[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H5108-H5138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 460 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, 
H.R. 3351.
  Will the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Keating) kindly resume the 
chair.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 3351) making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 
for other purposes, with Mr. Keating in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, 31 
minutes remained in general debate.
  The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley) has 13\1/2\ minutes 
remaining. The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Graves) has 17\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Cartwright), a member of the Financial Services and 
General Government Subcommittee.
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Chairman, as a member of the subcommittee, I rise 
today to discuss the importance of the Financial Services and General 
Government bill, FSGG.
  First, I would like to thank Chairman Quigley for his leadership on 
the subcommittee and for his work on the bill. I would also like to 
thank Ranking Member Graves for all that he has done to ensure this 
bill receives its proper airing and reaches the floor and for his 
support on several provisions in the bill.
  The FSGG bill supports a broad range of functions and services in 
both the executive and judicial branches that are essential to the 
operation of our Federal Government. The FSGG bill supports programs 
that assist and protect the public, such as shielding consumers from 
defective and dangerous products, assisting small businesses, investing 
in distressed communities, and ensuring the integrity of Federal 
elections. This bill includes significant funding to support these 
critical functions.

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  One especially important provision the workers in my district 
appreciate is the increase in the Federal civilian pay by 3.1 percent 
in FY 2020. This pay increase means so much to the hardworking men and 
women in our Nation who struggle to make ends meet while serving our 
Nation. For far too long, Federal workers have been shortchanged by the 
work they do, and their wages have not kept up with the changes in our 
country's cost of living.
  Importantly, this FSGG bill is also about improving our economy. From 
increased funding for the IRS to assist taxpayers and bolster 
enforcement, to supporting the Small Business Administration to help 
small businesses develop and expand throughout the country, this bill 
will make our economy stronger for everyday Americans.
  Mr. Chairman, another important program I would like to highlight in 
the bill is the funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. 
My home State of Pennsylvania, like so many others across the Nation, 
has suffered severely from the effects of the opioid crisis. To help 
combat this crisis, the ONDCP receives $100.5 million for the Drug-Free 
Communities

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program, along with $300 million for the High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Areas program in the bill.
  Notably, these funding levels are a rejection of the administration's 
proposed transfer or elimination of the ONDCP grant programs. It is 
vital that we continue to support these programs, which help fight 
addiction issues in communities across this Nation.
  Finally, this FSGG bill takes an important step in improving election 
security and integrity. In the last Presidential election, we saw 
unprecedented interference with our election system, an issue that we, 
as a Congress, must address in the strongest of terms in support and 
defense of our national sovereignty. We cannot, and will not, allow any 
foreign power to harm our democracy. It rests solely in the hands of 
the American people.
  To that end, the FSGG bill provides $600 million to the Election 
Assistance Commission. This commission deals with issues that are 
extraordinarily important to this Nation, conducting reliable, secure, 
and accessible elections. The integrity of American elections should 
not be a partisan matter.
  Mr. Chairman, for these reasons, I am proud to support this bill as 
it comes to the floor today, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I continue to reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
California (Mrs. Torres), a member of the Financial Services 
Subcommittee.
  Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Chairman, I thank Chairman Quigley and 
Ranking Member Graves for their hard work on the Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations bill. This legislation prioritizes 
public safety and invests in underserved communities like the ones that 
I represent.
  I am especially grateful to the chairman for increasing funding to 
the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program at its highest 
possible level. Drug trafficking is a major challenge for my district. 
It brings violence and crime to our streets. It is flooding our 
communities and schools with harmful, illegal drugs like cocaine, 
methamphetamine, and opioids.
  Our local law enforcement is the first line of defense. They 
understand what is going on in our neighborhoods, in our schools, and 
in our families.
  What I appreciate so much about HIDTA is that it creates a real 
partnership, a partnership between local law enforcement, State 
agencies, and Federal enforcement agencies. It provides them with 
important resources to bring to the fight against illegal drugs. It 
also supports prevention and education campaigns to ensure that our 
children do not suffer from addiction and deadly overdoses.
  On the subject of public safety, I am encouraged that this bill 
prevents the administration from raiding funds from the Treasury 
Department's asset forfeiture funds. These are funds that our local 
police departments can use to purchase better equipment and keep our 
communities safe.
  Another way to strengthen public safety is by financially investing 
in our local communities. I am pleased that the bill rejects President 
Trump's proposal to cut funding for community development financial 
institutions by 94 percent.
  Mr. Chairman, I look forward to the swift passage of the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to just highlight one little point there. 
I really enjoy working with Mrs. Torres. She is a great addition to the 
committee this year and spends a lot of time in the Rules Committee, so 
she hears a lot of the different issues that we all discuss. But the 
forfeiture fund--I think this is a really important point to 
highlight--wouldn't necessarily go to local law enforcement. These are 
funds that are collected from criminals that the administration was 
going to use to stop criminals.
  What better way to secure our Nation than using the funds that have 
been forfeited by criminals to stop future criminals. This bill 
eliminates that ability of the administration to do that. I feel like 
that was $290-plus million that could go to better invest in securing 
our southern border and, unfortunately, this bill has removed that.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Lee), a member of the Appropriations Committee.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, first, let me thank Chairman 
Quigley for his leadership and for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the fiscal year 2020 
Financial Services and General Governmen Appropriations bill.

  This includes $1.4 billion in funding over fiscal year 2019 enacted 
levels to support critical functions and services in the executive and 
judicial branches, it ensures the integrity of our Federal elections, 
as well as supporting critical programs that protect consumers.
  I am pleased that the bill includes my language that would nullify 
President Trump's proposed changes to the calculation of how we measure 
poverty, which would have a devastating impact on families all across 
the country.
  This bill also includes $23 million for the Healthy Food Financing 
Initiative, which provides critical financing to attract grocery 
stores, food banks, and other fresh food businesses to underserved 
areas. Thanks to HFFI, healthy food initiatives are available in all of 
our congressional districts in urban and in rural communities, and also 
in my congressional district at the Mandela MarketPlace in Oakland, 
California.
  As co-chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, I thank Chairman Quigley for 
lifting the ban on the use of local D.C. funds for abortion services. 
This ban has unjustly prevented 55,000 D.C. women of reproductive age 
from accessing the full range of reproductive healthcare, including 
abortion. This has been targeted to low-income women, primarily women 
of color, so I thank Chairman Quigley for this.
  The bill also includes language prohibiting funds appropriated in 
this bill from being used to penalize financial institutions from 
providing financial services to an entity that participates in a 
business or organized activity involving cannabis that is legal on the 
State level.
  With 33 States and the District of Columbia legalizing some form of 
cannabis use, it is past time for Congress to ensure that the Federal 
Government can't infringe on what State and local jurisdictions are 
doing on cannabis reform. Whether you agree or not, States and local 
jurisdictions have passed some form of legalization or medical 
marijuana, so let's leave the States to their own business on this 
issue.
  I thank Chairman Quigley, also, for including $30 million for 
community financial development institutions, which is an increase of 
$50 million over fiscal year 2019 enacted levels. CDFIs are really a 
lifeline across the country, especially underbanked communities, which 
many of us represent.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I know we are reaching the conclusion here of general 
debate of the bill. We have heard certainly some positives about the 
bill and we have heard some negatives about the bill. I think there is 
a great opportunity to work together and build upon the foundation in 
which there is agreement. But until then, there are certainly items 
that there is strong disagreement on.
  In summary, working with Mr. Quigley has been fantastic. He has done 
a great job of getting us to this point. I know, under his leadership, 
we will continue working together until we can have a product that 
Republicans and Democrats alike can support, can get through the 
Senate, and, yes, needs the signature of the President of the United 
States, Donald Trump.
  But as the bill stands today, I guess if I had to sum it up, if you 
want to spend a lot more, if you want to weaken our national security, 
if you want to wash your hands of oversight and accountability of 
Washington, D.C.--the District of Columbia, here where we reside and so 
many of our constituents come to visit--or maybe, more importantly, if 
you really want to limit the access of low-income children from 
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best educations they could receive, then this is the bill for you, but 
it is not the bill for us.
  We believe that we can reduce spending. We believe that national 
security should be a priority. We believe that D.C. does deserve some 
oversight. And we certainly believe that low-income children deserve 
the best opportunity that they can have to have the best education 
possible that provides them the best future that their dreams are 
imagining right now, but this bill just doesn't provide that.
  Mr. Chairman, it is for those reasons that I can't support this.
  Lastly, I would say, knowing that this bill would never become law, I 
think that should cause us all to just pause for a second and go: Do 
you know what? Maybe we should take it back and go back to the drawing 
board to see if we can't find some more areas of agreement and build a 
better product in which Republicans and Democrats alike could support, 
the Senate could pass with 60 votes, and the President of the United 
States could sign.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

  Mr. Chairman, again, I want to restate that it has been a pleasure to 
work with my colleagues across the aisle, particularly the gentleman 
from Georgia (Mr. Graves).
  In response to a couple of the ranking member's comments, if all we 
did was write a bill that we were convinced the President of the United 
States would support, we would just say: Well, what do you want us to 
introduce and what do you want to us approve?
  These are separate branches of government. It is our purpose to work 
on a bipartisan basis, recognizing where the President of the United 
States is on the issues, but to put together the best product we 
possibly can. When the Senate does the same, there will be differences, 
and that is what conference committees are all about. That is what, 
unfortunately, is somewhat lost in this town, is this sense of 
compromise and working together.
  I want to stress a few things. Special counsel has only spoken to 
this country directly once since he revealed his 2-year work product. 
And that was to tell us that we need to protect this country from 
further attack by the Russians on a democratic process. I think this 
bill does that in an extraordinarily appropriate fashion.
  As it references the school children of Washington, D.C., all we are 
suggesting in doing what we are doing, and providing extraordinary 
amounts of funding to do so, is that all the schools of Washington, 
D.C. that get Federal tax dollars have to follow the same rules. They 
have to play on the same level playing field. That is only fair to 
those children. It doesn't deny anyone access to the best education 
that is possible.
  So with those things in mind, I think, in referencing the District of 
Columbia, the last thing we can say is, just because we can micromanage 
them doesn't mean we should micromanage them. Nobody here was elected 
to the D.C. City Council. Unless it has extraordinary national policy 
implications, let them run their own government.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.

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  The CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the 5-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 3351

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
     including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building 
     and Freedman's Bank Building; hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and 
     purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real 
     properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the 
     performance of official business; executive direction program 
     activities; international affairs and economic policy 
     activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, 
     including technical assistance to State, local, and 
     territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management policies 
     and programs activities, $224,373,000:  Provided, That of the 
     amount appropriated under this heading--
       (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses;
       (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of 
     a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under the 
     direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be 
     accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate; and
       (3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, for--
       (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 
     Internal Control Program;
       (B) information technology modernization requirements;
       (C) the audit, oversight, and administration of the Gulf 
     Coast Restoration Trust Fund;
       (D) the development and implementation of programs within 
     the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and 
     Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative 
     agreements;
       (E) operations and maintenance of facilities; and
       (F) international operations.

       committee on foreign investment in the united states fund

       For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 
     Investment in the United States, $20,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the chairperson of 
     the Committee may transfer funds provided under this heading 
     to a department or agency represented on the Committee 
     (including the Department of the Treasury) upon the advance 
     notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That 
     amounts so transferred shall remain available until expended 
     for expenses of implementing section 721 of the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be 
     available in addition to any other funds available to any 
     department or agency:  Provided further, That fees authorized 
     by section 721(p) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
     shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 
     collections:  Provided further, That the total amount 
     appropriated under this heading from the general fund shall 
     be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
     fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a total appropriation 
     from the general fund estimated at not more than $10,000,000.

             office of terrorism and financial intelligence

                         salaries and expenses

       For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and 
     Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial system 
     against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, terrorist 
     facilitators, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, 
     human rights abusers, money launderers, drug kingpins, and 
     other national security threats, $167,712,000, of which not 
     less than $3,000,000 shall be for enforcement of sanctions, 
     as authorized by the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
     Accountability Act (Public Law 114-328):  Provided, That of 
     the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 
     $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021.

                   cybersecurity enhancement account

       For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity for 
     systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
     $18,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022:  
     Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not supplant 
     any other amounts made available to the Treasury offices and 
     bureaus for cybersecurity:  Provided further, That of the 
     total amount made available under this heading $1,000,000 
     shall be available for administrative expenses for the 
     Treasury Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of 
     the investments made under this heading:  Provided further, 
     That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any other 
     amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Information 
     Officer.

        department-wide systems and capital investments programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For development and acquisition of automatic data 
     processing equipment, software, and services and for repairs 
     and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of the 
     Treasury, $6,118,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2022:  Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to 
     accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the 
     requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other 
     organizations:  Provided further, That this transfer 
     authority shall be in addition to any other transfer 
     authority provided in this Act:  Provided further, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 
     support or supplement ``Internal Revenue Service, Operations 
     Support'' or ``Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems 
     Modernization''.

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $40,044,000, including hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 
     for unforeseen emergencies of a

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     confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
     direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which 
     up to $2,800,000 to remain available until September 30, 
     2021, shall be for audits and investigations conducted 
     pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and Ecosystems 
     Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies 
     of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); 
     and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

           treasury inspector general for tax administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General 
     for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General 
     Act of 1978, including purchase and hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
     Inspector General for Tax Administration; $171,350,000, of 
     which $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2021; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 
     for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed $500,000 
     shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a 
     confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
     direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; 
     and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

    special inspector general for the troubled asset relief program

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 
     Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 
     Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     343), $23,000,000.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel 
     and training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government 
     personnel to attend meetings and training concerned with 
     domestic and foreign financial intelligence activities, law 
     enforcement, and financial regulation; services authorized by 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $12,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal 
     law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
     $124,700,000, of which not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2022.

                      Bureau of the Fiscal Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the 
     Fiscal Service, $340,280,000; of which not to exceed 
     $7,733,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, is 
     for information systems modernization initiatives; and of 
     which $5,000 shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses.
       In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
     Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and 
     personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 
     authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101-380.

                Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, $119,600,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; and of 
     which not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
     cooperative research and development programs for laboratory 
     services; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and 
     local agencies with or without reimbursement:  Provided, That 
     of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 
     shall be for the costs of accelerating the processing of 
     formula and label applications:  Provided further, That of 
     the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2021, shall be for the 
     costs associated with enforcement of the trade practice 
     provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 
     U.S.C. 201 et seq.).

                           United States Mint

               united states mint public enterprise fund

       Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, 
     the United States Mint is provided funding through the United 
     States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with 
     the production of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and 
     protective services, including both operating expenses and 
     capital investments:  Provided, That the aggregate amount of 
     new liabilities and obligations incurred during fiscal year 
     2020 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage and 
     protective service capital investments of the United States 
     Mint shall not exceed $30,000,000.

   Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account

       To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
     Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of 
     Public Law 103-325), including services authorized by section 
     3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     rate for EX-3, $300,000,000. Of the amount appropriated under 
     this heading--
       (1) not less than $191,000,000, notwithstanding section 
     108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard 
     to Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial 
     Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 
     30, 2021, for financial assistance and technical assistance 
     under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1), 
     respectively, of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) 
     and (B)), of which up to $1,600,000 may be available for 
     training and outreach under section 109 of Public Law 103-325 
     (12 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $2,397,500 may be used for 
     the cost of direct loans, and of which up to $4,000,000, 
     notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 108 of Public Law 
     103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707 (d)), may be available to provide 
     financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
     outreach to community development financial institutions to 
     expand investments that benefit individuals with 
     disabilities:  Provided, That the cost of direct and 
     guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000:  Provided 
     further, That of the funds provided under this paragraph, 
     excluding those made to community development financial 
     institutions to expand investments that benefit individuals 
     with disabilities and those made to community development 
     financial institutions that serve populations living in 
     persistent poverty counties, the CDFI Fund shall prioritize 
     Financial Assistance awards to organizations that invest and 
     lend in high-poverty areas:  Provided further, That for 
     purposes of this section, the term ``high-poverty area'' 
     means any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 
     percent as measured by the 2011-2015 5-year data series 
     available from the American Community Survey of the Bureau of 
     the Census;
       (2) not less than $20,000,000, notwithstanding section 
     108(e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is 
     available until September 30, 2021, for financial assistance, 
     technical assistance, training, and outreach programs 
     designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and 
     Alaska Native communities and provided primarily through 
     qualified community development lender organizations with 
     experience and expertise in community development banking and 
     lending in Indian country, Native American organizations, 
     tribes and tribal organizations, and other suitable 
     providers;
       (3) not less than $27,000,000 is available until September 
     30, 2021, for the Bank Enterprise Award program;
       (4) not less than $23,000,000, notwithstanding subsections 
     (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 
     4707(d) and (e)), is available until September 30, 2021, for 
     a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial 
     assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to 
     community development financial institutions for the purpose 
     of offering affordable financing and technical assistance to 
     expand the availability of healthy food options in distressed 
     communities;
       (5) not less than $10,000,000 is available until September 
     30, 2021, to provide grants for loan loss reserve funds and 
     to provide technical assistance for small dollar loan 
     programs under section 122 of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 
     4719):  Provided, That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such 
     Public Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 
     and technical assistance;
       (6) up to $29,000,000 is available until September 30, 
     2020, for administrative expenses, including administration 
     of CDFI Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, 
     of which not less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools 
     to better assess and inform CDFI investment performance, and 
     up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out 
     the direct loan program; and
       (7) during fiscal year 2020, none of the funds available 
     under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
     commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A 
     of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory 
     Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a):  Provided, That 
     commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under such section 
     114A shall not exceed $500,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     such section 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 
     2020:  Provided further, That of the funds awarded under this 
     heading, not less than 10 percent shall be used for awards 
     that support investments that serve populations living in 
     persistent poverty counties:  Provided further, That for the 
     purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (1) the term 
     ``persistent poverty counties'' means any county that has had 
     20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over 
     the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial 
     censuses and the 2011-2015 5-year data series available from 
     the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                           taxpayer services

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
     provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 
     and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy 
     services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 
     $2,558,554,000, of which not less than $11,000,000 shall be 
     for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not 
     less than $13,000,000 shall be available for low-income

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     taxpayer clinic grants, of which not less than $25,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2021, shall be 
     available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 
     matching grants program for tax return preparation 
     assistance, and of which not less than $209,000,000 shall be 
     available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate 
     Service:  Provided, That of the amounts made available for 
     the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall 
     be for identity theft and refund fraud casework.

                              enforcement

       For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of 
     the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed 
     taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to conduct 
     criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related 
     to violations of internal revenue laws and other financial 
     crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehicles (31 
     U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services as authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
     Commissioner, $4,957,446,000, of which not to exceed 
     $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     and of which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the 
     Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program:  Provided, 
     That of the funds provided under this heading, $4,860,000,000 
     is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, and section 1(f)(2) of H. Res. 293 of the 116th 
     Congress as engrossed in the House of Representatives on 
     April 9, 2019. In addition, not less than $200,000,000 for 
     tax enforcement activities under this heading, including tax 
     compliance to address the Federal tax gap:  Provided further, 
     That such amount is additional new budget authority for tax 
     enforcement activities, including tax compliance to address 
     the Federal tax gap, as specified for purposes of section 
     251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended, and section 1(f)(1) of H. 
     Res. 293 of the 116th Congress.

