[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H6344-H6461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019


                             General Leave

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on the consideration of H.R. 
6147, and that I may include tabular material on the same.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Norman). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from New Jersey?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 996 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 6147.
  The Chair appoints the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. Cheney) to 
preside over the Committee of the Whole.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 6147) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and for other purposes, with Ms. Cheney in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the 
first time. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 
exceed 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
  The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuysen) and the gentlewoman 
from New York (Mrs. Lowey) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.

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  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 6147, the fiscal year 
2019 Interior, Environment, and Financial Services and General 
Government appropriations bills. This package continues the House's 
important work on our annual government funding legislation. With the 
passage of this bill, the House will be halfway done with our fiscal 
year 2019 bills through the floor.
  I want to thank, and I am sure Ranking Member Lowey thanks both 
Chairman Calvert and his ranking member, and Chairman Graves and his 
ranking member for their work with their colleagues.
  These bills fund vital programs across the Federal Government, 
including those that make Americans safer, protect our Nation's 
resources, and create jobs. In addition to providing this necessary 
funding, the bills ensure that the Federal Government is working 
efficiently and in the best interest of the American taxpayers. This 
includes streamlining Federal agencies, reforming financial policies, 
and reducing burdensome regulatory red tape.
  Both bills reflect American priorities. I would like to highlight 
just a few of these. The Interior and Environment appropriations bill, 
authored by Representative Calvert of California, provides $35.3 
billion for the EPA, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Department of the 
Interior and other programs that promote our natural heritage.
  Within this total, the bill prioritizes funding to fight in 
preventing devastating wildfires, fully funding the 10-year average for 
suppression costs. The bill also targets critical resources to major 
infrastructure that will improve the lives of Americans, boosting 
funding to ensure communities have access to safe drinking water, and 
accelerates the cleanup of Superfund sites. This is especially 
important as we have more than 1,300 national priority sites awaiting 
urgent attention to address hazardous materials threatening the health 
of Americans across the country. I appreciate Chairman Calvert's 
efforts in this area.
  The Interior bill continues funding for other programs that manage 
our national resources and cultural heritage, like the National Park 
Service, the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, the 
Chemical Safety Board, and the Smithsonian Institution.
  Beyond these important investments, the bill rightsizes regulatory 
programs to ensure that the government is working to support American 
families and their communities.
  This also includes addressing EPA's regulatory agenda and supporting 
the administration's proposal to reshape its workforce. This will 
enable the agency to focus on its core duties, while reducing 
unnecessary spending.
  The second bill in this package also works to reduce waste across 
government. The Financial Services appropriations bill, authored by 
Representative Graves of Georgia, totals $23.4 billion which, like the 
Interior bill, is equal to fiscal year 2018 levels.
  This bill prioritizes effective programs that improve our national 
security and expands economic opportunity while finding efficiencies, 
governmentwide, and while stopping harmful overregulation.
  This bill also supports America's small businesses by providing loans 
and resources that will help us grow and thrive. It also provides 
stability for our financial system, and protects consumers, and 
investors.
  This bill also improves accountability of the American taxpayer by 
directing the Internal Revenue Service funding towards customer service 
and stopping the misuse of funding within the agency.
  Another priority is law enforcement. This bill also provides funding 
to fight the opioid abuse epidemic, protects our financial institutions 
from cyber crime, and supports our Federal courts.
  I would like to commend all the committee members on the 
Appropriations Committee who led the drafting of these bills, 
particularly Chairman Graves and his Ranking Member,  Mike Quigley, and 
Interior Chairman  Ken Calvert and his Ranking Member, Betty McCollum, 
along with their subcommittee members and their professional staff that 
did a remarkable job.
  I am pleased that the House is taking the next step forward on our 
appropriations bill this evening.
  I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I rise in strong opposition to the Interior, Environment, and 
Financial Services, and General Government minibus, that fails the 
American people by slashing environmental protection, rolling back 
consumer protections, and even cutting basic election security funding.
  With bills this bad, it is no wonder Republicans have abandoned all 
pretense of regular order, grouped two unrelated appropriations bills 
together, and blocked numerous Democratic amendments.
  These bills are the product of Republicans' misguided priorities. 
Instead of using the $18 billion increase in nondefense discretionary 
spending to create jobs and grow our economy, Republicans have chosen 
to waste those resources on an unnecessary border wall and cruel 
attacks on immigrant families.
  We must do better. As much as it pains me to say, we should be 
following the Senate and producing bipartisan bills instead of wasting 
time on playing political games and taking show votes to appease the 
right wing of the Republican Conference.
  Turning to the substance of the bills before us, it is absolutely 
outrageous that they would: Cut the Environmental Protection Agency by 
$100 million; slash clean water infrastructure grants by $300 million; 
sink $585 million into a black hole that is dressed up with a fancy 
name, the Fund for America's Kids and Grandkids, which is a ploy to not 
spend the entire financial services allocation; reduce investments in 
underserved communities through the Community Development Financial 
Institutions program by $34 million; and provide inadequate funding for 
small business loan programs and for investments that curb the opioid 
crisis.
  However, the bill's worst cut is the zeroing out of election security 
grants.
  On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian 
intelligence officers for their interference in the 2016 presidential 
election. The indictment describes, in great detail, the efforts Russia 
took to break into State election databases.
  We have all heard the public warnings of our intelligence community 
that Russia will attempt to attack our democracy again. Yet, instead of 
helping States protect and fortify their election infrastructure from 
cyber hacking, this bill would eliminate election security grants 
entirely.
  Additionally, numerous harmful policy riders strike at the heart of 
laws and rules that protect the air we breathe and the water we drink, 
threaten the survival of endangered species, attack a woman's right to 
choose, undermine democracy in the District of Columbia, and repeal 
important Dodd-Frank consumer protections.
  These bills represent a divisive, partisan approach that threatens to 
leave American communities more polluted and American families more 
vulnerable to financial predators. We must do better.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``no,'' and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Calvert), the chairman of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chairman, it is my distinct honor to bring to the 
House floor the fiscal year 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations bill.
  Before I go into details about the bill, I would like to commend 
Chairman Frelinghuysen for his leadership and support throughout this 
process.
  As reported by the Appropriations Committee, the fiscal year 2019 
Interior and Environment bill is funded at $35.252 billion, which is 
equal to the FY18 enacted level. We have made sincere efforts to 
prioritize critical needs within our subcommittee allocation and in 
reviewing more than 5,200 individual requests.
  In the interest of time, I won't outline all the problems or programs 
and activities funded in this bill. I would like to point out a few 
highlights.
  The bill provides robust wildland fire funding totaling $3.9 billion. 
It fully funds the 10-year average for wildland fire suppression costs 
and provides an additional $500 million in suppression funds for the 
Forest Service. The committee has also provided a $30 million increase 
over fiscal year 2018 for hazardous fuel reduction.
  The bill provides $500 million in fiscal year 2019 for the Payments 
in Lieu of Taxes, PILT program, which is a top priority for many 
Members on both sides of the aisle.
  The bill also makes critical investments in Indian Country, a top 
priority of this committee. This legislation honors our commitment to 
Native Americans with a particular emphasis on Indian health, law 
enforcement, education, and water settlements.
  The bill fully funds contract support costs and Tribal grant school 
support costs; provides funding to staff newly constructed health 
facilities; improves public safety; significantly increases economic 
development; invests an additional $16 million in fiscal year 2019 to 
address needs of schools throughout the BIE system; and invests an 
additional $82 million to correct funding disparities across the Indian 
Healthcare System.
  Overall, funding to EPA has been reduced by $100 million from fiscal 
year 2018, with reductions aimed at research and regulatory programs. 
Members from the Midwest will be pleased to know that the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative is maintained at the fiscal year 2018 enacted 
level of $300 million.
  The bill continues to invest in water infrastructure and cleaning up 
contaminated land. These programs help create jobs and spur economic 
development in communities all across the Nation. The bill provides 
funds to leverage over $10 billion worth of investment in water 
infrastructure through the funding in the WIFIA program and the Clean 
Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Funds.
  The bill also provides $3.2 billion for the National Park Service. It 
maintains, and builds upon, critical investments made in the fiscal 
year 2018 enacted bill to address longstanding park operations and 
deferred maintenance needs.

  We have also attempted to address a number of concerns within the 
Fish and Wildlife Service accounts. The bill restores popular grant 
programs through fiscal year 2018 enacted levels. It also restores 
funds to combat international wildlife trafficking; protects fish 
hatcheries from cuts and closures; and continues funding to fight 
invasive mussels and Asian carp; and reduces the backlog of species 
that are recovered but not yet de-listed. We have also increased funds 
for the Recovery Challenge program, which we started in 2018 to 
challenge non-Federal partners to a more active role in recovering 
endangered species.
  The bill also provides $360 million for Land and Water Conservation 
programs with bipartisan support.
  Lastly, this bill makes significant investments toward critical 
deferred maintenance, construction, and infrastructure needs within the 
Department of the Interior, Forest Service, Indian Health Service, 
Smithsonian, as well as critical air and water infrastructure programs 
within the EPA.
  In closing, I would like to thank staff on both sides of the aisle 
who have worked long hours on this legislation. On the minority side, I 
would like to thank Rita Culp, Jocelyn Hunn, and Rebecca Taylor.
  On the majority side, I would like to thank Darren Benjamin, Betsy 
Bina, Jackie Kilroy, Kristin Richmond, Mac Cloyes, and Dave LesStrang 
from the committee staff, as well as Ian Foley, Rebecca Keightley, 
Tricia Evans and Dave Kennett from my personal staff.
  To say the least, this has been a team effort.

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  Lastly, I would like to thank my good friend and ranking member, 
Betty McCollum, for working with me to address a number of critical 
needs throughout the bill.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to 
the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, while we may disagree on some issues, we 
are never disagreeable and we continue to work well together.
  Madam Chair, it is a good bill. I urge its adoption.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), the ranking member of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
  (Ms. McCOLLUM asked and was given permission to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, I would like to thank Ranking Member Lowey 
as well as the full committee chair for their work, but I would like to 
give a special thanks to Chairman Calvert and his staff, whom he 
mentioned by name, and of course my wonderful staff, including my 
personal staff, for working together using a collaborative approach to 
help us move forward.
  The subcommittee has a challenging portfolio of issues, and I commend 
the chairman's efforts to maintain many of the fiscal year 2018 
investments, such as addressing the backlog of deferred maintenance on 
Federal lands and investing in Indian Country. I want to express how 
sincerely proud I am of this subcommittee's nonpartisan approach to 
addressing the issues facing our Native American brothers and sisters.
  I am pleased that the bill recommends an increase of $410 million 
over the fiscal year 2018 enacted level for programs critical to Indian 
Country.
  The health, education, and safety of our Tribal communities is a 
Federal responsibility that our subcommittee takes very seriously, and 
that is the one bright spot in this bill; but, unfortunately, other 
important priorities for the American public did not fare as well.
  Even though the fiscal year 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Subcommittee allocation is equal to the fiscal year 2018 
enacted level, the majority is proposing a $100 million cut from the 
Environmental Protection Agency, which is just untenable.
  The cuts in this bill would target air and water quality programs, 
reduce Federal funding to enforce the law against polluters, and, if 
enacted, they will undermine the EPA's ability to keep our families and 
communities healthy and to protect our environment for future 
generations.
  We are at a defining moment in history. The Interior bill has an 
opportunity to make a global difference in the quality of life for 
generations to come, but, sadly, this bill is a mirror of the Trump 
administration's actions and disregard for the environment.
  We cannot afford to ignore the overwhelming scientific evidence the 
planet is warming, sea levels are rising, and glaciers are melting. We 
must do more, not less, to pursue policies and programs that will put 
us on the right path to conserve and protect our natural resources and 
the planet we call home.
  The bill before us also reduces funding for the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund by $65 million from the fiscal year 2018 enacted 
level. This program has strong bipartisan support. It conserves natural 
areas and provides recreational opportunities in all 50 States.
  The American people expect us to be good stewards of our public lands 
and wildlife, but this bill falls short on that commitment.
  In addition to the irresponsible cuts to the EPA, I must express my 
concern and my disappointment to the 18 partisan riders in this bill 
that pander to special interests at the expense of the public good. 
These riders undermine clean water and clean air safeguards, jeopardize 
protection and recovery for vulnerable species, and even intercede in 
California water issues outside of the jurisdiction of the 
subcommittee.
  The Senate has committed to work in a bipartisan manner to keep 
controversial policy riders out of their appropriations bills. I agree 
with that strategy and believe these policy issues should receive a 
full and transparent debate in the authorizing committees of 
jurisdiction. Congress must stop holding the government hostage over 
these ideological policy riders.
  And, finally, it is impossible to talk about the bill that funds the 
Environmental Protection Agency without addressing the ethical problems 
that have plagued this administration and were embodied by the former 
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. There is ample evidence that the former 
Administrator was misusing Federal dollars for lavish expenses and 
prioritizing the interest of corporations over protecting America's 
families. Mr. Pruitt may be gone from the Agency, but Congress should 
be doing considerable oversight to ensure that a culture of 
transparency and accountability is restored at the EPA.
  We should also be doing our best to ensure that every agency we fund 
is not abusing taxpayers' dollars. So I am deeply disappointed that my 
Republican colleagues voted down multiple amendments in our committee 
markup that would have held up our responsibility for oversight and 
adequately funded ongoing investigations. They also denied several more 
Democratic oversight amendments a chance to come to this floor for 
debate today.
  Madam Chair, this bill fails the American people. It cuts 
environmental protections. It removes safeguards for our air and water 
and endangered species and allows rampant corruption in the executive 
branch to go unchecked. I know we can do better than this, and it is my 
hope we will do better after conference.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentlewoman from Minnesota.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, I thank Mrs. Lowey for yielding.
  So despite my current opposition, I intend to continue to work with 
the chairman through this year's appropriations process to produce a 
responsible bill that I know we can have both parties support in the 
end.

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman 
from Georgia (Mr. Graves), the chairman of the Financial Services 
Subcommittee on Appropriations.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Chair, I rise tonight to fight for 
America's kids and grandkids. That is what we are here to do.
  This fiscal year 2019 Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations bill, as I will explain in a moment, reflects the public 
outcry over deficit spending and addresses those concerns on behalf of 
America's kids and grandkids.
  Madam Chair, before I dive into those details, I want to thank 
Ranking Member Quigley for his hard work and dedication to our work 
together as we have shepherded this committee through the process in 
this bill.
  I want to mention a few of the bill's highlights.
  This bill is a product of a very Member-driven process. We brought 
appropriators and authorizers together. We consulted other committees. 
We fostered personal Member-to-Member conversations to make sure that 
priorities in this bill were vetted and supported across jurisdictions. 
We held several public hearings and reviewed over 2,100 unique Member 
requests as we put this bill together.
  As the bill passed out of this Appropriations Committee, it passed 
with bipartisan support. What more can you do on behalf of America's 
kids and grandkids?
  As in past years, we aimed to provide the oversight and allocate 
taxpayer dollars with the greatest of care.
  This bill includes resources to implement the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 
which cuts taxes for families and businesses all across our country, 
spurring economic growth. The funding in our bill will help implement 
the law very quickly so American families can use the system without 
disruption whatsoever.
  In addition, this bill prioritizes law enforcement, homeland 
security, and cybersecurity. For example, it provides record funding 
for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and Drug-Free Communities 
programs.
  It updates the legacy IT systems that are governmentwide--we have all 
seen it and we have heard about it--through the Technology 
Modernization Fund.
  Similar to our landmark approach last year, this bill also includes 
major financial reforms. It cuts regulations, streamlines agency 
processes. In fact, this bill includes more than 20 pieces of 
legislation that have passed through this body with bipartisan support, 
in most cases with more than 270 votes.
  Now, importantly, one of these reforms brings transparency and 
oversight to an agency we have all talked about, and that is to the 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, by bringing it under the 
authority of Congress and under the authority of the Appropriations 
Committee.

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  Now, with these kinds of reforms, this bill has earned a lot of 
support across our country. From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 
Investment Company Institute, the American Bankers Association, 
Independent Community Bankers of America, National Association of 
Federally-Insured Credit Unions, and Credit Union National Association, 
in addition to the National Taxpayers Union and Citizens for 
Responsible Budgeting, this bill is bringing together a lot of 
different interests all across our country.
  In closing, Madam Chair, I would like to highlight, really, what the 
heart of this bill is, the major feature of this bill.
  If your district is anything like mine, you know the American people 
are frustrated. They are frustrated with Congress, and they are 
frustrated with this out-of-control spending. They see our annual 
deficits fuel our dangerous national debt. So it is time to try 
something different, and that is what we have done, because if we 
don't, we will stay stuck in this fiscal death spiral that we are in.
  Now, after a lot of thought and effort, we came up with a very 
creative way to protect funding from being spent. The appropriations 
process does not make saving money easy, not at all. We all know that 
if a subcommittee such as mine doesn't spend everything, another 
subcommittee will come in and scoop it up and spend it somewhere else. 
This is just the way legislating is in Washington.
  So we came up with something different, and we created a new fund in 
this bill called the Fund for America's Kids and Grandkids, which 
safeguards funds for America's future generations. In fact, it is like 
a savings account.
  We put $585 million from this bill as an initial deposit into the 
savings account, and this money is protected. It cannot be spent until 
Treasury indicates that we have balanced our budget or we have a 
surplus.
  Now, this deposit is only 2.5 percent. It is 2.5 percent of what we 
were allocated. That is 2\1/2\ pennies of every dollar that we spend. 
But this is a great step forward, and it is on behalf of America's kids 
and grandkids.
  This approach causes us to think about what deficit spending truly 
means and in whose name we are borrowing the money and who ultimately 
is going to get stuck with this debt.
  Establishing the Fund for America's Kids and Grandkids means we are 
appropriating with a new spirit here in Washington, D.C., and that is 
just because you can spend it doesn't mean you have to.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Quigley), the ranking member of the Financial Services 
Subcommittee.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Madam Chair, I first want to thank Chairman Graves, whom I had the 
privilege of working with for a second year in managing this bill. Our 
discussions have been both passionate and productive, and I thank him 
for always allowing for vigorous debate throughout the process.
  And, of course, I would again like to thank the staff on both sides 
for their work behind the scenes that went into preparing this bill for 
floor consideration. In particular, I would like to recognize and thank 
committee staff on the minority side, Lisa, Chris, Angela, Martha, as 
well as Doug from my personal office.

  But with that said, I continue to strongly oppose the bill before us 
today.
  Given its flat allocation of $23.4 billion, this bill does not 
adequately meet the growing needs of our small businesses, taxpayers, 
and middle class consumers and investors.
  To be fair, I do want to acknowledge how pleased I was to see 
increased funding for the Office of Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence, Federal Defender Services, and the Small Business 
Administration, three very different priorities, each critical in its 
own right; but this does not negate the cuts suffered by some of our 
most important agencies tasked with missions ranging from policing Wall 
Street to supporting investment in our most underserved communities.
  After losing over a billion dollars in funding and 18,000 staff 
between 2010 and 2017, my friends in the majority have reversed course 
and have begun providing the IRS with additional funds to implement 
their new law, yet taxpayer service is cut by $15 million. GSA's 
funding for new construction is cut by over $400 million, and funds for 
major and basic repairs and alterations come in at $194 million below 
the requested amount.
  The SEC, which is tasked with protecting investors and ensuring 
fairness in our capital markets, is cut by over $200 million, even 
though the Commission's budget is financed by industry fees.
  The CDFI Fund, after receiving increased funding of $250 million in 
fiscal year 2018, was inexplicably cut by $59 million in the original 
draft. With an additional $25 million for CDFI approved in committee, 
it is still not enough. Failing to fully fund the program means fewer 
resources to spur economic growth and revitalization in our most 
underserved communities.
  In addition to these cuts, the bill contains a long list of partisan 
riders, both old and new, blocking the IRS from enforcing the Johnson 
amendment and restricting the SEC from requiring companies to disclose 
political contributions. It would interfere in the local affairs of 
D.C. in an infinite number of ways, which simply must stop.

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  Let's talk about the business at hand. I was heartened to see 
Republicans speak out against the President's performance in Helsinki. 
The reaction to the President not understanding the full breadth and 
width of the Russian attack on our democratic process was 
extraordinary. The Russians attacked us. They will be back. Most 
likely, they probably never left. But those tweets are one thing. You 
have to put your dollars and your votes where your tweets are.
  After providing the States with $380 million in grants to help 
fortify and protect election systems from cyber hacking, this bill 
zeroes out that fund for 2019. I have made this argument time and 
again, but it is worth repeating that the $380 million that has been 
allocated is a step in the right direction, but it is only a down 
payment. For a majority of the 13 States that still use voting machines 
with no paper trail, at most, the funds they receive only cover half 
the replacement costs. Forty States use old equipment, which cannot 
handle modern anti-cyber hacking software.
  The entity that manages these grants, EAC, has announced that every 
State has requested funding, showing overwhelming demand for these 
resources. That is why I offered an amendment in the committee markup 
to restore funding for the program. Unfortunately, it failed in a 
party-line vote.
  Let me emphasize, again: We must do more to protect our democratic 
process from those who wish us harm, not just for the upcoming 
midterms, but for 2020 and beyond.
  Most States maxed out the amount of money they could request from 
this program. Obviously, many other States, I suspect, would be a 
little more enthusiastic if the President didn't tell them this was a 
witch hunt or a hoax.
  So there is much more we can do toward that end. Let's remind 
ourselves of the last time we had an election debacle of this 
magnitude: Bush-Gore. This government spent $3.4 billion. Why? Because 
we treasure the democratic process. We want every vote to count, and we 
certainly don't want a foreign adversary to be able to detract from 
that.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentleman from Illinois.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Chair, I just ask my colleagues, let us join 
together. There was never a more important time to treasure our 
democracy and fund the programs that protect them.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to 
the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Jenkins), a member of the 
committee.
  Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Madam Chair, I thank the chairman for 
yielding me the time.
  I rise in full support of H.R. 6147 and commend Chairman Calvert on 
this much-needed legislation.
  Back in 1977, Congress established the Abandoned Mine Lands program 
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use coal production revenues to fund critical reclamation efforts. Roll 
forward about 30 or 40 years, and I want to highlight one important 
part of the funding bill that is before us that will truly make a 
difference in many hard-hit coal States, including my home State of 
West Virginia.
  A new AML pilot program is in this legislation. Back in 2016, and 
thanks to the leadership of Chairman Hal Rogers and Chairman Calvert, 
we worked on establishing this AML pilot program to use some of these 
funds to help create job opportunities for displaced workers and help 
diversify the economy.
  In the last 2 years, the AML pilot program has brought $80 million to 
West Virginia, bolstering our economy and creating new jobs. These 
funds are being put to good use and play a proactive role in 
diversifying our State's economy, and many other States'.
  AML pilot funds, for example, are being used to support the Hatfield-
McCoy Trail System, more than 700 miles of world-class ATV trails just 
in West Virginia. I recently took part in a ride along on one of the 
trails to see firsthand the economic benefits they have brought to West 
Virginia. The trails being developed using AML pilot funds will attract 
thousands of new visitors, bolstering job creation in Appalachia and 
unleashing our tourism potential.
  These funds are also being used to expand municipal water services, 
which is critical for businesses and agricultural developments, as well 
as public health. The Coalfield Development Corporation, for example, 
is using AML pilot funds to build an aquaponics farm to grow 
sustainable commercial quantities of fish and vegetables.
  Simply stated, our towns and counties and States need resources to 
provide for the future, and this bill does it. It helps us diversify 
the economies. It helps attract employers and create much-needed jobs, 
putting West Virginians and Americans back to work.
  Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the distinguished ranking member of 
the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Chairwoman, I thank Ranking Member Lowey for 
yielding me this time.
  Unfortunately, I must rise in strong opposition to this bill and its 
litany of hollow choices and some dangerous choices.
  First, on election security, a day after President Trump told the 
whole world he believes Russian President Putin over our intelligence 
community, while claiming Russia didn't hack our 2016 election, this 
Republican bill provides zero election security grants to help our 
States prepare against likely cyber interference.
  Congress, as the first branch of government, must live up to our 
constitutional obligation. Just months away from our 2018 elections, 
President Trump essentially green-lit Putin's ongoing attacks.
  Does this body wish to be complicit as we head toward 2018 and 2020? 
This bill surely suggests so.
  Further, this bill attacks clean water access by repealing the waters 
of the United States rule without any public input regarding a 
replacement. It puts America's waters and the health and well-being of 
the American people at even greater risk, and it is a disservice to our 
constituents.

  I strongly oppose the rider that would block the Environmental 
Protection Agency from addressing waste from animal feeding operations 
under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. In my watershed, which drains the 
tristate, binational region of North America into the western end of 
Lake Erie, the equivalent of 42,500 boxcar loads of animal manure are 
locally generated every year. That is trainloads of feces over 400 
miles long every year seeping into the tributaries to the lake system 
every year.
  Additionally, the majority is far too eager to authorize massive 
corporate giveaways in this appropriations bill.
  The CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentlewoman from Ohio.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Chairwoman, their so-called CHOICE Act guts 
essential safeguards that require banks to plan and prevent the kind of 
financial catastrophe we saw in 2008. The only people who haven't been 
brought to justice are the scoundrels on Wall Street who created the 
mess.
  I hope our colleagues will join me in opposing this bill. And let me 
thank Chairmen Frelinghuysen, Graves, and Calvert, as well as Ranking 
Members Lowey, McCollum, and Quigley for their efforts on this bill. I 
know how hard it is to bring an appropriations bill to the floor, and I 
am sorry I cannot support this one.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chairwoman, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert), the chairman of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, for the purpose of a 
colloquy.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chairwoman, at this time, I yield to the gentleman 
from New Jersey (Mr. Lance) for the purpose of a colloquy.
  Mr. LANCE. Madam Chair, I thank Chairman Calvert for his leadership 
on this legislation and for recognizing the critically important work 
of cleaning up Federal Superfund sites across the United States.
  The remedial program for cleanups will see a $40 million increase in 
this package, bringing the Superfund total to $1.17 billion. This 
funding is well spent. One cleanup project in the congressional 
district I serve, the American Cyanamid Superfund site in Bridgewater, 
New Jersey, is a worthy project, indeed.
  The American Cyanamid site has been a hazard for too long, and the 
project was placed on the Superfund list in 1983. It is time to have 
the 44,000 tons of hazardous waste on this site safely and permanently 
destroyed.
  This is why we have a Superfund program and why the work of the 
Energy and Commerce Committee and the Appropriations Committee is so 
important. Federal officials and resources with the know-how and 
expertise have tackled these problems in other parts of the country and 
now need to focus on Bridgewater and other worthy projects across the 
Nation.
  This is a good project. I rise to call attention to its great merits 
and to thank Chairman Frelinghuysen, Chairman Calvert, the committee, 
and the EPA for their involvement and support thus far.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman. I want to thank my 
colleague from New Jersey for expressing support for the Superfund 
program.
  The Superfund program continues to be a priority of this committee. 
In the fiscal year 2018 omnibus, we provided a $66 million increase to 
the program to accelerate cleanup of Superfund sites and respond to the 
release of hazardous materials.
  I look forward to working together through the 2019 process to ensure 
that the Superfund program receives necessary funding to clean up and 
revitalize our Nation's toxic sites, like the American Cyanamid site, 
so that they are returned to productive use.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chairwoman, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. Pingree), a member of the Appropriations 
Committee.
  Ms. PINGREE. Madam Chair, I thank Ranking Member Lowey for yielding 
me the time.
  Madam Chair, I rise today as a member of the subcommittee in 
reluctant opposition to the bill before us. I want to thank the ranking 
member and the chairman for their hard work on this bill. I know that, 
in a truly bipartisan fashion, there has been an effort to address many 
issues that are important to me and to other Members.
  For example, I appreciate that the committee has come together to 
fund a National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for 
the Humanities at strong levels that will help support our local 
economies and protect important cultural institutions.
  But the truth of the matter is that we will be voting on numerous 
amendments tonight that will add poison pill riders to the bill. They 
will gut our environmental protections and act as a straightforward 
assault on our country's air, water, and Federal lands.
  The fact that so many of these harmful amendments were made in order 
by the Rules Committee is a telling statement of misplaced priorities. 
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more telling are the amendments that were not made in order. None of 
the amendments to protect our oceans was made in order. Not one of the 
10 amendments offered to prevent the devastation of our oceans due to 
oil and gas drilling off our coasts was made in order.
  We had Members from both sides of the aisle offering these 
amendments. We had Members from all across the country offering these 
amendments, and not one was allowed for full House debate, neither was 
an amendment I offered to push the administration on distributing 
appropriated funding that it has sat on without reason.
  This administration created guidance for the Department of the 
Interior in December of last year, which added another layer of 
bureaucracy and review for already-approved projects. How ironic that a 
Republican administration would actually be purposefully adding 
bureaucracy that they so often rail against.
  This has led to an unconscionable delay in getting funds out to the 
communities in Texas, Florida, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico that 
have been impacted by natural disasters, as well as other projects not 
related to hurricane relief.

  As we enter our second month of the current hurricane season, our 
American citizens have yet to see the full relief that they are owed 
and that this Congress has provided for them. That is because of this 
administration's unnecessary delays.
  Again, I know the work that has gone into the creation of this bill 
with funding levels from many programs that are vital in my home State 
of Maine. In Maine, we have a strong appreciation for the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the United States Geological Survey. We love 
estuaries, wildlife refuges, and National parks, like the beloved 
Acadia National Park in Maine and our new Katahdin Woods and Waters 
National Monument. This funding is critical, and I am proud to be on 
the subcommittee that funds all of these national treasures and vital 
programs.
  But because my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will spend 
the next few hours attempting to gut the Clean Air Act, eliminate the 
EPA methane rule, restrict the Endangered Species Act, zero out funds 
for diesel emissions reduction, and ban even the discussion of the cost 
of carbon in our Nation, I will not be able to support this bill. I 
urge my colleagues to join me in opposition.

                              {time}  1945

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Calvert), who is the chairman of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, for the purpose of a 
colloquy.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I thank the chairman.
  Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Ruiz).
  Mr. RUIZ. Madam Chair, I want to thank Chairman Calvert along with 
our friend and neighbor, Congressman Cook, on this issue which is, 
quite frankly, a matter of survival for two communities in my district.
  I submitted an amendment to this Appropriations bill to ensure the 
city of Banning and the community of Banning Heights can continue to 
receive water from a conveyance flume that they have relied on for over 
100 years. The water from the flume provides 100 percent of the water 
for the community of Banning Heights and approximately 30 percent of 
the water for the city of Banning.
  This isn't a small matter for these communities. In fact, I 
understand that during times when Banning Heights hadn't received water 
from the flume, the city of Banning has had to use temporary means to 
deliver an emergency supply of water to them.
  This shouldn't even be an issue. The two communities have an 
undisputed water right and a historic right-of-way to maintain the 
flume that brings the water to the community. The flume was previously 
used by Southern California Edison under a hydroelectric permit with 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. For more than a decade, 
Edison has been in the process of decommissioning this permit, and the 
city of Banning and Banning Heights are simply seeking to ensure that 
the flume can be repaired and maintained and continues to deliver 
water.
  Earlier this month, the Forest Service issued a letter stating that 
they would require the inclusion of new instream flows as a contingency 
of the issuance of a special use permit just to allow the city to make 
repairs to the flume. This requirement would mean that in an average 
year, the two communities would receive no water from the flume on more 
than 100 days, I repeat, no water for nearly one-third of the year.
  Additionally, during periods of drought, the Forest Service estimates 
that the communities could go more than 50 consecutive days during the 
summer months without water.
  This is simply unacceptable.
  While my amendment will not be debated on the floor today, I will 
continue to work with the Forest Service to resolve this situation in a 
way that protects the water rights of Banning and Banning Heights and 
makes sure that any new instream flows do not take away water from 
communities that need it.
  Madam Chair, I thank Chairman Calvert again for his attention to 
this. I ask the gentleman for his commitment to work with me to resolve 
this critical issue for my constituents.
  Mr. CALVERT. I thank Mr. Ruiz for raising this issue. I would like to 
offer and continue working with the gentleman and the Forest Service to 
amicably and productively resolve the situation.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I reserve balance of my time.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I am prepared to close, and I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, we should be making investments that protect 
our communities and make it easier for working families to get ahead. 
This bill falls far short of those goals. It shows the majority is not 
serious about enacting spending bills on time and is rife with 
deficiencies from a tax on the environment and consumers to wasting 
hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, and it fails to stand up to 
Russian aggression and protect our elections. Vote ``no.''
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Chair, I am pleased the House is taking the 
next step towards our Appropriations bills today. These bills maintain 
vital Federal responsibilities and reflect common American values.
  Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the 5-minute rule.
  An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of 
Rules Committee Print 115-81 shall be considered as adopted, and the 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as an original bill for the 
purpose of further amendment under the 5-minute rule and shall be 
considered as read.
  The text of the bill, as amended, is as follow:

                               H.R. 6147

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

     SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Interior, Environment, 
     Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations 
     Act, 2019''.

   DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019

        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)), $1,247,883,000,

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     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.
       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 $1,247,883,000, 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, $17,392,000, 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; $106,985,000, 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, $1,288,808,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $10,941,000 
     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)): Provided further, That 
     $12,022,000 shall be provided to the National Fish and 
     Wildlife Foundation pursuant to section 3709 of title 16, 
     United States Code, for the benefit of, and in connection 
     with, the activities and services of the United States Fish 
     and Wildlife Service.

                              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; $59,734,000, 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, $47,438,000, to be 
     derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to 
     remain available until expended, of which, notwithstanding 
     section 200306 of title 54, United States Code, not more than 
     $10,000,000 shall be for land conservation partnerships 
     authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, 
     including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: 
     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), $53,495,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which $22,695,000 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.), $42,000,000, 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.), $11,061,000, 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, $63,571,000, 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

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     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: 3 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, $2,527,810,000, of which 
     $10,032,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 
     support of Everglades restoration and $149,461,000 for 
     maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for 
     constructed assets and $166,575,000 for cyclic maintenance 
     projects for constructed assets and cultural resources 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.

                  national recreation and preservation

       For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, 
     natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership 
     programs, environmental compliance, international park 
     affairs, and grant administration, not otherwise provided 
     for, $63,638,000.

                       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, of which $13,000,000 shall be for 
     Save America's Treasures grants for preservation of national 
     significant sites, structures and artifacts as authorized by 
     section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
     2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual Save 
     America's Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal 
     funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only 
     be eligible for one grant: Provided further, That all 
     projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary of 
     the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 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, and $5,000,000 is 
     for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities: 
     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, 
     $366,333,000, 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, $172,363,000, to be derived from the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available 
     until expended, of which $124,006,000 is for the State 
     assistance program and of which $10,000,000 shall be for the 
     American Battlefield Protection Program grants as authorized 
     by 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, $30,000,000, 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; $1,167,291,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2020; 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

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     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.

                       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, $180,222,000, of which $130,406,000 
     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 $130,406,000: 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, $144,867,000, of which 
     $120,743,000 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 
     $120,743,000.
       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, $14,899,000, 
     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, $113,969,000, 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: Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading and notwithstanding 
     the Federal share limits contained in section 705 of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 
     1295), not to exceed $2,300,000 shall be for the Secretary of 
     the Interior to make grants to any State with active coal 
     mine operations within its borders that does not have an 
     approved State regulatory program under section 503 of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 
     1253) for the purpose of developing a State program under 
     such Act.
       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 $113,969,000.

                    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, 
     $24,546,000, 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, $90,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for grants to States 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 such additional amount 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: Provided further, 
     That such additional amount shall be allocated to States 
     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.), $2,436,821,000, 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 $689,558,000 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

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     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 $82,223,000 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: 
     Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may 
     accept transfers of funds from U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection to supplement any other funding available for 
     reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal 
     Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1): 
     Provided further, That of the funds provided, not to exceed 
     $2,000,000 is authorized for a demonstration project to pilot 
     a lease agreement with a federally recognized Indian tribe 
     agreeing to replace and own a Bureau of Indian Education 
     funded school facility operated under Public Law 93-638 or 
     Public Law 100-297: Provided further, That of the funds 
     provided, $2,000,000 shall be to implement section 7(b) of 
     Public Law 102-495 (106 Stat. 3173).

                         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; $354,485,000, 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.

 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, $50,057,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
     $19,279,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of 
     which $1,702,000 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 
     $329,260,000.

                       administrative provisions

                    (including rescission of funds)

       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

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     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.
       Of the unobligated balances available from appropriations 
     made under the heading ``Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau 
     of Indian Education'' prior to fiscal year 2014, $4,000,000 
     are permanently rescinded.

                          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, $134,673,000, 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 Appraisal and 
     Valuation Services Office 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 further, 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.

                       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, $96,870,000, of which: (1) $87,440,000 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) $9,430,000 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, $3,363,000, to remain 
     available until expended, as provided for in sections 
     221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for the 
     Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of 
     Free Association for the Government of the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, as 
     authorized by 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, $110,692,000, 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.

                   navajo and hopi indian relocation

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Trustee 
     for American Indians to carry out the activities authorized 
     by subsection 11(h) of Public Law 93-531, as most recently 
     amended by Public Law 104-301, through direct expenditure, 
     contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, 
     $3,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the Office of the Special Trustee is further authorized 
     to expend funds provided under this heading for the purpose 
     of planning for an orderly closeout of the Office of Navajo 
     and Hopi Indian Relocation.

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                        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, $939,660,000, 
     to remain available until expended: 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 $194,000,000 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, $58,778,000, 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.

                       payments in lieu of taxes

       For necessary expenses for payments authorized by chapter 
     69 of title 31, United States Code, $500,000,000 shall be 
     available for fiscal year 2019.

             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

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     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.

                  exhaustion of administrative review

       Sec. 111.  Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division E of 
     Public Law 112-74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking 
     ``fiscal years 2012 through 2022,'' in the first sentence and 
     inserting ``fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter,''.

              contracts and agreements with indian affairs

       Sec. 112.  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. 113.  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. 114. (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.

                              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; or
       (3) a final rule for the Bi-State distinct population 
     segment of greater sage-grouse.

                       reissuance of final rules

       Sec. 116. (a) The final rule published on September 10, 
     2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 55530) that was reinstated on March 3, 
     2017, by the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
     District of Columbia (No. 14-5300) and further republished on 
     May 1, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 20284) that reinstates the removal 
     of Federal protections for the gray wolf in Wyoming under the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and 
     this subsection, shall not be subject to judicial review.
       (b) Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall reissue the final rule published on December 28, 2011 
     (76 Fed. Reg. 81666), without regard to any other provision 
     of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such 
     rule. Such reissuance (including this subsection) shall not 
     be subject to judicial review.

                         gray wolves range-wide

       Sec. 117. (a) Not later than the end of fiscal year 2019, 
     and except as provided in subsection

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     (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall issue a rule to 
     remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in each of the 48 
     contiguous States of the United States and the District of 
     Columbia from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
     in section 17.11 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 
     without regard to any other provision of statute or 
     regulation that applies to issuance of such rule.
       (b) Such issuance (including this section)--
       (1) shall not be subject to judicial review; and
       (2) shall not affect the inclusion of the subspecies 
     classified as the Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of 
     the species gray wolf (Canis lupus) in such list.

                           tribal sovereignty

       Sec. 118.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to enforce, refer for enforcement, or 
     to assist any other agency in enforcing section 251 of title 
     25, United States Code.

