[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 31, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5493-S5503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
                  APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019--Continued

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.


                     Russian Election Interference

  Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, one of the interesting developments in our 
public debate in America today is Russia and the elections of 2016. 
Lost in all the noise and all the debate and all the legitimate issues 
that arise from it is this perception that if you are taking on Russian 
interference, that is a Democratic position or an anti-President Trump 
position, and that if you think this is all much ado about nothing, 
then you are taking a pro-President position. Nothing could be further 
from the truth. Vladimir Putin is neither a Republican nor a Democrat. 
He is not interested in making America great; he is interested in 
making America weak.
  The reason Vladimir Putin is interested in making America weak is 
because while America is not at war with Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Putin 
is at war with America. You may say: Well, that doesn't sound right 
because war means bullets, rockets, missiles, aircraft, and launching 
attacks. This misses the broader point. For Russia, under the Russian 
doctrine of conflict, information is a weapon; information war is a 
part of war. We are not in an armed conflict, but sadly, while we 
Americans go on about our lives and do not spend all day obsessing 
about Russia--until 2016 and some of the issues that arose there--
Vladimir Putin is obsessed with America, and those in his government 
who surround him are as well.
  We Americans look at Russia and say they are an important country. 
They have nuclear weapons and significant conventional military 
capabilities. But they have a very small economy of $2 trillion--about 
the size of Italy's or Spain's. They are not really geopolitically 
relevant in many parts of the world. They still can't project power the 
way they used to during the Soviet Union. Yes, they are involved in 
Syria and other places, and they are doing more of that than ever 
before, and they have a veto vote on the United Nations Security 
Council. They are not really a relevant nation. Culturally, their 
people have much to be proud of and have contributed a tremendous 
amount to the world. On a daily basis, Russia may be a nuclear and 
somewhat military peer competitor of the United States but not 
economically, not commercially.
  But the Russian Government's view of America is very different. They 
view America as an aggressive power that seeks to destroy Russia. I 
know that sounds bizarre to Americans who know that we spend little, if 
any, time thinking about how to go to war with Russia, but in their 
mindset, we do. They view us as an aggressive power that wants to fight 
and degrade them. They hold us responsible for the end of the Soviet 
Union, which, to them, represented power--not so much ideology, but 
power--for the current leaders. They blame us for expanding NATO in a 
way they feel encircles them. They blame us for the color revolutions 
throughout Europe, and they believe we want one of those to happen in 
Russia as well. Most of all, they think we are seeking to take 
advantage of Russia and humiliate them. This is the view of Russia's 
leaders. This is why, while we are not at war with Russia on 
information, Russia, under Vladimir Putin, is at war with the United 
States.
  We keep talking about this issue as if it were espionage. I have had 
people come to me and say that everybody spies on everyone. This is not 
about espionage--trust me. Many countries in the world spy, and on each 
other, including our allies. This is not about espionage; this is about 
information warfare.
  Information warfare is a part of the Russian doctrine of confronting 
an enemy and weakening them from within. What happened in 2016 and what 
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happening now is nothing less than an information war against America--
not for purposes of electing Donald Trump President or having 
Republicans win or vice versa but for purposes of dividing us among 
each other so they can weaken us from within, opening a permanent front 
domestically in order to hurt this country.
  They do this all over the world. They do this in Eastern Europe. They 
do it all over the world where they have an interest, and it takes 
different forms. In many of the countries in which Russia is involved 
in information warfare, one of the things they do is openly and 
strongly financially support pro-Russian candidates, pro-Russian 
parties, or they may support pro-Russian separatists the way they did 
in parts of Ukraine.
  We don't have a pro-Russia party in the United States. We don't 
really have pro-Russian constituencies in American politics--certainly 
not in large numbers that yield any power or influence. Instead, the 
way to weaken us is to divide us from within by pitting us against each 
other. The weapons they use in this war are their goals. Let me start 
with their goals.
  How do they weaken us? The first is they seek to amplify political 
and social divisions in our country. You will see that both in 2016 and 
in the current efforts I am about to show that they focus largely on 
issues of race, immigration, and gun control. They know the issues that 
pit Americans against each other. They know the hot-button issues that 
get us to fight and call each other names and accuse one another of 
horrible things, and that is why they focus on those issues.
  Another goal they have is to undermine confidence in our democracy--
to be able to go around saying that our elections are rigged--so that 
we may come to doubt that a winner of an election really won.
  The third is that they seek to weaken our image globally--for 
example, making up stories about how American troops in some country 
are killing civilians or committing war crimes and things of that 
nature, doctoring photos and video, and spreading fake news through 
their Russian propaganda outlets.
  This is how they seek to weaken us. The methods they use are 
enlightening because they used them in 2016, and they are using them 
even at this very moment that I am speaking to you now. How do they 
amplify our political and social divisions? What do they do to get us 
to fight with one another? Because if they just put a bunch of segments 
on RT--everyone knows RT is the Kremlin's television station, but they 
are keen watchers of American habits. What do they know? They know a 
significant and growing percentage of Americans get their news and 
their information from social media.
  In the old days, if you wanted to start a rumor, you started a rumor, 
and people had to tell someone else. Propaganda and informational 
warfare is not new. What is new is the ability to spread it to millions 
of people instantaneously by using platforms that were not available 
just a short time ago. They know Americans increasingly, as I said, get 
information from social media.
  The first thing they do is they develop networks of followers for 
fake social media accounts. ``Fake'' meaning they are real accounts but 
fake in that it is not the person. It is a Russian operative who 
creates a social media account. Initially, the account may not even 
have anything to do with politics. It might have a variety of different 
topics in order to attract people to follow it, until you get to 10,000 
15,0000, 20,000, 30,000 followers. Once they have reached a critical 
mass--and they have dozens of these--then, they use those platforms to 
inject divisive or false content or memes. They can use that, for 
example, to just sow instability and get us to fight with one another, 
but they can also use it to target specific candidates.
  For example, they are using these networks, potentially, to leak 
stolen documents from a computer they hacked; or email doctored 
documents, where they change a few words and make it sound like you 
said something you never said; or, an even greater and growing threat, 
potentially, one day develop deepfake videos that you will watch on 
your news feed. You will look at the video, and it looks like someone 
saying and doing something, but it was carefully doctored and only an 
expert can tell. By the time a campaign or candidate bats it down, the 
election has passed, and that video has been spread far and wide and 
probably even found its way into regular media.
  They know how the metrics work. How does the story pop up on your 
news feed, for example, on Facebook? It is based on how many people 
click and look at it. They unleash automated bots and even potentially 
paid advertising to drive traffic to those sites so those fake stories 
or that false content and that divisive content begins to rise on the 
news feed, meaning more people will read it. The result is, you have 
started a massive internet rumor that you know is going to get 
Americans to fight against one another.
  This is not a relic of 2016. This is happening now. This is happening 
today. We were reminded of it earlier this morning, earlier today.
  I want to show you two slides that Facebook revealed--two slides of 
content that Facebook has now removed because they have identified it 
as the work of Russian intelligence and their informational war against 
the United States.
  Our first slide, under a fake account named Resisters, was posted on 
the 1st of September of last year. It says: Millions of indigenous 
people died during the conquest of America. History is history. But if 
we want integrity and equality, we have to erase these bloody memories 
and start over. Congratulations, Louisiana.
  What it posts is a picture--a picture with a sign on it that says: 
Christian terrorism begins in 1492.
  Sorry. It says, Congratulations Los Angeles because what it was 
referring to was Los Angeles canceled Columbus Day. Columbus Day is no 
more in the Nation's second-largest city.
  Why do they put that on Facebook? Why would they post that? Because 
they know it is going to get us to fight. Some people will see that and 
be outraged about Christian terrorism. It will make them angry that 
this kind of thing is happening, and they will ascribe this as the work 
of the political left. Others, potentially who agree with this message, 
will send it to their group of followers, saying: Look, this is exactly 
right. This is what we have been saying all along.
  The point is, this is a message that would divide Americans against 
each other. It will get us to fight along religious lines and 
potentially ethnic lines. That is the purpose of this kind of stuff--a 
fake account they boosted with automated bots so it got on people's 
news feeds.
  By the way, they do dozens and dozens of these sorts of posts. This 
is just one example of it. This may reach 4,000 there, 18,000 people 
over there. This stuff adds up.
  Let me show you a second slide. This is a slide from Aztlan Warriors. 
As you can see, it is pictures and the names of various Native American 
figures from America's past giving thanks to our vets in the 500-year 
war against colonialism.
  Look at that one. Why would they post that? Geronimo, Crazy Horse, 
Chief Joseph, and the like. Why would they post that? Again, this is 
just two examples of things they were pushing to get people to fight. 
Maybe they are hoping some political or well-known figure will like it 
and then create a scandal about them in the press, but they know this 
will outrage people.
  This is an outrageous message. This is a message designed to generate 
outrage. This is not a pro-Trump message or pro-Democratic message; 
this is an outrage message. This is informational warfare. They know we 
have a First Amendment. This is protected speech, oftentimes. They use 
it against us. You can't do that in Russia. This stuff is censored in 
Russia, but they have figured out how to use this information to get us 
to fight against one another.
  There are dozens of other ads like this that today were removed. One 
of them attacks President Trump as a Nazi--a divisive message designed 
to get us to fight. Again, these are not ads designed to win a 
campaign.