                           operations support

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
     support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including 
     rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; 
     physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide 
     administration activities; research and statistics of income; 
     telecommunications; information technology development, 
     enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the 
     operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 
     and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
     rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 
     $3,794,000,000, of which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2021; of which not to 
     exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and 
     renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2022, for 
     research; of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses:  Provided, 
     That not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, 
     the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United 
     States detailing the cost and schedule performance for its 
     major information technology investments, including the 
     purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons 
     for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such 
     investments and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is 
     using to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental 
     milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the 
     next quarter:  Provided further, That the Internal Revenue 
     Service shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal 
     year 2021, a summary of cost and schedule performance 
     information for its major information technology systems:  
     Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
     paragraph, $3,724,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of 
     section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and section 1(f)(2) 
     of H. Res. 293 of the 116th Congress as engrossed in the 
     House of Representatives on April 9, 2019. In addition, not 
     less than $200,000,000 for enforcement tax activities under 
     this heading, including tax compliance to address the Federal 
     tax gap:  Provided further, That such amount is additional 
     new budget authority for tax enforcement activities, 
     including tax compliance to address the Federal tax gap, as 
     specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 
     and section 1(f)(1) of H. Res. 293 of the 116th Congress.

                     business systems modernization

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service's 
     business systems modernization program, $290,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2022, for the capital 
     asset acquisition of information technology systems, 
     including management, labor, and related contractual costs of 
     said acquisitions, including related Internal Revenue Service 
     labor costs, and contractual costs associated with operations 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That not later than 30 
     days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 
     Service shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     and the Comptroller General of the United States detailing 
     the cost and schedule performance for major information 
     technology investments included in the Internal Revenue 
     Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan.

          administrative provisions--internal revenue service

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101.  Not to exceed 4 percent of the appropriation 
     made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
     under the ``Enforcement'' heading, and not to exceed 5 
     percent of any other appropriation made available in this Act 
     to the Internal Revenue Service, may be transferred to any 
     other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.
       Sec. 102.  The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an 
     employee training program, which shall include the following 
     topics: taxpayers' rights, dealing courteously with 
     taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the 
     impartial application of tax law.
       Sec. 103.  The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
     enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
     confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect taxpayers 
     against identity theft.
       Sec. 104.  Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
     the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved 
     facilities and increased staffing to provide sufficient and 
     effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
     Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the 
     Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority 
     and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response time 
     to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to 
     victims of tax-related crimes.
       Sec. 105.  The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a 
     notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an 
     employer making employment tax payments, and such notice 
     shall be sent to both the employer's former and new address 
     and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service 
     shall give special consideration to an offer-in-compromise 
     from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud by a third 
     party payroll tax preparer.
       Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
     citizens of the United States for exercising any right 
     guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of 
     the United States.
       Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for 
     regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs.
       Sec. 108.  None of funds made available by this Act to the 
     Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on 
     conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, 
     verification processes, documentation requirements, and 
     policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Capital 
     Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result of the 
     recommendations in the report published on May 31, 2013, by 
     the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 
     entitled ``Review of the August 2010 Small Business/Self-
     Employed Division's Conference in Anaheim, California'' 
     (Reference Number 2013-10-037).
       Sec. 109.  None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended--
       (1) to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, award, 
     or recognition program; or
       (2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with 
     respect to re-hiring a former employee, unless such program 
     or process takes into account the conduct and Federal tax 
     compliance of such employee or former employee.
       Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality and 
     disclosure of returns and return information).
       Sec. 111.  Section 9503 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``Before'' and inserting ``before''; and
       (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, but are renewable for an additional two years 
     based on critical organization need''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) The Secretary may exercise the authority provided by 
     subsection (a) with respect to positions for IT specialists 
     through September 30, 2023.''.

         Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Sec. 112.  Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
     in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
     maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for 
     official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; 
     purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general 
     purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used 
     overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts 
     with the Department of State for the furnishing of health and 
     medical services to employees and their dependents serving in 
     foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 113.  Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
     this title made available

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     under the headings ``Departmental Offices--Salaries and 
     Expenses'', ``Office of Terrorism and Financial 
     Intelligence'', ``Financial Crimes Enforcement Network'', 
     ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service'', and ``Alcohol and Tobacco 
     Tax and Trade Bureau'' may be transferred between such 
     appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate:  Provided, That no transfer under this section may 
     increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 
     percent.
       Sec. 114.  Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 
     made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
     may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
     Administration's appropriation upon the advance approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate:  Provided, That no transfer 
     may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 
     2 percent.
       Sec. 115.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act or 
     otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the 
     Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the 
     $1 Federal Reserve note.
       Sec. 116.  The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 
     from the ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service--Salaries and 
     Expenses'' to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover 
     the costs of debt collection:  Provided, That such amounts 
     shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account 
     from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund.
       Sec. 117.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 
     States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the 
     explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee 
     on Financial Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       Sec. 118.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act or source to the 
     Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
     Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or 
     collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 
     of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States 
     Mint without the explicit approval of the House Committee on 
     Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate.
       Sec. 119.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
     available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the 
     Department of the Treasury's intelligence or intelligence 
     related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
     by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2020 
     until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2020.
       Sec. 120.  Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available 
     from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Industrial 
     Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 
     representation expenses.
       Sec. 121.  The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a 
     Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 
     30 days following the submission of the annual budget 
     submitted by the President:  Provided, That such Capital 
     Investment Plan shall include capital investment spending 
     from all accounts within the Department of the Treasury, 
     including but not limited to the Department-wide Systems and 
     Capital Investment Programs account, Treasury Franchise Fund 
     account, and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund account:  Provided 
     further, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include 
     expenditures occurring in previous fiscal years for each 
     capital investment project that has not been fully completed.
       Sec. 122.  Within 45 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an 
     itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of 
     total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund 
     including the amount charged for each service provided by the 
     Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description of the 
     services, a detailed explanation of how each charge for each 
     service is calculated, and a description of the role 
     customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund.
       Sec. 123. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each 
     quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall submit 
     reports on their activities to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Senate Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 
     include--
       (1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by 
     object class, office, and activity;
       (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the 
     fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;
       (3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office 
     during the previous quarter;
       (4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within 
     each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and
       (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and 
     performance measures of each office.
       (c) At the request of any such Committees specified in 
     subsection (a), the Office of Financial Research shall make 
     officials available to testify on the contents of the reports 
     required under subsection (a).
       Sec. 124.  Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 402(c) 
     of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009, in 
     utilizing funds made available by paragraph (1) of section 
     402(c) of such Act, the Special Inspector General for the 
     Troubled Asset Relief Program shall prioritize the 
     performance of audits or investigations of any program that 
     is funded in whole or in part by funds appropriated under the 
     Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, to the extent 
     that such priority is consistent with other aspects of the 
     mission of the Special Inspector General.
       Sec. 125.  None of the funds provided under the heading 
     ``Department of the Treasury--Office of Terrorism and 
     Financial Intelligence'' may be used to pay the salary of a 
     Department of the Treasury employee detailed to another 
     Department, agency, or office funded by this Act.
       Sec. 126.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds available in the Department of the Treasury 
     Forfeiture Fund established by section 9705 of title 31, 
     United States Code, may be obligated, expended, or used to 
     plan, design, construct, or carry out a project to construct 
     a wall, barrier, fence, or road along the southern border of 
     the United States, or a road to provide access to a wall, 
     barrier, or fence constructed along the southern border of 
     the United States.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of the Treasury 
     Appropriations Act, 2020''.

                                TITLE II

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
                               PRESIDENT

                            The White House

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by 
     law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence 
     expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be 
     expended and accounted for as provided in that section; hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed 
     $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 
     U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses, to be available for allocation 
     within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
     necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
     U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000.

                 Executive Residence at the White House

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the 
     White House, $13,081,000, to be expended and accounted for as 
     provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.

                         reimbursable expenses

       For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
     the White House, such sums as may be necessary:  Provided, 
     That all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive 
     Residence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 
     this paragraph:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, such amount for reimbursable 
     operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the 
     Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive 
     offsetting collections, for such expenses:  Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall require each person 
     sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in advance 
     an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, and all 
     such advance payments shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended:  Provided further, That the 
     Executive Residence shall require the national committee of 
     the political party of the President to maintain on deposit 
     $25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for 
     expenses relating to reimbursable political events sponsored 
     by such committee during such fiscal year:  Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written 
     notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating 
     expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
     such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, 
     and that such amount is collected within 30 days after the 
     submission of such notice:  Provided further, That the 
     Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
     penalties and other charges on any such amount that is not 
     reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the 
     interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding 
     debt on a United States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 
     3717:  Provided further, That each such amount that is 
     reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges, shall 
     be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:  
     Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare 
     and submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later 
     than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 
     Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating 
     expenses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 
     fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, the 
     amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official 
     and ceremonial events, the

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     amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
     events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
     reimbursed as of the date of the report:  Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the 
     tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events within 
     the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
     classification of any such expense as political or 
     nonpolitical:  Provided further, That no provision of this 
     paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence 
     from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II 
     of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
     Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
     105(d), $750,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     required maintenance, resolution of safety and health issues, 
     and continued preventative maintenance.

                      Council of Economic Advisers

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers 
     in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 
     1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,000,000.

        National Security Council and Homeland Security Council

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and 
     the Homeland Security Council, including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,500,000.

                        Office of Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
     U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     $94,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for continued modernization of 
     information resources within the Executive Office of the 
     President.

                    Office of Management and Budget

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the 
     provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, and 
     to prepare and submit the budget of the United States 
     Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, $101,600,000, of which not to exceed 
     $3,000 shall be available for official representation 
     expenses:  Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 
     this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used 
     for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing 
     orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions 
     of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 
     601 et seq.):  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act 
     may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual 
     testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 
     the Office of Management and Budget, before the Committees on 
     Appropriations or their subcommittees:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
     Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for the 
     altering of the annual work plan developed by the Corps of 
     Engineers for submission to the Committees on Appropriations: 
      Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this or 
     prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the 
     Office of Management and Budget, for evaluating or 
     determining if water resource project or study reports 
     submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the 
     Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all applicable 
     laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the Civil 
     Works water resource planning process:  Provided further, 
     That the Office of Management and Budget shall have not more 
     than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of 
     water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has 
     reported:  Provided further, That the Director of the Office 
     of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate 
     authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60-day 
     review is initiated:  Provided further, That if water 
     resource reports have not been transmitted to the appropriate 
     authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days after 
     the end of the Office of Management and Budget review period 
     based on the notification from the Director, Congress shall 
     assume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the 
     report and act accordingly.

             Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellectual 
     Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by title III 
     of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 
     Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-403), 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,000,000.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
     1998, as amended by Public Law 115-271; not to exceed $10,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
     participation in joint projects or in the provision of 
     services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 
     research, or public organizations or agencies, with or 
     without reimbursement, $18,400,000:  Provided, That the 
     Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize 
     gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without 
     fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or 
     facilitating the work of the Office.

                     federal drug control programs

             high intensity drug trafficking areas program

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     Program, $300,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2021, for drug control activities consistent with the 
     approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity 
     Drug Trafficking Areas (``HIDTAs''), of which not less than 
     51 percent shall be transferred to State and local entities 
     for drug control activities and shall be obligated not later 
     than 120 days after enactment of this Act:  Provided, That up 
     to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and 
     departments in amounts determined by the Director of the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to 
     $2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and associated 
     activities:  Provided further, That any unexpended funds 
     obligated prior to fiscal year 2018 may be used for any other 
     approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming 
     requirements:  Provided further, That each HIDTA designated 
     as of September 30, 2019, shall be funded at not less than 
     the fiscal year 2019 base level, unless the Director submits 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate justification for changes to 
     those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and 
     published Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 
     measures of effectiveness:  Provided further, That the 
     Director shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     initial allocation of fiscal year 2020 funding among HIDTAs 
     not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, and shall 
     notify the Committees of planned uses of discretionary HIDTA 
     funding, as determined in consultation with the HIDTA 
     Directors, not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
     part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation are 
     not necessary for the purposes provided herein and upon 
     notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be 
     transferred back to this appropriation.

                  other federal drug control programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For other drug control activities authorized by chapter 2 
     of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 and the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
     1998, as amended by Public Law 115-271, $121,851,000, to 
     remain available until expended, which shall be available as 
     follows: $100,500,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, 
     of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by 
     section 4 of Public Law 107-82, as amended by section 8204 of 
     Public Law 115-271; $3,000,000 for drug court training and 
     technical assistance; $12,101,000 for anti-doping activities, 
     to include United States membership dues to the World Anti-
     Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and 
     $5,000,000 for activities authorized by section 103 of Public 
     Law 114-198:  Provided, That amounts made available under 
     this heading may be transferred to other Federal departments 
     and agencies to carry out such activities.

                          Unanticipated Needs

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
     unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
     security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during 
     the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
     $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021.

              Information Technology Oversight and Reform

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, 
     efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
     technology in the Federal Government, $15,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget may transfer these funds to 
     one or more other agencies to carry out projects to meet 
     these purposes.

                  Special Assistance to the President

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
     provide assistance to the President in connection with 
     specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses 
     as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
     accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, $4,288,000.

                Official Residence of the Vice President

                           operating expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to 
     the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, 
     including electric power and fixtures, of the official 
     residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
     106(b)(2), $302,000:

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      Provided, That advances, repayments, or transfers from this 
     appropriation may be made to any department or agency for 
     expenses of carrying out such activities.

Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President and Funds 
                     Appropriated to the President

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 201.  From funds made available in this Act under the 
     headings ``The White House'', ``Executive Residence at the 
     White House'', ``White House Repair and Restoration'', 
     ``Council of Economic Advisers'', ``National Security Council 
     and Homeland Security Council'', ``Office of 
     Administration'', ``Special Assistance to the President'', 
     and ``Official Residence of the Vice President'', the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such 
     other officer as the President may designate in writing), 
     may, with advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such 
     appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 
     with and available for the same time and for the same 
     purposes as the appropriation to which transferred:  
     Provided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 
     increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers:  
     Provided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 
     ``Special Assistance to the President'' or ``Official 
     Residence of the Vice President'' without the approval of the 
     Vice President.
       Sec. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2020, any Executive order 
     or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the President 
     shall be accompanied by a written statement from the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget on the budgetary 
     impact, including costs, benefits, and revenues, of such 
     order or memorandum.
       (b) Any such statement shall include--
       (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such 
     order or memorandum on the Federal Government;
       (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations 
     and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed 
     by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal-year period 
     beginning in fiscal year 2020; and
       (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government as the 
     result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscal-year 
     period beginning in fiscal year 2020.
       (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is 
     issued during fiscal year 2020 due to a national emergency, 
     the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may issue 
     the statement required by subsection (a) not later than 15 
     days after the date that such order or memorandum is issued.
       (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential 
     memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda 
     estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of 
     $100,000,000.
       Sec. 203.  Not later than 10 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all Federal 
     departments, agencies, and corporations directing compliance 
     with the provisions in title VII of this Act.
       Sec. 204. (a) Beginning not later than 10 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Office of Management and 
     Budget shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate each document 
     apportioning an appropriation, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1512, 
     approved by the Office of Management and Budget, including 
     any associated footnotes, on the date of approval of such 
     apportionment by the Office of Management and Budget, until 
     the requirements of paragraph (b) are completed.
       (b) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Office of Management and Budget shall complete 
     implementation of an automated system to post each document 
     apportioning an appropriation, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1512, 
     including any associated footnotes, on a publicly accessible 
     website in a machine readable format, on the date of approval 
     of such form by the Office of Management and Budget, and 
     shall place on such website each document apportioning an 
     appropriation, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1512, including any 
     associated footnotes, already approved by the Office of 
     Management and Budget in fiscal year 2020, and shall report 
     the date of completion of such requirements to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       (c) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and each month thereafter during fiscal year 2020 
     and each subsequent fiscal year, the Director of the Office 
     of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     a report containing the bureau, account name, appropriation 
     name, and Treasury account fund symbol of each document 
     requesting apportionment of an appropriation, pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 1512, that has not been approved by the Office of 
     Management and Budget and that an agency initially submitted 
     to Office of Management and Budget 30 days or more prior to 
     the date of the report.
       This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office of the 
     President Appropriations Act, 2020''.

                               TITLE III

                             THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme 
     Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and 
     grounds, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
     authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
     miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice 
     may approve, $87,699,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain 
     available until expended.
       In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
     justice and associate justices of the court.

                    care of the building and grounds

       For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
     Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
     the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $15,590,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary 
     expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $32,983,000.
       In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
     judge and judges of the court.

               United States Court of International Trade

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 
     services, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized 
     by law, $19,362,000.
       In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
     judge and judges of the court.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         salaries and expenses

       For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and 
     employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically 
     provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and the 
     purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
     Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized 
     by law, $5,274,383,000 (including the purchase of firearms 
     and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for space alteration projects 
     and for furniture and furnishings related to new space 
     alteration and construction projects.
       In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit and 
     district judges (including judges of the territorial courts 
     of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 
     judges retired from office or from regular active service.
       In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the 
     National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-
     660), not to exceed $9,070,000, to be appropriated from the 
     Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

                           defender services

       For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the 
     compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
     appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 
     3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of expenses 
     of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and other 
     services for such representations as authorized by law; the 
     compensation (in accordance with the maximums under 18 U.S.C. 
     3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed 
     to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has 
     waived representation by counsel; the compensation and 
     reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent 
     jurors in civil actions for the protection of their 
     employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the 
     compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
     appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with 
     certain judicial civil forfeiture proceedings; the 
     compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of 
     guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for 
     necessary training and general administrative expenses, 
     $1,234,574,000 to remain available until expended.

                    fees of jurors and commissioners

       For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
     1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as 
     authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of 
     commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
     rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
     U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $51,851,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the compensation of 
     land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of 
     the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.

                             court security

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     incident to the provision of protective guard services for 
     United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
     Federal court operations, and the procurement, installation, 
     and maintenance of security systems and equipment for United 
     States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court 
     operations, including building ingress-egress control, 
     inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 
     perimeter security, basic security services provided by

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     the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 
     as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and 
     Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), $641,108,000, of 
     which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the 
     United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible 
     for administering the Judicial Facility Security Program 
     consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the 
     Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts and the Attorney General.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
     United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel 
     as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor 
     vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and 
     rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $94,261,000, 
     of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Judicial Center

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
     authorized by Public Law 90-219, $30,736,000; of which 
     $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2021, 
     to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; 
     and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                  United States Sentencing Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
     $19,685,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

                Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 301.  Appropriations and authorizations made in this 
     title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be 
     available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 302.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
     in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
     but no such appropriation, except ``Courts of Appeals, 
     District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender 
     Services'' and ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
     Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', 
     shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
     transfers:  Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this 
     section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
     sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available 
     for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in section 608.
       Sec. 303.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     salaries and expenses appropriation for ``Courts of Appeals, 
     District Courts, and Other Judicial Services'' shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses 
     of the Judicial Conference of the United States:  Provided, 
     That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall 
     be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office 
     of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of 
     the Judicial Conference.
       Sec. 304.  Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States Code, 
     shall be applied by substituting ``Federal'' for 
     ``executive'' each place it appears.
       Sec. 305.  In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561-569, and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States 
     Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its 
     Director may designate in consultation with the Director of 
     the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for 
     purposes of a pilot program, the security services that 40 
     U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to 
     provide, except for the services specified in 40 U.S.C. 
     1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services at 
     these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office 
     of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States 
     Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland 
     Security.
       Sec. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements 
     Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is 
     amended in the matter following paragraph (12)--
       (1) in the second sentence (relating to the District of 
     Kansas), by striking ``28 years and 6 months'' and inserting 
     ``29 years and 6 months''; and
       (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of 
     Hawaii), by striking ``25 years and 6 months'' and inserting 
     ``26 years and 6 months''.
       (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing 
     and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of 
     Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
     (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is 
     amended in the second sentence (relating to the eastern 
     District of Missouri) by striking ``26 years and 6 months'' 
     and inserting ``27 years and 6 months''.
       (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of 
     Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-273; 
     28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``the central district of California and 
     the western district of North Carolina'' and inserting ``the 
     central district of California, the western district of North 
     Carolina, and the northern district of Alabama''; and
       (B) by striking ``17 years'' and inserting ``18 years'';
       (2) in the second sentence (relating to the central 
     district of California), by striking ``16 years and 6 
     months'' and inserting ``17 years and 6 months'';
       (3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district 
     of North Carolina), by striking ``15 years'' and inserting 
     ``16 years''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following: ``The first vacancy 
     in the office of district judge in the northern district of 
     Alabama occurring 17 years or more after the confirmation 
     date of the judge named to fill the temporary district 
     judgeship created in that district by this subsection, shall 
     not be filled.''.
       This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations 
     Act, 2020''.