                         contribution authority

       Sec. 119.  Section 113 of Division G of Public Law 113-76 
     is amended by striking ``2019,'' and inserting ``2024,''.

      prohibition on use of funds for certain historic designation

       Sec. 120.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to make a determination of eligibility or to list the 
     Trestles Historic District, San Diego County, California, on 
     the National Register of Historic Places.

   indiana dunes national lakeshore retitled; paul h. douglas trail 
                             redesignation

       Sec. 121. (a) Indiana Dunes National Lake Shore Retitled.--
       (1) In general.--Public Law 89-761 (16 U.S.C. 460u et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (A) by striking ``National Lakeshore'' and ``national 
     lakeshore'' each place it appears and inserting ``National 
     Park''; and
       (B) by striking ``lakeshore'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Park''.
       (2) Nonapplication.--The amendment made by subsection 
     (a)(1) shall not apply to--
       (A) the title of the map referred to in the first section 
     of Public Law 89-761 (16 U.S.C. 460u); and
       (B) the title of the maps referred to in section 4 of 
     Public Law 89-761 (16 U.S.C. 460u-3).
       (b) Paul H. Douglas Trail Redesignation.--The 1.6 mile 
     trail within the Indiana Dunes National Park designated the 
     ``Miller-Woods Trail'' is hereby redesignated as the ``Paul 
     H. Douglas Trail''.

          restriction on use of funds related to water rights

       Sec. 122.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act may be used--
       (1) to condition the issuance, renewal, amendment, or 
     extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, 
     easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy 
     agreement on the transfer of any water right, including sole 
     and joint ownership, directly to the United States, or any 
     impairment of title, in whole or in part, granted or 
     otherwise recognized under State law, by Federal or State 
     adjudication, decree, or other judgment, or pursuant to any 
     interstate water compact; or
       (2) to require any water user to apply for or acquire a 
     water right in the name of the United States under State law 
     as a condition of the issuance, renewal, amendment, or 
     extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, 
     easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy 
     agreement.

                                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, 
     $651,113,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 
     Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
     $4,100,000 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, $7,350,000 are permanently 
     rescinded.

                 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 $19,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, 
     $2,473,282,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 
     Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
     the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project shall 
     be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of 
     any fees made available, not less than the amount of 
     appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 2014: 
     Provided further, That of the funds included under this 
     heading, $12,700,000 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, $434,857,000 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, $40,000,000 are 
     permanently rescinded.

                      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, 
     $39,553,000, 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) $1,127,090,000, 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 $1,127,090,000 
     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, $8,778,000 shall be paid to 
     the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020, and $15,496,000 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, $3,588,161,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which--
       (1) $1,393,887,000 shall be for making capitalization 
     grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title 
     VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 
     $863,233,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
     the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 
     of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal 
     year 2019, funds made available under this title to each 
     State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
     grants and 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

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     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;
       (2) $10,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, 
     planning, design, construction and related activities in 
     connection with the construction of high priority water and 
     wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico 
     Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
     commission: 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) $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
     to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
     of rural and Alaska Native Villages: 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) $100,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, 
     subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
       (6) $55,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
     accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act);
       (7) $1,066,041,000 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.

      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, $45,000,000, 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 $5,488,000,000.
       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, for the purposes 
     provided in such sections.
       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.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to 
     the activities specified in section 33 of the Federal 
     Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 
     136w-8), fees collected in this and prior fiscal years under 
     such section shall be available for the following activities 
     as they relate to pesticide licensing: processing and review 
     of data submitted in association with a registration, 
     information submitted pursuant to section 6(a)(2) of FIFRA, 
     supplemental distributor labels, transfers of registrations 
     and data compensation rights, additional uses registered by 
     States under section 24(c) of FIFRA, data compensation 
     petitions, review of minor amendments, and notifications; 
     laboratory support and audits; administrative support; 
     development of policy and guidance; rulemaking support; 
     information collection activities; and the portions of 
     salaries related to work in these areas.
       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,

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     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 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
     authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with 
     section 26(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 
     2625(b)) for fiscal year 2019.
       The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
     authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with 
     section 3204 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
     6939g) for fiscal year 2019.
       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.
       Of the unobligated balances available for the ``State and 
     Tribal Assistance Grants'' account, $75,000,000 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.
       Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 
     320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not 
     less than $1,500,000 of the funds made available under this 
     title for the National Estuary Program shall be for making 
     competitive awards described in section 320(g)(4).
       The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
     not authorized to obligate or expend more than $50 of the 
     funds made available under this title for the purchase of any 
     individual fountain pen.

                               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, $297,000,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
     $77,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis program.

                       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, 
     $334,945,000, to remain available through September 30, 2020, 
     as authorized by law; of which $48,445,000 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, 
     $1,972,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2020: 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, $380,000,000 shall be for forest 
     products: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
     $450,000,000 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 $15,000,000 may be used by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts 
     or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for hazardous 
     fuels management activities, and for training or monitoring 
     associated with such hazardous fuels management activities on 
     Federal land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary 
     determines such activities benefit resources on Federal land: 
     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.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
     provided for, $499,000,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2020, 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

       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, $34,761,000, to 
     be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to 
     remain available until expended.

         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, 2020, (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, 2020, 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, 2020, 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.), $1,850,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2020.

                        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, $3,004,986,000, to remain available 
     through September 30, 2020: 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

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     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, 2020: 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 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.
       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, $4,202,639,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2020, except as 
     otherwise provided herein, 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 $55,700,000 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, $18,000,000 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 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

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     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 of the funds provided, $125,666,000 is for the 
     Indian Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as 
     needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the 
     Indian Health Facilities account: 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, 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.

                        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, $882,748,000, 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, $80,000,000.

            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, $62,000,000: 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, $2,994,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
     202 of

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     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, $12,000,000: 
     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, 
     $4,750,000, 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, 
     $737,944,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
     except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed 
     $6,908,000 for the instrumentation program, collections 
     acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum 
     of African American History and Culture, 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, 
     $317,500,000, 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, $141,790,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which not to 
     exceed $3,640,000 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, $26,564,000, 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, $16,025,000, 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

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     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, 
     $8,099,000: 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), 
     $58,000,000, 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 $1,264,000 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

                         salaries and expenses

       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), $500,000, 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, 
     $3,000,000, 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

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     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''.

                       chesapeake bay initiative

       Sec. 420.  Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative 
     Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-312; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is 
     amended by striking ``2019'' and inserting ``2020''.

                      extension of grazing permits

       Sec. 421.  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. 422. (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. 423.  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. 424. (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. 425.  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. 426.  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), $16,025,000 for fiscal year 2019.''.

local cooperator training agreements and transfers of excess equipment 
                       and supplies for wildfires

       Sec. 427.  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

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     carry out the functions of the Department's wildland fire 
     management program to such organizations.

                             recreation fee

       Sec. 428.  Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 
     Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking 
     ``September 30, 2019'' and inserting ``September 30, 2021''.

                  policies relating to biomass energy

       Sec. 429.  For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, 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. 430.  Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(2)), none of 
     the funds made available by this Act may be used to require a 
     permit for the discharge of dredged or fill material under 
     the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
     seq.) for the activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and 
     (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), 
     (C)).

                      waters of the united states

       Sec. 431.  The final rule issued by the Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the 
     Army entitled ``Clean Water Rule: `Definition of Waters of 
     the United States' '' (80 Fed. Reg. 37053 (June 29, 2015)) is 
     repealed, and, until such time as the Administrator and the 
     Secretary issue a final rule after the date of enactment of 
     this Act defining the scope of waters protected under the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act and such new final rule 
     goes into effect, any regulation or policy revised under, or 
     otherwise affected as a result of, the rule repealed by this 
     section shall be applied as if that repealed rule had not 
     been issued.

                         agricultural nutrients

       Sec. 432.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency to issue any regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) that applies to an animal 
     feeding operation, including a concentrated animal feeding 
     operation and a large concentrated animal feeding operation, 
     as such terms are defined in section 122.23 of title 40, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.

      hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting on federal land

       Sec. 433. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds made available by this or any other Act for any fiscal 
     year may be used to prohibit the use of or access to Federal 
     land (as such term is defined in section 3 of the Healthy 
     Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6502)) for 
     hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting if such use or 
     access--
       (1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as of January 
     1, 2013; and
       (2) was conducted in compliance with the resource 
     management plan (as defined in section 101 of such Act (16 
     U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such Federal land as of January 
     1, 2013.
       (b) Temporary Closures Allowed.--Notwithstanding subsection 
     (a), the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may temporarily close, for a period not to exceed 
     30 days, Federal land managed by the Secretary to hunting, 
     fishing, or recreational shooting if the Secretary determines 
     that the temporary closure is necessary to accommodate a 
     special event or for public safety reasons. The Secretary may 
     extend a temporary closure for one additional 90-day period 
     only if the Secretary determines the extension is necessary 
     because of extraordinary weather conditions or for public 
     safety reasons.
       (c) Authority of States.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, or 
     responsibility of the several States to manage, control, or 
     regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or 
     regulations.

               availability of vacant grazing allotments

       Sec. 434.  The Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
     public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, 
     and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the 
     National Forest System lands, shall make vacant grazing 
     allotments available to a holder of a grazing permit or lease 
     issued by either Secretary if the lands covered by the permit 
     or lease or other grazing lands used by the holder of the 
     permit or lease are unusable because of drought or wildfire, 
     as determined by the Secretary concerned. The terms and 
     conditions contained in a permit or lease made available 
     pursuant to this section shall be the same as the terms and 
     conditions of the most recent permit or lease that was 
     applicable to the vacant grazing allotment made available. 
     Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
     (42 U.S.C. 4332) shall not apply with respect to any Federal 
     agency action under this section.

                             infrastructure

       Sec. 435. (a) For an additional amount for ``Environmental 
     Protection Agency--Hazardous Substance Superfund'', 
     $40,000,000, which shall be for the Superfund Remedial 
     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 
     $40,000,000 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,'' $300,000,000 to 
     remain available until expended, of which--
       (1) $150,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 
     for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of 
     the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and
       (2) $150,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 
     for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 
     1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
       (c) For an additional amount for ``Environmental Protection 
     Agency--Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program 
     Account'', $25,000,000, 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 $2,683,000,000.

                         direct hire authority

       Sec. 436. (a) For fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may appoint, without regard to the provisions of 
     subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, 
     other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, a qualified 
     candidate described in subsection (b) directly to a position 
     with the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest 
     Service for which the candidate meets Office of Personnel 
     Management qualification standards.
       (b) Subsection (a) applies to a former resource assistant 
     (as defined in section 203 of the Public Land Corps Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1722)) who completed a rigorous undergraduate or 
     graduate summer internship with a land managing agency, such 
     as the Forest Service Resource Assistant Program; 
     successfully fulfilled the requirements of the internship 
     program; and subsequently earned an undergraduate or graduate 
     degree from an accredited institution of higher education.
       (c) The direct hire authority under this section may not be 
     exercised with respect to a specific qualified candidate 
     after the end of the two-year period beginning on the date on 
     which the candidate completed the undergraduate or graduate 
     degree, as the case may be.

                    california water infrastructure

       Sec. 437.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Final Environmental Impact Report/Final Environmental Impact 
     Statement for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan/California 
     Water Fix (81 Fed. Reg. 96485 (Dec. 30, 2016)) and any 
     resulting agency decision, record of decision, or similar 
     determination shall hereafter not be subject to judicial 
     review under any Federal or State law.

   limitation on use of funds for transplantation or introduction of 
              grizzly bears into north cascades ecosystem

       Sec. 438.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the transplantation or introduction of grizzly 
     bears into the North Cascades Ecosystem.

                  management of wild horses or burros

       Sec. 439.  Notwithstanding the first section and section 
     2(d) of Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 and 1332(d)), the 
     Secretary of the Interior may hereafter manage any group of 
     wild horses or burros as a nonreproducing or single-sex herd, 
     in whole or in part, including through chemical or surgical 
     sterilization.

            marbled murrelet long term conservation strategy

       Sec. 440.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to approve, or require the development or 
     implementation of, a Marbled Murrelet Long Term Conservation 
     Strategy for the 1997 Washington State Trust Lands Habitat 
     Conservation Plan that sets aside forested acres in excess of 
     those identified as occupied habitat, existing old growth 
     stands, stands that will become old growth within 70 years, 
     and associated buffers.

       limitation on judicial review of california water projects

       Sec. 441.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act (title I of Public Law 
     108-361; 118 Stat. 1681), the water project described in 
     chapter 5 of part 3 of division 6 of the California Water 
     Code (sections 11550 et seq.) as in effect on the date of 
     enactment of this Act and operated by the California 
     Department of Water Resources, and all projects authorized by 
     section 2 of the Act of August 26, 1937 (chapter 832; 50 
     Stat. 850) and all Acts amendatory or supplemental thereto, 
     shall hereafter not be subject to judicial review.

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            oil and gas royalties from alaska coastal plain

       Sec. 442.  Section 20001(b) of Public Law 115-97 is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (5)(A)--
       (A) by striking ``50'' and inserting ``47''; and
       (B) by inserting before the semicolon ``and 3 percent shall 
     be deposited into the Fund established in section 6 of Public 
     Law 92-203 to be divided and distributed in the same manner 
     as `revenues' pursuant to section 7 of such Act''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Use of distributions.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, amounts received as a distribution under 
     paragraph (5)(A) shall be used for the purpose of providing 
     for the social and economic needs of Natives (as defined in 
     section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
     U.S.C. 1602)).''.

                           references to act

       Sec. 443.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
     reference to ``this Act'' contained in this division shall be 
     treated as referring only to the provisions of this division.

                          references to report

       Sec. 444.  Any reference to a ``report accompanying this 
     Act'' contained in this division shall be treated as a 
     reference to House Report 115-765. The effect of such Report 
     shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
     purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
     and the implementation of, this division.

                       spending reduction account

       Sec. 445.  The amount by which the applicable allocation of 
     new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives under section 302(b) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of 
     proposed new budget authority is $0.
       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

        The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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 
     available 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, $161,000,000:  Provided, That of the amounts 
     appropriated under this heading, up to $10,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2020.

                   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, $8,000,000, 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''.

                 fund for america's kids and grandkids

       There is established in the Treasury a fund to be known as 
     the ``Fund for America's Kids and Grandkids'' (the ``Fund''): 
     Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise made 
     available by this Act, there is appropriated to the Fund 
     $585,000,000 for the sole purpose of government efficiencies: 
     Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may not be 
     obligated until after the date that the Secretary of the 
     Treasury certifies in the annual Financial Report of the 
     United States Government that the Federal budget deficit 
     equals $0 or that there is a budget surplus: Provided 
     further, That no amounts may be transferred from the Fund.

                      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; 
     $170,834,000, 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), $28,800,000.

                  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 $12,000 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,

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     $123,527,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; and of which not to 
     exceed $50,000 shall be available 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, shall be for the costs 
     associated with enforcement of the trade practice provisions 
     of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et 
     seq.).

                           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, $216,000,000. Of the amount appropriated under 
     this heading--
       (1) not less than $121,000,000, 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, 2019, for financial assistance, technical assistance, 
     training, and outreach 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 $2,527,250 may 
     be used for the cost of direct loans, and of which up to 
     $3,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 108 of 
     Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707 (d)), may be available to 
     provide financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 
     and outreach to community development financial institutions 
     to expand investments that benefit individuals with 
     disabilities:  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;  Provided 
     further, That with regard to financial assistance awards made 
     pursuant to this paragraph, excluding those made to community 
     development financial institutions to expand investments that 
     benefit individuals with disabilities, priority shall be 
     placed on providing assistance to community development 
     financial institutions that have provided no less than 15 
     percent of their total financial products to recipients in 
     persistent poverty counties, as measured by a three year 
     average of their activity;
       (2) not less than $13,000,000, notwithstanding section 
     108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is 
     available until September 30, 2019, for financial assistance, 
     technical assistance, training, and outreach programs 
     designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and 
     Alaska Native communities and provided primarily through 
     qualified community development lender organizations with 
     experience and expertise in community development banking and 
     lending in Indian country, Native American organizations, 
     tribes and tribal organizations, and other suitable 
     providers;
       (3) not less than $19,000,000 is available until September 
     30, 2020, for the Bank Enterprise Award program;
       (4) not less than $15,000,000, notwithstanding subsections 
     (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 
     4707(d) and (e)), is available until September 30, 2019, for 
     a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial 
     assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to 
     community development financial institutions for the purpose 
     of offering affordable financing and technical assistance to 
     expand the availability of healthy food options in distressed 
     communities;
       (5) up to $23,000,000 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
       (6) 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 paragraph and paragraph (1) above, 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, 
     $2,491,554,000, of which not less than $8,890,000 shall be 
     for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not 
     less than $12,000,000 shall be available for low-income 
     taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less than 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
     shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax 
     Assistance matching grants program for tax return preparation 
     assistance; of which not less than $207,000,000 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 $5,000,000 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; 
     $3,988,000,000, 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, 2020, 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, $200,000,000, 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

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     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.  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. 106.  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. 107.  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. 108.  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. 109.  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. 110.  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. 111.  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. 112.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Internal Revenue Service to deny tax exemption 
     under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     with respect to a church, an integrated auxiliary of a 
     church, or a convention or association of churches for 
     participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign 
     on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public 
     office unless--
       (1) the Commissioner of Internal Revenue determines that 
     the exemption should be denied;
       (2) not later than 30 days after such determination, the 
     Commissioner notifies the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
     Senate of such determination; and
       (3) such denial is effective not earlier than 90 days after 
     the date of the notification under paragraph (2).
       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 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;

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       (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. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, or 
     otherwise allow the use, purchase, trafficking, or import of 
     property confiscated by the Cuban Government.
       (b) In this section, the terms ``confiscated'', ``Cuban 
     Government'', ``property'', and ``traffic'' have the meanings 
     given such terms in paragraphs (4), (5), (12)(A), and (13), 
     respectively, of section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and 
     Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 
     6023).
       Sec. 129. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to authorize a general license or approve a 
     specific license under section 501.801 or 515.527 of title 
     31, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to a mark, 
     trade name, or commercial name that is the same as or 
     substantially similar to a mark, trade name, or commercial 
     name that was used in connection with a business or assets 
     that were confiscated unless the original owner of the mark, 
     trade name, or commercial name, or the bona-fide successor-
     in-interest has expressly consented.
       (b) In this section, the term ``confiscated'' has a meaning 
     given such term in section 4(4) of the Cuban Liberty and 
     Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 
     6023(4)).
       Sec. 130.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act may be obligated or expended to provide 
     for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or 
     guideline implemented pursuant to the Department of the 
     Treasury ``Guidance for United States Positions on MDBs 
     Engaging with Developing Countries on Coal-Fired Power 
     Generation'' dated October 29, 2013, when enforcement of such 
     rule, regulation, policy, or guideline would prohibit or have 
     the effect of prohibiting, the carrying out of any coal-fired 
     or other power generation project the purpose of which is to 
     increase exports of goods and services from the United States 
     or prevent the loss of jobs from the United States.
       Sec. 131. (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 Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
       (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. 132.  During fiscal year 2019, the Office of Financial 
     Research shall provide for a public notice period of not less 
     than 90 days before issuing any proposed report, rule, or 
     regulation.
       Sec. 133. (a) Section 155 of Public Law 111-203 is amended 
     as follows:
       (1) In subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``immediately''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``as provided for in appropriation Acts'' 
     after ``to the Office'';
       (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
       (2) In subsection (d), by striking the heading and 
     inserting ``ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE.--''.
       (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
     on October 1, 2019.I20  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, $13,000,000.

                        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

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     accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
     Code, $103,000,000, 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.

                 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, 
     $17,400,000:  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), $118,327,000, to remain available until 
     expended, which shall be available as follows: $100,000,000 
     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, 2019.

              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, $15,000,000, 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.

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       (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, $5,167,961,000 (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, 
     $1,142,427,000 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 second sentence (relating to the District of 
     Kansas) following paragraph (12), by striking ``27 years and 
     6 months'' and inserting ``28 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--

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       (1) in the first sentence by inserting after ``except in 
     the case of'' the following: ``the northern district of 
     Alabama,'';
       (2) in the first sentence by inserting after ``the central 
     district of California'' the following: ``,'';
       (3) in the first sentence by striking ``16 years'' and 
     inserting ``17 years'';
       (4) by adding at the end of the first sentence the 
     following: ``The first vacancy in the office of district 
     judge in the northern district of Alabama occurring 16 years 
     or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to 
     fill the temporary district judgeship created in that 
     district by this subsection, shall not be filled.'';
       (5) in the third sentence (relating to the central District 
     of California), by striking ``15 years and 6 months'' and 
     inserting ``16 years and 6 months''; and
       (6) in the fourth 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, $13,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 
     events related to the presence of the National Capital in the 
     District of Columbia, including support requested by the 
     Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying out 
     protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to 
     respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or 
     attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding 
     jurisdictions.

           federal payment to the district of columbia courts

       For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
     Courts, $288,280,000 to be allocated as follows: for the 
     District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,670,000, of which 
     not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 
     District of Columbia, $122,770,000, of which not to exceed 
     $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; 
     for the District of Columbia Court System, $77,016,000, of 
     which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses; and $73,824,000, 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, in addition to the amounts 
     appropriated herein, fees received by the District of 
     Columbia Courts for administering bar examinations and 
     processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be 
     retained and credited to this appropriation, to remain 
     available until expended, for salaries and expenses 
     associated with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 
     of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official 
     Code, sec. 1-204.50):  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), 
     $49,890,000, 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 remain 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, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     support

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     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, $45,000,000, 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 $3,200,000 shall be for the activities 
     specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) and 3009 of 
     such 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, 
     $5,000,000.

                       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.
       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, 2019, of 
     which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses.

                   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 $8,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $127,000,000.

      administrative provision--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), $10,100,000, of which 
     $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology for election reform activities 
     authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

                   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, 
     $335,118,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That $335,118,000 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 $335,118,000 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 provision--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:

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      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, 
     $311,700,000, 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 $158,700,000:  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 $8,634,574,000, 
     of which--
       (1) $275,900,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and 
     expenses, and associated design and construction services) as 
     follows:
       (A) $275,900,000 shall be for the Calexico, California, 
     Calexico West Land Port of Entry;
       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) $679,934,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     repairs and alterations, including associated design and 
     construction services, of which--
       (A) $286,344,000 is for Major Repairs and Alterations;
       (B) $312,090,000 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; and
       (C) $81,500,000 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) $40,000,000 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) $5,430,345,000 for rental of space to remain available 
     until expended; and
       (4) $2,248,395,000 for building operations to remain 
     available until expended, of which $1,126,014,000 is for 
     building services, and $1,122,381,000 is for salaries and 
     expenses:  Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 
     appropriation made available under this paragraph for 
     building operations may be transferred between and merged 
     with such appropriations upon notification to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 
     than 5 percent by any such transfers:  Provided further, That 
     section 521 of this title shall not apply with respect to 
     funds made available under this heading for building 
     operations:  Provided further, 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; $60,000,000.

                           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 $26,890,000 is for Real and Personal 
     Property Management and Disposal; $22,550,000 is for the 
     Office of the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 is 
     for official reception and representation expenses.

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                   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

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $67,000,000:  
     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.

           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 any appropriations provided to the Electronic 
     Government Fund that remain unobligated may be transferred to 
     the Federal Citizen Services Fund:  Provided further, That 
     the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition 
     to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.

                     technology modernization fund

       For the Technology Modernization Fund, $150,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for technology-related 
     modernization activities.

                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), $31,000,000, 
     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 2019 request for United States Courthouse 
     construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
     standards for construction as established and approved by the 
     General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of 
     the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; 
     (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the 
     United States as set out in its approved Courthouse Project 
     Priorities plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom 
     utilization study of each facility to be constructed, 
     replaced, or expanded.
       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.
       Sec. 527.  The Administrator of General Services shall 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and House of Representatives not later than 30 days 
     following implementation of the initiative established under 
     (c)(2) of Section 846 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 41 U.S.C. 1901 
     note) containing a market analysis and an implementation 
     strategy related to the requirements under subparagraph (h) 
     of Section 846. The report shall address strategies and 
     processes for proper government safeguards to data management 
     and privacy for incorporation into the implementation of 
     Section 846 to ensure a competitive environment.

                 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.

              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, 
     $372,400,000.

                      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, 
     $4,823,000.

                        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.

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                  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, $17,019,000.

                     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 upon submitting to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives the 
     plan of expenditure as required by the ``Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2017'':  Provided further, That the 
     amount made available by the previous proviso may not be 
     obligated until the Director of the Office of Personnel 
     Management submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives within 90 days of 
     enactment a plan for expenditure of such amount, prepared in 
     consultation with the Director of the Office of Management 
     and Budget, the Administrator of the United States Digital 
     Service, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, that--
       (1) identifies the full scope and cost of the IT systems 
     remediation and stabilization project;
       (2) meets the capital planning and investment control 
     review requirements established by the Office of Management 
     and Budget, including Circular A-11, part 7;
       (3) includes a Major IT Business Case under the 
     requirements established by the Office of Management and 
     Budget Exhibit 300;
       (4) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, 
     guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of 
     the Government;
       (5) complies with all Office of Management and Budget, 
     Department of Homeland Security and National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology requirements related to securing the 
     agency's information system as described in 44 U.S.C. 3554; 
     and
       (6) is reviewed and commented upon within 60 days of plan 
     development by the Inspector General of the Office of 
     Personnel Management, and such comments are submitted to the 
     Director of the Office of Personnel Management before the 
     date of such submission:

       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; 
     $26,252,000.

                      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.

                     Public Buildings Reform Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Reform 
     Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer 
     Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-287), $2,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                   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 $15,206,000 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.
       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 $37,189,000, 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 $37,189,000 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

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     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, $268,500,000, 
     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, $251,900,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That 
     $132,600,000 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 $31,600,000 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.

                     disaster loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
     program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, 
     $31,308,000, to be available until expended, of which 
     $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of the 
     Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of 
     disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriations for the 
     Office of Inspector General; of which $22,308,000 is for 
     direct administrative expenses of loan making and servicing 
     to carry out the direct loan program, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
     Salaries and Expenses; and of which $9,000,000 is for 
     indirect administrative expenses for the direct loan program, 
     which may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.

        administrative provisions--small business administration

              (including rescission and 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.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
     appropriations available under the ``Business Loans Program 
     Account'' heading for the Certified Development Company 
     Program, $50,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
     Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded under this section 
     from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 532.  Section 12085 of Public Law 110-246 is repealed.

                      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, 
     $58,118,000:  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:  Provided further, That the Postal Service shall 
     maintain and comply with service standards for First Class 
     Mail and periodicals effective on July 1, 2012.

                      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 $500,000 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

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     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.

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       (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.  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. 621.  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. 622. (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. 623.  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. 624.  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. 625.  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. 626.  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. 627. (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. 628.  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. 629.  Title 44, United States Code, is amended as 
     follows:
       (1) In subsection (a)(2) of section 2107, by striking ``the 
     head of such agency has certified in writing to the 
     Archivist'' and inserting ``the Archivist determines, after 
     consulting with the head of such agency,''.
       (2) In subsection (d) of section 2904, by striking the 
     first instance of ``digital or electronic''.
       (3) In subsection (e) of section 3303a, by striking ``the 
     written consent of'' and inserting ``advance notice to''.
       (4) In section 3308, by striking ``empower'' and inserting 
     ``direct''.
       Sec. 630.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enforce the requirements in section 316(b)(4)(D) 
     of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
     30118(b)(4)(D)) that the solicitation of contributions from 
     member corporations stockholders and executive or 
     administrative personnel, and the families of such 
     stockholders or personnel, by trade associations must be 
     separately and specifically approved by the member 
     corporation involved prior to such solicitation, and that 
     such member corporation does not approve any such 
     solicitation by more than one such trade association in any 
     calendar year.
       Sec. 631. (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be available to pay for an abortion or the 
     administrative expenses in connection with a multi-State 
     qualified health plan offered under a contract under section 
     1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
     U.S.C. 18054) which provides any benefits or coverage for 
     abortions.
       (2) The provision of paragraph (1) 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. 632.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to propose, 
     issue, implement, administer, or enforce any requirement that 
     a solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization to vote 
     a security of an issuer in an election of members of the 
     board of directors of the issuer be made using a single 
     ballot or card that lists both individuals nominated by (or 
     on behalf of) the issuer and individuals nominated by (or on 
     behalf of) other proponents and permits the person granting 
     the proxy, consent, or authorization to select from 
     individuals in both groups.
       
       

                               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

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     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.
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     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, 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. 730.  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. 731.  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. 732. (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. 733.  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. 734. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
     any other Act may be used to recommend or require any entity 
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     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. 735.  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. 736. (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, 2017.
       (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. 737. (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. 738.  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. 739.  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. 2019 0 et seq.).
       Sec. 740. (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. 741. (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

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     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. 742.  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. 743.  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. 744. (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. 745.  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. 746.  None of the funds made available under this or 
     any other Act may be used to implement or enforce Executive 
     Order No. 13690, Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management 
     Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering 
     Stakeholder Input, including any related rules, interim final 
     rules, or guidance.
       Sec. 747.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce a rule issued 
     pursuant to section 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934.
       Sec. 748.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to plan for, begin, continue, complete, process, or 
     approve a public-private competition under the Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-76.
       Sec. 749.  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, or used for the 
     operation of a supervised drug consumption facility that 
     permits the consumption of any substance listed in Schedule I 
     of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     812) onsite.
       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

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     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. (a) No funds available for obligation or 
     expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any 
     authority may be used to enact any act, resolution, rule, 
     regulation, guidance, or other law to permit any person to 
     carry out any activity, or to reduce the penalties imposed 
     with respect to any activity, to which subsection (a) of 
     section 3 of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 
     1997 (42 U.S.C. 14402) applies (taking into consideration 
     subsection (b) of such section).
       (b) Effective February 18, 2017, the Death With Dignity Act 
     of 2016 (D.C. Law 21-182) is hereby repealed.
       Sec. 818.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to carry out the Reproductive Health Non-
     Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20-261) or to 
     implement any rule or regulation promulgated to carry out 
     such Act.
       Sec. 819. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2013 
     and each succeeding fiscal year, the Local Budget Autonomy 
     Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Law 19-321) is hereby repealed, 
     and any provision of law amended or repealed by such Act 
     shall be restored or revived as if such Act had not been 
     enacted into law.
       (b)(1) Section 450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
     Act (sec. 1-204.50, D.C. Official Code) is amended--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``The General Fund'' 
     and inserting ``(a) In General.--The General Fund''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) Application of Federal Appropriations Process.--
     Nothing in this Act shall be construed as creating a 
     continuing appropriation of the General Fund described in 
     subsection (a). All funds provided for the District of 
     Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal year basis 
     through the Federal appropriations process. For each fiscal 
     year, the District shall be subject to all applicable 
     requirements of subchapter III of chapter 13 and subchapter 
     II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the `Anti-Deficiency Act'), the Budget and 
     Accounting Act of 1921, and all other requirements and 
     restrictions applicable to appropriations for such fiscal 
     year.''.
       (2) Section 603(a) of such Act (sec. 1-206.03(a), D.C. 
     Official Code) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``existing''; and
       (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``, or as authorizing the District of Columbia to 
     make any such change.''.
       (3) The amendments made by this subsection shall take 
     effect as if included in the enactment of the District of 
     Columbia Home Rule Act.
       Sec. 820.  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.

                                TITLE IX

                            FINANCIAL REFORM

            Subtitle A--Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act

Sec. 901. Definition of angel investor group.
Sec. 902. Clarification of general solicitation.

              Subtitle B--Credit Access and Inclusion Act

Sec. 903. Positive credit reporting permitted.

 Subtitle C--Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales and Brokerage 
                           Simplification Act

Sec. 904. Registration exemption for merger and acquisition brokers.
Sec. 905. Effective date.

                    Subtitle D--Mortgage Choice Act

Sec. 906. Definition of points and fees.
Sec. 907. Rulemaking.

 Subtitle E--Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act

Sec. 908. Definition of accredited investor.

                  Subtitle F--Fostering Innovation Act

Sec. 909. Temporary exemption for low-revenue issuers.

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           Subtitle G--End Banking for Human Traffickers Act

Sec. 910. Increasing the role of the financial industry in combating 
              human trafficking.
Sec. 911. Coordination of human trafficking issues by the Office of 
              Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
Sec. 912. Additional reporting requirement under the Trafficking 
              Victims Protection Act of 2000.
Sec. 913. Minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

                Subtitle H--Investing in Main Street Act

Sec. 914. Investment in small business investment companies.

      Subtitle I--Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act

Sec. 915. Exception to annual notice requirement.

       Subtitle J--Financial Institution Customer Protection Act

Sec. 916. Requirements for deposit account termination requests and 
              orders.

              Subtitle K--Encouraging Public Offerings Act

Sec. 917. Expanding testing the waters and confidential submissions.

             Subtitle L--Risk-Based Credit Examination Act

Sec. 918. Risk-Based Examinations of Nationally Recognized Statistical 
              Rating Organizations.

               Subtitle M--Protection of Source Code Act

Sec. 919. Procedure for obtaining certain intellectual property.

           Subtitle N--Family Office Technical Correction Act

Sec. 920. Accredited investor clarification.

                 Subtitle O--Market Data Protection Act

Sec. 921. Internal risk controls.

   Subtitle P--Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act

Sec. 922. SIFI designation process.
Sec. 923. Rule of construction.

  Subtitle Q--[Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Sec. 925. Access to capital for rural-area small businesses.

         Subtitle R--Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act

Sec. 926. Rulemaking authority under the Volcker rule.
Sec. 927. Enforcement; anti-evasion.
Sec. 928. Exclusion of community banks from Volcker rule.

     Subtitle S--Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act

Sec. 929. Living will reforms.

 Subtitle T--Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act

Sec. 930. Amendment to definition of financial institution.
Sec. 931. Timeliness of examination reports.
Sec. 932. Independent Examination Review Director.
Sec. 933. Right to independent review of material supervisory 
              determinations.
Sec. 934. Additional amendments.

                    Subtitle U--TRID Improvement Act

Sec. 936. Amendments to mortgage disclosure requirements.

        Subtitle V--Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act

Sec. 938. Delay in effective date.

 Subtitle W--Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General 
                               Reform Act

Sec. 939. Appointment of Inspector General.
Sec. 940. Requirements for the Inspector General for the Bureau of 
              Consumer Financial Protection.
Sec. 941. Effective date.
Sec. 942. Transition period.

                   Subtitle X--BCFP on Appropriations

Sec. 943. Bureau appropriations.

              Subtitle Y--Stress Test Relief for Nonbanks

Sec. 944. Stress test relief for nonbanks.

                  Subtitle Z--Interaffiliate Language

Sec. 945. Interaffiliate treatment with respect to initial margin 
              requirements.

       Subtitle AA--Tailored Application of Prudential Standards

Sec. 946. Tailored application of prudential standards.

            Subtitle AB--Authority to Remove Bureau Director

Sec. 947. Authority to remove Bureau Director.

         Subtitle AC--Congressional Review of Bureau Rulemaking

Sec. 948. Congressional review of Bureau rulemaking.
Sec. 949. Budgetary effects of rules subject to section 802 of title 5, 
              United States Code.
Sec. 950. Government Accountability Office study of rules.
Sec. 951. Effective date.

            Subtitle A--Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act


                   definition of angel investor group

       Sec. 901. As used in this subtitle, the term ``angel 
     investor group'' means any group that--
       (1) is composed of accredited investors interested in 
     investing personal capital in early-stage companies;
       (2) holds regular meetings and has defined processes and 
     procedures for making investment decisions, either 
     individually or among the membership of the group as a whole; 
     and
       (3) is neither associated nor affiliated with brokers, 
     dealers, or investment advisers.


                 clarification of general solicitation

       Sec. 902.  (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission shall revise Regulation D of its rules 
     (17 C.F.R. 230.500 et seq.) to require that in carrying out 
     the prohibition against general solicitation or general 
     advertising contained in section 230.502(c) of title 17, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, the prohibition shall not apply to a 
     presentation or other communication made by or on behalf of 
     an issuer which is made at an event--
       (1) sponsored by--
       (A) the United States or any territory thereof, by the 
     District of Columbia, by any State, by a political 
     subdivision of any State or territory, or by any agency or 
     public instrumentality of any of the foregoing;
       (B) a college, university, or other institution of higher 
     education;
       (C) a nonprofit organization;
       (D) an angel investor group;
       (E) a venture forum, venture capital association, or trade 
     association; or
       (F) any other group, person or entity as the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission may determine by rule;
       (2) where any advertising for the event does not reference 
     any specific offering of securities by the issuer;
       (3) the sponsor of which--
       (A) does not make investment recommendations or provide 
     investment advice to event attendees;
       (B) does not engage in an active role in any investment 
     negotiations between the issuer and investors attending the 
     event;
       (C) does not charge event attendees any fees other than 
     administrative fees; and
       (D) does not receive any compensation with respect to such 
     event that would require registration of the sponsor as a 
     broker or a dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
     or as an investment advisor under the Investment Advisers Act 
     of 1940; and
       (4) where no specific information regarding an offering of 
     securities by the issuer is communicated or distributed by or 
     on behalf of the issuer, other than--
       (A) that the issuer is in the process of offering 
     securities or planning to offer securities;
       (B) the type and amount of securities being offered;
       (C) the amount of securities being offered that have 
     already been subscribed for; and
       (D) the intended use of proceeds of the offering.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Subsection (a) may only be 
     construed as requiring the Securities and Exchange Commission 
     to amend the requirements of Regulation D with respect to 
     presentations and communications, and not with respect to 
     purchases or sales.

              Subtitle B--Credit Access and Inclusion Act


                  positive credit reporting permitted

       Sec. 903.  (a) In General.--Section 623 of the Fair Credit 
     Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681s-2) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(f) Full-File Credit Reporting.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to the limitation in paragraph 
     (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person 
     or the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may furnish 
     to a consumer reporting agency information relating to the 
     performance of a consumer in making payments--
       ``(A) under a lease agreement with respect to a dwelling, 
     including such a lease in which the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development provides subsidized payments for occupancy 
     in a dwelling; or
       ``(B) pursuant to a contract for a utility or 
     telecommunications service.
       ``(2) Limitation.--Information about a consumer's usage of 
     any utility services provided by a utility or 
     telecommunication firm may be furnished to a consumer 
     reporting agency only to the extent that such information 
     relates to payment by the consumer for the services of such 
     utility or telecommunication service or other terms of the 
     provision of the services to the consumer, including any 
     deposit, discount, or conditions for interruption or 
     termination of the services.
       ``(3) Payment plan.--An energy utility firm may not report 
     payment information to a consumer reporting agency with 
     respect to an outstanding balance of a consumer as late if--
       ``(A) the energy utility firm and the consumer have entered 
     into a payment plan (including a deferred payment agreement, 
     an arrearage management program, or a debt forgiveness 
     program) with respect to such outstanding balance; and
       ``(B) the consumer is meeting the obligations of the 
     payment plan, as determined by the energy utility firm.
       ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection, the following 
     definitions shall apply:
       ``(A) Energy utility firm.--The term `energy utility firm' 
     means an entity that provides gas or electric utility 
     services to the public.
       ``(B) Utility or telecommunication firm.--The term `utility 
     or telecommunication firm' means an entity that provides 
     utility services to the public through pipe, wire, landline, 
     wireless, cable, or other connected facilities, or radio, 
     electronic, or similar transmission (including the extension 
     of such facilities).''.

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       (b) Limitation on Liability.--Section 623(c) of the 
     Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1681s-2(c)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) subsection (f) of this section, including any 
     regulations issued thereunder; or''.
       (c) GAO Study and Report.--Not later than 2 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the 
     impact of furnishing information pursuant to subsection (f) 
     of section 623 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
     1681s-2) (as added by this subtitle) on consumers.

 Subtitle C--Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales and Brokerage 
                           Simplification Act


       registration exemption for merger and acquisition brokers

       Sec. 904. Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(13) Registration exemption for merger and acquisition 
     brokers.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     an M&A broker shall be exempt from registration under this 
     section.
       ``(B) Excluded activities.--An M&A broker is not exempt 
     from registration under this paragraph if such broker does 
     any of the following:
       ``(i) Directly or indirectly, in connection with the 
     transfer of ownership of an eligible privately held company, 
     receives, holds, transmits, or has custody of the funds or 
     securities to be exchanged by the parties to the transaction.
       ``(ii) Engages on behalf of an issuer in a public offering 
     of any class of securities that is registered, or is required 
     to be registered, with the Commission under section 12 or 
     with respect to which the issuer files, or is required to 
     file, periodic information, documents, and reports under 
     subsection (d).
       ``(iii) Engages on behalf of any party in a transaction 
     involving a shell company, other than a business combination 
     related shell company.
       ``(iv) Directly, or indirectly through any of its 
     affiliates, provides financing related to the transfer of 
     ownership of an eligible privately held company.
       ``(v) Assists any party to obtain financing from an 
     unaffiliated third party without--

       ``(I) complying with all other applicable laws in 
     connection with such assistance, including, if applicable, 
     Regulation T (12 C.F.R. 220 et seq.); and
       ``(II) disclosing any compensation in writing to the party.