  This ad is not going to lead you to directly go out and vote for your 
Congressman or against him or for your Senator or against him. This is 
designed to drive conflict, along lines in this country that they know 
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conflict. These are conflict messages. This is informational warfare. 
This is what they are doing now year-round. In campaigns, they may 
tailor it for something else, but this is what they are doing to us 
year-round.
  This is what they did in 2016, with the primary objective of getting 
us to be divided, with the primary objective of ensuring that no matter 
who won that election--Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump--the next 
President of the United States was going to take office with a dark 
cloud over their head and a nation continually debating these issues 
and divided over it.
  This is how you weaken an adversary from within. This is 21st century 
information warfare, and this is what is happening to our country. The 
target of this campaign is not the Democratic Party. It is not the 
Republican Party. It is you, the American people. A foreign country, 
under a foreign dictator, is coming into your homes, across your 
computer screen and your mobile phones, and targeting you for 
psychological and informational warfare. That is what we have to fully 
accept, as well as the implications it has for our country, for its 
future, for our Republic, for our elections, and for our ability to do 
work here.
  They are better at this today than they were 2 years ago. Imagine 
when they start using that to try to influence the debates in the 
Senate or the House--contemporary issues. It is coming.
  I don't have a magic solution for how to stop it. This is a 21st 
century reality. We have to address it and be prepared for it. I know 
this. I don't like Vladimir Putin. I don't respect Vladimir Putin. I 
don't consider him to be a great leader or anything like that. I 
largely consider him to be a weak and very corrupt man whose government 
is largely based on corruption and the ability to provide wealth to 
those who surround him, as long as they give him some of their money. 
He is largely an organized crime figure in charge of a nuclear arsenal 
and a great nation of great people. He has empowered himself with that. 
I do know he is a calculated actor. We have every reason to believe he 
makes decisions by weighing the benefits and the costs.
  I believe, in 2016, he looked at the efforts in 2016 and said: I 
think weakening America from within through an informational warfare 
campaign will yield great benefits at a cost I am willing to pay.
  I believe as we get closer to 2018 and future elections, he will have 
to make that decision again. I believe one of the things we can do is 
something that the Senator from Maryland, Mr. Van Hollen, spoke about 
earlier and we are working on together; that is, we have to do what we 
can to ensure that when he makes a decision about what to do in 2018 or 
beyond, the price of doing it is substantially higher than the benefit 
he thinks he will gain from informational warfare.
  That is the purpose of the DETER Act, a bill we have filed together 
and continues to gain cosponsors. It is to make sure Vladimir Putin 
knows how high the price will be in comparison to the benefit before he 
decides what he wants to do about 2018 or beyond.
  The bill is pretty straightforward. It doesn't deal with 2016. It 
doesn't look backward. It looks forward. It says two things. The first 
is, after every election, the Director of National Intelligence has to 
issue a report, after consulting with the Attorney General, with the 
White House, with all the heads of the intelligence agencies, about 
whether Russia attempted to interfere in our elections.
  I am not talking about five Russian guys on Twitter. I am talking 
about a real campaign to interfere in our elections and conduct 
informational warfare for the purposes of disrupting our election, for 
the purposes of undermining confidence in the ballot box, for the 
purposes of driving divisions in America. If the answer is yes, it 
defines very clearly a set of specific, very hard-hitting sanctions in 
waiting--sanctions in waiting--that will be imposed if, but only if, 
there is interference. Sanctions are important as a penalty for what 
has been happening in the past, but deterrence happens when people know 
it is going to happen in the future.
  He has already paid the price for 2016. Those sanctions are already 
in place. That is already baked into the equation now. You can't 
reimpose the same sanctions. Vladimir Putin is well aware what will 
happen if he conducts a massive cyber attack on our infrastructure. He 
is well aware of what will happen if he launches a rocket, a missile 
against one of America's cities. He knows very well what will happen if 
he tries to shoot down one of our airplanes.
  Right now, he is kind of wondering what will happen if ``I did this 
again because they seem pretty divided about this whole thing. Maybe I 
can get away with it.''
  We have to change that equation, and that is what this bill is about. 
The best way to prevent these things is to change that calculus. The 
best way to deal with this or any problem is to prevent it from 
happening in the first place. I cannot guarantee that if we pass a 
strong deterrence bill, he will not still wage informational warfare, 
but I can almost guarantee that if we don't, he will at some point in 
the future, and the target could be the Republicans the next time or 
anyone, for that matter. Vladimir Putin is not a Republican. He is 
anti-American, and he seeks to destroy this country from within, with 
driving an informational warfare campaign.
  We are prepared to change and tailor our bill. There are some parts 
of that bill that need to be altered and refined. We recognize that. We 
are working to do that. We are willing to take ideas from anyone. The 
purpose of this is not to do something reckless or irresponsible. I am 
not interested, and I know Senator Van Hollen is not interested, in a 
talking point or a messaging exercise. We want to pass a law, which 
means it has to have 60 votes in the Senate, a majority in the House, 
and something President Trump can sign.
  We are willing to change the bill so long as it can pass, and it will 
actually have strong enough deterrence. That is good public policy 
without unintended consequences. That is the purpose of this.
  I will close where I began. We make a terrible mistake if we think 
this somehow is an effort by Vladimir Putin to engage himself in a 
partisan competition in the United States. His goal is not to elect one 
party or any individual candidate. His ultimate goal is to divide us 
against each other.
  I ask everyone this. If a stranger came into your home--no matter 
what problems you may have with your family member or your children--
and actively encouraged you to fight with your spouse and fight with 
your kids and fight with your relatives, constantly trying to 
instigate, I know most people would tell this person: Listen, we are 
family, and we argue with one another, but you are not. You have no 
place to come into our home and get us to fight with one another.
  We need to do that with our country. We need to do that with America. 
That is what we are hoping we can do here; 2016 is being dealt with. 
The Intelligence Committee that I sit on continues to do its work. We 
learn more every day that I think will help us be stronger for the 
future.

  Is the independent counsel doing his work? I think the best thing 
that could happen is that all the truth can come out. The best thing 
for the President, the best thing for the country is that he be allowed 
to finish his work and that we know everything that happened in detail. 
The truth, I truly believe, is what is in the best interest of 
everyone, including the President of the United States.
  We can't change the past. We can react to it, but we can't change it. 
We have a chance to influence the future, and that is the point of the 
DETER Act and why I hope we can make progress.
  The election in the fall is less than 100 days away now. We are 
running out of time to put in place the things we need to put in place 
to ensure that this does not continue to happen.
  We already are pretty irritated about these issues in America. The 
last thing we need is for some foreign, malign power, which seeks to 
weaken us, to have a foothold in making things worse and, in cases like 
what I just showed, getting us fighting with one another over things 
that aren't even real. We are the target of a psychological and 
informational war. It is time we stand up for ourselves, and I hope we 
will pass something like the DETER Act to do so.
  I yield the floor.