                                TITLE IV

                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                             Federal Funds

              federal payment for resident tuition support

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be 
     deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program 
     to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia 
     resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That such funds, including any 
     interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible 
     District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon 
     the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at 
     public institutions of higher education, or to pay up to 
     $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of higher 
     education:  Provided further, That the awarding of such funds 
     may be prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic 
     merit, the income and need of eligible students and such 
     other factors as may be authorized:  Provided further, That 
     the District of Columbia government shall maintain a 
     dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support Program 
     that shall consist of the Federal funds appropriated to the 
     Program in this Act and any subsequent appropriations, any 
     unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and any 
     interest earned in this or any fiscal year:  Provided 
     further, That the account shall be under the control of the 
     District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use 
     those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out the 
     Resident Tuition Support Program:  Provided further, That the 
     Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a 
     quarterly financial report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures 
     made and the purpose therefor.

   federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in the 
                          district of columbia

       For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined 
     by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written 
     consultation with the elected county or city officials of 
     surrounding jurisdictions, $16,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 
     events related to the presence of the National Capital in the 
     District of Columbia, including support requested by the 
     Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying out 
     protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to 
     respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or 
     attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding 
     jurisdictions.

           federal payment to the district of columbia courts

       For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
     Courts, $278,488,000 to be allocated as follows: for the 
     District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,682,000, of which 
     not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 
     District of Columbia, $125,638,000, of which not to exceed 
     $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; 
     for the District of Columbia Court System, $75,518,000, of 
     which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses; and $62,650,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021, for capital improvements for 
     District of Columbia courthouse facilities:  Provided, That 
     funds made available for capital improvements shall be 
     expended consistent with the District of Columbia Courts 
     master plan study and facilities condition assessment:  
     Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 
     appropriated herein, fees received by the District of 
     Columbia Courts for administering bar examinations and 
     processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be 
     retained and credited to this appropriation, to remain 
     available until expended, for salaries and expenses 
     associated with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 
     of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official 
     Code, sec. 1-204.50):  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
     shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management 
     and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as 
     funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 
     agencies:  Provided further, That 30 days after providing 
     written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate, the District of 
     Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than

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     $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the 
     items and entities funded under this heading:  Provided 
     further, That the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration 
     in the District of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a 
     program substantially similar to the program set forth in 
     subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, 
     for employees of the District of Columbia Courts.

  federal payment for defender services in district of columbia courts

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
     11-2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation 
     provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice 
     Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the 
     Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or 
     pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad 
     litem representation, training, technical assistance, and 
     such other services as are necessary to improve the quality 
     of guardian ad litem representation, payments for counsel 
     appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 
     16, D.C. Official Code, and payments authorized under section 
     21-2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to services provided 
     under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective 
     Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 
     $46,005,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated funds provided 
     in this account may be transferred to and merged with funds 
     made available under the heading ``Federal Payment to the 
     District of Columbia Courts,'' to be available for the same 
     period and purposes as funds made available under that 
     heading for capital improvements to District of Columbia 
     courthouse facilities:  Provided further, That funds provided 
     under this heading shall be administered by the Joint 
     Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of 
     Columbia:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, this appropriation shall be apportioned 
     quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 
     obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
     appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies.

 federal payment to the court services and offender supervision agency 
                      for the district of columbia

       For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
     of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
     Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as 
     authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
     Government Improvement Act of 1997, $248,524,000, of which 
     not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses related to Community Supervision and 
     Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not to exceed 
     $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the 
     implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
     Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002:  Provided, That, 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading, $181,065,000 
     shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and 
     Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to 
     the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the 
     provision of services for or related to such persons, of 
     which $3,818,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2022 for costs associated with relocation under a replacement 
     lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related 
     facilities:  Provided further, That, of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, $67,459,000 shall be 
     available to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which $998,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2022 for costs 
     associated with relocation under a replacement lease for 
     headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned 
     quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 
     obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
     appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 
     agencies:  Provided further, That amounts under this heading 
     may be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to 
     successfully complete their terms of supervision.

  federal payment to the district of columbia public defender service

       For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
     of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
     Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 
     Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
     $43,569,000, of which $344,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2022 for costs associated with relocation under 
     a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, 
     and related facilities:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall 
     be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
     Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
     appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies.

      federal payment to the criminal justice coordinating council

       For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 
     Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     support initiatives related to the coordination of Federal 
     and local criminal justice resources in the District of 
     Columbia.

                federal payment for judicial commissions

       For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 
     30, 2021, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and 
     Tenure, $325,000, and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, 
     $275,000.

                 federal payment for school improvement

       For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in 
     the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for payments authorized under the 
     Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C of 
     Public Law 112-10):  Provided, That, to the extent that funds 
     are available for opportunity scholarships and following the 
     priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, the 
     Secretary of Education shall make scholarships available to 
     students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act (Public 
     Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who were not 
     offered a scholarship during any previous school year:  
     Provided further, That within funds provided for opportunity 
     scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall be for the activities 
     specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the Act and 
     up to $500,000 shall be for the activities specified in 
     section 3009 of the Act:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds made available under this heading may be used for an 
     opportunity scholarship for a student to attend a school 
     which does not certify to the Secretary of Education that the 
     student will be provided with the same protections under the 
     Federal laws which are enforced by the Office for Civil 
     Rights of the Department of Education which are provided to a 
     student of a public elementary or secondary school in the 
     District of Columbia and which does not certify to the 
     Secretary of Education that the student and the student's 
     parents will be provided with the same services, rights, and 
     protections under the Individuals With Disabilities Education 
     Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) which are provided to a student 
     and a student's parents of a public elementary or secondary 
     school in the District of Columbia, as enumerated in Table 2 
     of Government Accountability Office Report 18-94 (entitled 
     ``Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Parents Are Notified About 
     Changes in Rights for Students with Disabilities''), issued 
     November 2017.

      federal payment for the district of columbia national guard

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National 
     Guard, $435,000, to remain available until expended for the 
     Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia 
     National Guard Retention and College Access Program.

         federal payment for testing and treatment of hiv/aids

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the 
     testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals 
     with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired 
     immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 
     $5,000,000.

 federal payment to the district of columbia water and sewer authority

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and 
     Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer 
     Overflow Long-Term Plan:  Provided, That the District of 
     Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent 
     match for this payment.
       This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2020''.

                                TITLE V

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

             Administrative Conference of the United States

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
     the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., 
     $3,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, of 
     which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal 
     awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to 
     Commission activities, and not to exceed $4,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $135,500,000, of which 
     $1,300,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out 
     the program, including administrative costs, required by 
     section 1405 of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety 
     Act (Public Law 110-140; 15 U.S.C. 8004).

      administrative provision--consumer product safety commission

       Sec. 501.  During fiscal year 2020, none of the amounts 
     made available by this Act may be used to finalize or 
     implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway 
     Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
     in the Federal Register on November 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 
     68964) until after--
       (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with 
     the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
     Department of Defense, completes a study to determine--
       (A) the technical validity of the lateral stability and 
     vehicle handling requirements

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     proposed by such standard for purposes of reducing the risk 
     of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (referred to in this 
     section as ``ROV'') rollovers in the off-road environment, 
     including the repeatability and reproducibility of testing 
     for compliance with such requirements;
       (B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be prevented if 
     the proposed requirements were adopted;
       (C) whether there is a technical basis for the proposal to 
     provide information on a point-of-sale hangtag about a ROV's 
     rollover resistance on a progressive scale; and
       (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the United 
     States military if the proposed requirements were adopted; 
     and
       (2) a report containing the results of the study completed 
     under paragraph (1) is delivered to--
       (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.

                     Election Assistance Commission

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
     Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-252), $16,171,000, of which 
     $1,250,000 shall be transferred to the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology for election reform activities 
     authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002; and of 
     which $2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2021, for relocation expenses.

                        election security grants

       Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help America 
     Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), $600,000,000 is 
     provided to the Election Assistance Commission for necessary 
     expenses to make payments to States for activities to improve 
     the administration of elections for Federal office, including 
     to enhance election technology and make election security 
     improvements, as authorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of 
     such Act:  Provided, That each reference to the 
     ``Administrator of General Services'' or the 
     ``Administrator'' in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed to 
     refer to the ``Election Assistance Commission'':  Provided 
     further, That each reference to ``$5,000,000'' in section 103 
     shall be deemed to refer to ``$3,000,000'' and each reference 
     to ``$1,000,000'' in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
     ``$600,000'':  Provided further, That not later than 45 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Election 
     Assistance Commission shall make the payments to States under 
     this heading:  Provided further, That a State shall use such 
     payment to replace voting systems which use direct-recording 
     electronic voting machines with a voting system which uses an 
     individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot which is 
     marked by the voter by hand or through the use of a non-
     tabulating ballot-marking device or system, so long as the 
     voter shall have the option to mark his or her ballot by 
     hand, and provides the voter with an opportunity to inspect 
     and confirm the marked ballot before casting (in this heading 
     referred to as a ``qualified voting system''):  Provided 
     further, That for purposes of determining whether a voting 
     system is a qualified voting system, a voter-verified paper 
     audit trail receipt generated by a direct-recording 
     electronic voting machine is not a paper ballot:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this 
     heading may be used to purchase or obtain any voting system 
     which is not a qualified voting system:  Provided further, 
     That a State may use such payment to carry out other 
     authorized activities to improve the administration of 
     elections for Federal office only if the State certifies to 
     the Election Assistance Commission that the State has 
     replaced all voting systems which use direct-recording 
     electronic voting machines with qualified voting systems:  
     Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of the amount 
     of the payment made to a State under this heading shall be 
     allocated in cash or in kind to the units of local government 
     which are responsible for the administration of elections for 
     Federal office in the State:  Provided further, That not 
     later than 2 years after receiving a payment under this 
     heading, a State shall make available funds for such 
     activities in an amount equal to 5 percent of the total 
     amount of the payment made to the State under this heading.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
     Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not 
     to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 
     counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $339,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That $339,000,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed 
     and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
     Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for 
     necessary expenses, and shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
     shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 
     during fiscal year 2020 so as to result in a final fiscal 
     year 2020 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided further, 
     That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from 
     the use of a competitive bidding system that may be retained 
     and made available for obligation shall not exceed 
     $132,538,680 for fiscal year 2020:  Provided further, That, 
     of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $11,105,700 shall be for the salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of Inspector General.

      administrative provisions--federal communications commission

       Sec. 510.  Section 302 of the Universal Service 
     Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 
     striking ``December 31, 2019'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2020''.
       Sec. 511.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
     amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal 
     service support payments to implement the February 27, 2004, 
     recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 
     Service regarding single connection or primary line 
     restrictions on universal service support payments.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                    office of the inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $42,982,000, to be derived from the Deposit 
     Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC 
     Resolution Fund.

                      Federal Election Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $71,497,000, of which 
     not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and 
     representation expenses.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization 
     Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 
     1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
     including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, and including official reception and 
     representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) and rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
     $24,890,000:  Provided, That public members of the Federal 
     Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per 
     diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
     5703) for persons employed intermittently in the Government 
     service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds 
     received from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 
     labor-management relations conferences shall be credited to 
     and merged with this account, to be available without further 
     appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 
     conferences.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
     including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $349,700,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to 
     contract with a person or persons for collection services in 
     accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718:  Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $141,000,000 of offsetting collections derived 
     from fees collected for premerger notification filings under 
     the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 
     U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be 
     retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, not to exceed $18,000,000 in 
     offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to 
     implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 
     promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and 
     Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be 
     credited to this account, and be retained and used for 
     necessary expenses in this appropriation:  Provided further, 
     That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 
     be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
     fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
     than $190,700,000:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to 
     implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal 
     Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t).

                    General Services Administration

                        real property activities

                         federal buildings fund

                 limitations on availability of revenue

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections 
     deposited into the Fund, shall be available for necessary 
     expenses of real property management and related activities 
     not otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, 
     and protection of federally owned and leased buildings; 
     rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration 
     of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including 
     space adjustments and telecommunications relocation

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     expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation, and 
     transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning 
     or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of 
     federally owned buildings, including grounds, approaches, and 
     appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, 
     preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 
     buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as 
     otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
     purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
     federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
     projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 
     buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and 
     payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for 
     public buildings acquired by installment purchase and 
     purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of $9,059,112,000, 
     of which--
       (1) $333,322,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and 
     expenses, and associated design and construction services) as 
     follows:
       (A) $85,000,000 shall be for the Calexico West Land Port of 
     Entry, Calexico, California; and
       (B) $248,322,000 shall be for the San Luis I Land Port of 
     Entry, San Luis, Arizona:
       Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new 
     construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded to the 
     extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but 
     not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in a 
     transmitted prospectus, if required, unless advance approval 
     is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 
     greater amount;
       (2) $848,894,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     repairs and alterations, including associated design and 
     construction services, of which--
       (A) $436,837,000 is for Major Repairs and Alterations;
       (B) $382,057,000 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; and
       (C) $30,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs for Fire 
     and Life Safety:
       Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous 
     Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
     shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount 
     identified for each project, except each project in this or 
     any previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 
     10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the 
     Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount:  Provided 
     further, That additional projects for which prospectuses have 
     been fully approved may be funded under this category only if 
     advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That the amounts provided 
     in this or any prior Act for ``Repairs and Alterations'' may 
     be used to fund costs associated with implementing security 
     improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 
     standards for security in accordance with current law and in 
     compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 
     appropriate Committees of the House and Senate:  Provided 
     further, That the difference between the funds appropriated 
     and expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under 
     the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'', may be transferred 
     to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized 
     increases in prospectus projects:  Provided further, That the 
     amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs 
     and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the 
     Government arising from any projects under the heading 
     ``Repairs and Alterations'' or used to fund authorized 
     increases in prospectus projects;
       (3) $5,493,390,000 for rental of space to remain available 
     until expended; and
       (4) $2,383,506,000 for building operations to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the total amount of 
     funds made available from this Fund to the General Services 
     Administration shall not be available for expenses of any 
     construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for 
     which a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 
     been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 
     for each project for required expenses for the development of 
     a proposed prospectus:  Provided further, That funds 
     available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for 
     emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That amounts 
     necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other 
     agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide 
     such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
     facilities on private or other property not in Government 
     ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the 
     United States Secret Service to perform its protective 
     functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from 
     such revenues and collections:  Provided further, That 
     revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this 
     Fund during fiscal year 2020, excluding reimbursements under 
     40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new 
     obligational authority authorized for Real Property 
     Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall 
     remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
     except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

                           general activities

                         government-wide policy

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 
     associated with the management of real and personal property 
     assets and certain administrative services; Government-wide 
     policy support responsibilities relating to acquisition, 
     travel, motor vehicles, information technology management, 
     and related technology activities; and services as authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $65,843,000.

                           operating expenses

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     for Government-wide activities associated with utilization 
     and donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real 
     property; agency-wide policy direction, management, and 
     communications; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
     $49,440,000, of which $26,890,000 is for Real and Personal 
     Property Management and Disposal; and $22,550,000 is for the 
     Office of the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 is 
     for official reception and representation expenses.

                   civilian board of contract appeals

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of 
     Contract Appeals, $9,301,000.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $68,000,000:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
     payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
     Government, including payment for recovery of stolen 
     Government property:  Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
     Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of 
     efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of 
     Inspector General effectiveness.

           allowances and office staff for former presidents

       For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 
     1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, $3,851,112.

                     federal citizen services fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 
     Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 
     44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in support of 
     interagency projects that enable the Federal Government to 
     enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically, 
     through the development and implementation of innovative uses 
     of information technology; $53,400,000, to be deposited into 
     the Federal Citizen Services Fund:  Provided, That the 
     previous amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to 
     carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund:  
     Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, 
     reimbursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 
     be available until expended for necessary expenses of Federal 
     Citizen Services and other activities that enable the Federal 
     Government to enhance its ability to conduct activities 
     electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed 
     $100,000,000:  Provided further, That appropriations, 
     revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this 
     Fund during fiscal year 2020 in excess of such amount shall 
     remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 
     except as authorized in appropriations Acts:  Provided 
     further, That, of the total amount appropriated, up to 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for support functions and full-
     time hires to support activities related to the 
     Administration's requirements under Title II of the 
     Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Public Law 
     115-435):  Provided further, That the transfer authorities 
     provided herein shall be in addition to any other transfer 
     authority provided in this Act.

                  pre-election presidential transition

                      (including transfer of funds)

       For activities authorized by the Pre-Election Presidential 
     Transition Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-283) and the 
     amendments made by such Act, not to exceed $9,620,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That 
     such amounts may be transferred to ``Acquisition Services 
     Fund'' or ``Federal Buildings Fund'' to reimburse obligations 
     incurred for the purposes provided herein in fiscal years 
     2019 and 2020:  Provided further, that amounts made available 
     under this heading shall be in addition to any other amounts 
     available for such purposes.

                     technology modernization fund

       For the Technology Modernization Fund, $35,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for technology-related 
     modernization activities.

                 environmental review improvement fund

       For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 
     Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-
     8(d), $6,070,000, to remain available until expended.

       administrative provisions--general services administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 520.  Funds available to the General Services 
     Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles.
       Sec. 521.  Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
     available for fiscal year 2020 for Federal Buildings Fund 
     activities may be transferred between such activities only to 
     the extent necessary to meet program requirements:  Provided, 
     That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by 
     the

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     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate.
       Sec. 522.  Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
     funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a 
     fiscal year 2020 request for United States Courthouse 
     construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
     standards for construction as established and approved by the 
     General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of 
     the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; 
     (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the 
     United States as set out in its approved Courthouse Project 
     Priorities plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom 
     utilization study of each facility to be constructed, 
     replaced, or expanded.
       Sec. 523.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
     provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
     other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings 
     Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per square 
     foot assessment for space and services as determined by the 
     General Services Administration in consideration of the 
     Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
       Sec. 524.  From funds made available under the heading 
     ``Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of 
     Revenue'', claims against the Government of less than 
     $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and 
     acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings 
     effected in other construction projects with prior 
     notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate.
       Sec. 525.  In any case in which the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 
     authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by 
     the Administrator of the General Services Administration 
     under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure that the 
     delineated area of procurement is identical to the delineated 
     area included in the prospectus for all lease agreements, 
     except that, if the Administrator determines that the 
     delineated area of the procurement should not be identical to 
     the delineated area included in the prospectus, the 
     Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement to each 
     of such committees and the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to 
     exercising any lease authority provided in the resolution.
       Sec. 526.  With respect to each project funded under the 
     heading ``Major Repairs and Alterations'' or ``Judiciary 
     Capital Security Program'', and with respect to E-Government 
     projects funded under the heading ``Federal Citizen Services 
     Fund'', the Administrator of General Services shall submit a 
     spending plan and explanation for each project to be 
     undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.

                 Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

                         salaries and expenses

       For payment to the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation 
     Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public Law 93-642, 
     $1,670,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
     Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and 
     the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 
     note), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
     elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct 
     procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, $44,490,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2021, and in addition 
     not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2021, for administrative expenses to adjudicate 
     retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 
     Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the 
     Merit Systems Protection Board.

            Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

            morris k. udall and stewart l. udall trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
     Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
     Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,800,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which, notwithstanding 
     sections 8 and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be 
     available to carry out the activities authorized by section 
     6(7) of Public Law 102-259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 
     106-568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)):  Provided, That any amounts 
     transferred during any previous fiscal year to the Office of 
     Inspector General of the Department of the Interior shall 
     remain available until expended for audits and investigations 
     of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 
     consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.), and for annual independent financial audits of the 
     Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursuant to 
     the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 
     107-289):  Provided further, That amounts transferred to the 
     Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Interior 
     during any previous fiscal year may be transferred to the 
     Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for annual 
     independent financial audits pursuant to the Accountability 
     of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-289).

                 environmental dispute resolution fund

       For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to 
     carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy 
     and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $3,200,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

              National Archives and Records Administration

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses in connection with the 
     administration of the National Archives and Records 
     Administration and archived Federal records and related 
     activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary 
     for the review and declassification of documents, the 
     activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, the 
     operations and maintenance of the electronic records 
     archives, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for 
     uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
     U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 
     $354,706,000, of which $22,000,000 shall remain available 
     until expended for the repair and alteration of the National 
     Archives facility in College Park, Maryland, and related 
     improvements necessary to enhance the Federal Government's 
     ability to electronically preserve, manage, and store 
     Government records, and of which up to $4,097,000 shall 
     remain available until expended to implement section 3 and 
     section 5 of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection 
     Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-426).

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
     Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110-409, 122 Stat. 4302-16 
     (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     $4,823,000.

                        repairs and restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
     facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
     $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.

         national historical publications and records commission

                             grants program

       For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
     historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
     U.S.C. 2504, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                  National Credit Union Administration

               community development revolving loan fund

       For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program 
     as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 
     shall be available until September 30, 2021, for technical 
     assistance to low-income designated credit unions.