       ``(vi) Represents both the buyer and the seller in the same 
     transaction without providing clear written disclosure as to 
     the parties the broker represents and obtaining written 
     consent from both parties to the joint representation.
       ``(vii) Facilitates a transaction with a group of buyers 
     formed with the assistance of the M&A broker to acquire the 
     eligible privately held company.
       ``(viii) Engages in a transaction involving the transfer of 
     ownership of an eligible privately held company to a passive 
     buyer or group of passive buyers. For purposes of the 
     preceding sentence, a buyer that is actively involved in 
     managing the acquired company is not a passive buyer, 
     regardless of whether such buyer is itself owned by passive 
     beneficial owners.
       ``(ix) Binds a party to a transfer of ownership of an 
     eligible privately held company.
       ``(C) Disqualifications.--An M&A broker is not exempt from 
     registration under this paragraph if such broker is subject 
     to--
       ``(i) suspension or revocation of registration under 
     paragraph (4);
       ``(ii) a statutory disqualification described in section 
     3(a)(39);
       ``(iii) a disqualification under the rules adopted by the 
     Commission under section 926 of the Investor Protection and 
     Securities Reform Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 77d note); or
       ``(iv) a final order described in paragraph (4)(H).
       ``(D) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph 
     shall be construed to limit any other authority of the 
     Commission to exempt any person, or any class of persons, 
     from any provision of this title, or from any provision of 
     any rule or regulation thereunder.
       ``(E) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
       ``(i) Business combination related shell company.--The term 
     `business combination related shell company' means a shell 
     company that is formed by an entity that is not a shell 
     company--

       ``(I) solely for the purpose of changing the corporate 
     domicile of that entity solely within the United States; or
       ``(II) solely for the purpose of completing a business 
     combination transaction (as defined under section 230.165(f) 
     of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations) among one or more 
     entities other than the company itself, none of which is a 
     shell company.

       ``(ii) Control.--The term `control' means the power, 
     directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies 
     of a company, whether through ownership of securities, by 
     contract, or otherwise. There is a presumption of control for 
     any person who--

       ``(I) is a director, general partner, member or manager of 
     a limited liability company, or corporate officer of a 
     corporation or limited liability company, and exercises 
     executive responsibility (or has similar status or 
     functions);
       ``(II) has the right to vote 25 percent or more of a class 
     of voting securities or the power to sell or direct the sale 
     of 25 percent or more of a class of voting securities; or
       ``(III) in the case of a partnership or limited liability 
     company, has the right to receive upon dissolution, or has 
     contributed, 25 percent or more of the capital.

       ``(iii) Eligible privately held company.--The term 
     `eligible privately held company' means a privately held 
     company that meets both of the following conditions:

       ``(I) The company does not have any class of securities 
     registered, or required to be registered, with the Commission 
     under section 12 or with respect to which the company files, 
     or is required to file, periodic information, documents, and 
     reports under subsection (d).
       ``(II) In the fiscal year ending immediately before the 
     fiscal year in which the services of the M&A broker are 
     initially engaged with respect to the securities transaction, 
     the company meets either or both of the following conditions 
     (determined in accordance with the historical financial 
     accounting records of the company):

       ``(aa) The earnings of the company before interest, taxes, 
     depreciation, and amortization are less than $25,000,000.
       ``(bb) The gross revenues of the company are less than 
     $250,000,000.

     For purposes of this subclause, the Commission may by rule 
     modify the dollar figures if the Commission determines that 
     such a modification is necessary or appropriate in the public 
     interest or for the protection of investors.

       ``(iv) M&A broker.--The term `M&A broker' means a broker, 
     and any person associated with a broker, engaged in the 
     business of effecting securities transactions solely in 
     connection with the transfer of ownership of an eligible 
     privately held company, regardless of whether the broker acts 
     on behalf of a seller or buyer, through the purchase, sale, 
     exchange, issuance, repurchase, or redemption of, or a 
     business combination involving, securities or assets of the 
     eligible privately held company, if the broker reasonably 
     believes that--

       ``(I) upon consummation of the transaction, any person 
     acquiring securities or assets of the eligible privately held 
     company, acting alone or in concert, will control and, 
     directly or indirectly, will be active in the management of 
     the eligible privately held company or the business conducted 
     with the assets of the eligible privately held company; and
       ``(II) if any person is offered securities in exchange for 
     securities or assets of the eligible privately held company, 
     such person will, prior to becoming legally bound to 
     consummate the transaction, receive or have reasonable access 
     to the most recent fiscal year-end financial statements of 
     the issuer of the securities as customarily prepared by the 
     management of the issuer in the normal course of operations 
     and, if the financial statements of the issuer are audited, 
     reviewed, or compiled, any related statement by the 
     independent accountant, a balance sheet dated not more than 
     120 days before the date of the offer, and information 
     pertaining to the management, business, results of operations 
     for the period covered by the foregoing financial statements, 
     and material loss contingencies of the issuer.

       ``(v) Shell company.--The term `shell company' means a 
     company that at the time of a transaction with an eligible 
     privately held company--

       ``(I) has no or nominal operations; and
       ``(II) has--

       ``(aa) no or nominal assets;
       ``(bb) assets consisting solely of cash and cash 
     equivalents; or
       ``(cc) assets consisting of any amount of cash and cash 
     equivalents and nominal other assets.
       ``(F) Inflation adjustment.--
       ``(i) In general.--On the date that is 5 years after the 
     date of the enactment of the Small Business Mergers, 
     Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 
     2018, and every 5 years thereafter, each dollar amount in 
     subparagraph (E)(ii)(II) shall be adjusted by--

       ``(I) dividing the annual value of the Employment Cost 
     Index For Wages and Salaries, Private Industry Workers (or 
     any successor index), as published by the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics, for the calendar year preceding the calendar year 
     in which the adjustment is being made by the annual value of 
     such index (or successor) for the calendar year ending 
     December 31, 2012; and
       ``(II) multiplying such dollar amount by the quotient 
     obtained under subclause (I).

       ``(ii) Rounding.--Each dollar amount determined under 
     clause (i) shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of 
     $100,000.''.


                             effective date

       Sec. 905. This subtitle and any amendment made by this 
     subtitle shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

                    Subtitle D--Mortgage Choice Act


                     definition of points and fees

       Sec. 906.  (a) Amendment to Section 103 of TILA.--Section 
     103(bb)(4) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
     1602(bb)(4)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (1)(A) and section 129C'';
       (2) in subparagraph (C)--

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       (A) by inserting ``and insurance'' after ``taxes'';
       (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``, except as retained by 
     a creditor or its affiliate as a result of their 
     participation in an affiliated business arrangement (as 
     defined in section 2(7) of the Real Estate Settlement 
     Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2602(7))'' after 
     ``compensation''; and
       (C) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:
       ``(iii) the charge is--
       ``(I) a bona fide third-party charge not retained by the 
     mortgage originator, creditor, or an affiliate of the 
     creditor or mortgage originator; or
       ``(II) a charge set forth in section 106(e)(1);''; and
       (3) in subparagraph (D)--
       (A) by striking ``accident,''; and
       (B) by striking ``or any payments'' and inserting ``and any 
     payments''.
       (b) Amendment to Section 129C of TILA.--Section 129C of the 
     Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1639c) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(5)(C), by striking ``103'' and all 
     that follows through ``or mortgage originator'' and inserting 
     ``103(bb)(4)''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(i), by striking ``103'' and all 
     that follows through ``or mortgage originator)'' and 
     inserting ``103(bb)(4)''.


                               rulemaking

       Sec. 907. Not later than the end of the 90-day period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall issue final 
     regulations to carry out the amendments made by this 
     subtitle, and such regulations shall be effective upon 
     issuance.

 Subtitle E--Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act


                   definition of accredited investor

       Sec. 908.  (a) In General.--Section 2(a)(15) of the 
     Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b(a)(15) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs 
     (A) and (F), respectively; and
       (2) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon, and inserting after such 
     subparagraph the following:
       ``(B) any natural person whose individual net worth, or 
     joint net worth with that person's spouse, exceeds $1,000,000 
     (which amount, along with the amounts set forth in 
     subparagraph (C), shall be adjusted for inflation by the 
     Commission every 5 years to the nearest $10,000 to reflect 
     the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
     Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) where, 
     for purposes of calculating net worth under this 
     subparagraph--
       ``(i) the person's primary residence shall not be included 
     as an asset;
       ``(ii) indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary 
     residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the 
     primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, 
     shall not be included as a liability (except that if the 
     amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale 
     of securities exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before 
     such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the 
     primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be 
     included as a liability); and
       ``(iii) indebtedness that is secured by the person's 
     primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market 
     value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of 
     securities shall be included as a liability;
       ``(C) any natural person who had an individual income in 
     excess of $200,000 in each of the 2 most recent years or 
     joint income with that person's spouse in excess of $300,000 
     in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of 
     reaching the same income level in the current year;
       ``(D) any natural person who is currently licensed or 
     registered as a broker or investment adviser by the 
     Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or 
     an equivalent self-regulatory organization (as defined in 
     section 3(a)(26) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), or 
     the securities division of a State or the equivalent State 
     division responsible for licensing or registration of 
     individuals in connection with securities activities;
       ``(E) any natural person the Commission determines, by 
     regulation, to have demonstrable education or job experience 
     to qualify such person as having professional knowledge of a 
     subject related to a particular investment, and whose 
     education or job experience is verified by the Financial 
     Industry Regulatory Authority or an equivalent self-
     regulatory organization (as defined in section 3(a)(26) of 
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934); or''.
       (b) Rulemaking.--The Commission shall revise the definition 
     of accredited investor under Regulation D (17 C.F.R. 230.501 
     et seq.) to conform with the amendments made by subsection 
     (a).

                  Subtitle F--Fostering Innovation Act


              temporary exemption for low-revenue issuers

       Sec. 909. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 
     U.S.C. 7262) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Temporary Exemption for Low-Revenue Issuers.--
       ``(1) Low-revenue exemption.--Subsection (b) shall not 
     apply with respect to an audit report prepared for an issuer 
     that--
       ``(A) ceased to be an emerging growth company on the last 
     day of the fiscal year of the issuer following the fifth 
     anniversary of the date of the first sale of common equity 
     securities of the issuer pursuant to an effective 
     registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933;
       ``(B) had average annual gross revenues of less than 
     $50,000,000 as of its most recently completed fiscal year; 
     and
       ``(C) is not a large accelerated filer.
       ``(2) Expiration of temporary exemption.--An issuer ceases 
     to be eligible for the exemption described under paragraph 
     (1) at the earliest of--
       ``(A) the last day of the fiscal year of the issuer 
     following the tenth anniversary of the date of the first sale 
     of common equity securities of the issuer pursuant to an 
     effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 
     1933;
       ``(B) the last day of the fiscal year of the issuer during 
     which the average annual gross revenues of the issuer exceed 
     $50,000,000; or
       ``(C) the date on which the issuer becomes a large 
     accelerated filer.
       ``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
       ``(A) Average annual gross revenues.--The term `average 
     annual gross revenues' means the total gross revenues of an 
     issuer over its most recently completed three fiscal years 
     divided by three.
       ``(B) Emerging growth company.--The term `emerging growth 
     company' has the meaning given such term under section 3 of 
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c).
       ``(C) Large accelerated filer.--The term `large accelerated 
     filer' has the meaning given that term under section 240.12b-
     2 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
     thereto.''.

           Subtitle G--End Banking for Human Traffickers Act


   increasing the role of the financial industry in combating human 
                              trafficking

       Sec. 910.  (a) Treasury as a Member of the President's 
     Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking.--
     Section 105(b) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(b)) is amended by 
     inserting ``the Secretary of the Treasury,'' after ``the 
     Secretary of Education,''.
       (b) Required Review of Procedures.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Financial 
     Institutions Examination Council, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, the private sector, and 
     appropriate law enforcement agencies, shall--
       (1) review and enhance training and examinations procedures 
     to improve the capabilities of anti-money laundering and 
     countering the financing of terrorism programs to detect 
     financial transactions relating to severe forms of 
     trafficking in persons;
       (2) review and enhance procedures for referring potential 
     cases relating to severe forms of trafficking in persons to 
     the appropriate law enforcement agency; and
       (3) determine, as appropriate, whether requirements for 
     financial institutions are sufficient to detect and deter 
     money laundering relating to severe forms of trafficking in 
     persons.
       (c) Interagency Task Force Recommendations Targeting Money 
     Laundering Related to Human Trafficking.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to 
     Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall submit to the Committee 
     on Financial Services and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives, the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary 
     of the Senate, and the head of each appropriate Federal 
     banking agency--
       (A) an analysis of anti-money laundering efforts of the 
     United States Government and United States financial 
     institutions relating to severe forms of trafficking in 
     persons; and
       (B) appropriate legislative, administrative, and other 
     recommendations to strengthen efforts against money 
     laundering relating to severe forms of trafficking in 
     persons.
       (2) Required recommendations.--The recommendations under 
     paragraph (1) shall include--
       (A) feedback from financial institutions on best practices 
     of successful programs to combat severe forms of trafficking 
     in persons currently in place that may be suitable for 
     broader adoption by similarly situated financial 
     institutions;
       (B) feedback from stakeholders, including victims of severe 
     forms of trafficking in persons and financial institutions, 
     on policy proposals derived from the analysis conducted by 
     the task force referred to in paragraph (1) that would 
     enhance the efforts and programs of financial institutions to 
     detect and deter money laundering relating to severe forms of 
     trafficking in persons, including any recommended changes to 
     internal policies, procedures, and controls relating to 
     severe forms of trafficking in persons;
       (C) any recommended changes to training programs at 
     financial institutions to better equip employees to deter and 
     detect money laundering relating to severe forms of 
     trafficking in persons;
       (D) any recommended changes to expand information sharing 
     relating to severe forms of trafficking in persons among 
     financial institutions and between such financial 
     institutions, appropriate law enforcement agencies, and 
     appropriate Federal agencies; and

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       (E) recommended changes, if necessary, to existing 
     statutory law to more effectively detect and deter money 
     laundering relating to severe forms of trafficking in 
     persons, where such money laundering involves the use of 
     emerging technologies and virtual currencies.
       (d) Limitation.--Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
     construed to grant rulemaking authority to the Interagency 
     Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking.
       (e) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(q));
       (2) the term ``severe forms of trafficking in persons'' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102);
       (3) the term ``Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 
     Trafficking'' means the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and 
     Combat Trafficking established by the President pursuant to 
     section 105 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103); and
       (4) the term ``law enforcement agency'' means an agency of 
     the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a 
     State, authorized by law or by a government agency to engage 
     in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 
     prosecution of any violation of criminal or civil law.


coordination of human trafficking issues by the office of terrorism and 
                         financial intelligence

       Sec. 911.  (a) Functions.--Section 312(a)(4) of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) as 
     subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) combating illicit financing relating to severe forms 
     of trafficking in persons;''.
       (b) Interagency Coordination.--Section 312(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(8) Interagency coordination.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury, after consultation with the Undersecretary for 
     Terrorism and Financial Crimes, shall designate an office 
     within the OTFI that shall coordinate efforts to combat the 
     illicit financing of severe forms of trafficking in persons 
     with--
       ``(A) other offices of the Department of the Treasury;
       ``(B) other Federal agencies, including--
       ``(i) the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in 
     Persons of the Department of State; and
       ``(ii) the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 
     Trafficking;
       ``(C) State and local law enforcement agencies; and
       ``(D) foreign governments.''.
       (c) Definition.--Section 312(a) of title 31, United States 
     Code, as amended by this section, is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `severe 
     forms of trafficking in persons' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
     of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).''.


    additional reporting requirement under the trafficking victims 
                         protection act of 2000

       Sec. 912. Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by inserting ``the Committee on Financial Services,'' 
     after ``the Committee on Foreign Affairs,''; and
       (B) by inserting ``the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs,'' after ``the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations,'';
       (2) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (3) in subparagraph (R), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(S) the efforts of the United States to eliminate money 
     laundering relating to severe forms of trafficking in persons 
     and the number of investigations, arrests, indictments, and 
     convictions in money laundering cases with a nexus to severe 
     forms of trafficking in persons.''.


          minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking

       Sec. 913. Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(13) Whether the government of the country, consistent 
     with the capacity of the country, has in effect a framework 
     to prevent financial transactions involving the proceeds of 
     severe forms of trafficking in persons, and is taking steps 
     to implement such a framework, including by investigating, 
     prosecuting, convicting, and sentencing individuals who 
     attempt or conduct such transactions.''.

                Subtitle H--Investing in Main Street Act


           investment in small business investment companies

       Sec. 914. Section 302(b) of the Small Business Investment 
     Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 682(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period the 
     following: ``or, subject to the approval of the appropriate 
     Federal banking agency, 15 percent of such capital and 
     surplus'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the 
     following: ``or, subject to the approval of the appropriate 
     Federal banking agency, 15 percent of such capital and 
     surplus''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Appropriate federal banking agency defined.--For 
     purposes of this subsection, the term `appropriate Federal 
     banking agency' has the meaning given that term under section 
     3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.''.

      Subtitle I--Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act


                 exception to annual notice requirement

       Sec. 915. Section 503 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 
     U.S.C. 6803) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Additional Exception to Annual Notice Requirement.--
       ``(1) In general.--A vehicle financial company that has not 
     changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing 
     nonpublic personal information from the policies and 
     practices that were disclosed in the most recent disclosure 
     sent to consumers in accordance with this section shall not 
     be required to provide an annual disclosure under this 
     section if--
       ``(A) the vehicle financial company makes its current 
     policy available to consumers on its website and via mail 
     upon written request sent to a designated address identified 
     for the purpose of requesting the policy or upon telephone 
     request made using a toll free consumer service telephone 
     number;
       ``(B) the vehicle financial company conspicuously notifies 
     consumers of the availability of the current policy, 
     including--
       ``(i) with respect to consumers who are entitled to a 
     periodic billing statement, a message on the front page of 
     each periodic billing statement; and
       ``(ii) with respect to consumers who are not entitled to a 
     periodic billing statement, through other reasonable means 
     such as through a link on the landing page of the company's 
     website or with other written communication, including 
     electronic communication, sent to the consumer; and
       ``(C) the vehicle financial company--
       ``(i) provides consumers with the ability to opt out, 
     subject to any exemption or exception provided under 
     subsection (b)(2) or (e) of section 502 or under regulations 
     prescribed under section 504(b), of having the consumer's 
     nonpublic personal information disclosed to a nonaffiliated 
     third party; and
       ``(ii) includes a description about where to locate the 
     procedures for a consumer to select such opt out in each 
     periodic billing statement sent to the consumer.
       ``(2) Treatment of multiple policies.--If a vehicle 
     financial company maintains more than one set of policies 
     described under paragraph (1) that vary depending on the 
     consumer's account status or State of residence, the vehicle 
     financial company may comply with the website posting 
     requirement in paragraph (1)(A) by posting all of such 
     policies to the public section of the vehicle financial 
     company's website, with instructions for choosing the 
     applicable policy.
       ``(3) Vehicle financial company defined.--For purposes of 
     this subsection, the term `vehicle financial company' means--
       ``(A) a financial institution that--
       ``(i) is regularly engaged in the business of extending 
     credit for the purchase of vehicles;
       ``(ii) is affiliated with a vehicle manufacturer; and
       ``(iii) only shares nonpublic personal information of 
     consumers with nonaffiliated third parties that are vehicle 
     dealers; or
       ``(B) a financial institution that--
       ``(i) regularly engages in the business of extending credit 
     for the purchase or lease of vehicles from vehicle dealers; 
     or
       ``(ii) purchases vehicle installment sales contracts or 
     leases from vehicle dealers.''.

       Subtitle II--Financial Institution Customer Protection Act


    requirements for deposit account termination requests and orders

       Sec. 916.  (a) Termination Requests or Orders Must Be 
     Valid.--
       (1) In general.--An appropriate Federal banking agency may 
     not formally or informally request or order a depository 
     institution to terminate a specific customer account or group 
     of customer accounts or to otherwise restrict or discourage a 
     depository institution from entering into or maintaining a 
     banking relationship with a specific customer or group of 
     customers unless--
       (A) the agency has a valid reason for such request or 
     order; and
       (B) such reason is not based solely on reputation risk.
       (2) Treatment of national security threats.--If an 
     appropriate Federal banking agency believes a specific 
     customer or group of customers is, or is acting as a conduit 
     for, an entity which--
       (A) poses a threat to national security;
       (B) is involved in terrorist financing;
       (C) is an agency of the Government of Iran, North Korea, 
     Syria, or any country listed from time to time on the State 
     Sponsors of Terrorism list;
       (D) is located in, or is subject to the jurisdiction of, 
     any country specified in subparagraph (C); or
       (E) does business with any entity described in subparagraph 
     (C) or (D), unless the appropriate Federal banking agency 
     determines that the customer or group of customers has used 
     due diligence to avoid doing business with any entity 
     described in subparagraph (C) or (D),
     such belief shall satisfy the requirement under paragraph 
     (1).

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       (b) Notice Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--If an appropriate Federal banking agency 
     formally or informally requests or orders a depository 
     institution to terminate a specific customer account or a 
     group of customer accounts, the agency shall--
       (A) provide such request or order to the institution in 
     writing; and
       (B) accompany such request or order with a written 
     justification for why such termination is needed, including 
     any specific laws or regulations the agency believes are 
     being violated by the customer or group of customers, if any.
       (2) Justification requirement.--A justification described 
     under paragraph (1)(B) may not be based solely on the 
     reputation risk to the depository institution.
       (c) Customer Notice.--
       (1) Notice required.--Except as provided under paragraph 
     (2) or as otherwise prohibited from being disclosed by law, 
     if an appropriate Federal banking agency orders a depository 
     institution to terminate a specific customer account or a 
     group of customer accounts, the depository institution shall 
     inform the specific customer or group of customers of the 
     justification for the customer's account termination 
     described under subsection (b).
       (2) Notice prohibited.--
       (A) Notice prohibited in cases of national security.--If an 
     appropriate Federal banking agency requests or orders a 
     depository institution to terminate a specific customer 
     account or a group of customer accounts based on a belief 
     that the customer or customers pose a threat to national 
     security, or are otherwise described under subsection (a)(2), 
     neither the depository institution nor the appropriate 
     Federal banking agency may inform the customer or customers 
     of the justification for the customer's account termination.
       (B) Notice prohibited in other cases.--If an appropriate 
     Federal banking agency determines that the notice required 
     under paragraph (1) may interfere with an authorized criminal 
     investigation, neither the depository institution nor the 
     appropriate Federal banking agency may inform the specific 
     customer or group of customers of the justification for the 
     customer's account termination.
       (d) Reporting Requirement.--Each appropriate Federal 
     banking agency shall issue an annual report to the Congress 
     stating--
       (1) the aggregate number of specific customer accounts that 
     the agency requested or ordered a depository institution to 
     terminate during the previous year; and
       (2) the legal authority on which the agency relied in 
     making such requests and orders and the frequency on which 
     the agency relied on each such authority.
       (e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       (1) Appropriate federal banking agency.--The term 
     ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' means--
       (A) the appropriate Federal banking agency, as defined 
     under section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1813); and
       (B) the National Credit Union Administration, in the case 
     of an insured credit union.
       (2) Depository institution.--The term ``depository 
     institution'' means--
       (A) a depository institution, as defined under section 3 of 
     the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and
       (B) an insured credit union.

             Subtitle III--Encouraging Public Offerings Act


       expanding testing the waters and confidential submissions

       Sec. 917. The Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et 
     seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 5(d)--
       (A) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding'';
       (B) by striking ``an emerging growth company or any person 
     authorized to act on behalf of an emerging growth company'' 
     and inserting ``an issuer or any person authorized to act on 
     behalf of an issuer''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Additional requirements.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Commission may issue regulations, 
     subject to public notice and comment, to impose such other 
     terms, conditions, or requirements on the engaging in oral or 
     written communications described under paragraph (1) by an 
     issuer other than an emerging growth company as the 
     Commission determines appropriate.
       ``(B) Report to congress.--Prior to any rulemaking 
     described under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall issue 
     a report to the Congress containing a list of the findings 
     supporting the basis of such rulemaking.''; and
       (2) in section 6(e)--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``Emerging Growth 
     Companies'' and inserting ``Draft Registration Statements'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
       (C) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Prior to initial public offering.--Any issuer, prior 
     to its initial public offering date, may confidentially 
     submit to the Commission a draft registration statement, for 
     confidential nonpublic review by the staff of the Commission 
     prior to public filing, provided that the initial 
     confidential submission and all amendments thereto shall be 
     publicly filed with the Commission not later than 15 days 
     before the date on which the issuer conducts a road show (as 
     defined under section 230.433(h)(4) of title 17, Code of 
     Federal Regulations) or, in the absence of a road show, at 
     least 15 days prior to the requested effective date of the 
     registration statement.
       ``(2) Within 1 year after initial public offering or 
     exchange registration.--Any issuer, within the 1-year period 
     following its initial public offering or its registration of 
     a security under section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act 
     of 1934, may confidentially submit to the Commission a draft 
     registration statement, for confidential nonpublic review by 
     the staff of the Commission prior to public filing, provided 
     that the initial confidential submission and all amendments 
     thereto shall be publicly filed with the Commission not later 
     than 15 days before the date on which the issuer conducts a 
     road show (as defined under section 230.433(h)(4) of title 
     17, Code of Federal Regulations) or, in the absence of a road 
     show, at least 15 days prior to the requested effective date 
     of the registration statement.
       ``(3) Additional requirements.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Commission may issue regulations, 
     subject to public notice and comment, to impose such other 
     terms, conditions, or requirements on the submission of draft 
     registration statements described under this subsection by an 
     issuer other than an emerging growth company as the 
     Commission determines appropriate.
       ``(B) Report to congress.--Prior to any rulemaking 
     described under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall issue 
     a report to the Congress containing a list of the findings 
     supporting the basis of such rulemaking.''.

             Subtitle IV--Risk-Based Credit Examination Act


  risk-based examinations of nationally recognized statistical rating 
                             organizations

       Sec. 918. 
       Section 15E(p)(3)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
     (15 U.S.C. 78o-7(p)(3)(B)) is amended in the matter preceding 
     clause (i), by inserting ``, as appropriate,'' after ``Each 
     examination under subparagraph (A) shall include''.

               Subtitle V--Protection of Source Code Act


         procedure for obtaining certain intellectual property

       Sec. 919.  (a) Persons Under Securities Act of 1933.--
     Section 8 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77h) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Procedure for Obtaining Certain Intellectual 
     Property.--The Commission is not authorized to compel under 
     this title a person to produce or furnish source code, 
     including algorithmic trading source code or similar 
     intellectual property that forms the basis for design of the 
     source code, to the Commission unless the Commission first 
     issues a subpoena.''.
       (b) Persons Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.--
     Section 23 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
     78w) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Procedure for Obtaining Certain Intellectual 
     Property.--The Commission is not authorized to compel under 
     this title a person to produce or furnish source code, 
     including algorithmic trading source code or similar 
     intellectual property that forms the basis for design of the 
     source code, to the Commission unless the Commission first 
     issues a subpoena.''.
       (c) Investment Companies.--Section 31 of the Investment 
     Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-30) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(e) Procedure for Obtaining Certain Intellectual 
     Property.--The Commission is not authorized to compel under 
     this title an investment company to produce or furnish source 
     code, including algorithmic trading source code or similar 
     intellectual property that forms the basis for design of the 
     source code, to the Commission unless the Commission first 
     issues a subpoena.''.
       (d) Investment Advisers.--Section 204 of the Investment 
     Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-4) is amended--
       (1) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Procedure for Obtaining Certain Intellectual 
     Property.--The Commission is not authorized to compel under 
     this title an investment adviser to produce or furnish source 
     code, including algorithmic trading source code or similar 
     intellectual property that forms the basis for design of the 
     source code, to the Commission unless the Commission first 
     issues a subpoena.''; and
       (2) in the second subsection (d), by striking ``(d)'' and 
     inserting ``(e)''.

          Subtitle VI--Family Office Technical Correction Act


                   accredited investor clarification

       Sec. 920.  (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), any 
     family office or a family client of a family office, as 
     defined in section 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1 of title 17, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, shall be deemed to be an accredited 
     investor, as defined in Regulation D of the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission (or any successor thereto) under the 
     Securities Act of 1933.
       (b) Limitation.--Subsection (a) only applies to a family 
     office with assets under management in excess of $5,000,000, 
     and a family office or a family client not formed for the 
     specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and 
     whose purchase is directed by a person who has such knowledge

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     and experience in financial and business matters that such 
     person is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the 
     prospective investment.

                Subtitle VII--Market Data Protection Act


                         internal risk controls

       Sec. 921. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
     78a et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by inserting after section 4E the following:

     ``SEC. 4F. INTERNAL RISK CONTROLS.

       ``(a) In General.--Each of the following entities, in 
     consultation with the Chief Economist, shall develop 
     comprehensive internal risk control mechanisms to safeguard 
     and govern the storage of all market data by such entity, all 
     market data sharing agreements of such entity, and all 
     academic research performed at such entity using market data:
       ``(1) The Commission.
       ``(2) Each national securities association registered 
     pursuant to section 15A.
       ``(3) The operator of the consolidated audit trail created 
     by a national market system plan approved pursuant to section 
     242.613 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
     successor regulation).
       ``(b) Consolidated Audit Trail Prohibited From Accepting 
     Market Data Until Mechanisms Developed.--The operator 
     described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) may not accept 
     market data (or shall cease accepting market data) until the 
     operator has developed the mechanisms required by such 
     subsection. Any requirement for a person to provide market 
     data to the operator shall not apply during any time when the 
     operator is prohibited by this subsection from accepting such 
     data.
       ``(c) Treatment of Previously Developed Mechanisms.--The 
     development of comprehensive internal risk control mechanisms 
     required by subsection (a) may occur, in whole or in part, 
     before the date of the enactment of this section, if such 
     development and such mechanisms meet the requirements of such 
     subsection (including consultation with the Chief 
     Economist).''; and
       (2) in section 3(a)--
       (A) by redesignating the second paragraph (80) (relating to 
     funding portals) as paragraph (81); and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(82) Chief economist.--The term `Chief Economist' means 
     the Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, 
     or an employee of the Commission with comparable authority, 
     as determined by the Commission.''.

  Subtitle VIII--Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act


                        sifi designation process

       Sec. 922. Section 113 of the Financial Stability Act of 
     2010 (12 U.S.C. 5323) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (J), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) by redesignating subparagraph (K) as subparagraph (L); 
     and
       (C) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the following:
       ``(K) the appropriateness of the imposition of prudential 
     standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate 
     the identified risks; and'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (J), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) by redesignating subparagraph (K) as subparagraph (L);
       (C) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the following:
       ``(K) the appropriateness of the imposition of prudential 
     standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate 
     the identified risks; and''; and
       (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
       ``(d) Reevaluation and Rescission.--
       ``(1) Annual reevaluation.--Not less frequently than 
     annually, the Council shall reevaluate each determination 
     made under subsections (a) and (b) with respect to a nonbank 
     financial company supervised by the Board of Governors and 
     shall--
       ``(A) provide written notice to the nonbank financial 
     company being reevaluated and afford such company an 
     opportunity to submit written materials, within such time as 
     the Council determines to be appropriate (but which shall be 
     not less than 30 days after the date of receipt by the 
     company of such notice), to contest the determination, 
     including materials concerning whether, in the company's 
     view, material financial distress at the company, or the 
     nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, 
     interconnectedness, or mix of the activities of the company 
     could pose a threat to the financial stability of the United 
     States;
       ``(B) provide an opportunity for the nonbank financial 
     company to meet with the Council to present the information 
     described in subparagraph (A); and
       ``(C) if the Council does not rescind the determination, 
     provide notice to the nonbank financial company, its primary 
     financial regulatory agency and the primary financial 
     regulatory agency of any of the company's significant 
     subsidiaries of the reasons for the Council's decision, which 
     notice shall address with specificity how the Council 
     assessed the material factors presented by the company under 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B).
       ``(2) Periodic reevaluation.--
       ``(A) Review.--Every 5 years after the date of a final 
     determination with respect to a nonbank financial company 
     under subsection (a) or (b), as applicable, the nonbank 
     financial company may submit a written request to the Council 
     for a reevaluation of such determination. Upon receipt of 
     such a request, the Council shall conduct a reevaluation of 
     such determination and hold a vote on whether to rescind such 
     determination.
       ``(B) Procedures.--Upon receipt of a written request under 
     paragraph (A), the Council shall fix a time (not earlier than 
     30 days after the date of receipt of the request) and place 
     at which such company may appear, personally or through 
     counsel, to--
       ``(i) submit written materials (which may include a plan to 
     modify the company's business, structure, or operations, 
     which shall specify the length of the implementation period); 
     and
       ``(ii) provide oral testimony and oral argument before the 
     members of the Council.
       ``(C) Treatment of plan.--If the company submits a plan in 
     accordance with subparagraph (B)(i), the Council shall 
     consider whether the plan, if implemented, would cause the 
     company to no longer meet the standards for a final 
     determination under subsection (a) or (b), as applicable. The 
     Council shall provide the nonbank financial company an 
     opportunity to revise the plan after consultation with the 
     Council.
       ``(D) Explanation for certain companies.--With respect to a 
     reevaluation under this paragraph where the determination 
     being reevaluated was made before the date of enactment of 
     this paragraph, the nonbank financial company may require the 
     Council, as part of such reevaluation, to explain with 
     specificity the basis for such determination.
       ``(3) Rescission of determination.--
       ``(A) In general.--If the Council, by a vote of not fewer 
     than \2/3\ of the voting members then serving, including an 
     affirmative vote by the Chairperson, determines under this 
     subsection that a nonbank financial company no longer meets 
     the standards for a final determination under subsection (a) 
     or (b), as applicable, the Council shall rescind such 
     determination.
       ``(B) Approval of company plan.--Approval by the Council of 
     a plan submitted or revised in accordance with paragraph (2) 
     shall require a vote of not fewer than \2/3\ of the voting 
     members then serving, including an affirmative vote by the 
     Chairperson. If such plan is approved by the Council, the 
     company shall implement the plan during the period identified 
     in the plan, except that the Council, in its sole discretion 
     and upon request from the company, may grant one or more 
     extensions of the implementation period. After the end of the 
     implementation period, including any extensions granted by 
     the Council, the Council shall proceed to a vote as described 
     under subparagraph (A).'';
       (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
       ``(e) Requirements for Proposed Determination, Notice and 
     Opportunity for Hearing, and Final Determination.--
       ``(1) Notice of identification for initial evaluation and 
     opportunity for voluntary submission.--Upon identifying a 
     nonbank financial company for comprehensive analysis of the 
     potential for the nonbank company to pose a threat to the 
     financial stability of the United States, the Council shall 
     provide the nonbank financial company with--
       ``(A) written notice that explains with specificity the 
     basis for so identifying the company, a copy of which shall 
     be provided to the company's primary financial regulatory 
     agency;
       ``(B) an opportunity to submit written materials for 
     consideration by the Council as part of the Council's initial 
     evaluation of the risk profile and characteristics of the 
     company;
       ``(C) an opportunity to meet with the Council to discuss 
     the Council's analysis; and
       ``(D) a list of the public sources of information being 
     considered by the Council as part of such analysis.
       ``(2) Requirements before making a proposed 
     determination.--Before making a proposed determination with 
     respect to a nonbank financial company under paragraph (3), 
     the Council shall--
       ``(A) by a vote of not fewer than \2/3\ of the voting 
     members then serving, including an affirmative vote by the 
     Chairperson, approve a resolution that identifies with 
     specificity any risks to the financial stability of the 
     United States the Council has identified relating to the 
     nonbank financial company;
       ``(B) with respect to nonbank financial company with a 
     primary financial regulatory agency, provide a copy of the 
     resolution described under subparagraph (A) to the primary 
     financial regulatory agency and provide such agency with at 
     least 180 days from the receipt of the resolution to--
       ``(i) consider the risks identified in the resolution; and
       ``(ii) provide a written response to the Council that 
     includes its assessment of the risks identified and the 
     degree to which they are or could be addressed by existing 
     regulation and, as appropriate, issue proposed regulations or 
     undertake other regulatory action to mitigate the identified 
     risks;
       ``(C) provide the nonbank financial company with written 
     notice that the Council--
       ``(i) is considering whether to make a proposed 
     determination with respect to the nonbank financial company 
     under subsection (a) or (b), as applicable, which notice 
     explains with specificity the basis for the