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  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue). The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, over the past week, the Senate has 
debated and amended the financial services and general government 
appropriations bill. It is the first time that this bill has the 
potential to cross the floor of this Senate since 2007, when the bill 
was created. Not one time has it passed the Senate since this 
appropriations bill was created.
  Usually, this particular appropriations bill is airdropped into an 
end-of-the-year spending package or an omnibus without ever being 
publicly debated, without ever coming to the Senate floor, without a 
single amendment. This year changed that.
  This bill has been on this floor this entire week. And it was here 
last week. And it is being amended. And it is going through a process. 
That may not seem like a big deal to some. That should be a no-brainer 
for most Americans, certainly for most Oklahomans. They would think, of 
course, the bill is being amended and debated. But that has not 
happened since 2007, and we are changing a process, trying to relearn 
how to actually pass bills--to debate them and to go through this 
process.
  I think countless Americans across the country who complain about the 
inaction of Congress and all the backroom deals have been justified in 
their complaints about this bill. But I am telling you, we are at a 
historic turning point of trying to shift this process around. We have 
demonstrated that appropriations bills can be debated and amended in an 
open, orderly, and fair process for all of the country to see.
  I was grateful to accept the role of chairman of the subcommittee 
earlier this year because of the agencies and programs that are 
impacted by this particular appropriations bill. It affects the lives 
of millions of Americans, plays an important role in supporting the 
American economy, and promoting private sector growth.
  The funding for this particular appropriations bill is $23.688 
billion. It includes funding for entities across all three branches of 
government, from the White House to the Supreme Court, to a diverse 
group of 27 independent agencies and the Treasury.
  In fact, more than half of this particular appropriations bill, $12.7 
billion, funds the Department of the Treasury, the offices of which 
execute important functions that promote economic growth, combat 
illicit finance, safeguard our financial system, administer the 
Internal Revenue Code, and manage the Federal Government's fiscal 
operations.
  Last year, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed this Congress and is now 
law. It provided much needed relief to Oklahomans and all Americans by 
lowering tax rates for the middle class, simplifying tax rates for 
every American, and dramatically changing how we tax businesses.
  The tax reform bill has helped small and large businesses and 
individuals throughout this year. In fact, as a direct result of that 
bill passing last year, this past quarter, our economy grew at 4.1 
percent. Unemployment is down to historic levels. Wages have started to 
increase again.
  We have seen some significant growth in our economy, but with that 
significant growth, from a new Tax Code, there are also significant 
changes that are happening in tax administration. This particular bill 
provides the funds necessary for the IRS to be able to complete its 
work to implement the tax reform bill to ensure that the tax forms and 
all of the IT systems are ready for the filing system and April 15. We 
want to make sure that Americans get their questions answered because 
there will be additional questions coming this next year as they file 
under a new system--hopefully a simplified system.
  The bill also provides funding for the taxpayer assistance centers to 
ensure that local offices in my State--like those in Enid, Lawton, 
Oklahoma City, and Tulsa--remain open and available for individuals to 
have face-to-face conversations with someone from the IRS and that 
there is also the opportunity for them to be able to call directly, if 
they have questions for the IRS. These important centers help 
Oklahomans resolve tax issues, change tax account information, arrange 
payments, as well as get answers to questions regarding the new tax 
law.
  This bill also includes $159 million for the Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence. It is at the Treasury Department, but it levies 
the sanctions against terrorist organizations, international narcotics 
traffickers, rogue regimes, and individuals and entities involved in 
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It is an incredibly 
important office that functions in our Treasury.
  The State of Oklahoma knows firsthand the devastation that can be 
caused by terrorism, and I am pleased that this terrorism finance 
entity received a $17.2 million increase in our bill. It increases 
their capacity to curb terrorist financing and dismantle the financial 
networks that support them. If you stop the flow of money to terrorism 
and to cartels, you can stop the flow of drugs and violence and every 
other evil thing that they bring.
  This bill also includes $118 million for the Financial Crimes 
Enforcement Network or what is called FinCEN. It combats money 
laundering. In 2018, financial institutions in Oklahoma have filed over 
12,000 suspicious activity reports that they identified with FinCEN to 
identify suspicious activities or potentially suspicious activities 
that helped FinCEN to follow the money and track down drug kingpins, 
money laundering, human smugglers, and other criminal enterprises.
  Furthermore, this bill makes critical investments in our Nation's 
financial markets by providing targeted increases for the Securities 
and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 
The SEC--Securities and Exchange Commission--works to ensure that our 
financial markets are fair, orderly, and efficient. This helps Oklahoma 
companies have access to the capital they need to get started, to grow, 
to hire, and to thrive.
  Over the past year, the SEC has made protection of Main Street 
investors its top priority. This will help ensure that Wall Street 
insiders can't manipulate stocks prices for retirees in Norman or give 
unscrupulous financial advice to investors in Broken Arrow. I am 
pleased we were able to fund this initiative. Households in Oklahoma 
have more than $164 billion in mutual fund assets, and the SEC 
regulates investment companies that issue these securities so that 
families are not victims of Ponzi schemes or fraud that wipe out their 
entire life savings. With $164 billion in Oklahoma money invested, it 
is incredibly important that we get this regulated and get it done 
right.
  The bill provides funding, as well, for the CFTC, which ensures that 
derivatives markets in the United States are free from fraud, 
manipulation, and abuse of practices while ensuring that they remain 
globally competitive.
  Some people may say: Well, the CFTC doesn't affect me directly. Do 
you know what? If you are a soybean farmer or a rancher or you are 
involved in oil and gas production in Oklahoma, CFTC markets help these 
people hedge their risk. It is very important to them and to our 
economy.
  I am pleased that the CFTC Chairman, Christopher Giancarlo, is 
visiting Oklahoma next week to meet with agriculture and energy groups 
face to face and listen to their needs as the agency implements 
thoughtful rules and regulations that encourage participation and 
innovation in the markets. We welcome the CFTC Chairman to Oklahoma.
  The bill also provides $280 million for the High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Areas Program, which supports law enforcement agencies 
operating in major drug trafficking regions and corridors. One of those 
initiatives in this program is the Texoma HIDTA, which encompasses a 
handful of counties in North Texas, as well as Cleveland, Comanche, 
McIntosh, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Pittsburg, Sequoyah, and Tulsa Counties. 
Those counties are sometimes used as a transnational shipping 
distribution area for drugs arriving from Mexico that are destined for 
Oklahoma and other parts of the country.
  With this funding, the Texoma HIDTA coordinates training, information 
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connect 70 different Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
in Oklahoma and North Texas. For example, this week, from Wednesday to 
Friday, the Texoma HIDTA is hosting a training for local street patrol 
officers, investigators, and detectives to increase awareness of the 
trends, methods of operations, and drug activity of the most commonly 
encountered criminal street gangs. It is important that this program 
stays in place.
  The bill includes $99 million for the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy and the Drug-Free Communities Support Program that supports 
community coalitions to prevent youth drug use. Many youth have a 
difficult time navigating junior high and high school and early 
college, trying to stay away from drugs--and keep away. This program 
supports grants and nonprofit organizations in towns in my State like 
Oologah, Lexington, and Hulbert in their efforts to reduce teen 
substance abuse.
  The bill also provides funding increases to the U.S. Postal Services 
inspector general to address the growing concern of narcotics 
trafficking through the mail. This funding increase will enable the 
inspector general to address the increase in the number of allegations 
of postal employees stealing drugs from the mail or postal employees 
assisting drug trafficking organizations in the delivery of narcotics 
shipped through the mail.
  We have thousands and thousands of great employees in the U.S. Postal 
Service, but, sometimes, if we have a bad apple in the group, the mail 
itself is used to deliver some of the worst narcotics to Americans. We 
need to increase for the inspector general to be able to track down a 
bad actor, even in our U.S. Postal Service.
  The bill provides full funding to the Federal Communications 
Commission to help close the digital divide between metropolitan areas 
and rural areas in Oklahoma. We want to protect consumer and public 
safety and improve the regulatory process for telecommunications 
companies throughout the State. This also sets the precedent for 
increasing cell phone coverage in some of the most rural areas in the 
country, including rural areas in Oklahoma.
  Oklahoma receives the second largest allocation of Lifeline funds in 
the entire country, $128 million. But there is some waste and 
inefficiency, and there are some individuals even in my State who are 
getting Lifeline funds but should not. So we have increased the ability 
to be more efficient and to make sure that Lifeline funds are targeted 
to people who actually need it the most.
  Further, this bill provides full funding for the Federal Trade 
Commission to fulfill its mission to prevent anticompetitive mergers 
and anticompetitive business practices in the marketplace.
  Each of the programs that I just mentioned has a real impact on 
Oklahoma and Oklahoma families. But it is important to note that we are 
not just sending a check to these entities and agencies, and walking 
away.
  Prior to passing the bill, we held open hearings to require agency 
leaders to publicly defend their budget requests, and we will continue 
to hold hearings and have conversations with agency heads and senior 
leaders and budget directors about the use of their funds. In some 
cases, we have made cuts already, and there will be others that may 
have to be made in the future.
  Last year, we provided $150 million for the Technology Modernization 
Fund at the GSA, the General Services Administration. They came back 
this year and asked for $210 million. We said no. We have not seen 
results from that program yet, and we don't have any data on it, and I 
wasn't going to allocate $210 million to something that we don't know 
is working.