                      Office of Government Ethics

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
     of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading 
     on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $17,430,000.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                         salaries and expenses

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical 
     examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on 
     a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
     to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of 
     OPM and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses 
     incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 
     as amended; and payment of per diem or subsistence allowances 
     to employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an 
     employee to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 
     $148,668,000:  Provided, That of the total amount made 
     available under this heading, not to exceed $9,000,000 shall 
     remain available until expended, for information technology 
     infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial 
     System migration or modernization, and shall be in addition 
     to funds otherwise made available for such purposes:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
     under this heading, $1,068,000 may be made available for 
     strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the 
     acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal 
     Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), 
     including the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of 
     such workforce and information technology in support of 
     acquisition workforce effectiveness or for management 
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     acquisition management; and in addition $160,398,000 for 
     administrative expenses, to be transferred from the 
     appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard to other 
     statutes, including direct procurement of printed materials, 
     for the retirement and insurance programs:  Provided further, 
     That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect 
     the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 
     sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 
     9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
     available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining 
     Unit of OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 
     of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose:  
     Provided further, That the President's Commission on White 
     House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of 
     October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2020, accept 
     donations of money, property, and personal services:  
     Provided further, That such donations, including those from 
     prior years, may be used for the development of publicity 
     materials to provide information about the White House 
     Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
     travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the 
     salaries of employees of such Commission.

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,000,000, and in 
     addition, not to exceed $25,265,000 for administrative 
     expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight 
     of the Office of Personnel Management's retirement and 
     insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate 
     trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as 
     determined by the Inspector General:  Provided, That the 
     Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia and elsewhere.

                       Office of Special Counsel

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
     of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
     454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 
     101-12) as amended by Public Law 107-304, the Whistleblower 
     Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-199), and 
     the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
     of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 
     witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     $28,000,000.

                      Postal Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability 
     and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435), $16,615,000, to be 
     derived by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended 
     as authorized by section 603(a) of such Act.

              Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
     Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
     Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 
     U.S.C. 2000ee), $7,500,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
     in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
     $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $1,850,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
     not less than $609,434,000 shall be for the Division of 
     Enforcement; of which not less than $404,676,000 shall be for 
     the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations; of 
     which not less than $98,423,000 shall be for the Division of 
     Trading and Markets; of which not less than $103,087,000 
     shall be for Other Program Offices; of which not less than 
     $20,106,000 shall be for the Office of the Inspector General; 
     of which not to exceed $73,713,000 shall be for the Division 
     of Economic and Risk Analysis; of which not to exceed $75,000 
     shall be available for a permanent secretariat for the 
     International Organization of Securities Commissions; and of 
     which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses 
     for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
     foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members 
     of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 
     securities matters, such expenses to include necessary 
     logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of 
     Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance 
     including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel 
     and transportation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence.
       In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs 
     associated with relocation under a replacement lease for the 
     Commission's New York regional office facilities, not to 
     exceed $10,524,799, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That for purposes of calculating the fee rate under 
     section 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
     U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2020, all amounts 
     appropriated under this heading shall be deemed to be the 
     regular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2020: 
      Provided further, That fees and charges authorized by 
     section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
     78ee) shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
     collections:  Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $1,850,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 
     available until expended for necessary expenses of this 
     account and not to exceed $10,524,799 of such offsetting 
     collections shall be available until expended for costs under 
     this heading associated with relocation under a replacement 
     lease for the Commission's New York regional office 
     facilities:  Provided further, That the total amount 
     appropriated under this heading from the general fund for 
     fiscal year 2020 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are 
     received so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2020 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
     than $0:  Provided further, That if any amount of the 
     appropriation for costs associated with relocation under a 
     replacement lease for the Commission's New York regional 
     office facilities is subsequently de-obligated by the 
     Commission, such amount that was derived from the general 
     fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such amounts 
     that were derived from fees or assessments collected for such 
     purpose shall be paid to each national securities exchange 
     and national securities association, respectively, in 
     proportion to any fees or assessments paid by such national 
     securities exchange or national securities association under 
     section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
     78ee) in fiscal year 2020.

                        Selective Service System

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
     including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training 
     for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service 
     System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian 
     employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; $24,500,000:  
     Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 
     may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 
     U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to be 
     necessary in the interest of national defense:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be expended for or in connection with the induction of any 
     person into the Armed Forces of the United States.

                     Small Business Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     Small Business Administration, including hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of 
     title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed $3,500 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, $272,157,000, 
     of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for 
     examinations, reviews, and other lender oversight activities: 
      Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge 
     fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small 
     Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, 
     including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small 
     Business Act:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 
     U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities shall 
     be credited to this account, to remain available until 
     expended, for carrying out these purposes without further 
     appropriations:  Provided further, That the Small Business 
     Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed 
     $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance 
     with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108-447, 
     during fiscal year 2020:  Provided further, That $6,100,000 
     shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
     System, to be available until September 30, 2021.

                  entrepreneurial development programs

       For necessary expenses of programs supporting 
     entrepreneurial and small business development, $281,800,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That 
     $150,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for 
     performance in fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2021 as 
     authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act:  Provided 
     further, That $35,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, 
     and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
     make microloans under the microloan program:  Provided 
     further, That $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
     States to carry out export programs that assist small 
     business concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)).

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $21,900,000.

                           office of advocacy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
     carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94-305 
     (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
     of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

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                     business loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 
     loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
     (Public Law 83-163), $100,650,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
     subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, during fiscal year 2020 commitments to guarantee loans 
     under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 
     1958 shall not exceed $8,000,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     during fiscal year 2020 commitments for general business 
     loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
     shall not exceed $30,500,000,000 for a combination of 
     amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line of 
     credit provided by revolving loans:  Provided further, That 
     during fiscal year 2020 commitments for loans authorized 
     under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of the Small 
     Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not 
     exceed $7,500,000,000:  Provided further, That during fiscal 
     year 2020 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under 
     section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
     shall not exceed $4,000,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     during fiscal year 2020, guarantees of trust certificates 
     authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall 
     not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In 
     addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
     and guaranteed loan programs, $155,150,000, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
     Salaries and Expenses.

                     disaster loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
     program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, 
     $150,000,000, to be available until expended, of which 
     $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of the 
     Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of 
     disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriations for the 
     Office of Inspector General; and of which $8,400,000 is for 
     indirect administrative expenses for the direct loan program, 
     which may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.

        administrative provisions--small business administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 530.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
     Business Administration in this Act may be transferred 
     between such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
     be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:  
     Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall 
     be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 608 of 
     this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
     expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
     forth in that section.
       Sec. 531.  Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation 
     made available in this Act for the Small Business 
     Administration under the headings ``Salaries and Expenses'' 
     and ``Business Loans Program Account'' may be transferred to 
     the ``Information Technology System Modernization and Working 
     Capital Fund'' (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) 
     of title X of division A of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, for the purposes 
     specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate:  Provided, That amounts 
     transferred to the IT WCF under this section shall remain 
     available for obligation through September 30, 2023.

                      United States Postal Service

                   payment to the postal service fund

       For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
     on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) 
     and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, 
     $56,711,000:  Provided, That mail for overseas voting and 
     mail for the blind shall continue to be free:  Provided 
     further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall 
     continue at not less than the 1983 level:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds made available to the Postal Service 
     by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, 
     or policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or 
     local child support enforcement agency, or any individual 
     participating in a State or local program of child support 
     enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
     concerning an address of a postal customer:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post 
     offices:  Provided further, That the Postal Service may not 
     destroy, and shall continue to offer for sale, any copies of 
     the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal 
     Stamp, as authorized under the Multinational Species 
     Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 
     111-241):  Provided further, That the Postal Service may not 
     destroy, and shall continue to offer for sale, any copies of 
     the Alzheimer's Semipostal Stamp issued under section 416 of 
     title 39, United States Code:  Provided further, That the 
     previous proviso shall not be construed to limit or otherwise 
     prevent the Postal Service from issuing for sale any other 
     semipostal stamp pursuant to such section.

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $252,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
     Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by section 
     603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act 
     (Public Law 109-435).

                        United States Tax Court

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
     other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $53,550,000, 
     of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid 
     upon the written certificate of the judge.

                                TITLE VI

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

                    (including rescission of funds)

       Sec. 601.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
     of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening 
     in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Sec. 602.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, 
     unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 603.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 604.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 605.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary 
     of any Government employee where funding an activity or 
     paying a salary to a Government employee would result in a 
     decision, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that 
     would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff 
     Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
       Sec. 606.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
     be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with chapter 
     83 of title 41, United States Code.
       Sec. 607.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act shall be made available to any 
     person or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 
     83 of title 41, United States Code.
       Sec. 608.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
     appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
     the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
     that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
     project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for 
     any program, project, or activity for which funds have been 
     denied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use 
     funds directed for a specific activity by the Committee on 
     Appropriations of either the House of Representatives or the 
     Senate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing 
     programs, projects, or activities in excess of $1,000,000 or 
     10 percent, whichever is less, or increases the number of 
     full-time employee equivalents by 10 percent or more; (6) 
     reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
     $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces the 
     number of full-time employee equivalents by 10 percent or 
     more; (7) relocates an office or employees; or (8) creates, 
     reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, office, 
     bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or 
     department different from the budget justifications submitted 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate or the tables in the report 
     accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate are consulted 60 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to 
     such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are 
     notified in writing 30 days in advance of such reprogramming, 
     and approval is received from the Committees:  Provided, That 
     not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate to establish the baseline for 
     application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
     current fiscal year:  Provided further, That at a minimum the 
     report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation,

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     detailing both full-time employee equivalents and budget 
     authority, with separate columns to display the prior year 
     enacted level, the President's budget request, adjustments 
     made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
     appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a 
     delineation in the table for each appropriation and its 
     respective prior year enacted level by object class and 
     program, project, and activity as detailed in this Act, in 
     the accompanying report, or in the budget appendix for the 
     respective appropriation, whichever is more detailed, and 
     which shall apply to all items for which a dollar amount is 
     specified and to all programs for which new budget authority 
     is provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 
     discretionary grant allocations; and (3) an identification of 
     items of special congressional interest:  Provided further, 
     That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 
     expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
     for each day after the required date that the report has not 
     been submitted to the Congress.
       Sec. 609.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
     remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2020 from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
     fiscal year 2020 in this Act, shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2021, for each such account for the purposes 
     authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the 
     expenditure of such funds:  Provided further, That these 
     requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
     guidelines.
       Sec. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used by the Executive Office of the President to 
     request--
       (1) any official background investigation report on any 
     individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
       (2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 
     organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
     501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury or 
     the Internal Revenue Service.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply--
       (1) in the case of an official background investigation 
     report, if such individual has given express written consent 
     for such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of 
     such request and during the same presidential administration; 
     or
       (2) if such request is required due to extraordinary 
     circumstances involving national security.
       Sec. 611.  The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
     chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply 
     with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       Sec. 612.  For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
     implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
     nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office 
     of Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without 
     regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
     imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the 
     Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval.
       Sec. 613.  No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
     expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
     employees health benefits program which provides any benefits 
     or coverage for abortions.
       Sec. 614.  The provision of section 613 shall not apply 
     where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
     were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
     act of rape or incest.
       Sec. 615.  In order to promote Government access to 
     commercial information technology, the restriction on 
     purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
     forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code 
     (popularly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to 
     the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
     technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United 
     States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in 
     section 103 of title 41, United States Code).
       Sec. 616.  Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United 
     States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency 
     or commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that 
     agency, nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or 
     reimbursement from a non-Federal entity for travel, 
     subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of enabling 
     an officer or employee to attend and participate in any 
     meeting or similar function relating to the official duties 
     of the officer or employee when the entity offering payment 
     or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to regulation 
     by such agency or commission, or represents a person or 
     entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, 
     unless the person or entity is an organization described in 
     section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
     exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
       Sec. 617.  Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds 
     made available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
     and the Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any 
     other Act may be used for the interagency funding and 
     sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to advise on 
     emerging regulatory issues.
       Sec. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
     authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
     construction or alteration of real property for office, 
     meeting, storage, or other space must consult with the 
     General Services Administration before issuing a solicitation 
     for offers of new leases or construction contracts, and in 
     the case of succeeding leases, before entering into 
     negotiations with the current lessor.
       (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
     emergency lease may do so during any period declared by the 
     President to require emergency leasing authority with respect 
     to such agency.
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``Executive 
     agency covered by this Act'' means any Executive agency 
     provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General 
     Services Administration or the United States Postal Service.
       Sec. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following 
     activities the amounts required under current law:
       (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102).
       (2) Payments to--
       (A) the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
     377(o));
       (B) the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund (28 U.S.C. 
     376(c)); and
       (C) the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges' 
     Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)).
       (3) Payment of Government contributions--
       (A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 
     employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and
       (B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
     employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87).
       (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
     increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 
     and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348).
       (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
     Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
     provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
     84 of title 5, United States Code.
       (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any 
     amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise 
     applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in this 
     Act.
       Sec. 620.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft 
     report entitled ``Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed 
     to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to 
     Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts'' unless the 
     Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children 
     complies with Executive Order No. 13563.
       Sec. 621.  None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
     the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to award a 
     contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an option on a 
     contract to a contractor conducting the final quality review 
     processes for background investigation fieldwork services or 
     background investigation support services that, as of the 
     date of the award of the contract, are being conducted by 
     that contractor.
       Sec. 622. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 
     funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 
     Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in 
     decisions regarding the budget planning process related to 
     information technology.
       (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency 
     funded by this Act that are available for information 
     technology shall be allocated within the agency, consistent 
     with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budget 
     guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as specified 
     by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of the 
     agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of 
     the agency and budget officials.
       Sec. 623.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 
     44, United States Code.
       Sec. 624.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by 
     a provider of electronic communication service to the public 
     or remote computing service of the contents of a wire or 
     electronic communication that is in electronic storage with 
     the provider (as such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 
     2711 of title 18, United States Code) in a manner that 
     violates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States.
       Sec. 625.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
     amend, or change the rules or regulations of the Commission 
     for universal service high-cost support for competitive 
     eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that is 
     inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 
     54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
     on July 15, 2015:  Provided, That this section shall not 
     prohibit the Commission from considering, developing, or 
     adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to 
     Mobility Fund Phase II.
       Sec. 626.  No funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
     deny an Inspector General

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     funded under this Act timely access to any records, 
     documents, or other materials available to the department or 
     agency over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
     under the Inspector General Act of 1978, or to prevent or 
     impede that Inspector General's access to such records, 
     documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
     except a provision of law that expressly refers to the 
     Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector 
     General's right of access. A department or agency covered by 
     this section shall provide its Inspector General with access 
     to all such records, documents, and other materials in a 
     timely manner. Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
     with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the 
     information provided by the establishment over which that 
     Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this 
     section shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 
     days any failures to comply with this requirement.
       Sec. 627. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 
     other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.
       Sec. 628.  None of the funds appropriated or other-wise 
     made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
     incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 
     judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
     budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a 
     contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
     deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 
     scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
     scope of the project and/or program and unless such awards or 
     incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation.
       Sec. 629. (a) None of the funds made available under this 
     Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activities 
     that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 
     department, agency, board or commission of more than $500,000 
     at any single conference unless the agency or entity 
     determines that such attendance is in the national interest 
     and advance notice is transmitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     that includes the basis of that determination.
       (b) None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
     used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 
     employees, who are stationed in the United States, at any 
     single conference occurring outside the United States unless 
     the agency or entity determines that such attendance is in 
     the national interest and advance notice is transmitted to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis of 
     that determination.
       Sec. 630.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for first-class or business-class travel by the 
     employees of executive branch agencies funded by this Act in 
     contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.125 of 
     title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 631.  In addition to any amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available for expenses related to enhancements 
     to www.oversight.gov, $1,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be provided for an additional amount for such 
     purpose to the Inspectors General Council Fund established 
     pursuant to Section 11(c)(3)(B) of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.):  Provided, That these amounts shall 
     be in addition to any amounts or any authority available to 
     the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
     Efficiency under section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       Sec. 632.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended--
       (1) to reorganize or transfer any function or authority of 
     the Office of Personnel Management to the General Services 
     Administration or the Office of Management and Budget; or
       (2) to enter into or carry out any outsourcing or 
     interagency agreement between the Office of Personnel 
     Management and the General Services Administration not in 
     effect before October 1, 2018.
       Sec. 633.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to penalize a financial institution solely because 
     the institution provides financial services to an entity that 
     is a manufacturer, a producer, or a person that participates 
     in any business or organized activity that involves handling 
     marijuana, marijuana products, or marijuana proceeds, and 
     engages in such activity pursuant to a law established by a 
     State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian Tribe:  
     Provided, That the term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, and any territory or 
     possession of the United States.
       Sec. 634.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 
     any rule, principle, policy, standard, or guidance, or take 
     any other action with respect to, changing the 2017 
     methodology prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget 
     for determining the Official Poverty Measure.
       Sec. 635.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
     appropriations available under the heading ``Small Business 
     Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' heading, 
     $16,369,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That 
     no amounts may be rescinded under this section from amounts 
     that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
     or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

