titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated
Activities'' in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds
for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain available
until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any
Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop
Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).
Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $901,000: Provided, That funds made
available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory
Programs mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund
up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085),
$1,000,493,000, of which $470,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds
(``contingency fund'') to the extent necessary to meet emergency
conditions; of which $11,520,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes or
for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which $37,857,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal Health
Technical Services; of which $705,000 shall be for activities under the
authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C.
1831); of which $62,840,000, to remain available until expended, shall
be used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for information technology
infrastructure; of which $178,170,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $11,826,000, to
remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland
ecosystem pests; of which $16,523,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which
$41,466,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency
preparedness and response; of which $60,000,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $5,725,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be for the National
Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of
which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the
wildlife damage management program for aviation safety: Provided, That
of amounts available under this heading for wildlife services methods
development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That of amounts available under this heading for the
screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of
which $13,600,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used to
carry out the science program at the National Bio- and Agro-defense
Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no funds
shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication
program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum
matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed five, of which two shall
be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addition, in
emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production
industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of
the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available
only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious
or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for
expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal
Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442
of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any
unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in
the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration
of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.
In fiscal year 2019, the agency is authorized to collect fees to
cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or
services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic
and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals,
provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall
be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended,
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.
buildings and facilities
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to
remain available until expended.
Agricultural Marketing Service
marketing services
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service,
$155,845,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available for the purposes
of section 12306 of Public Law 113-79; and of which $7,000,000 shall be
available for marketing activities authorized under section 204(b) of
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)) to provide to
State departments of agriculture, State cooperative extension services,
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations grants to
carry out programs and provide technical assistance to promote
innovation, process improvement, and marketing relating to dairy
products: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement value of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities,
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed $60,982,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided,
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)
(including transfers of funds)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for:
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers
otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,489,000 for
formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the
Agricultural Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-128).
payments to states and possessions
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,235,000.
limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act
to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for salaries and expenses
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the
Office.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and
the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,049,344,000; and in
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees
collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by
section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the Public
Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time
equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2019 for
purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided
further, That the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue
implementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110-246 as further
clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113-79:
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building.
TITLE II
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Farm Production and Conservation, $901,000: Provided, That funds made
available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Production and
Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are available to
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conservation
Business Center, $1,028,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That $149,000 of amounts appropriated for the current fiscal
year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and
merged with this account.
Farm Service Agency
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,202,146,000:
Provided, That not more than 50 percent of the $44,691,000 made
available under this heading for information technology related to farm
program delivery, including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of
Agricultural Systems and other farm program delivery systems, may be
obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives written or
electronic notification of receipt from such Committees of, a plan for
expenditure that (1) identifies for each project/investment over
$25,000 (a) the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered
and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle
cost, including estimates for development as well as maintenance and
operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that
each project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency
Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with
applicable lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) subject
to the applicable Department's capital planning and investment control
requirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government
Accountability Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency shall
submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019 to
the Committees on Appropriations and the Government Accountability
Office, that identifies for each project/investment that is operational
(a) current performance against key indicators of customer
satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agreements or
other technical metrics, (c) current performance against a pre-
established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and
planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an
assessment of whether the investment continues to meet business needs
as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: Provided
further, That the Secretary is authorized to use the services,
facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make program payments for all programs administered by
the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available to the
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with
this account: Provided further, That funds made available to county
committees shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be
used to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided further,
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be
used to permanently relocate county based employees that would result
in an office with two or fewer employees without prior notification and
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
state mediation grants
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,904,000.
grassroots source water protection program
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $6,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
dairy indemnity program
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to
dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy
indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such program is carried out by the
Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described
in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387, 114
Stat. 1549A-12).
agricultural credit insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7
U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.),
Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans
(7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.),
and Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to be
available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as
follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and
$1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,960,000,000 for
unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and $1,530,000,000 for direct
operating loans; emergency loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe land
acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans,
$150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and
for boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That
the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the
purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm operating loans,
$59,670,000 for direct operating loans, $21,168,000 for unsubsidized
guaranteed operating loans, emergency loans, $1,567,000 and $2,134,000
for Indian highly fractionated land loans to remain available until
expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $325,068,000: Provided, That of
this amount, $314,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses'', of
which $8,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020.
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance
Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct
loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs:
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
Risk Management Agency
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $74,829,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).
Natural Resources Conservation Service
conservation operations
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers;
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information;
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
$879,107,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and public
improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of
alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public
improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when
buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the
right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a:
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this
heading, $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the
authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-1009 for authorized
ongoing watershed projects with a primary purpose of providing water to
rural communities.
watershed and flood prevention operations
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including
but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering operations,
works of improvement, and changes in use of land, in accordance with
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005
and 1007-1009) and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating
to the activities of the Department, $150,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That for funds provided by this Act or any
other prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the watershed or
subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which
such activities can be undertaken shall only apply for activities
undertaken for the primary purpose of flood prevention (including
structural and land treatment measures): Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be
allocated to projects and activities that can commence promptly
following enactment; that address regional priorities for flood
prevention, agricultural water management, inefficient irrigation
systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed protection; or that
address authorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13
of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534) with
a primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing floodwater
damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, and banks to
reduce erosion and sediment transport.
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law,
and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or
agency, except as hereinafter provided.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to remain
available until expended.
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
reimbursement for net realized losses
(including transfers of funds)
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the
Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11): Provided, That of the
funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of
the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the
conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural
Service for information resource management activities of the Foreign
Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit
Corporation business.
hazardous waste management
(limitation on expenses)
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall
not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).
TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Rural Development
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and
implementation of Rural Development programs, including activities with
institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural
cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $232,835,000: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated
under this heading may be used for advertising and promotional
activities that support Rural Development programs: Provided further,
That in addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes
authorized by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1472(i)), any amounts collected under such section will immediately be
credited to this account and will remain available until expended for
such purposes.
Rural Housing Service
rural housing insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949,
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as
follows: $1,100,000,000 shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504
housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 rental housing;
$230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans;
$10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing acquired
property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land development
loans; and $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $53,900,000 shall be for
direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $3,419,000; section 523
self-help housing land development loans, $431,000; section 524 site
development loans, $176,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new
construction of section 515 rental housing, $9,484,000: Provided, That
to support the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any
fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to
the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.),
and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided
further, That applicants in communities that have a current rural area
waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q)
shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502
guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Provided further, That
of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct
loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for
individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program funded with
a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 523 of the
Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2019: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit
organizations and public housing authorities to facilitate the
acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily housing
properties by such nonprofit organizations and public housing
authorities that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multifamily
housing program for a period of time as determined by the Secretary,
with such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the following:
allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authorities to earn a
Return on Investment on their own resources to include proceeds from
low income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, grants,
and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal;
and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with owner's
oversight of asset referred to as ``Asset Management Fee'' of up to
$7,500 per property.
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts,
as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $14,281,000, to remain available until expended,
for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing
grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances available for the
Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and merged with this
account.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses''.
rental assistance program
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant
to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 or
agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for
eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the
Housing Act of 1949, $1,331,400,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2020; and in addition such sums as may be
necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate
debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That
rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the current
fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided further,
That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year
agreements may be transferred and used for purposes of any debt
reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing
projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized
under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance
provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a
farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or
516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until
such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive
months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such
assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who
are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such
recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be
applied to another farm labor multi-family housing project financed
under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That except as
provided in the third proviso under this heading and notwithstanding
any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental
assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year
2019 for a project that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental
assistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs.
multi-family housing revitalization program account
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under section
542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of
such section, and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration
program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental
housing properties described in this paragraph, $50,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $26,000,000, shall be available for rural housing
vouchers to any low-income household (including those not receiving
rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a section 515
loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided
further, That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference
between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant
paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds made available
for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual
appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing
vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines
that the amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is
not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for the
demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-
family rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$24,000,000 shall be available for a demonstration program for the
preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516
multi-family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA
multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate,
expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient
resources to preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and
affordable housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including
reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments,
subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial
assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including the
ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall as part
of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive
use agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided
further, That if the Secretary determines that additional funds for
vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the
preservation and revitalization demonstration program may be used for
such vouchers: Provided further, That if Congress enacts legislation
to permanently authorize a multi-family rental housing loan
restructuring program similar to the demonstration program described
herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for the
demonstration program under this heading to carry out such legislation
with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That in addition to any other
available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000
total, from the program funds made available under this heading, for
administrative expenses for activities funded under this heading.
mutual and self-help housing grants
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
rural housing assistance grants
For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing
preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42
U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $40,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
rural community facilities program account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$3,000,000,000 for direct loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed loans.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, $4,285,000, to remain available until expended.
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs as
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $47,778,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural
Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds
shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private,
nonprofit community-based housing and community development
organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized
Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing,
community facilities, community and economic development projects in
rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made available
to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical assistance:
Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall provide
matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related
activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided
further, That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with
extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106-
387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in
the State rural development offices: Provided further, That $4,000,000
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for
community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by
section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 381E-H
and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not
applicable to the funds made available under this heading.
Rural Business--Cooperative Service
rural business program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business
development programs authorized by section 310B and described in
subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act, $69,619,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for one grant
to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance
for rural transportation in order to promote economic development and
$8,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7
U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commission (40
U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40
U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program
purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for
administrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business grants to
benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic
development: Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds
made available under this heading.
intermediary relending program fund account
(including transfer of funds)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b),
$18,889,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $4,157,000, as authorized by the
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which
$557,000 shall be available through June 30, 2019, for Federally
Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be
available through June 30, 2019, for Mississippi Delta Region counties
(as determined in accordance with Public Law 100-460): 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.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rural economic development loans program account
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects,
$45,000,000.
The cost of grants authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic
development and job creation projects shall not exceed $10,000,000.
rural cooperative development grants
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1932), $30,050,000, of which $3,750,000 shall be for cooperative
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas
program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants
for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups
of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority
of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are comprised
of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of
which $17,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
value-added agricultural product market development grants, as
authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a), of which $2,500,000 shall be for Agriculture
Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public Law
107-171.
rural energy for america program
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same terms
and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $338,000: Provided, That
the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974.
Rural Utilities Service
rural water and waste disposal program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for the
rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management
programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B
and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $558,183,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be
available for the rural utilities program described in section
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be
available for the rural utilities program described in section 306E of
such Act: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be for grants authorized by
section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
in addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act and
such grants may not exceed $1,000,000 notwithstanding section
306A(f)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That $68,000,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and grants
including water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by section
306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That funding
provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to
section 325 of Public Law 105-83: Provided further, That not more than
2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alaska for
training and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 percent
of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to
section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and technical assistance
programs: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical
assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section
306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of
extreme need, of which $8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant
to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance
organization, with experience in working with small communities on
water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant
shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less,
in improving the planning, financing, development, operation, and
management of water and waste water systems, and of which not less than
$800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American organization
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal
communities: Provided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with
qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide
technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That
not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste management grants:
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under
this heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural
Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants
authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior year balances for high-
energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and
merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants
Account: Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the
funds made available under this heading.
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account
(including transfer of funds)
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized
by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) shall be made as follows: loans made
pursuant to sections 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that
Act, rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans
pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural
telecommunications loans, cost of money rural telecommunications loans,
and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural
telecommunications loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to
$2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisition, design
and engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating
plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon subsurface
utilization and storage systems.
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305 of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, $1,725,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program
For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans,
$29,851,000.
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $33,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made
available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding provided under
this heading for grants under 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet all of the
eligibility criteria for a consortium as established by this section.
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 of
the Rural Electrification Act, $5,830,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a
grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible
for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7
U.S.C. 950aaa.
rural health and safety education programs
Any funds provided by this Act for rural health and safety
education programs authorized under section 502(i) of the Rural
Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)) may be used under those
programs to address the opioid abuse epidemic and to combat opioid
abuse in rural communities.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $800,000: Provided, That funds
made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and
Consumer Services mission area for salaries and expenses are available
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Food and Nutrition Service
child nutrition programs
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections
17 and 21; $23,184,012,000 to remain available through September 30,
2020, of which such sums as are made available under section
14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public
Law 110-246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and
available for the same time period and purposes as provided herein:
Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 shall be
available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount
available, $30,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants
to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and
schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater than $1,000,
needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help
support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school
breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total amount
available, $28,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry
out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010
(Public Law 111-80): Provided further, That section 26(d) of the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is
amended in the first sentence by striking ``2010 through 2018'' and
inserting ``2010 through 2019'': Provided further, That section
9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``for fiscal
year 2018'' and inserting ``for fiscal year 2019'': Provided further,
That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
``for fiscal year 2018'' and inserting ``for fiscal year 2019''.
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
(wic)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,150,000,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2020, of which $25,000,000 shall be placed in
reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the
Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act,
to support participation should cost or participation exceed budget
estimates: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than
$67,500,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors and other
related activities, and $19,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure,
of which $5,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to promote
breastfeeding and improved nutritional health through technologies and
services, including telemedicine: Provided further, That none of the
funds provided in this account shall be available for the purchase of
infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment and
competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall be available
for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal
Government departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of
such Act: Provided further, That upon termination of a federally
mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and conditions
established by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement
at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency.
supplemental nutrition assistance program
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $73,219,274,000, of which $3,000,000,000,
to remain available through December 31, 2020, shall be placed in
reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become
necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That funds
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide
nutrition education services to State agencies and Federally Recognized
Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be
required by law: Provided further, That funds made available for
Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available
through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and
section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain
available through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That none of
the funds made available under this heading may be obligated or
expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and
employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities
related to program integrity provided that such activities are
authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
commodity assistance program
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the
Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance
for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
188); and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by
section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $322,139,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2020: Provided, That none of
these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for commodities donated to the program: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds
made available in fiscal year 2019 to support the Seniors Farmers'
Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain
available through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 15 percent for
costs associated with the distribution of commodities.
nutrition programs administration
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition
Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program,
$164,688,000: Provided, That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000
shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107-171,
as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110-246.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural
Affairs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for
Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $875,000: Provided, That funds
made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the
Office.
office of codex alimentarius
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius,
$3,976,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and
representation expenses.