  The National Archives and Records Administration does incredibly 
important work to protect our Nation's history, but we reduced their 
budget for administrative expenses in this bill. They responded by 
finding more efficiencies to compensate for that. This can be a model 
for other agencies and entities.
  There are ways to help protect Americans' money, and it begins by the 
government remembering that the money that is allocated in this bill is 
not our money; it is money that is coming out of the paychecks of hard-
working Americans, and they want us to be responsible with it--
rightfully so.
  Again, this is a historic week for the Appropriations Committee, for 
this particular subcommittee, and for the Senate. I do applaud the 
determination of Chairman Shelby and Vice Chairman Leahy as they push 
these bills through and publicly debate these bills on the floor.
  I also want to thank the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. 
Coons. He has been a great partner in this effort. Our team and his 
team have worked very cooperatively together through a lot of difficult 
issues.
  I appreciate everyone's engagement on these issues as we try to solve 
this long term.
  I look forward to continuing oversight in the months ahead as we pass 
this bill and then watch over how those dollars are actually spent. We 
want to make sure that decisions that have been made are best for the 
American people, best for the agencies, and best for the future of our 
country.
  I look forward to seeing this bill completed in just the next few 
hours or next couple of days and finishing the work and then partnering 
this bill with what the House has passed to get a final conference 
report and put it on the President's desk.
  With that, I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I appreciate the comments of the Senator 
preceding me, and I thank him very much. He has worked very hard in the 
Appropriations Committee.
  Senator Shelby and I have worked very hard to get a bipartisan bill. 
I would hope that we could have a consent agreement very soon to bring 
the current bills to a conclusion.
  I would note that both Mr. Shelby and I have done our best to work 
with Members of both parties. Many people on the Appropriations 
Committee have concerns, some of which are by nature parochial, many 
national. I think we have tried to accommodate as many people as 
possible, and I hope that Senators can reach an agreement soon so we 
can know exactly what we will be voting on if not tonight, tomorrow 
morning.
  I thank the Senator for his comment.
  I see my friend is about to speak, so I will yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas.
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I appreciate the kind remarks and the 
comments about the appropriations process and bill by the ranking 
member, the vice chairman of the committee.
  In this package of appropriations bills is the FSGG that was just 
talked about by the Senator from Oklahoma, the chairman of the 
subcommittee of which I am a member. Tonight, I want to speak about an 
aspect of that appropriations bill. I want to speak on the evolving 
threats in cyber security that not only pose harm to individual 
Americans but also to Federal agencies that are tasked with ensuring 
the economic and national security of our Nation.
  In recent years, it has become clear that threats in cyber security 
are rapidly changing. Cyber attacks are not only growing in volume but 
also in complexity.
  I chair a subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, the 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and 
Data Security. I have convened hearings and publicly questioned Federal 
agencies and private corporations alike to determine what standards and 
practices they have in place to better protect their customers' 
personal and financial data.
  With examples of breaches exposing the personally identifiable 
information of tens of millions of Americans, such as in the 2015 
breach within the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the ability to 
compromise data networks in the Federal Government cannot be 
overstated. Companies must do all they can to prevent hackers from 
gaining access to their customers' information. The Federal Government 
and State officials must do the same.
  Advancements in information technology, or IT, will continue to drive 
the changes in our Nation's security, economic competitiveness, 
communications, healthcare, privacy, and other areas. The Federal 
Government must keep pace with these changes through nimble, 
expeditious, and results-driven decision making.

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  A stringent and cumbersome budgeting and acquisition process has tied 
the hands of Federal agencies in their efforts to modernize their IT 
systems in an efficient fashion.
  The U.S. Government Accountability Office's 2015 ``High-Risk Series'' 
report highlighted several issues it deemed critical to improving IT 
acquisition. Specifically, the report stated that about 75 percent of 
the $80 billion the Federal Government spends annually on IT 
investments is spent on operating and maintaining outdated and 
unsupported legacy systems, creating major cyber security 
vulnerabilities at home and abroad. In fact, the Federal Chief 
Information Officer, Suzette Kent, recently testified to the House 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last week, where she 
identified the replacement of legacy IT systems as critical to 
achieving stronger Federal cyber security protections.
  With the support of the Trump administration, I partnered with 
Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico to introduce the Modernizing Government 
Technology Act, which is being referred to as the MGT Act, in an effort 
to address the foundational cyber security threats that outdated legacy 
systems in our Federal agencies pose.
  The MGT Act establishes IT working capital funds for 24 CFO Act-
eligible agencies and allows them to use savings obtained through 
streamlining IT systems, replacing legacy products, and transitioning 
to cloud computing for further modernization efforts for up to 3 years.
  The bill also creates the Technology Modernization Fund, a separate 
centralized fund within the Department of the Treasury. These resources 
would be administered across the Federal Government by the head of the 
General Services Administration in consultation with a board of Federal 
IT experts.
  It is fitting that the MGT Act was signed into law last year as part 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, as 
cyber security policy is increasingly interwoven into comprehensive 
national security discussions.
  As contributors to the original drafting of the MGT Act, Senate 
appropriators demonstrated their continued support for the innovative 
policy by appropriating $100 million to the Technology Modernization 
Fund for fiscal year 2018, last year's appropriations bill. Of this 
original funding, the Technology Modernization Fund has already awarded 
substantial grants to applicant agencies, including the Departments of 
Housing and Urban Development, Energy, and Agriculture, to replace 
their outdated, unsupported, and vulnerable systems.
  Given these early-stage successes, I was disappointed to find that 
the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Financial Services and 
General Government, FSGG--the subcommittee that the Senator from 
Oklahoma chairs and that I am a member of--provided no funds for the 
Technology Modernization Fund in the mark for this fiscal year, 2019.
  I appreciate the opportunity to work with Subcommittee Chairman 
Lankford and his staff. It was clear to me in that conversation and 
those discussions that GSA and OMB need to provide more information on 
individual agency proposals submitted to and awarded by the Technology 
Modernization Fund.
  I worked with the subcommittee to include specific reporting 
requirements in this bill for the agencies to provide Congress. Agency 
officials have been providing necessary information to appropriators 
since the markup of the bill, so progress is being made.
  These commonsense requirements are absolutely critical and will lead 
to more transparency, and it is important that the GSA and OMB work 
closely with the Appropriations Committee on proposals for moving 
forward. Congress and the Federal agencies must work hand-in-hand to 
provide the necessary resources to the Technology Modernization Fund, 
which, used responsibly, is a vital tool for the Federal Government's 
task of keeping our Nation's critical IT infrastructure efficient and 
secure.
  Inherently tied to improving our Nation's critical IT infrastructure 
is bolstering cyber security efforts against those who try to do us 
harm in the cyber domain. The Federal role in cyber security involves 
both securing Federal systems and assisting in protecting non-Federal 
systems. Under current law, all Federal agencies have cyber security 
responsibilities relating to their own systems, and many have sector-
specific responsibilities.
  One of the most well-known topics related to our Nation's cyber 
security capabilities relates to the intelligence community indicating 
that Russian cyber actors interfered with U.S. elections. These 
exposures threatened to compromise one of the most sacred privileges we 
have, as Americans, afforded to us in our constitutional freedom to 
participate in democracy through election.