                               TITLE VII

                  GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 701.  No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
     other Act for fiscal year 2020 shall obligate or expend any 
     such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
     instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer 
     in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all 
     of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
     or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
     Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 
     and employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality.
       Sec. 702.  Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
     maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in 
     accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United States 
     Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
     (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, 
     protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), 
     is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which 
     the maximum shall be $19,997:  Provided, That these limits 
     may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type 
     vehicles:  Provided further, That the limits set forth in 
     this section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for 
     electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 
     the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 
     Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:  Provided 
     further, That the limits set forth in this section may be 
     exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 
     vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the 
     cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles:  Provided 
     further, That the limits set forth in this section shall not 
     apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which 
     operates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to 
     electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell 
     vehicles.
       Sec. 703.  Appropriations of the executive departments and 
     independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
     available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
     activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
     allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 5922-5924.
       Sec. 704.  Unless otherwise specified in law during the 
     current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
     in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of 
     the United States (including any agency the majority of the 
     stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
     States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
     States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
     States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for 
     permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 
     8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as a 
     refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 
     U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to 
     become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when 
     eligible; (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the United 
     States; or (5) is a person who is authorized to be employed 
     in the United States pursuant to the Deferred Action for 
     Childhood Arrivals program established under the memorandum 
     of the Secretary of Homeland Security dated June 15, 2012:  
     Provided, That for purposes of this section, affidavits 
     signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie 
     evidence that the requirements of this section with respect 
     to his or her status are being complied with:  Provided 
     further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and (3) such 
     affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment and updated 
     thereafter as necessary:  Provided further, That any person 
     making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and 
     upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or 
     imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both:  Provided 
     further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 
     and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 
     law:  Provided further, That any payment made to any officer 
     or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall 
     be recoverable in action by the Federal Government:  Provided 
     further, That this section shall not apply to any person who 
     is an officer or employee of the Government of the United 
     States on the date of enactment of this Act, or to 
     international broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors, or to temporary employment of translators, or 
     to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed 
     60 days) as a result of emergencies:  Provided further, That 
     this section does not apply to the employment as Wildland 
     firefighters for not more than 120 days of nonresident aliens 
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     Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service 
     pursuant to an agreement with another country.
       Sec. 705.  Appropriations available to any department or 
     agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, 
     including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be 
     available for payment to the General Services Administration 
     for charges for space and services and those expenses of 
     renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which 
     constitute public improvements performed in accordance with 
     the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public 
     Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other 
     applicable law.
       Sec. 706.  In addition to funds provided in this or any 
     other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
     use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
     Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
     recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 
     Such funds shall be available until expended for the 
     following purposes:
       (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
     recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13834 
     (May 17, 2018), including any such programs adopted prior to 
     the effective date of the Executive order.
       (2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, 
     including, but not limited to, the development and 
     implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
     prevention programs.
       (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
     deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
       Sec. 707.  Funds made available by this or any other Act 
     for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the 
     corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
     United States Code, shall be available, in addition to 
     objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
     rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this head, all 
     the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
     expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
     Act by which they are made available:  Provided, That in the 
     event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are 
     subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the 
     limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
     correspondingly reduced.
       Sec. 708.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     or any other Act shall be available for interagency financing 
     of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, 
     councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they 
     are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and 
     specific statutory approval to receive financial support from 
     more than one agency or instrumentality.
       Sec. 709.  None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
     provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to 
     implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has 
     been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted 
     in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.
       Sec. 710. (a) During the period in which an individual is 
     the head of a department or an agency, or occupies a position 
     in the Federal Government that requires confirmation by the 
     Senate, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of 
     $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such 
     individual, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 
     any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or 
     redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       (b) The notification required under subsection (a) shall 
     include a justification for any expense that relates to 
     health and safety, an explanation of how the expenses align 
     with and advance the agency mission, and a report that 
     includes the following:
       (1) Whether a hiring freeze is in place at the agency.
       (2) Information on agency staffing levels, including a list 
     of positions that have been vacant for over 120 days, and an 
     explanation as to what barriers or disruptions have prevented 
     such positions from being filled.
       (3) Any delays longer than 30 days in the administration of 
     grants with the potential to impact public health or safety.
       (4) The number of pending FOIA requests, including the 
     number of requests that the agency failed to respond to 
     within 20 days of initial receipt.
       (5) A list of outstanding recommendations from the 
     Government Accountability Office on how to improve agency 
     operations.
       (c) Any individual found in violation of this section, as 
     determined by an agency inspector general or the Director of 
     the Office of Management and Budget, shall pay, into the 
     general fund of the Treasury, an amount equal to the expenses 
     obligated or expended in excess of $5,000, plus interest 
     (calculated at the rate equal to the interest rate for a 
     Federal Direct PLUS Loan, in accordance with 20 U.S.C. 
     1087(e)).
       (d) For the purposes of this section, the term ``office'' 
     shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the 
     individual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 
     individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
     individual.
       Sec. 711.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 
     of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year 
     by this or any other Act shall be available for the 
     interagency funding of national security and emergency 
     preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit 
     multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as 
     provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).
       Sec. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended by any department, 
     agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government to 
     pay the salaries or expenses of any individual appointed to a 
     position of a confidential or policy-determining character 
     that is excepted from the competitive service under section 
     3302 of title 5, United States Code, (pursuant to schedule C 
     of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal 
     Regulations) unless the head of the applicable department, 
     agency, or other instrumentality employing such schedule C 
     individual certifies to the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management that the schedule C position occupied by 
     the individual was not created solely or primarily in order 
     to detail the individual to the White House.
       (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
     Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed to 
     or from an element of the intelligence community (as that 
     term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))).
       Sec. 713.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     or any other Act shall be available for the payment of the 
     salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, 
     who--
       (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to 
     prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the 
     Federal Government from having any direct oral or written 
     communication or contact with any Member, committee, or 
     subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter 
     pertaining to the employment of such other officer or 
     employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
     other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
     such communication or contact is at the initiative of such 
     other officer or employee or in response to the request or 
     inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
       (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
     reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or 
     efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
     transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
     employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
     condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of 
     the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit 
     any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other 
     officer or employee, by reason of any communication or 
     contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
     committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in 
     paragraph (1).
       Sec. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
     training that--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 715.  No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
     other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
     other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
     relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 
     the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
     booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation 
     designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
     Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
       Sec. 716.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal 
     employee's home address to any labor organization except when 
     the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such 
     disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent 
     jurisdiction.
       Sec. 717.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act may be used to provide any non-public information 
     such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mailing lists to 
     any person or any organization outside of the Federal 
     Government without the approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       Sec. 718.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
     including by private contractor, for publicity or propaganda 
     purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized 
     by Congress.
       Sec. 719. (a) In this section, the term ``agency''--
       (1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C. 
     105; and
       (2) includes a military department, as defined under 
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     United States Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory 
     Commission.
       (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
     to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
     shall use official time in an honest effort to perform 
     official duties. An employee not under a leave system, 
     including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5 U.S.C. 
     6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a 
     reasonable proportion of such employee's time in the 
     performance of official duties.
       Sec. 720.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
     of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year 
     by this or any other Act to any department or agency, which 
     is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory 
     Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate 
     share of FASAB administrative costs.
       Sec. 721.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
     of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency 
     is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse ``General 
     Services Administration, Government-wide Policy'' with the 
     approval of the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
     this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and 
     other contracts:  Provided, That these funds shall be 
     administered by the Administrator of General Services to 
     support Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, 
     information technology, procurement, and other management 
     innovations, initiatives, and activities, including improving 
     coordination and reducing duplication, as approved by the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
     consultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-
     agency groups designated by the Director (including the 
     President's Management Council for overall management 
     improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council 
     for financial management initiatives, the Chief Information 
     Officers Council for information technology initiatives, the 
     Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital 
     initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for 
     procurement initiatives, and the Performance Improvement 
     Council for performance improvement initiatives):  Provided 
     further, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
     not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 
     duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 
     Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and 
     not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, 
     initiatives, and activities:  Provided further, That the 
     funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ``General 
     Services Administration, Government-wide Policy'' during 
     fiscal year 2020 shall remain available for obligation 
     through September 30, 2021:  Provided further, That such 
     transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days 
     following notification of the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate by the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget.
       Sec. 722.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
     woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal 
     building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child 
     are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.
       Sec. 723.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 
     of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year 
     by this or any other Act shall be available for the 
     interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, 
     and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National 
     Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order 
     No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
     agencies, or entities:  Provided, That the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
     budget of and resources connected with the National Science 
     and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, 
     the House Committee on Science and Technology, and the Senate 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days 
     after enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 724.  Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
     application, form, notification, press release, or other 
     publications involving the distribution of Federal funds 
     shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 200 of 
     title 2, Code of Federal Regulations:  Provided, That this 
     section shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 
     grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.
       Sec. 725. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of 
     Individuals' Internet Use.--None of the funds made available 
     in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency--
       (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, 
     derived from any means, that includes any personally 
     identifiable information relating to an individual's access 
     to or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the 
     agency; or
       (2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
     (including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
     obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that 
     includes any personally identifiable information relating to 
     an individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental 
     Internet site.
       (b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection 
     (a) shall not apply to--
       (1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
     particular persons;
       (2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
     information;
       (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
     supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
       (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a 
     system security action taken by the operator of an Internet 
     site and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet 
     site services or to protecting the rights or property of the 
     provider of the Internet site.
       (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
       (1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to 
     implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
       (2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the 
     agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety 
     and soundness, overall financial condition, management 
     practices and policies and compliance with applicable 
     standards as provided in law.
       Sec. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes 
     a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except 
     where the contract also includes a provision for 
     contraceptive coverage.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
     with--
       (1) any of the following religious plans:
       (A) Personal Care's HMO; and
       (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
       (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the 
     plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious 
     beliefs.
       (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into 
     or renews a contract under this section may not subject any 
     individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual 
     refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives 
     because such activities would be contrary to the individual's 
     religious beliefs or moral convictions.
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
     coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
       Sec. 727.  The United States is committed to ensuring the 
     health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, 
     and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping in sport 
     through testing, adjudication, education, and research as 
     performed by nationally recognized oversight authorities.
       Sec. 728.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated for official travel to Federal departments 
     and agencies may be used by such departments and agencies, if 
     consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
     126 regarding official travel for Government personnel, to 
     participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot 
     program.
       Sec. 729.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds appropriated or made available under this or any 
     other appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce 
     restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional 
     Fellowship Program, or to implement the proposed regulations 
     of the Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 
     through 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal 
     Regulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
     number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of 
     executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
       Sec. 730.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease 
     any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to 
     existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting 
     Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval 
     of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 
     temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or 
     other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in 
     existing Center facilities.
       Sec. 731.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
     none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be 
     used by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged 
     news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the 
     United States, unless the story includes a clear notification 
     within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that 
     the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
     executive branch agency.
       Sec. 732.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United 
     States Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act), and 
     regulations implementing that section.
       Sec. 733. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
     used for any Federal Government contract with any foreign 
     incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic 
     corporation under section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act 
     of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary of such an 
     entity.
       (b) Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a) 
     with respect to any Federal Government contract under the 
     authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that 
     the waiver is required in the interest of national security.
       (2) Report to congress.--Any Secretary issuing a waiver 
     under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.
       (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any Federal 
     Government contract entered into before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant 
     to such contract.
       Sec. 734.  During fiscal year 2020, for each employee who--
       (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of 
     title 5, United States Code; or

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       (2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III of 
     chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a 
     payment as an incentive to separate, the separating agency 
     shall remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
     Fund an amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management's 
     average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the 
     preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until 
     expended to the Office of Personnel Management and shall be 
     deemed to be an administrative expense under section 
     8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 735.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait 
     of an officer or employee of the Federal government, 
     including the President, the Vice President, a member of 
     Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner to 
     Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as defined 
     in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), or the head 
     of an office of the legislative branch.
       Sec. 736. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no 
     part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2020, 
     by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing 
     rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 
     United States Code--
       (A) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
     limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous 
     fiscal years until the normal effective date of the 
     applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in 
     fiscal year 2020, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable 
     for the applicable grade and step of the applicable wage 
     schedule in accordance with such section; and
       (B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
     year 2020, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
     survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) by 
     more than the sum of--
       (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 
     2020 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in 
     the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and
       (ii) the difference between the overall average percentage 
     of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in 
     fiscal year 2020 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
     adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage 
     of such payments which was effective in the previous fiscal 
     year under such section.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
     of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no 
     employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid 
     during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a 
     rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
     paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such employee.
       (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable 
     to an employee who is covered by this subsection and who is 
     paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2019, 
     shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the 
     Office of Personnel Management.
       (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of 
     premium pay for employees subject to this subsection may not 
     be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2019, 
     except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel 
     Management to be consistent with the purpose of this 
     subsection.
       (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
     service performed after September 30, 2019.
       (6) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
     (including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, 
     retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) 
     that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes 
     any requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of 
     salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable 
     after the application of this subsection shall be treated as 
     the rate of salary or basic pay.
       (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
     permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this 
     subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would be 
     payable were this subsection not in effect.
       (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for 
     exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection if 
     the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 
     ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
       (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates 
     of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in 
     fiscal year 2020 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall be--
       (1) not less than the percentage received by employees in 
     the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
     pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 and 
     5304 of title 5, United States Code:  Provided, That 
     prevailing rate employees at locations where there are no 
     employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 
     and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
     employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United 
     States Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay 
     locality designated as ``Rest of United States'' pursuant to 
     section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of 
     this subsection; and
       (2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable 
     pay period beginning after September 30, 2019.
       Sec. 737. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, 
     agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any 
     other appropriations Act shall submit annual reports to the 
     Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity 
     without an Inspector General, regarding the costs and 
     contracting procedures related to each conference held by any 
     such department, agency, board, commission, or office during 
     fiscal year 2020 for which the cost to the United States 
     Government was more than $100,000.
       (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each 
     conference described in subsection (a) held during the 
     applicable period--
       (1) a description of its purpose;
       (2) the number of participants attending;
       (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 
     Government, including--
       (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
       (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
       (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to and from 
     the conference; and
       (D) a discussion of the methodology used to determine which 
     costs relate to the conference; and
       (4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
     including--
       (A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive basis; 
     and
       (B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by the 
     departmental component or office in evaluating potential 
     contractors for the conference.
       (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head of 
     any such department, agency, board, commission, or office 
     shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics official 
     for any entity without an Inspector General, of the date, 
     location, and number of employees attending a conference held 
     by any Executive branch department, agency, board, 
     commission, or office funded by this or any other 
     appropriations Act during fiscal year 2020 for which the cost 
     to the United States Government was more than $20,000.
       (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
     this or any other appropriations Act may not be used for the 
     purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in 
     subsection (c) that is not directly and programmatically 
     related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was 
     awarded, such as a conference held in connection with 
     planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine 
     purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 
     contract.
       (e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
     appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference 
     activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
     Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012 
     or any subsequent revisions to that memorandum.
       Sec. 738.  None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, 
     or reduce funding for a program, project, or activity as 
     proposed in the President's budget request for a fiscal year 
     until such proposed change is subsequently enacted in an 
     appropriation Act, or unless such change is made pursuant to 
     the reprogramming or transfer provisions of this or any other 
     appropriations Act.
       Sec. 739.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or 
     apply the rule entitled ``Competitive Area'' published by the 
     Office of Personnel Management in the Federal Register on 
     April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.).
       Sec. 740.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or 
     announce a study or public-private competition regarding the 
     conversion to contractor performance of any function 
     performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other 
     administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
       Sec. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this or any other Act may be available for 
     a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity 
     that requires employees or contractors of such entity seeking 
     to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 
     confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or 
     otherwise restricting such employees or contractors from 
     lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a 
     designated investigative or law enforcement representative of 
     a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such 
     information.
       (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene 
     requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or 
     any other form issued by a Federal department or agency 
     governing the nondisclosure of classified information.
       Sec. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other 
     Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in 
     Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other 
     nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy, 
     form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: 
     ``These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, 
     conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, 
     rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or 
     Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) 
     communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector 
     General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 
     mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, 
     or a substantial and specific danger to public health or 
     safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The 
     definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, 
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     controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 
     incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.'':  
     Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 
     this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 
     is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct of 
     an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than 
     an employee or officer of the United States Government, may 
     contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for 
     which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
     shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not 
     disclose any classified information received in the course of 
     such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
     United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also 
     make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, 
     or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the 
     Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting a 
     substantial violation of law.
       (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
     implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it 
     complies with the requirements for such agreement that were 
     in effect when the agreement was entered into.
       (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 
     used to implement or enforce any agreement entered into 
     during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain substantially 
     similar language to that required in subsection (a).
       Sec. 743.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 
     understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
     to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation 
     that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been 
     assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies 
     have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being 
     paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the 
     authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where 
     the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, 
     unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 
     debarment of the corporation and has made a determination 
     that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
     interests of the Government.
       Sec. 744.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 
     understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
     to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation 
     that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any 
     Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the 
     awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal 
     agency has considered suspension or debarment of the 
     corporation and has made a determination that this further 
     action is not necessary to protect the interests of the 
     Government.
       Sec. 745. (a) During fiscal year 2020, on the date on which 
     a request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with 
     section 1017 of Public Law 111-203, the Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request.
       (b) Any notification required by this section shall be made 
     available on the Bureau's public Web site.
       Sec. 746.  If, for fiscal year 2020, new budget authority 
     provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary 
     spending limit for any category set forth in section 251(c) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985 due to estimating differences with the Congressional 
     Budget Office, an adjustment to the discretionary spending 
     limit in such category for fiscal year 2020 shall be made by 
     the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the 
     amount of the excess but the total of all such adjustments 
     shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted 
     discretionary spending limits for all categories for that 
     fiscal year.
       Sec. 747. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for 
     employees under the statutory pay systems that takes effect 
     in fiscal year 2020 under section 5303 of title 5, United 
     States Code, shall be an increase of 2.6 percent, and the 
     overall average percentage of the adjustments taking effect 
     in such fiscal year under sections 5304 and 5304a of such 
     title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent (with 
     comparability payments to be determined and allocated among 
     pay localities by the President). All adjustments under this 
     subsection shall be effective as of the first day of the 
     first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 
     2020.
       (b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in rates of 
     basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in 
     fiscal year 2020 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall be no less than the percentages in 
     subsection (a) as employees in the same location whose rates 
     of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay 
     systems under section 5303, 5304, and 5304a of title 5, 
     United States Code. Prevailing rate employees at locations 
     where there are no employees whose pay is increased pursuant 
     to sections 5303, 5304, and 5304a of such title 5 and 
     prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of 
     such title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay 
     locality designated as ``Rest of U.S.'' pursuant to section 
     5304 of such title 5 for purposes of this subsection.
       (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from 
     appropriations, which are made to each applicable department 
     or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2020.
       Sec. 748. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted 
     under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, the rate 
     payable to the Vice President during calendar year 2020 shall 
     be 3.1 percent above the rate payable to the Vice President 
     on December 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of division 
     D of Public Law 116-6.
       (b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under 
     section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
     provision of law, the payable rate for an employee serving in 
     an Executive Schedule position, or in a position for which 
     the rate of pay is fixed by statute at an Executive Schedule 
     rate, shall be increased by 3.1 percent (relative to the 
     preexisting rate payable) at the time the official rate is 
     adjusted in January 2020. Such an employee may receive no 
     other pay increase during calendar year 2020, except as 
     provided in subsection (i).
       (c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) or any other provision of law, a 
     chief of mission or ambassador at large is subject to 
     subsection (b) in the same manner as other employees who are 
     paid at an Executive Schedule rate.
       (d)(1) This subsection applies to--
       (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
     paid a rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 
     level IV of the Executive Schedule; or
       (B) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee 
     in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political 
     appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 
     official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
       (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, 
     United States Code, an employee described in paragraph (1) 
     who is serving at the time official rates of the Executive 
     Schedule are adjusted may receive a single increase in the 
     employee's pay rate of no more than 3.1 percent during 
     calendar year 2020, subject to the normally applicable pay 
     rules and pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2019, by 
     operation of section 749 of division D of Public Law 116-6 
     after those pay limitations are increased by 3.1 percent 
     (after applicable rounding). Such an employee may receive no 
     other pay increase during calendar year 2020, except as 
     provided in subsection (i).
       (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 
     based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States 
     Code, or similar authority) at or above the official rate for 
     level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a 
     political appointment, and who is serving at the time 
     official rates of the Executive Schedule are adjusted, may 
     receive a single increase in the employee's pay rate of no 
     more than 3.1 percent during calendar year 2020, subject to 
     the normally applicable pay rules and pay limitations in 
     effect on December 31, 2019, by operation of section 749 of 
     division D of Public Law 116-6 after those pay limitations 
     are increased by 3.1 percent (after applicable rounding). 
     Such an employee may receive no other pay increase during 
     calendar year 2020, except as provided in subsection (i). 
     This subsection does not apply to employees in the General 
     Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, to 
     employees appointed under section 3161 of title 5, United 
     States Code, or to employees in another pay system whose 
     position would be classified at GS-15 or below if chapter 51 
     of title 5, United States Code, applied to them.
       (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
     employees who do not serve under a political appointment from 
     receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under 
     applicable law.
       (g) This section does not apply to an individual who makes 
     an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay 
     under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, for 
     such time as that election is in effect.
       (h) This section does not apply to an individual who makes 
     an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay entitlements 
     under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
     (Public Law 96-465) for such time as that election is in 
     effect.
       (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 
     employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate 
     increase upon an authorized movement to a different covered 
     position only if that new position has higher-level duties 
     and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than the 
     level or range for the position held immediately before the 
     movement. Any such increase must be based on the rates of pay 
     and applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31, 
     2019, by operation of section 749 of division D of Public Law 
     116-6 after those rates and pay limitations are increased by 
     3.1 percent (after applicable rounding).
       (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an 
     individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
     during the period of time subject to this section, the 
     initial pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and 
     applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2019, by 
     operation of section 749 of division D of Public Law 116-6 
     after those rates and pay limitations are increased by 3.1 
     percent (after applicable rounding).
       (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject to a 
     biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2020 but 
     ends in calendar year 2021, the bar on the employee's

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     receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end of 
     that pay period.
       (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ``covered 
     position'' means a position occupied by an employee whose pay 
     is restricted under this section.
       (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the first 
     applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2020.
       Sec. 749. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
     any other Act may be used to administer, implement, or 
     enforce any collective bargaining agreement, or any article 
     or any term of any collective bargaining agreement under 
     chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, with an effective 
     date after April 30, 2019, that--
       (1) was not mutually and voluntarily agreed to by all 
     parties to the agreement; or
       (2) was not ordered following the completion of binding 
     arbitration pursuant to section 7119(b)(2) of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (b) Any collective bargaining agreement that was in effect 
     before April 30, 2019, or that expired before April 30, 2019, 
     without a new agreement having been executed, shall remain in 
     full force and effect until a new collective bargaining 
     agreement reached through mutual and voluntary agreement, or 
     ordered following the completion of binding arbitration 
     pursuant to such section 7119(b)(2), becomes effective.
       Sec. 750. (a) During fiscal year 2020, with respect to 
     budget authority proposed to be rescinded or that is set to 
     be reserved or proposed to be deferred in a special message 
     transmitted under section 1012 or 1013 of the Congressional 
     Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, such budget 
     authority shall be made available for obligation in 
     sufficient time to be prudently obligated as required under 
     section 1012(b) or 1013 of such Act, and may not be deferred 
     or otherwise withheld from obligation during the 60-day 
     period before the expiration of the period of availability of 
     such budget authority, including, if applicable, the 60-day 
     period before the expiration of an initial period of 
     availability for which such budget authority was provided.
       (b) As used in this section, the term ``budget authority'', 
     includes budget authority made available by this or any other 
     Act, by prior appropriations Acts, or by any law other than 
     an appropriations Act.
       (c)(1) The Comptroller General shall review and make a 
     report on compliance with this section and provide any 
     relevant information related to such report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations and on the Budget of both Houses of 
     Congress at the same time as any review required by sections 
     1014 or 1015 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
     Control Act of 1974 is transmitted to the Congress.
       (2) The President shall provide information and 
     documentation to the Comptroller General, as is determined by 
     the Comptroller General to be necessary to determine such 
     compliance.
       (d)(1) If any officer or employee of an Executive agency or 
     of the District of Columbia government violates this section, 
     the head of the agency or the Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia, as the case may be, shall report such violation 
     immediately as required under section 1351 of title 31, 
     United States Code, as if violation of this section was a 
     violation of section 1341(a) or 1342 of such title.
       (2) Any officer or employee of the United States Government 
     or of the District of Columbia government violating this 
     section shall be subject to appropriate administrative 
     discipline under section 1349(a) of such title as if 
     violation of this section was a violation of section 1341(a) 
     or 1342 of such title.
       Sec. 751.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
     reference to ``this Act'' contained in any title other than 
     title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.