Foreign Agricultural Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,
including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7
U.S.C. 1766), $212,230,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall
remain available until September 30, 2020, for overseas operations to
include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, That the
Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private
organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to
the agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737)
and the foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for
International Development: Provided further, That funds made available
for middle-income country training programs, funds made available for
the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology
Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural
Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations
in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by
the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until
expended.
food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program
account
(including transfer of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program of
title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480) and the Food for
Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
food for peace title ii grants
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), for
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title
II of said Act, $1,716,000,000, to remain available until expended.
mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition
program grants
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-
1), $210,255,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services,
facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such
section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein:
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading,
$15,000,000, shall remain available until expended for necessary
expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 of the
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c).
commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program
account
(including transfers of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit
Corporation's Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,
$8,845,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section
11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,382,000 shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $2,463,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Department of Health and Human Services
food and drug administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration,
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the
District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to amounts appropriated
to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out the activities
described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public
Law 114-255); for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 107-188;
$5,419,299,000: Provided, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $960,568,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and
remain available until expended; $196,668,000 shall be derived from
medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$501,396,000 shall be derived from human generic drug user fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, and shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended; $40,922,000 shall be derived from
biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-
52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended; $30,331,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended; $18,336,000 shall be derived from
generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-21, and
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain
available until expended: Provided further, That in addition to and
notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, amounts
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees,
human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees,
animal drug user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that
exceed the respective fiscal year 2019 limitations are appropriated and
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended:
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical
device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, animal drug,
and generic new animal drug assessments for fiscal year 2019, including
any such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2019 but credited for
fiscal year 2019, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2019 limitations:
Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal
year 2019 of user fees specified under this heading and authorized for
fiscal year 2020, prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts
of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2020 for which the Secretary
accepts payment in fiscal year 2019 shall not be included in amounts
under this heading: Provided further, That none of these funds shall
be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated: (1) $1,052,315,000 shall be for the Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $15,000,000 shall
be used for inspections of foreign seafood manufacturers and field
examinations of imported seafood; (2) $1,720,807,000 shall be for the
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $369,857,000 shall be for the
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $216,914,000 shall
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $495,988,000 shall
be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $65,531,000
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)
$662,043,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not
to exceed $174,751,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of
which $50,987,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the
amounts paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not
to exceed $240,887,000 shall be for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent; and (10) $420,206,000 shall be for other
activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and
Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the
Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central
services for these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed
$25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by
the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds
pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available under
this heading for other activities: Provided further, That of the
amounts that are made available under this heading for ``other
activities'', and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Department of
Health and Human Services--Office of Inspector General'' for oversight
of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration and
shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight of
the Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That funds may be
transferred from one specified activity to another with the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b,
export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority
review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed
recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer
program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62, prescription drug wholesale
distributor licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider licensing and inspection fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure priority
review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-4a, shall be
credited to this account, to remain available until expended.
buildings and facilities
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities
of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise
provided, $11,788,000, to remain available until expended.
fda innovation account, cures act
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described under
section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition to
amounts available for such purposes under the heading ``Salaries and
Expenses'', $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated pursuant
to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be derived
from amounts transferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and
may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the
appropriation for ``Department of Health and Human Services--Food and
Drug Administration--Salaries and Expenses'' solely for the purposes
provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by
the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous
proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may
be transferred back to the account: Provided further, That such
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority
provided by law.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
Farm Credit Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed $74,600,000 (from assessments collected from farm
credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided,
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
TITLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including rescissions and transfers of funds)
Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of
Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided
for, of not to exceed 71 passenger motor vehicles of which 68 shall be
for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided,
That notwithstanding this section, the only purchase of new passenger
vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to be necessary
for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and for the
protection of life, property, and public safety.
Sec. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of
discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available
unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining available of the
Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the
acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery
of financial, administrative, and information technology services of
primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such
transferred funds to remain available until expended: Provided, That
none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of
the agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall
be available for obligation without written notification to and the
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by
this Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital Fund
shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes to
the Department's National Finance Center without written notification
to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress as required by section 717 of this Act: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made
available to the Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available
for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, implement, or
make any changes to remove or relocate any systems, missions, or
functions of the offices of the Chief Financial Officer or any
personnel from the National Finance Center prior to written
notification to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of
section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial Officer shall
actively market to existing and new Departments and other government
agencies National Finance Center shared services including, but not
limited to, payroll, financial management, and human capital shared
services and allow the National Finance Center to perform technology
upgrades: Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the
Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attributable to
the amounts in excess of the true costs of the shared services provided
by the National Finance Center and budgeted for the National Finance
Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the
replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment
for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of financial,
administrative, and information technology services, and other systems
of the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary
cost of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That none of
the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation unless the
Secretary submits written notification of the obligation to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided
further, That the limitations on the obligation of funds pending
notification to Congressional Committees shall not apply to any
obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to
respond to a declared state of emergency that significantly impacts the
operations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of
the National Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of
the National Finance Center.
Sec. 703. 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. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
Sec. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current
fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts:
the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural
Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, and the
Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.
Sec. 706. None of the funds made available to the Department of
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the
Chief Information Officer without written notification to and the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 11319 of
title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available to the
Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated
for projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior to
receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer: Provided
further, That the Chief Information Officer may authorize an agency to
obligate funds without written approval from the Chief Information
Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000
based upon the performance of an agency measured against the
performance plan requirements described in the explanatory statement
accompanying Public Law 113-235.
Sec. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the
current fiscal year.
Sec. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any former
RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or
guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any
not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct
loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such
Act.
Sec. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not
more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made
available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service
Agency shall remain available through September 30, 2020, for
information technology expenses: Provided, That except as otherwise
specifically provided by law, unobligated balances from appropriations
made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Rural
Development mission area shall remain available through September 30,
2020, for information technology expenses.
Sec. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections
301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 711. In the case of each program established or amended by
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79), other than by title I
or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which
indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is authorized or
required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation--
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related
administrative expenses, including technical assistance,
associated with the implementation of the program, without
regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and
fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be
considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of
applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and
fund transfers contained in such section.
Sec. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than
$2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants.
Sec. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay
indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, education, or
extension grant awards issued by the National Institute of Food and
Agriculture that exceed 30 percent of total Federal funds provided
under each award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants awarded
competitively by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall
be available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant
awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
Sec. 714. (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. 715. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 of
Public Law 110-246 (7 U.S.C. 612c-6; in this section referred to as
``section 14222''), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of
the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section referred to
as ``section 32'') in excess of $1,299,600,000 (exclusive of carryover
appropriations from prior fiscal years), as follows: Child Nutrition
Programs Entitlement Commodities--$485,000,000; State Option
Contracts-- $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities-- $2,500,000;
Administration of Section 32 Commodity Purchases--$35,853,000:
Provided, That of the total funds made available in the matter
preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 2019, such
unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2020 and shall
remain available until expended for any of the purposes of section 32,
except that any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3)
of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated
until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of the
expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress at least two weeks in advance: Provided further, That, with
the exception of any available carryover funds authorized in any prior
appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section
32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any
employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of
section 32.
Sec. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act
shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare
or submit appropriations language as part of the President's budget
submission to the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the
budget unless such budget submission identifies which additional
spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of
conference for the fiscal year 2020 appropriations Act.
Sec. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal
year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming,
transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act,
or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the
authority provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89-106
(7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;
(4) relocates an office or employees;
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities
presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives
approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds
or the use of such authority.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available
for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in
subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent,
whichever is less, that--
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as
approved by Congress; or
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in
personnel which would result in a change in existing programs,
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the
Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives
approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or
transfer of such funds or the use of such authority.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall notify in writing and receive approval from the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before
implementing any program or activity not carried out during the
previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this
Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available
for--
(1) modifying major capital investments funding levels,
including information technology systems, that involves
increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for
the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent
of the total cost, whichever is less;
(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant
positions or agency activities or functions to establish a
center, office, branch, or similar entity with five or more
personnel; or
(3) carrying out activities or functions that were not
described in the budget request; unless the agencies funded by
this Act notify, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of using
the funds for these purposes.
(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for any
activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of
Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of
receipt of the notification as required in this section.
Sec. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may
assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and industry loan in
an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal
portion of the loan.
Sec. 719. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug
Administration, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to
transmit or otherwise make available reports, questions, or responses
to questions that are a result of information requested for the
appropriations hearing process to any non-Department of Agriculture,
non-Department of Health and Human Services, or non-Farm Credit
Administration employee.
Sec. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the
funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive branch agency
to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or
distribution in the United States unless the story includes a clear
notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story
that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that
executive branch agency.
Sec. 721. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act or any
other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than
60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's employing agency or
office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the
salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
Sec. 722. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 for a pilot
program to provide competitive grants to State departments of
agriculture, State cooperative extension services, and nonprofit
organizations to carry out programs to address farmer stress and
suicide.
Sec. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the Food
and Drug Administration, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit
Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, project, and
activity for all the funds made available under this Act including
appropriated user fees, as defined in the report accompanying this Act.
Sec. 724. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available
for the supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $400,000,000 are
hereby rescinded.
Sec. 725. The Secretary shall continue an intermediary loan
packaging program based on the pilot program in effect for fiscal year
2013 for packaging and reviewing section 502 single family direct
loans. The Secretary shall continue agreements with current
intermediary organizations and with additional qualified intermediary
organizations. The Secretary shall work with these organizations to
increase effectiveness of the section 502 single family direct loan
program in rural communities and shall set aside and make available
from the national reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary to
support the work of such intermediaries and provide a priority for
review of such loans.
Sec. 726. For loans and loan guarantees that do not require budget
authority and the program level has been established in this Act, the
Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program level for such loans
and loan guarantees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary notifies,
in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress
at least 15 days in advance.
Sec. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred
to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be
available for obligation without written notification to, and the prior
approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: Provided, That the refunds or rebates so transferred shall
be available for obligation only for the acquisition of plant and
capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial,
administrative, and information technology services of primary benefit
to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 728. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to implement, administer, or enforce the ``variety'' requirements of
the final rule entitled ``Enhancing Retailer Standards in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)'' published by the
Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016
(81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture amends the
definition of the term ``variety'' as de fined in section
278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and
``variety'' as applied in the definition of the term ``staple food'' as
defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to
increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in
each staple food category so that the total number of such items in
each staple food category exceeds the number of such items in each
staple food category included in the final rule as published on
December 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary promulgates such
regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements
regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014
(Public Law 113-79).
Sec. 729. None of the funds made available by this Act or any
other Act may be used--
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural
Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or
use of industrial hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown
or cultivated in accordance with subsection section 7606 of the
Agricultural Act of 2014, within or outside the State in which
the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated.
Sec. 730. Funds provided by this or any prior Appropriations Act
for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)
shall be made available without regard to section 7128 of the
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching
requirements in laws in effect on the date before the date of enactment
of such section: Provided, That the requirements of 7 U.S.C.
450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply.
Sec. 731. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture
shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed under
such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has
under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1490p-2) with respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and
eligible lenders for such loans.
Sec. 732. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take any other action
with respect to, allowing or requiring information intended for a
prescribing health care professional, in the case of a drug or
biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to such
professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) unless and until
a Federal law is enacted to allow or require such distribution.
Sec. 733. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of a submission
for an exemption for investigational use of a drug or biological
product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which a human embryo
is intentionally created or modified to include a heritable genetic
modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to have not been
received by the Secretary, and the exemption may not go into effect.
Sec. 734. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to carry out the final rule promulgated by the Food and
Drug Administration and put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards
to the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements
of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-
based preventive controls for food for animals rule with respect to the
regulation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of dried
spent grain byproducts of the alcoholic beverage production process.
Sec. 735. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry out
section 1621 of Public Law 110-246.
Sec. 736. No partially hydrogenated oils as defined in the order
published by the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Register
on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.) shall be deemed unsafe
within the meaning of section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) and no food that is introduced or
delivered for introduction into interstate commerce that bears or
contains a partially hydrogenated oil shall be deemed adulterated under
sections 402(a)(1) or 402(a)(2)(C)(i) of this Act by virtue of bearing
or containing a partially hydrogenated oil until the compliance date as
specified in such order (June 18, 2018).
Sec. 737. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided,
That the Secretary may allow eligible entities to offer loans to
customers in any part of their service territory and to offer loans to
replace a manufactured housing unit with another manufactured housing
unit, if replacement would be more cost effective in saving energy.
Sec. 738. For fiscal years 2019 through 2025, the Administrators
of the Agricultural Research Service and the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service may make not to exceed 50 appointments in any fiscal
year for employees of such agencies at the National Bio- and Agro-
defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, That such
appointments may be made in the manner provided by 7 U.S.C.
7657(b)(4)(A)(i-v): Provided further, That such appointments may be
made at a rate of basic pay that exceeds the rate payable for such
positions under the General Schedule or the Executive Schedule, or
other applicable schedule, as appropriate.
Sec. 739. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the
Secretary to carry out a pilot program that provides forestry inventory
analysis, forest management and economic outcomes modelling for certain
currently enrolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The
Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation to enter into
agreements with and provide grants to qualified non-profit
organizations dedicated to conservation, forestry and wildlife
habitats, that also have experience in conducting accurate forest
inventory analysis through the use of advanced, cost-effective
technology. The Secretary shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled
for at least eight years and located in areas with a substantial
concentration of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted to
multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including CP03, CP03A, CP11,
CP22, CP31 and CP40.
Sec. 740. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and Drug
Administration shall not allow the introduction or delivery for
introduction into interstate commerce of any food that contains
genetically engineered salmon until the FDA publishes final labeling
guidelines for informing consumers of such content.
Sec. 741. In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this
Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is
appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, to
implement non-renewable agreements on eligible lands, including flooded
agricultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water
Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311).
Sec. 742. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this fiscal
year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste
management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E,
and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction,
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or wastewater
system unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project
are produced in the United States.
(2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel products'' means the
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined
pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings,
hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves,
structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction
materials.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases
in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as
the ``Secretary'') or the designee of the Secretary finds that--
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the
public interest;
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United
States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of
a satisfactory quality; or
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the
United States will increase the cost of the overall project by
more than 25 percent.
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for a
waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee shall make
available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and
information available to the Secretary or the designee concerning the
request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The
Secretary or the designee shall make the request and accompanying
information available by electronic means, including on the official
public Internet Web site of the Department.
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with
United States obligations under international agreements.
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds
appropriated in this Act for ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Water and
Waste Disposal Program Account'' for carrying out the provisions
described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the
requirements of this section.
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project for
which the engineering plans and specifications include use of iron and
steel products otherwise prohibited by such subsection if the plans and
specifications have received required approvals from State agencies
prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ``United States'' and
``State'' shall include each of the several States, the District of
Columbia, and each federally recognized Indian tribe.
Sec. 743. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area
Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2019, an amount of funds
made available in title III under the headings of Rural Housing
Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants,
Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program
Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund
Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account,
equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds
provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year any such
funds were obligated under such headings for REAP Zones.
Sec. 744. For the purposes of determining eligibility or level of
program assistance for Rural Development programs the Secretary shall
not include incarcerated prison populations.
Sec. 745. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary to
provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations and public housing
authorities to provide technical assistance, including financial and
legal services, to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas where the
Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable housing, by non-
profit housing organizations and public housing authorities as
authorized by law that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-
family housing program for a period of time as determined by the
Secretary.
Sec. 746. 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. 747. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this
section as the ``Secretary'') shall carry out a pilot program during
fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 2018 crop year for county-level
agriculture risk coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides all or
some of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State the
opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the State a
supplemental payment described in subsection (c) based on the alternate
calculation method described in subsection (b) for 1 or more counties
in a State if the office for that State determines that the alternate
calculation method is necessary to ensure that, to the maximum extent
practicable, there are not significant yield calculation disparities
between comparable counties in the State.
(b) The alternate calculation method referred to in subsection (a)
is a method of calculating the actual yield for the 2018 crop year for
county-level agriculture risk coverage payments under section
1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), under
which--
(1) county data of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (referred to in this section as ``NASS data'') is used
for the calculations;
(2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a county (as
determined under standards of the Secretary in effect as of the
date of enactment of this Act) or the available NASS data
produces a substantially disparate result, the calculation of
the county yield is determined using comparable contiguous
county NASS data as determined by the Farm Service Agency
office in the applicable State; and
(3) if there is insufficient NASS data for a comparable
contiguous county (as determined under standards of the
Secretary in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act),
the calculation of the county yield is determined using
reliable yield data from other sources, such as Risk Management
Agency data, National Agricultural Statistics Service district
data, National Agricultural Statistics Service State yield
data, or other data as determined by the Farm Service Agency
office in the applicable State.
(c)(1) A supplemental payment made under the pilot program
established under this section may be made to an agricultural producer
who is subject to the alternate calculation method described in
subsection (b) if that agricultural producer would otherwise receive a
county-level agriculture risk coverage payment for the 2018 crop year
in an amount that is less than the payment that the agricultural
producer would receive under the alternate calculation method.