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     Council's consideration, including any aspects of the 
     company's operations or activities that are a primary focus 
     for the Council; or
       ``(ii) has determined not to subject the company to further 
     review, which action shall not preclude the Council from 
     issuing a notice to the company under subparagraph (1)(A) at 
     a future time; and
       ``(D) in the case of a notice to the nonbank financial 
     company under subparagraph (C)(i), provide the company with--
       ``(i) an opportunity to meet with the Council to discuss 
     the Council's analysis;
       ``(ii) an opportunity to submit written materials, within 
     such time as the Council deems appropriate (but not less than 
     30 days after the date of receipt by the company of the 
     notice described under clause (i)), to the Council to inform 
     the Council's consideration of the nonbank financial company 
     for a proposed determination, including materials concerning 
     the company's views as to whether it satisfies the standard 
     for determination set forth in subsection (a) or (b), as 
     applicable;
       ``(iii) an explanation of how any request by the Council 
     for information from the nonbank financial company relates to 
     potential risks to the financial stability of the United 
     States and the Council's analysis of the company;
       ``(iv) written notice when the Council deems its 
     evidentiary record regarding such nonbank financial company 
     to be complete; and
       ``(v) an opportunity to meet with the members of the 
     Council.
       ``(3) Proposed determination.--
       ``(A) Voting.--The Council may, by a vote of not fewer than 
     \2/3\ of the voting members then serving, including an 
     affirmative vote by the Chairperson, propose to make a 
     determination in accordance with the provisions of subsection 
     (a) or (b), as applicable, with respect to a nonbank 
     financial company.
       ``(B) Deadline for making a proposed determination.--With 
     respect to a nonbank financial company provided with a 
     written notice under paragraph (2)(C)(i), if the Council does 
     not provide the company with the written notice of a proposed 
     determination described under paragraph (4) within the 180-
     day period following the date on which the Council notifies 
     the company under paragraph (2)(C) that the evidentiary 
     record is complete, the Council may not make such a proposed 
     determination with respect to such company unless the Council 
     repeats the procedures described under paragraph (2).
       ``(C) Review of actions of primary financial regulatory 
     agency.--With respect to a nonbank financial company with a 
     primary financial regulatory agency, the Council may not vote 
     under subparagraph (A) to make a proposed determination 
     unless--
       ``(i) the Council first determines that any proposed 
     regulations or other regulatory actions taken by the primary 
     financial regulatory agency after receipt of the resolution 
     described under paragraph (2)(A) are insufficient to mitigate 
     the risks identified in the resolution;
       ``(ii) the primary financial regulatory agency has notified 
     the Council that the agency has no proposed regulations or 
     other regulatory actions to mitigate the risks identified in 
     the resolution; or
       ``(iii) the period allowed by the Council under paragraph 
     (2)(B) has elapsed and the primary financial regulatory 
     agency has taken no action in response to the resolution.
       ``(4) Notice of proposed determination.--The Council 
     shall--
       ``(A) provide to a nonbank financial company written notice 
     of a proposed determination of the Council, including an 
     explanation of the basis of the proposed determination of the 
     Council, that a nonbank financial company shall be supervised 
     by the Board of Governors and shall be subject to prudential 
     standards in accordance with this title, an explanation of 
     the specific risks to the financial stability of the United 
     States presented by the nonbank financial company, and a 
     detailed explanation of why existing regulations or other 
     regulatory action by the company's primary financial 
     regulatory agency, if any, is insufficient to mitigate such 
     risk; and
       ``(B) provide the primary financial regulatory agency of 
     the nonbank financial company a copy of the nonpublic written 
     explanation of the Council's proposed determination.
       ``(5) Hearing.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     receipt of any notice of a proposed determination under 
     paragraph (4), the nonbank financial company may request, in 
     writing, an opportunity for a written or oral hearing before 
     the Council to contest the proposed determination, including 
     the opportunity to present a plan to modify the company's 
     business, structure, or operations in order to mitigate the 
     risks identified in the notice, and which plan shall also 
     include any steps the company expects to take during the 
     implementation period to mitigate such risks.
       ``(B) Grant of hearing.--Upon receipt of a timely request, 
     the Council shall fix a time (not earlier than 30 days after 
     the date of receipt of the request) and place at which such 
     company may appear, personally or through counsel, to--
       ``(i) submit written materials (which may include a plan to 
     modify the company's business, structure, or operations); or
       ``(ii) provide oral testimony and oral argument to the 
     members of the Council.
       ``(6) Council consideration of company plan.--
       ``(A) In general.--If a nonbank financial company submits a 
     plan in accordance with paragraph (5), the Council shall, 
     prior to making a final determination--
       ``(i) consider whether the plan, if implemented, would 
     mitigate the risks identified in the notice under paragraph 
     (4); and
       ``(ii) provide the nonbank financial company an opportunity 
     to revise the plan after consultation with the Council.
       ``(B) Voting.--Approval by the Council of a plan submitted 
     under paragraph (5) or revised under subparagraph (A)(ii) 
     shall require a vote of not fewer than \2/3\ of the voting 
     members then serving, including an affirmative vote by the 
     Chairperson.
       ``(C) Implementation of approved plan.--With respect to a 
     nonbank financial company's plan approved by the Council 
     under subparagraph (B), the company shall have one year to 
     implement the plan, except that the Council, in its sole 
     discretion and upon request from the nonbank financial 
     company, may grant one or more extensions of the 
     implementation period.
       ``(D) Oversight of implementation.--
       ``(i) Periodic reports.--The Council, acting through the 
     Office of Financial Research, may require the submission of 
     periodic reports from a nonbank financial company for the 
     purpose of evaluating the company's progress in implementing 
     a plan approved by the Council under subparagraph (B).
       ``(ii) Inspections.--The Council may direct the primary 
     financial regulatory agency of a nonbank financial company or 
     its subsidiaries (or, if none, the Board of Governors) to 
     inspect the company or its subsidiaries for the purpose of 
     evaluating the implementation of the company's plan.
       ``(E) Authority to rescind approval.--
       ``(i) In general.--During the implementation period 
     described under subparagraph (C), including any extensions 
     granted by the Council, the Council shall retain the 
     authority to rescind its approval of the plan if the Council 
     finds, by a vote of not fewer than \2/3\ of the voting 
     members then serving, including an affirmative vote by the 
     Chairperson, that the company's implementation of the plan is 
     no longer sufficient to mitigate or prevent the risks 
     identified in the resolution described under paragraph 
     (2)(A).
       ``(ii) Final determination vote.--The Council may proceed 
     to a vote on final determination under subsection (a) or (b), 
     as applicable, not earlier than 10 days after providing the 
     nonbank financial company with written notice that the 
     Council has rescinded the approval of the company's plan 
     pursuant to clause (i).
       ``(F) Actions after implementation.--
       ``(i) Evaluation of implementation.--After the end of the 
     implementation period described under subparagraph (C), 
     including any extensions granted by the Council, the Council 
     shall consider whether the plan, as implemented by the 
     nonbank financial company, adequately mitigates or prevents 
     the risks identified in the resolution described under 
     paragraph (2)(A).
       ``(ii) Voting.--If, after performing an evaluation under 
     clause (i), not fewer than \2/3\ of the voting members of the 
     Council then serving, including an affirmative vote by the 
     Chairperson, determine that the plan, as implemented, 
     adequately mitigates or prevents the identified risks, the 
     Council shall not make a final determination under subsection 
     (a) or (b), as applicable, with respect to the nonbank 
     financial company and shall notify the company of the 
     Council's decision to take no further action.
       ``(7) Final council decisions.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     a hearing under paragraph (5), the Council shall notify the 
     nonbank financial company of--
       ``(i) a final determination under subsection (a) or (b), as 
     applicable;
       ``(ii) the Council's approval of a plan submitted by the 
     nonbank financial company under paragraph (5) or revised 
     under paragraph (6); or
       ``(iii) the Council's decision to take no further action 
     with respect to the nonbank financial company.
       ``(B) Explanatory statement.--A final determination of the 
     Council, under subsection (a) or (b), shall contain a 
     statement of the basis for the decision of the Council, 
     including the reasons why the Council rejected any plan by 
     the nonbank financial company submitted under paragraph (5) 
     or revised under paragraph (6).
       ``(C) Notice to primary financial regulatory agency.--In 
     the case of a final determination under subsection (a) or 
     (b), the Council shall provide the primary financial 
     regulatory agency of the nonbank financial company a copy of 
     the nonpublic written explanation of the Council's final 
     determination.'';
       (5) in subsection (g), strike ``before the Council makes 
     any final determination'' and insert ``from the outset of the 
     Council's consideration of the company, including before the 
     Council makes any proposed or final determination''; and
       (6) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Public Disclosure Requirement.--The Council shall--
       ``(1) in each case where a nonbank financial company has 
     been notified that it is subject to the Council's review and 
     the company has publicly disclosed such fact, confirm that 
     the nonbank financial company is subject to the Council's 
     review, in response to a request from a third party;

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       ``(2) upon making a final determination, publicly provide a 
     written explanation of the basis for its decision with 
     sufficient detail to provide the public with an understanding 
     of the specific bases of the Council's determination, 
     including any assumptions related thereof, subject to the 
     requirements of section 112(d)(5);
       ``(3) include, in the annual report required by section 
     112, the number of nonbank financial companies from the 
     previous year subject to preliminary analysis, further 
     review, and subject to a proposed or final determination; and
       ``(4) within 90 days after the enactment of this 
     subsection, publish information regarding its methodology for 
     calculating any quantitative thresholds or other metrics used 
     to identify nonbank financial companies for analysis by the 
     Council.
       ``(k) Periodic Assessment of the Impact of Designations.--
       ``(1) Assessment.--Every five years after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Council shall--
       ``(A) conduct a study of the Council's determinations that 
     nonbank financial companies shall be supervised by the Board 
     of Governors and shall be subject to prudential standards; 
     and
       ``(B) comprehensively assess the impact of such 
     determinations on the companies for which such determinations 
     were made and the wider economy, including whether such 
     determinations are having the intended result of improving 
     the financial stability of the United States.
       ``(2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after completing a 
     study required under paragraph (1), the Council shall issue a 
     report to the Congress that--
       ``(A) describes all findings and conclusions made by the 
     Council in carrying out such study; and
       ``(B) identifies whether any of the Council's 
     determinations should be rescinded or whether related 
     regulations or regulatory guidance should be modified, 
     streamlined, expanded, or repealed.''.


                          rule of construction

       Sec. 923. None of the amendments made by this subtitle may 
     be construed as limiting the Financial Stability Oversight 
     Council's emergency powers under section 113(f) of the 
     Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5323(f)).

  Subtitle IX--Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act


           access to capital for rural-area small businesses

       Sec. 925. 
       Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
     U.S.C. 78d(j)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph(4)(C), by inserting ``rural-area small 
     businesses,'' after ``women-owned small businesses,''; and
       (2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting ``rural-area 
     small businesses,'' after ``women-owned small businesses,''.

         Subtitle X--Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act


              rulemaking authority under the volcker rule

       Sec. 926. 
       (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 13(b) of the Bank 
     Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851(b)(2)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(2) Rulemaking.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Board may, as appropriate, consult 
     with the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to 
     adopt rules or guidance to carry out this section, as 
     provided in subparagraph (B).
       ``(B) Rulemaking requirements.--In adopting a rule or 
     guidance under subparagraph (A), the Board--
       ``(i) shall consider the findings of the report required in 
     paragraph (1) and, as appropriate, subsequent reports;
       ``(ii) shall assure, to the extent possible, that such rule 
     or guidance provide for consistent application and 
     implementation of the applicable provisions of this section 
     to avoid providing advantages or imposing disadvantages to 
     the companies affected by this subsection and to protect the 
     safety and soundness of banking entities and nonbank 
     financial companies supervised by the Board; and
       ``(iii) shall include requirements to ensure compliance 
     with this section, such as requirements regarding internal 
     controls and recordkeeping.
       ``(C) Authority.--The Board shall have sole authority to 
     issue and amend rules under this section after the date of 
     the enactment of this paragraph.
       ``(D) Conforming authority.--
       ``(i) Continuity of regulations.--Any rules or guidance 
     issued under this section prior to the date of enactment of 
     this paragraph shall continue in effect until the Board 
     issues a successor rule or guidance, or amends such rule or 
     guidance, pursuant to subparagraph (C).
       ``(ii) Applicable guidance.--In performing examinations or 
     other supervisory duties, the appropriate Federal banking 
     agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as appropriate, shall 
     update any applicable policies and procedures to ensure that 
     such policies and procedures are consistent (to the extent 
     practicable) with any rules or guidance issued pursuant to 
     subparagraph (C).''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 13 of the Bank Holding 
     Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``the appropriate Federal banking agencies, 
     the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission,'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``the Board'';
       (2) by striking ``appropriate Federal banking agencies, the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Board'';
       (3) in subsection (c)(5), by striking ``Notwithstanding 
     paragraph (2)'' and all that follows through ``provided in 
     subsection (b)(2),'' and inserting ``The Board shall have the 
     authority''; and
       (4) in subsection (d)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (F)(ii)--
       (i) by striking ``the appropriate Federal banking 
     agencies'' and inserting ``the Board''; and
       (ii) by striking ``have not jointly'' and inserting ``has 
     not''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (G)(viii), by striking ``appropriate 
     Federal banking agencies, the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,'' 
     and inserting ``Board,''.


                       enforcement; anti-evasion

       Sec. 927.  (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 13 of 
     the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851(e)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(e) Enforcement; Anti-Evasion.--
       ``(1) Appropriate federal banking agency.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law except for any rules or guidance 
     issued under subsection (b)(2), whenever the appropriate 
     Federal banking agency has reasonable cause to believe that a 
     banking entity or nonbank financial company supervised by the 
     Board has made an investment or engaged in an activity in a 
     manner that either violates the restrictions under this 
     section, or that functions as an evasion of the requirements 
     of this section (including through an abuse of any permitted 
     activity), such appropriate Federal banking agency shall 
     order, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, the 
     banking entity or nonbank financial company supervised by the 
     Board to terminate the activity and, as relevant, dispose of 
     the investment.
       ``(2) Securities and exchange commission and commodity 
     futures trading commission.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law except for any rules or guidance issued under subsection 
     (b)(2), whenever the Securities and Exchange Commission or 
     the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as appropriate, has 
     reasonable cause to believe that a covered nonbank financial 
     company for which the respective agency is the primary 
     Federal regulator has made an investment or engaged in an 
     activity in a manner that either violates the restrictions 
     under this section, or that functions as an evasion of the 
     requirements of this section (including through an abuse of 
     any permitted activity), the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as 
     appropriate, shall order, after due notice and opportunity 
     for hearing, the covered nonbank financial company to 
     terminate the activity and, as relevant, dispose of the 
     investment.
       ``(B) Covered nonbank financial company defined.--In this 
     paragraph, the term `covered nonbank financial company' means 
     a nonbank financial company (as defined in section 102 of the 
     Financial Stability Act of 2010) supervised by the Securities 
     and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission, as appropriate.''.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to abrogate, reduce, or eliminate the backup 
     authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
     authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
     Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Federal 
     Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811), or Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991.


             exclusion of community banks from volcker rule

       Sec. 928. Section 13(h)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act 
     of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851(h)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (D), by redesignating clauses (i) and 
     (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and adjusting 
     the margins accordingly;
       (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) 
     as clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively, and 
     adjusting the margins accordingly;
       (3) in the matter preceding clause (i), as so redesignated, 
     in the second sentence, by striking ``institution that 
     functions solely in a trust or fiduciary capacity, if--'' and 
     inserting the following: ``institution--
       ``(A) that functions solely in a trust or fiduciary 
     capacity, if--'';
       (4) in clause (iv)(II), as so redesignated, by striking the 
     period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) that does not have and is not controlled by a company 
     that has--
       ``(i) more than $10,000,000,000 in total consolidated 
     assets; and
       ``(ii) total trading assets and trading liabilities, as 
     reported on the most recent applicable regulatory filing 
     filed by the institution, that are more than 5 percent of 
     total consolidated assets.''.

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     Subtitle XI--Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act


                          living will reforms

       Sec. 929.  (a) In General.--Section 165(d) of the Dodd-
     Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 
     U.S.C. 5365(d)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``periodically'' and 
     inserting ``every 2 years''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) by striking ``The Board'' and inserting the following:
       ``(A) In general.--The Board'';
       (B) by striking ``shall review'' and inserting the 
     following: ``shall--
       ``(i) review'';
       (C) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) not later than the end of the 6-month period 
     beginning on the date the company submits the resolution 
     plan, provide feedback to the company on such plan.
       ``(B) Disclosure of assessment framework.--The Board of 
     Governors and the Corporation shall publicly disclose the 
     assessment framework that is used to review information under 
     this paragraph.''.
       (b) Treatment of Other Resolution Plan Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--With respect to an appropriate Federal 
     banking agency that requires a banking organization to submit 
     to the agency a resolution plan not described under section 
     165(d) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
     Protection Act--
       (A) the respective agency shall ensure that the review of 
     such resolution plan is consistent with the requirements 
     contained in the amendments made by this subtitle;
       (B) the agency may not require the submission of such a 
     resolution plan more often than every 2 years; and
       (C) paragraphs (6) and (7) of such section 165(d) shall 
     apply to such a resolution plan.
       (2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
       (A) Appropriate federal banking agency.--The term 
     ``appropriate Federal banking agency''--
       (i) has the meaning given such term under section 3 of the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Act; and
       (ii) means the National Credit Union Administration, in the 
     case of an insured credit union.
       (B) Banking organization.--The term ``banking 
     organization'' means--
       (i) an insured depository institution;
       (ii) an insured credit union;
       (iii) a depository institution holding company;
       (iv) a company that is treated as a bank holding company 
     for purposes of section 8 of the International Banking Act; 
     and
       (v) a U.S. intermediate holding company established by a 
     foreign banking organization pursuant to section 252.153 of 
     title 12, Code of Federal Regulations.
       (C) Insured credit union.--The term ``insured credit 
     union'' has the meaning given that term under section 101 of 
     the Federal Credit Union Act.
       (D) Other banking terms.--The terms ``depository 
     institution holding company'' and ``insured depository 
     institution'' have the meaning given those terms, 
     respectively, under section 3 of the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Act.
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this subtitle, or any 
     amendment made by this subtitle, shall be construed as 
     limiting the authority of an appropriate Federal banking 
     agency (as defined under subsection (b)(2)) to obtain 
     information from an institution in connection with such 
     agency's authority to examine or require reports from the 
     institution.

 Subtitle XII--Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform 
                                  Act


            amendment to definition of financial institution

       Sec. 930. Section 1003(3) of the Federal Financial 
     Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 
     3302(3)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) the term `financial institution'--
       ``(A) means a commercial bank, a savings bank, a trust 
     company, a savings association, a building and loan 
     association, a homestead association, a cooperative bank, or 
     a credit union; and
       ``(B) for purposes of sections 1012, 1013, and 1014, 
     includes a nondepository covered person subject to 
     supervision by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 
     under section 1024 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act 
     of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5514).''.


                   timeliness of examination reports

       Sec. 931. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination 
     Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 1012. TIMELINESS OF EXAMINATION REPORTS.

       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) Final examination report.--A Federal financial 
     institutions regulatory agency shall provide a final 
     examination report to a financial institution not later than 
     60 days after the later of--
       ``(A) the exit interview for an examination of the 
     institution; or
       ``(B) the provision of additional information by the 
     institution relating to the examination.
       ``(2) Exit interview.--If a financial institution is not 
     subject to a resident examiner program, the exit interview 
     shall occur not later than the end of the 9-month period 
     beginning on the commencement of the examination, except that 
     such period may be extended by the Federal financial 
     institutions regulatory agency by providing written notice to 
     the institution and the Independent Examination Review 
     Director describing with particularity the reasons that a 
     longer period is needed to complete the examination.
       ``(b) Examination Materials.--Upon the request of a 
     financial institution, the Federal financial institutions 
     regulatory agency shall include with the final report an 
     appendix listing all examination or other factual information 
     relied upon by the agency in support of a material 
     supervisory determination.''.


                independent examination review director

       Sec. 932. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination 
     Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), as amended by 
     section 931, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 1013. OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION REVIEW.

       ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Council 
     an Office of Independent Examination Review (the `Office').
       ``(b) Head of Office.--There is established the position of 
     the Independent Examination Review Director (the `Director'), 
     as the head of the Office. The Director shall be appointed by 
     the Council and shall be independent from any member agency 
     of the Council.
       ``(c) Term.--The Director shall serve for a term of 5 
     years, and may be appointed to serve a subsequent 5-year 
     term.
       ``(d) Staffing.--The Director is authorized to hire staff 
     to support the activities of the Office.
       ``(e) Duties.--The Director shall--
       ``(1) receive and, at the Director's discretion, 
     investigate complaints from financial institutions, their 
     representatives, or another entity acting on behalf of such 
     institutions, concerning examinations, examination practices, 
     or examination reports;
       ``(2) hold meetings, at least once every three months and 
     in locations designed to encourage participation from all 
     sections of the United States, with financial institutions, 
     their representatives, or another entity acting on behalf of 
     such institutions, to discuss examination procedures, 
     examination practices, or examination policies;
       ``(3) in accordance with subsection (f), review examination 
     procedures of the Federal financial institutions regulatory 
     agencies to ensure that the written examination policies of 
     those agencies are being followed in practice and adhere to 
     the standards for consistency established by the Council;
       ``(4) conduct a continuing and regular review of 
     examination quality assurance for all examination types 
     conducted by the Federal financial institutions regulatory 
     agencies;
       ``(5) adjudicate any supervisory appeal initiated under 
     section 1014; and
       ``(6) report annually to the Committee on Financial 
     Services of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and the 
     Council, on the reviews carried out pursuant to paragraphs 
     (3) and (4), including compliance with the requirements set 
     forth in section 1012 regarding timeliness of examination 
     reports, and the Council's recommendations for improvements 
     in examination procedures, practices, and policies.
       ``(f) Standard for Reviewing Examination Procedures.--In 
     conducting reviews pursuant to subsection (e)(4), the 
     Director shall prioritize factors relating to the safety and 
     soundness of the financial system of the United States.
       ``(g) Removal.--If the Director is removed from office, the 
     Council shall communicate in writing the reasons for any such 
     removal to the Committee on Financial Services of the House 
     of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate not later than 30 days before the 
     removal.
       ``(h) Confidentiality.--The Director shall keep 
     confidential all meetings with, discussions with, and 
     information provided by financial institutions.''.


   right to independent review of material supervisory determinations

       Sec. 933. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination 
     Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), as amended by 
     section 932, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 1014. RIGHT TO INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF MATERIAL 
                   SUPERVISORY DETERMINATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--A financial institution shall have the 
     right to obtain an independent review of a material 
     supervisory determination contained in a final report of 
     examination.
       ``(b) Notice.--
       ``(1) Timing.--A financial institution seeking review of a 
     material supervisory determination under this section shall 
     file a written notice with the Independent Examination Review 
     Director (the `Director') within 60 days after receiving the 
     final report of examination that is the subject of such 
     review.
       ``(2) Identification of determination.--The written notice 
     shall identify the material supervisory determination that is 
     the subject of the independent examination review, and a 
     statement of the reasons why the institution believes that 
     the determination is incorrect or should otherwise be 
     modified.
       ``(3) Information to be provided to institution.--Any 
     information relied upon by the agency in the final report 
     that is not in the possession of the financial institution 
     may

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     be requested by the financial institution and shall be 
     delivered promptly by the agency to the financial 
     institution.
       ``(c) Right to Hearing.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Director shall determine the merits 
     of the appeal on the record or, at the financial 
     institution's election, shall refer the appeal to an 
     Administrative Law Judge to conduct a confidential hearing 
     pursuant to the procedures set forth under sections 556 and 
     557 of title 5, United States Code, which hearing shall take 
     place not later than 60 days after the petition for review 
     was received by the Director, and to issue a proposed 
     decision to the Director based upon the record established at 
     such hearing.
       ``(2) Standard of review.--In rendering a determination or 
     recommendation under this subsection, neither the 
     Administrative Law Judge nor the Director shall defer to the 
     opinions of the examiner or agency, but shall conduct a de 
     novo review to independently determine the appropriateness of 
     the agency's decision based upon the relevant statutes, 
     regulations, and other appropriate guidance, as well as 
     evidence adduced at any hearing.
       ``(d) Final Decision.--A decision by the Director on an 
     independent review under this section shall--
       ``(1) be made not later than 60 days after the record has 
     been closed; and
       ``(2) subject to subsection (e), be deemed a final agency 
     action and shall bind the agency whose supervisory 
     determination was the subject of the review and the financial 
     institution requesting the review.
       ``(e) Limited Review by FFIEC.--
       ``(1) In general.--If the agency whose supervisory 
     determination was the subject of the review believes that the 
     Director's decision under subsection (d) would pose an 
     imminent threat to the safety and soundness of the financial 
     institution, such agency may file a written notice seeking 
     review of the Director's decision with the Council within 10 
     days of receiving the Director's decision.
       ``(2) Standard of review.--In making a determination under 
     this subsection, the Council shall conduct a review to 
     determine whether there is substantial evidence that the 
     Director's decision would pose an imminent threat to the 
     safety and soundness of the financial institution.
       ``(3) Final determination.--A determination by the Council 
     shall--
       ``(A) be made not later than 30 days after the filing of 
     the notice pursuant to paragraph (1); and
       ``(B) be deemed a final agency action and shall bind the 
     agency whose supervisory determination was the subject of the 
     review and the financial institution requesting the review.
       ``(f) Right to Judicial Review.--A financial institution 
     shall have the right to petition for review of final agency 
     action under this section by filing a Petition for Review 
     within 60 days of the Director's decision or the Council's 
     decision in the United States Court of Appeals for the 
     District of Columbia Circuit or the Circuit in which the 
     financial institution is located.
       ``(g) Report.--The Director shall report annually to the 
     Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate on actions taken under this 
     section, including the types of issues that the Director has 
     reviewed and the results of those reviews. In no case shall 
     such a report contain information about individual financial 
     institutions or any confidential or privileged information 
     shared by financial institutions.
       ``(h) Retaliation Prohibited.--A Federal financial 
     institutions regulatory agency may not--
       ``(1) retaliate against a financial institution, including 
     service providers, or any institution-affiliated party (as 
     defined under section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act), for exercising appellate rights under this section; or
       ``(2) delay or deny any agency action that would benefit a 
     financial institution or any institution-affiliated party on 
     the basis that an appeal under this section is pending under 
     this section.
       ``(i) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed--
       ``(1) to affect the right of a Federal financial 
     institutions regulatory agency to take enforcement or other 
     supervisory actions related to a material supervisory 
     determination under review under this section; or
       ``(2) to prohibit the review under this section of a 
     material supervisory determination with respect to which 
     there is an ongoing enforcement or other supervisory 
     action.''.


                         additional amendments

       Sec. 934.  (a) Riegle Community Development and Regulatory 
     Improvement Act of 1994.--Section 309 of the Riegle Community 
     Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 
     4806) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ``appropriate 
     Federal banking agency'' the following: ``, the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection,'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the appellant from 
     retaliation by agency examiners'' and inserting ``the insured 
     depository institution or insured credit union from 
     retaliation by the agencies referred to in subsection (a)''; 
     and
       (B) by adding at the end the following flush-left text:
     ``For purposes of this subsection and subsection (e), 
     retaliation includes delaying consideration of, or 
     withholding approval of, any request, notice, or application 
     that otherwise would have been approved, but for the exercise 
     of the institution's or credit union's rights under this 
     section.'';
       (3) in subsection (e)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) ensure that appropriate safeguards exist for 
     protecting the insured depository institution or insured 
     credit union from retaliation by any agency referred to in 
     subsection (a) for exercising its rights under this 
     subsection.''; and
       (4) in subsection (f)(1)(A)--
       (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) any issue specifically listed in an exam report as a 
     matter requiring attention by the institution's management or 
     board of directors; and
       ``(v) any suspension or removal of an institution's status 
     as eligible for expedited processing of applications, 
     requests, notices, or filings on the grounds of a supervisory 
     or compliance concern, regardless of whether that concern has 
     been cited as a basis for another material supervisory 
     determination or matter requiring attention in an examination 
     report, provided that the conduct at issue did not involve 
     violation of any criminal law; and''.
       (b) Federal Credit Union Act.--Section 205(j) of the 
     Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1785(j)) is amended by 
     inserting ``the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection,'' 
     before ``the Administration'' each place such term appears.
       (c) Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act 
     of 1978.--The Federal Financial Institutions Examination 
     Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 1003, by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(1) the term `Federal financial institutions regulatory 
     agencies'--
       ``(A) means the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 
     the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National 
     Credit Union Administration; and
       ``(B) for purposes of sections 1012, 1013, and 1014, 
     includes the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection;''; and
       (2) in section 1005, by striking ``One-fifth'' and 
     inserting ``One-fourth''.

                  Subtitle XIII--TRID Improvement Act


             amendments to mortgage disclosure requirements

       Sec. 936. Section 4(a) of the Real Estate Settlement 
     Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2603(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``itemize all charges'' and inserting 
     ``itemize all actual charges'';
       (2) by striking ``and all charges imposed upon the seller 
     in connection with the settlement and'' and inserting ``and 
     the seller in connection with the settlement. Such forms''; 
     and
       (3) by inserting after ``or both.'' the following new 
     sentence: ``Charges for any title insurance premium disclosed 
     on such forms shall be equal to the amount charged for each 
     individual title insurance policy, subject to any discounts 
     as required by State regulation or the title company rate 
     filings.''.

       Subtitle XIV--Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act


                        delay in effective date

       Sec. 938. Notwithstanding any effective date set forth in 
     the rule issued by the National Credit Union Administration 
     titled ``Risk-Based Capital'' (published at 80 Fed. Reg. 
     66626 (October 29, 2015)), such final rule shall take effect 
     on January 1, 2021.

Subtitle XV--Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General 
                               Reform Act


                    appointment of inspector general

       Sec. 939. The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 8G--
       (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``and the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection'';
       (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``For purposes of 
     implementing this section'' and all that follows through the 
     end of the subsection; and
       (C) in subsection (g)(3), by striking ``and the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection''; and
       (2) in section 12--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``the Director of the 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection;'' after ``the 
     President of the Export-Import Bank;''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``the Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection,'' after ``the Export-Import Bank,''.


   requirements for the inspector general for the bureau of consumer 
                          financial protection

       Sec. 940.  (a) Establishment.--Section 1011 of the Dodd-
     Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 
     U.S.C. 5491) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``and Deputy 
     Director'' and inserting ``, Deputy Director, and Inspector 
     General''; and

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       (B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
       ``(6) Inspector general.--There is established the position 
     of the Inspector General.''; and
       (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``or Deputy Director'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``, Deputy Director, or 
     Inspector General''.
       (b) Hearings.--Section 1016 of such Act is amended by 
     inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d) Additional Requirement for Inspector General.--On a 
     separate occasion from that described in subsection (a), the 
     Inspector General of the Bureau shall appear, upon 
     invitation, before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
     Services of the House of Representatives at hearings no less 
     frequently than twice annually, at a date determined by the 
     chairman of the respective committee, regarding the reports 
     required under subsection (b) and the reports required under 
     section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.).''.
       (c) Funding for Office of Inspector General.--Section 
     1017(a)(2) of such Act is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
     and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
       ``(C) Funding for office of inspector general.--Each fiscal 
     year, the Bureau shall dedicate 2 percent of the funds 
     transferred pursuant to paragraph (1) to the Office of the 
     Inspector General.''.
       (d) Participation in the Council of Inspectors General on 
     Financial Oversight.--Section 989E(a)(1) of such Act is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(J) The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.''.


                             effective date

       Sec. 941. The amendments made by this subtitle shall take 
     effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.


                           transition period

       Sec. 942. The Inspector General of the Board of Governors 
     of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection shall serve in that position until the 
     confirmation of an Inspector General for the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection. At that time, the Inspector 
     General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
     System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall 
     become the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System.

                  Subtitle XVI--BCFP on Appropriations


                         bureau appropriations

       Sec. 943. 
       (a) Fiscal Year 2019.--The Director of the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection may not request, under section 
     1017 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, during 
     fiscal year 2019 an amount that would result in the total 
     amount requested by the Director during that fiscal year to 
     exceed $485,000,000.
       (b) Fiscal Year 2020 and Thereafter.--Effective as of the 
     first day of fiscal year 2020, section 1017 of the Consumer 
     Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5497) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by amending the heading of such subsection to read as 
     follows: ``Budget, Financial Management, and Audit.--'';
       (B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3);
       (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
     (1) and (2), respectively; and
       (D) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) of paragraph (1), 
     as so redesignated;
       (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
       (3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
     (b) and (c), respectively; and
       (4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated--
       (A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(1) Authorization of appropriation.--There authorized to 
     be appropriated for fiscal year 2020 to the Bureau from the 
     combined earnings of the Federal Reserve System 
     $485,000,000.''; and
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2).

             Subtitle XVII--Stress Test Relief for Nonbanks


                    stress test relief for nonbanks

       Sec. 944. Section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``are regulated by a 
     primary Federal financial regulatory agency'' and inserting: 
     ``whose primary financial regulatory agency is a Federal 
     banking agency or the Federal Housing Finance Agency'';
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``Each Federal primary 
     financial regulatory agency'' and inserting ``Each Federal 
     banking agency and the Federal housing finance agency''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) SEC and cftc.--The Securities and Exchange Commission 
     and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may each issue 
     regulations requiring financial companies with respect to 
     which they are the primary financial regulatory agency to 
     conduct periodic analyses of the financial condition, 
     including available liquidity, of such companies under 
     adverse economic conditions.''.

                Subtitle XVIII--Interaffiliate Language


  interaffiliate treatment with respect to initial margin requirements

       Sec. 945. 
       Section 15F(e)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
     (15 U.S.C. 78o-10(e)(4)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The requirements'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--The requirements''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Initial margin requirement.--The initial margin 
     requirements imposed by rules adopted pursuant to paragraphs 
     (2)(A)(ii) and (2)(B)(ii) shall not apply to any security-
     based swap in which--
       ``(i) one counterparty is a person in which the other 
     counterparty, directly or indirectly, holds a majority 
     ownership interest; or
       ``(ii) a third party, directly or indirectly, holds a 
     majority ownership interest in both counterparties.''.

       Subtitle XIX--Tailored Application of Prudential Standards


              tailored application of prudential standards

       Sec. 946. 
       Section 165(a)(2)(A) of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 
     (12 U.S.C. 5365(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting before the 
     period the following: ``to ensure that companies with 
     comparable risk profiles and business models are operating 
     under a similar set of requirements''.

            Subtitle XX--Authority to Remove Bureau Director


                  authority to remove bureau director

       Sec. 947. 
       Section 1011(c) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 
     2010 (12 U.S.C. 5491(c)) is amended by striking paragraph 
     (3).

        Subtitle XXI--Congressional Review of Bureau Rulemaking


               congressional review of bureau rulemaking

       Sec. 948. 
       Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to 
     read as follows:

        ``CHAPTER 8--CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF BUREAU RULEMAKING3

       ``Sec.
       ``801. Congressional review.
       ``802. Congressional approval procedure for major rules.
       ``803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor 
           rules.
       ``804. Definitions.
       ``805. Judicial review.
       ``806. Exemption for monetary policy.
       ``807. Effective date of certain rules.
       ``808. Regulatory cut-go requirement.
       ``809. Review of rules currently in effect.

     ``Sec. 801. Congressional review

       ``(a)(1)(A) Before a rule may take effect, the Bureau shall 
     satisfy the requirements of section 808 and shall publish in 
     the Federal Register a list of information on which the rule 
     is based, including data, scientific and economic studies, 
     and cost-benefit analyses, and identify how the public can 
     access such information online, and shall submit to each 
     House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General a report 
     containing--
       ``(i) a copy of the rule;
       ``(ii) a concise general statement relating to the rule;
       ``(iii) a classification of the rule as a major or nonmajor 
     rule, including an explanation of the classification 
     specifically addressing each criteria for a major rule 
     contained within sections 804(2)(A), 804(2)(B), and 
     804(2)(C);
       ``(iv) a list of any other related regulatory actions 
     intended to implement the same statutory provision or 
     regulatory objective as well as the individual and aggregate 
     economic effects of those actions; and
       ``(v) the proposed effective date of the rule.
       ``(B) On the date of the submission of the report under 
     subparagraph (A), the Bureau shall submit to the Comptroller 
     General and make available to each House of Congress--
       ``(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis of the 
     rule, if any, including an analysis of any jobs added or 
     lost, differentiating between public and private sector jobs;
       ``(ii) the Bureau's actions pursuant to sections 603, 604, 
     605, 607, and 609 of this title;
       ``(iii) the Bureau's actions pursuant to sections 202, 203, 
     204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995; and
       ``(iv) any other relevant information or requirements under 
     any other Act and any relevant Executive orders.
       ``(C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under subparagraph 
     (A), each House shall provide copies of the report to the 
     chairman and ranking member of each standing committee with 
     jurisdiction under the rules of the House of Representatives 
     or the Senate to report a bill to amend the provision of law 
     under which the rule is issued.
       ``(2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a report on 
     each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction by the end 
     of 15 calendar days after the submission or publication date. 
     The report of the Comptroller General shall include an 
     assessment of the Bureau's compliance with procedural steps 
     required by paragraph (1)(B) and an assessment of whether the 
     major rule imposes any new limits or mandates on private-
     sector activity.
       ``(B) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comptroller 
     General by providing information relevant to the Comptroller 
     General's report under subparagraph (A).

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       ``(3) A major rule relating to a report submitted under 
     paragraph (1) shall take effect upon enactment of a joint 
     resolution of approval described in section 802 or as 
     provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint 
     resolution of approval described in section 802, whichever is 
     later.
       ``(4) A nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided by 
     section 803 after submission to Congress under paragraph (1).
       ``(5) If a joint resolution of approval relating to a major 
     rule is not enacted within the period provided in subsection 
     (b)(2), then a joint resolution of approval relating to the 
     same rule may not be considered under this chapter in the 
     same Congress by either the House of Representatives or the 
     Senate.
       ``(b)(1) A major rule shall not take effect unless the 
     Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described 
     under section 802.
       ``(2) If a joint resolution described in subsection (a) is 
     not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or 
     legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on 
     which the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is 
     received by Congress (excluding days either House of Congress 
     is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of 
     Congress), then the rule described in that resolution shall 
     be deemed not to be approved and such rule shall not take 
     effect.
       ``(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule may 
     take effect for one 90-calendar-day period if the President 
     makes a determination under paragraph (2) and submits written 
     notice of such determination to the Congress.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made by the 
     President by Executive order that the major rule should take 
     effect because such rule is--
       ``(A) necessary because of an imminent threat to health or 
     safety or other emergency;
       ``(B) necessary for the enforcement of criminal laws;
       ``(C) necessary for national security; or
       ``(D) issued pursuant to any statute implementing an 
     international trade agreement.
       ``(3) An exercise by the President of the authority under 
     this subsection shall have no effect on the procedures under 
     section 802.
       ``(d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review 
     otherwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any 
     rule for which a report was submitted in accordance with 
     subsection (a)(1)(A) during the period beginning on the date 
     occurring--
       ``(A) in the case of the Senate, 60 session days; or
       ``(B) in the case of the House of Representatives, 60 
     legislative days,
     before the date the Congress is scheduled to adjourn a 
     session of Congress through the date on which the same or 
     succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sections 
     802 and 803 shall apply to such rule in the succeeding 
     session of Congress.
       ``(2)(A) In applying sections 802 and 803 for purposes of 
     such additional review, a rule described under paragraph (1) 
     shall be treated as though--
       ``(i) such rule were published in the Federal Register on--
       ``(I) in the case of the Senate, the 15th session day; or
       ``(II) in the case of the House of Representatives, the 
     15th legislative day,
     after the succeeding session of Congress first convenes; and
       ``(ii) a report on such rule were submitted to Congress 
     under subsection (a)(1) on such date.
       ``(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 
     affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a report 
     shall be submitted to Congress before a rule can take effect.
       ``(3) A rule described under paragraph (1) shall take 
     effect as otherwise provided by law (including other 
     subsections of this section).

     ``Sec. 802. Congressional approval procedure for major rules

       ``(a)(1) For purposes of this section, the term `joint 
     resolution' means only a joint resolution addressing a report 
     classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 
     801(a)(1)(A)(iii) that--
       ``(A) bears no preamble;
       ``(B) bears the following title (with blanks filled as 
     appropriate): `Approving the rule submitted by ___ relating 
     to ___.';
       ``(C) includes after its resolving clause only the 
     following (with blanks filled as appropriate): `That Congress 
     approves the rule submitted by ___ relating to ___.'; and
       ``(D) is introduced pursuant to paragraph (2).
       ``(2) After a House of Congress receives a report 
     classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 
     801(a)(1)(A)(iii), the majority leader of that House (or his 
     or her respective designee) shall introduce (by request, if 
     appropriate) a joint resolution described in paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) in the case of the House of Representatives, within 3 
     legislative days; and
       ``(B) in the case of the Senate, within 3 session days.
       ``(3) A joint resolution described in paragraph (1) shall 
     not be subject to amendment at any stage of proceeding.
       ``(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall 
     be referred in each House of Congress to the committees 
     having jurisdiction over the provision of law under which the 
     rule is issued.
       ``(c) In the Senate, if the committee or committees to 
     which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has been 
     referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session days 
     after its introduction, such committee or committees shall be 
     automatically discharged from further consideration of the 
     resolution and it shall be placed on the calendar. A vote on 
     final passage of the resolution shall be taken on or before 
     the close of the 15th session day after the resolution is 
     reported by the committee or committees to which it was 
     referred, or after such committee or committees have been 
     discharged from further consideration of the resolution.
       ``(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee or committees to 
     which a joint resolution is referred have reported, or when a 
     committee or committees are discharged (under subsection (c)) 
     from further consideration of a joint resolution described in 
     subsection (a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even 
     though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
     disagreed to) for a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
     the joint resolution, and all points of order against the 
     joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint 
     resolution) are waived. The motion is not subject to 
     amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to 
     reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
     disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
     the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the 
     joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the 
     Senate until disposed of.
       ``(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, and on 
     all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
     shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be 
     divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the 
     joint resolution. A motion to further limit debate is in 
     order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
     postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
     other business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution 
     is not in order.
       ``(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclusion 
     of the debate on a joint resolution described in subsection 
     (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 
     if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, the 
     vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall occur.
       ``(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
     the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure 
     relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
     shall be decided without debate.
       ``(e) In the House of Representatives, if any committee to 
     which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has been 
     referred has not reported it to the House at the end of 15 
     legislative days after its introduction, such committee shall 
     be discharged from further consideration of the joint 
     resolution, and it shall be placed on the appropriate 
     calendar. On the second and fourth Thursdays of each month it 
     shall be in order at any time for the Speaker to recognize a 
     Member who favors passage of a joint resolution that has 
     appeared on the calendar for at least 5 legislative days to 
     call up that joint resolution for immediate consideration in 
     the House without intervention of any point of order. When so 
     called up a joint resolution shall be considered as read and 
     shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled 
     by the proponent and an opponent, and the previous question 
     shall be considered as ordered to its passage without 
     intervening motion. It shall not be in order to reconsider 
     the vote on passage. If a vote on final passage of the joint 
     resolution has not been taken by the third Thursday on which 
     the Speaker may recognize a Member under this subsection, 
     such vote shall be taken on that day.
       ``(f)(1) If, before passing a joint resolution described in 
     subsection (a), one House receives from the other a joint 
     resolution having the same text, then--
       ``(A) the joint resolution of the other House shall not be 
     referred to a committee; and
       ``(B) the procedure in the receiving House shall be the 
     same as if no joint resolution had been received from the 
     other House until the vote on passage, when the joint 
     resolution received from the other House shall supplant the 
     joint resolution of the receiving House.
       ``(2) This subsection shall not apply to the House of 
     Representatives if the joint resolution received from the 
     Senate is a revenue measure.
       ``(g) If either House has not taken a vote on final passage 
     of the joint resolution by the last day of the period 
     described in section 801(b)(2), then such vote shall be taken 
     on that day.
       ``(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by 
     Congress--
       ``(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is 
     deemed to be part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
     but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be 
     followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution 
     described in subsection (a) and superseding other rules only 
     where explicitly so; and
       ``(2) with full recognition of the Constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as they relate to 
     the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner 
     and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of 
     that House.