                               TITLE VIII

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       Sec. 801.  None of the Federal funds provided under this 
     Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and 
     District government agencies, that remain available for 
     obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided 
     from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
     derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
     funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
     expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of funds 
     which--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility 
     center;
       (3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 
     limited or increased under this Act;
       (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     program, project, or responsibility center for which funds 
     have been denied or restricted;
       (5) re-establishes any program or project previously 
     deferred through reprogramming;
       (6) augments any existing program, project, or 
     responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
       (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a 
     specific program, project or responsibility center,

     unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.
       Sec. 802.  None of the Federal funds available for 
     obligation or expenditure by the District of Columbia 
     government under any authority shall be expended for any 
     abortion except where the life of the mother would be 
     endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the 
     pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
       Sec. 803.  None of the Federal funds appropriated in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other 
     appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 804.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law 
     or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated 
     balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2020 
     from appropriations of Federal funds made available for 
     salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2020 in this Act, shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2021, for each such 
     account for the purposes authorized:  Provided, That a 
     request shall be submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds:  
     Provided further, That these requests shall be made in 
     compliance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 
     801 of this Act.
       Sec. 805. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2021, during a period 
     in which neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution 
     or a regular District of Columbia appropriation bill is in 
     effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount provided 
     for any project or activity for which local funds are 
     provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (subject to 
     any modifications enacted by the District of Columbia as of 
     the beginning of the period during which this subsection is 
     in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act.
       (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act of the 
     Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to which a 
     proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2021 which 
     (subject to the requirements of the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act) will constitute the local portion of the annual 
     budget for the District of Columbia government for fiscal 
     year 2021 for purposes of section 446 of the District of 
     Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-204.46, D.C. Official Code).
       (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be 
     available--
       (1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 
     continuing resolution for fiscal year 2021 is in effect; or
       (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District of 
     Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2021.
       (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided 
     under the authority and conditions as provided under this Act 
     and shall be available to the extent and in the manner that 
     would be provided by this Act.
       (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all 
     obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or 
     activity during the portion of fiscal year 2021 for which 
     this section applies to such project or activity.
       (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
     during any period of fiscal year 2021 if any other provision 
     of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)--
       (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
     grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
     such period; or
       (2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
     made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
     be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
     period.
       (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
     obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
     mandated by other law.
       Sec. 806.  Section 3(c)(2)(G) of the District of Columbia 
     College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38-2702(c)(2)(G), D.C. 
     Official Code), as amended by section 817 of the Financial 
     Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 
     (division D of Public Law 116-6), is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$750,000.'' and inserting the following: 
     ``; (iii) for individuals who begin an undergraduate course 
     of study in or after school year 2019-2020 but before school 
     year 2020-2021, is from a family with a taxable annual income 
     of less than $500,000; and (iv) for individuals who begin an 
     undergraduate course of study in or after school year 2020-
     2021, is from a family with a taxable income of less than 
     $750,000.'';
       (2) by striking ``Beginning with school year 2017-2018, the 
     Mayor shall adjust the amounts in clauses (i) and (ii)'' and 
     inserting ``The Mayor shall adjust the amounts in this 
     subparagraph''; and
       (3) by striking ``the Department of Labor'' the first place 
     it appears and all that follows and inserting the following: 
     ``the Department of Labor, beginning with school year 2017-
     2018 in the case of the amounts in clauses (i) and (ii), 
     beginning with school year 2020-2021 in the case of the 
     amount in clause (iii), and beginning with school year 2021-
     2022 in the case of the amount in clause (iv).''.
       Sec. 807.  Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
     the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
     addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
     coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of 
     Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue should 
     include a ``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions for 
     religious beliefs and moral convictions.
       Sec. 808.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
     reference to ``this Act'' contained in this title or in title 
     IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
     this title or of title IV.

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       This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Services and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 2020''.

  The CHAIR. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those 
printed in part B of House Report 116-126, amendments en bloc described 
in section 5 of House Resolution 460, and pro forma amendments 
described in section 6 of that resolution.
  Each amendment printed in part B of the report shall be considered 
only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the 
proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by section 6 of House Resolution 460, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
  It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or her designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting 
of amendments printed in part B of the report not earlier disposed of. 
Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 
20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees, 
shall not be subject to amendment, except as provided by section 6 of 
House Resolution 460, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question.
  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 
designees may offer up to five pro forma amendments each at any point 
for the purpose of debate.


                  Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Pocan

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Mr. POCAN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:

                     TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL PROVISION

       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the 
     proposed rule entitled ``Universal Service Contribution 
     Methodology'' published by the Federal Communications 
     Commission in the Federal Register on June 13, 2019 (27570 
     Fed. Reg. 84).

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Pocan) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin.
  Mr. POCAN. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment that would stop 
the Federal Communications Commission from implementing a proposed 
agency rule that would kneecap our Nation's efforts to achieve 
universal phone and broadband service.
  I would like to thank Representatives Clyburn, Butterfield, and 
Bustos for their work on this important amendment.
  According to the FCC data, 21.3 million people lack broadband access. 
Other estimates are much higher and show as many as 162.8 million 
people may not have broadband speed internet. That is why Congress 
required the FCC to work towards universal phone and broadband service.
  To that end, the FCC established the Universal Service Fund and its 
four component programs: the Connect America Fund; the low-income 
support program, also known as Lifeline; the Rural Healthcare Support 
program; and the Schools and Libraries program.
  The proposed FCC rule, which this amendment seeks to block, would 
mean cutting available funding for broadband build-out, broadband in 
schools and hospitals, and other critical programs. We cannot allow 
that to happen.
  The rule also proposes to combine the caps of the Schools and 
Libraries program and the Rural Healthcare Support program. Combining 
these programs would cap, effectively, schools and rural hospitals, 
pitting them against each other for Universal Service Fund money, while 
doing nothing to advance the goal of universal service.
  We cannot allow the FCC to move forward with this rulemaking. We must 
ensure that low-income and rural Americans have access to broadband at 
home, that rural hospitals have reliable broadband, and that students 
can use broadband at school.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition to 
the amendment here.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate Mr. Pocan and his 
concerns for rural America.
  I represent a very rural district as well, and broadband and others 
are very challenging, even in our region. But one has to ask: If we 
have had this Universal Service Fund for so many years with such an 
exorbitant amount of money being collected from our constituents, then 
why do we still have this problem?
  And that is why I would suggest we oppose this amendment and allow 
the FCC to study what is going on here and are these funds being used 
appropriately or not. In fact, it is my understanding that the FCC has 
identified that there are no budgeting constraints; there is no top-
line budget whatsoever. And when they are doing considerations and 
studies or analyzing the use of funds, there are really no 
measurements, no benchmarks.
  I think this is a really good opportunity for us to allow them to at 
least move forward into this process, and just thinking of the Chairman 
of the Commission, Ajit Pai is from Kansas himself, and I think he 
understands the needs and the concerns of rural America as well.
  But, ultimately, it is not fair to the American consumers, our 
constituents, who are the ratepayers, who are paying into this fund on 
every bill that they receive and yet are not being delivered the 
service that I think we all expect in this day and age of new 
technology.
  Mr. Chair, with that, I am in opposition to the amendment and ask 
that we vote this amendment down and allow the Commission to move 
forward to study this and to provide more and better access to rural 
broadband across America.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. POCAN. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the gentleman's comments, and I 
actually live in a rural town of about 830 people, and last year we got 
internet. I was paying, up to that point--I got a half-price sale--$300 
a month for 80 measured gigs of internet. And often in winter, I would 
call my husband at the end of a month and say: Quit watching Netflix. 
We can't afford $15 a gig in order to watch them.
  So my neighbors across the street couldn't do their homework because 
they didn't have broadband. Health facilities in our area have 
problems.
  I don't know if studying this is going to solve it. I think having 
funds available seems to be the issue, so I think this is important.
  Mr. Chair, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Quigley), chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and General Government.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I support this amendment.
  USF is an important and effective funding mechanism to ensure that 
all Americans have access to the broadband services necessary to fully 
participate in modern life. Not only does the USF subsidize broadband 
build-out in areas that would otherwise be too expensive to serve, but 
it includes Lifeline, a support program that ensures that communication 
services are not just accessible, but affordable.
  This FCC proposal was nothing but an unpopular and ill-advised effort 
to undermine the USF, even as the country continues to face deep and 
lasting disparities and access to modern communication service.
  Mr. Chair, for those reasons, I support the amendment.
  Mr. POCAN. Mr. Chair, I am one of the founders of the Rural Broadband 
Caucus. We have three Democrats, three Republicans--a lot of members.
  This is not an issue people want us to have reports or studies on. 
They want broadband because, in my district, you can't track your cows 
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broadband these days and you certainly can't do your homework. 
Healthcare and schools need this, not to have to be competing for the 
funds.
  Mr. Chair, I urge support of this amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Pocan).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIR. The Chair understands that amendment No. 2 will not be 
offered.


              Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. King of Iowa

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 3 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, I offer amendment No. 3, according to 
the rule.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Strike section 126.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentleman from Iowa 
(Mr. King) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Iowa.
  Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer my King amendment No. 
3, and what it does is it strikes section 126 in the underlying bill.
  Section 126 is notwithstanding language that prohibits the executive 
branch from using any of the funds in the Department of the Treasury's 
forfeiture fund, the Civil Assets Forfeiture Fund, to be used for 
anything, to build a wall or a road that might support a wall on our 
southern border.
  The language is very expansive in the bill. It says none of the funds 
``may be obligated, expended, or used to plan, design, construct, or 
carry out a project to construct a wall, barrier, fence, or road along 
the southern border of the United States, or a road to provide access 
to a wall, barrier, or fence constructed along the southern border of 
the United States.''
  Mr. Chairman, my amendment strikes that language, and it does so with 
the idea in mind that we have a President who was elected with a 
mandate to secure our border. This has been an ongoing battle for the 
last 2\1/2\ years, and still the resources are short.
  I think we should have done a better job in the previous Congress to 
get that money into this project, but the President is going where he 
can to find the resources to keep his campaign promises. So I certainly 
want to support that by striking that language and allowing the 
President to then have access to what amounts to $601 million that 
would be generated, be freed up by my amendment.
  And it recognizes this, that the U.S. Treasury has about $13.6 
billion that is allocated to it under this underlying bill; and this 
small piece of money here is not a lot of money, but it does send a 
message that it is going to get harder and harder for the President to 
build a wall if we don't strike this language. And I want to support 
the President's mission to do that.
  It is ironic, I think, that we are spending today--and I am the only 
one in Congress that I know of who tracks this spending, but we are 
spending at least $6.7 million a mile for every mile of the 2,000 miles 
of our southern border to secure that border.
  Just doing the math in my head, quickly, that turns out to be about 
$13.4 billion. Almost the exact same amount that is freed up to the 
Treasury, we are spending to secure the border for something probably 
less than 50 percent efficiency. When you build a wall, it is 99-point-
something percent efficiency.
  We need to let the President be the President. He has declared a 
national emergency, and we need to strike this language from the bill 
so the President has the latitude to do that which the people have 
elected him to do.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment offered by Mr. King.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, this provision ensures that money from the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund can continue to flow to other departments and 
agencies that rely upon this funding to augment critical operations and 
support emerging operational needs, such as computer, forensic 
equipment, title III wiretap intercepts, and anti-money laundering 
investigation.
  It also ensures that the bipartisan, bicameral funding levels enacted 
by Congress and signed into law by the President are not clouded by 
executive action.
  Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution states: ``No money 
shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations 
made by law.'' Any construction of border infrastructure should be 
based on bipartisan agreement between both Chambers of Congress that is 
enacted in law, not by an impulsive directive from 1600 Pennsylvania 
Avenue that disregards the will of Congress and undermines the ability 
of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland 
Security to address known threats against our financial system and the 
Nation.
  Mr. Chair, for these reasons, I oppose this amendment and urge my 
colleagues to do the same.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume 
to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Graves).
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the 
gentleman's amendment. I am glad he has brought this forward to 
highlight a few things.
  Mrs. Torres said earlier these funds could be used to assist local 
law enforcement. In fact, they can't. These are excess funds. And the 
statute clearly says ``to be transferred to Federal agencies for law 
enforcement purposes.'' That is what the administration was using them 
for.
  A little bit of a history lesson. The last 6 months, we went through 
a government shutdown because of this issue.
  We had a Homeland Security Conference Committee report that was 
supposed to resolve this issue, so deficient that the President 
declared it a national emergency, relating to this.
  Now we are having to have a supplemental budget discussion to deal 
with this very same issue while restricting the administration's access 
to these funds to address this very issue.
  Mr. Chair, because of those reasons, I support the gentleman's 
amendment and ask for adoption.

                              {time}  1600

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Chair, just some concluding thoughts on this.
  This underlying bill is an increase of $793.9 million more than last 
year, and it is $484.4 million more than requested by the 
administration. There are plenty of resources in this underlying bill 
to take care of the obligations that this Congress has to the people of 
this country, but they also have an obligation to secure our border and 
restore the respect for the rule of law.
  The chaos that we have on the border is not just something that is 
reflecting back on us in the United States. I am hearing many laments 
about the individual tragedies, though we are counting them on one 
hand, for the most part. I asked the Secretary of Homeland Security 
under oath just late last year, Kirstjen Nielsen at the time, whom I 
respect and appreciate, how many died on the way to our southern 
border.
  She said: I don't have the data for that. I will get it to you.
  I said: It will be too long for that. I want your best estimate. How 
many died on the way from Central America to the southern border?
  Her answer finally came: Congressman, it would be thousands and 
thousands.
  That is the history of what we are trying to shut off here. They will 
keep coming until we end up deciding that we are not going to accept 
them anymore. We must secure our border if we are going to be a 
sovereign nation. This is a piece of it.
  I support the President. I urge adoption of this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Iowa (Mr. King).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.

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  Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 4 Offered by Ms. Norton

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:

                     TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL PROVISION

       Sec. 901.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to relocate the National Institute of Food and 
     Agriculture or the Economic Research Service outside of the 
     National Capital Region.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentlewoman from the 
District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  Ms. NORTON. This amendment prohibits the General Services 
Administration, the Federal Government's real estate arm, from using 
its funds to relocate the Department of Agriculture's National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Economic Research Service 
outside of the national capital region. Earlier today, the House 
prohibited USDA from using its funds to relocate these agencies outside 
of the national capital region.
  On June 13, 2019, USDA announced it will relocate 547 out of its 644 
employees of these agencies from the national capital region to the 
Kansas City region.
  Many Members of Congress who are opposing this relocation are doing 
so not only to protect the employees of these agencies from the 
agonizing decision of moving halfway across the country or losing their 
jobs, but we are also fighting to protect scientific research and 
integrity, uphold Federal law, and ensure compliance with our real 
estate procurement process.
  The USDA lacks the legal or budget authority to carry out this 
relocation. The USDA and GSA have violated the real estate procurement 
process. Further, this move is not in the best interests of the 
taxpayers.
  Don't just take my word for it. The USDA Office of Inspector General 
initiated a review of the relocation for the same reasons in November 
2018, and that review is ongoing.
  This relocation is about ideology and politics, nothing more. The 
decision to relocate was made before any cost-benefit analysis was done 
of the consequences.
  The relocation is about the Trump administration's long-documented 
antipathy to nonpartisan, career Federal employees and the objective 
research they produce and fund.
  The employees of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and 
the Economic Research Service are being punished for doing their jobs, 
the jobs Congress mandated. But the country, especially the 
agricultural community, is also being punished.
  As the Union of Concerned Scientists noted when the location was 
selected: ``The damage was already done before Secretary Perdue made 
his decision. It was clear from the start that the Trump administration 
was systematically hollowing out USDA's ability to produce objective 
science. The White House proposed budget cuts to eliminate research 
that's inconvenient to its interests, and at the same time, they've 
created this unnecessary relocation crisis, which is driving off 
scientists who conduct that very research,'' which is necessary.
  ``This is a blatant attack on science and will especially hurt 
farmers, ranchers, and eaters at a particularly vulnerable time.''
  Mr. Chair, we will fight this relocation using every tool at our 
disposal. I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the 
gentlewoman's amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chair, in the words of a great orator here 
on the floor of the House, Mr. Quigley, ``Just because we can 
micromanage them doesn't mean we should.''
  This is a great example of it here. He was absolutely right, as it 
pertains to this.
  Last August, the USDA sought interest from U.S. towns, cities, and 
regions from all over the country to host two highly respected USDA 
research agencies. In October, they received interest from 136 unique 
locations in 35 States to host these two Federal agencies.
  After a thorough analysis seeing the diverse, qualified applicants 
and quality of life, USDA chose three locations and then selected the 
St. Louis area.
  Now, this wasn't just on a whim. In fact, it was Ernst & Young that 
did an analysis that said this would be a savings of $300 million to 
the taxpayers and the employees of the Federal Government.
  The Secretary of Agriculture has the authority to make this move, and 
he did so on behalf of the public's interest, the American people.

  There was a time when physically housing Federal agencies here in 
Washington, D.C., was necessary. However, I think we all know, in the 
use of new technology, the advancements that we have today, it has 
opened up the possibilities for these two and many other Federal 
agencies to operate efficiently in almost anyplace in our country, 
except for maybe Mr. Pocan's district because of the lack of rural 
broadband.
  Why should we oppose this move of two agriculture research agencies 
to the heartland? Think about it, to the heartland where agencies can 
recruit from a greater pool, a greater source of agricultural 
economists, and operate closer to the farmers, the ranchers, the 
producers, and the rural economies.
  Why would we want to stop the agency from doing that? Saving taxpayer 
dollars and the dollars of our Federal employees makes perfect sense to 
me, and it is because of those reasons that I will urge a ``no'' vote 
on this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chair, why should I think this wouldn't happen this 
year? Every single year, there is a move to move agencies out of the 
Nation's Capital. Why in the world do you think that the Framers 
created a Nation's Capital in the first place?
  My good friend offers the notion that he wants to be closer to the 
people where agriculture takes place. Well, why don't we move the 
Agriculture Subcommittee? Why don't we move virtually everything that 
happens here that we deal with nationwide? Because there is a Nation's 
Capital.
  This is a political move. The other side has shown in the past--and 
not once, I must say--that science is not important, and that is 
putting it mildly.
  They object to the objective science that this agency puts out. 
Perhaps some of us do as well, but the Federal Government needs an 
objective, scientific provision, and that is what this is about.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I will close with this: This is not 
a political decision. This is a good-government decision. If this were 
a political decision, the Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, from 
the State of Georgia, who was in the agriculture profession himself in 
the past, would have moved it to the State of Georgia, I would assume, 
if it was a political decision.
  If everything had to reside in D.C., I guess we wouldn't need 
research facilities of other agencies elsewhere. We wouldn't need the 
FBI located in other spots. We wouldn't have the majority leader 
proposing to move the FBI out of Washington, D.C., might I add, to 
Maryland, of all places. Maybe that is a little more political, but 
maybe not.
  This is not a political decision. This is about making a good-
government decision, closer to the farmers, to the researchers, to the 
universities, and to the ranchers. It might save $300 million of 
taxpayer dollars.
  Mr. Chair, because of those reasons, I oppose this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I can tell my colleagues with great 
confidence that USDA's proposal to move the Economic Research Service 
(ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) outside 
the National Capital Region is a bad idea.
  We held a hearing on the issue last March, at which four former 
senior USDA officials with 70 years of combined experience at the two 
agencies, from both parties, expressed their deep opposition to this 
proposal.