(2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an agricultural
producer under this section may not exceed the difference between--
(A) the payment that the agricultural producer would have
received without the alternate calculation method described in
subsection (b); and
(B) the payment that the agricultural producer would
receive using the alternate calculation method.
(d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds of the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2020, to carry out the pilot program described in
this section.
(2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use not more
than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program described in this
section.
(e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall
select States to participate in the pilot program under this section so
the cost of the pilot program equals the amount provided under
subsection (d).
(2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program exceeds the
amount made available, the Secretary shall reduce all payments under
the pilot program on a pro rata basis.
(f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of actual yield
for purposes of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments under
section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C.
9017(b)(1)) other than payments made in accordance with the pilot
program under this section.
(g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alternate
calculation method described in subsection (b) shall not be used as a
basis for any agriculture risk coverage payment determinations under
section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) other than
for purposes of the pilot program under this section.
Sec. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary's
designees are hereby granted the same access to information and subject
to the same requirements applicable to the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 653) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix)) to verify the income for
individuals participating in sections 502, 504, 521, and 542 of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 1490r),
notwithstanding section 453(l)(1) of the Social Security Act.
Sec. 749. In addition to any other funds made available in this
Act or any other Act, there is appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out
section 18(g)(8) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to remain available until expended.
Sec. 750. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
by the Food and Drug Administration to develop, issue, promote, or
advance any regulations applicable to food manufacturers for
population-wide sodium reduction actions or to develop, issue, promote
or advance final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long
term population-wide sodium reduction actions until the date on which a
dietary reference intake report with respect to sodium is completed.
Sec. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2020, for the cost of loans and grants
that is consistent with section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014,
for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects that
provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, to create and
preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities.
Sec. 752. For an additional amount for ``Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service--Salaries and Expenses'', $7,500,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2020, for one-time control and management
and associated activities directly related to the multiple-agency
response to citrus greening.
Sec. 753. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated by the Food and
Drug Administration entitled ``Standards for the Growing, Harvesting,
Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,'' and published
on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation of the production,
distribution, sale, or receipt of grape varietals that are grown,
harvested and used solely for wine and receive commercial processing
that adequately reduces the presence of microorganisms of public health
significance.
Sec. 754. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for an additional amount for telemedicine and
distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
950aaa et seq., to help address the opioid epidemic in rural America.
Sec. 755. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2020, for a pilot program for the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to
nonprofit organizations for programs and services to establish and
enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans.
Sec. 756. There is hereby appropriated $425,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for an additional amount for Sec. 779 of
Public Law 115-141.
Sec. 757. For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans
and grants made under the ``Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program
Account'', $400,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Sec. 758. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel--
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901
note; Public Law 104-127); or
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code
of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
Sec. 759. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to revoke an exception made--
(1) pursuant to the final rule of the Department of
Agriculture entitled ``Exceptions to Geographic Areas for
Official Agencies Under the USGSA'' (68 Fed. Reg. 19137 (April
18, 2003)); and
(2) on a date before April 14, 2017.
Sec. 760. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to any State
or county impacted by a volcanic eruption covered by a major disaster
declared by the President in calendar year 2018 in accordance with
section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) technical assistance--
(1) to assess damage to agricultural production and rural
infrastructure; and
(2) to develop recovery plans for impacted farmers,
ranchers, and rural communities.
research on ocean agriculture
Sec. 761. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with
the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, shall establish a working group (referred to in this
section as the ``working group'')--
(1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal marshes,
and seagrass meadows could help deacidify the oceans;
(2) to study emerging ocean farming practices that use kelp
and seagrass to deacidify the oceans while providing feedstock
for agriculture and other commercial and industrial inputs; and
(3) to coordinate and conduct research to develop and
enhance pilot-scale research for farming of kelp and seagrass
in order--
(A) to deacidify ocean environments;
(B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; and
(C) to develop other scalable commercial
applications for kelp, seagrass, or products derived
from kelp or seagrass.
(b) The working group shall include--
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration;
(3) representatives of any relevant offices within the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(4) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy.
(c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act,
the working group shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
(1) the findings of the research described in subsection
(a);
(2) the results of the pilot-scale research described in
subsection (a)(3); and
(3) any policy recommendations based on those findings and
results.
Sec. 762. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a
report describing the ways in which conservation programs administered
by the Natural Resources Conservation Service may be better used for
the conservation of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and any action taken
by the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service relating to
the conservation of ocelots.
Sec. 763. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture
shall submit to Congress a report including--
(1) a description of--
(A) the number of properties assisted under title V
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.)
that are reaching the end of their loan term;
(B) the location of each property described in
subparagraph (A);
(C) the number of units in each property described
in subparagraph (A); and
(D) the date on which each the loan for each
property described in subparagraph (A) is expected to
reach maturity;
(2) the strategy of the Rural Housing Service to preserve
the long-term affordability of the properties described in
paragraph (1)(A) when the loan matures; and
(3) a description of the resources and tools that the Rural
Housing Service needs from Congress in order to preserve the
long-term affordability of the properties described in
paragraph (1) (A).
Sec. 764. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug
Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not
later than July 1, 2019, and following the review required under
Executive Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory
planning and review), issue advice revising the advice provided in the
notice of availability entitled ``Advice About Eating Fish, From the
Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration;
Revised Fish Advice; Availability'' (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19,
2017)), in a manner that is consistent with nutrition science
recognized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net effects of
seafood consumption.
Sec. 765. In administering the pilot program established by
section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
(Public Law 115-141), the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
(1) ensure that applicants that are determined to be
ineligible for the pilot program have a means of appealing or
otherwise challenging that determination in a timely fashion;
and
(2) in determining whether an entity may overbuild or
duplicate broadband expansion efforts made by any entity that
has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service,
not consider loans that were rescinded or defaulted on, or
loans the terms and conditions of which were not met, if the
entity under consideration has not previously defaulted on, or
failed to meet the terms and conditions of, a Rural Utilities
Service loan or had a Rural Utilities Service loan rescinded.
1890 land-grant colleges, including tuskegee university
Sec. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
amounts made available by this Act to carry out sections 1444 and 1445,
respectively, of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221, 3222) shall each be
increased by $3,000,000.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount
made available under the heading ``(including transfers of funds)''
under the heading ``Agriculture Buildings and Facilities'' under the
heading ``AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS'' in title I shall be decreased by
$6,000,000.
Sec. 768. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used to enforce the requirement in the final rule entitled ``Food
Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels'',
published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742),
that any single ingredient sugar, honey, agave, or syrup (including
maple syrup) that is packaged and offered for sale as a single
ingredient food bear the declaration ``Includes `X'g Added Sugars''.
This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2019''.
DIVISION D--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$113,535,000, of which not to exceed $3,001,000 shall be available for
the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,040,000 shall
be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to
exceed $20,428,000 shall be available for the Office of the General
Counsel; not to exceed $10,265,000 shall be available for the Office of
the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed
$14,019,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,550,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental
Affairs; not to exceed $29,244,000 shall be available for the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,142,000
shall be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed
$1,835,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive
Secretariat; not to exceed $12,325,000 shall be available for the
Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to
exceed $16,686,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief
Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be
increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers:
Provided further, That notice of any change in funding greater than 5
percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed
$60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department for official
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107-71, there may be credited
to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.
research and technology
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology, $8,471,000, of which $2,218,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That there
may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended,
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training:
Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial
proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Technology
Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the
Department of Transportation.
national infrastructure investments
For capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure,
$1,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021:
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds
provided under this heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a
State, local government, transit agency, port authority, or a
collaboration among such entities on a competitive basis for projects
that will have a significant local or regional impact: Provided
further, That projects eligible for funding provided under this heading
shall include, but not be limited to, highway or bridge projects
eligible under title 23, United States Code; public transportation
projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code;
passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and port
infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and
land ports of entry): Provided further, That of the amount made
available under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount not to
exceed $15,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design of projects
eligible for funding under this heading: Provided further, That grants
awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject to a minimum
grant size: Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 20
percent of the funds made available under this heading for the purpose
of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for
Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States
Code, or sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, if the
Secretary finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes
of this paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing funds
provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so
as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas,
and the investment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided
further, That a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than
$5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: Provided further, That
not more than 10 percent of the funds made available under this heading
may be awarded to projects in a single State: Provided further, That
the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made under
this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give priority to
projects that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to
complete an overall financing package: Provided further, That not less
than 30 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be for
projects located in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and
the Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent:
Provided further, That projects conducted using funds provided under
this heading must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select the grants and
credit assistance awarded under this heading: Provided further, That
the Secretary may retain up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under
this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds to the
Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal
Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the
Maritime Administration to fund the award and oversight of grants and
credit assistance made under the National Infrastructure Investments
program: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in the
previous proviso may be used to hire additional personnel: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall consider and award projects based
solely on the selection criteria from the fiscal year 2016 Notice of
Funding Opportunity: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not
use the Federal share or an applicant's ability to generate non-Federal
revenue as a selection criteria in awarding projects: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding
Opportunity no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That the Notice of Funding Opportunity shall require
application submissions 90 days after the publishing of such Notice:
Provided further, That of the applications submitted under the previous
two provisos, the Secretary shall make grants no later than 270 days
after enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary
determines: Provided further, That such sums provided for national
infrastructure investments for passenger rail transportation projects
under title I of division C of the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 641), shall
remain available for expenditure through fiscal year 2019 for the
liquidation of valid obligations of active grants incurred in fiscal
year 2012: Provided further, That such sums provided for national
infrastructure investments for port infrastructure projects under title
VIII of division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6; 127 Stat. 432) shall remain
available through fiscal year 2020 for the liquidation of valid
obligations of active grants incurred in fiscal year 2013: Provided
further, That the 2 preceding provisos shall be applied as if they were
in effect on September 30, 2018: Provided further, That after
calculating the distribution of obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways for fiscal year 2019 under section 120(a), the obligation
limitation shall be reduced by $52,000,000 to a total of
$45,216,596,000: Provided further, That the reduction in the preceding
proviso shall be applied to the obligation limitation determined under
section 120(a)(4) for the TIFIA program (as defined in section 601(a)
of title 23, United States Code).
national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation and
Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $2,987,000,
to remain available until expended.
financial management capital
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department
of Transportation's financial systems and re-engineering business
processes, $2,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2020.
cyber security initiatives
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including
necessary upgrades to wide area network and information technology
infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls and identity
management, testing and assessment of information technology against
business, security, and other requirements, implementation of Federal
cyber security initiatives and information infrastructure enhancements,
and implementation of enhanced security controls on network devices,
$15,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2020.
office of civil rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,470,000.
transportation planning, research, and development
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,
research, systems development, development activities, and making
grants, $7,879,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
of such amount, $1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for the
Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC):
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this appropriation,
to remain available until expended, amounts transferred from other
Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this heading for IIPIC
activities not related to transportation infrastructure: Provided
further, That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be
available to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of
major infrastructure projects not related to transportation only to the
extent that other Federal agencies provide funding to the Department as
provided for under the previous proviso.
working capital fund
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of
the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $203,883,000, shall be paid
from appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation:
Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided further,
That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-
DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act
to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital Fund
Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: Provided further,
That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity,
subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such
assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such
Committees.
minority business resource center program
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Resource Center,
the provision of financial education outreach activities to eligible
transportation-related small businesses, the monitoring of existing
loans in the guaranteed loan program, and the modification of such
loans of the Minority Business Resource Center, $249,000, as authorized
by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That notwithstanding that section, these
funds may be for business opportunities related to any mode of
transportation.
small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business
utilization and outreach activities, $3,488,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C.
332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related to any
mode of transportation.
payments to air carriers
(airport and airway trust fund)
In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry
out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 41731 through
41742, $175,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in
determining between or among carriers competing to provide service to a
community, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements
of the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air service
minimum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity
requirement under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act or any
other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community
located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub airport before
the Secretary has negotiated with the community over a local cost
share: Provided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed for
the essential air service program under subsection 41742(b) of title
49, United States Code, shall be made available immediately from
amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse
such amounts from fees credited to the account established under
section 45303 of title 49, United States Code.
administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation
Sec. 101. None of the funds made available in this Act to the
Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the
Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal
administrations in this Act, except for activities underway on the date
of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have
completed the normal reprogramming process for Congressional
notification.
Sec. 102. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Council
on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each meeting, and
require the Council on Credit and Finance to record the decisions and
actions of each meeting.
Sec. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 327 of
title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is
hereby authorized to provide partial or full payments in advance and
accept subsequent reimbursements from all Federal agencies from
available funds for transit benefit distribution services that are
necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of
Public Law 109-59: Provided, That the Department shall maintain a
reasonable operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be
expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to
Government employees: Provided further, That such reserve will not
exceed one month of benefits payable and may be used only for the
purpose of providing for the continuation of transit benefits:
Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund will be fully
reimbursed by each customer agency from available funds for the actual
cost of the transit benefit.
Federal Aviation Administration
operations
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not
otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities
related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for
research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities,
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the
public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by Public Law
112-95, $10,410,758,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020,
of which $9,833,400,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,843,427,000 shall be available
for air traffic organization activities; not to exceed $1,334,377,000
shall be available for aviation safety activities; not to exceed
$24,981,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation
activities; not to exceed $816,562,000 shall be available for finance
and management activities; not to exceed $61,796,000 shall be available
for NextGen and operations planning activities; not to exceed
$114,312,000 shall be available for security and hazardous materials
safety; and not to exceed $215,303,000 shall be available for staff
offices: Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be
transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided
further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by
more than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of
5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section
405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section: Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal
year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the
report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221
of Public Law 108-176: Provided further, That the amount herein
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31
that such report has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided
further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter,
the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that
describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format similar
to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stated
attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year:
Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced
by $100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such report has
not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may be
used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for new applicants for the second career training program:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any
regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not
specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this
Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to this
appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and
operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or
modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not less than $168,000,000 shall be
used to fund direct operations of the current 254 air traffic control
towers in the contract tower program, including the contract tower cost
share program, and any airport that is currently qualified or that will
qualify for the program during the fiscal year: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography
are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act
may be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers program at any
airport: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be used for providing matching funds to
qualified commercial entities seeking to demonstrate or validate
technologies that the Federal Aviation Administration considers
essential to the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in
the National Airspace System at Federal Aviation Administration
designated UAS test sites: Provided further, That not later than 60
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall identify essential integration
technologies that could be demonstrated or validated at test sites
designated in accordance with the preceding proviso.
facilities and equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and
experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A of
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and
service testing, including construction of test facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and
furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote
localities where such accommodations are not available; and the
purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under
this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and
certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$3,000,000,000, of which $512,823,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2020, $2,362,977,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2021, and $124,200,000 shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the
establishment, improvement, and modernization of national airspace
systems: Provided further, That no later than March 31, the Secretary
of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan for
the Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding for each
budget line item for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, with total funding
for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and Budget.
research, engineering, and development
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,
engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle
VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of
experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or
grant, $191,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That
there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections,
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources, which shall be available for expenses
incurred for research, engineering, and development.
grants-in-aid for airports
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(airport and airway trust fund)
(including transfer of funds)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for
airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and
programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter
I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law
authorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at
airports of such title; for grants authorized under section 41743 of
title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and
administration of airport safety programs, including those related to
airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United
States Code, $3,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none
of the funds under this heading shall be available for the planning or
execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of
$3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds
under this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive
detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Government's share of
allowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph
(3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a
large or medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi-
phased construction project for which the project sponsor received a
grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction project: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds
limited under this heading, not more than $112,600,000 shall be
available for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be
available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, not less than
$33,210,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Research, and
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available and
transferred to ``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses'' to
carry out the Small Community Air Service Development Program:
Provided further, That in addition to airports eligible under section
41743 of title 49, United States Code, such program may include the
participation of an airport that serves a community or consortium that
is not larger than a small hub airport, according to FAA hub
classifications effective at the time the Office of the Secretary
issues a request for proposals.
grants-in-aid for airports
For an additional amount for ``Grants-In-Aid for Airports'', to
enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for projects as
authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter
475 of title 49, United States Code, $750,000,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2021: Provided, That amounts made available
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, and such
funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, special
apportionment categories, or minimum percentages under chapter 471:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall distribute funds provided
under this heading as discretionary grants to airports: Provided
further, That the amount made available under this heading shall not be
subject to any limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for
Airports program set forth in any Act: Provided further, That the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to
0.5 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund the award
and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this heading.
administrative provisions--federal aviation administration
Sec. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate
in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded
research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development
during fiscal year 2019.