  Back-end election systems, including voter registration databases, 
ballot creation systems, voting machine configuration systems, absentee 
processing and reporting, and tabulation software, are increasingly 
vulnerable and have been compromised by both private and state actors. 
While States are charged with the primary responsibility of securing 
their systems, the Federal Government can bolster those efforts through 
legislation, such as the Secure Elections Act, which I cosponsored in 
an effort to strengthen protections against foreign interference and 
prevent Russian meddling in our election, as they did in 2016.
  Our Nation faces existential threats from adversaries such as Russia 
and China in a warfare we cannot see that rages in the shadows of cyber 
space, where cyber attacks know no bounds, affecting our Federal 
systems, States, and crossing the line among numerous sectors in our 
Nation's critical infrastructure.
  As our intelligence and other communities analyze cyber threats, 
whether attacking our democracy or our critical infrastructure, it is 
important that the Federal Government promptly streamline and share 
cyber security information with State, local, and private sector 
partners.
  Although talk of cyber threats to our State networks and critical 
infrastructure across all sectors continues to grow, this threat is not 
new. Just last July, we saw hackers infiltrate a network of companies 
that run nuclear plants in the United States, including a nuclear 
powerplant in my home State of Kansas.
  Incidentally, a cross-section of stakeholders at the State and 
Federal level and among the private sector are represented at the 
Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center, which plays a critical role in 
analyzing and comparing cyber data and intelligence among public-
private partners and Federal agencies to identify similarities, 
anomalies, and ways our cyber defenses can improve. The Fusion Center, 
headquartered in Topeka and managed by the Kansas National Guard, has 
analytical capability that works as an intermediary, supporting 
companies across the United States in our financial and energy sectors, 
as well as our intelligence community and the Department of Defense, 
the Department of Energy, and the Department of Homeland Security. With 
the Fusion Center's ability to access, analyze, and transmit data at 
classified levels, they are able to more accurately assess cyber 
threats from the vantage point that private sector partners cannot. 
Similarly, they are able to share what they learn from cyber attacks on 
private sector partners to Federal agencies.
  As we look for ways to improve IT systems across the Federal 
Government, there is much to be gained from the private sector and 
their experience and exposure to cyber attacks. As the Departments of 
Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security develop an assessment of our 
Nation's cyber infrastructure, I hope they seek the perspective of our 
private sector partners that have just as much at stake in protecting 
our infrastructure across the country as does the Federal Government.
  We must do all we can to keep our Nation's ability to detect, 
prevent, and respond to cyber security attacks, which is why fully 
funding the Technology Modernization Fund is so important to bolstering 
an environment that incentivizes organizations to strengthen their IT 
systems.
  I hope my colleagues recognize the importance of investing in 
defensive cyber security capacity and join me in supporting funding for 
the Technology Modernization Fund in the Financial

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Services and General Government appropriations bill and supporting the 
Secure Elections Act.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Daines). The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rounds). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order 
to call up and consider the amendments in the managers' package, which 
is at the desk, with a modification to amendment No. 3670, en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, Senator Shelby and I and Senator Moran have 
worked on this. We have no objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendments will be considered en bloc.


 Amendments Nos. 3406; 3428; 3436; 3437; 3438; 3447; 3454; 3468; 3476; 
3480; 3482; 3492; 3493; 3517; 3540; 3546; 3551; 3560; 3562; 3563; 3566; 
3578; 3582; 3585; 3595; 3607; 3608; 3613; 3615; 3621; 3633; 3645; 3646; 
  3650; 3651; 3661; 3665; 3666; 3684; 3668; 3669; 3670, as modified; 
         3671; 3675; 3676; 3677; and 3679 to Amendment No. 3399

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendments 
be made pending, en bloc, under the previous order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendments are now 
pending en bloc.
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the 
amendments.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  If not, the question is on agreeing to the amendments en bloc.
  The amendments (Nos. 3406; 3428; 3436; 3437; 3438; 3447; 3454; 3468; 
3476; 3480; 3482; 3492; 3493; 3517; 3540; 3546; 3551; 3560; 3562; 3563; 
3566; 3578; 3582; 3585; 3595; 3607; 3608; 3613; 3615; 3621; 3633; 3645; 
3646; 3650; 3651; 3661; 3665; 3666; 3684; 3668; 3669; 3670, as 
modified; 3671; 3675; 3676; 3677; and 3679) were agreed to en bloc, as 
follows:


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3406

    (Purpose: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
   technical assistance relating to a disaster caused by a volcanic 
                               eruption)

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to 
     any State or county impacted by a volcanic eruption covered 
     by a major disaster declared by the President in calendar 
     year 2018 in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5170) technical assistance--
       (1) to assess damage to agricultural production and rural 
     infrastructure; and
       (2) to develop recovery plans for impacted farmers, 
     ranchers, and rural communities.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3428

   (Purpose: To require a report on engagement with local interests 
 relating to intelligent transportation systems technologies and smart 
                           cities solutions)

       At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 1__.  Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committees 
     on Appropriations and Transportation and Infrastructure of 
     the House of Representatives a report on efforts by the 
     Department of Transportation to engage with local 
     communities, metropolitan planning organizations, and 
     regional transportation commissions on advancing data and 
     intelligent transportation systems technologies and other 
     smart cities solutions.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3436

    (Purpose: To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
   Administration to submit a report on implementation of NextGen at 
           commercial service airports in the United States)

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON NEXTGEN IMPLEMENTATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the implementation of NextGen at 
     commercial service airports in the United States.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) The number and percentage of commercial service 
     airports in the United States that have fully implemented 
     NextGen.
       (2) The percentage completion of NextGen implementation at 
     each commercial service airport in the United States.
       (c) Development of Standard to Determine Percentage 
     Implementation of NextGen.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator shall develop a standard 
     for determining under subsection (b)(2) the percentage 
     completion of NextGen implementation at commercial service 
     airports in the United States based on factors that may 
     include an accounting of efficiency benefits achieved, the 
     degree of NextGen technology and infrastructure installed, 
     and the extent of controller training on NextGen.
       (2) Inclusion in report.--The Administrator shall include 
     in the report submitted under subsection (a) the standard 
     developed under paragraph (1).
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
       (2) Nextgen.--The term ``NextGen'' means the Next 
     Generation Air Transportation System.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3437

 (Purpose: To provide a set-aside for the dryland agriculture research 
                                program)

       On page 315, line 13, insert ``of which not less than 
     $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out the dryland 
     agriculture research program;'' before ``and of which''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3438

                    (Purpose: To strike section 531)

       Strike section 531.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3447

  (Purpose: To provide additional funds for grants from the Historic 
  Preservation Fund for historically Black colleges and universities, 
                            with an offset)

       On page 17, line 4, strike ``$88,910,000'' and insert 
     ``$91,910,000''.
       On page 17, line 14, strike ``$5,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$8,000,000''.
       On page 40, line 7, strike ``$134,673,000'' and insert 
     ``$131,673,000''.


                           amendment no. 3454

   (Purpose: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a 
    working group to conduct research relating to ocean agriculture)

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:


                     research on ocean agriculture

       Sec. ___.  (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in 
     coordination with the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a working 
     group (referred to in this section as the ``working 
     group'')--
       (1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal marshes, 
     and seagrass meadows could help deacidify the oceans;
       (2) to study emerging ocean farming practices that use kelp 
     and seagrass to deacidify the oceans while providing 
     feedstock for agriculture and other commercial and industrial 
     inputs; and
       (3) to coordinate and conduct research to develop and 
     enhance pilot-scale research for farming of kelp and seagrass 
     in order--
       (A) to deacidify ocean environments;
       (B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; and
       (C) to develop other scalable commercial applications for 
     kelp, seagrass, or products derived from kelp or seagrass.
       (b) The working group shall include--
       (1) the Secretary of Agriculture;
       (2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration;
       (3) representatives of any relevant offices within the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
       (4) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency 
     and Renewable Energy.
       (c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress a report 
     that includes--
       (1) the findings of the research described in subsection 
     (a);
       (2) the results of the pilot-scale research described in 
     subsection (a)(3); and
       (3) any policy recommendations based on those findings and 
     results.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3468

  (Purpose: To set aside funds for the development of a map depicting 
          pyrrhotite occurrences throughout the United States)

       On page 21, line 23, insert after ``2020;'' the following: 
     ``of which $100,000 shall be made available to the United 
     States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program for the 
     development of a map depicting pyrrhotite occurrences 
     throughout the United States;''.


                           amendment no. 3476

 (Purpose: To provide for the use of funds to ensure that survivors of 
       domestic violence and sexual assault do not face housing 
                            discrimination)

       At the appropriate place in division D, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall continue to engage in efforts authorized by the 
     Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
     Law 113-4; 127 Stat. 54) to ensure that survivors of domestic 
     violence and sexual assault are not unlawfully evicted or 
     denied housing by certain landlords based on their experience 
     as survivors.
       (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the efforts described in 
     subsection (a).