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  Numerous stakeholders have expressed strong opposition, including the 
National Farmers Union, the Association of American Veterinary Colleges 
and nearly 1700 other organizations, university officials, and 
individuals from 47 states.
  We have not received a single letter in support of this proposal.
  USDA violated the Appropriations Committee's statutorily-required 30-
day waiting period for such proposals when it took action to implement 
the proposal six days after notifying the Committee.
  It failed utterly to comply with the requirements of the conferees in 
the 2019 omnibus appropriations report to submit all cost benefits for 
the move and a detailed analysis of any research benefits of a 
relocation when it submitted the 2020 budget.
  USDA has also refused numerous requests from members of the House and 
Senate that it provide the original cost-benefit analysis developed 
before the proposal was announced.
  It finally gave us a so-called ``cost-benefit analysis'' after the 
final site was selected.
  But an independent analysis of this supposed analysis found that 
``USDA leadership failed to follow federal guidelines for the benefit 
cost analysis'' and that ``the move to Kansas City will cost taxpayers 
between $83 and $182 million dollars, rather than saving them $300 
million dollars.''
  Large numbers of ERS and NIFA employees have left as a result of this 
proposal.
  I fear that ultimately, these agencies will become mere shadows of 
their former selves, with the loss of hundreds of years of expertise.
  These agencies' mission is to achieve the best science through 
research that advances U.S. agriculture and our understanding of the 
agricultural economy.
  I believe that the Department's proposal puts that mission at great 
risk.
  I urge a yes vote on the Norton amendment.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton).
  The question was taken; and the Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on 
the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Huizenga

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 5 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Mr. HUIZENGA. I rise to offer an amendment.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the 
     following:

                        TITLE IX--MISCELLANEOUS

       Sec. 901.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce a rule issued 
     pursuant to section 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Huizenga) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment that suspends 
implementation of section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
  Despite the best intentions, section 1502 has proved unworkable and, 
in some cases, has even been shown to increase violence in Central 
Africa.
  This misguided provision in the Dodd-Frank Act requires that the 
Securities and Exchange Commission mandate that public companies 
disclose whether so-called conflict minerals that they use for their 
products benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
and its nine adjoining countries.
  This amendment I am proposing passed the House last year as an 
amendment to the Financial Services and General Government 
appropriations bill, and a full repeal of section 1502 passed the House 
as part of the Financial CHOICE Act.
  ``Conflict minerals'' refers to tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold, 
which have been used in a variety of products from cell phones, 
cosmetics, jewelry, footwear, and apparel. Even auto suppliers located 
in western Michigan and around the country have used it.
  The breadth of voices opposing 1502 is remarkable, and I would like 
to start with those who matter most.
  For too long, the people of Central Africa have been overlooked in 
this debate, even though they are the ones who suffer from Dodd-Frank's 
unintended consequences. Dodd-Frank's impact on African miners may seem 
unimportant to many rich country activists, but in Congo, it has been a 
question of life or death.
  In fact, according to a Washington Post article entitled ``How a 
Well-Intentioned U.S. Law Left Congolese Miners Jobless,'' section 1502 
``set off a chain of events that has propelled millions of miners and 
their families deeper into poverty,'' with many miners ``forced to find 
other ways to survive, including by joining armed groups.''

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  This article goes on to share the story of how a Congolese teenager 
who could no longer feed himself after Dodd-Frank ravaged the country's 
mining sector, forcing him to actually join an armed group--an outcome 
diametrically opposed to the goals of section 1502.
  Mr. Chair, no one can claim that these effects were unforeseeable. In 
a letter to the SEC commenting on section 1502, leaders from three 
Congolese mining cooperatives predicted that the conflict minerals rule 
would lead to a devastating boycott.
  These miners wrote: ``We cannot continue to suffer any longer. Do we 
now have to choose between dying by a bullet or starving to death?''
  I ask my colleagues to remember the Congolese aren't alone in their 
suffering. The SEC rule applies to nine other African nations as if 
they were all one single country. In fact, section 1502 treats over 230 
million Africans living in 10 distinct nations as one, undifferentiated 
group.
  Dodd-Frank's supporters will say at this point that some countries 
neighboring Congo may help smuggle minerals on behalf of these armed 
groups, which is why we need to paint with such a broad brush. But I 
would ask my colleagues to name one other example where a country's 
economy and each of its neighbors is targeted due to a presumed 
smuggling risk.
  Do we design Russia sanctions to apply to each of its 14 adjoining 
countries, too?
  Do Iranian sanctions implicate all of its seven neighbors?
  How about North Korea and its neighbors South Korea and China?
  Perhaps advocates for section 1502 believe that there is no smuggling 
from Russia, Iran, or North Korea. But the real issue seems to be this: 
Dodd-Frank's supporters have no problem treating Africans differently 
from other regions of the world. I find that extremely troubling.
  Now let's consider implementation of 1502 itself.
  A recent GAO report stated that section 1502 has produced little 
meaningful information on conflict minerals sourcing. It found that 
more than half of the companies could not even determine what country 
their minerals came from. Most importantly, virtually none of the 
companies could tell whether their minerals benefited armed groups or 
not, a conclusion that echoed GAO's findings from 2014 to 2017 as well.
  It is no wonder that companies can't figure this out. Even the 
Department of Commerce in both the Obama and Trump administrations has 
reported that it is unable to determine whether smelters around the 
world use minerals traceable to armed groups. In other words, Dodd-
Frank is asking U.S. companies--some of which are small- and medium-
sized enterprises in larger corporations' supply chains--to produce 
information that even the Federal Government can't provide.
  As if that weren't enough, the courts have also struck down parts of 
section 1502 for violating companies' First Amendment rights.
  Mr. Chair, the facts I have laid out in 1502 are not partisan, and 
its suspension shouldn't be either. So let me close with words of 
Barack Obama's SEC Chair Mary Jo White who in 2013 said: ``Seeking to 
improve safety in mines for workers or to end to horrible human rights 
atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are compelling 
objectives, which, as a citizen, I wholeheartedly share. But, as the 
chair of the SEC, I must question, as a policy matter, using the 
Federal securities laws and the SEC's powers of mandatory disclosure to 
accomplish these goals.''

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  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from Michigan.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, this amendment states that no funds may be 
used to force the SEC's conflict mineral rules which were required by 
section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act. Section 1502 was enacted to help support peace in the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo and combat a deadly conflict minerals 
trade that threatens the security of men, women, and children in 
eastern Congo.
  This rule requires that SEC-regulated firms that use tin, tantalum, 
tungsten, or gold in their products to publicly report whether they 
obtain their supplies of these key minerals from the Central African 
Republic region. If so, these companies must report the due diligence 
they exercised to ensure that these purchases did not benefit armed 
groups in the Congo.
  The conflict in this region has spawned numerous militias, some 
politically oriented and some primarily criminal, but all of which have 
been characterized by extreme human rights abuses.
  Since the rule was adopted, we have seen a significant reduction in 
armed group activity in many mining areas in eastern Congo and 
unprecedented improvements in the transparency of corporate mineral 
supply chains. This amendment would reverse that progress while 
allowing some of the world's deadliest armed groups to profit from 
lucrative conflict minerals.
  Let us not forget that conflict minerals are commonly used in the 
manufacturing of cellphones, jewelry, and airplanes. The goal of the 
rule is to prevent companies from buying these minerals from armed 
militant groups that kill and rape people in Congo and neighboring 
countries.
  Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment, I urge my colleagues to do the 
same, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga).
  The amendment was rejected.


                Amendment No. 6 Offered by Ms. Velazquez

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 6 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 100, line 17, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 101, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentlewoman from New 
York (Ms. Velazquez) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York.
  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Chairman, there are nearly 30 million small 
businesses in the United States representing more than 99 percent of 
all businesses. They spur the American economy by taking great risks to 
launch new ventures, develop new products, and, ultimately spur job 
growth, and the SBA is a vital part of their support system.
  The SBA administers a portfolio of entrepreneurial development 
programs which includes growth accelerators. They help high-growth 
startups develop their products, identify promising customer segments, 
and secure resources like vital capital and employees. My amendment 
aims to restore funding to prior levels, so they have the resources 
they need to help aspiring entrepreneurs.
  Growth accelerators have long been a powerful tool for helping 
innovators grow. Each year since they were formed in 2005 they have 
gained in popularity. In fact, their numbers nearly doubled each year 
between 2008 and 2014 with growth remaining steady since then.
  They serve as an all-inclusive creative hub that provides technical 
assistance for growing businesses and a central location for investors 
to find vetted businesses. The success of these companies is real. The 
average valuation of firms graduating from an accelerator is $90 
million.
  But beyond promoting business expansion, growth accelerators also 
bring economic development and job opportunities to the communities in 
which they are located. The SBA Office of Advocacy found that startups 
working with their local accelerator hire an average of 8.5 more 
employees.
  Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and we 
should provide our entrepreneurs with the resources they need to 
succeed, and that is what this amendment does. I am seeking to bring 
growth accelerators up to a reasonable funding level by providing a $1 
million increase. Doing so brings the funding in line with previously 
enacted levels and gives them the ability to continue helping our 
Nation's innovative startups and spurring job creation.
  Clearly, Mr. Chairman, accelerators are a vital part of our Nation's 
entrepreneurial ecosystem. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to support 
this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez).
  The amendment was agreed to.


            Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Hill of Arkansas

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 7 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 101, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentleman from 
Arkansas (Mr. Hill) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arkansas.
  Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is very 
straightforward. It ensures that $5 million within the Small Business 
Administration's entrepreneurial development program is spent in 
support of the Small Business Administration's Regional Innovation 
Clusters program.
  Earlier this year the SBA awarded a $500,000 contract through this 
Regional Innovation Clusters program to an organization in my district 
called the Conductor. The Conductor is a public-private partnership 
between the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas, and 
Startup Junkie in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
  The Conductor is one of seven clusters nationwide to be awarded this 
competitive contract, and this important funding will enable the 
Conductor to bolster its ability and expand its footprint across 
underserved areas particularly in rural Arkansas. With only a small 
amount of money, $5 million, the SBA can continue to drive innovation 
and job creation in Arkansas.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. 
Womack).
  Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank my friend, French Hill from 
Little Rock, for leading on this very important issue, and I rise in 
strong support of his amendment.
  I am a proud cosponsor of this important amendment that restores 
funding for the Regional Innovation Cluster program within the Small 
Business Administration. The Regional Innovation Cluster program 
provides region- and industry-specific technical assistance to startup 
businesses. This program focuses on helping startups scale up to meet 
the growing needs of their customers.
  While there are success stories from across the country, one is near 
and dear to my heart. The Ozarks Regional Innovation Cluster is based 
in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in my district. Last year alone, the Ozarks 
Regional Innovation Cluster serviced 572 small business owners. It 
created 517 net jobs, raised $81.5 million in capital and received 
eight new patents for their work.
  Nationwide, businesses participating in the Regional Innovation 
Cluster program have seen tremendous growth both in jobs created and in 
revenue.
  As we know, startups and small businesses account for about two-
thirds of all new jobs and the growth that comes with these new jobs. 
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them today by restoring funding for this important program.
  Mr. Chair, I urge adoption of the amendment of my friend from 
Arkansas.
  Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Chairman, I am proud to work with my friend 
from northwest Arkansas on this important amendment. I appreciate my 
colleague's support.
  In just the 3 years since it has launched, the Conductor has served 
nearly 9,000 people through its free programming and its business 
consulting. I thank UCA for its leadership on the Conductor.
  Mr. Chairman, I encourage all Members to support this important 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Arkansas (Mr. Hill).
  The amendment was agreed to.


            Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Lee of California

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee of the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), and I have an amendment at 
the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

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

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I am grateful for the opportunity 
to speak in support of the Jackson Lee amendment to Rules Committee 
Print 116-20 which makes appropriations for fiscal year 2020, H.R. 
3351, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2020.
  I wish to commend Chairwoman Waters and Ranking Member McHenry for 
their work in shepherding this legislation to the floor.
  Mr. Chair, the Jackson Lee amendment is simple but provides an 
important and necessary protection for grieving parents. The Jackson 
Lee amendment ensures that the IRS Tax Advocate Service has adequate 
resources to assist parents of a deceased child whose Social Security 
number was stolen by tax cheats and used on a Federal tax return to 
receive an Earned Income Tax Credit.
  The Jackson Lee amendment is intended to be a compassionate use of 
IRS funds to help grieving parents navigate the process of reclaiming 
their child's identity from tax cheats. This amendment is necessary 
when we consider the story of little Alexis Agin who was just 4 years 
old when she died of a brain tumor in 2011.

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  Her parents grieved. Someone stole Alexis' identity to commit tax 
fraud. Alexis' parents did not discover the crime until they filed 
their taxes.
  The sad fact is, Alexis' parents are not alone. They were one of at 
least 14 other parents whose children died of cancer and learned that 
their child's Social Security number had been stolen by tax thieves.
  Nearly all of us understand the importance of safeguarding our Social 
Security numbers, but, after someone dies, Social Security numbers are 
published on a national online registry called the Master Death List. 
The Master Death List registry exists to alert businesses and financial 
institutions to not renew credit cards or create new credit in the 
deceased person's name, but it also alerts thieves of opportunities to 
steal identities and commit tax fraud.
  As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, identity thieves have 
stolen the tax refunds of more than 490,000 dead persons since 2008. 
The thieves typically claim that a dead person is their dependent when 
they file their tax returns.
  In fiscal year 2012, the IRS initiated approximately 900 identity 
theft-related criminal investigations, triple the number of 
investigations initiated in 2011. Direct investigative time applied to 
identity theft-related investigations increased by 129 percent over the 
same period.
  On July 30, 2013, in St. Louis, Missouri, Tania Henderson was 
convicted of theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft, 
sentenced to 144 months in prison, and ordered to pay $835,883 in 
restitution to the U.S. Treasury. According to her plea agreement and 
other court documents, Henderson stole the identities of more than 400 
individuals, many of whom were deceased, and filed fraudulent tax 
returns using their names and Social Security account numbers.
  The theft of identities of deceased children for the purpose of 
committing tax fraud is a sad fact that too many parents have to face 
when they are attempting to cope with the tragedy of losing their 
child. The Jackson Lee amendment will help ensure that the IRS Tax 
Advocate Service has the resources needed to assist these grieving 
parents with the filing of the last return where their child's name 
will be listed as being a member of their household.
  I urge all Members to support the Jackson Lee amendment, which would 
be a compassionate, mind you, use of IRS funds.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask for an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the balance 
of my time
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Courtney

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee of the gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Zeldin), and I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:

                     TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL PROVISION

       Sec. 901.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to enforce section 540 of Public Law 110-329 (122 
     Stat. 3688) or section 538 of Public Law 112-74 (125 Stat. 
     976; 6 U.S.C. 190 note).

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Courtney) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this bipartisan 
amendment to protect Plum Island, which is being offered by Mr. Zeldin 
of New York, myself, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and  Tom Suozzi, who 
also represents a portion of Long Island.
  Plum Island is a unique ecological treasure situated between eastern 
Long Island Sound and the Connecticut shoreline. It is the home of over 
200 bird species and countless rare plant species, including the 
northernmost known extent of the blackjack oak species.
  Our amendment today is simple. It prevents the General Services 
Administration from using Federal dollars for sale or marketing 
activities related to Plum Island.
  In 2008, over a decade ago, Congress mandated the public sale of Plum 
Island, with proceeds intended to partially offset a new Bio and Agro-
Defense Facility in the State of Kansas. This law dictated that GSA 
must sell the island to the highest bidder. Transferring it to another 
Federal entity or nonprofit was not an option, which is normally the 
way that property such as this is disposed of in other cases.
  The statutory requirement enacted in 2008 was flawed and short-
circuits the GSA's usual process of finding potential other Federal 
uses for the land or nonprofits to take custody of the land before an 
auction.
  My colleague from across Long Island Sound, Congressman Lee Zeldin, 
and I have introduced several measures to slow down or block the sale 
of Plum Island, which has been strongly supported by environmental and 
conservancy groups on both sides of Long Island Sound.
  In the past several Congresses, the House has voted unanimously to 
help our effort only to, unfortunately, have it stall in the Senate.
  We have worked with Congresswoman DeLauro, also, to have language 
included in the Homeland Security appropriations bill that may come

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up later this summer that would further prevent the sale of Plum 
Island.
  We have been working in a bipartisan manner to save this ecological 
treasure, Plum Island, for over a decade.
  Mr. Chair, this amendment would help protect this ecological treasure 
from overdevelopment and destruction, and I want to thank the ranking 
member and Mr. Quigley for their support in allowing this matter to 
make it through the Rules Committee.
  Mr. Chair, I strongly urge all Members to support this amendment, I 
urge an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Pascrell

  The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 printed in 
part B of House Report 116-126.
  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 105, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.

  The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 460, the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Pascrell) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chair, I rise on behalf of more than 68 million 
Americans who lack access to adequate banking services. They are often 
shut out of banks because of fees tied to minimum balances, overdrafts, 
direct deposit penalties, and, of course, ATM charges. Or, worse, many 
live in bank deserts because, incredibly, even in 2019, their community 
lacks a bank or credit union altogether.
  This leaves underbanked Americans to turn to unregulated, predatory 
payday lenders and check cashers that level obscene annual percentage 
rates. These parasitic institutions keep families in poverty and 
further cement the economic inequality which tears our country apart.
  It does not have to be this way. Our United States Postal Service is 
in a unique position to provide affordable, consumer-driven financial 
services these millions of Americans need. With branches in every ZIP 
Code, from Paterson, New Jersey, to Elko, Nevada, to Barrow, Alaska, 
the post office's unmatched reach offers a world of opportunity.
  In 2014, the USPS inspector general determined that the Postal 
Service is well positioned to expand its financial services offerings, 
which currently includes money orders, check cashing, and prepaid debit 
card services. The IG's report found there is a significant demand for 
these services from populations underserved by private banks that the 
Postal Service could fill perfectly.
  It is difficult to overstate what this small change would do, Mr. 
Chairman. Postal banking would benefit Americans from every walk of 
life. Ninety percent of ZIP Codes lacking a bank or credit union are in 
rural areas. Bank branches are also sparse in low-income urban areas. 
Approximately 46 percent of Latino and 49 percent of African American 
households are underbanked.
  Think about that. Democrats and Republicans alike could derive 
enormous benefits for their constituents. Talk about uniting America. 
It is a practical thing.
  In a second study the USPS inspector general conducted in 2015, the 
IG concluded that expanding the Postal Service's current financial 
services offerings would not even cost much, is fully permissible under 
current statutory authority, and could generate $1.1 billion in 
additional revenue for the Postal Service, annually, after 5 years.
  You know what has happened to the Postal Service and how in debt the 
Postal Service is because of a few foolish rules that are on the books.
  This is not a novel concept. Postal services in 139 countries around 
the world offer some form of financial services, including every other 
developed country in the world.
  Students of history can recall that the United States had a legendary 
Postal Savings System up to 1967--started in 1911--and managed over 
$3.4 billion in assets, or $35 billion in today's dollars, at the peak 
of its use. I want America to back those successes.
  Mr. Chairman, I include in the Record an essay I wrote for the 
Washington Monthly on modernizing the U.S. Postal Service to make the 
institution thrive once more and benefit tens of millions of Americans 
in the process. The piece was titled, ``Congress Is Sabotaging Your 
Post Office.''

                          [Apr./May/June 2019]

                Congress Is Sabotaging Your Post Office

                        (By Bill Pascrell, Jr.)