Sec. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or
adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide
to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building
construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport
sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control,
air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibition
of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the
agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market''
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport
sponsors to provide land without cost to the Federal Aviation
Administration for air traffic control facilities.
Sec. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1)
from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in
such account at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.
Sec. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 49,
United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at
the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same
purposes of such appropriation.
Sec. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United States
Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such
employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to such
premium pay.
Sec. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or
expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to
purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a
Government-issued credit card.
Sec. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or
expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal Aviation
Administration without the prior written approval of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration of the Department of Transportation.
Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to
implement or to continue to implement any limitation on the ability of
any owner or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a blocking
of that owner's or operator's aircraft registration number from any
display of the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Situational
Display to Industry data that is made available to the public, except
data made available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial
flights of that owner or operator.
Sec. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
salaries and expenses of more than eight political and Presidential
appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sec. 119. None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 49, United
States Code, until the Federal Aviation Administration provides to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies
all fees related to aeronautical navigation products and explains how
such fees are consistent with Executive Order 13642.
Sec. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be used to close a
regional operations center of the Federal Aviation Administration or
reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days
in advance.
Sec. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this Act
may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at
Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
Sec. 119C. None of the funds provided under this Act may be used
by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to withhold
from consideration and approval any new application for participation
in the Contract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share
Program participants, as long as the Federal Aviation Administration
has received an application from the airport, and as long as the
Administrator determines such tower is eligible using the factors set
forth in the Federal Aviation Administration report, Establishment and
Discontinuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Control Towers (FAA-APO-90-
7 as of August, 1990).
Sec. 119D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to limit
the use of an Organization Designation Authorization's (ODA) delegated
functions documented in its procedures manual on a type certification
project unless the Administrator documents a systemic airworthiness
noncompliance performance issue as a result of inspection or oversight
that the safety of air commerce requires a limitation with regard to a
specific authorization or where an ODA's capability has not been
previously established in terms of a new compliance method or design
feature: Provided, That in such cases the Federal Aviation
Administration shall work with the ODA holder if requested to develop
the capability to execute that function safely, efficiently and
effectively.
Sec. 119E. (a) Terminal Aerodrome Forecast.--The Administrator
shall permit an air carrier operation under part 121 of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations, to operate to a destination determined to be
under visual flight rules without a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast or
Meteorological Aerodrome Report if a current Area Forecast,
supplemented by other local weather observations or reports, is
available, and an alternate airport that has an available Terminal
Aerodrome Forecast and weather report is specified. The air carrier
shall have approved procedures for dispatch and en route weather
evaluation and shall operate under instrument flight rules en route to
the destination.
(b) Limitation.--Without a written finding of necessity, based on
objective and historical evidence of imminent threat to safety, the
Administrator shall not promulgate any operation specification, policy,
or guidance document that is more restrictive than, or requires
procedures that are not expressly stated in, the regulations.
Sec. 119F. Of the funds provided under the heading ``Grants-in-aid
for Airports'', up to $3,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses,
including an independent verification regime, to provide reimbursement
to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and
providers of general aviation ground support services located at those
airports closed during a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for any
residence of the President that is designated or identified to be
secured by the United States Secret Service, and for direct and
incremental financial losses incurred while such airports are closed
solely due to the actions of the Federal Government: Provided, That no
funds shall be obligated or distributed to airport sponsors that do not
provide gateway operations and providers of general aviation ground
support services until an independent audit is completed: Provided
further, That losses incurred as a result of violations of law, or
through fault or negligence, of such operators and service providers or
of third parties (including airports) are not eligible for
reimbursements: Provided further, That obligation and expenditure of
funds are conditional upon full release of the United States Government
for all claims for financial losses resulting from such actions.
report on nextgen implementation
Sec. 119G. (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a
report on the implementation of NextGen at commercial service airports
in the United States.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) The number and percentage of commercial service
airports in the United States that have fully implemented
NextGen.
(2) The percentage completion of NextGen implementation at
each commercial service airport in the United States.
(c) Development of Standard to Determine Percentage Implementation
of NextGen.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator shall develop a standard
for determining under subsection (b)(2) the percentage
completion of NextGen implementation at commercial service
airports in the United States based on factors that may include
an accounting of efficiency benefits achieved, the degree of
NextGen technology and infrastructure installed, and the extent
of controller training on NextGen.
(2) Inclusion in report.--The Administrator shall include
in the report submitted under subsection (a) the standard
developed under paragraph (1).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(2) Nextgen.--The term ``NextGen'' means the Next
Generation Air Transportation System.
Federal Highway Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
(highway trust fund)
(including transfer of funds)
Not to exceed $446,444,304, together with advances and
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be
obligated for necessary expenses for administration and operation of
the Federal Highway Administration. In addition, $3,248,000 shall be
transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance with
section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.
federal-aid highways
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
Funds available for the implementation or execution of Federal-aid
highway and highway safety construction programs authorized under
titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and the provisions of the Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act shall not exceed total obligations
of $45,268,596,000 for fiscal year 2019: Provided, That the Secretary
may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States
Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including
counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a
portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit
instruments: Provided further, That such fees are available until
expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts
are in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for
such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the
limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23,
United States Code.
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federal-aid
highway and highway safety construction programs authorized under title
23, United States Code, $46,007,596,000 derived from the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until
expended.
highway infrastructure programs
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation
$3,300,000,000: Provided, That the amounts made available under this
heading shall be derived from the general fund, shall be in addition to
any funds provided for fiscal year 2019 in this or any other Act for
``Federal-aid Highways'' under chapter 1 of title 23, United States
Code, and shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds provided
in any other Act: Provided further, That section 1101(b) of Public Law
114-94 shall apply to funds made available under this heading:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$2,389,200,000 shall be set aside for activities eligible under section
133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, $15,800,000 shall be set
aside for activities eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway Program as
described in section 165(b)(2)(C) of such title, $5,000,000 shall be
set aside for activities eligible under the Territorial Highway
Program, as described in section 165(c)(6) of such title, $90,000,000
shall be set aside for the elimination of hazards and installation of
protective devices at railway-highway crossings, as described in
section 130(e)(1)(A) of such title, and $800,000,000 shall be set aside
for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program for States:
Provided further, That for purposes of this heading, the term ``State''
means any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia: Provided
further, That the funds made available under this heading for
activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United
States Code, shall be suballocated in the manner described in section
133(d) of such title, except that the set-aside described in section
133(h) of such title shall not apply to funds made available under this
heading: Provided further, That the funds made available under this
heading for (1) activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of such
title (2) the elimination of hazards and installation of protective
devices at railway-highway crossings, and (3) a bridge replacement and
rehabilitation program shall be administered as if apportioned under
chapter 1 of such title and shall remain available through September
30, 2022: Provided further, That the funds made available under this
heading for activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23,
United States Code, shall be apportioned to the States in the same
ratio as the obligation limitation for fiscal year 2019 is distributed
among the States in section 120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided further,
That, except as provided in the following proviso, the funds made
available under this heading for activities eligible under the Puerto
Rico Highway Program and activities eligible under the Territorial
Highway Program shall be administered as if allocated under sections
165(b) and 165(c), respectively, of such title and shall remain
available through September 30, 2022: Provided further, That the funds
made available under this heading for activities eligible under the
Puerto Rico Highway Program shall not be subject to the requirements of
sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such title: Provided further,
That the funds made available under this heading for the elimination of
hazards and installation of protective devices at railway-highway
crossings shall be apportioned to the States as described in sections
130(f)(1) and (f)(2) of such title: Provided further, That at least
one-half of the funds made available to a State under this heading for
the elimination of hazards and installation of protective devices at
railway-highway crossings shall be available for the installation of
protective devices at railway-highway crossings: Provided further,
That the funds made available under this heading for the elimination of
hazards and installation of protective devices at railway-highway
crossings shall be subject to the special rule described in section
130(e)(2) of such title: Provided further, That projects carried out
with funds made available under this heading for the elimination of
hazards and installation of protective devices at railway-highway
crossings shall be (1) subject to sections 130(b), (c), and (j) of such
title, (2) included in the annual report described in section 130(g) of
such title, and (3) subject to the Federal share requirement described
in section 130(f)(3) of such title: Provided further, That the funds
made available under this heading for the elimination of hazards and
installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings shall
be (1) available for matching, as described in section 130(h) of such
title, subject to the requirements of such section, (2) available for
incentive payments, as described in section 130(i) of such title,
subject to the requirements of such section, and (3) subject to the
limitation in section 130(k) of such title: Provided further, That the
funds made available under this heading for a bridge replacement and
rehabilitation program shall be used for highway bridge replacement or
rehabilitation projects on public roads: Provided further, That except
as provided in the following proviso the funds made available under
this heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program shall
be used in areas of a State that have a population of 200,000 or fewer
individuals: Provided further, That if a State has no bridges located
in areas with a population of 200,000 or fewer individuals, or if a
State has no bridge replacement or rehabilitation needs in areas of the
State with a population of 200,000 or fewer individuals, the funds made
available under this heading for a bridge replacement and
rehabilitation program may be used for highway bridge replacement or
rehabilitation projects on public roads in any area of the State:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall distribute funds made
available under this heading for the bridge replacement and
rehabilitation program to each State by the proportion that the
percentage of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor
condition in each State bears to the sum of the percentages of total
deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition in all States:
Provided further, That for purposes of this heading for the bridge
replacement and rehabilitation program, the Secretary shall (1)
calculate population based on the latest available data from the
decennial census conducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United
States Code, and (2) calculate the percentages of total deck area of
bridges classified as in poor condition based on the National Bridge
Inventory as of December 31, 2017.
administrative provisions--federal highway administration
Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Transportation
shall--
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid highways--
(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses
and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United
States Code; and
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated
balance of amounts--
(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid
highway and highway safety construction programs for
previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated
by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under
sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code);
and
(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in
a previous fiscal year;
(3) determine the proportion that--
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears
to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway
safety construction programs (other than sums
authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law
described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection
(b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for section
119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the
amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for such
fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than
programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by
the Secretary under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation
Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the
Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by
multiplying--
(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3);
by
(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for
each such program for such fiscal year; and
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under
paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary
under title 23, United States Code, (other than the amounts
apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program in
section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt
from the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts
apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the
proportion that--
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the
programs that are apportioned under title 23, United
States Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears
to
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated for the programs that are apportioned
under title 23, United States Code, to all States for
such fiscal year.
(b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations
under or for--
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance
Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95
Stat. 1701);
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987
(101 Stat. 198);
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in
effect on June 8, 1998);
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in
effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation
authority was made available under the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for
multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only
to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or
been used;
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in
effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119
Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance
with that section were not subject to a limitation on
obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made
available for obligation; and
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2019, only in an amount equal
to $639,000,000).
(c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal
year--
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made
available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot
be obligated during that fiscal year; and
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to
obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed
during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections
144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of
Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation
Research Programs.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to
contract authority for transportation research programs carried
out under--
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and
(B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act.
(2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal
years; and
(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and
highway safety construction programs for future fiscal
years.
(e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding
funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23,
United States Code) that--
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such
fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs; and
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated
to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States
under section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and
will not be available for obligation, for such fiscal
year because of the imposition of any obligation
limitation for such fiscal year.
(2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1)
in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation
authority under subsection (a)(5).
(3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under
paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in
section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of title 49, United
States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for
the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided,
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs.
Sec. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his or her
statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid
highways projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an
informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue
such waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary
shall provide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy America
requirements.
Sec. 123. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Department
of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless not
less than 3 days before any application approval to provide credit
assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code,
the Secretary of Transportation provides notification in writing to the
following committees: the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but
not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of
the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as a direct
loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the amount of credit
assistance.
Sec. 124. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make a
grant for a project under section 117 of title 23, United States Code,
unless the Secretary, at least 60 days before making a grant under that
section, provides written notification to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an
evaluation and justification for the project and the amount of the
proposed grant award: Provided, That the written notification required
in the previous proviso shall be made no later than 180 days after
enactment of this Act.
Sec. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 165 of
title 23, United States Code, may use for any project eligible under
section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of title 23 and located
within the boundary of the State or territory any earmarked amount, and
any associated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department of
Transportation for the State or territory for which the earmarked
amount was originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of
Transportation of its intent to use its authority under this section
and submits a quarterly report to the Secretary identifying the
projects to which the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the
original period of availability of funds to be obligated under this
section, such funds and associated obligation limitation shall remain
available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after the
fiscal year in which the Secretary of Transportation is notified. The
Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with funds made
available under this section shall be the same as associated with the
earmark.
(b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule
XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a prior
law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was
authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10
fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered
by the Federal Highway Administration; or
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives identified in a prior
law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was
authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10
fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered
by the Federal Highway Administration.
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised only for
those projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 percent
of the amount made available for obligation as of October 1 of the
current fiscal year, and shall be applied to projects within the same
general geographic area within 50 miles for which the funding was
designated, except that a State or territory may apply such authority
to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities the State
or territory certifies have been closed and for which payments have
been made under a final voucher.
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the
information provided by the States and territories each quarter to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
motor carrier safety operations and programs
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation,
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations and
programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 49, United States Code, as
amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act,
$284,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reimbursements
received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
available for implementation, execution or administration of motor
carrier safety operations and programs authorized under title 49,
United States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of $284,000,000
for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year
2019, of which $9,073,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2021, is for the research and technology program, and of
which $34,824,000, to remain available for obligation until September
30, 2021, is for information management.
motor carrier safety grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
(including transfer of funds)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102,
31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by
the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, $382,800,000, to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
available for the implementation or execution of motor carrier safety
programs shall not exceed total obligations of $382,800,000 in fiscal
year 2019 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''; of which $304,300,000
shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance program,
$32,500,000 shall be available for the commercial driver's license
program implementation program, $44,000,000 shall be available for the
high priority activities program, and $2,000,000 shall be made
available for commercial motor vehicle operators grants, of which
$1,000,000 is to be made available from prior year unobligated contract
authority provided for Motor Carrier Safety grants in the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178),
SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59), or other appropriations or
authorization acts.
administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration
Sec. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of Public
Law 107-87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110-28.
Sec. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall
send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations by certified mail,
registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records the
receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violations.