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                           amendment no. 3480

 (Purpose: To encourage the Department of Transportation and the Corps 
of Engineers to cooperate to develop a path forward in allowing freight 
         funding eligibility for inland waterways improvements)

       At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 1__.  The Secretary of Transportation shall consult 
     with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to 
     identify any existing authorities and any additional 
     authorities that may be needed to leverage funds from 
     Department of Transportation programs for purposes of inland 
     waterway project costs.


                           amendment no. 3482

     (Purpose: To set aside funds for the conduct of certain wood 
                         utilization research)

         On page 84, line 5, insert after ``2022'' the following: 
     ``, of which not less than $500,000 shall be made available 
     for wood utilization research to develop woody and 
     agricultural biomass conversion of low-value woody biomass 
     using microwave-assisted liquefaction''.


                           amendment no. 3492

(Purpose: To ensure safe and timely completion of the flexible sleeper 
                          berth pilot program)

       On page 455, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
       Sec. 13_.  To the maximum extent practicable, the Federal 
     Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall ensure the safe and 
     timely completion of the flexible sleeper berth pilot program 
     of the Administration.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3493

(Purpose: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report on 
      conservation programs administered by the Natural Resources 
               Conservation Service relating to ocelots)

       At the appropriate place in title VII of division C, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __.  Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     submit to Congress a report describing the ways in which 
     conservation programs administered by the Natural Resources 
     Conservation Service may be better used for the conservation 
     of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) and any action taken by the 
     Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service relating 
     to the conservation of ocelots.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3517

  (Purpose: To set aside funds for the Colorado River Basin salinity 
                            control program)

       On page 5, line 5, strike the period and insert the 
     following: ``: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
     under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available to 
     carry out the Colorado River Basin salinity control 
     program.''.


                           amendment no. 3540

 (Purpose: To set aside additional funds for grants for the conduct of 
             certain hazardous fuels management activities)

       On page 85, line 17, strike ``$15,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$20,000,000''.


                           amendment no. 3546

 (Purpose: To require the Rural Housing Service to submit a report on 
                          certain properties)

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, the Rural Housing Service of the Department of 
     Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report including--
       (1) a description of--
       (A) the number of properties assisted under title V of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) that are 
     reaching the end of their loan term;
       (B) the location of each property described in subparagraph 
     (A);
       (C) the number of units in each property described in 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (D) the date on which each the loan for each property 
     described in subparagraph (A) is expected to reach maturity;
       (2) the strategy of the Rural Housing Service to preserve 
     the long-term affordability of the properties described in 
     paragraph (1)(A) when the loan matures; and
       (3) a description of the resources and tools that the Rural 
     Housing Service needs from Congress in order to preserve the 
     long-term affordability of the properties described in 
     paragraph (1) (A).


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3551

 (Purpose: To provide funding to study and combat harmful algal blooms)

       On page 22, line 10, strike the period at the end and 
     insert the following: ``: Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
     $200,000 shall be used for activities to better understand 
     mechanisms that result in toxins being present in harmful 
     algal blooms.''.
       On page 65, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall 
     be used to investigate health impacts from exposure to 
     harmful algal blooms and cyanobacteria toxins, and to develop 
     innovative methods to monitor, characterize, and predict 
     blooms for early action.''.


                           amendment no. 3560

     (Purpose: To require FinCEN to submit to Congress a report on 
                      Geographic Targeting Orders)

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network and the appropriate divisions of the Department of 
     the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report on any 
     Geographic Targeting Orders issued since 2016, including--
       (1) the type of data collected;
       (2) how the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network uses the 
     data;
       (3) whether the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network needs 
     more authority to combat money laundering through high-end 
     real estate;
       (4) how a record of beneficial ownership would improve and 
     assist law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute 
     criminal activity and prevent the use of shell companies to 
     facilitate money laundering, tax evasion, terrorism 
     financing, election fraud, and other illegal activity; and
       (5) the feasibility of implementing Geographic Targeting 
     Orders on a permanent basis on all real estate transactions 
     in the United States greater than $300,000.


                           amendment no. 3562

   (Purpose: To prohibit certain companies from receiving assistance)

       At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available to the Small 
     Business Administration in this Act may be provided to a 
     company--
       (1) that is headquarted in the People's Republic of China; 
     or
       (2) for which more than 25 percent of the voting stock of 
     the company is owned by affiliates that are citizens of the 
     People's Republic of China.


                           amendment no. 3563

 (Purpose: To provide for the use of funds from the Indian Irrigation 
                                 Fund)

       On page 34, line 19, strike the period at the end and 
     insert the following: ``: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be 
     derived from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by 
     section 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 
     1749).''.


                           amendment no. 3566

                   (Purpose: Of a perfecting nature)

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug 
     Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and 
     Drugs, shall, not later than July 1, 2019, and following the 
     review required under Executive Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 
     note; relating to regulatory planning and review), issue 
     advice revising the advice provided in the notice of 
     availability entitled ``Advice About Eating Fish, From the 
     Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug 
     Administration; Revised Fish Advice; Availability'' (82 Fed. 
     Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in a manner that is consistent 
     with nutrition science recognized by the Food and Drug 
     Administration on the net effects of seafood consumption.


                           amendment no. 3578

 (Purpose: To add a provision to clarify eligibility and establish an 
 eligibility appeal mechanism under the rural broadband loan and grant 
                             pilot program)

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  In administering the pilot program established 
     by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), the Secretary 
     of Agriculture shall--
       (1) ensure that applicants that are determined to be 
     ineligible for the pilot program have a means of appealing or 
     otherwise challenging that determination in a timely fashion; 
     and
       (2) in determining whether an entity may overbuild or 
     duplicate broadband expansion efforts made by any entity that 
     has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities 
     Service, not consider loans that were rescinded or defaulted 
     on, or loans the terms and conditions of which were not met, 
     if the entity under consideration has not previously 
     defaulted on, or failed to meet the terms and conditions of, 
     a Rural Utilities Service loan or had a Rural Utilities 
     Service loan rescinded.


                           amendment no. 3582

  (Purpose: To increase funding for 1890 land-grant colleges, with an 
                                offset)

       At the appropriate place in title VII of division C, insert 
     the following:


        1890 land-grant colleges, including tuskegee university

       Sec. 7__.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, the amounts made available by this Act to carry out 
     sections 1444 and 1445, respectively, of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221, 3222) shall each be increased by 
     $3,000,000.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     amount made available under the heading ``(including 
     transfers of funds)'' under the heading ``Agriculture 
     Buildings and Facilities'' under the heading ``AGRICULTURAL 
     PROGRAMS'' in title I shall be decreased by $6,000,000.

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                           amendment no. 3585

  (Purpose: To set aside funds for the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter 
                Soboleff Commission on Native Children)

       On page 41, line 4, strike the period and insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, $400,000 shall be made 
     available to the commission established by section 3(a) of 
     the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on 
     Native Children Act (Public Law 114-244; 130 Stat. 981).''.


                           amendment no. 3595

(Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds to enforce certain requirements 
 with respect to added sugars in the rules issued by the Food and Drug 
                  Administration on nutrition labels)

       At the appropriate place in title VII of division C, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be used to enforce the requirement in the final rule 
     entitled ``Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and 
     Supplement Facts Labels'', published in the Federal Register 
     on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742), that any single 
     ingredient sugar, honey, agave, or syrup (including maple 
     syrup) that is packaged and offered for sale as a single 
     ingredient food bear the declaration ``Includes `X'g Added 
     Sugars''.


                           amendment no. 3607

 (Purpose: To require the use of Environmental Protection Agency funds 
     to implement recommendations relating to clean and safe water 
                              compliance)

       At the end of title II of division A, insert the following:
       Using funds appropriated under this title, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
     implement the recommendations described in the report of the 
     Office of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency entitled ``Management Weakness Delayed Response to 
     Flint Water Crisis'', numbered 18-P-0221, and dated July 19, 
     2018, to ensure clean and safe water compliance under the 
     Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). If the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not 
     implement 1 or more recommendations required by the preceding 
     sentence, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
     and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Commerce 
     of the House of Representatives a report explaining why the 
     Administrator did not implement the recommendation and 
     identifying specific actions the Administrator is 
     implementing to address the concerns raised in the report.