       The Larry Doby Post Office is located at 194 Ward Street in 
     Paterson, New Jersey, across the street from my congressional 
     office. Dedicated on August 28, 1933, by the legendary 
     Postmaster General James Farley, the structure was one of the 
     many built by Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration in the 
     throes of the Great Depression. While it may not have one of 
     the stunning murals created by Roosevelt's Section of 
     Painting and Sculpture, I still marvel at the managed 
     grandeur of its deco buttressing, the green glow of the 
     elevated banker's lamps off the marble walls, and the banks 
     of brass P.O. boxes. My hometown has bounced like a cork in 
     seas of social tumult, but the Ward Street post office has 
     endured as I've always known it.
       There is a cynical trope that Congress spends too much time 
     naming post offices, but I don't view the matter as 
     insignificant. Post offices are open gates to American 
     history and markers of an optimistic past. Even as 
     smartphones and electronic communication permeate every 
     crevice of daily life, the United States Postal Service 
     (USPS) forms a lifeblood circulatory system connecting every 
     community in the Union. For this reason, my work to rename 
     the Ward Street building for Doby, an African American 
     baseball legend and favorite son of Paterson, remains a 
     highlight of my career.
       Unfortunately, when it comes to Congress and the post 
     office, the problem isn't too much affection. For decades, 
     Congress's attitude toward the post has ranged from neglect 
     to hostility. As a result, the USPS is struggling. In 
     November 2018, it announced a net decline of $3.9 billion, 
     continuing a twelve-year negative run.
       The agency has been subjected to withering criticism by a 
     spate of congressional hearings and Government Accountability 
     Office analyses. A recent task force created by President 
     Trump labeled the Postal Service's financial path 
     ``unsustainable,'' and recommended changes that would push 
     the post closer to complete privatization. Under mounting 
     political pressure, the post office itself has endorsed 
     draconian layoffs and proposed ending Saturday delivery, 
     among other savage cuts.
       What is causing all these troubles? Is the Postal Service 
     hopelessly outdated and dysfunctional? No. While it's 
     tempting to think of it as a mastodon from the pre-internet 
     era, the post remains one of the most impressive enterprises 
     on earth.
       The USPS handles 47 percent of the world's mail, delivering 
     nearly 150 billion mail pieces annually. It delivers more in 
     sixteen days than UPS and FedEx, combined, ship in a year. 
     The agency has roughly half a million career employees spread 
     out across almost 31,000 locations. Post offices are tucked 
     into every state, across far-flung Native American 
     reservations, and in remote protectorates. If it were a 
     private business, the post would rank around fortieth on the 
     Fortune 500. And you can send a letter from coast to coast 
     for two quarters and a nickel--less than the cost of a candy 
     bar.
       Not surprising, then, that Americans consistently rank the 
     post office among the most popular arms of government. A 
     February 2018 poll by the Pew Research Center, for example, 
     found that 88 percent of Americans have a positive view of 
     it. That's higher than the approval ratings for the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Reserve, and 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       It's true that technological change has affected the Postal 
     Service's fortunes. As people send fewer and fewer letters, 
     the volume of first-class mail continues to tumble; between 
     2016 and 2018, it dropped by more than 4.5 billion pieces. 
     This depresses the post's revenue, forcing it to take on more 
     debt, which in turn puts it under greater financial pressure. 
     But as online shopping slowly replaces in-person retail, the 
     post is sending and delivering more packages than ever 
     before, which compensates somewhat for lost revenue. Lower 
     mail volume is not the main issue.
       In reality, most of the post's wounds are politically 
     inflicted. In the early 1970s, Congress passed legislation 
     that shoehorned the agency into a convoluted half-public, 
     half-corporate governing structure, to make it operate more 
     as a business. And in 2006, Congress required that the Postal 
     Service pre-fund its health benefit obligations at least 
     fifty years into the future. This rule has accounted for 
     nearly 90 percent of the post's red ink since.
       For the most part, these harmful ``reforms'' have 
     originated on the political right. To argue that the Postal 
     Service needs to be privatized, conservatives need to show 
     that it is dysfunctional, and there's no better way to do 
     that than by weighing the agency down with impossible 
     financial obligations. It continues a generation-long pattern 
     of institutional vandalism by Republicans across government. 
     But ultimately,

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     both parties bear responsibility. I should know: I was in 
     Congress when we passed the 2006 bill. And, along with all my 
     colleagues, I made the mistake of voting for it.
       But the good news is that just as Congress put the Postal 
     Service on its current dangerous trajectory, so can Congress 
     put it on a sustainable path, bringing our cherished 
     institution back to full health. In fact, I believe we can go 
     even further. With its massive infrastructure network, post 
     offices could revolutionize how the American people perform a 
     variety of essential tasks, from voting to paying taxes to 
     banking. Tapping into this network has the potential to 
     revitalize both the Postal Service and our democracy. Instead 
     of discussing how to cut the post office, we should be 
     talking about how to expand it.
       Arguments about whether the post should operate like a 
     business date back to America's founding. While debating the 
     original Post Office Act, a group including Alexander 
     Hamilton argued that the post should support itself and make 
     money for the rest of the government. Others, including 
     George Washington and James Madison, didn't seem to care 
     whether it turned a profit. Jonathan Trumbull, the speaker of 
     the House of Representatives in 1792, observed that having 
     the post subsidize the circulation of periodicals would be 
     ``among the surest means of preventing the degeneracy of a 
     free government.'' In the end, Washington and Madison won the 
     day. The government allowed printers to ship their newspapers 
     and magazines at a very low cost: one cent to destinations 
     within 100 miles, and one and a half cents to destinations 
     more than 100 miles away. This set off what one researcher 
     called ``the greatest explosion of newspapers in history''--
     and with it an explosion in literacy.
       By the mid-nineteenth-century mark, the Washingtonian view 
     of the post as a public good was deeply entrenched. An early 
     congressional postal commission posited that the post office 
     existed not for generating revenue but for ``elevating our 
     people in the scale of civilization, and binding them 
     together in patriotic affection.'' Legislation enacted 
     between 1845 and 1851 codified inexpensive letter postage and 
     further redefined the post's place in public life. The 
     ratification of these reforms signaled the full defeat of the 
     idea that the post must be independent. It was entitled to 
     government support, deficits be damned.
       Over the ensuing hundred years, the post would usher in a 
     second American revolution. Delivery of home mail 
     precipitated road building and allowed Americans to fan out 
     and settle across the nation. Postal contracts sustained the 
     construction of transcontinental railways that would have 
     otherwise been economically unsustainable. And it was the 
     post office, not the military, that got the U.S. government 
     to finally invest in aviation and help birth commercial 
     flying.
       The post has also been an agent of upward social mobility. 
     For generations, African Americans were locked out of good 
     government jobs. But as the federal bureaucracy began to 
     desegregate, black workers joined the USPS en masse. Under 
     the Harding and Coolidge administrations, black people made 
     up between 15 and 30 percent of postal employees, making the 
     agency one of America's foremost incubators of the black 
     middle class. The post also factored significantly into 
     Roosevelt's efforts to fight the Great Depression. Between 
     1932 and 1937, the government built more than 1,300 post 
     offices. Many were enhanced with the beautiful murals FDR 
     believed would bring art to the nation. The agency's central 
     role in America's development was perhaps best summarized in 
     the Postal Policy Act of 1958, when Congress declared that 
     the post was ``clearly not a business enterprise conducted 
     for profit'' but a public service designed to promulgate 
     ``social, cultural, intellectual, and commercial intercourse 
     among the people of the United States.''
       But, in the 1960s, that view began to change. After years 
     of underinvestment relative to the rise in demand for its 
     services, the post faced a huge mail backlog in Chicago. Ten 
     million pieces of undelivered mail piled up in the city, and 
     the Lyndon Johnson administration established a commission to 
     look into the agency. It was headed by a former AT&T chairman 
     and stacked with CEOs and business school deans. In 1970, the 
     post office was wracked by a debilitating worker strike. The 
     backlog and the strike spurred a political overreaction.
       Following the strike and the commission's 1968 
     recommendations, Congress passed the Postal Reorganization 
     Act of 1970, which exiled the postmaster general from the 
     president's cabinet and downgraded the post office from a 
     federal department to an independent federal agency. 
     Ostensibly designed to modernize the post and free it from a 
     history of patronage, the legislation proved profoundly 
     shortsighted. It required that the post largely pay for its 
     operations out of its own revenues, and it split leadership 
     of the Postal Service between the postmaster general and a 
     board of governors, the latter of which has been largely 
     dominated by technocrats who see the post foremost as a 
     business. At the same time, however, the post was still 
     subject to congressional oversight. It's hard to imagine any 
     corporation that would agree to operate under this peculiar 
     hybrid structure. Even today most Americans don't realize 
     that despite their reliance on it, our post is not a part of 
     the government in the same way as the Department of 
     Agriculture or the Pentagon, and receives effectively no 
     support from the federal budget.
       Unfortunately, the 1970 bill was only the first in a series 
     of legislative blows against the post. From 1808 until 1995, 
     Congress had a full congressional committee for the Postal 
     Service. But as part of his war on government, Speaker Newt 
     Gingrich relegated its duties to the present-day Oversight 
     and Reform Committee, where they were assigned to a postal 
     service subcommittee. In 2001, the Republican House majority 
     disbanded the subcommittee altogether.
       But the most destructive change of all was the Postal 
     Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA). The bill has an 
     unfortunate history. It was hurried to the floor during a 
     lame-duck Congress weeks after Republicans were routed from 
     their twelve-year congressional majority in the 2006 
     midterms. Committee leaders told us that the legislation was 
     critical to ``saving'' the post, and we were rushed into 
     voting for the bill without fully considering its motivations 
     or long-term impacts. The legislation was passed by voice 
     vote--without objection. It was a blunder, one of the worst 
     pieces of legislation Congress has passed in a generation.
       While the PAEA included some positive measures, including 
     giving the post increased autonomy over its rates, the law 
     generally tightened a noose around the USPS. It further 
     narrowed the post's charter and prohibited the Postal Service 
     from engaging in new activities outside of mail delivery. The 
     law's most destructive section, innocuously labeled ``Postal 
     Service Retirement and Health Benefits Funding,'' imposed an 
     unusual requirement on how the post covers its employee 
     health pensions. Prior to 2006, the post funded its pensions 
     like all agencies: pay as you go. Now, however, the agency 
     had to pre-fund the health care benefits of employees at 
     least fifty years in advance. To meet this requirement, the 
     post was obligated to place approximately $5.5 billion into a 
     pension fund each year between 2007 and 2016, followed by 
     additional large annual payments.
       The measure has been a fiendish straitjacket, akin to 
     making a prospective homeowner cover an entire thirty-year 
     mortgage before the ink is dry on the deed. The provision is 
     even more onerous given that the government requires the 
     treasury to invest all postal workers' retiree money in 
     government bonds, guaranteeing miniscule returns. 
     Unsurprisingly, the post has defaulted on all of its pre-
     funding payments since 2011, to the tune of at least $40 
     billion. In each of the last three years, the pre-funding 
     burden well exceeded the post's total losses. Overall, pre-
     funding accounts for almost all of its losses since 2006.
       No other agency or department is subject to this 
     requirement. So why is the Postal Service? The George W. Bush 
     administration demanded its inclusion and used the savings it 
     generated to try to balance the budget. Dutiful Republicans 
     said it was necessary to ensure that the post doesn't 
     generate a ``huge unfunded liability'' that would require a 
     bailout from the government, an absurd posture they still 
     maintain. But the requirement's main upshot has been to 
     plunge the Postal Service into a perpetual fiscal crisis that 
     in turn justifies further attacks from the right. Full 
     privatization is still neither politically nor logistically 
     feasible, but that won't stop Republicans and their allies 
     from trying.
       Trump's recent Postal Service task force fits into the 
     gradual push toward privatization. The task force's ultimate 
     conclusion bore all the hallmarks of a far-right hit job. 
     Rather than focusing on the Postal Service's pre-funding 
     provision--which the final report actually recommended 
     keeping--the task force emphasized the supposed need to lower 
     Postal Service delivery standards and eliminate employees' 
     collective bargaining rights. The task force also recommended 
     diluting the post's universal service guarantee, which would 
     wreck the agency's functionality in rural communities. In a 
     country where rural citizens already feel detached from the 
     rest of the nation, such an outcome would only widen existing 
     cleavages. Convened in secret, Trump's task force was 
     designed with the Orwellian purpose not to save the post, but 
     to further weaken it.
       I am heartened that Democrats routinely unite to oppose 
     privatization. But merely saying that the post should not be 
     privatized comes from a defensive posture. The solutions we 
     pursue must be bolder.
       Any serious reformation of our post begins with eliminating 
     the odious pre-funding anchor. But that's only the start. To 
     really improve the agency, we need to fully reject the idea 
     that it should be run like a business. There is a reason why 
     the Founders made the Postal Service a federal department, 
     and there's a reason why it remained that way through the 
     better part of the twentieth century. Policymakers wanted to 
     make sure that Americans could affordably send and receive 
     mail from anywhere. In pursuing that aim, the USPS has played 
     a key role in developing our country. To that end, we should 
     evaluate reviving the U.S. Post Office Department and making 
     the postmaster general a cabinet official once more. It's 
     time that we again treat this agency like a public good 
     rather than a private business.
       Nowhere is this perspective needed more than in Congress. 
     In the House and Senate, we have become hostages to a fiscal 
     imprisonment outlook, viewing almost every question through 
     the single calculation of whether it will raise or lower 
     revenue. Republicans have used the specter of deficits as a 
     cudgel to beat back funding increases for all departments and 
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     Democrats have gone along. But while deficits matter, the 
     Postal Service isn't running losses because it's inefficient. 
     It's running losses because of political sabotage.
       It's time for Congress to admit that the hybrid structure 
     it sanctioned forty-nine years ago is not sustainable. So 
     long as the post exists half as a business and half as a 
     public enterprise, forced to make money even as it is 
     constrained by preposterous rules and counterproductive 
     meddling, it will wobble and teeter. Meanwhile, privatization 
     advocates will continue to chip away at one of the world's 
     most impressive agencies.
       That doesn't mean the Postal Service should be free of 
     interrogation. The post, for example, must fix its deal with 
     Amazon. The company ships perhaps two-thirds of its packages 
     through the public mail, and its pricing and delivery terms 
     are separate from those afforded to other businesses that 
     ship through the post. This comes courtesy of a secret 2013 
     negotiated service agreement whose provisions have been 
     hidden from even Congress. The secrecy suggests that Amazon 
     is getting a deal other retailers don't enjoy.
       There is some logic for a deal between the post and Amazon. 
     But if the world's best delivery system is awarding Amazon a 
     volume discount, it makes it more difficult for the company's 
     competitors to challenge Amazon's prices. This sets a 
     dangerous example for competition policy. The U.S. Postal 
     Service is a public facility. It should not be used to 
     further entrench the monopolistic power of a private company. 
     Nor does it need to. Amazon does not have the post's 
     infrastructure, and Jeff Bezos's vaunted delivery drones 
     aren't yet operational. The Postal Service's biggest rivals, 
     UPS and FedEx, simply can't match the agency's services. In 
     negotiations, the post should take a harder line and force 
     Amazon to pay more.
       Congress can help spur the Postal Service into bargaining 
     harder by using its hearing power to make the current Amazon 
     deal public. Given that Congress has paid so little attention 
     to the agency in the past, this kind of engagement is sorely 
     needed. Currently, the House subcommittee that deals with the 
     USPS is responsible for monitoring a mind-boggling number of 
     other federal functions and agencies, including (but not 
     limited to) government management and accounting; federal 
     property; intergovernmental affairs. including with state and 
     local governments; and the entire civil service. It's no 
     wonder the post has become of tertiary importance in the 
     people's house. Between 2005 and 2018, the House Oversight 
     Committee held 417 hearings, of which just seven were related 
     to postal issues. This negligence helps explain why 
     legislation that kneecaps the USPS, like the 2006 Postal 
     Accountability and Enhancement Act, glides through Congress 
     before members really consider its consequences.
       The two House members with the most control over postal 
     issues, House Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings 
     and government operations subcommittee head Gerry Connolly, 
     are champions of the Postal Service, and I believe they will 
     dedicate attention to the issues facing the agency. But both 
     of their bodies are swamped with other valuable work, 
     including bringing needed oversight to the river of 
     corruption flowing from the Trump administration. Over the 
     next few years, Congress should therefore consider bringing 
     back the full Postal and Civil Service Committee or, at the 
     very least, creating an exclusive postal subcommittee.
       To truly move beyond playing defense, however, Democrats 
     need to reimagine what the Postal Service can do. It is, 
     after all, one of the most remarkable physical systems ever 
     created. With arms in every single zip code, from Key West, 
     Florida, to Utqiagvik, Alaska, its expansiveness opens up a 
     world of opportunity.
       In many American communities, the post office was 
     historically called the ``federal building,'' and it served 
     as a one-stop shop for numerous governmental needs. 
     (Tellingly, FDR wanted Social Security to be administered 
     through posts to assure its accessibility.) In smaller towns 
     and cities, for example, the post office was a focal point 
     for immigrant registration, military recruitment, and 
     distributing income tax forms. There is no reason that 
     America's post offices can't again provide a variety of 
     important governmental functions. Indeed, today's post 
     offices should have all tax forms readily available. The 
     government should even consider stationing IRS adjutants at 
     post offices around tax time, which would ease what is, for 
     many Americans, one of the most stressful times of the year.
       The Postal Service could also expand on the passport 
     assistance it already provides. Many post offices take 
     passport photos and process some first-time applicants and 
     renewals. Often, this is by appointment only. I believe that 
     post offices should offer full passport services to any 
     American who walks through the doors. In addition to serving 
     as a gateway to America's bureaucracy, the post could serve 
     as a door to the rest of the world.
       State governments should take advantage of America's postal 
     infrastructure as well, in particular by expanding the use of 
     vote by mail, which when done right is proven to increase 
     political participation. Turning mailboxes into voting booths 
     would therefore be good for the engagement of our citizenry. 
     The post could further weave itself into American democracy 
     by allowing congressional representatives to station their 
     district staff right in community post offices.
       But perhaps the most promising service that post offices 
     could provide is banking. Today, sixty-eight million 
     Americans, more than a quarter of U.S. households, lack 
     access to adequate banking services. Many are shut out by 
     high fees tied to minimum balances, overdrafts, direct 
     deposit penalties, and ATM charges. As a result, they are 
     left to unregulated payday lenders and check cashers that 
     level obscene annual percentage rates. The postal inspector 
     general found that underbanked Americans spend $89 billion 
     each year on financial fees. This closed system shackles 
     families to poverty, further cementing the economic 
     inequality tearing our country apart.
       Postal branches could offer a range of banking services--
     including savings accounts, deposit services, and even small 
     lending--at a 90 percent discount compared to what predatory 
     lenders provide, according to a report commissioned by the 
     USPS inspector general. This would give many families an 
     average savings of $2,000 a year while putting nearly $9 
     billion into the post's coffers.
       Postal banking could even unite liberals and Trump 
     supporters. Rural communities are America's most bank 
     starved: 90 percent of zip codes lacking a bank or credit 
     union lie in rural areas. Bank branches are also sparse in 
     poorer urban areas, and 46 percent of Latino and 49 percent 
     of African American households are unbanked. The Postal 
     Service is well positioned to help both communities. Some 59 
     percent of post offices lie in ``bank deserts,'' or places 
     where there is no more than one branch. Where financial 
     institutions close their doors to these communities, post 
     offices remain open to anyone who walks inside. And this 
     change wouldn't even need the approval of Congress, requiring 
     only the postmaster general's consent. Pilot programs could 
     then begin immediately--including in places like 194 Ward 
     Street in my own city of Paterson.
       Ultimately, these reforms would expand on the post's 
     democratic tradition. For centuries, the agency has connected 
     far-flung parts of the country at little cost. Letting it 
     help citizens pay their taxes, obtain passports, vote, and 
     bank would better connect Americans with their federal 
     government. In doing so, these reforms could help mend our 
     citizenry's chronically low confidence in the federal 
     government. They could also make the agency's contribution to 
     public life--already enormous--more visible to the people it 
     serves. And that would make it more difficult for anti-
     government zealots to tear the agency apart.

  Mr. PASCRELL. It is high time that we as a body come together to 
enact sensible postal reform. This amendment is a small step in that 
direction.
  Mr. Chairman, I thank Representative Pressley and Representative 
Amodei for joining me in offering this bipartisan amendment. I strongly 
encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Pascrell) having assumed the chair, Mr. Keating, Chair of the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that 
Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3351) making 
appropriations for financial services and general government for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, had come 
to no resolution thereon.

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