Sec. 132. To the maximum extent practicable, the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration shall ensure the safe and timely
completion of the flexible sleeper berth pilot program of the
Administration.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
operations and research
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary,
with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under chapter 301
and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code,
$190,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall remain available through
September 30, 2020.
operations and research
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 403, section 4011 of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94), and
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $152,100,000, to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year
2019, are in excess of $152,100,000, of which $146,700,000 shall be for
programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,400,000 shall be for the
National Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49,
United States Code: Provided further, That within the $152,100,000
obligation limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2020, and shall be in addition to
the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years.
highway traffic safety grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of
23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act, to remain available until
expended, $610,208,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of
programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2019, are in
excess of $610,208,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402,
404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act, of which $270,400,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety
Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402; $283,000,000 shall be for ``National
Priority Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 405; $30,200,000 shall be
for ``High Visibility Enforcement Program'' under 23 U.S.C. 404; and
$26,608,000 shall be for ``Administrative Expenses'' under section
4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act:
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office
furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or
structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds
made available for ``National Priority Safety Programs'' under 23
U.S.C. 405 for ``Impaired Driving Countermeasures'' (as described in
subsection (d) of that section) shall be available for technical
assistance to the States: Provided further, That with respect to the
``Transfers'' provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8), any amounts
transferred to increase the amounts made available under section 402
shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided
further, That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted
under the previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8) within 5 days.
administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety
administration
Sec. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made available to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount
limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for
travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for
core competency development training and related expenses for highway
safety staff.
Sec. 141. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this Act shall
not apply to obligations for which obligation authority was made
available in previous public laws but only to the extent that the
obligation authority has not lapsed or been used.
Sec. 142. In addition to the amounts made available under the
heading, ``Operations and Research (Liquidation of Contract
Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)'' for
carrying out the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States
Code, $4,000,000 shall be available to continue a high visibility
enforcement paid-media campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing
safety in collaboration with the Federal Railroad Administration.
Federal Railroad Administration
safety and operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not
otherwise provided for, $221,698,000, of which $15,900,000 shall remain
available until expended.
railroad research and development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development,
$40,600,000, to remain available until expended.
railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue direct loans
and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 of the
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law
94-210), as amended, such authority shall exist as long as any such
direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding.
federal-state partnership for state of good repair
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership for
State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by section 24911 of title 49,
United States Code, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the
amount provided under this heading for the costs of award and project
management oversight of grants carried out under section 24911 of title
49, United States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity that encompasses funds provided
under this heading in this Act and previously unawarded funds provided
under this heading in fiscal year 2017 by Public Law 115-31 and fiscal
year 2018 by Public Law 115-141, no later than 30 days after enactment
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall announce the
selection of projects to receive awards for the funds in the previous
proviso no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act.
consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail Infrastructure
and Safety Improvements Grants, as authorized by section 24407 of title
49, United States Code, $255,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That section 24405(f) of title 49, United States
Code, shall not apply to projects for the implementation of positive
train control systems otherwise eligible under section 24407(c)(1) of
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That amounts available
under this heading for projects selected for commuter rail passenger
transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to
the appropriate agencies to be administered in accordance with chapter
53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall not limit eligible projects from consideration for
funding for planning, engineering, environmental, construction, and
design elements of the same project in the same application: Provided
further, That unobligated balances remaining after 4 years from the
date of enactment may be used for any eligible project under section
24407(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the
Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the amount provided under
this heading for the costs of award and project management oversight of
grants carried out under section 24407 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding
Opportunity that encompasses previously unawarded funds provided under
this heading in fiscal year 2018 by Public Law 115-141 and funds
provided under this heading in this Act no later than 30 days after
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
announce the selection of projects to receive awards for the funds in
the previous proviso no later than 120 days after enactment of this
Act.
restoration and enhancement
For necessary expenses related to Restoration and Enhancement
Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 49, United States Code,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the funds provided under
this heading to fund the costs of award and project management and
oversight: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice
of Funding Opportunity for funds provided under this heading no later
than 30 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall announce the selection of projects to receive awards
for the funds in the previous proviso no later than 120 days after
enactment of this Act.
northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger
corporation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with
the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114-94),
$650,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided
under both this heading and the ``National Network Grants to the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' heading to fund the costs of
project management and oversight of activities authorized by section
11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114-94: Provided further, That in
addition to the project management oversight funds authorized under
section 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114-94, the Secretary may
retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this
heading to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor
Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, United States
Code: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this
heading and the ``National Network Grants to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation'' heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be
made available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act: Provided further,
That of the amounts made available under this heading and the heading
``National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation'', not more than $500,000 may be made available to provide
a discount of not less than 15 percent on passenger fares to veterans
(as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code).
national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with
the National Network as authorized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114-94),
$1,291,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary may retain up to an additional $2,000,000 of the funds
provided under this heading to fund expenses associated with the State-
Supported Route Committee established under section 24712 of title 49,
United States Code: Provided further, That at least $50,000,000 of the
amount provided under this heading shall be available for the
development, installation and operation of railroad safety technology,
including the implementation of a positive train control system, on
State-supported routes as defined under section 24102(13) of title 49,
United States Code, on which positive train control systems are not
required by law or regulation: Provided further, That not less than
$50,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall be for
capital expenses related to safety improvements, maintenance, and the
non-Federal match for discretionary Federal grant programs to enable
continued passenger rail operations on long-distance routes (as defined
in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is
the sole tenant of the host railroad and positive train control systems
are not required by law (including regulations): Provided further,
That none of the funds provided under this heading shall be used by
Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (b) of section 24706 of
title 49, United States Code, with respect to long-distance routes (as
defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which
Amtrak is the sole tenant of the host railroad and positive train
control systems are not required by law (including regulations), or
otherwise initiate discontinuance of, reduce the frequency of, suspend,
or substantially alter the schedule or route of rail service on any
portion of such route operated in fiscal year 2018, including
implementation of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title
49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service.
administrative provisions--federal railroad administration
Sec. 150. None of the funds provided to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs in excess
of $35,000 for any individual employee: Provided, That the President
of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous proviso for specific
employees when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a
risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: Provided
further, That the President of Amtrak shall report to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of enactment of this
Act, a summary of all overtime payments incurred by the Corporation for
2018 and the three prior calendar years: Provided further, That such
summary shall include the total number of employees that received
waivers and the total overtime payments the Corporation paid to those
employees receiving waivers for each month for 2018 and for the three
prior calendar years.
Sec. 151. It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed
transportation access for 4,700,000 riders in 325 communities
in 40 States and are particularly important in rural areas; and
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should
be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National
Network (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States
Code).
Federal Transit Administration
administrative expenses
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit
Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United
States Code, $113,165,000: Provided, That none of the funds provided
or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of
transit security under this heading: Provided further, That upon
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2020 President's budget,
the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual
report on New Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year
2020.
transit formula grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public
Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305,
5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and
5340, as amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act,
section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of the
Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, $9,900,000,000, to be
derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds available for
the implementation or execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C.
5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339,
and 5340, as amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation
Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of the
Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total
obligations of $9,939,380,030 in fiscal year 2019: Provided further,
That the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under 49
U.S.C. section 5312 shall not exceed 80 percent, except that if there
is substantial public interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve a
greater Federal share.
transit infrastructure grants
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities grants under
section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, state of good repair
grants under section 5337 of such title, high density state
apportionments under section 5340(d) of such title, and the bus testing
facilities under sections 5312 and 5318 of such title, $800,000,000 to
remain available until expended: Provided, That $400,000,000 shall be
available for grants as authorized under section 5339 of such title, of
which $209,104,000 shall be available for the buses and bus facilities
formula grants as authorized under section 5339(a) of such title,
$161,446,000 shall be available for the buses and bus facilities
competitive grants as authorized under section 5339(b) of such title,
and $29,450,000 shall be available for the low or no emission grants as
authorized under section 5339(c) of such title: Provided further, That
$362,000,000 shall be available for the state of good repair grants as
authorized under section 5337 of such title: Provided further, That
$30,000,000 shall be available for the high density state
apportionments as authorized under section 5340(d) of such title:
Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available for the bus
testing facility as authorized under section 5318 of such title:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 5318(a) of such title,
$6,000,000 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of bus
testing facilities by institutions of higher education selected
pursuant to section 5312(h) of such title: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or
make a grant to, each institution of higher education selected pursuant
to section 5312(h) of such title, to operate and maintain a facility to
conduct the testing of low or no emission vehicle new bus models using
the standards established pursuant to section 5318(e)(2) of such title:
Provided further, That the term ``low or no emission vehicle'' has the
meaning given the term in section 5312(e)(6) of such title: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the cost of testing
a low or no emission vehicle new bus model at each selected institution
of higher education: Provided further, That the entity having the
vehicle tested shall pay 20 percent of the cost of testing: Provided
further, That a low or no emission vehicle new bus model tested that
receives a passing aggregate test score in accordance with the
standards established under section 5318(e)(2) of such title, shall be
deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of section 5318(e) of
such title: Provided further, That amounts made available by this
heading shall be derived from the general fund: Provided further, That
the amounts made available under this heading shall not be subject to
any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth in any
Act.
technical assistance and training
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, $5,000,000, of
which up to $1,500,000 shall be for a cooperative agreement through
which the Federal Transit Administration assists small-urban, rural and
tribal public transit recipients and planning organizations with
applied innovation and capacity-building: Provided, That the
assistance provided under this heading not duplicate the activities of
49 U.S.C. 5311(b) or 49 U.S.C. 5312.
capital investment grants
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital
investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code,
and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act,
$2,552,687,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022:
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading,
$1,315,670,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section
5309(d) of title 49, United States Code, $543,500,000 shall be
available for projects authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49,
United States Code, $568,000,000 shall be available for projects
authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code, and
$100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section
3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall continue to administer the capital
investment grants program in accordance with the procedural and
substantive requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States
Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act.
grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as
authorized under section 601 of division B of Public Law 110-432,
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital and
preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for
each specific project: Provided further, That prior to approving such
grants, the Secretary shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority is making progress to improve its safety
management system in response to the Federal Transit Administration's
2015 safety management inspection: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority has placed the highest priority on those investments that
will improve the safety of the system before approving such grants:
Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety
throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements of section
601(e)(1) of division B of Public Law 110-432.
administrative provisions--federal transit administration
(including rescission)
Sec. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the
Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under
49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any
other authority previously made available for obligation.
Sec. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds
appropriated before October 1, 2018, under any section of chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure,
may be transferred to and administered under the most recent
appropriation heading for any such section.
Sec. 162. Of the unobligated amounts made available for fiscal
years 2005 or prior fiscal years to ``Transit Formula Grants'', a total
of $46,560,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.
Sec. 163. None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used for the implementation or furtherance of new policies detailed in
the ``Dear Colleague'' letter distributed by the Federal Transit
Administration to capital investment grant program project sponsors on
June 29, 2018.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to
fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current
fiscal year.
operations and maintenance
(harbor maintenance trust fund)
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, and
capital asset renewal activities on those portions of the Saint
Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation, $36,000,000, to be derived from the
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662:
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, not
less than $16,000,000 shall be used on capital asset renewal
activities.
Maritime Administration
maritime security program
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United
States, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended.
operations and training
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities
authorized by law, $149,442,000, to remain available until September
30, 2020, of which $71,000,000 shall be for the operations of the
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which $18,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for the maintenance and repair,
equipment, and capital improvements at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy: Provided, That not later than January 12, 2020, the
Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall transmit to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual report on
sexual assault and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110-
417: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this
heading, $3,000,000 shall be for the Maritime Environment and
Technology Assistance program authorized under section 50307 of title
46, United States Code: Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, $7,000,000, shall remain available until
expended for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America's Marine
Highways) to make grants for the purposes authorized under sections
55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: Provided further,
That available balances under this heading for the Short Sea
Transportation Program (America's Marine Highways) from prior year
recoveries shall be available to carry out activities authorized under
sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: Provided
further, That from funds provided under the previous two provisos, the
Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 180 days
after enactment of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary
determines: Provided further, That any unobligated balances available
from previous appropriations for programs and activities supporting
State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriations for ``Maritime Administration, State Maritime Academy
Operations'' and shall be made available for the same purposes.
state maritime academy operations
For necessary expenses of operations, support and training
activities for State Maritime Academies, $340,200,000, of which
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
maintenance, repair, life extension, and capacity improvement of
National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships in support of State
Maritime Academies, as well as other expenses related to training
mariners, as determined by the Secretary, of which $300,000,000, to
remain available until expended shall be for the National Security
Multi-Mission Vessel Program, including funds for construction,
planning, administration, and design of school ships, of which
$2,400,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2020, for the
Student Incentive Program, of which $1,800,000 shall remain available
until expended for training ship fuel assistance, and of which
$6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for direct
payments for State Maritime Academies.
assistance to small shipyards
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under section
54101 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by Public Law 113-
281, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ship disposal
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration,
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended.
maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account
(including transfer of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan
program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriations for ``Operations and Training'', Maritime
Administration.
administrative provisions--maritime administration
Sec. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in
addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Administration is
authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs
in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving
Government property under control of the Maritime Administration:
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to the
appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That rental payments under any such
lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities,
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as
miscellaneous receipts.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
operational expenses
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, $23,710,000: Provided, That the
Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule to expand the
applicability of comprehensive oil spill response plans within 45 days
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the amounts
appropriated under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 per day
for each day that such rule has not been issued following the
expiration of the period set forth in the previous proviso.
hazardous materials safety
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety
functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, $58,000,000, of which $7,570,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees
collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, to remain available until
expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for
training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel
expenses incurred in the performance of hazardous materials exemptions
and approvals functions.
pipeline safety
(pipeline safety fund)
(oil spill liability trust fund)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$165,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, of which
$23,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund;
of which $134,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund;
and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under 49
U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Underground Natural Gas Storage
Facility Safety Account for the purpose of carrying out 49 U.S.C.
60141: Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided
under this heading shall be for the one-call state grant program.
emergency preparedness grants
(emergency preparedness fund)
Notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 49 U.S.C.
5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2021, from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b),
and 5128(c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not
more than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this account
shall be available to pay administrative costs: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), or
5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by individuals other
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General to
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $92,600,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have
all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate
allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by
the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the funds
made available under this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant
to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or
deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of
domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this
proviso.
General Provisions--Department of Transportation
Sec. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available
for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department
business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5
U.S.C. 5901-5902).
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to
the Department and its operating administrations shall be available for
the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned
aircraft systems that advance the Department's, or its operating
administrations', missions.
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or procured by the
Department prior to the enactment of this Act shall be deemed
authorized.
Sec. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
Sec. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this Act
shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C.
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection
with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as
provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not
withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in
noncompliance with this provision.
Sec. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That none of
the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary
detail outside the Department of Transportation.
Sec. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration and
Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities,
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for
training may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway
Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account and to the Federal
Railroad Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 20105.
Sec. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act to the
Department of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan
guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project
competitively selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of credit
commitment, or full funding grant agreement is announced by the
Department or its modal administrations: Provided, That the Secretary
gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds from the emergency
relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall involve
funds that are not available for obligation.
(b) In addition to the notification required in subsection (a),
none of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of
Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of
credit, cooperative agreement or discretionary grant unless the
Secretary of Transportation provides the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such loans, loan guarantees,
lines of credit, cooperative agreement or discretionary grants that
will be announced not less the 3 full business days before such
announcement: Provided, That the requirement to provide a list in this
subsection does not apply to any ``quick release'' of funds from the
emergency relief program: Provided further, That no list shall involve
funds that are not available for obligation.
Sec. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and
other funds received by the Department of Transportation from travel
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building
space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations
of the Department of Transportation and allocated to elements of the
Department of Transportation using fair and equitable criteria and such
funds shall be available until expended.
Sec. 187. Amounts made available in this or any prior Act that the
Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department of
Transportation to a third-party contractor under a financial assistance
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available--
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the
Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments:
Provided, That amounts made available in this Act shall be
available until expended; and
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering
improper payments or contractor support in the implementation
of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Provided,
That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and
(2)--
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the
appropriation from which the improper payments were
made, and shall be available for the purposes and
period for which such appropriations are available:
Provided further, That where specific project or
accounting information associated with the improper
payment or payments is not readily available, the
Secretary may credit an appropriate account, which
shall be available for the purposes and period
associated with the account so credited; or
(B) if no such appropriation remains available,
shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts: Provided further, That prior to the transfer
of any such recovery to an appropriations account, the
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations of the amount and reasons for such
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of this
section, the term ``improper payments'' has the same
meaning as that provided in section 2(d)(2) of Public
Law 107-300.