     ``Sec. 803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor 
       rules

       ``(a) For purposes of this section, the term `joint 
     resolution' means only a joint resolution introduced in the 
     period beginning on

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     the date on which the report referred to in section 
     801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and ending 60 days 
     thereafter (excluding days either House of Congress is 
     adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of Congress), 
     the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: 
     `That Congress disapproves the nonmajor rule submitted by the 
     ___ relating to ___, and such rule shall have no force or 
     effect.' (The blank spaces being appropriately filled in).
       ``(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall 
     be referred to the committees in each House of Congress with 
     jurisdiction.
       ``(c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is referred 
     a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has not 
     reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint 
     resolution) at the end of 15 session days after the date of 
     introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may be 
     discharged from further consideration of such joint 
     resolution upon a petition supported in writing by 30 Members 
     of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be placed on 
     the calendar.
       ``(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which a joint 
     resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee is 
     discharged (under subsection (c)) from further consideration 
     of a joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at 
     any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 
     to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and all 
     points of order against the joint resolution (and against 
     consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The motion 
     is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or 
     to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
     business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
     is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a 
     motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 
     resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain 
     the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed of.
       ``(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, and on 
     all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
     shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 
     divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the 
     joint resolution. A motion to further limit debate is in 
     order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
     postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
     other business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution 
     is not in order.
       ``(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclusion 
     of the debate on a joint resolution described in subsection 
     (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 
     if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, the 
     vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall occur.
       ``(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
     the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure 
     relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
     shall be decided without debate.
       ``(e) In the Senate, the procedure specified in subsection 
     (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of a joint 
     resolution respecting a nonmajor rule--
       ``(1) after the expiration of the 60 session days beginning 
     with the applicable submission or publication date; or
       ``(2) if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A) was 
     submitted during the period referred to in section 801(d)(1), 
     after the expiration of the 60 session days beginning on the 
     15th session day after the succeeding session of Congress 
     first convenes.
       ``(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 
     resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 
     House receives from the other House a joint resolution 
     described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 
     shall apply:
       ``(1) The joint resolution of the other House shall not be 
     referred to a committee.
       ``(2) With respect to a joint resolution described in 
     subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolution--
       ``(A) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if 
     no joint resolution had been received from the other House; 
     but
       ``(B) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint 
     resolution of the other House.

     ``Sec. 804. Definitions

       ``For purposes of this chapter:
       ``(1) The term `Bureau' means the Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection.
       ``(2) The term `major rule' means any rule, including an 
     interim final rule, that the Administrator of the Office of 
     Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of 
     Management and Budget finds has resulted in or is likely to 
     result in--
       ``(A) an annual cost on the economy of $100,000,000 or 
     more, adjusted annually for inflation;
       ``(B) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, 
     individual industries, Federal, State, or local government 
     agencies, or geographic regions; or
       ``(C) significant adverse effects on competition, 
     employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the 
     ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with 
     foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets.
       ``(3) The term `nonmajor rule' means any rule that is not a 
     major rule.
       ``(4) The term `rule' has the meaning given such term in 
     section 551, except that such term does not include--
       ``(A) any rule of particular applicability, including a 
     rule that approves or prescribes for the future rates, wages, 
     prices, services, or allowances therefore, corporate or 
     financial structures, reorganizations, mergers, or 
     acquisitions thereof, or accounting practices or disclosures 
     bearing on any of the foregoing;
       ``(B) any rule relating to Bureau management or personnel; 
     or
       ``(C) any rule of Bureau organization, procedure, or 
     practice that does not substantially affect the rights or 
     obligations of non-Bureau parties.
       ``(5) The term `submission date or publication date', 
     except as otherwise provided in this chapter, means--
       ``(A) in the case of a major rule, the date on which the 
     Congress receives the report submitted under section 
     801(a)(1); and
       ``(B) in the case of a nonmajor rule, the later of--
       ``(i) the date on which the Congress receives the report 
     submitted under section 801(a)(1); and
       ``(ii) the date on which the nonmajor rule is published in 
     the Federal Register, if so published.

     ``Sec. 805. Judicial review

       ``(a) No determination, finding, action, or omission under 
     this chapter shall be subject to judicial review.
       ``(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may determine 
     whether the Bureau has completed the necessary requirements 
     under this chapter for a rule to take effect.
       ``(c) The enactment of a joint resolution of approval under 
     section 802 shall not be interpreted to serve as a grant or 
     modification of statutory authority by Congress for the 
     promulgation of a rule, shall not extinguish or affect any 
     claim, whether substantive or procedural, against any alleged 
     defect in a rule, and shall not form part of the record 
     before the court in any judicial proceeding concerning a rule 
     except for purposes of determining whether or not the rule is 
     in effect.

     ``Sec. 806. Exemption for monetary policy

       ``Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules that concern 
     monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open 
     Market Committee.

     ``Sec. 807. Effective date of certain rules

       ``Notwithstanding section 801--
       ``(1) any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, closes, 
     or conducts a regulatory program for a commercial, 
     recreational, or subsistence activity related to hunting, 
     fishing, or camping; or
       ``(2) any rule other than a major rule which the Bureau for 
     good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief 
     statement of reasons therefore in the rule issued) that 
     notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable, 
     unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest,
     shall take effect at such time as the Bureau determines.

     ``Sec. 808. Regulatory cut-go requirement

       ``In making any new rule, the Bureau shall identify a rule 
     or rules that may be amended or repealed to completely offset 
     any annual costs of the new rule to the United States 
     economy. Before the new rule may take effect, the Bureau 
     shall make each such repeal or amendment. In making such an 
     amendment or repeal, the Bureau shall comply with the 
     requirements of subchapter II of chapter 5, but the Bureau 
     may consolidate proceedings under subchapter with proceedings 
     on the new rule.

     ``Sec. 809. Review of rules currently in effect

       ``(a) Annual Review.--Beginning on the date that is 6 
     months after the date of enactment of this section and 
     annually thereafter for the 9 years following, the Bureau 
     shall designate not less than 10 percent of eligible rules 
     made by the Bureau for review, and shall submit a report 
     including each such eligible rule in the same manner as a 
     report under section 801(a)(1). Section 801, section 802, and 
     section 803 shall apply to each such rule, subject to 
     subsection (c) of this section. No eligible rule previously 
     designated may be designated again.
       ``(b) Sunset for Eligible Rules Not Extended.--Beginning 
     after the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment 
     of this section, if Congress has not enacted a joint 
     resolution of approval for that eligible rule, that eligible 
     rule shall not continue in effect.
       ``(c) Consolidation; Severability.--In applying sections 
     801, 802, and 803 to eligible rules under this section, the 
     following shall apply:
       ``(1) The words `take effect' shall be read as `continue in 
     effect'.
       ``(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a single joint 
     resolution of approval shall apply to all eligible rules in a 
     report designated for a year, and the matter after the 
     resolving clause of that joint resolution is as follows: 
     `That Congress approves the rules submitted by the __ for the 
     year __.' (The blank spaces being appropriately filled in).
       ``(3) It shall be in order to consider any amendment that 
     provides for specific conditions on which the approval of a 
     particular eligible rule included in the joint resolution is 
     contingent.
       ``(4) A member of either House may move that a separate 
     joint resolution be required for a specified rule.
       ``(d) Definition.--In this section, the term `eligible 
     rule' means a rule that is in effect as of the date of 
     enactment of this section.''.


 budgetary effects of rules subject to section 802 of title 5, united 
                              states code

       Sec. 949. 
       Section 257(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

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     amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(E) Budgetary effects of rules subject to section 802 of 
     title 5, united states code.--Any rules subject to the 
     congressional approval procedure set forth in section 802 of 
     chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, affecting budget 
     authority, outlays, or receipts shall be assumed to be 
     effective unless it is not approved in accordance with such 
     section.''.


            government accountability office study of rules

       Sec. 950. 
       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a study to determine, as of the date of 
     the enactment of this Act--
       (1) how many rules (as such term is defined in section 804 
     of title 5, United States Code) of the Bureau were in effect;
       (2) how many major rules (as such term is defined in 
     section 804 of title 5, United States Code) of the Bureau 
     were in effect; and
       (3) the total estimated economic cost imposed by all such 
     rules.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit a report to Congress that contains the 
     findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).


                             effective date

       Sec. 951. 
       Sections 948 and 949, and the amendments made by such 
     sections, shall take effect beginning on the date that is 1 
     year after the date of enactment of this Act.

                                TITLE X

                           EMAIL PRIVACY ACT


                    voluntary disclosure corrections

       Sec. 1001.  (a) In General.--Section 2702 of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``divulge'' and inserting ``disclose''; and
       (ii) by striking ``while in electronic storage by that 
     service'' and inserting ``that is in electronic storage with 
     or otherwise stored, held, or maintained by that service'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``to the public'';
       (ii) by striking ``divulge'' and inserting ``disclose''; 
     and
       (iii) by striking ``which is carried or maintained on that 
     service'' and inserting ``that is stored, held, or maintained 
     by that service''; and
       (C) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) by striking ``divulge'' and inserting ``disclose''; and
       (ii) by striking ``a provider of'' and inserting ``a person 
     or entity providing'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
     ``wire or electronic'' before ``communication'';
       (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) to an originator, addressee, or intended recipient of 
     such communication, to the subscriber or customer on whose 
     behalf the provider stores, holds, or maintains such 
     communication, or to an agent of such addressee, intended 
     recipient, subscriber, or customer;''; and
       (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
       ``(3) with the lawful consent of the originator, addressee, 
     or intended recipient of such communication, or of the 
     subscriber or customer on whose behalf the provider stores, 
     holds, or maintains such communication;'';
       (3) in subsection (c) by inserting ``wire or electronic'' 
     before ``communications'';
       (4) in each of subsections (b) and (c), by striking 
     ``divulge'' and inserting ``disclose''; and
       (5) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(2) with the lawful consent of the subscriber or 
     customer;''.


               amendments to required disclosure section

       Sec. 1002. Section 2703 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsections (a) through (c) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(a) Contents of Wire or Electronic Communications in 
     Electronic Storage.--Except as provided in subsections (i) 
     and (j), a governmental entity may require the disclosure by 
     a provider of electronic communication service of the 
     contents of a wire or electronic communication that is in 
     electronic storage with or otherwise stored, held, or 
     maintained by that service only if the governmental entity 
     obtains a warrant issued using the procedures described in 
     the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (or, in the case of a 
     State court, issued using State warrant procedures) that--
       ``(1) is issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; and
       ``(2) may indicate the date by which the provider must make 
     the disclosure to the governmental entity.
     In the absence of a date on the warrant indicating the date 
     by which the provider must make disclosure to the 
     governmental entity, the provider shall promptly respond to 
     the warrant.
       ``(b) Contents of Wire or Electronic Communications in a 
     Remote Computing Service.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in subsections (i) 
     and (j), a governmental entity may require the disclosure by 
     a provider of remote computing service of the contents of a 
     wire or electronic communication that is stored, held, or 
     maintained by that service only if the governmental entity 
     obtains a warrant issued using the procedures described in 
     the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (or, in the case of a 
     State court, issued using State warrant procedures) that--
       ``(A) is issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; and
       ``(B) may indicate the date by which the provider must make 
     the disclosure to the governmental entity.
     In the absence of a date on the warrant indicating the date 
     by which the provider must make disclosure to the 
     governmental entity, the provider shall promptly respond to 
     the warrant.
       ``(2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) is applicable with 
     respect to any wire or electronic communication that is 
     stored, held, or maintained by the provider--
       ``(A) on behalf of, and received by means of electronic 
     transmission from (or created by means of computer processing 
     of communication received by means of electronic transmission 
     from), a subscriber or customer of such remote computing 
     service; and
       ``(B) solely for the purpose of providing storage or 
     computer processing services to such subscriber or customer, 
     if the provider is not authorized to access the contents of 
     any such communications for purposes of providing any 
     services other than storage or computer processing.
       ``(c) Records Concerning Electronic Communication Service 
     or Remote Computing Service.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in subsections (i) 
     and (j), a governmental entity may require the disclosure by 
     a provider of electronic communication service or remote 
     computing service of a record or other information pertaining 
     to a subscriber to or customer of such service (not including 
     the contents of wire or electronic communications), only--
       ``(A) if a governmental entity obtains a warrant issued 
     using the procedures described in the Federal Rules of 
     Criminal Procedure (or, in the case of a State court, issued 
     using State warrant procedures) that--
       ``(i) is issued by a court of competent jurisdiction 
     directing the disclosure; and
       ``(ii) may indicate the date by which the provider must 
     make the disclosure to the governmental entity;
       ``(B) if a governmental entity obtains a court order 
     directing the disclosure under subsection (d);
       ``(C) with the lawful consent of the subscriber or 
     customer; or
       ``(D) as otherwise authorized in paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Subscriber or customer information.--A provider of 
     electronic communication service or remote computing service 
     shall, in response to an administrative subpoena authorized 
     by Federal or State statute, a grand jury, trial, or civil 
     discovery subpoena, or any means available under paragraph 
     (1), disclose to a governmental entity the--
       ``(A) name;
       ``(B) address;
       ``(C) local and long distance telephone connection records, 
     or records of session times and durations;
       ``(D) length of service (including start date) and types of 
     service used;
       ``(E) telephone or instrument number or other subscriber or 
     customer number or identity, including any temporarily 
     assigned network address; and
       ``(F) means and source of payment for such service 
     (including any credit card or bank account number),
     of a subscriber or customer of such service.
       ``(3) Notice not required.--A governmental entity that 
     receives records or information under this subsection is not 
     required to provide notice to a subscriber or customer.'';
       (2) in subsection (d)--
       (A) by striking ``(b) or'';
       (B) by striking ``the contents of a wire or electronic 
     communication, or'';
       (C) by striking ``sought,'' and inserting ``sought''; and
       (D) by striking ``section'' and inserting ``subsection''; 
     and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Notice.--Except as provided in section 2705, a 
     provider of electronic communication service or remote 
     computing service may notify a subscriber or customer of a 
     receipt of a warrant, court order, subpoena, or request under 
     subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section.
       ``(i) Rule of Construction Related to Legal Process.--
     Nothing in this section or in section 2702 shall limit the 
     authority of a governmental entity to use an administrative 
     subpoena authorized by Federal or State statute, a grand 
     jury, trial, or civil discovery subpoena, or a warrant issued 
     using the procedures described in the Federal Rules of 
     Criminal Procedure (or, in the case of a State court, issued 
     using State warrant procedures) by a court of competent 
     jurisdiction to--
       ``(1) require an originator, addressee, or intended 
     recipient of a wire or electronic communication to disclose a 
     wire or electronic communication (including the contents of 
     that communication) to the governmental entity;
       ``(2) require a person or entity that provides an 
     electronic communication service to the officers, directors, 
     employees, or

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     agents of the person or entity (for the purpose of carrying 
     out their duties) to disclose a wire or electronic 
     communication (including the contents of that communication) 
     to or from the person or entity itself or to or from an 
     officer, director, employee, or agent of the entity to a 
     governmental entity, if the wire or electronic communication 
     is stored, held, or maintained on an electronic 
     communications system owned, operated, or controlled by the 
     person or entity; or
       ``(3) require a person or entity that provides a remote 
     computing service or electronic communication service to 
     disclose a wire or electronic communication (including the 
     contents of that communication) that advertises or promotes a 
     product or service and that has been made readily accessible 
     to the general public.
       ``(j) Rule of Construction Related to Congressional 
     Subpoenas.--Nothing in this section or in section 2702 shall 
     limit the power of inquiry vested in the Congress by article 
     I of the Constitution of the United States, including the 
     authority to compel the production of a wire or electronic 
     communication (including the contents of a wire or electronic 
     communication) that is stored, held, or maintained by a 
     person or entity that provides remote computing service or 
     electronic communication service.''.


                             delayed notice

       Sec. 1003. Section 2705 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 2705. Delayed notice

       ``(a) In General.--A governmental entity acting under 
     section 2703 may apply to a court for an order directing a 
     provider of electronic communication service or remote 
     computing service to which a warrant, order, subpoena, or 
     other directive under section 2703 is directed not to notify 
     any other person of the existence of the warrant, order, 
     subpoena, or other directive.
       ``(b) Determination.--A court shall grant a request for an 
     order made under subsection (a) for delayed notification of 
     up to 180 days if the court determines that there is reason 
     to believe that notification of the existence of the warrant, 
     order, subpoena, or other directive will likely result in--
       ``(1) endangering the life or physical safety of an 
     individual;
       ``(2) flight from prosecution;
       ``(3) destruction of or tampering with evidence;
       ``(4) intimidation of potential witnesses; or
       ``(5) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an investigation or 
     unduly delaying a trial.
       ``(c) Extension.--Upon request by a governmental entity, a 
     court may grant one or more extensions, for periods of up to 
     180 days each, of an order granted in accordance with 
     subsection (b).''.


                          rule of construction

       Sec. 1004. Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this 
     Act shall be construed to preclude the acquisition by the 
     United States Government of--
       (1) the contents of a wire or electronic communication 
     pursuant to other lawful authorities, including the 
     authorities under chapter 119 of title 18 (commonly known as 
     the ``Wiretap Act''), the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
     Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), or any other provision 
     of Federal law not specifically amended by this Act; or
       (2) records or other information relating to a subscriber 
     or customer of any electronic communication service or remote 
     computing service (not including the content of such 
     communications) pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), chapter 
     119 of title 18 (commonly known as the ``Wiretap Act''), or 
     any other provision of Federal law not specifically amended 
     by this Act.

                                TITLE XI

                        AMATEUR RADIO PARITY ACT

     SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Amateur Radio Parity Act 
     of 2018''.

     SEC. 1102. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) More than 730,000 radio amateurs in the United States 
     are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission in the 
     amateur radio services.
       (2) Amateur radio, at no cost to taxpayers, provides a 
     fertile ground for technical self-training in modern 
     telecommunications, electronics technology, and emergency 
     communications techniques and protocols.
       (3) There is a strong Federal interest in the effective 
     performance of amateur stations established at the residences 
     of licensees. Such stations have been shown to be frequently 
     and increasingly precluded by unreasonable private land use 
     restrictions, including restrictive covenants.
       (4) Federal Communications Commission regulations have for 
     three decades prohibited the application to stations in the 
     amateur service of State and local regulations that preclude 
     or fail to reasonably accommodate amateur service 
     communications, or that do not constitute the minimum 
     practicable regulation to accomplish a legitimate State or 
     local purpose. Commission policy has been and is to require 
     States and localities to permit erection of a station antenna 
     structure at heights and dimensions sufficient to accommodate 
     amateur service communications.
       (5) The Commission has sought guidance and direction from 
     Congress with respect to the application of the Commission's 
     limited preemption policy regarding amateur service 
     communications to private land use restrictions, including 
     restrictive covenants.
       (6) There are aesthetic and common property considerations 
     that are uniquely applicable to private land use regulations 
     and the community associations obligated to enforce 
     covenants, conditions, and restrictions in deed-restricted 
     communities. These considerations are dissimilar to those 
     applicable to State law and local ordinances regulating the 
     same residential amateur radio facilities.
       (7) In recognition of these considerations, a separate 
     Federal policy than exists at section 97.15(b) of title 47, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, is warranted concerning amateur 
     service communications in deed-restricted communities.
       (8) Community associations should fairly administer private 
     land use regulations in the interest of their communities, 
     while nevertheless permitting the installation and 
     maintenance of effective outdoor amateur radio antennas. 
     There exist antenna designs and installations that can be 
     consistent with the aesthetics and physical characteristics 
     of land and structures in community associations while 
     accommodating communications in the amateur radio services.

     SEC. 1103. APPLICATION OF PRIVATE LAND USE RESTRICTIONS TO 
                   AMATEUR STATIONS.

       (a) Amendment of FCC Rules.--Not later than 120 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
     Communications Commission shall amend section 97.15 of title 
     47, Code of Federal Regulations, by adding a new paragraph 
     that prohibits the application to amateur stations of any 
     private land use restriction, including a restrictive 
     covenant, that--
       (1) on its face or as applied, precludes communications in 
     an amateur radio service;
       (2) fails to permit a licensee in an amateur radio service 
     to install and maintain an effective outdoor antenna on 
     property under the exclusive use or control of the licensee; 
     or
       (3) does not constitute the minimum practicable restriction 
     on such communications to accomplish the lawful purposes of a 
     community association seeking to enforce such restriction.
       (b) Additional Requirements.--In amending its rules as 
     required by subsection (a), the Commission shall--
       (1) require any licensee in an amateur radio service to 
     notify and obtain prior approval from a community association 
     concerning installation of an outdoor antenna;
       (2) permit a community association to prohibit installation 
     of any antenna or antenna support structure by a licensee in 
     an amateur radio service on common property not under the 
     exclusive use or control of the licensee; and
       (3) subject to the standards specified in paragraphs (1) 
     and (2) of subsection (a), permit a community association to 
     establish reasonable written rules concerning height, 
     location, size, and aesthetic impact of, and installation 
     requirements for, outdoor antennas and support structures for 
     the purpose of conducting communications in the amateur radio 
     services.

     SEC. 1104. AFFIRMATION OF LIMITED PREEMPTION OF STATE AND 
                   LOCAL LAND USE REGULATION.

       The Federal Communications Commission may not change 
     section 97.15(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 
     which shall remain applicable to State and local land use 
     regulation of amateur service communications.

     SEC. 1105. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Community association.--The term ``community 
     association'' means any non-profit mandatory membership 
     organization composed of owners of real estate described in a 
     declaration of covenants or created pursuant to a covenant or 
     other applicable law with respect to which a person, by 
     virtue of the person's ownership of or interest in a unit or 
     parcel, is obligated to pay for a share of real estate taxes, 
     insurance premiums, maintenance, improvement, services, or 
     other expenses related to common elements, other units, or 
     any other real estate other than the unit or parcel described 
     in the declaration.
       (2) Terms defined in regulations.--The terms ``amateur 
     radio services'', ``amateur service'', and ``amateur 
     station'' have the meanings given such terms in section 97.3 
     of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.

                               TITLE XII

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

                           references to act

       Sec. 1201.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
     reference to ``this Act'' contained in this division shall be 
     treated as referring only to the provisions of this division.

                          references to report

       Sec. 1202.  Any reference to a ``report accompanying this 
     Act'' contained in this division shall be treated as a 
     reference to House Report 115-792. The effect of such Report 
     shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
     purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
     and the implementation of, this division.

                       spending reduction account

       Sec. 1203.  The amount by which the applicable allocation 
     of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives under section 
     302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the 
     amount of proposed new budget authority is $0.

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       This division may be cited as the ``Financial Services and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 2019''.

  The CHAIR. Are there any points of order against the bill?
  No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 
except those printed in House Report 115-830, and pro forma amendments 
described in section 2 of House Resolution 996.
  Each further amendment printed in the report shall be considered only 
in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by section 2 of House Resolution 996, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.


                  Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Biggs

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. BIGGS. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $2,400,000)''.
       Page 14, line 10, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,480,000)''.
       Page 14, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,480,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from 
Arizona (Mr. Biggs) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. BIGGS. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Chair, I thank Chairman Frelinghuysen and Chairman Calvert for 
their efforts on this legislation and, in fact, the entire committee.
  My amendment is simple. It re-prioritizes taxpayer money by moving a 
small amount of funds from the Bureau of Land Management land 
acquisition account and redirecting them to the National Park Service 
maintenance backlog account.
  Over the years, Congress has sent billions of dollars into these 
accounts, allowing the Federal Government to acquire roughly 640 
million acres. Today the Federal Government owns about 28 percent of 
all the lands in the United States, including about 40 percent of the 
land in my home State of Arizona.
  This ownership and the subsequent management of the 640 million acres 
comes at a great expense to the American taxpayer and poses 
overwhelming challenges for land managing agencies. The deferred 
maintenance backlog for the National Park Service--and I have here a 
list of those--totals nearly $12 billion. The National Mall alone is 
almost $800 million in deferred maintenance, and the Grand Canyon 
National Park is $350 million in deferred maintenance.
  The list goes on and on.
  Given these challenges, it defies logic that we would continue to 
spend millions of dollars to acquire more land that we can't pay to 
maintain.
  So I instead incur just $1.4 million of the net yield on this with my 
amendment to start this process of paying for the backlog.
  Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, investments in the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund support public land conservation and ensure access to 
all the outdoors for all Americans. As I mentioned in my opening 
remarks, all 50 States enjoy and appreciate access to this fund.
  The House bill provides $360 million which is $65 million below the 
fiscal year 2018 level. So this account has already seen a cut.
  So I think that the committee made it very clear. We are very 
concerned about deferred maintenance in the national parks. The FY18 
budget provides a $40 million increase over the FY18 enacted levels for 
facility operations and maintenance.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time
  Mr. BIGGS. Madam Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Calvert).
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the gentleman's 
amendment. I want to acknowledge, our members on both sides of the 
aisle support more land acquisition funding, not less. That said, both 
sides of the aisle also recognize the maintenance backlog of our 
national parks is unacceptable.
  In this bill we tried to balance the bipartisan support for land 
acquisition with bipartisan support for maintaining and improving the 
conditions of facilities we already own.
  The gentleman from Arizona thinks we should direct a bit more to the 
National Park Service maintenance, and there is no debate that those 
needs are there.
  Madam Chair, I support the amendment.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. I believe I have the right to close, Madam Chair, so I 
reserve the balance of my time until closing.
  Mr. BIGGS. Madam Chair, we have a problem when we can't even agree on 
prioritizing $1.5 million additional money to maintain national parks. 
Washington, D.C., on the Mall alone, has $1 billion in maintenance 
backlog. And Arizona, for instance, has one-half billion dollars in 
maintenance. California has over $2 billion in maintenance backlog, and 
I could go on and on.
  But that is not necessary because we all know that we need to re-fund 
the maintenance backlog, and I am only asking for $1.4 million of an 
additional $18 million that is going to the land acquisition fund.
  Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, to the gentleman who is offering the 
amendment, I appreciate his goal of wanting to address backlog. I would 
love to address more of our national park's backlog. But as I pointed 
out, the Land and Water Conservation Fund also has broad bipartisan 
support and has already taken a cut of $65 million below the FY18 
budget level. So increasing access to our public lands for hunting, 
fishing, and other recreational activities has bipartisan support, just 
as addressing the deferred maintenance.
  So if we can see an increase in the 302(b) as we move forward in 
committee, I am sure the chairman would consider that, and I would be 
very much in support of working something out.
  But at this point, I am adamantly opposed to cutting the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund any further.
  With that, I would tell my colleagues to oppose the amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Biggs).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed.
  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed in 
House Report 115-830.


                  Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Soto

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 3 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. SOTO. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 8, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $500,000) (increased by $500,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Soto) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. SOTO. Madam Chair, my amendment would move $500,000 from the 
United States Fish and Wildlife general administration account to the 
National Wildlife Refuge program specifically for the wildlife and 
habitat management of invasive species.
  This amendment is identical to an amendment I offered last year that 
passed this body by a voice vote, and I

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urge my colleagues to support this amendment again this year.
  Invasive species threaten native plant and animal species and their 
vital habitats. Currently, invasive species are the most frequently 
mentioned threat within the National Wildlife Refuge System Threats and 
Conflicts database and are a growing risk to our ecosystems.
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the only agency in the United 
States Government with the primary responsibility of the conservation 
of our Nation's fish, wildlife, and plants. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service manages more than 561 refuges encompassing more than 150 
million acres of habitat within the National Wildlife Refuge System.
  As of 2013, more than 2.4 million acres of the refuge system are 
impacted by invasive plants, including Lake Hatchineha in my home 
district in central Florida with approximately 1,715 invasive animal 
populations residing on the refuge lands. It is important we provide 
enough funds to enable the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to combat and 
reduce the harmful impact of invasive species.
  Again, this amendment would increase funds to combat invasive species 
that threaten native species in their vital habitat.
  Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.

                              {time}  2000

  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I am happy to accept the gentleman's 
amendment and to work with the rest of my colleagues to address a need 
for funding to battle the spread the harmful invasive species. I 
support an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SOTO. Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman from California for his 
support, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Soto).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Lance

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. LANCE. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 8, line 2, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased 
     by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 8, line 21, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $3,850,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lance) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. LANCE. Madam Chair, I rise today to offer an amendment increasing 
funding for the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program.
  Protecting our Nation's water supply is one of the major 
accomplishments of this legislation, and the Delaware River is a strong 
priority for the country.
  I thank Chairman Frelinghuysen and Chairman Calvert for their support 
of this program and support of my bipartisan amendment I offer tonight 
with Congressman Gottheimer, also of New Jersey.
  The Delaware River supplies water to over 15 million people and 
serves as the major source of drinking water for New Jersey, New York, 
Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Indeed, of the major cities across the 
globe, New York is considered to have the best quality water, and that 
is due to the Delaware River Basin.
  Federal policies governing our Nation's waterways affect every State 
and the lives and health of every American. The interstate commerce 
generated by these multistate natural resources is squarely an 
important Federal prerogative. But the Delaware River's national 
significance is only part of the story. This is a wise Federal 
investment.
  The Delaware River Basin generates $25 billion annually in economic 
activity, including agriculture, recreation, and ecotourism. Protecting 
our water and contributing to at least 600,000 jobs and over $10 
billion in annual wages gives taxpayers a return on the investment we 
make with this vote.
  I have the honor of representing communities on the Delaware River in 
Hunterdon and Warren Counties in western New Jersey; and Congressman 
Gottheimer, my Democratic cosponsor, also represents municipalities on 
the Delaware River in Warren and Sussex Counties.
  The Delaware River is a national asset. I urge a ``yes'' vote on the 
Lance-Gottheimer amendment, and I am deeply grateful for the support of 
the committee chair and the subcommittee chair.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment even though I am not opposed.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Florida is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I commend Ranking Member McCollum 
and Chairman Calvert for their hard work on the Interior Appropriations 
bill, and also Ranking Member Quigley and Chairman Graves for their 
work on the Financial Services Appropriations bill. But, unfortunately, 
I cannot support this misguided appropriations package.
  The bill before us today fails to fund critical domestic programs 
that safeguard our air and water or to adequately secure our elections.
  Last year, after an unprecedented attack on a democracy, we came to a 
bipartisan consensus on the need for funding election security and 
included $380 million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act. This 
year, the majority zeroed out the account for election security 
assistance.
  Given the indictments handed down by Special Counsel Mueller last 
week and the disgraceful performance by the President of the United 
States in Helsinki yesterday, I cannot think of a more important 
account to fund than one for election security.
  If the President of the United States is unwilling to stand up to 
Putin and defend our democracy, it is incumbent upon us as Members of a 
coequal branch of government to do so.
  This bill fails the American people in so many crucial ways, but if 
it fails to protect our elections, we risk eroding the vital 
accountability that undergirds our democracy.
  Madam Chair, we are at a critical juncture in our Nation's history. 
Will America continue our leadership in the world as a beacon of 
democracy and integrity, or will we cower and bow to Russia and refuse 
to protect our election systems from their proven desire to interfere 
with our elections? Sadly, the bill before us fails to provide the 
resources necessary to meet that moment.
  Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this appropriations 
package but not the amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LANCE. Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Calvert).
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the gentleman's 
amendment.
  The Delaware River Conservation Program leverages Federal funding by 
at least 2 to 1. That is exactly the kind of public-private partnership 
we should be fostering throughout the enterprise. That is why I support 
this amendment, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I yield the balance of my time to 
the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum).
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, I think what the gentleman from New Jersey 
is talking about is something that I am supportive of, but I am not 
supportive of the offset.
  As the gentleman is aware, our 302(b) allocation was level-funded, 
and the 2018 omnibus bill provided $5 million to implement the Delaware 
Basin Conservation Act in FY19. An additional $5 million is provided, 
so it is a total of $10 million.
  The offset to the amendment is what I have an objection to, not the 
gentleman's goals. The offset the gentleman

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uses does not require a one-for-one match. The offset that he is using 
in order to move forward would reduce Fish and Wildlife Service 
construction by $3.85 million, and it has already been cut by $6 
million. So the total cut to Fish and Wildlife construction would be 
$10 million at the end of the gentleman's amendment.
  At this time, I am going to object to the amendment, but I would work 
with the gentleman and the chair to not only get a higher 302(b) 
allocation, but to find a different offset.

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. LANCE. Madam Chair, unfortunately, the offset is larger than the 
increase because of the differences in outlay rates. Amendments must be 
outlay neutral, per House rules.
  Due to the work of Chairman Frelinghuysen and Chairman Calvert, the 
underlying bill already includes the second year of a 2-year, $100 
million funding surge in Fish and Wildlife Service construction 
funding, making it one of the best offsets possible as an option.
  This bipartisan amendment is crucial for preserving the Delaware 
River watershed, which is already subject to cuts in the Senate's 
Interior Appropriations bill.
  Madam Chair, due to the importance of the Delaware River, I urge a 
``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from New Jersey (Mr. Lance).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Courtney

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 5 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 14, line 10, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $300,000) (increased by $300,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Courtney) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, again, this is a simple amendment which 
would designate $300,000 within the operation of the National Park 
System for the New England National Scenic Trail. This is an amendment 
which was offered last year and was adopted by voice vote in an en bloc 
amendment. Again, the language is absolutely identical.
  By way of background, the New England Trail was designated as a 
National Scenic Trail in 2009, making it one of the newest of the 
Nation's 11 National Scenic Trails. The trail is 223 miles long and 
winds through 41 communities in Connecticut and Massachusetts. 
Amazingly, nearly 2 million people live within 10 miles of the trail, 
making it one of the most accessible National Scenic Trails for one of 
the most densely populated parts of the country.
  It was passed in 2007. Congressman John Olver, Richie Neal, John 
Larson, Rosa DeLauro, now-Senator Chris Murphy, and I introduced and 
passed the law, the New England Scenic Trail Designation Act.
  Unfortunately, the trail has been woefully underfunded for the last 5 
years. The trail system has received an average of $127,000 in funding, 
which is split three ways between the Connecticut Forest and Park 
Association, the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the National Park 
Service.
  Of the approximately $43,000 each entity receives, the vast majority 
goes to facility maintenance, volunteer coordination, community 
engagement, outreach to youth, and the trail's landowner hosts. 
Impressively, much of the work that is done is supported by volunteers 
who put in more than 5,000 hours of maintenance activity annually.
  I would just note that the managers of the trail have done their best 
to leverage an impressive $1.53 million in non-Federal funding in 2015. 
So they actually have been very efficient and creative in terms of 
trying to leverage and maximize the support that is, again, far below 
what the national park trail feasibility study recommended back in 
2005, when they recommended an annual budget of $271,000.
  Again, this is an amazing trail that goes through New England 
landscapes such as long-distance vistas with rural towns as a backdrop, 
farmlands, forests, and large river valleys. It also travels through 
colonial historical landmarks and highlights a range of diverse 
ecosystems and natural resources: mountain ridges and summits, forested 
glades, and wetlands.
  Again, I want to thank Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member McCollum 
for their support last year.
  I would urge passage of this identical amendment. It is supported by 
my colleagues in the region.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I support the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I appreciate the Member's interest in the 
New England Scenic Trail and the National Park Service operations 
generally.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, silence is golden, and I yield back the 
balance of my time
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Courtney

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 6 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, I rise as the designee of the gentleman 
from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), and I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 15, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Courtney) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, this bipartisan amendment would restore $5 
million to the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund to 
achieve level funding from the 2018 fiscal year.
  This amendment continues the same spirit of bipartisanship that 
Congress displayed in 2016 when we reauthorized the Historic 
Preservation Fund through 2023 and that Congress displayed last year 
when we passed a similar amendment in this Chamber.
  Since the Historic Preservation Fund's creation in 1966, Congress has 
allocated more than $2 billion to communities across the country to 
connect Americans to our history and to contribute to our sense of 
place.
  Historic preservation projects prioritize local workers, create more 
jobs per dollar spent than other construction projects, and use fewer 
carbon emissions than building anew.
  The Historic Preservation Fund includes funding for State historic 
preservation offices, which work with local communities to revitalize 
historic locations and protect American heritage. Importantly, State 
historic fund offices administer the historic rehabilitation tax 
credit, which, nationwide, has leveraged $131 billion in private 
investment and created 2.4 million jobs since its inception.
  It is that kind of high return leverage that the Historic 
Preservation Fund achieves. That explains why the program received the 
funding level in the 2018 omnibus that Mr. Blumenauer seeks to restore.
  I would note that the omnibus was a bipartisan and bicameral 
agreement which the chair and ranking member supported.
  Again, this amendment does not seek to raise spending above the 2018 
omnibus, which cleared both Houses with a healthy bipartisan vote and 
which was signed into law by President Trump last March.
  Madam Chair, I urge passage of the Blumenauer amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.

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  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.

                              {time}  2015

  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, as the gentleman knows, I am a strong 
supporter of the National Park Service and the Historic Preservation 
Fund. While I have some concerns about the offset at the Office of the 
Secretary, this is a bipartisan amendment I can accept, and I urge 
adoption of the amendment.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney).
  The amendment was agreed to.


            Amendment No. 7 Offered by Ms. Sewell of Alabama

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 7 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 15, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 15, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,500,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman from 
Alabama (Ms. Sewell) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Alabama.
  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Madam Chair, I rise today in support of my 
amendment, which would increase the funding for competitive grants to 
preserve the sites and stories of the civil rights movement by $2.5 
million.
  My district, the Seventh Congressional District, is also known as the 
Civil Rights District. Many historic events, from the bombing of the 
16th Street Baptist Church, to the Children's March, to the Montgomery 
bus boycott, to Bloody Sunday, all took place in my district.
  These events are of national significance, and we are fortunate that 
the National Park Service is working with States, local communities, 
and nonprofits to preserve and interpret these stories. I am so 
grateful that the National Park Service has a strong presence in my 
district, and I have seen firsthand that they not only preserve the 
sites and stories of our great American history, but they also bring 
economic revitalization to the communities.
  In my hometown of Selma, Alabama, the National Park Service Selma 
Interpretive Center brings tourism dollars to a rural Black Belt county 
that would otherwise not have such economic development.
  In Birmingham, the civil rights monument is already playing a 
critical role in the downtown redevelopment. In fact, for every dollar 
invested in the national parks, $10 is generated in national economic 
activity.
  The National Park Service also supports more than a quarter million 
private sector jobs. Therefore, I believe that making a small, 
additional investment in the Historic Preservation Fund will yield 
great dividends and results in economic revitalization in communities 
across this country.
  The civil rights preservation fund has benefited civil rights sites 
from Iowa, to Nevada, to Massachusetts, and beyond. Grant projects from 
these additional funds would help provide for interpretation, 
education, surveys, oral history documentation, as well as physical 
preservation. It will also help lesser known civil rights sites get 
known.
  The National Park Service's own 2008 study found that civil rights 
history and landmarks are underrepresented in the National Park System, 
so this grant will also give us an opportunity to increase the amount 
of money and funds that we give for historic preservation of civil 
rights sites.
  From reconstruction, to the era of Jim Crow, to the birth of the 
civil rights movement, to the current struggle for equality and 
justice, there is so much history that deserves to be preserved and 
interpreted for the benefit of future generations.
  I want to thank the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Calvert, and 
the ranking member, Ms. McCollum, for their help in preserving civil 
rights sites all across the United States. Now is the time to do that 
preservation.
  Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina 
(Mr. Clyburn), my friend, the Democratic assistant leader, who will 
also support increasing the Historic Preservation Fund.
  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the Sewell amendment. 
This proposal would increase funding for grants from the Historic 
Preservation Fund to preserve the sites and tell the stories of the 
civil rights movement.
  I want to thank my colleague Terri Sewell for her leadership on this 
issue, and I thank the chairman and the ranking member for their 
support of this program in the past.
  First funded in fiscal year 2016, this program has met a great need 
in rural communities across our Nation that are struggling to preserve 
and protect their legacies.
  Last year, the program funded a $500,000 grant to preserve Trinity 
United Methodist Church, which will help secure the church's legacy and 
preserve its history for future generations. I was a student at South 
Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, during this 
time, and I know well the role that Trinity played in our meetings and 
our rallies, many of them attended by luminaries like Martin Luther 
King, Jr., Roy Wilkins, Thurgood Marshall, and many others.
  This is but one example of several successful grants in South 
Carolina and throughout the Nation. There is much more work to be done 
to fully preserve this history.
  Madam Chair, I strongly support this amendment.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, to the gentlewoman, my colleague on the 
House Intelligence Committee, this is certainly an amendment I can 
accept. The gentlewoman and I have a history over the years of working 
together on this program, and I am happy to continue it.
  Madam Chair, I urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Madam Chair, I want to personally thank 
Chairman Calvert as well as Ranking Member McCollum for working closely 
with me on this amendment.
  Madam Chair, I urge all my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. Sewell).
  The amendment was agreed to.


               Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chairwoman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

        Page 15, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $500,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, I thank the chairman and ranking 
member, Mr. Calvert and Ms. McCollum, for their leadership on these 
issues of preservation.
  The Jackson Lee amendment increases grant funding by $500,000 so that 
organizations interested in historical preservation, especially in 
underrepresented communities, have the ability to study, survey, and 
nominate properties to the National Register of Historic Places.
  Due to lack of resources, certain communities are underrepresented in 
this process, so this amendment ensures that they have a greater 
opportunity.

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  The Jackson Lee amendment ensures that sites important to our 
American history are no longer overlooked due to mere lack of 
resources. It accomplishes this goal by promoting research that 
uncovers information to assist in telling the full American story.
  Historical places create connections to our heritage that help 
understand our past, appreciate our triumphs, and learn from our 
mistakes. And they cover all of the cultural backgrounds, from African 
Americans, to Anglos, to Hispanics, and to Asians, all in this 
wonderful, diverse country who have had a story to tell, as well as 
Native Americans and many others.
  Such stories might otherwise be lost because urban renewal and out-
migration of Blacks destroyed or led to the abandonment of many African 
American communities. Preservation helps recognize, save, revitalize, 
and protect Americans' historic places, build communities, and foster 
education and pride.
  I am reminded of Freedmen's Town in my home city and Emancipation 
Park, which was the first park bought in the entire State of Texas by 
freed slaves.
  Madam Chair, I ask my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee 
amendment.
  Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of Jackson Lee Amendment No. 8 
to Division A of H.R. 6147, the Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019.
  This Jackson Lee Amendment increases grant funding by $500 thousand 
so that organizations interested in historical preservation, especially 
in underrepresented communities, have the ability to study, survey, and 
nominate properties to the National Register of Historic Places.
  Due to lack of resources, certain communities are underrepresented in 
this process so this amendment ensures that is no longer the case.
  This Jackson Lee Amendment ensures that sites important to our 
American history are no longer overlooked due to mere lack of 
resources, it accomplishes this goal by promoting research that 
uncovers information to assist in telling the full American story.
  Historical places create connections to our heritage that help us 
understand our past, appreciate our triumphs, and learn from our 
mistakes.
  Madam Chair, by understanding and designating landmarks we stimulate 
local revitalization and foster interest in places that otherwise may 
go unnoticed, despite cultural and historic significance.
  By preserving historic sites that tell the story of Americans in this 
country, we draw attention to the contributions of both ordinary and 
extraordinary people.
  Such stories might otherwise be lost because urban renewal and the 
out-migration of blacks destroyed or led to the abandonment of many 
African American communities.
  Preservation helps to recognize, save, revitalize and protect 
America's historic places, build communities, and foster education and 
pride.
  The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) provides matching grants to 
State and Tribal historic preservation offices.
  These HPF grants are used to pay for research and surveys of historic 
sites, training for staff, and the work involved in nominating these 
sites to the National Register of Historic Places.
  In short, it makes preservation possible to communities that 
otherwise would not have the means to engage in the nominating process.
  The Jackson Lee amendment is essential because it provides funds to 
preserve sites that are directly connected to the Civil Rights 
Movement.
  For example, earlier this year I introduced H.R. 4745, the 
Emancipation National Historic Trail Act that seeks a federal 
designation of the Emancipation National Historic Trail.
  The Emancipation National Historic Trail extends approximately 51 
miles and marks the migration of newly freed slaves, who, upon learning 
of the Emancipation Proclamation two years after the President had 
signed it into law, departed from what is now the Osterman Building and 
Reedy Chapel in Galveston, and charted a course along Texas State 
Highway 3 and Interstate Highway 45 North to Freedmen's Town and 
Emancipation Park in Houston.
  Increasing grant funding for this program would make projects like 
the Emancipation Trail possible.
  Madam Chair, it is imperative that we preserve and codify the 
historical record and memorialize significant events of our past.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in voting for Jackson Lee Amendment 
No. 8 to Division A of H.R. 6147 as it is vital that we support the 
preservation of important sites.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I have no objections and urge adoption of 
the amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman for that, and I 
want to give an example that earlier this year I introduced H.R. 4745, 
the Emancipation National Historic Trail Act, that seeks Federal 
designation of the Emancipation National Historic Trail, that it would 
extend 51 miles and mark the migration of newly freed slaves. But, more 
importantly, it takes us from Captain Granger in Galveston, who brought 
the slaves in Texas who were freed in 1865, 2 years after the 
Emancipation Proclamation, and it tracks the historic markers all the 
way to Freedmen's Town and Emancipation Park.
  This is an opportunity not only for the communities to be joined 
together but, again, to reemphasize history that is intertwined. A 
study shows the connection between culture, heritage, and tourism, and 
that 37 percent of global tourism has a cultural motivation, and 57 
percent of travelers are strongly influenced by history and culture in 
their choice of holiday destination. This will help underserved 
communities.
  Madam Chair, I ask my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Clyburn

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 15, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 15, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from South 
Carolina (Mr. Clyburn) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina.
  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Chair, this amendment would increase by $2 million 
the Historic Preservation Fund to restore and preserve buildings and 
sites on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 
It is offset by a minor reduction in the administration account for the 
Department of the Interior.
  Most HBCUs were founded after the Civil War to provide higher 
education to African Americans, most of whom were newly freed from 
slavery. These institutions continue to serve a vital purpose and have 
deep historical connections with African Americans and American 
history. Most of them have sites and structures of historical 
significance that are in dire need of restoration and preservation.
  Early in my tenure in Congress, I worked with my colleagues in the 
Congressional Black Caucus and in leadership of this committee and the 
Committee on Natural Resources to authorize and appropriate funds to 
the GAO to study the breadth of this issue. The GAO identified 712 
endangered historic buildings at an approximate cost of restoration of 
$755 million.
  My amendment today will increase the funding in the bill for this 
important program by $2 million, to a total of $7 million, still $3 
million below the level authorized by the House-passed bill.
  I have seen the transformational power of historic preservation in my 
congressional district, where buildings like Ministers' Hall at Claflin 
University and Chappelle Auditorium at Allen University were restored 
after decades of abandonment to their original glory as iconic 
institutions of their communities.
  Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. 
Sewell).

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  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Madam Chair, I rise today as a supporter and 
cosponsor of this amendment, which would add $2 million for the 
Historic Preservation Fund grants for Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities.
  HBCUs have always been a hub for bright, young African Americans to 
come together and to promote both individual development and community 
development.
  These institutions are national treasures, and their legacy and 
history deserves to be protected for the benefit of future generations. 
The Historic Preservation Fund grants for HBCUs are a perfect tool to 
help these institutions protect their historic civil rights sites and 
buildings, and I look forward to continuing to work with the 14 HBCUs 
in my home State of Alabama to seek these funds.
  Madam Chair, I again thank Assistant Leader Clyburn for his 
leadership on this matter over the years. I thank him for the 
opportunity to speak on this amendment. I also thank the chairman and 
ranking member.
  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Chair, may I ask how much time I have left.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina has 1\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), the ranking member of the subcommittee.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, I am honored to stand up and support 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and, as has been pointed 
out, the important role that they play in our education system. Adding 
additional resources to preserve these structures on these campuses is 
necessary to maintain them.
  Madam Chair, I am very honored to represent many people from the 
Oromo community who are proud alumni from HBCUs. I stand with the 
gentleman to make sure that we have the resources needed for African 
American preservation and history, not only to have passed along our 
appreciation of our Nation's history to future generations, but to give 
the next generation great buildings to be educated in.

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  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Chair, I thank Ranking Member McCollum. I thank 
the chairman of the subcommittee, Ms. Sewell, and Congresswoman Adams 
for their support of this legislation.
  As a proud graduate of an HBCU, with a daughter who is an HBCU 
graduate, I am very much supportive of restoring and preserving the 
tremendous history of these institutions.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the gentleman's 
amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, the gentleman and I have a history over the 
years of working together to support HBCUs. I thank the gentleman for 
working with me on this issue and with the ranking member, and I urge 
the adoption of this amendment.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn).
  The amendment was agreed to.


              Amendment No. 10 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

        Page 15, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, I thank the chairman and the ranking 
member of this committee for their commitment to historic preservation.
  Since 1837, Historically Black Colleges and Universities have served 
the needs of higher education for the African American community. The 
first HBCUs were established in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, and 
Tennessee.
  After the Civil War, there was an influx of HBCU establishments 
throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest. The Jackson Lee 
amendment provides an additional $1 million for the Historic 
Preservation Fund, and within that fund to be allocated to Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities, institutions that are uniquely 
American, fundamentally historical, and distinctly beneficial to the 
American culture and history.
  In my State of Texas, it joins with any number of States throughout 
the United States in the North, the South, the East, and the West. 
Interestingly, these schools are not relegated to the South. They are 
actually all over the United States, and they are older structures. For 
those of us who visited these schools, we recognize the importance of 
continuing to preserve their historic structure.
  I mentioned earlier that there are great results in funding and 
profits for those who can provide historic opportunities for travelers 
to visit.
  In 2017, Congress appropriated $4 million for the Historic 
Preservation Fund to rehabilitate historic structures on campuses of 
HBCUs that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places 
either individually or as contributing to the National Register of 
Historic Places. I can assure you that these are great assets to 
America. The projects must meet major program selection criteria, and 
all work must meet the Secretary of the Interior's standards and 
guidelines for archeology and historic preservation.
  Simply, what we are doing is allowing our history to be preserved. 
The network of more than 100 historic institutions, established as 
early as 1837 for former slaves and by former slaves and freedmen, 
contain repositories of important books, papers, and memorabilia of 
Black history.
  Black history, as other history, is American history, and the 
opportunity to preserve it and to continue to expand the opportunity to 
improve buildings that will now educate this generation of students is 
an important role for us to play.
  Madam Chair, I rise in support of Jackson Lee Amendment No. 10 to 
Division A of H.R. 6147, the Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Financial Services Appropriations Act of 2019.
  Jackson Lee Amendment No. 10 provides an additional $1,000,000 for 
the Historic Preservation Fund to be allocated to Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities--institutions that are uniquely American, 
fundamentally historical, and distinctly beneficial to American culture 
and history.
  Since 1837, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have 
served the needs of higher education for the African American 
community.
  The first HBCUs were established in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, and 
Tennessee.
  After the Civil War there was an influx of HBCU establishment 
throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest.
  Since the 1990s, the National Park Service has awarded over $60 
million in grants to over 80 of the remaining active HBCUs.
  These grants work to preserve the historic structures on HBCU 
campuses, many of which are listed in the National Register of Historic 
Places.
  In 2017, Congress appropriated $4 million from the Historic 
Preservation Fund to rehabilitate historic structures on campuses of 
HBCUs that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places 
either individually or as contributing to a National Register historic 
district.
  Projects must meet major program selection criteria and all work must 
meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for 
Archeology and Historic Preservation.
  HBCUs represent a significant place in American history.
  This network of more than 100 historic institutions established as 
early as 1837 for former slaves and freedmen contain repositories of 
important books, papers and memorabilia of Black history.
  In addition, HBCUs served as meeting places during the civil rights 
struggles of the 1900s.
  Against substantial odds, HBCUs have played a unique role in 
transforming the landscape of higher education in the United States, 
and continue to prepare the African American professional and civic 
leaders needed by communities, employers and the nation.
  In 2013, HBCUs comprised 3 percent of all four- and two-year colleges 
and universities, but enrolled 10 percent of African American

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undergraduates, produced 18 percent of the nation's African American 
college graduates, and generated 25 percent of African Americans with 
bachelor degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics 
(STEM) fields.
  Created to educate black students at a time when society had yet to 
integrate, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU's) have 
had an outsize impact on the success of the black community and 
therefore the American community as a whole.
  HBCUs do not only educate--HBCUs have and will continue to fill an 
important role in education opportunity and engagement for millions of 
young people from diverse backgrounds.
  Ensuring HBCUs receive the funds necessary to succeed enriches our 
culture as a nation and promotes a more complete history of our country 
to be preserved.
  Emphasizing the importance of diversity is the best way to tell the 
complete story of the American experience, and when the American story 
is told by all of those who helped shape its success as a nation, we 
perpetuate American exceptionalism.
  Madam Chair, our HBCUs are not just academic institutions, rather, 
incubators that stimulate black excellence that, more importantly, 
preserve the rich and true history of those of African descent--again, 
contributing to the fabric of American culture as a whole.
  Texas Southern University, an outstanding HBCU, is a major 
contribution and asset to the 18th District, serving as a distinct 
example of the benefits that these institutions offer to the community.
  HBCUs not only enjoy historical campuses, but they are also 
repositories of expertise on American History.
  In a 1998 study, more than 100 HBCUs identified 712 historic 
properties that were owned by the schools in responses to a survey from 
the U.S. Government Office of Accountability.
  Nearly half of those buildings, 323, are on the National Register of 
Historic Places indicating significance in American history, and the 
others were eligible for the national register based on surveys by 
state historic preservation officers or considered historic by the 
colleges and universities.
  According to the surveys at that time, 103 HBCUs estimated $755 
million in costs to restore and preserve the properties, such as 
improving accessibility to people with disabilities, roof replacement 
and removing lead-based paint or asbestos, both known for containing 
cancer-causing material.
  Routine maintenance costs were not part of the estimates.
  We, as a nation, have a responsibility to foster education, culture, 
knowledge, diversity and leadership; and with that, Mr. Chairman, we 
have a responsibility to ensure that HBCUs continue to serve as 
repositories of American History and thrive as academic institutions 
and continue to benefit society as a whole.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in voting for Jackson Lee Amendment 
No. 10.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the gentlewoman's 
amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I am happy to continue to work with the 
gentlewoman from Texas on this program and others, and I have no 
objection.
  Madam Chair, I urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, I thank Mr. Calvert, and, again, I 
thank the ranking member who has been so gracious.
  I believe Texas Southern University--not as old as 1837--Prairie View 
A&M, and others throughout the Nation will benefit from preserving 
these historic buildings, and, as well, providing them as a source of 
learning for everyone around the Nation.
  Madam Chair, I ask my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Olson

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. OLSON. Madam Chair, I rise as the designee of Congressman Ted Poe 
to speak on behalf of his amendment.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 15, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)(increased by $20,000,000)''.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from Texas 
(Mr. Olson) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. OLSON. Madam Chair, we have a class of American warships that 
haven't been built since World War II. They are called battleships.
  America made 64 battleships. Only seven survived World War II. They 
are the North Carolina, Alabama, Massachusetts, Iowa, New Jersey, 
Missouri, and Wisconsin.
  But one survived World War II and World War I. This ship is special. 
It is the Battleship Texas. She is over 104 years old. She was 
commissioned on March 12 of 1914. She patrolled the Atlantic during the 
First World War. She is the first American ship with antiaircraft guns. 
She is the first battleship that had directors and rangekeepers to lock 
on with their 10 14-inch main batteries.
  There she is today. She has made history in our Navy.
  March 1919, Lieutenant Commander Edward McDonnell took a British 
Sopwith Camel off turret number 3, Naval aviation was born. The wings 
of gold started on the USS Texas.
  The skipper of the Texas was so impressed. He noticed those planes 
could see splashes for the weapons. They could target with aircraft. 
That meant the Texas would be the first ship ever to launch planes to 
recover as spy mechanisms during a war.
  The Texas was at Casco Bay, Maine, on December 7, 1941, the day Japan 
bombed Pearl Harbor. In the Atlantic Ocean, on October 23, 1942, as 
part of Operation Torch, the invasion of French Morocco, the Texas 
bombed and bombed and bombed the enemy.
  June 6, 1944, at 5:50 a.m., the Texas roared to life with a constant 
bombardment of all the weapons--225 14-inch rounds hit the Germans in 
34 minutes.
  June 7, the next day, she is off the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoc where 
the rangers were in a dogfight for their lives being shot at from 
above. The Texas launched two Higgins boats, supplied the rangers with 
more weapons, and brought the wounded home.
  That may have been a natural fit. And the command of those rangers 
was a Texan, a proud Texas Aggie, Earl Rudder.
  On the beaches that day, my colleague, Ted Poe's father, Virgil Poe, 
heard the Texas roar and saw the flame come out of the big guns. When 
the war in Europe with Hitler went ashore, the Texas redeployed to the 
Pacific. On February 16, she pounded the Japanese on Iwo Jima for 3 
straight days before the Marine Corps landed.
  March 1945, 6 straight days of bombing Okinawa cleared the way for 
the Army and Marines to take that island back.
  The Texas struck the Naval record as a registered vessel on April 20 
of 1948. She was given to my home State, the State of Texas. She is now 
the flagship of the Texas Navy, Admiral Ted Poe's flagship. Our 
colleague, Ted, is an admiral of the Texas Navy.
  She is moored right where Texas won independence, the San Jacinto 
Monument, right there southwest of Houston, Texas. But sadly, inaction 
in D.C. and in Texas has done what the German Kaiser, General 
Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and General Tojo could not do. The Texas is 
sinking. Rust and time are winning.
  The Texas still has a heart of a warship. She twice set sail during 
Hurricane Ike. She and all these battleships deserve to be saved. It is 
time to heave up and trice up. Vote for this amendment, and save our 
battleships.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Olson).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mrs. Dingell

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 12 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 19, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $250,000) (increased by $250,000)''.


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  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Mrs. Dingell) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan.
  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Chair, I rise in support of my bipartisan 
amendment to H.R. 6147, the Interior Appropriations Act, which I am 
proud to introduce with my friend and colleague from Michigan, 
Congressman  John Moolenaar.
  Our amendment would provide funding to continue and advance the great 
science that is being done in the U.S. Geological Survey's Fisheries 
Program. We need more research to protect important ecosystems, like 
the Great Lakes, from invasive species and better understand how to 
conserve and protect important fishery resources.
  The Great Lakes Science Center, which is strategically located near 
access fishery resources in communities across the eight Great Lakes 
States, would be an appropriate recipient of these additional 
resources.
  The Great Lakes are a way of life for so many across Michigan and 
many other States, including agriculture, commercial and sport fishing, 
transportation, shipping, power generation, recreation, and tourism.
  Whether you live, work, or vacation on the Great Lakes, we all 
benefit in preserving and conserving the Great Lakes for future 
generations.
  The Great Lakes Science Center would be able to adopt cutting-edge 
technologies to support fisheries management, native prey fish 
restoration, and invasive species control by deploying autonomous 
underwater systems to assess impacts of bottom-dwelling invasive 
species on economically important fisheries and recreational resources.
  The Science Center would continue to do their work on piloting gene 
silencing techniques to control zebra and quagga mussels in lakes and 
rivers with nationwide applications.
  Fisheries science has been broadly recognized as a national and 
regional priority for many years, and nearly every action in the past 
has been to either maintain or increase the funding for the USGS 
fisheries assessments in the Great Lakes.
  The Great Lakes Fishery Program also has enjoyed long bipartisan 
support from Congress.

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  The Great Lakes are a treasured national resource, with more than 20 
percent of the world's freshwater, 9,000 miles of shoreline, and 
supporting a $16 billion outdoor recreation economy.
  It is critical we maintain funding to continue the United States 
Geological Survey's research and to enhance exploration in cutting-edge 
technologies to support fisheries management, native prey fish 
restoration, and invasive species control that is being done at the 
Great Lakes Science Center.
  Madam Chair, I urge all of my colleagues to support this important 
bipartisan amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I am happy to support the gentlewoman from 
Michigan in her quest. The Great Lakes Science Center has bipartisan 
support for the role it plays in protecting the economic and 
environmental health of the Great Lakes region.
  Madam Chair, I support my colleague's amendment, urge an ``aye'' 
vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Chair, I thank the chairman and I thank the 
ranking member, Representative McCollum, who shares the love of the 
Great Lakes with me.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Dingell).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Courtney

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 19, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $100,000) (increased by $100,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Courtney) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, this amendment designates $100,000 in 
funding to the United States Geological Survey so that they can create 
a searchable map showing occurrences of an iron sulfide material known 
as pyrrhotite nationwide.
  Pyrrhotite is a material that has, unfortunately, shown up in 
concrete quarries in New England and Canada. When it is mixed into the 
aggregate poured into the foundations of homes, over a period of time, 
because it is an iron material and exposed to moisture, it actually 
rusts, expands, and cracks, basically causing a catastrophic collapse 
of the foundation.
  In Connecticut, there are estimates that as high as 19,000 homes that 
have been infected with pyrrhotite material. It spread into western 
Massachusetts and three rivers in Quebec. The whole community of 
thousands of people have been devastated by the presence of this 
material.
  The Trump administration and the Treasury Department actually 
recognized last November a property casualty loss tax guidance that 
allows homeowners who basically have to spend about $200,000 to repair 
their homes--because they have to lift the house, pull out the old 
foundation, and pour a new foundation--to claim it as a property 
casualty loss deduction.
  Last month, Dr. Ben Carson from HUD came up and did a tour of these 
homes. It is a devastating occurrence, and it has potential nationwide 
consequences.
  The United States Navy actually has a bidding process out right now 
through its SBIR program to come up with a testing mechanism. They 
calculate that they basically own about 300,000 structures throughout 
the United States. They want to have a system for testing for the 
presence of pyrrhotite.
  I brought a picture, which shows the effects of the catastrophe. This 
is a home where the house was lifted. The material of the foundation is 
so badly compromised that the contractor can actually pull it apart by 
hand, it is that serious.
  This amendment would allow the United States Geological Survey to 
create a searchable database nationally that would allow us to identify 
this. The Office of Congressional Affairs contacted our office and 
indicated that they do have the capacity to develop a national 
pyrrhotite map, but it is not in their current plan. This amendment, 
which is also supported by Mr. Larson from Connecticut's First 
District, would direct that priority.
  Madam Chair, I urge passage of the amendment, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I support this amendment. I will work with 
the gentleman to address this issue with the United States Geological 
Survey and learn more about where this mineral occurs.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Chair, I thank the chairman for his consideration 
of this amendment. It is a very serious problem and much appreciated in 
the New England area. I thank the ranking member, Ms. McCollum, for her 
support as well.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 14 Offered by Ms. Gabbard

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 14 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Ms. GABBARD. Madam Chair, I rise as the designee of the gentlewoman 
from Hawaii (Ms. Hanabusa), and I have an amendment at the desk.

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  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 19, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $4,798,500)''.
       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $4,908,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman from 
Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Hawaii.
  Ms. GABBARD. Madam Chair, this amendment would increase the United 
States Geological Survey's surveys, investigations, and research 
account by $4,798,500 to accommodate for impacts caused by recent 
volcanic eruptions. The offset for this modest increase comes from the 
Interior Secretary's administrative account.
  On May 8, 2018, in my district, the Kilauea Volcano on the Big 
Island, Hawaii, began erupting. The volcanic activity and destruction 
has yet to stop or wane. It has destroyed over 700 homes, forcing 
thousands of people to evacuate, to seek emergency aid and shelter, and 
to somehow find a new future for their lives.
  There has never been a more critical time where the United States 
Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program on Hawaii island has been 
sorely needed; however, their office was severely damaged by the 
seismic activity from the ongoing volcanic eruptions.
  Hawaii island itself has seen hundreds of these types of seismic 
eruptions over the last month and a half. As a result, the staff 
currently occupy empty spaces at University of Hawaii at Hilo, like 
classrooms, or they telework, undermining their quality of work, with 
the staff potentially putting their lives at risk.
  The United States Geological Survey provides essential information 
for the health, safety, and well-being of people all across the State 
of Hawaii, and in neighboring locations such as the Marshall Islands, 
which has been blanketed by volcanic smog following the Kilauea 
eruption.
  To most effectively do their job, this team needs a workplace where 
they can house their equipment, conduct research, and most effectively 
uphold their mission, which is to enhance public safety and minimize 
social and economic disruption.
  This amendment will provide the necessary resources for this team to 
at least temporarily relocate to a suitable location and continue to 
carry out their lifesaving historic work.
  Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to help us immediately address this 
situation and pass our amendment.
  Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, it is my understanding that the United 
States Geological Survey is in its early stages of discussing temporary 
spaces but that, eventually, the United States Geological Survey may 
have to develop a long-term solution for the Hawaiian Volcano 
Observatory.
  I encourage the Department of the Interior, the United States 
Geological Survey, and the National Park Service to work together to 
develop a plan for the future observatory because operating the HVO out 
of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was a cost-effective solution for 
many years.
  Madam Chair, in the meantime, I certainly support my colleague's 
amendment. I urge an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. GABBARD. Madam Chair, I thank the chairman and the ranking member 
for their support for this very timely and important resolution.
  I have been on the ground there and have seen how the United States 
Geological Survey's HVO is literally monitoring the activity 24 hours a 
day, sending out realtime updates to people whose lives and homes and 
farms hang in the balance.
  Unfortunately, the volcanic activity that we are seeing there right 
now is continuing at a very aggressive rate with no end in sight, so 
his support for this amendment comes at a critical time, and I really 
appreciate it on behalf of my constituents there.
  Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. Kildee

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 15 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 19, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(decreased by $1,022,728)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Kildee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Chair, I rise today in support of my bipartisan 
amendment that would provide $1 million for the United States 
Geological Survey to eradicate grass carp in the Great Lakes. Grass 
carp are an invasive species, one of the four species of Asian carp 
that pose an immediate threat to the Great Lakes and its coastal 
wetlands.
  Since being introduced in Lake Erie, the grass carp population has 
been increasing, threatening our coastal wetlands and our region's 
economy that relies so heavily on the health of the Great Lakes. Our 
coastal wetlands are important to Michigan's environment and the 
wildlife they serve as a natural water filter and habitat for fish and 
waterfowl.
  Since 2010, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which has been 
supported by Democrats and Republicans in Congress, has helped to 
restore the wetlands the grass carp are now consuming. The immediate 
threat of grass carp in Lake Erie jeopardizes the investment and the 
goals of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
  This amendment is simple. It empowers and funds the United States 
Geological Survey to track and monitor grass carp so that we can stop 
their spread in the Great Lakes.
  By passing this amendment, the United States Geological Survey would 
have additional resources to find out where grass carp are breeding so 
we can know how to stop their invasion and remove them from the Great 
Lakes. Funding from this amendment will double our efforts in Lake Erie 
to ensure we protect our coastal wetlands, our wildlife, and the Great 
Lakes themselves. With this amendment, we have an opportunity to 
address this urgent threat of invasive species such as grass carp.
  Madam Chair, I thank my friend from Michigan, Congressman Walberg, 
for working with me on this bipartisan amendment. I also thank our 
friends on the Appropriations Committee--Congresswoman Kaptur, 
Congressman Joyce, and Congressman Moolenaar--who have also been 
involved and helped on this. And I, of course, thank Chairman Calvert 
and Ranking Member McCollum for their efforts in working with us on 
ensuring that this amendment receives fair consideration.
  Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Chair, we can accept the gentleman's amendment.
  The committee takes invasive species threats seriously. We spent a 
lot of time on Asian carp in our committee in prevention efforts 
throughout the bill. It is a bipartisan effort. Everyone is very 
concerned about this. We are talking about a bounty program, possibly, 
to go after these things. Let's go do it.
  I accept the gentleman's amendment, but I will be working with him 
and the rest of my colleagues to ensure that Asian carp and grass carp 
control and prevention efforts are effectively coordinated across the 
agencies within our jurisdiction.
  Madam Chair, I urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman for his support, and I

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thank Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member McCollum for their efforts in 
dealing with this really important issue. It is particularly important 
to those of us who live in the Great Lakes region, but it is important 
to all of us. This is really not only a question of maintaining this 
ecosystem, but it is important to our economy.
  Madam Chair, I thank all of my colleagues for their support. I urge 
the passage of this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Kildee).
  The amendment was agreed to.

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            Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Johnson of Ohio

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 16 printed in 
House Report 115-830.
  For what purpose does the gentleman from Ohio seek recognition?
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent that the 
amendment be modified in the form I have placed at the desk.
  The CHAIR. Does the gentleman have an amendment at the desk?
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. I do have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 27, line 10, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $30,000,000)''.
       Page 68, line 9, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $30,000,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Does the gentleman have a modification to his amendment?
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the 
amendment be modified in the form I have placed at the desk.
  The CHAIR. Will the gentleman submit his modification to the desk?
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Amendment No. 17. Sixteen and 17 are being 
combined.
  The CHAIR. Is the modification at the desk?
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Point of parliamentary inquiry. Could our side have an 
opportunity to look at the amendment? We haven't had an opportunity to 
see it. We do not know whether or not we would object. It might be a 
friendly amendment to us.


Permission to Consider Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 Offered by Mr. Johnson 
                            of Ohio En Bloc

  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent that 
amendment Nos. 16 and 17 be considered en bloc.
  The CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Ohio?
  There was no objection.


           Amendments En Bloc Offered by Mr. Johnson of Ohio

  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Chair, I offer amendments en bloc.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
  Amendments en bloc consisting of amendment Nos. 16 and 17 printed in 
House Report 115-830, offered by Mr. Johnson of Ohio:


            amendment no. 16 offered by mr. johnson of ohio

       Page 27, line 10, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $30,000,000)''.
       Page 68, line 9, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $30,000,000)''.


            amendment no. 17 offered by mr. johnson of ohio

       Page 27, line 19, strike ``3'' and insert ``6''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Johnson) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Chairman, I thank the Chair for 
consideration of combining these two amendments.
  The amendments before us today help restore and continue important 
grant funding that will provide level funding for the same number of 
States currently funded by the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Economic 
Development Pilot Program, which is used for the reclamation of 
abandoned mine lands in conjunction with economic and community 
development and reuse goals.
  These amendments are about ensuring the AML Economic Development 
Program continues to be appropriately funded and continues to afford 
the same grant opportunities to all currently eligible States. Similar 
amendments offered by Representative Griffith have passed the House in 
the last 2 years, and the Senate FY19 Interior & Environment 
Appropriations bill contains similar language and funding amounts.
  Funding for these economic reclamation grants was established in 
fiscal year 2016 by Chairman Rogers, and it provided opportunities for 
some of the hard-hit areas of Appalachia to not only restore the land, 
but also allow additional appropriated funds to be used for economic 
purposes, and they helped provide a way to prepare the land for 
community development.
  These amendments carry on that goal; they maintain the status quo. 
And let me stress the point: these amendments are not designed to take 
money away from the top three States receiving funding in the 
underlying bill.
  Our intent is that the first three States will continue to receive 
the amount currently appropriated in the underlying bill. The 
additional money provided with these amendments are meant for the next 
three States and is to be divided equally, so that the next three 
States receive $10 million each, the same amount they have received 
over the last 2 years.
  I have worked with the Appropriations Committee to ensure these 
amendments will do just that and that this additional support for one 
Appalachian community does not come at the expense of another.
  I urge my colleagues to support these important amendments. They are 
important to not only Ohio, but to the many States and coal communities 
throughout Appalachia.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I claim time in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Budd). The gentlewoman from Minnesota is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I strongly oppose this amendment that takes 
more money from an already starved EPA account. This bill already 
severely cuts the Environmental Protection Agency's operating account 
by more than $100 million. The air we breathe and the water we drink 
are endangered by the funding and policy decisions that are made in 
this bill, and the consequences will be negatively felt in communities 
across this Nation.
  It is unfortunate that our 302(b) allocation was level funded, and I 
am sorry to hear that the gentleman's account in which he is trying to 
restore funding also received a cut. I often know that cutting the EPA 
is an easy target for many of my colleagues across the aisle, Mr. 
Chair, but I want my colleagues to understand what this amendment would 
cut, if adopted.
  This account funds programs that are important to both sides of the 
aisle: permitting construction projects across the country, toxic risk 
prevention, and a successful brownfields program, and even pesticide 
licensing.
  I understand that the amendment would direct more funds to States in 
Appalachia who have suffered ravaging environmental costs caused by 
coal mining, and, once again, I want to stress that it is unfortunate 
that you are trying to restore funding that had been cut, but our 
allocation was very short.
  Unfortunately, I cannot support any deeper cuts to the EPA because 
they will have consequences that will be felt by people all across the 
country, so I must oppose this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Calvert), chairman of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman, and certainly we are 
prepared to accept the amendment.
  I understand the gentleman's overall goals to continue funding for 
the AML pilot consistent with the fiscal year 2018 enacted bill that 
provided the funding for the six Appalachian States, and I know the 
economic devastation that has happened throughout that region.
  This increase to the AML program by $30 million, so that Ohio, 
Alabama, and Virginia would receive $10 million each, equal to the 
fiscal 2010 enacted levels, could certainly help in those regions.

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  So we can accept this package of amendments at this time. I look 
forward to maintaining funding for the six States, with distribution 
similar to fiscal year 2018 and the final 2019 enacted bill. As such, I 
encourage my colleagues to adopt the amendment.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time to 
close.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman 
from Virginia (Mr. Griffith).
  Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment. I 
appreciate Chairman Calvert's support as well, and the appropriators' 
hard work on this.
  This was created by Hal Rogers. It is fascinating because what 
happens is that people say they want us to transition the economy in 
central Appalachia. This is one of the ways to do that, and it actually 
saves money.
  We have a project in my district that we are close to getting 
finalized on this, where it would cost $6.7 million to clean up a site, 
if we did it the normal way. With this program, which we wish to 
continue, it will only cost the government about 2.5, $2.6 million, and 
we end up with a site that can be used again for economic development 
and jobs in Appalachia.

  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time to 
close.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I will close. I want to reaffirm 
what my colleague from West Virginia said. This is important for 
economic development in communities in Appalachia. It will have a 
significant impact on economic development work throughout the region, 
while being offset by only a slight reduction in EPA's environmental 
programs and management account, totaling only 1.21 percent of that 
account.
  So this is good legislation. It is a good bill for Appalachia, a good 
set of amendments for Appalachia. I urge my colleagues to support it.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I want to be clear. I understand that 
this amendment would direct more funding to States in Appalachia who 
have suffered from the ravaging environment caused by coal mining, and 
that is a very noble goal, as I said before.
  But at this time I have to oppose this amendment. Once again, I want 
to point out, we were level funded in our allocation in the Interior 
bill that we are debating today with amendments, and I cannot support 
any further deeper cuts to the EPA.
  But as the chairman moves forward and as we go to conference, if we 
can start restoring some of the funds to the EPA, I would like to work 
with the gentleman to restore some of the funds to this also important 
program; but at this time I have to oppose.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered 
by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson).
  The en bloc amendments were agreed to.


               Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mr. O'Halleran

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 18 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 31, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $36,000,000)(increased by $36,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. O'Halleran) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chair, Arizona's First Congressional District is 
home to the largest population of Native Americans and Indian lands in 
the Nation.
  Many of the Tribal governments that I represent face a public safety 
crisis. Nearly every Tribal community I visit is caught in the justice 
facility backlog, and it is having a serious impact on their ability to 
protect and serve their communities.
  The backlog in unmet need for Tribal justice facilities has grown 
significantly since fiscal year 2014, when the Department of Justice 
unilaterally stopped new and replacement construction of Tribal justice 
buildings. All the while, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has kept 
condemning these types of buildings. This negligent lack of Federal 
coordination between agencies has resulted in communities being forced 
to go without essential infrastructure.
  Tribal justice officials dedicate and risk their lives to provide 
basic law and order in Native American communities. However, as a 
former police officer, I can tell you, no justice system can function 
without a safe and secure facility to house these officers.
  The San Carlos Apache Tribe's justice system is a devastating example 
of the backlog for justice facilities in Indian Country.
  The BIA condemned the San Carlos Police and Courts Building known as 
BIA Building 86 in 2009. The Tribal police officers and courts worked 
for 6 additional years in a condemned building, until the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs provided them with temporary trailers, which had been 
intended to be used as classrooms and temporary housing in 2015.
  Here we are, 3 years later, and this temporary fix is failing the San 
Carlos police and courts, as well as the entire community. The San 
Carlos Police Chief works in an office with cracks in the wall where he 
can see outside. The generator doesn't provide air conditioning to the 
police patrol or court sessions of trailers, and that is in Arizona. 
Water service is intermittent. There is not enough space for evidence 
storage. The floors can't securely support storage safes that include 
cash, drugs, and other evidence. I can go on and on.
  It is clear that it is past time to provide the San Carlos Apache 
Tribe, and Tribes across the country, a permanent facility to safely 
house their police and courts.

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  I commend Appropriations for providing $18 million for replacement of 
new public safety and justice construction.
  My amendment demonstrates the reality that the need is greater. It 
suggests a funding level of $36 million divided between replacement and 
new construction. This would help provide for the needs of communities 
like San Carlos, who have had their police and court facilities 
condemned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  Every law enforcement officer at the local, State, Tribal, and 
Federal levels risk their lives to protect and serve their community. 
If we can't give them the basic tools to do their jobs, our communities 
risk safety and justice for victims. We must do better.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment on behalf of 
these brave law enforcement officials, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I am happy to accept the gentleman's 
amendment and work with him and the rest of my colleagues to address 
the public safety and justice construction needs in Indian Country.
  The ranking member and I have worked very closely together in Indian 
Country to recognize the shortcomings throughout Indian Country in 
Indian education, Indian healthcare, and certainly within the Indian 
public safety and justice problems that we are having throughout the 
United States.
  Mr. Chair, I certainly support an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chair, I just want to thank the chair and the 
ranking member for all their commitment to Indian Country and for their 
support of this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. O'Halleran).
  The amendment was agreed to.


               Amendment No. 19 Offered by Mr. O'Halleran

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 19 
printed in House Report 115-830.