                           amendment no. 3608

    (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds to implement certain new 
policies of the Federal Transit Administration relating to the Capital 
                       Investment Grant program)

       On page 472, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 163.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used for the implementation or furtherance of new 
     policies detailed in the ``Dear Colleague'' letter 
     distributed by the Federal Transit Administration to capital 
     investment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 2018.


                           amendment no. 3613

 (Purpose: To set aside funds for the United States Semiquincentennial 
                              Commission)

       On page 16, line 18, strike the period and insert the 
     following: ``:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     section 9(a) of the United States Semiquincentennial 
     Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 Stat. 691), 
     $500,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall 
     be provided to the organization selected under section 9(b) 
     of that Act for expenditure by the United States 
     Semiquincentennial Commission in accordance with that Act.''.


                           amendment no. 3615

  (Purpose: To require the Small Business Administration to conduct a 
        study on matchmaking programs for veteran entrepreneurs)

       At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Small Business Administration 
     shall conduct a study on whether the provision of matchmaking 
     services that, using data collected through outside entities 
     such as local chambers of commerce, link veteran 
     entrepreneurs to business leads in given industry sectors or 
     geographic regions, would enhance the existing veterans 
     entrepreneurship programs of the Administration.


                           amendment no. 3621

 (Purpose: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to 
 issue a report on the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous 
                               materials)

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  Within Available funds, not later than 180 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall issue a report on efforts 
     by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency relating to the removal of 
     lead-based paint and other hazardous materials, which shall 
     include--
       (1) a description of direct removal efforts by the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency;
       (2) a description of education provided by the Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental 
     Protection Agency to other Federal agencies, local 
     governments and communities, recipients of grants made by 
     either entity, and the general public relating to the removal 
     of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials;
       (3) a description of assistance received from other Federal 
     agencies relating to the removal of lead-based paint and 
     other hazardous materials; and
       (4) any best practices developed or provided by the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency relating to the removal of 
     lead-based paint and other hazardous materials.


                           amendment no. 3633

(Purpose: To require a report on Federal agency compliance with respect 
     to establishing an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 
                              Utilization)

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  The Administrator of the Small Business 
     Administration shall--
       (1) work with Federal agencies to review each Office of 
     Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization's efforts to 
     comply with the requirements under section 15(k) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)); and
       (2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, submit to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives--
       (A) a report on Federal agency compliance with the 
     requirements under such section 15(k); and
       (B) a report detailing the status of issuance by the Small 
     Business Administration of detailed guidance for the peer 
     review process of the Small Business Procurement Advisory 
     Council in order to facilitate a more in depth review of 
     Federal agency compliance with the requirements under such 
     section 15(k).


                           amendment no. 3645

 (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds for the enforcement of certain 
              requirements with respect to certain roads)

       On page 487, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 1__.  (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of Transportation by this or any other Act may be 
     obligated or expended to enforce or require the enforcement 
     of section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, with 
     respect to a segment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
     subsection (b) if the segment is designated as a route of the 
     Interstate System.
        (b) The segments referred to in subsection (a) are the 
     following:
       (1) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be designated as a 
     spur of Interstate Route 65) from Interstate Route 65 in 
     Bowling Green, Kentucky, to United States Route 60 in 
     Owensboro, Kentucky.
       (2) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway (to be 
     designated as Interstate Route 69) in the State of Kentucky 
     from the Tennessee State line to the interchange with 
     Interstate Route 24, near Calvert City, Kentucky.
       (c) Only a vehicle that could operate legally on a segment 
     described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) before 
     the date of designation of the segment as a route of the 
     Interstate System may continue to operate on that segment, 
     subject to the condition that, except as provided in 
     subsection (d), the gross vehicle weight of such a vehicle 
     shall not exceed 120,000 pounds.
       (d) Nothing in this section prohibits a State from issuing 
     a permit for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a gross 
     vehicle weight that exceeds 120,000 pounds.


                           amendment no. 3646

(Purpose: To provide funding to the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct 
   an inventory and evaluation of certain land for inclusion in the 
                National Wilderness Presentation System)

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Within available funds for the National 
     Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct an 
     inventory and evaluation of certain land, as generally 
     depicted on the map entitled ``Flatside Wilderness Adjacent 
     Inventory Areas'' and dated November 30, 2017, to determine 
     the suitability of that land for inclusion in the National 
     Wilderness Preservation System.
       (b) The Chief of the Forest Service shall submit to the 
     Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 
     Appropriations, and Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate the results of the inventory and evaluation required 
     under subsection (a).


                           amendment no. 3650

(Purpose: To provide for the conduct of a study to identify underlying 
 contributing factors for pediatric cancer that are unique to certain 
    States and to provide assistance to support States with a high 
                       incidence of such cancer)

       At the appropriate place in Division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. ADDRESSING PEDIATRIC CANCER RATES IN THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       (a) Report Identifying Geographic Variation of Types of 
     Pediatric Cancer.--Using

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     funds appropriated under the heading ``Toxic Substances and 
     Environmental Health'' for the Agency for Toxic Substances 
     and Disease Registry, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, shall submit to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, a report 
     that provides details on the geographic variation in 
     pediatric cancer incidence in the United States, including--
       (1) the types of pediatric cancer within each of the 10 
     States with the highest age-adjusted incidence rate of cancer 
     among persons aged 20 years or younger;
       (2) geographic concentrations of types and prevalence of 
     pediatric cancers within each such State, in accordance with 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines; and
       (3) an update on current activities related to pediatric 
     cancer, including with respect to carrying out section 399V-6 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-17).
       (b) Support for States With High Incidence of Pediatric 
     Cancer.--Using funds appropriated under the heading ``Toxic 
     Substances and Environmental Public Health'' for the Agency 
     for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services may conduct public outreach, in 
     collaboration with State departments of health, particularly 
     in the 10 States with the highest age-adjusted incidence rate 
     of cancer among persons aged 20 years or younger, to improve 
     awareness by residents, clinicians, and others, as 
     appropriate, of possible contributing factors to pediatric 
     cancer, including environmental exposures, in a manner that 
     is complementary of, and does not conflict with, ongoing 
     pediatric cancer-related activities supported by the 
     Department of Health and Human Services.
       (c) Privacy.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall ensure that all information with respect to patients 
     that is contained in the reports under this section is de-
     identified and protects personal privacy of such patients in 
     accordance with applicable Federal and State privacy law.


                           amendment no. 3651

  (Purpose: To require a study on the financial impact of the mineral 
                pyrrhotite in concrete home foundations)

       At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  The Comptroller General of the United States, in 
     consultation with relevant regulators, shall conduct a study 
     that--
       (1) examines the financial impact of the mineral pyrrhotite 
     in concrete home foundations; and
       (2) provides recommendations on regulatory and legislative 
     actions needed to help mitigate the financial impact 
     described in paragraph (1) on banks, mortgage lenders, tax 
     revenues, and homeowners.


                           amendment no. 3661

  (Purpose: To designate a rest area on the Mount Vernon Trail as the 
                ``Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area'')

       On page 41, line 4, strike the period at the end and insert 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That within available 
     amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall designate the rest area bound by Alexandria 
     Avenue, West Boulevard Drive, and the George Washington 
     Memorial Parkway on the Mount Vernon Trail within the George 
     Washington Memorial Parkway as the `Peter B. Webster III 
     Memorial Area' and any reference in a law, map regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     rest area shall be deemed to be a reference to the `Peter B. 
     Webster III Memorial Area'; Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall accept and expend private 
     contributions for the design, procurement, preparation, and 
     installation of a plaque honoring Peter B. Webster III on the 
     condition that the Director of the National Park Service 
     shall approve the design and placement of the plaque.''.


                           amendment no. 3665

    (Purpose: To ensure continued passenger rail operations on long-
                            distance routes)

       On page 464, line 24, strike ``regulation.'' and insert the 
     following: ``regulation: Provided further, That not less than 
     $50,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall 
     be for capital expenses related to safety improvements, 
     maintenance, and the non-Federal match for discretionary 
     Federal grant programs to enable continued passenger rail 
     operations on long-distance routes (as defined in section 
     24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is the 
     sole tenant of the host railroad and positive train control 
     systems are not required by law (including regulations): 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
     heading shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under 
     subsection (a) or (b) of section 24706 of title 49, United 
     States Code, with respect to long-distance routes (as defined 
     in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which 
     Amtrak is the sole tenant of the host railroad and positive 
     train control systems are not required by law (including 
     regulations), or otherwise initiate discontinuance of, reduce 
     the frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter the 
     schedule or route of rail service on any portion of such 
     route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementation 
     of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, 
     United States Code, in lieu of rail service.''.