Sec. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds
provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming
action that requires notice to be provided to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, and said reprogramming action shall be approved or
denied solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to
other congressional committees of the action of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than
30 days following the date on which the reprogramming action has been
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
Sec. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for
the costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when
such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are purchased
to provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or
administrations.
Sec. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry
out a program that establishes uniform standards for developing and
supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits authorized under
section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media.
Sec. 191. The Department of Transportation may use funds provided
by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under title 49
U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing geographic, economic, or any other
hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule,
regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a
Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration grant
from imposing such hiring preference on a contract or construction
project with which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only
if the grant recipient certifies the following:
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a
pool of readily available but unemployed individuals possessing
the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work that the
contract requires resides in the jurisdiction;
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate
provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor
does not displace any of its existing employees in order to
satisfy such hiring preference; and
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or
delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does
not delay or displace any transportation project in the
applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or
Transportation Improvement Program.
Sec. 192. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on efforts
by the Department of Transportation to engage with local communities,
metropolitan planning organizations, and regional transportation
commissions on advancing data and intelligent transportation systems
technologies and other smart cities solutions.
Sec. 193. The Secretary of Transportation shall consult with the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to identify any
existing authorities and any additional authorities that may be needed
to leverage funds from Department of Transportation programs for
purposes of inland waterway project costs.
Sec. 194. (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of
Transportation by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended to
enforce or require the enforcement of section 127(a) of title 23,
United States Code, with respect to a segment described in paragraph
(1) or (2) of subsection (b) if the segment is designated as a route of
the Interstate System.
(b) The segments referred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be designated as a
spur of Interstate Route 65) from Interstate Route 65 in
Bowling Green, Kentucky, to United States Route 60 in
Owensboro, Kentucky.
(2) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway (to be
designated as Interstate Route 69) in the State of Kentucky
from the Tennessee State line to the interchange with
Interstate Route 24, near Calvert City, Kentucky.
(c) Only a vehicle that could operate legally on a segment
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) before the date of
designation of the segment as a route of the Interstate System may
continue to operate on that segment, subject to the condition that,
except as provided in subsection (d), the gross vehicle weight of such
a vehicle shall not exceed 120,000 pounds.
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits a State from issuing a permit
for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a gross vehicle weight that
exceeds 120,000 pounds.
Sec. 195. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Transportation may be obligated or
expended to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of
section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regulation issued
by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with respect to the use of
electronic logging devices by operators of commercial motor vehicles,
as defined in section 31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock,
as defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance
Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects.
Sec. 196. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Federal Transit Administration under this title to
carry out sections 5307, 5311, 5337, and 5339 of title 49, United
States Code, may be used in awarding a contract or subcontract to an
entity on or after the date of enactment of this Act for the
procurement of rolling stock for use in public transportation if the
manufacturer of the rolling stock is incorporated in or has
manufacturing facilities in the United States and receives support from
the government of a country that--
(1) is identified as a nonmarket economy country (as
defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) was identified by the United States Trade
Representative in the most recent report required by section
182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority
foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; and
(3) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Representative
under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416).
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the
obligations of the United States under international agreements.
(c)(1) This section shall not apply to the award of a contract or
subcontract made by a public transportation agency with a rail rolling
stock manufacturer described in subsection (a) if the manufacturer
produces rail rolling stock for an eligible public transportation
agency through a contract executed prior to the date of enactment of
this Act.
(2) A rail rolling stock manufacturer described in subsection (a)
may not use funds provided under a contract or subcontract described in
paragraph (1) to expand the manufacturer's production of rail rolling
stock within the United States to an amount of rolling stock vehicles
or railcars that is greater than the amount required under contractual
obligations of the manufacturer as of the date of enactment of this Act
including all options for additional rolling stock.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to funds
that are not appropriated or otherwise made available to the Federal
Transit Administration under this title.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation
Appropriations Act, 2019''.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Management and Administration
executive offices
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, which
shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary,
Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations,
Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,898,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under
this heading shall be available to the Secretary for official reception
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.
administrative support offices
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support
Offices, $556,000,000, of which $76,600,000 shall be available for the
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, (and of which $25,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2021, shall be for the financial
transformation initiative); $98,000,000 shall be available for the
Office of the General Counsel, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall
be for the Departmental Enforcement Center; $213,300,000 shall be
available for the Office of Administration; $40,200,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer;
$54,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and
Management; $20,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer; $3,600,000 shall be available for the Office of
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; $4,300,000 shall be
available for the Office of Business Transformation; and $46,00,000
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:
Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be used for
necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided
for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities
that directly support program activities funded in this title:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all signed reports
required by Congress: Provided further, That not more than 10 percent
of the funds made available under this heading for the Office of Chief
Financial Officer for the financial transformation initiative may be
obligated until the Secretary submits to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a plan for expenditure that
includes the financial and internal control capabilities to be
delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, key milestones to be
met, and the relationship between the proposed use of funds made
available under this heading and the projected total cost and scope of
the initiative.
Program Office Salaries and Expenses
public and indian housing
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public and
Indian Housing, $222,000,000.
community planning and development
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community
Planning and Development, $110,000,000.
housing
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing,
$390,000,000, of which not less than $12,500,000 shall be for the
Office of Recapitalization.
policy development and research
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy
Development and Research, $26,000,000.
fair housing and equal opportunity
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair Housing
and Equal Opportunity, $71,500,000.
office of lead hazard control and healthy homes
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead Hazard
Control and Healthy Homes, $7,800,000.
working capital fund
(including transfer of funds)
For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Fund''),
pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred,
including reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under
this heading shall be available for Federal shared services used by
offices and agencies of the Department, and for such portion of any
office or agency's printing, records management, space renovation,
furniture, or supply services as the Secretary determines shall be
derived from centralized sources made available by the Department to
all offices and agencies and funded through the Fund: Provided, That
of the amounts made available in this title for salaries and expenses
under the headings ``Executive Offices'', ``Administrative Support
Offices'', ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'', and ``Government
National Mortgage Association'', the Secretary shall transfer to the
Fund such amounts, to remain available until expended, as are necessary
to fund services, specified in the matter preceding the first proviso,
for which the appropriation would otherwise have been available, and
may transfer not to exceed an additional $5,000,000, in aggregate, from
all such appropriations, to be merged with the Fund and to remain
available until expended for any purpose under this heading: Provided
further, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts available
to each office or agency of the Department for the services, or portion
of services, specified in the matter preceding the first proviso:
Provided further, That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and
conditions under this heading shall supplement the authorities and
conditions provided under section 7(f).
Public and Indian Housing
tenant-based rental assistance
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein), not
otherwise provided for, $18,780,987,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that shall be
available on October 1, 2018), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That
the amounts made available under this heading are provided as follows:
(1) $20,520,000,000 shall be available for renewals of
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of
law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act)
and including renewal of other special purpose incremental
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any
carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2019 funding
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing
agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS)
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by
applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary,
by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making any
necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the first-
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant
protection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph
may be used to fund a total number of unit months under lease
which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized level of
units under contract, except for public housing agencies
participating in the MTW demonstration, which are instead
governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent
necessary to stay within the amount specified under this
paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph),
prorate each public housing agency's allocation otherwise
established pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That
except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount
specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified
under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing
agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method described
above, and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies
of their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment
of this Act or March 1, 2019: Provided further, That the
Secretary may extend the notification period with the prior
written approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That public housing agencies
participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant
to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same pro
rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Provided
further, That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies'
calendar year 2019 allocations based on the excess amounts of
public housing agencies' net restricted assets accounts,
including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with
VMS data in calendar year 2018 that is verifiable and
complete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided further,
That public housing agencies participating in the MTW
demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, as
determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the
single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW
agreements, from the agencies' calendar year 2019 MTW funding
allocation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use any
offset referred to in the previous two provisos throughout the
calendar year to prevent the termination of rental assistance
for families as the result of insufficient funding, as
determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided further,
That up to $100,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for
adjustments in the allocations for public housing agencies,
after application for an adjustment by a public housing agency
that experienced a significant increase, as determined by the
Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from
unforeseen circumstances or from portability under section 8(r)
of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use during the
previous 12-month period in order to be available to meet a
commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for
adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs
Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public
housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings
measures, as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be
required to terminate rental assistance for families as a
result of insufficient funding: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall allocate amounts under the previous proviso
based on need, as determined by the Secretary;
(2) $85,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance
for relocation and replacement of housing units that are
demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act,
conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section
8, the family unification program under section 8(x) of the
Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a
request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such assistance
under section 8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers,
mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection
assistance including replacement and relocation assistance or
for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of
unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 202
properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced
pursuant to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the
authority as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a
public housing development is submitted for demolition or
disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may
provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an
imminent health and safety risk to residents: Provided
further, That the Secretary may only provide replacement
vouchers for units that were occupied within the previous 24
months that cease to be available as assisted housing, subject
only to the availability of funds: Provided further, That of
the amounts made available under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may
be available to provide tenant protection assistance, not
otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents residing
in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents greater than
30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) the
maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that
requires the permission of the Secretary prior to loan
prepayment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance contract
for which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or
tenant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) the
expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a
mortgage or preservation program administered by the Secretary:
Provided further, That such tenant protection assistance made
available under the previous proviso may be provided under the
authority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided
further, That the Secretary shall issue guidance to implement
the previous provisos, including, but not limited to,
requirements for defining eligible at-risk households within 60
days of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any
tenant protection voucher made available from amounts under
this paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing
agency, except the replacement vouchers as defined by the
Secretary by notice, when the initial family that received any
such voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the authority
for any public housing agency to issue any such voucher shall
cease to exist: Provided further, That the Secretary may
provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts made available
under this paragraph for units assisted under a project-based
subsidy contract funded under the ``Project-Based Rental
Assistance'' heading under this title where the owner has
received a Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, That to
the extent that the Secretary determines that such units are
not feasible for continued rental assistance payments or
transfer of the subsidy contract associated with such units to
another project or projects and owner or owners, any remaining
amounts associated with such units under such contract shall be
recaptured and used to reimburse amounts used under this
paragraph for rental assistance under the preceding proviso;
(3) $1,956,987,000 shall be for administrative and other
expenses of public housing agencies in administering the
section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up
to $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate
to public housing agencies that need additional funds to
administer their section 8 programs, including fees associated
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the
administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD-VASH vouchers,
and other special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That
no less than $1,926,987,000 of the amount provided in this
paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the
calendar year 2019 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the
Act (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect
immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and
Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276): Provided
further, That if the amounts made available under this
paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined under
the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts
allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the
extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined
under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances,
including recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special
purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That all public
housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall
be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be
subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the
previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided
under this paragraph shall be only for activities related to
the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized
under section 8, including related development activities;
(4) $154,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance
contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary
administrative expenses: Provided, That administrative and
other expenses of public housing agencies in administering the
special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded
under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata
reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other
expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this
heading: Provided further, That any amounts provided under
this paragraph in this Act or prior Acts, remaining available
after funding renewals and administrative expenses under this
paragraph, shall be available for incremental tenant-based
assistance contracts under such section 811, including
necessary administrative expenses;
(5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and
associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD-VASH to serve
Native American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of
homelessness living on or near a reservation or other Indian
areas: Provided, That such amount shall be made available for
renewal grants to recipients that received assistance under
prior Acts under the Tribal HUD-VASH program: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to specify
criteria for renewal grants, including data on the utilization
of assistance reported by grant recipients: Provided further,
That such assistance shall be administered in accordance with
program requirements under the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and modeled after
the HUD-VASH program: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall be authorized to waive, or specify alternative
requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation
that the Secretary administers in connection with the use of
funds made available under this paragraph (except for
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor
standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are
necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such
assistance: Provided further, That grant recipients shall
report to the Secretary on utilization of such rental
assistance and other program data, as prescribed by the
Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary may
reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned or
recaptured from awards under prior acts;
(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance
for use through a supported housing program administered in
conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as
authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall make such funding available, notwithstanding
section 203 (competition provision) of this title, to public
housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Centers
or other entities as designated by the Secretary of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency
administrative performance, and other factors as specified by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation
with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for
(in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of
Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development administers
in connection with the use of funds made available under this
paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing,
nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon
a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative
requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and
administration of such voucher assistance: Provided further,
That assistance made available under this paragraph shall
continue to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-
over;
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new incremental
voucher assistance through the family unification program as
authorized by section 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the
assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue
to remain available for family unification upon turnover:
Provided further, That for any public housing agency
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a prior Act
under the family unification program that determines that it no
longer has an identified need for such assistance upon
turnover, such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the
Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the agency and
reallocate it to any other public housing agency or agencies
based on need for voucher assistance in connection with such
program; and
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all special
purpose vouchers funded under this heading.
housing certificate fund
(including rescissions)
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for
Assisted Housing'' and the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'',
for fiscal year 2019 and prior years may be used for renewal of or
amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-
based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which
such funds were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances of
contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been
terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That amounts
heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal year,
from section 8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal year
1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of
additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is
hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the
purposes set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise
available.
public housing capital fund
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital
and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437g) (the ``Act'') $2,775,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department official other
than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and
Indian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j)
regarding the extension of the time periods under such section:
Provided further, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term
``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are
subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately
or in the future: Provided further, That up to $14,000,000 shall be to
support ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment
activities: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall be to
support the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make
grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this Act, to public housing
agencies for emergency capital needs including safety and security
measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well
as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and
natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and
natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2019:
Provided further, That of the amount made available under the previous
proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and security
measures: Provided further, That in addition to the amount in the
previous proviso for such safety and security measures, any amounts
that remain available, after all applications received on or before
September 30, 2020, for emergency capital needs have been processed,
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for such safety and
security measures: Provided further, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, up to $35,000,000 shall be for supportive services,
service coordinators and congregate services as authorized by section
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):
Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this
heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after
the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That funding provided
under the previous proviso shall be available for competitive grants to
partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce
investment boards established under section 107 of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other
agencies and organizations that provide support to help public housing
residents obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided further,
That applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to
residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage
service dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may allow public
housing agencies to request exemptions from rent and income limitation
requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a and 1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs-
Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve
upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative
requirements are necessary for the effective implementation of the
Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal
Register any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the
preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date of
such notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under this
heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation
in the previous proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund
activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies
requesting waivers under the previous proviso if the request is
approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided
further, That from the funds made available under this heading, the
Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2019 to public
housing agencies that are designated high performers: Provided
further, That the Department shall notify public housing agencies of
their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$25,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to public housing
agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in public
housing by carrying out the activities of risk assessments, abatement,
and interim controls (as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
4851b)): Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review,
a grant under the previous proviso shall be considered funds for
projects or activities under title I of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations implementing
such section.
public housing operating fund
For 2019 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,756,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2020.
choice neighborhoods initiative
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
(subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this heading), for
transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both
public and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods with
appropriate services, schools, public assets, transportation and access
to jobs, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:
Provided, That grant funds may be used for resident and community
services, community development, and affordable housing needs in the
community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to
affordable housing: Provided further, That the use of funds made
available under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing
notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability
determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided
further, That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other
Federal or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may include
local governments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and
nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply
jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes of
environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public housing
agency under section 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject to the
regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such section:
Provided further, That of the amount provided, not less than
$50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agencies: Provided
further, That such grantees shall create partnerships with other local
organizations including assisted housing owners, service agencies, and
resident organizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation,
Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney
General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources:
Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available
under this heading may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive
local planning with input from residents and the community: Provided
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining
from funds appropriated under the heading ``Revitalization of Severely
Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior
fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading,
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding
Availability for funds made available under this heading no later than
60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall make grant awards no later than one year from the date
of enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may,
until September 30, 2019, obligate any available unobligated balances
made available under this heading in this, or any prior Act.