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  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 31, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. O'Halleran) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chair, across Indian Country, access to safe and 
clean drinking water is a major issue that we are obligated to address.
  In the northwest corner of my district, the Hopi Tribe has a water 
system with over three times the Federal maximum standard for safe 
drinking water for arsenic. Let me repeat that: three times the amount 
of arsenic than the maximum standard considered safe.
  Members of the Tribe have no choice but to use this unsafe water. 
This is beyond unacceptable in any community in America, but it is a 
fact of life for Tribes across the Nation.
  No matter where you are born, no child or family in America should 
have to risk their health because they can't access clean water.
  This basic lack of water infrastructure has limited many Tribes' 
ability to unleash their economic potential in rural communities across 
the country.
  The Hopi Tribe has limited financial resources. In fact, it has an 80 
percent unemployment rate. Our country's unemployment rate is 4 
percent. It also has a mine that is potentially going to close that 
supplies 80 percent of its general funds.
  They have not sat idly waiting for the Federal Government to fix the 
problem it created. The Tribe has launched the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation 
Project to directly address this challenge.
  Through the project, the Tribe has identified arsenic-free wells and 
mapped the pipeline route that will deliver arsenic-free water to 
villages and towns across the reservation. All the Tribe needs to 
complete the project is construction funding.
  Unfortunately, funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Construction 
account has not been adequate enough to fund projects across country 
like Hopi's. That is why I am offering a commonsense amendment to 
increase BIA's construction funding by $10 million.
  Increasing this funding for construction of water infrastructure will 
enable the BIA to assist communities in building water systems that 
will deliver clean drinking water to schools and homes, some for the 
first time.
  This amendment is not only a wise investment for Tribal communities 
as they seek to develop their economies and attract investment, but it 
is also a moral imperative.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment to increase 
access to clean water for tribal communities across the country.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I rise in reluctant opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I was happy to support the gentleman and 
accept the prior amendment, but this just goes too far.
  I couldn't agree with the gentleman more that the Federal obligations 
for construction in Indian Country far outweigh the amount of money we 
have in the budget. That is why the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
Construction account has been and will continue to be a nonpartisan 
priority for the subcommittee, and we are certainly proud of the 
progress we have made so far, but I cannot support an offset on an 
account that also serves Indian Country and other underserved 
populations.
  In addition to cutting the Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
Indian Affairs, this amendment is likely to cut the Office of Native 
American Relations, the Office of Small Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, the Office of Civil Rights, and the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals.
  Again, while I agree with the increase, and I certainly don't 
disagree with the gentleman's intentions, I cannot in good conscience 
agree to this offset.
  If we find money down the road in this process as the gentlewoman and 
I are going through the conference, this is something I would be very 
interested in looking at, but right now I must encourage a ``no'' vote.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chair, I understand that this bill increases the 
BIA Construction funding levels from last year, but I must remind the 
gentleman that this program is still woefully underfunded considering 
the tremendous needs across the West and in rural communities.
  Although I believe this amendment's offset is reasonable considering 
the basic immediate and dire needs of tribes across the country, I 
appreciate the gentleman's comments and I hope he will commit to 
working with me on a bipartisan basis going forward on this amendment 
to ensure our communities have meaningful access funding for clean 
water.
  I clearly understand the impacts potentially to the Bureau, but I 
also understand that when you have 80 percent unemployment and the risk 
of losing 80 percent of your general fund, that there is no other 
alternative than to look for money here, and I would appreciate 
consideration in the future.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. O'Halleran).
  The amendment was rejected.


                Amendment No. 20 Offered by Ms. Plaskett

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 20 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 38, line 21, insert after the dollar amount 
     ``(decreased by $3,818,000)''.
       Page 40, line 19, insert after the first dollar amount 
     ``(increased by $3,818,000)''.
       Page 40, line 19, insert after the second dollar amount 
     ``(increased by $3,800,000)''.
       Page 41, line 8, insert after the dollar amount 
     ``(increased by $18,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman 
from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands.
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chair, I thank the committee for the opportunity to express my 
strong support for this amendment to the Department of Interior 
division of this bill.
  This amendment amounts to a small uptick in critical funding for 
assistance to territories at the Department of Interior's Office of 
Insular Affairs, to the amount that has already been recommended by the 
majority in the Senate.
  This is a modest uptick of just under $4 million in Federal support 
for Americans in insular territories of the United States, namely, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. 
Nearly a half million Americans reside in these islands, which have 
been part of this great country for over a century.
  Since then, the Federal Government has supported the territories 
largely through Department of Interior assistance activity, with 
funding channeled towards technical assistance to local governments and 
to assist in upgrading essential community facilities like schools and 
hospitals and critical infrastructure, including waste disposal and 
wastewater systems.
  Even before two Category 5 hurricanes struck the Virgin Islands, our 
schools faced structural deficiencies not conducive to a healthy 
learning environment. Our hospitals face serious deferred maintenance 
issues due, in part, to their extremely high proportion of 
uncompensated care, because we face inequitable treatment in the 
Federal health programs like Medicaid and Medicare. There are few 
facilities for assisted living among a growing population of aging 
citizens.

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  Construction or repair to schools and hospitals account for much of 
the Capital Improvement Project expenditures that come directly out of 
this Assistance to Territories account.
  I believe it is imperative that the Federal Government enhance its 
commitment to address the pressing needs of Americans living in the 
territories as we face grave natural disasters and security threats.
  I continue to be concerned about the catastrophic impact of 
Hurricanes Irma and Maria to the Virgin Islands, especially in light of 
financial solvency issues, coupled with the anticipated amount of time 
before government industry and utilities are able to fully function and 
generate revenues.
  There are also additional revenue losses and other operational needs 
stemming from passage of significant tax reforms last year. The Virgin 
Islands and most of the insular territories have mirror tax codes of 
the United States, meaning that when we make changes to the Federal Tax 
Code, they automatically apply as a tax code of the territories, with 
few exceptions.
  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes bring in a host of unintended new 
revenue and economic loss issues that the local governments of the 
territories will need significant technical assistance to mitigate. The 
U.S. territories are part of the United States, and jobs in these 
territories are American jobs. According to the Department of Labor, 
the unemployment rate in the Virgin Islands is currently at least 12 
percent, three times the national rate.
  The people living in American island territories are citizens of this 
great Nation and entitled to equality to the people living in the 48 
contiguous States, Hawaii, and Alaska, but the Virgin Islands and other 
territories are not included in the same formula grants as other 
locations. We do not receive the same funding for grants, technical 
assistance, programs that provide jobs, or infrastructure.
  A continuation of level funding to the small assistance account is 
highly inadvisable at this time, for the reasons I have outlined 
previously.
  Americans residing in the U.S. territories may be the first to be hit 
by a major hurricane, but have no vote on the budget for FEMA or 
anything else. They continue to be severely tried, and in circumstances 
beyond their control. Please approve my amendment as a simple matter of 
fairness to them and equitable to the majority of the Senate's requests 
at this time.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, in light of the catastrophic hurricane season 
last year and the fact that we are already in the midst of another 
hurricane season right now, I suspect there is additional relief needed 
for the territories in the weeks and months ahead. So with this reality 
upon us, I am happy to accept the amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Chair, I thank the chairman, the ranking member, 
and the members of this committee for supporting this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 21 Offered by Ms. Moore

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 21 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $500,000)''.
       Page 112, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $500,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman 
from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Wisconsin.
  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chair, the intent of the amendment is to reserve funds 
for the Smithsonian to do an exhibit in conjunction with local groups 
and organizations focused on celebrating the United Nations 
International Decade for People of African Descent. I am so proud to 
offer this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, January 1, 2015, through December 21, 2024, has been 
designated as the United Nations International Decade for People of 
African Descent, with the theme, ``People of African Descent: 
recognition, justice, and development'' by the United Nations General 
Assembly.
  The population comprising the African diaspora is expansive, spanning 
across the globe from the Americas and the Caribbean, to Asia and 
Europe, with persons of African descent having a historic presence on 
every continent.

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  Around 200 million people identifying themselves as being of African 
descent live in the Americas. The goal of this initiative is for the 
United Nations and its member states, among others, to take advantage 
of the auspicious period of history by undertaking activities in the 
spirit of recognition, justice, and development for people of African 
descent around the globe.
  Among the goals of this international initiative is to underscore the 
important endowments made by people of African descent to our world 
societies and to promote a greater knowledge of and respect for the 
diverse heritage, culture, and contributions of people of African 
descent to the development of societies.
  Now, in this country, Mr. Chairman, the Smithsonian is uniquely 
positioned to celebrate the launch of this International Decade at the 
national level here in this country by creating temporary and maybe 
permanent exhibits that can help promote the cultural and artistic 
goals of the International Decade and to create an effective exhibit or 
series of exhibits across its museums on the contributions of African 
descendants in the United States, where Black history is inextricably 
and integrally woven since this country's founding and even before. 
Yes, Mr. Chairman, Africans explored these shores long before Columbus 
and archeological findings here do prove.
  The Smithsonian has a history of undertaking efforts to commemorate 
and tell the story of the impact of African descendants on African 
American history, politics, culture, and society, including the opening 
of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and 
Culture.
  The Smithsonian has a wealth of artifacts and holds the resources to 
put together a well-regarded national showcase to weave together a 
compelling and concise study and story of some of the most notable 
contributions across sectors of African descendants. Likewise, it can 
work with local organizations to borrow or make available artifacts, 
documents, and relics related to telling the story in a way that no 
other institution in our country can.
  Simply put, the Smithsonian has the right mix of expertise, archives, 
and artifacts to help tell the story as well as the ability to work 
with local groups throughout our Nation that are guardians of some of 
these narratives but may not have the resources.
  With these additional resources, it is hoped that the Smithsonian 
will partner with other State and local institutions to help create a 
story reflective of the U.N. International Decade for People of African 
Descent and promoting the history and heritage of people of African 
descent and their impact on our country here.
  In an era of xenophobia and rising intolerance, now, more than ever, 
we need to join in helping to publicly recognize the culture, history, 
and heritage of people of African descent and their impact on the 
Nation and the world and have the International Decade for People of 
African Descent be more than an empty rhetorical platitude to African 
Americans on this shore.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, while I certainly have some concerns about

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the offset, I am able to support my recent classmate's and colleague's 
amendment. As the gentlewoman knows, this bill has a strong history of 
supporting underrepresented communities, including African American and 
Tribal communities.
  This bill funded the construction of the Smithsonian's National 
Museum of African American History and Culture and continues to 
strongly support the operations of this very popular museum.
  This bill maintains a strong bipartisan support for Tribal health, 
Tribal education, Tribal law enforcement, and numerous other priorities 
critical to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and this bill supports 
underrepresented communities throughout the Historic Preservation Fund 
grants under the National Park Service.
  Though we may have to turn the lights off at the Department of the 
Interior if we keep going on--he is a Navy SEAL; he will get by--I 
certainly urge the adoption of this amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague, because we will turn the 
light on the contributions of Africans on this continent during this 
decade.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 22 Offered by Mr. Welch

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 22 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $4,000,000)''.
       Page 68, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $4,000,000)''.
       Page 68, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $4,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Vermont (Mr. Welch) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Vermont.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, Lake Champlain is one of the natural wonders 
of New England and, indeed, an international treasure. It is a 
watershed that includes New York, Vermont, and the Province of Quebec.
  To protect this unique natural and economic resource, Congress 
enacted legislation in 1990 under the bipartisan leadership of Democrat 
Patrick Leahy and Republican Jim Jeffords that led to the creation of 
the Lake Champlain Basin Program.
  Over the years, the basin program has worked with private 
organizations, local communities, and individuals on both sides of the 
border to coordinate and fund efforts that benefit the Lake Champlain 
Basin's water quality, fisheries, wetlands, and wildlife recreation. It 
has been a great example of a locally driven program working from the 
ground up with the help of a Federal partner.
  It has been a tremendous success, and the purpose of this amendment 
is to maintain the funding at the level that it was at before. I have 
joined 28 years later after Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and 
Republican Jim Jeffords with my Republican colleague from across the 
lake, Representative Stefanik, in this amendment. It is important to 
both sides of the lake and the Province of Quebec, who is not here 
represented, but here in heart.
  So I ask for the support of this amendment, and I want to say to my 
colleague, Elise Stefanik, from across Lake Champlain, that we think 
the view of New York is beautiful, and we share a commitment to 
maintaining the beauty of that lake.
  Mr. Chair, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman 
from New York (Ms. Stefanik).
  Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend from across the lake, 
Peter Welch.
  This is truly a bipartisan issue, as Mr. Welch identified. This is 
important to our local ecosystem. It is important to our recreation. It 
is important to our tourism. But it is also a job creator, bringing in 
new people to our region.
  I love the views as I look across the lake to Vermont, and I know 
that we are really a joint economy around Lake Champlain.
  I also want to thank Chairman Calvert and the Appropriations 
Committee for their support of this important initiative in the 
Northeast. As I said, this is truly bipartisan, and it fully funds this 
important program.
  So I thank Mr. Calvert again and his staff, and I thank Mr. Welch for 
being a true partner on this issue, which is locally driven and such a 
success story for our districts.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman as a good partner, as 
well, and I thank Mr. Calvert for his consideration.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Welch).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Vargas

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 23 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 71, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 76, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Vargas) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to urge my colleagues to 
support my amendment to H.R. 6147, the Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019. This 
amendment would increase funding for the U.S.-Mexico Border Water 
Infrastructure Program by $5 million.
  As a Representative of California's entire U.S.-Mexico border, I have 
seen firsthand the positive impact these programs have on communities 
in my State and across all of the communities along the U.S. border.
  The Tijuana River Valley is a beautiful transboundary watershed on 
both sides of the border with a mixture of agriculture, preserved 
habitats, and rural housing developments. Periodic rain in the region 
produces a steady stream of cross-border flows of wastewater, trash, 
and sediment from Tijuana into San Diego County. This has a devastating 
effect on border communities, including Imperial Beach, San Diego, and 
other residents in the Tijuana River Valley.
  Last year, millions of gallons of sewage was discharged in the 
Tijuana River Valley after a heavy rain. This resulted in prolonged 
beach closures, which affected the quality of life and the public 
health of the people in these communities.
  Border Patrol agents also experienced very severe health 
complications from exposure to sewage and to chemicals and toxic waste 
along the border. San Diego County-based military installations are 
also at risk of continued disruptions, which would affect their 
readiness to combat threats.
  Residents across San Diego County have grown increasingly frustrated 
with the lack of progress on viable solutions. All too often, Tijuana's 
wastewater infrastructure is unable to handle the heavy rains, which 
result in sewage ending up on the U.S. side of the border.
  The EPA's Border Water Infrastructure Program provides resources for 
communities to build and enhance current long-term protections and 
rehabilitation projects all along the entire U.S.-Mexico border.
  The EPA investments in these wastewater projects are a key factor in 
significant water quality improvements in U.S. waterbodies, such as the 
Rio Grande, Santa Cruz River, the New River, and the Tijuana River. The 
program's funding has made significant progress addressing public beach 
health and the environmental impact of inadequate drinking water and 
wastewater infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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  The 2,000-mile border between the United States and Mexico is one of 
the most complex and dynamic regions in the world, with a growing need 
to address the transborder environmental issues; so I would urge my 
colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in reluctant opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, don't get me wrong. I am not opposed to what 
the EPA is doing at the border to improve water quality, but I think it 
is important to note that the bill already provides $10 million for the 
program, equal to the fiscal year 2018 level, and did not support the 
elimination of the program as proposed in the President's budget.
  As the gentleman knows, we are level-funded in this year's 
appropriation bill, so I wasn't able to get additional funds for some 
of these programs that I like. Because a $5 million reduction could 
significantly impact the work of the Secretary of the Interior--we have 
been chewing away at that all night--the programs under this 
jurisdiction, and other important offices funded by the account, I 
can't support the amendment.
  I will continue to work with the ranking member as we move this 
through this process because I know the important work we have done in 
California and along the entire border. It is a good program, and I 
certainly support it, but I can't support this amendment at this time.
  Mr. Chair, I must oppose the amendment and urge my colleagues to vote 
``no.''
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Chair, I thank the chairman for those words, and I 
know that he wants to continue to work with us, and I look forward to 
that. I would just add that the situation is getting much worse, and I 
would also add that a number of these military installations that we 
are placing right along the border, especially the Special Forces that 
we have, the SEALS, I think are going to become more and more affected 
by this sewage that crosses the border.
  Mr. Chair, I look forward to working with the chairman and the 
ranking member to see if we can find more money because this is a real 
problem in San Diego, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Vargas).
  The amendment was rejected.


          Amendment No. 24 Offered by Ms. Esty of Connecticut

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 24 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Ms. ESTY of Connecticut. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $7,000,000)''.
        Page 71, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $7,000,000)''.
       Page 77, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $7,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman 
from Connecticut (Ms. Esty) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.

                              {time}  2145

  Ms. ESTY of Connecticut. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank my colleague, 
Congressman McKinley, for working with me on this amendment. Our 
amendment increases funding for State grants to assess or clean up 
brownfield sites by $7 million in fiscal year 2019.
  Too many cities and towns across America with proud manufacturing 
legacies are now struggling with vacant brownfield properties. In my 
home State of Connecticut, the city of Meriden alone has at least $10 
million worth of brownfield projects for which they have been unable to 
secure funding--and that is just one city in one State. Every single 
congressional district across this country is home to at least one 
brownfield site. In fact, some have hundreds.
  The benefits of funding brownfield cleanups are enormous. For every 
$1 invested in brownfield redevelopment, 18 additional dollars are 
leveraged in outside investment. That is one of the highest leveraging 
of outside money of any Federal program.
  Despite the clear, demonstrated value of Federal brownfield 
investments, the EPA has been forced to turn down very worthy projects 
due to lack of funding. In fact, the EPA has only been able to fund 
about one-quarter to one-third of the applications it receives. Between 
2012 and 2017, over 1,600 applications for viable projects were turned 
down because of inadequate Federal funding.
  The base bill before us today provides just $153 million for 
brownfields in fiscal year 2019--the very same amount that was enacted 
for 2018. For such an effective program that is in high demand all 
across the country, maintaining status quo funding for brownfield 
redevelopment is unwise and, frankly, unacceptable.
  If the EPA had been able to fully fund the qualified brownfield 
projects from 2012 to 2017, an additional 54,000 jobs would have been 
created along with $10.3 billion in leveraged outside money.
  Mr. Chairman, last November, 409 Members of this House voted to 
increase funding levels for the EPA's brownfields programs to $200 
million plus an additional $50 million for the State response program. 
That is a total of $250 million authorized by this House as compared 
with $153 million we have before us tonight.
  Mr. Chairman, 409 Members heeded calls from their cities and towns, 
mayors, county and regional officials and constituents who urgently 
want to restore their downtowns and communities putting former 
industrial sites back on to the tax rolls and creating jobs.
  Dilapidated warehouses, abandoned factories, and former gas stations 
littered across our cities and towns are untapped economic 
opportunities just waiting to be redeveloped into productive uses like 
startup incubators, affordable housing, tech centers, and public green 
space.
  Increased funding will return brownfields to productive uses, 
generate additional tax revenue, clean up the environment, grow jobs, 
and revitalize communities all across our country. Investing in our 
civic infrastructure is essential to moving this country forward.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge all of my colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from 
West Virginia (Mr. McKinley).
  Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Chairman, how much time is remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for taking this 
amendment on.
  When you think about it, we are only funding about 300 to 400 
projects a year. But in testimony before our committee, there are 
450,000 contaminated sites across America; and if we are only 
renovating 400 sites, you can imagine how many thousands of years it 
will take assuming no additional brownfield sites are developed as a 
result of this.
  So this idea of grasping just $7 million I think is a fundamental way 
of trying to say: We need to do more in this effort; we need to put 
more funds in it.
  I agree with the gentlewoman's remark. If $250 million was 
authorized, then we need to put more money in this if we are serious 
about brownfields and removing the stigma across our community.
  Mr. Chairman, I support this amendment.
  Ms. ESTY of Connecticut. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to 
support this amendment. I thank my colleague, the gentleman from West 
Virginia; and I want to thank the 409 Members who joined in urging 
support for this program which has proven to be one of the most 
effective in the Federal Government.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. Esty).
  The amendment was agreed to.

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                Amendment No. 25 Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 25 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(decreased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 43, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would fully fund the 
Department of the Interior's Office of the Inspector General.
  By my count, there are at least 14 Federal investigations that are 
either underway or completed into the current Secretary alone. That is 
more investigations than the last four Interior secretaries combined. 
Still more issues with the Secretary are under preliminary 
investigation. Even more have not been announced to this date. 
Interior's Office of the Inspector General is doing most, if not all, 
of that work.
  Funding and staffing shortfalls resulting from flat funding or small 
cuts have caused the Office of Inspector General in recent months to 
forgo investigations altogether. Investigation requests from Congress 
and from tips originating within the Department of the Interior have 
either been rejected or are awaiting resources to be freed up in order 
to address them.
  The Office of Inspector General is also referring a growing number of 
hotline complaints to the Interior Department for investigation, 
creating a situation in which the department is investigating itself. 
Half of those referred complaints involve allegations of ethics 
violations, sexual harassment, prohibited personnel practices, law 
enforcement misconduct, and reprisal. Untrained supervisors conduct 
many of these investigations without following standard protocols and 
without collecting sufficient evidence. Specially trained, experienced 
noncriminal investigators are needed to keep these investigations 
within the Office of Inspector General.
  The Office of Inspector General's independence from the office they 
are examining is essential to their ability to conduct thorough, 
unadulterated investigations, inspections, or audits. Now is not the 
time to revert to the pre-Watergate days when an agency was in charge 
of investigating itself.
  This amendment would provide five additional investigators to focus 
on administrative issues and up to six investigators in field offices 
which also lets the Office of Inspector General's criminal 
investigators focus on criminal misconduct instead of being pulled away 
to help in other areas.
  There are particular risks that are being unaddressed because of 
current funding levels. The Department of the Interior paid out $10 
billion in financial assistance and contracts in fiscal year '16 and 
'17. During that time, there was about a 16 percent drop in audits. 
Contracts and financial assistance are some of the highest risk areas 
in terms of the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse.
  My amendment would also provide five new auditors for the Office of 
Inspector General which are needed to address contracts and financial 
assistance which is responsible for a disproportionate share of the 
Office of Inspector General's 20-1 return on investment.
  I want to emphasize that. For every dollar we spend on the Interior's 
Office of Inspector General, according to the Partnership for Public 
Service, the taxpayer gets $20 back.
  This amendment will help ensure that this scandal-ridden 
administration doesn't monopolize the Office of Inspector General's 
best people who are supposed to be rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse 
in the agency. If there was ever a time to fully fund the Office of 
Inspector General, it is now.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, although I am a big fan of the Inspector 
General's Office, the current budget is funded at the budget request, 
and therefore I do not see us raising $2.5 million by raiding the 
Secretary of the Interior's operating account. I think it goes way too 
far.
  I am glad to know that the gentleman from Arizona actually listened 
to our talking points on that. But I think at this point in time I 
would like to keep it exactly where it is.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert).
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for the time.
  Mr. Chairman, I also rise in opposition to the amendment. As the 
gentleman mentioned, the bill already includes a $1.5 million increase 
for the Inspector General which is the amount that was requested. This 
transfer is not needed, and if enacted, it could affect the operations 
of the Department of the Interior.
  For those reasons and others, I oppose this amendment.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I oppose the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, the figures in the delayed 
investigations, the deferred investigations and the need for additional 
auditors were all in the $5 million indication by the Office of 
Inspector General that that was what was needed in order to be able to 
comply with the demands of their office and the demands that the public 
and Congress have for assuring that all the agencies are running under 
the protocols, the procedures, and the laws that we insist they do so 
on.
  Mr. Chairman, $2.5 million that is being requested in this amendment 
would bring that total to $5 million, which is the amount that the 
Inspector General has indicated is needed.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask for a vote of approval on this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Denham

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 26 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, amendment 
No. 26.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 80, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Denham) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Chairman, California continues to suffer devastating 
water shortages and inadequate clean drinking water. We must build new 
water storage.
  My amendment would simply transfer $2 million into the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act administrative expenses 
account from the Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary 
account.
  The base text of this bill has $3 million less for WIFIA 
administration than was provided for the fiscal year '18 and provides a 
$10 million increase for the Office of the Secretary account.
  The WIFIA program is a vital program for water infrastructure. The 
program was established in the water resources 2014 bill and has been 
accepting loan applications for clean and drinking water projects.
  Water storage projects and flood risk reduction infrastructure 
projects are eligible under section 3905 of 33 U.S.C. 52, but EPA has 
yet to establish a process for administering such loans.
  The additional administrative resources in the amendment would allow

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the WIFIA office to more quickly pursue financing of Bureau of 
Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers projects.
  It took 4 years--until April 2018--for WIFIA to issue its first loan 
for a wastewater project. This is an unacceptable timeframe for 
establishing an essential water financing program when the American 
Society of Civil Engineers scored our water infrastructure as a D grade 
last year.
  The administration's infrastructure principles document recommends 
expanding WIFIA authorities to water storage projects which is the 
lifeblood of California's Central Valley and other reclamation States. 
We can't wait another 4 years for WIFIA to issue loans for these 
projects.
  The Army Corps and EPA expect to execute a memorandum of 
understanding for financing projects very soon which will further 
strain WIFIA administrative resources. Additionally, the Senate has 
included a deadline for Reclamation and EPA to reach an MOU in their 
water resources bill.
  Mr. Chairman, this is good policy which mirrors my New WATER Act, 
H.R. 434. This amendment is necessary for properly and effectively 
carrying out both MOUs.
  In closing, California continues to suffer devastating water 
shortages and inadequate clean drinking water. Areas of California's 
Central Valley have not only had bad quality water, but some towns have 
no water at all. We must build new storage. This bill helps us to move 
that forward and expedite the process.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

                              {time}  2200

  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Denham).
  The amendment was agreed to.


               Amendment No. 27 Offered by Mr. O'Halleran

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 27 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 46, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 110, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. O'Halleran) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chair, the Office of Navajo-Hopi Indian 
Relocation was established to compensate and build homes for those 
Navajo and Hopi impacted by the Federal Government's mandated changes 
of the reservation boundaries, which resulted in families being forced 
to move away from their homes.
  My amendment opposes efforts in the underlying bill to prematurely 
close the Office of Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation. The bill 
significantly cuts this office while preparing for its premature 
closure. I strongly oppose these cuts.
  The agency has not completed its mission, and families continue to 
wait for the benefits they were promised. Closing the agency without 
providing the benefits to the affected families entitled to them would 
be a violation of our trust responsibility.
  Once the agency's mission is complete, it is essential that the 
remaining land management responsibilities are passed to capable and 
responsible agencies that will work with stakeholders to ensure that 
the trust responsibility is taken seriously.
  For this to occur, a comprehensive plan must be developed, and the 
plan must include meaningful input from both the Navajo Nation and the 
Hopi Tribe, and a thorough audit of the Office of Navajo-Hopi Indian 
Relocation.
  I have concerns that preliminary discussions that have the Office of 
the Special Trustee assuming land management are premature, as the 
Office of the Special Trustee has no experience with land management or 
building housing.
  While the details of the closure plan are worked out, it makes sense 
to continue funding the agency, so it can finish its mission and an 
orderly and agreeable closure plan can be developed.
  The families impacted by relocation have suffered enough, and we have 
a responsibility to ensure that we solve the problem in an orderly way, 
not simply shift the responsibility.
  My amendment simply shifts the funds that were provided to the Office 
of the Special Trustee, to assume land management responsibilities, 
back to the Office of Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation where it can be 
used to build homes and review appeals until the agency mission is 
complete or a comprehensive closure plan is developed with significant 
Tribal input.
  I thank the chairman and ranking member for their interest in this 
important issue, and I look forward to continuing to work with them 
toward a resolution that keeps the promises made and is inclusive of 
all impacted parties.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition to this amendment 
for several reasons.
  The Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act of 1974 was intended to last 5 years. 
After that, the plan was to go ineffective. This program has lingered 
on for nearly four decades longer than it should have.
  The Office of the Navajo-Hopi Relocation has indicated its intent to 
close by September 2018. Accordingly, we should not be reducing or even 
paying more money in fiscal year 2019 when they want to close the 
office in fiscal year 2018.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 2 minutes remaining.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chairman, I have personally gone around this 
process for a long time now, both before I came to Congress and during 
my tenure in Congress.
  We have hundreds of families who still are in an appeals process. We 
have homes throughout both reservations that are simply in a 
deteriorated state. This is not spending more money. It is shifting 
money from one agency to another to allow us to continue to make sure 
that the needs of this relocation project are met.
  The time limit of 5 years was extended time and time again because of 
the technical nature of this process and the difficulty in our mandated 
process to make this a whole system that worked. It hasn't worked. It 
needs to be worked on, but not until we have a comprehensive plan. 
There is no comprehensive plan. There is just an idea and a concept, 
but no comprehensive plan.
  I will be glad to work with anybody on a comprehensive plan, but the 
idea that we just walk away from this right now without an agency that 
really knows what it is doing makes no sense at all.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, originally, this legislation was intended to 
help 1,000 families. We have helped more than 3,600 Navajo families and 
27 Hopi families.
  When we talk about the comprehensive plan, maybe we ought to get 
everybody in order to make sure that plan is acceptable by everybody 
before we keep throwing money at the problem.
  Mr. Chair, once again, I am in opposition. Once again, it is four 
decades past its time. We don't get resolution on this aspect without 
putting some force behind it. There has to be finality to this. This 
cannot keep going on. Without putting some finality to the finances, we 
will see this continue over and over again.
  Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 30 seconds 
remaining.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chairman, I just want to point out the Navajo and 
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they want to do. They need the time to be able to recognize that there 
is a comprehensive plan for their future and the families that are 
impacted. It is not in place.
  Mr. Chair, I request that my amendment be accepted, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (O'Halleran).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. O'HALLERAN. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.


                  Amendment No. 28 Offered by Mr. Heck

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 28 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. HECK. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 67, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $500,000)(increased by $500,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Washington (Mr. Heck) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Washington.
  Mr. HECK. Mr. Chairman, this is a straightforward amendment to ensure 
that the EPA is laser-focused on helping address the biggest source of 
water pollution in the United States: stormwater runoff.
  Stormwater runoff is what happens when rain falls--we get a lot of 
that in Washington State--and it flows across roofs, parking lots, and 
streets. As that rainwater heads on its way to rivers, lakes, and bays, 
it picks up all sorts of toxic, nasty stuff like metals, oils, 
fertilizers, and pesticides, just to name a few.
  Toxic stormwater has a direct effect on the health of our waterways 
and, more importantly, on our economy. Nowhere is that more clear, 
frankly, than in my home State of Washington and in the Puget Sound, 
which is, by water volume, the largest estuary in America.
  We actually have video of polluted stormwater literally killing 
salmon in a matter of hours--not days or weeks, but hours--and our 
endangered southern resident orcas, which we are on the verge of losing 
altogether, are harmed both by having fewer salmon to lunch on and by 
absorbing the pollutants directly into their body.
  We have made a lot of progress in this country in dealing with point-
source pollution, but stormwater runoff is a lot tougher to deal with 
now. It is a lot more decentralized, and there are a lot of 
jurisdictions involved. It is going to require a lot of improvement in 
water infrastructure over time.
  State and local governments are kind of stepping up to be sure to 
meet this challenge. They know the harms posed by stormwater, but their 
budgets are stretched thin. What they really need is a strong partner 
in the Federal Government.
  That is part of why I am so glad the House just last night passed a 
companion bill to this, the Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act, 
on consent. It had strong, bipartisan support. It creates a task force 
at EPA comprised of Federal, State, and local governments, along with 
nonprofit and private partners to develop recommendations for finding 
some innovative ways to fund stormwater infrastructure.
  But the recommendations coming out of that task force won't be very 
useful if we don't know more precisely what and how big the need is. 
That is why the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey is important. That is a 
survey that Congress actually required of the EPA to conduct under the 
Clean Water Act on a periodic basis. It is a comprehensive assessment 
of the outstanding need for stormwater and wastewater control 
facilities nationwide.
  We know there is a need. In my State alone, we estimate that 
stormwater runoff can be solved with a $19 billion, with a B, 
infrastructure investment over the next generation.
  The last survey that EPA did dates way back to 2012, and a lot has 
happened since, a lot of water under the bridge, pun intended.
  To be clear, we are dealing with data that is 6 years old. In order 
to make sure our communities are able to deal with the problem, 
frankly, we need to have better and more current data. That is what 
this is about: good data, good science.
  This is what this amendment seeks to do by ensuring the Clean 
Watersheds Needs Survey is prioritized by the EPA, no new money, just 
prioritized to get that done as required under the law. It is, frankly, 
not that large of an expenditure to undertake.
  We have to make sure that the agency is in fact using every tool in 
its toolbox to help our communities address stormwater. I will say it 
again: The number one leading cause of water pollution in America is 
stormwater. Of course, that starts with being able to have a full 
picture of the problem we face.
  Mr. Chairman, for this reason, I urge my colleagues to support the 
amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the gentleman's 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the interest in our Nation's 
water infrastructure needs.
  Although this amendment does not do what the gentleman intends it to 
do, I think it is always important for Congress to have a clear 
understanding of what improvements need to be made to meet the quality 
goals of the Clean Water Act.
  Mr. Chairman, this is an amendment I can accept, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. HECK. Mr. Chair, however the chairman has journeyed to his 
conclusion, it is deeply appreciated. I urge my colleagues to vote 
``yes,'' and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 29 Offered by Ms. Adams

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 29 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 68, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $742,000) (increased by $742,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman 
from North Carolina (Ms. Adams) and a Member opposed each will control 
5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina.
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Chair, I offer this amendment to underscore the 
importance of the EPA's Environmental Justice Program.
  H.R. 6147 cuts more than $700,000 in funding from this important 
program that has made an incredible difference in many communities 
across the country, including in my State of North Carolina.
  The Environmental Justice Program supports and empowers communities 
as they work to address significant environmental and public health 
issues at the local level.

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  In North Carolina, this program has provided funding for 13 different 
initiatives since 2001, including the Environmental Justice Education 
and Research Center at Shaw University, which engages high school and 
college students in environmental justice research; the Healthy Homes 
Greensboro collaborative, which works to reduce housing-related asthma 
hospitalizations in low-income, minority neighborhoods resulting from 
exposure to toxic chemicals; and Clean Energy Durham, which runs a 
volunteer-driven, neighbor-to-neighbor energy education program for 
low-income residents of Lee County.
  Nationally, this program has helped do everything from cleaning 
contaminated soil on reservations to managing oil spills from an 
abandoned power plant in Cleveland.

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  This program has had a measurable benefit for the people who live 
closest to pollution sites. This is crucially important, as people of 
color and people with little means are often the most affected by 
environmental injustice.
  In fact, the environmental justice movement began in Warren County, 
North Carolina. In 1982, a small, predominantly African American 
community in Warren County was designated to host a hazardous waste 
landfill. In response, the NAACP and others staged a massive protest. 
More than 500 civil rights activists were arrested during the 
nonviolent sit-in protesting the landfill. While their protests failed 
to prevent the landfill's construction, it did spark a movement, and it 
has served as a model for fighting against environmental injustice 
since.
  The EPA's Environmental Justice Program helps communities fight 
against these same forces. It works to ensure that no group of people 
should bear a disproportionate share of negative environmental 
consequences from commercial operations or policies.
  H.R. 6147 cuts more than $700,000 in funding from this program, and 
that is unacceptable. Funding for this program should be increased, and 
substantially more than the $6.7 million that was appropriated in 
fiscal year 2018.
  Cutting out funding for this program neglects dozens of communities 
of color, subjecting them to filthy air, unsafe drinking water, and the 
health impacts that go along with that. This amendment simply 
highlights that fact and challenges that Congress must do better.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this amendment, 
and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I appreciate my colleague's desire to show 
additional support for a program important to her constituents. 
Unfortunately, the amendment does not do what she intends it to do; 
therefore, I must oppose the amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman, but I respectfully 
disagree with my colleague.
  The EPA's Environmental Justice Program provides substantial help to 
communities directly affected by pollution and negative environmental 
consequences.
  Too often, it is communities of color or low-income communities that 
are disproportionately affected by negative environmental effects.
  A study released this February by EPA scientists found that, in 46 
States, communities of color are more likely to be exposed to higher 
levels of dangerous air pollution than White communities. Additionally, 
in 2012, a study by the NAACP found that coal-fired power plants are 
disproportionately concentrated near communities of color.
  Thankfully, the Environmental Justice Program and their initiatives 
like the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program have helped to 
support and empower underserved communities across the Nation as they 
develop solutions to environmental pollution.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this amendment, 
and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, the President's budget request for fiscal year 
2018 proposed eliminating the Environmental Justice Program. Also, the 
RSE budget supports Representative Sam Johnson's H.R. 958, the Wasteful 
EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2017, which, among other things, would 
eliminate the Environmental Justice Program.
  Mr. Chair, I ask for a ``no'' against this amendment.
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Chair, may I ask how much time I have remaining.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 30 seconds 
remaining.
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. 
McCollum).
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment. This 
amendment highlights the very need for more funding in the EPA's 
Environmental Justice Program.
  As a Member of Congress, we should be appropriating adequate 
resources to ensure everyone--everyone--in this country enjoys the same 
degree of protection from environmental health hazards.
  This is clearly another example of why the interior bill should not 
have received flat funding and 302(b) allocation and the impact of not 
having a more transparent process.
  We should be standing up for our communities of color and for the 
children of color who are impacted by these hazardous pollutants to 
which they are subjected.
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Adams).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North 
Carolina will be postponed.


                  Amendment No. 30 Offered by Mr. Soto

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 30 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 68, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $468,000)(increased by $468,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Soto) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would increase funding for the 
National Estuary Program and Coastal Waterways Program by $468,000. It 
does so by removing and then reapplying $468,000 within the $2.4 
billion appropriation for the Environmental Programs and Management 
Account within the Environmental Protection Agency.
  This amendment is identical to an amendment I offered last year that 
passed this body by a voice vote, and I urge my colleagues to support 
this amendment again this year.
  Currently, the House Report accompanying this bill calls for a 
funding level of $26,723,000. This amendment will restore funding to 
the level that passed the House for the last 2 years.
  This amendment is intended to increase funding for the National 
Estuary Program that protects and restores water quality and ecological 
integrity of estuaries of national significance. Currently, 20 
estuaries located along the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific 
Coasts and Puerto Rico are designated as estuaries of national 
significance. Four of these estuaries are in my home State of Florida.
  This program is efficient at leveraging funds to increase estuaries' 
ability to restore and protect ecosystems. The National Estuary Program 
has obtained more than $10 for every $1 provided by EPA, generating 
nearly $4 billion for on-the-ground efforts since 2003. This amendment 
will result in a real return on investment for the American people.
  With more than half the U.S. population living within 100 miles of 
the coast, including the shores of estuaries, this amendment will 
result in an enhanced quality of life for those living along the coast, 
while maintaining a healthy ecosystem that supports endangered and 
threatened species.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I certainly appreciate the gentleman's desire 
to show support for robust funding for the National Estuary Program. 
The FY19 bill provides $26.7 billion for the National Estuary Program, 
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to the FY18 enacted level. This is an amendment I can accept.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman from California for his 
support, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Soto).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 31 Offered by Mr. Langevin

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 31 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 68, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 68, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 71, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 78, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin) and a Member opposed each will control 
5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Rhode Island.
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer my amendment to restore 
funding for the southern New England estuaries program.
  I plan to offer and withdraw this amendment in hopes that we can 
continue this discussion and work out a solution that will continue 
support for this program that is deeply meaningful to our region.
  I am honored to be joined in this amendment by Congressmen Cicilline, 
Keating, and Kennedy, all of whom know how important this EPA funding 
is to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
  Mr. Chairman, estuaries support life. They are the fragile but vital 
ecosystems where saltwater and freshwater mix together, and they 
support a robust number of species. In Rhode Island, these coastal and 
tidal areas provide environmental balance, but they are increasingly 
threatened by human activity. We need to continue to support their 
restoration, less they regress and become permanently damaged.
  Over the past several years, we have seen the success of EPA's 
southern New England program. With projects since fiscal year 2014, 
these funds have helped protect and restore watersheds in the 
Narragansett Bay, Mount Hope Bay, and Buzzards Bay. They have supported 
coastal areas in South County, Rhode Island, and along Cape Cod and the 
islands.
  The EPA's geographic programs have worked in other parts of the 
country as well, from the Puget Sound to the Chesapeake Bay, and they 
are working in New England.
  Mr. Chairman, as I have said in the past, our estuaries are the lungs 
of our coastal areas. These EPA funds continue to help our New England 
estuaries recover and to thrive.
  While I plan to withdraw this amendment, I hope that Chairman Calvert 
and I can work together to preserve this needed program.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I am happy to work with the gentleman as we 
go through this process. If we can find some additional funds as we 
move to conference, I will be more than happy to revisit this issue 
with the gentleman.
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Chair, I am grateful for the chairman's comments, 
and I hope we can, as the gentleman said, work together on this, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. Chair, I withdraw the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn.