                           amendment no. 3666

    (Purpose: To extend by 1 year the deadline for expenditure for 
    transportation projects awarded funding from the Transportation 
     Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 2012 and 2013 
   discretionary grant programs of the Department of Transportation)

       On page 414, line 24, strike ``determines'' and insert the 
     following: ``determines: Provided further, That funds 
     provided for national infrastructure investments for 
     passenger rail transportation projects under title I of 
     division C of the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 641), 
     may be expended until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 
     That funds provided for national infrastructure investment 
     for port infrastructure projects under title VIII of division 
     F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 
     Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6; 127 Stat. 432) shall be 
     available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That of 
     the unobligated balances of contract authority for the TIFIA 
     program (as defined in section 601(a) of title 23, United 
     States Code), $13,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded, and 
     the associated obligation limitation shall be reduced by an 
     equal amount.''.


                           amendment no. 3684

                  (Purpose: To improve the amendment)

       On page 1, line 2, strike ``That'' and all that follows 
     through ``amount'' on page 2, line 9, and insert the 
     following: ``That such sums provided for national 
     infrastructure investments for passenger rail transportation 
     projects under title I of division C of the Consolidated and 
     Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-
     55; 125 Stat. 641), shall remain available for expenditure 
     through fiscal year 2019 for the liquidation of valid 
     obligations of active grants incurred in fiscal year 2012: 
     Provided further, That such sums provided for national 
     infrastructure investments for port infrastructure projects 
     under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated and 
     Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-
     6; 127 Stat. 432) shall remain available through fiscal year 
     2020 for the liquidation of valid obligations of active 
     grants incurred in fiscal year 2013: Provided further, That 
     the 2 preceding provisos shall be applied as if they were in 
     effect on September 30, 2018: Provided further, That after 
     calculating the distribution of obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid highways for fiscal year 2019 under section 
     120(a), the obligation limitation shall be reduced by 
     $52,000,000 to a total of $45,216,596,000: Provided further, 
     That the reduction in the preceding proviso shall be applied 
     to the obligation limitation determined under section 
     120(a)(4) for the TIFIA program (as defined in section 601(a) 
     of title 23, United States Code)''.


                           amendment no. 3668

 (Purpose: To increase the amount set aside for the breastfeeding peer 
                          counselors program)

       On page 360, line 13, strike ``$60,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$67,500,000''.


                           amendment no. 3669

   (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds to carry out requirements 
                relating to electronic logging devices)

       At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 1__.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Transportation may be 
     obligated or expended to implement, administer, or enforce 
     the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United States 
     Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant to 
     such section, with respect to the use of electronic logging 
     devices by operators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined 
     in section 31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock, as 
     defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed 
     Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects.


                    AMENDMENT NO. 3670, As Modified

   (Purpose: To prohibit funds made available to the Federal Transit 
  Administration from being used for the procurement of rolling stock 
      from manufacturers supported by certain foreign governments)

       At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available to the Federal Transit Administration under 
     this title to carry out sections 5307, 5311, 5337, and 5339 
     of title 49, United States Code, may be used in awarding a 
     contract or subcontract to an entity on or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act for the procurement of rolling stock 
     for use in public transportation if the manufacturer of the 
     rolling stock is incorporated in or has manufacturing 
     facilities in the United States and receives support from the 
     government of a country that--
       (1) is identified as a nonmarket economy country (as 
     defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
     U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this Act;
       (2) was identified by the United States Trade 
     Representative in the most recent report required by section 
     182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority 
     foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; and
       (3) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Representative 
     under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416).

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       (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with the obligations of the United States under international 
     agreements.
       (c)(1) This section shall not apply to the award of a 
     contract or subcontract made by a public transportation 
     agency with a rail rolling stock manufacturer described in 
     subsection (a) if the manufacturer ``produces'' rail rolling 
     stock for an eligible public transportation agency through a 
     contract executed prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
       (2) A rail rolling stock manufacturer described in 
     subsection (a) may not use funds provided under a contract or 
     subcontract described in paragraph (1) to expand the 
     manufacturer's production of rail rolling stock within the 
     United States to an ``amount of rolling stock vehicles or 
     railcars'' that is greater than the amount required under 
     contractual obligations of the manufacturer as of the date of 
     enactment of this ``Act including all options per for 
     additional rolling stock.''
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to 
     funds that are not appropriated or otherwise made available 
     to the Federal Transit Administration under this title.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3671

    (Purpose: To prohibit funds from being used to provide housing 
   assistance benefits to individuals convicted of certain criminal 
                               offenses)

       At the appropriate place in title II of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to provide housing assistance benefits for an 
     individual who is convicted of--
       (1) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 of title 18, 
     United States Code;
       (2) murder under section 1111 of title 18, United States 
     Code; or
       (3) any other Federal or State offense involving--
       (A) severe forms of trafficking in persons or sex 
     trafficking, as those terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and 
     (10), respectively, of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); or
       (B) child pornography, as defined in section 2256 of title 
     18, United States Code.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3675

(Purpose: To provide for rural health and safety education programs to 
             address and combat the opioid abuse epidemic)

       At the appropriate place in title III of division C, insert 
     the following:

               rural health and safety education programs

       Any funds provided by this Act for rural health and safety 
     education programs authorized under section 502(i) of the 
     Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)) may be used 
     under those programs to address the opioid abuse epidemic and 
     to combat opioid abuse in rural communities.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3676

  (Purpose: To provide an additional $2,000,000 for hiring staff for 
  tribal detention facilities by reducing the amounts made available 
  through the Working Capital Fund of the Department of the Interior)

       At the appropriate place in title I of division A, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ____. (a) There are appropriated under the heading 
     ``Operation of Indian Programs'' under the heading ``Bureau 
     of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education'', in 
     addition to any other amounts made available under such 
     heading and in order to provide additional funding for hiring 
     staff for tribal detention facilities, including addressing 
     the needs of newly funded tribal detention facilities, 
     $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     total amount appropriated under the heading ``Working Capital 
     Fund'' for the Department of the Interior is hereby reduced 
     by $2,000,000.


                           amendment no. 3677

  (Purpose: To require the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 
grant a discount to members of the public benefit corporation Veterans 
                               Advantage)

       On page 464, line 4, strike the period at the end and 
     insert ``: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading and the heading `National 
     Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation', not more than $500,000 may be made available to 
     provide a discount of not less than 15 percent on passenger 
     fares to veterans (as defined in section 101 of title 38, 
     United States Code).''.


                           amendment no. 3679

(Purpose: To provide that up to $6,000,000 be used for UAS integration 
                              activities)

       On page 424, line 12, strike the period and insert 
     ``Provided  further, That of the amount appropriated under 
     this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be used for providing 
     matching funds to qualified commercial entities seeking to 
     demonstrate or validate technologies that the Federal 
     Aviation Administration considers essential to the safe 
     integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the 
     National Airspace System at Federal Aviation Administration 
     designated UAS test sites: Provided further, That not later 
     than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
     identify essential integration technologies that could be 
     demonstrated or validated at test sites designated in 
     accordance with the preceding proviso.''.

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, the cloture motion on H.R. 6147 be 
withdrawn. I further ask that the only remaining amendments in order be 
the following: Leahy No. 3464, Lee No. 3522, Baldwin No. 3524, and Cruz 
No. 3402; further, that at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 1, all 
postcloture time be yielded back and the Senate vote in relation to the 
amendments in the order listed; that the Leahy, Lee, and Baldwin 
amendments be subject to a 60-affirmative vote threshold; and that 
following the disposition of the Cruz amendment, the Murkowski 
amendment No. 3400 be withdrawn, the substitute amendment No. 3399, as 
amended, be agreed to, and the bill be read a third time and the Senate 
vote on passage of H.R. 6147, as amended. I also ask unanimous consent 
that there be 2 minutes of debate prior to each vote in this series.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I have no objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Amendment No. 3585, as Modified

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Murkowski 
amendment No. 3585 be modified with the changes that are at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3585) previously agreed to is modified, as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following: ``: Provided 
     further, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, $400,000 shall be made available to the commission 
     established by section 3(a) of the Alyce Spotted Bear and 
     Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Public Law 
     114-244; 130 Stat. 981).''.

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