family self-sufficiency
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family self-
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937, to promote the development of local strategies to
coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act
with public and private resources, and enable eligible families to
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, $80,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the
Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or specify alternative
requirements under subsections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23
of such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified self-
sufficiency program for individuals receiving assistance under
different provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary:
Provided further, That owners of a privately owned multifamily property
with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family Self-
Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants of such property
in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary: Provided
further, That such procedures established pursuant to the previous
proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in
accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding
from residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own
Family Self-Sufficiency program.
native american housing block grants
(including transfer of funds)
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized
under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.),
$655,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided,
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount of the
allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the
Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such Act with
the need component based on single-race census data and with the need
component based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the
allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two
resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the amounts
made available under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be for providing
training and technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and
tribally designated housing entities, to support the inspection of
Indian housing units, contract expertise, and for training and
technical assistance related to funding provided under this heading and
other headings under this Act for the needs of Native American families
and Indian country: Provided further, That amounts made available
under the previous proviso may be used, contracted, or competed as
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the
cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title
VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including the costs
of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,761,989: Provided further, That
the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation within
60 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
for an additional amount for the Native American Housing Block Grants
program, as authorized under title I of NAHASDA, $100,000,000 to remain
available until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall obligate this additional amount for competitive grants
to eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply for funds:
Provided further, That in awarding this additional amount, the
Secretary shall consider need and administrative capacity, and shall
give priority to projects that will spur construction and
rehabilitation: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of this
additional amount may be transferred, in aggregate, to ``Program Office
Salaries and Expenses--Public and Indian Housing'' for necessary costs
of administering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of this
additional amount: Provided further, That any funds transferred
pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain available until September
30, 2024.
indian housing loan guarantee fund program account
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a), $1,440,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to
$553,846,154, to remain available until expended: Provided further,
That up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administrative contract
expenses including management processes and systems to carry out the
loan guarantee program.
native hawaiian housing block grant
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as authorized
under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $2,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian
Home Lands may not invest grant amounts provided under this heading in
investment securities and other obligations: Provided further, That
amounts made available under this heading in this and prior fiscal
years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible Native
Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands,
notwithstanding any other provision of law.
Community Planning and Development
housing opportunities for persons with aids
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.
12901 et seq.), $375,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2020, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of
such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided,
That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent
supportive housing that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5)
of such Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal year
2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program requirements before
awarding funds for new contracts under such section: Provided further,
That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation
within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
community development fund
For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other
entities, for economic and community development activities, and for
other purposes, $3,365,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2021, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the total amount
provided, $3,300,000,000 is for carrying out the community development
block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, as amended (``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C.
5301 et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for
under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with
funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended for planning
and management development and administration: Provided further, That
a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local government,
Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives
funds under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all
or any portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange for any
other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use such
funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds
provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity for
an economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless such
project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines
required under subsection (e)(2): Provided further, That the
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, $65,000,000 shall be for grants to
Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which,
notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section 203 of
this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute
imminent threats to health and safety.
community development loan guarantees program account
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
during fiscal year 2019, commitments to guarantee loans under section
108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total
principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of
such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from
borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 108, to
result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans,
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
home investment partnerships program
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as authorized under
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as
amended, $1,362,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022:
Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made available under this
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and
217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to allocations of such amount:
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program,
as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program
Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $54,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-
Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11
of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$35,000,000 shall be made available for the second, third, and fourth
capacity building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD
Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than
$5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity building
activities: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building
by national rural housing organizations with experience assessing
national rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical
assistance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local
governments, and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$4,000,000, shall be made available for a program to rehabilitate and
modify the homes of disabled or low-income veterans, as authorized
under section 1079 of Public Law 113-291: Provided further, That funds
provided under the previous proviso shall be awarded within 180 days of
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds provided for such
program in fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018 shall be awarded within 60
days of enactment of this Act.
homeless assistance grants
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized under
subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act,
as amended; the Continuum of Care program as authorized under subtitle
C of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance
program as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act,
$2,612,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:
Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that are recaptured under
such Continuum of Care program shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That not less than $270,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such Emergency
Solutions Grants program: Provided further, That not less than
$2,205,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available for such Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability
Assistance programs: Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available
for grants for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible activities the
Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist survivors of
domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking: Provided further,
That such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of
care program subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal
applicants: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the national
homeless data analysis project: Provided further, That all funds
awarded for supportive services under the Continuum of Care program and
the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall be matched by not
less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: Provided
further, That for all match requirements applicable to funds made
available under this heading for this fiscal year and prior fiscal
years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of match
funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal
agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on
any such use of any such funds: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall collect system performance measures for each continuum of care,
and that relative to fiscal year 2015, under the Continuum of Care
competition with respect to funds made available under this heading,
the Secretary shall base an increasing share of the score on
performance criteria: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading shall be available to provide funding for
new projects, except for projects created through reallocation, unless
the Secretary determines that the continuum of care has demonstrated
that projects are evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which
they improve the continuum of care's system performance: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding under the
Continuum of Care program to continuums of care that have demonstrated
a capacity to reallocate funding from lower performing projects to
higher performing projects: Provided further, That all awards of
assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate and
integrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, social
services, and employment programs for which homeless populations may be
eligible: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts remaining
from funds appropriated under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and
prior years for project-based rental assistance for rehabilitation
projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for purposes under this
heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were
appropriated: Provided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus
Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal
account and transferred to this account shall be available, if
recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2019:
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their
formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may represent initial
or final amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program
within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That up to
$80,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be to
implement projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to
serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities,
including at least five communities with substantial rural populations,
can dramatically reduce youth homelessness: Provided further, That of
the amount made available under the previous proviso, up to $5,000,000
shall be available to provide technical assistance on youth
homelessness, and collection, analysis, and reporting of data and
performance measures under the comprehensive approaches to serve
homeless youth, in addition to and in coordination with other technical
assistance funds provided under this title: Provided further, That
such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of care
program subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal
applicants: Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking
assistance under this heading shall not be required to provide third
party documentation to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C.
11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged
24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by
youth-serving providers funded under this heading.
Housing Programs
project-based rental assistance
For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise provided for,
$11,347,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available
on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously
appropriated under this heading that became available October 1, 2018),
and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That the amounts made
available under this heading shall be available for expiring or
terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section
8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate
rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in projects that
are subject to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low Income
Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and
other expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance
funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of the total
amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed $245,000,000 shall
be available for performance-based contract administrators for section
8 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):
Provided further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the
previous proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the
administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to section
236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent
supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental
assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental
assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance
contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to
section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat.
667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public
Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured
under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted
Housing'', or the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for
renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for
performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes
for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of the
Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts
for any project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance
Payments contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to
require that surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing
residual receipts account and that are in excess of an amount to be
determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and
deposited in this account, to be available until expended: Provided
further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall
be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided by this
heading for uses authorized under this heading.
housing for the elderly
For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance
contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of
the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, for project rental assistance for
the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for senior preservation rental
assistance contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section
811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as
amended, and for supportive services associated with the housing,
$678,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided,
That of the amount provided under this heading, up to $90,000,000 shall
be for service coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate
service grants for residents of assisted housing projects: Provided
further, That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real
Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities
associated with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the
Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the terms
and conditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial
contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration:
Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, project funds
which are held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to
a section 202 project rental assistance contract and, upon termination
of such contract, are in excess of an amount to be determined by the
Secretary shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this
account, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided
further, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the
previous proviso shall be available, in addition to the amounts
otherwise provided by this heading, for amendments and renewals:
Provided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and
carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under
this heading shall be available for amendments and renewals
notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds originally were
appropriated: Provided further, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, $10,000,000, shall be for a program to be
established by the Secretary to make grants to experienced non-profit
organizations, States, local governments, or public housing agencies
for safety and functional home modification repairs to meet the needs
of low-income elderly persons to enable them to remain in their primary
residence: Provided further, That of the total amount made available
under the previous proviso, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available
to meet such needs in communities with substantial rural populations.
housing for persons with disabilities
For amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), as
amended, for project rental assistance for supportive housing for
persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for
project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to
contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance
to State housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as
authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with the housing
for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of
such Act, $154,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022:
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading shall be
available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-
related activities associated with section 811 projects: Provided
further, That, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds which
are held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a
section 811 project rental assistance contract and, upon termination of
such contract, are in excess of an amount to be determined by the
Secretary shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this
account, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided
further, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the
previous proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts
otherwise provided by this heading for amendments and renewals:
Provided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and
carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under
this heading shall be used for amendments and renewals notwithstanding
the purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.
housing counseling assistance
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, as
authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act
of 1968, as amended, $45,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2020, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract
services: Provided, That grants made available from amounts provided
under this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of
this Act: Provided further, That funds shall be used for providing
counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and
prospective, with respect to property maintenance, financial management
or literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist
them in improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial
needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership;
for program administration; and for housing counselor training:
Provided further, That for purposes of providing such grants from
amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary may enter into
multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject to the availability of
annual appropriations.
rental housing assistance
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2)
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in State-aided,
noninsured rental housing projects, $5,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobligated
balances from recaptured amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006
from terminated contracts under such sections of law, and any
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining
from funds appropriated under this heading after fiscal year 2005,
shall also be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring
contracts under such sections of law.
payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401
et seq.), up to $12,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $12,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees
Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated
under this heading shall be available from the general fund of the
Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make
expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to
section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made
available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as
such collections are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund
estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to section 620 of such Act shall
be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2019
appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and
installation programs, the Secretary may assess and collect fees from
any program participant: Provided further, That such collections shall
be deposited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may
use such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620 of
such Act, for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the
Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary under such
Act through the use of approved service providers that are paid
directly by the recipients of their services.
Federal Housing Administration
mutual mortgage insurance program account
New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That during
fiscal year 2019, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the
purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended,
shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That the foregoing
amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and
governmental entities in connection with sales of single family real
properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual
Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That for administrative
contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That
to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or
before April 1, 2019, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this
proviso exceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding the
limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), during fiscal year 2019 the
Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to insure mortgages
under section 255 of the National Housing Act only to the extent that
the net credit subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed zero:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall not
take any action against a lender solely on the basis of compare ratios
that have been adversely affected by defaults on mortgages secured by
properties in areas where a major disaster was declared in 2017 or 2018
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
general and special risk program account
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and
Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not
exceed $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which is to
be guaranteed, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided,
That during fiscal year 2019, gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238,
and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000,
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in
connection with the sale of single family real properties owned by the
Secretary and formerly insured under such Act.
Government National Mortgage Association
guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of
section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C.
1721(g)), shall not exceed $550,000,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020: Provided, That $27,000,000 shall be available for
necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government National
Mortgage Association: Provided further, That to the extent that
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April
1, 2019, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall
be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this
proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from
Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the
National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited as offsetting
collections to this account.
Policy Development and Research
research and technology
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including
carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of
1968, and for technical assistance, $100,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That with respect to amounts made
available under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of this
title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with
philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, State or local
governments and their agencies, or colleges or universities for
research projects: Provided further, That with respect to the previous
proviso, such partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at
least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: Provided
further, That for non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance
with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282, 31
U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with
respect to documentation of award decisions: Provided further, That
prior to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Secretary
shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this activity:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading
may be available for the doctoral dissertation research grant program.
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
fair housing activities
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,
$65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided,
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and
collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy,
and may use such funds to provide such training: Provided further,
That no funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in
connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 shall be
available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the
creation and promotion of translated materials and other programs that
support the assistance of persons with limited English proficiency in
utilizing the services provided by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
lead hazard reduction
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by section
1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992,
$260,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which
$45,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to
sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970,
which shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration
efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint
poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided,
That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other
provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under
the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies program
under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes
under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special
project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing
Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That not
less than $95,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading
for the award of grants pursuant to section 1011 of the Residential
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 shall be provided to
areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs: Provided
further, That $45,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be for the implementation of projects to demonstrate how
intensive, extended multi-year interventions can dramatically reduce
the presence of lead-based paint hazards in communities containing high
concentrations of both pre-1940 housing and low-income families by
achieving economies of scale that substantially reduce the cost of
lead-based paint remediation activities and administrative costs for
grantees: Provided further, That such projects in each of five
communities shall be for five years and serve no more than four
contiguous census tracts in which there are high concentrations of
housing stock built before 1940, in which low-income families with
children make up a significantly higher proportion of the population as
compared to the State average, and that are located in jurisdictions in
which instances of elevated blood lead levels reported to the State are
significantly higher than the State average: Provided further, That
funding awarded for such projects shall be made available for draw down
contingent upon the grantee meeting cost-savings, productivity, and
grant compliance benchmarks established by the Secretary: Provided
further, That each recipent of funds for such projects shall contribute
an amount not less than 10 percent of the total award, and that the
Secretary shall give priority to applicants that secure commitments for
additional contributions from public and private sources: Provided
further, That grantees currently receiving grants made under this
heading shall be eligible to apply for such projects, provided that
they are deemed to be in compliance with program requirements
established by the Secretary: Provided further, That each applicant
shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to
carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding
availability: Provided further, That amounts made available under this
heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, still remaining
available, may be used for any purpose under this heading
notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if
a program competition is undersubscribed and there are other program
competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed.
Information Technology Fund
For the development, modernization, and enhancement of,
modifications to, and infrastructure for Department-wide and program-
specific information technology systems, for the continuing operation
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program-specific
information systems, and for program-related maintenance activities,
$280,000,000, of which $260,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2020, and of which $20,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That any amounts transferred to
this Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this Fund from
amounts appropriated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be
used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any
other information technology purposes for which such amounts were
appropriated: Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the
funds made available under this heading for development, modernization
and enhancement may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a plan for
expenditure that--(A) identifies for each modernization project: (i)
the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the
mission benefits to be realized, (ii) the estimated life-cycle cost,
and (iii) key milestones to be met; and (B) demonstrates that each
modernization project is: (i) compliant with the Department's
enterprise architecture, (ii) being managed in accordance with
applicable life-cycle management policies and guidance, (iii) subject
to the Department's capital planning and investment control
requirements, and (iv) supported by an adequately staffed project
office.
Office of Inspector General
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$128,082,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have
independent authority over all personnel issues within this office.
General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development
(including transfer of funds)
(including rescission)
Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local
governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement
occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15
percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to
refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act may be
used during fiscal year 2019 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair
Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal
action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a court of
competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant,
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of
this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with
section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
Sec. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association,
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
Sec. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a
reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department
of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program,
project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget
estimates submitted to Congress.
Sec. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation
Control Act are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as
provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out
the programs set forth in the budget for 2019 for such corporation or
agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of
these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage
purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States
Government.
Sec. 207. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and
excess funds in each program and activity within the jurisdiction of
the Department and shall submit additional, updated budget information
to these Committees upon request.
Sec. 208. The President's formal budget request for fiscal year
2020, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall
use the identical account and sub-account structure provided under this
Act.
Sec. 209. No funds provided under this title may be used for an
audit of the Government National Mortgage Association that makes
applicable requirements under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2
U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
Sec. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject
to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 2019 and
2020, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may authorize the
transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured
by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more multifamily
housing project or projects to another multifamily housing project or
projects.