                Amendment No. 32 Offered by Ms. Jayapal

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 32 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 69, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $12,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentlewoman 
from Washington (Ms. Jayapal) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Washington.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman and ranking member of 
the Appropriations Committee and the chair and ranking member of the 
Interior Subcommittee.
  Mr. Chair, today I rise to highlight the importance of the EPA's 
Superfund Enforcement program. Around the country, communities are 
being put at risk by those who do not responsibly handle the waste that 
they actually create, and it can result in years of ongoing damage, 
which leads to health complications and environmental degradation.
  The Superfund Enforcement program at the EPA was granted authority 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, or CERCLA, to enforce environmental cleanup laws that 
bring habitats and communities back from the brink in places where 
pollutants have seeped into the ground.
  One of the Superfund sites in my State is the Hanford site, which is 
a decommissioned nuclear production complex next to the Columbia River. 
It was established as part of the Manhattan Project in 1943, and it was 
the location of the first full-scale plutonium production reactor.
  The site is massive, and its legacy not only includes its devastating 
role in World War II but also the environmental impacts in central 
Washington and beyond.

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  The EPA has referred to the Columbia River as the ``lifeblood of the 
Pacific Northwest,'' and they are right. And it is why it is so crucial 
that we at the Federal Government do everything we can to clean up 
Hanford.
  Another Superfund site, this one in my district, is the Duwamish 
River, which was designated as a Superfund site in 2001. Over the 
course of many years, factory waste and household pollutants have run 
into the Duwamish, and the Duwamish air quality is the most toxic in 
our State.
  Water pollutants have affected our local fish and they have 
threatened the food supply and the fishing culture, particularly of 
those non-English speakers, Asian and Pacific Islanders, and people of 
multiracial backgrounds who depend on the river as a way of life.
  It has gotten so dangerous that the State and Federal Governments 
have actually issued a warning against the consumption of fish from the 
river. On average, community members in the Duwamish live an average of 
8 years shorter than other King County residents.
  The Superfund Enforcement program allows the Federal Government to 
assess locations like this from Washington State to Washington, D.C., 
and determine who is responsible for cleaning up these potentially 
devastating contaminants.
  By the numbers, Mr. Chairman, the Superfund Enforcement program has 
not only been incredibly successful, it has actually saved taxpayers 
money and leveraged a lot of money for us.
  According to the EPA, in fiscal year 2017, the agency reported that 
they reduced, treated, or eliminated 217 million in pollution. During 
that same time, 245 million pounds of hazardous waste was treated, 
minimized, or properly disposed of, and 416,000 people were protected 
by the enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
  Thanks to the Superfund Enforcement program, many of the bad actors 
who create the problems are actually responsible for cleaning them up, 
and we leverage a lot of the Federal Government's money. In fiscal year 
2017, the amount committed by liable parties to clean up Superfund 
sites was $1.227 billion, which goes a long way toward ensuring that 
communities can be safe, healthy, and protected.
  While the funding levels in the 2019 bill are not as low as the 
President's budget requested, I urge my colleagues to support continued 
funding in 2018 at the 2018 enacted level of $166 million or higher.

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  Mr. Chairman, I look forward to working with the chairman and the 
ranking member of the subcommittee to ensure that this program is 
meaningfully supported, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I just want to note that this bill 
provides $10 million above the President's request for Superfund 
Enforcement and $12 million above the fiscal 2018 enacted level for the 
entire Superfund program. We attempted to find middle ground on 
enforcement while also prioritizing on-the-ground cleanup efforts that 
returns land to productive uses.
  I certainly appreciate the gentlewoman's support for the interest in 
the Superfund program, and while the amendment does not do as she 
intends, this amendment is something we are unable to support at this 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Minnesota (Ms. McCollum).
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I rise in great support of this 
amendment. Just last year, I dealt with a frightening situation in my 
district where a company abandoned its facility, leaving dozens of vats 
of drums of cyanide and various assorted other toxic chemicals. This 
facility was in the middle of a residential neighborhood with some 
neighbors only living 15 feet from the facility.
  There is a legacy of abandoned waste sites that must be dealt with, 
and the cost far exceeds what we can fund in our bill. This flat 
funding that we have with the 302(b) allocation is something that the 
chairman knows I feel very strongly about, and I want to be on record 
of supporting this, and maybe we also need to include the reinstating 
of a Superfund tax.
  I thank the gentlewoman for the time.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time I have left.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Washington has 1 minute 
remaining.
  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman's remarks, and 
I did mention that I appreciated that there was more allocated than the 
President's budget.
  I think the magnitude of the problem that we are dealing with and the 
hundreds of thousands of lives that are at stake in terms of who 
depends on the waterways that go through these Superfund sites is why I 
am asking the chairman if he might consider restoring the original 
level, which is, of course, more than was allocated.
  I do understand the challenges, but I think that these are historical 
harms that we are trying to correct and money that is leveraged 
substantially by the companies that create the waste, and it is because 
the Federal Government is putting money into these that we are able to 
do that.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge support of this amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Jayapal).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 33, 
printed in House Report 115-830.


                Amendment No. 34 Offered by Mr. LaMalfa

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 34 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 85, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(decreased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 85, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $4,500,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. LaMalfa) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, my amendment today simply aims to increase 
funding to help combat illegal marijuana grow operations in our 
Nation's national forests. Illegal marijuana grows pose a significant 
threat to public safety as well as the environment.
  According to the DEA, the majority of illegal marijuana production 
that occurs in Federal land is carried out by Mexican drug cartels. 
These cartels smuggle deadly weapons, illegal pesticides, and other 
dangerous materials across the border to grow illegal substances on our 
public lands.
  Siskiyou County, in my district in northern California, has actually 
declared a state of emergency over the damage illegal marijuana 
production has caused to neighboring communities, the surrounding 
environment--again, damage much beyond what anybody would ever accuse 
legal industries of, farming, timber, whatever--and they are using, 
again, banned chemicals in the process, damaging wildlife, the 
environment, water supply, across the board.
  While the majority of illegal grow activity occurs within 
California's borders, States across the country are also affected. Drug 
trafficking organizations are operating on 72 national forests in 21 
States throughout the country.
  Our agencies need the funding and tools to take proactive steps to 
push back against this growing, large threat. According to the Forest 
Service, it would cost over $100 million over 5 years to reduce the 
spread of this problem in California alone.
  My amendment would increase funding to the National Forest System 
account by $4.5 million. Indeed, that is barely scratching the surface 
of what is truly needed, but it is a good start, and then we can 
fashion a pilot to show the good we can do over time.
  Mr. Chairman, I strongly support this amendment and urge my 
colleagues to vote ``yes,'' and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would increase that 
reduction and transfer $5 million to the National Forest System 
account, and as the gentleman explained, the funding would be used for 
the purpose of eradicating illegal marijuana growing operations in the 
national forests, and that is something that I support.
  I know we work on it in Minnesota, and we have worked on it in our 
State forests. So I agree that this work is very important. I worked to 
ensure this funding was included in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus bill, 
so the funding is already provided, and now it is part of the program's 
base.
  So the amendment, to me, is unnecessary because the program is 
already funded, but the offset is also problematic. The Forest and 
Rangeland Research account fund does scientific research that informs 
policy and land management decisions regarding such issues as I know we 
all care about: wildfire, fuels research, invasive species, which also 
can, especially in our forests, lead to the forest being less healthy 
so they have less resilience to wildfire, and new, innovative ways to 
harvest forest products, which in my State and many States is very 
important.
  This amendment, I don't think is intended to, but I do believe it 
could negatively impact bipartisan programs like the Forest Products 
Laboratory and the Forest Inventory Analysis program.
  So, as I mentioned, I am opposing this not because I don't think we 
need to work on eradicating illegally grown marijuana in our public 
lands, but because this program is already in part of the base, and the 
offset is problematic for many of the shared goals I think many of us 
in this body have.
  So with that, I oppose this amendment, and I currently don't plan on 
speaking on it again.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, I do appreciate my colleague's position 
there, but we are talking about, again, what the Forest Service says 
themselves is a $100 million problem over 5 years, or $20 million per 
year. This would seek to boost that.
  If you saw the emergency situation, again, in areas like my district 
and adjacent, you would probably agree this

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$4.5 million boost would be very important in order to get a good start 
at that.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Calvert).
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman because this is 
somewhat personal to me. I appreciate the gentleman's interest in this 
illegal marijuana cultivation in our national forests.
  One of the largest national forests in the State of California, 
Cleveland National Forest, is literally in my congressional district 
and right close to my house. We are always having problems with people 
setting up illegal grow operations in the Cleveland National Forest. So 
this increase to remediate these sites is needed.
  I agree with the gentlewoman that these offsets are difficult, but I 
am pleased to offer my support for the gentleman's amendment. 
Hopefully, we can get rid of some of this illegal marijuana that is 
grown in these national forests.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time I have left.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 2 minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, again, I appreciate the conversation here, 
but when you look at the depth and the danger of what is being brought 
into our States and my own part of northern California, my colleague in 
the Cleveland National Forest, this is an acute problem. The 
environmental damage is unspeakable with the amount of chemicals, the 
damage to the wildlife, and the threat this poses to people out there 
innocently hiking camping, utilizing the forest or maybe for even 
logging operations.

  So we need to kick-start this as strongly as possible, and that is 
why I offer this amendment tonight in order to counter and send a 
message that we are taking this seriously where Federal employees, 
Federal agents have feared to tread in recent years because of this 
tremendous threat that the Mexican nationals and gang activity has 
caused in our national forests that belong to the people.
  So, again, I urge my colleagues to support this. It is an important 
start and weaves into so much with human trafficking, environmental 
destruction, and even, in some cases, murder associated with the 
problems of the growth of this product in our national forests.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 35 Offered by Mr. Welch

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 35 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 85, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 85, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Vermont (Mr. Welch) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Vermont.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, across the country, an invasive beetle known 
as the emerald ash borer has been wreaking havoc on ash trees. It was 
first discovered in 2002 in Michigan, but since then, it has spread to 
33 States, killing millions of trees, inflicting severe harm on the 
forest products industry, and costing municipalities and property 
owners millions of dollars.

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  Ash trees infested with the emerald ash borer suffer nearly 100 
percent fatality rates over a 3- to 5-year period. At this point, there 
is no known effective treatment.
  Earlier this year, the emerald ash borer was discovered in Vermont. 
While the discovery was not a surprise, the news is devastating.
  Forests are a central part of our economy, our landscape, and our way 
of life. It is going to be difficult to eradicate the pest, but there 
are steps we can take to contain its spread.
  Mr. Chairman, I thank the Appropriations Committee, Mr. Carter, and 
Ms. McCollum for acknowledging the threat this invasive species poses.
  The report language accompanying the bill recommends a $19.5 million 
increase to forest health management under the State and private 
forestry account for addressing high-priority invasive species, pests, 
and diseases, including the emerald ash borer. I support that increase.
  My amendment specifies that, of this amendment, at least $5 million 
should be used to help mitigate the spread of and eradicate the emerald 
ash borer.
  Ultimately, a successful response will require a strong partnership 
between Federal, State, and private sector stakeholders. This amendment 
is a good first step to ensure the Federal Government is doing its 
part.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the 
amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for bringing this 
issue to our attention.
  Invasive species, pests, and diseases have wreaked havoc across the 
Nation and continue to do so. I know that the emerald ash borer has 
been a tremendous pest throughout a good part of our country, certainly 
in State and private forests also.
  We need to improve management in our forests, and we need those 
conditions to improve. So I am happy to accept the gentleman's 
amendment, and I hope we can reduce the emerald ash borer.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Chairman, I thank Mr. Carter, I thank Ms. McCollum, 
and I thank the Appropriations Committee for their support, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Welch).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment No. 36 Offered by Mr. Ruiz

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 36 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Chairman, I rise as the designee of Congressman Polis, 
and I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 85, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 90, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(decreased by $2,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Ruiz) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of this bipartisan 
amendment with my colleagues Representatives Polis, King, and Renacci 
to support the brave men and women who serve as volunteer firefighters.
  This commonsense amendment would add an additional $2 million for 
volunteer fire assistance grants. These grants provide matching funds 
to local and rural volunteer fire departments to assist with training 
and the purchase of communications and safety equipment.
  California experienced one of the worst wildfire seasons in history 
last year, and this year is shaping up to be no different. Volunteer 
firefighters will provide nearly 80 percent of the initial defense of 
homes, businesses, and communities in the face of these fires before 
reinforcement arrives.
  In my district, where we are under the constant threat of wildfire, 
departments such as Idyllwild Fire Protection District and the 
Riverside County Fire Department have benefited from the VFA grant 
program. These departments provide fire protection services to dozens 
of rural communities in my district that are at a heightened risk of 
wildfire due to the sustained drought and heat California is 
experiencing.
  The volunteer firefighters who serve Idyllwild routinely overcome 
significant communications and topographical challenges. Grant 
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like volunteer fire assistance grants, help them respond quickly and 
effectively to fire emergencies.
  Throughout the rest of my district, interim Riverside Fire Chief 
Daniel Talbot has done an excellent job leading the department and 
preparing for what is already an intense fire season. This week alone, 
several new fires have sprung up as triple-digit temperatures continue 
to create a tinderbox across the Western United States. Images of 
blackened cars and houses reduced to their foundations are already far 
too common, images we will, unfortunately, only continue to see more 
of.
  Despite this constant and recurrent threat, we still fail to treat 
fires like the devastating natural disasters that they are. The damage 
caused by wildfires in California, Colorado, and other States has been 
heartbreaking, and yet we still continue to underfund mitigation, 
suppression, and prevention efforts for these disasters.
  Any additional assistance we can provide to those on the front lines 
to keep our communities safe is our social responsibility to protect 
the common good, especially when volunteers risk their lives to save 
our lives without pay.
  Many of these departments who benefit from the VFA program operate in 
rural towns on shoestring budgets, so an additional $2 million will go 
a long way to helping them purchase critical extra equipment.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan 
amendment to give our firefighters the equipment and training they need 
to keep the public safe.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Ohio is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the bipartisan 
amendment with Mr. Polis, Mr. King, and Mr. Ruiz.
  As a former volunteer firefighter, maintaining adequate funding for 
the volunteer fire assistance program is of particular importance to 
me. First responders are pillars of our community, and it has been a 
privilege of mine to advocate for them in Congress.
  This program provides financial and technical assistance through 
grants to rural communities of less than 10,000 people that are matched 
by the community or State on a 50-50 basis. Grant funding for this 
program can be used to obtain and repair equipment and improve fire 
protection capabilities.
  Ever more striking is that many of these rural fire departments often 
rely on volunteers. In fact, 70 percent of all firefighters are 
volunteers, over half of whom are found in rural communities.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment to 
provide these brave men and women the funds they need to adequately 
combat wildfires and protect our communities and treasured American 
landscape.
  Mr. CALVERT. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. RENACCI. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, I certainly support this amendment. Mr. Ruiz and I 
represent the same area. Volunteer firefighters are extremely 
important, especially in our rural areas, and this is something we all 
should support.
  Mr. Chairman, I am happy to accept the amendment.
  Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, this amendment would 
reallocate $2 million to the Interior's volunteer fire assistance 
program with six to eight volunteer firefighters.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Chairman, I certainly appreciate and thank my 
colleague, who has given his time in fighting fires in his capacity.
  I thank my colleagues, as well as the chairman and the ranking 
members for their work on this bipartisan bill.
  Mr. Chairman, once again, I urge my colleagues to support this 
bipartisan and commonsense amendment to support the volunteer 
firefighters who protect our communities, and I yield back the balance 
of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Ruiz).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Carbajal

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 37 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Chairman, I rise as the designee for Mr. Polis of 
Colorado, and I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 86, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(decreased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 86, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Carbajal) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer amendment No. 37 on 
behalf of my colleague from Colorado, Representative Polis.
  Mr. Chairman, as we continue to see global temperatures rise and 
extreme weather events like wildfires become more prevalent, it is 
imperative that Congress take action to help reduce these threats.
  This amendment would increase funds for hazardous fuels management 
activities by an additional $10 million in order to mitigate the 
threats of wildfires and help save lives.
  This program reduces dangerously high fuel loads and helps restore 
and improve the health and resiliency of our forests.
  Managing hazardous fuel loads is critical to protecting the American 
public from wildfires, providing for fire safety and preserving our 
Nation's natural resources. Fuel treatments provide safer conditions 
and more strategic options for firefighters.
  In the 2016 fiscal year, the Forest Service funded and helped conduct 
fuels treatment on more than 3.2 million high-priority acres 
nationwide. This included 2.1 million acres on areas with populated 
communities, high fire areas where the Forest Service could alleviate 
the risk more effectively.
  Assessments of fuels treatment effectiveness show that 91 percent of 
treatments were effective in changing fire behavior and/or helping to 
control wildfire.
  Despite this progress, the Forest Service estimates that there are 
millions of acres at high risk of wildfires, including some that are 
adjacent to communities.
  We must make investments in hazardous fuels programs that have 
demonstrated effectiveness in reducing wildfire risk and continue to 
prioritize treatments in the highest priority areas to protect lives, 
property, and watersheds.
  As the Representative for the central coast in California, I can tell 
you that we are no strangers to wildfires. This year alone, my district 
witnessed the devastating impacts of the Thomas and Holiday fires.
  The Thomas fire became the largest fire in California history, 
burning nearly 282,000 acres in Ventura County and Santa Barbara 
County, and later triggering mudslides that tragically claimed the 
lives of 23 individuals in my district.
  If we can take action to prevent wildfires, we should. We know it 
pays to be prepared. And we know that for every dollar spent on 
mitigation activities, we save $6 in return.
  Mr. Polis' amendment is a commonsense measure that would help provide 
sufficient funds to ensure that we are protecting lives and property 
from the threats of wildfires.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, certainly, I agree with the gentleman that 
hazardous fuel reduction is something that is extremely important. That 
is why we provide for a $30 million increase from last year's levels 
for hazardous fuel reduction in this bill.
  Second, the national forests are overgrown and prone to severe and 
catastrophic fires, there is no doubt about

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it. Colorado, for instance, has already experienced a number of these 
fires this year, and, certainly, our home State of California is no 
different. We have had a number of fires, and we have fires going on at 
this very moment.
  The timber program, which removes trees from these overgrown stands, 
significantly reduces the threat of catastrophic fire. We went down a 
path in the early 1990s that many people in the mainstream 
environmental movement now realize is a mistake. We have now got out of 
that enterprise, and a lot of these forests, unfortunately, have 
overgrown and have bark beetle disease, so that now becomes hazardous 
fuel.
  Unfortunately, it wasn't harvested in a responsible way earlier. 
Responsible harvesting of timber from the national forest is a 
necessary component of good forest and land management.

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  So taking money from that account is the offset that I can't support. 
But certainly, I do support hazardous fuel reduction, because, 
unfortunately, we have created a lot of it in our home State of 
California and throughout the West. So, unfortunately, I have to urge a 
``no'' vote on this amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Chair, this amendment offsets the $10 million 
increase for fuels management by reducing from the forest products.
  Unlike the forest products line item, which funds timber sales, the 
hazardous fuels program is focused exclusively on reducing wildfire 
risks and employs a wide range of tools, including prescribed fire, 
mechanical fuels reduction, and thinning activities.
  Increasing funding for hazardous fuels management can save lives. And 
when we consider the priority of forest products versus the opportunity 
to thin these fuels, I think the priority is clear, for saving lives, 
for saving property, and saving our environment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Carbajal).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair understands that amendment No. 38 will 
not be offered.


                Amendment No. 39 Offered by Mr. Grothman

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 39 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 115, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $23,250,000)''.
       Page 116, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $23,250,000)''.
       Page 147, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $46,500,00)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin.


        Modification to Amendment No. 39 Offered by Mr. Grothman

  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to modify the 
amendment in the form I have placed at the desk. There was a minor 
change in the figure there.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Wisconsin?
  Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Chairman, reserving the right to object.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Maine is recognized on her 
reservation.
  Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Chair, while I appreciate the request made is 
intended to correct an inadvertent drafting error, I am concerned that 
granting the gentleman's request would legitimize a double standard 
being applied to unanimous consent requests here on the House floor.
  For example, during consideration of the defense appropriation bill 3 
weeks ago, Congresswoman Jackson Lee sought to obtain a unanimous 
consent to correct just this sort of innocent drafting error in her 
amendment. The majority informed us that, while they had no problem 
trying to fix the error in some other less direct manner later in the 
process, they would object to doing so by unanimous consent.
  More importantly, just today, the ranking member of the Foreign 
Affairs Committee asked for and could not get unanimous consent to 
consider a resolution endorsing Speaker Ryan's own statement rebuking 
the President's statements in Helsinki in which the President said that 
he takes the Russians' word over that of the U.S. intelligence 
community, and refused to condemn the Russians' attacks on our 
democracy.
  If Democrats can't even get unanimous consent for that, endorsing a 
statement by the Speaker of the House, it starts to look like a 
partisan double standard for giving unanimous consent.
  Mr. Chair, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn.
  The Clerk will report the modification.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Modification to amendment No. 39 offered by Mr. Grothman:

       Page 115, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $23,250,000)''.
       Page 116, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $23,250,000)''.
       Page 147, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $46,500,000)''.

  Mr. GROTHMAN (during the reading). Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent 
to dispense with the reading of the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Wisconsin?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the original request of the 
gentleman from Wisconsin?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is modified.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin.
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, I will address the amendment. The purpose of 
this amendment is to try to make a small dent in what I consider to be 
the overall excessive spending that is going on here.
  In the year which we are currently in, we anticipate borrowing about 
22 percent of the Federal budget. A few years ago, we had that number 
down to around 11 percent--and to a certain extent because of the 
hurricanes, but to a certain extent not--we now are borrowing up to 22 
percent.
  President Trump, at the time he originally submitted the budget for 
this time, which was before the budget agreement was reached, I think, 
anticipated spending over $50 billion less than the amount that was 
spent in the last year. I tried to look at something to just give a 
little bit, a tip of the cap, to President Trump's request. I think he 
is paying a lot more attention to the burden we are placing on our 
children and grandchildren than Congress collectively.
  And I looked at the National Endowment for the Arts and the National 
Endowment for the Humanities. I am requesting a 15 percent reduction in 
both of those numbers. It seems when you reduce anything else, it seems 
to plan that it is a matter of life and death, and horrible things are 
going to happen.
  I like the arts. I don't know if I like the humanities quite as much 
as the arts, but they are okay, too. But it is hard to believe, at a 
time when we are borrowing 22 percent of our overall budget, that a 
minor 15 percent cut in these two items would be inappropriate.
  We are, right now, going up in the National Endowment of the 
Humanities, hitting an all-time high this year, at the time of this 
huge deficit, and we are also increasing in the proposed budget the 
amount we are spending on the humanities.
  It seems to me that these things, you could argue, are not 
necessarily a Federal purpose at all. I am not like President Trump was 
2 years ago and trying to zero out these two lines altogether, but I 
think it is a little bit of an insult to our President, an insult to 
our children, an insult to our grandchildren to go up to high numbers 
on both these items.
  So the purpose of my amendment, a minor 15 percent reduction. There 
is still more in both these accounts than we had just a few years ago.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.

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  Mr. CALVERT. I certainly agree with the gentleman that we have a 
budget problem. I served on the Budget Committee for a number of years 
and recognize the fact that we are spending too much money.
  However, if we take a look at the entire budget picture, nondefense 
discretionary accounts represent 16 percent of total Federal outlays. 
And if you take a look at the nondefense discretionary accounts, over 
the last number of years, we are pretty flat. We are pretty flat 
spending right now. I mean, even with this increase, even with this 
increase.
  However, this NEA-NEH program is something I can't support. While I 
understand, again, why the gentleman wants to save money, this 
amendment would have unintended consequence affecting the men and women 
who serve in the country in uniform, military veterans, their families, 
as well as Native Americans, Alaska natives.
  We are putting a lot of this money in to help people get through 
their post-traumatic stress syndrome. This amendment would have 
devastating consequence on critical work for the National Endowment for 
the Arts at Walter Reed Medical Center, 11 other clinical sites across 
the country that are supporting therapy service.
  We have reformed the National Endowment for the Humanities to make 
sure that we have low overhead, and that this money is getting out into 
the country. This money doesn't go to New York or L.A. This goes out to 
the rural areas around the country that don't have the benefit of large 
interest in arts.
  So I certainly urge Members to support the innovative work the NEA 
and the NEH are providing our men and women in uniform, our veterans, 
and families.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. 
Pingree).
  Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Chairman, I too rise to speak in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The NEA and the NEH have strong, bipartisan support on this 
committee, and I had really hoped the days of attacking these agencies 
were behind us. Maybe they seem like a good political target for those 
who don't understand the ways the arts and humanities affect our daily 
lives, but the economic benefits are undeniable for big cities, small 
towns, and everywhere in between.
  The arts and culture industry contributes $764 billion to our economy 
every year, and the endowments are uniquely positioned to help smaller, 
rural areas, as you heard the Chair say, access that energy in a way 
that private capital can't or won't. And efforts to reach underserved 
communities are just as important.
  NEA's Creative Forces program helps servicemembers and veterans 
manage TBI and PTSD through arts therapy. A cut would majorly impact 
the program's reach.
  Similarly, NEH has funded the popular veterans book clubs that use 
literature that help process experiences in our military. I have been 
lucky to talk to some participants, and this is a deeply meaningful 
program that, again, is in jeopardy if this proposed cut moves forward.
  Frankly, all of this comes at a very small price tag. The NEA and NEH 
use minimal Federal investments.

  I will just end by saying this is an important way to create jobs, 
support families, and sustain communities in every Congressional 
district.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lance).
  Mr. LANCE. I thank the chairman for his strong support of these 
programs.
  I rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. Cuts to these 
programs may be penny-wise, but I think they are pound-foolish.
  I am the Republican chair of both the Arts Caucus and the Humanities 
Caucus in this House, and these programs do wonderful work throughout 
the entire Nation, in every hamlet in America and, of course, 
supporting our veterans.
  For every dollar the United States spends on Federal arts 
initiatives, nine non-Federal dollars are leveraged, generating roughly 
$600 million in matching funds. Last year's Federal arts appropriation 
was under $150 million, but the industry returned $10 billion to the 
Federal Treasury in income taxes.
  I understand the gentleman's argument about government spending and 
our national debt. I take these matters seriously and have opposed a 
recent measure in this body that will increase our national debt over 
the next decade.
  But on these programs, I trust that my colleagues from the Arts and 
Humanities Caucuses will expand on the incredible cultural and 
educational importance of supporting these programs as well.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Just a comment from the humble Congressman from 
Wisconsin. It was said that this is a small amount. I still think $300 
million is a lot of money, okay? And we are only taking about $45 
million out of that. We are leaving a lot behind. We are leaving--I 
don't feel, at this time, with such a big debt, we should be setting 
the all-time high that we have ever put in the endowment for the 
humanities and higher than any other amount we have put in the arts for 
the last 8 years.
  And when I run for this job, I don't find anybody running around 
saying that they have got a big crisis in this country. I have a lot of 
rural area. And we have got to spend a lot more money in Washington, we 
have got this big debt, on the arts and humanities.
  My local and municipal government are pleased to fund this. 
Philanthropists are pleased to fund this, and even people without a lot 
of money like me are happy to fund it on our own.
  I request that the amendment pass and we make a little dent in this 
huge level of spending, and take a small amount out of here; not as 
much as President Trump, who cares so much about our children and 
grandchildren, wanted to take out, but at least a small 15 percent out 
due to our huge debt.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, can I inquire how much time I have left?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1 minute 
remaining.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, one thing I want to make a point of, and 
because obviously this deficit is a problem. Everybody recognizes that. 
Seventy percent of all our spending today is nondiscretionary spending, 
70 percent.
  When I came to Congress 26 years ago it was 30 percent. Today those 
numbers have totally flipped. Now it is 30 percent discretionary, 70 
percent nondiscretionary.
  Of the discretionary account, half of that goes to defense. The other 
half goes to nondefense discretionary. No way are we ever going to 
balance the budget on nondefense discretionary spending. At some point, 
we all need to come together, Republicans, Democrats, the President, 
and come to a budget agreement. It has been tried before and needs to 
be tried again. And the 70 percent of nondiscretionary spending has to 
be on the table and we have to bend those cost curves.
  We are not going to--and I dispute the fact that we are at an all-
time high on NEH and the National Endowment for the Arts. In past 
years, those numbers were quite higher.

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  Those numbers have been cut down over the years, and we are trying to 
do the best we can on these discretionary accounts; but being what it 
will, this is not, I think, a wise cut. Money is going to every 
congressional district in the United States.
  Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment, as modified, 
offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment, as modified, offered by the gentleman 
from Wisconsin will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 40 Offered by Mr. Beyer

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 40 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.

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  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 138, beginning on line 1, strike section 430.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Virginia (Mr. Beyer) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia.
  Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, neither of the amendments that I offer 
tonight have much to do with the appropriations we are addressing. They 
are not about specific budget provisions, although I very much enjoyed 
listening to the many amendments tonight and am impressed with how 
often the discussion has been cordial. Instead, this amendment seeks to 
preserve current Clean Water Act protections for our rivers, streams, 
and wetlands.
  Our Nation's river systems and wetlands provide irreplaceable 
resources: natural water quality improvement, flood protection, 
shoreline erosion control, recreation, general aesthetic appreciation, 
and natural products for our use at no cost. Yet section 430 of this 
bill seeks to undermine the critical balance between protecting these 
waters and the day-to-day operations of our Nation's farmers, ranchers, 
and foresters.
  Under current law, you do not need a Clean Water Act permit if 
discharges of dredged or fill material are associated with normal 
farming, ranching, or silviculture activities. This exemption pertains 
to normal farming and harvesting activities that are part of an 
established, ongoing farming or forestry operation. Only when the 
activities change or convert the use of a waterbody to a new purpose or 
impair the historic flow or reach of a stream or wetland does the 
exemption no longer apply.
  What this means is that farmers can continue to plow their fields, 
plant their seeds, and harvest their crops without ever having to 
obtain approval under the Clean Water Act; but if a farmer wants to use 
the current exemption to convert his farmland into a residential 
development, he can't do that unless he gets a permit.
  A rancher couldn't use this exemption to plow under a wetland to 
expand the reach of her grazing lands, and forestry operations can't 
use this exemption to change the course of a local stream to improve 
drainage on their growing lands.
  Section 430 of this bill seeks to provide an absolute exemption for 
impacts to any streams or wetlands that happen to be on agricultural, 
ranching, or forestry lands. This is a fundamental change to the Clean 
Water Act and one where the impacts have never been explored.
  This amendment would be a departure from almost 40 years of 
implementation of the Clean Water Act by eliminating the existing 
provision requiring that the exemptions are limited to established, 
ongoing farming practices. It could result in the loss or impairment of 
thousands of acres of valuable wetlands.
  Mr. Chairman, we shouldn't be using an appropriations bill to change 
Federal policy related to the protection of our Nation's rivers and 
streams. To the best of my knowledge, no hearings or investigations on 
the impacts of this provision have ever been held.
  If Congress intended to overturn almost 40 years of Clean Water Act 
precedent, regular order would require hearings before the House 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which has sole 
jurisdiction over the Clean Water Act, and approval by that committee 
before consideration on the floor.
  Mr. Chairman, this rider is bad policy for the protection of our 
environment, for the protection of human health, and for the protection 
of public safety.
  Mr. Chair, I urge support for my amendment, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong opposition to this 
amendment.
  My colleague today has labeled this language a loophole in the bill, 
which is false. A loophole is used to get around a law. The language he 
wants to strike requires EPA and Army Corps to follow the law.
  I ask once again my colleague, a friend of mine and a nice guy, to 
come visit us in northern California and meet with the farmers and 
ranchers who have seen firsthand this misuse and abuse of the Clean 
Water Act and to gain an understanding why this language is necessary. 
It is not theoretical. This is regulatory overreach at its worst going 
on right now.
  The recapture provision of the Clean Water Act was never meant to 
swallow the original intent of the agricultural exemptions clearly laid 
out in the act, but that is exactly what has been happening. If this 
amendment passes, it would only get worse.
  It was never the intention of the Clean Water Act to punish farmers 
for conducting normal farming practices, normal operations, such as 
plowing or doing stock pond maintenance, indeed, continuing what it is 
they have always done.
  There is a difference between filling a river and a difference 
between plowing the corner of a field. These exemptions were 
constructed to address that difference.
  The ongoing expansion of enforcement, indeed, the reinterpretation of 
clear exemption, is not what has been going on for 40 years as 
asserted, but only in recent years under the previous administration 
have they reinterpreted these laws; otherwise, you wouldn't have these 
farmers and others in such a fuss over what they have done for many 
decades.
  The ongoing expansion of enforcement of the Clean Water Act has 
chipped away at the rights of landowners and has made it a danger to 
farmers to effectively utilize their own property--key word, ``own.'' 
This isn't somebody else's wetlands. This isn't someone else's habitat. 
This is land that belongs to farmers who have been practicing farming 
in the way they see fit for many years before this reinterpretation.
  It is really ridiculous that a farmer must worry about being slapped 
with a fine in the millions of dollars just for plowing on their own 
land or a decision to rest that land, let it lie fallow, or wait for 
improved market conditions.
  In my district, there have been lawsuits against residents for 
farming without Federal permission. Cases like these across the country 
have cost farmers millions of dollars--yes, millions of dollars--in 
legal damages, and they risk running farmers out of business. I don't 
know of many farmers who can absorb million-dollar fines very many 
times and continue doing what they are doing.

  If this amendment is not defeated, these damages to farm communities 
will only grow. America's farmers and ranchers deserve our support. 
They deserve to be able to make decisions about managing their land, 
managing their crops, have crop rotations that make sense to them for 
market conditions, or just allowing the land to rest without having to 
seek an onerous permit if they let their land rest for a couple years, 
this without more regulatory ambiguity and red tape.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, I tried to listen very carefully to my 
friend from northern California.
  Number one, I would love to come visit and talk to his farmers and 
his ranchers, with his permission and accompaniment.
  Number two, I think if there is administrative misuse, if there is a 
reinterpretation of a law that has been in place for 40 years, let's 
address that. Let's do that through the Department of the Interior. We 
have, I believe, from the gentleman's perspective, a very friendly 
administration. Let's make sure that they are implementing the law 
appropriately.
  By the way, I agree with the gentleman, it was never intended to 
punish farmers.
  The gentleman's northern California experience is different from ours 
here. My mom and dad both grew up on farms in northern Virginia, which 
are completely residential developments right now.
  We want to make sure that we don't, with this rider, make it possible 
for a farmer to change from farming to suburbia without ever obtaining 
a permit,

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and that is essentially what we have done.
  By the wholesale nature of this repeal, of the nonstop to the 
exemptions, we essentially really shortcut the Clean Water Act.
  I urge us to look for a middle ground solution that answers the needs 
of farmers without opening wide this exemption for any farming, 
ranching, or grazing activity, forestry activity that might result in 
this full repeal.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chair, indeed, I appreciate my colleague's comments 
and thoughts on this.
  We are not talking about conversion to suburbia. We are talking about 
a reinstitution of a crop that may have been lying fallow for a few 
years or changing from a crop such as a hay crop to wheat.
  Indeed, one of my growers up north got in big trouble because they 
wanted to put in a wheat crop on their own land, which isn't wetlands 
unless we want to start reinterpreting that way by EPA working with 
their henchmen in the Army Corps, basically out of the Sacramento 
office, to keep coming after him and finding more and more people. This 
puts more wind in their sails to come after people who are making an 
honest living, not trying to develop houses or suburbia.
  Indeed, I would agree with the gentleman on that. And that is going 
to require a fairly difficult permit process, especially in my home 
State of California, if you want to start turning this ag land into 
suburbia. It is not what we are after.
  There was a farm bill some years ago called the Freedom to Farm. What 
has happened to that? What has happened to that concept?
  With clear exemptions in the Clean Water Act for normal farming 
practices, not new interpretations that have been put in place in the 
previous administration we are still trying to unwind and get their 
attention on, that is why this amendment would be damaging towards that 
effort.
  It is not a fight over clean water; it is a fight over Federal 
control. They never intended for this.
  It is unfortunate I have to even be here today to defend simply 
requiring the bureaucrats to follow the law and the clear exemptions 
that were put in place under the Clean Water Act.
  Activities of the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers go above the law to 
impose these requirements, again, significantly expanding the 
jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act, which clearly exceeds 
congressional intent when they passed the Clean Water Act 40-plus years 
ago.
  Mr. Chair, again, I strongly oppose this amendment, and I urge my 
colleagues to vote ``no.''
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Beyer).
  The amendment was rejected.


                 Amendment No. 41 Offered by Mr. Beyer

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 41 
printed in House Report 115-830.
  Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 138, beginning on line 10, strike section 431.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the gentleman 
from Virginia (Mr. Beyer) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia.
  Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would strike section 431, which 
repeals the current Clean Water Rule.
  Without this Clean Water Rule, the streams that supply public 
drinking water systems to one in three Americans will remain at risk.
  Mr. Chairman, everyone agreed that clarity was needed in light of the 
Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006 that created uncertainty about 
the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act. Calls for EPA 
to issue a rule even came from such organizations as the National 
Cattlemen's Beef Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the 
Western Business Roundtable, and the National Association of 
Manufacturers.
  The EPA and the Corps solicited comments to clarify the scope of 
waters protected under the Clean Water Act, and that included a lengthy 
and inclusive public rulemaking process that included over 200 days for 
public comment. The comment period was even extended twice in response 
to extension requests.
  The final rule reflected over 1 million public comments in the 
proposal, the overwhelming majority of which supported the Clean Water 
Rule. They had 400 meetings across the Nation with various 
stakeholders.
  The final Clean Water Rule was robust and ensured that water sources 
were protected by taking into account the connected systems of water, 
from wetlands and seasonal bodies of water to large rivers and lakes.
  The requirements of the rule were meticulously developed and 
addressed longstanding uncertainty, improving our national commitment 
to protect not only America's water, but the American people.
  About 117 million Americans get drinking water from streams that were 
vulnerable to pollution before this new Clean Water Rule. Our health 
and our lives depend on clean water, our economy depends on clean 
water.
  Mr. Chairman, what is unusual is the Trump administration is already 
working to replace, revise the 2015 rule, so I am baffled why this 
rider is necessary. Does the rider mean the Republican Party can't 
trust its own EPA to write the rule to their requirements?
  So I stand here today to denounce this unnecessary rider and to 
defend clean water for the American people.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the 
gentleman's amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, with the change of administrations, we were 
able to reduce the number of issues addressed in this bill, but some 
issues warrant continued congressional attention. WOTUS is one of them.
  Deciding how water is used should be the responsibility of State and 
local officials who are familiar with the people and the local issues. 
Under the WOTUS rule, however, the reach of the Federal jurisdiction 
would be so broad that it would significantly restrict a landowner's 
ability to make decisions about their property and a local government's 
right to plan for its own development.
  The language in the underlying bill simply repeals the misguided 
WOTUS rule and clarifies what rules will be in effect until a new rule 
is finalized, specifically, the same rules that were in effect 
immediately prior to the promulgation of the final WOTUS rule.
  WOTUS is an issue that warrants continued congressional attention and 
the provision in the underlying bill is the appropriate action to take.
  For these reasons, I must urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, I certainly respect the opinion of the 
chair, but I do take issue with the notion that it is a misguided WOTUS 
rule. There were 1 million comments, 400 meetings, and I served on the 
Science, Space, and Technology Committee and National Resources 
Committee in the last 2 years of the Obama administration when EPA 
Administrator Gina McCarthy came to us and said that after the original 
publication of the intended new clean water rule, there was so much 
feedback that she went back to the drawing board for another year of 
hearings and comments to address the many concerns that were raised by 
farmers, cattlemen, and others, most of which were resolved at the 
time.
  Mr. Chair, I respect the notion that a new administration has the 
right to go through the same process, the same hearings, and the same 
public comment to modify the rule to evolve it as we move forward. But 
to just throw out the old rule by a rider to an appropriations bill, 
seems the wrong way to make law, the wrong way to govern.
  Mr. Chair, I encourage my few colleagues here at a little bit before 
midnight to vote ``yes'' on this amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.

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  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Beyer).
  The amendment was rejected.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Lance) having assumed the chair, Mr. Budd, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 6147) 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

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