(b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based assistance under
this section may be done in phases to accommodate the financing and
other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the
project or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure
that such project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the
following conditions:
(1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
(A) For occupied units in the transferring project:
The number of low-income and very low-income units and
the configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the
transferring project shall be no less than when
transferred to the receiving project or projects and
the net dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to
the transferring project shall remain the same in the
receiving project or projects.
(B) For unoccupied units in the transferring
project: The Secretary may authorize a reduction in the
number of dwelling units in the receiving project or
projects to allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom
sizes to meet current market demands, as determined by
the Secretary and provided there is no increase in the
project-based assistance budget authority.
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the
Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically
nonviable.
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed
applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project
shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the
transferring project and provide a certification of approval by
all appropriate local governmental officials.
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain
eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project
or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the
transferring project or projects until new units in the
receiving project are available for occupancy.
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the
best interest of the tenants.
(7) If either the transferring project or the receiving
project or projects meets the condition specified in subsection
(d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting from
additional financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate
to any FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on,
such project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may
waive this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is
necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition,
construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or
projects.
(8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of
subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving
project or projects shall execute and record either a
continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use
agreement for the project where, in either case, any use
restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than
the existing use restrictions.
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that
appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any
such increased cost.
(d) For purposes of this section--
(1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall
have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations
governing the program under which the project is insured or
assisted;
(2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing
that meets one of the following conditions--
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured
under the National Housing Act;
(B) housing that has project-based assistance
attached to the structure including projects undergoing
mark to market debt restructuring under the Multifamily
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
(C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of
the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of
the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
(D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of
the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before
the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National
Affordable Housing Act;
(E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of
the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
or
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use
agreement;
(3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937;
(B) assistance for housing constructed or
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance
provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as such
section existed immediately before October 1, 1983);
(C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;
(D) interest reduction payments under section 236
and/or additional assistance payments under section
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act;
(E) assistance payments made under section
202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and
(F) assistance payments made under section
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act;
(4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the
multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of
the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required
low-income and very low-income use restrictions are to be
transferred;
(5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily
housing project which is transferring some or all of the
project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required
low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the
receiving project or projects; and
(6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development.
(e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of
the transfer authority under this section, including the effect of such
transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, physical and
financial conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected
properties.
Sec. 211. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any
individual who--
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher
education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
(2) is under 24 years of age;
(3) is not a veteran;
(4) is unmarried;
(5) does not have a dependent child;
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is
defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving
assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005;
(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older
and is at risk of becoming homeless; and
(8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents
who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to
receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts
received for tuition and any other required fees and charges) that an
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, except for a
person over the age of 23 with dependent children.
Sec. 212. The funds made available for Native Alaskans under the
heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' in title II of this
Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant
recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005.
Sec. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal
year 2019, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that
is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with
a contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal programs, the Secretary
shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached
to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary
determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government,
that such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not
feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8
or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of
rehabilitating and operating the property and all available Federal,
State, and local resources, including rent adjustments under section
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of
1997 (``MAHRAA'') and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in
consultation with the tenants of that property, contract for project-
based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other
existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The
Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-
based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of
tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety after written
notice to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other
available remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After
disposition of any multifamily property described under this section,
the contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall be
subject to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
Sec. 214. The commitment authority funded by fees as provided
under the heading ``Community Development Loan Guarantees Program
Account'' may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee,
notes, or other obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-
entitlement communities in the State in accordance with the
requirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving such a guarantee or
commitment shall distribute all funds subject to such guarantee to the
units of general local government in non-entitlement areas that
received the commitment.
Sec. 215. Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 or
fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset
management requirement imposed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development in connection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That
an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the
operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management
requirements.
Sec. 216. With respect to the use of amounts provided in this Act
and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement and
management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the
Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital
funds for central office costs pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):
Provided, That a public housing agency may not use capital funds
authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under
section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating fund in
excess of the amounts permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2).
Sec. 217. No official or employee of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the
Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined that such
allotment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control
and has received training in funds control procedures and directives.
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a trained
allotment holder for each HUD appropriation under the accounts
``Executive Offices'' and ``Administrative Support Offices,'' as well
as each account receiving appropriations under the general heading
``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'', ``Government National
Mortgage Association--Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan
Guarantee Program Account'', and ``Office of Inspector General'' within
the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sec. 218. The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development shall, for fiscal year 2019, notify the public through the
Federal Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of the
issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of
funding availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund
administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2019, the
Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the
appropriate Government web site or through other electronic media, as
determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 219. Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation
shall be paid from the individual program office and Office of General
Counsel salaries and expenses appropriations. The annual budget
submission for the program offices and the Office of General Counsel
shall include any such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as
a separate line item request. No funds provided in this title may be
used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney fees until the
Department submits for review a spending plan for such costs to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 220. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 percent
or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated for any office
under the heading ``Administrative Support Offices'' or for any account
under the general heading ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'' to
any other such office or account: Provided, That no appropriation for
any such office or account shall be increased or decreased by more than
10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide notification to such
Committees three business days in advance of any such transfers under
this section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less.
Sec. 221. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance payments
shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section
referred to as the ``Secretary''), and comply with any standards under
applicable State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations
relating to the physical condition of any property covered under a
housing assistance payment contract.
(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) when a
multifamily housing project with a section 8 contract or contract for
similar project-based assistance--
(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS)
score of 60 or less; or
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3
days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies identified
by the inspector at the project have been corrected.
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects with
assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units
assisted under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public
housing units assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC inspection, the
Secretary must provide the owner with a Notice of Default with a
specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, for correcting all
deficiencies. The Secretary must also provide a copy of the Notice of
Default to the tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any
contract administrator. If the owner's appeal results in a UPCS score
of 60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of Default.
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all deficiencies
specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails to fully correct
such deficiencies, the Secretary may--
(A) require immediate replacement of project management
with a management agent approved by the Secretary;
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used
solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary
conditions at applicable properties, as designated by the
Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property
affected by the penalty;
(C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial
abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all
deficiencies have been corrected;
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by
the Secretary under established procedures, which will be
obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept
renewal of the assistance contract as long as such renewal is
offered;
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another
project or projects and owner or owners;
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or
debarments from Federal programs;
(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the
property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial
order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all
project deficiencies;
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party to
stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the property
through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of
capital provided by a third-party that requires time to
effectuate; or
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies
available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary.
(d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that
project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise of
contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for
major threats to health and safety after written notice to the affected
tenants. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with
the tenants and the local government, that the property is not feasible
for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 or other
programs, based on consideration of--
(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property
and all available Federal, State, and local resources,
including rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997
(``MAHRAA''); and
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a
cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for project-
based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of
other existing housing properties, or provide other rental
assistance.
(e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all properties covered
by this section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment
Center and have UPCS physical inspection scores of less than 60 or have
received an unsatisfactory management and occupancy review within the
past 36 months. The report shall include--
(1) the enforcement actions being taken to address such
conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and
termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have
such conditions multiple times;
(2) actions that the Department of Housing and Urban
Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified
properties; and
(3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to
further improve the living conditions at properties covered
under a housing assistance payment contract.
This report shall be due to the Senate and House Committees on
Appropriations no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act,
and on the first business day of each Federal fiscal year quarter
thereafter while this section remains in effect.
Sec. 222. None of the funds made available by this Act, or any
other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with respect
to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 9 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used
by any public housing agency for any amount of salary, including
bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic
pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any
time during any public housing agency fiscal year 2019.
Sec. 223. None of the funds in this Act provided to the Department
of Housing and Urban Development may be used to make a grant award
unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project,
State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or
other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced by the
Department or its offices.
Sec. 224. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA).
Sec. 225. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be
used by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government National
Mortgage Administration, or the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to insure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of
any mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise
replaces a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain
condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other
political subdivision of a State.
Sec. 226. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a
metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
Sec. 227. Amounts made available under this Act which are either
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or
transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research in the
Department of Housing and Urban Development and functions thereof, for
research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are unexpended
at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative
agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately become available
and may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal
year for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which
the amounts are made available to that Office subject to reprogramming
requirements in section 405 of this Act.
Sec. 228. None of the funds provided in this Act or any other act
may be used for awards, including performance, special act, or spot,
for any employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development who
has been subject to administrative discipline in fiscal years 2018 or
2019, including suspension from work.
Sec. 229. Funds made available in this title under the heading
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' may be used by the Secretary to
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section
526 of division H of Public Law 113-76, section 524 of division G of
Public Law 113-235, section 525 of division H of Public Law 114-113,
and such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots
in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019: Provided, That such
participation shall be limited to no more than 10 continuums of care
and housing activities to improve outcomes for disconnected youth.
Sec. 230. With respect to grant amounts awarded under the heading
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
and 2019 for the continuum of care (CoC) program as authorized under
subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act,
costs paid by program income of grant recipients may count toward
meeting the recipient's matching requirements, provided the costs are
eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient's CoC program.
Sec. 231. (a) From amounts made available under this title under
the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the Secretary may award 1-
year transition grants to recipients of funds for activities under
subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11381 et seq.) to transition from one Continuum of Care program
component to another.
(b) No more than 50 percent of each transition grant may be used
for costs of eligible activities of the program component originally
funded.
(c) Transition grants made under this section are eligible for
renewal in subsequent fiscal years for the eligible activities of the
new program component.
(d) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, the
funding recipient must have the consent of the Continuum of Care and
meet standards determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 232. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to direct a grantee
to undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of
carrying out the final rule entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair
Housing'' (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice entitled
``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool'' (79 Fed. Reg.
57949 (September 26, 2014)).
Sec. 233. Section 218(g) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with
respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME
Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire in 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 or 2021 under that section.
Sec. 234. The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone
Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such designations, made
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in prior fiscal
years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such agreements.
Sec. 235. The Secretary shall initiate a comprehensive review of
existing public housing and tenant-based rental assistance regulations
and related notices and other guidance documents to identify
opportunities to streamline the administration of such programs while
also ensuring compliance with Federal financial and internal control
requirements. The Secretary shall establish a regulatory advisory
committee, composed of program and research experts from the
Department, a fair representation of public housing agencies, and
independent subject matter experts in housing policy, property
management, and Federal grant management, which shall advise the
Secretary with respect to specific policy proposals to reduce
administrative burden. The Secretary, in consultation with the advisory
committee, shall submit a report on the results of such regulatory
review to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later
than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 236. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to establish and apply a ranking factor in the selection and award of
any funds made available and requiring competitive selection under this
Act, including preference or bonus points or other incentives for
participation in or coordination with EnVision Centers.
Sec. 237. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
continue to engage in efforts authorized by the Violence Against Women
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4; 127 Stat. 54) to ensure
that survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are not
unlawfully evicted or denied housing by certain landlords based on
their experience as survivors.
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to
Congress a report on the efforts described in subsection (a).
Sec. 238. None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used to provide housing assistance benefits for an individual who is
convicted of--
(1) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 of title 18,
United States Code;
(2) murder under section 1111 of title 18, United States
Code; or
(3) any other Federal or State offense involving--
(A) severe forms of trafficking in persons or sex
trafficking, as those terms are defined in paragraphs
(9) and (10), respectively, of section 103 of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
7102); or
(B) child pornography, as defined in section 2256
of title 18, United States Code.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2019''.
TITLE III
RELATED AGENCIES
Access Board
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $8,400,000:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may
be credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and
training expenses.
Federal Maritime Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as
authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as
amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C.
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901-5902, $27,490,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of
the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $23,274,000: Provided,
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in
carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud,
including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the Inspector General
may enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies,
analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private
persons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern the
obtaining of such services within the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation: Provided further, That the Inspector General may select,
appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for
carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of
Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that
govern such selections, appointments, and employment within the
Corporation: Provided further, That concurrent with the President's
budget request for fiscal year 2020, the Inspector General shall submit
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request
for fiscal year 2020 in similar format and substance to those submitted
by executive agencies of the Federal Government: Provided further, That
not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Inspector General shall update the report entitled ``Effects of
Amtrak's Poor On-Time Performance'', numbered CR-2008-047, and dated
March 28, 2008, and make the updated report publicly available.
National Transportation Safety Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902),
$110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official
reception and representation expenses. The amounts made available to
the National Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal
year 2001 for a capital lease.
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $145,000,000, of
which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing program:
Provided, That an additional $2,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2023, shall be for the promotion and development of
shared equity housing models.
Surface Transportation Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,100,000: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the Surface
Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as
offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses
under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated
from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2019, to
result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no
more than $35,850,000.
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
operating expenses
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109
of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency
Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title
II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended,
$3,600,000: Provided, That the first proviso in Public Law 115-141
under the heading ``United States Interagency Council on Homelessness--
Operating Expenses'' is amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting
``2021''.
TITLE IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
Sec. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided
herein.
Sec. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through a procurement contract pursuant to
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 pursuant to
existing law.
Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
obligated or expended for any employee training that--
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills,
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official
duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of
emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the
content and methods to be used in the training and written end
of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age''
belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants'
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties.
Sec. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
(1) creates a new program;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project,
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by
the Congress;
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity
by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for
a different purpose;
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in
excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch,
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency,
administration, or department different from the budget
justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or
the table accompanying the report accompanying this Act,
whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is received
from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish the
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer
authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
That the report shall include--
(A) a table for each appropriation with a separate
column to display the prior year enacted level, the
President's budget request, adjustments made by
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
(B) a delineation in the table for each
appropriation and its respective prior year enacted
level by object class and program, project, and
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the
respective appropriation; and
(C) an identification of items of special
congressional interest.
Sec. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the
end of fiscal year 2019 from appropriations made available for salaries
and expenses for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available
through September 30, 2020, for each such account for the purposes
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405
of this Act.
Sec. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support any Federal,
State, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain,
unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use: Provided,
That for purposes of this section, public use shall not be construed to
include economic development that primarily benefits private entities:
Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, railroad,
airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as utility projects which
benefit or serve the general public (including energy-related,
communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related
infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the general
public or which have other common-carrier or public-utility functions
that serve the general public and are subject to regulation and
oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields as defined
in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered a public use for purposes
of eminent domain.
Sec. 408. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to
enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily
completed his or her period of active military or naval service, and
has within 90 days after his or her release from such service or from
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more
than 1 year, made application for restoration to his or her former
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management
as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position
and has not been restored thereto.
Sec. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act
of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, popularly known as the ``Buy
American Act'').
Sec. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been
convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
Sec. 412. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of sections
301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under sections 41301
through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or exemption application
under section 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding an
air operators certificate issued by a country that is party to the
U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval
would contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-
Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise
preclude the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign air
carrier permit or an exemption to such an air carrier where such
authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air
Transport Agreement and United States law.
Sec. 414. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees
of a single agency or department of the United States Government, who
are stationed in the United States, at any single international
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that
such attendance is important to the national interest: Provided, That
for purposes of this section the term ``international conference''
shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United States attended
by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental
organizations.
Sec. 415. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation
Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice
complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount
authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 1914
of title 28, United States Code.
Sec. 416. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, or any other Federal agency 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. 417. (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. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in 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 over which that Inspector General has
responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector General's access to such
records, documents, or other materials, under any provision of law,
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector
General and expressly limits the Inspector General's right of access.
(b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide
its Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and
other materials in a timely manner.
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided by the
establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this
requirement.
Sec. 419. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for
contractors whose performance has been judged to be below satisfactory,
behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet the basic
requirements of a contract, unless the Agency 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 unless such awards or incentive fees are consistent with
16.401(e)(2) of the FAR.
Sec. 420. (a) Section 420 (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 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.
This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019''.
Attest:
Secretary.
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H.R. 6147
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AMENDMENT