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An engrossed House bill, H. R. 266 of the 116th Congress, 1st Session, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. Title I appropriations include $1,196,143,000 for the Bureau of Land Management's management of lands and resources and $1,292,067,000 for United States Fish and Wildlife Service resource management, together with land acquisition, conservation fund and wildlife grant accounts. Each sum carries provisos limiting how it may be spent and how long it remains available. The closing pages address payments to States and grantees during a lapse in appropriations and give the short title, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019. The engrossment line records that the House of Representatives passed the bill January 11, 2019.

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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 266 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
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money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
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Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
3
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
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and for other purposes, namely: 
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TITLE I 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
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MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
9
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
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ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
11
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
12
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
13
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
14
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
15
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
16
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
17
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 
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Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,196,143,000, 
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to remain available until expended, including all such 
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amounts as are collected from permit processing fees, as 
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authorized but made subject to future appropriation by 
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section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
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U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit processing 
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fees may be used for any bureau-related expenses associ-
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ated with the processing of oil and gas applications for 
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permits to drill and related use of authorizations: Pro-
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vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
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heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 
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the Colorado River Basin salinity control program. 
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In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
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tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
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istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
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until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
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Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
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claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 
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authorized for fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final 
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appropriation estimated at not more than $1,196,143,000, 
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and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 
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communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
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for the cost of administering communication site activities. 
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LAND ACQUISITION 
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For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 
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206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
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istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 
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interests therein, $26,016,000, to be derived from the 
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Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
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able until expended. 
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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
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For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
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and development of resources and for construction, oper-
3
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
4
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
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Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
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egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
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on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
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terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
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adjacent to such grant lands; $106,543,000, to remain 
10
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
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aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
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from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
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lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
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California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
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General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
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ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
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August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 
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RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
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For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
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lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 
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rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
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Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 
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notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
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of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
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sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
1
315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im-
2
provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 
3
from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart-
4
ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
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$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
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administrative expenses. 
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SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
9
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
10
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
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tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
12
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
13
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
14
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
15
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
16
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
17
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 
18
Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 
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Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con-
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trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
21
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 
22
pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 
23
compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 
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pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
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1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 
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the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro-
2
tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 
3
the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam-
4
aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per-
5
mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 
6
whether all moneys collected from each such action are 
7
used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 
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Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess 
9
of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for 
10
which funds were collected may be used to repair other 
11
damaged public lands. 
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MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
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In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
14
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
15
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub-
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lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 
17
may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap-
18
praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 
19
under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 
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remain available until expended. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
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operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 
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contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs-
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able agreements with public and private entities, including 
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with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-
2
able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-
3
porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
4
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
5
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 
6
the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
7
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
8
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-
9
tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
10
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 
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exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
12
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-
13
operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-
14
thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
15
in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
16
the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 
17
or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
18
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 
19
further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
20
commitment by a State government to provide an identi-
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fied amount of money in support of the project may be 
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carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro-
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priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
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struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 
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in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 
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sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc-
2
tion for processing into commercial products. 
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
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For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
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Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
7
and economic studies, general administration, and for the 
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performance of other authorized functions related to such 
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resources, $1,292,067,000, to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed 
11
$17,818,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
12
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
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cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 
14
petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu-
15
lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
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described 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), 
or 
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(c)(2)(B)(ii)). 
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CONSTRUCTION 
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For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
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moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
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servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
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lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
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of lands and interests therein; $50,413,000, to remain 
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available until expended. 
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LAND ACQUISITION 
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For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
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title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
3
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
4
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
5
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
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$45,189,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
7
servation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
8
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
9
land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any ad-
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ministrative overhead, planning or other management 
11
costs. 
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COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
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FUND 
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For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
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Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 
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$49,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
17
$18,695,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan-
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gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 
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$30,800,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
20
Conservation Fund. 
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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
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For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
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ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
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NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
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For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
2
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
3
U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $43,000,000, to remain available 
4
until expended. 
5
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
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For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
7
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 
8
seq.), $3,910,000, to remain available until expended. 
9
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
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For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
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phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 
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Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
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4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
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of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-
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servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
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Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 
17
et seq.), $12,061,000, to remain available until expended. 
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STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
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For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
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District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
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States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
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American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 
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of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
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Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-
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mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
1
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
2
$65,571,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That of the amount provided herein, $4,209,000 is 
4
for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub-
5
ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-
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vided further, That $6,362,000 is for a competitive grant 
7
program to implement approved plans for States, terri-
8
tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-
9
fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
10
agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 
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appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
12
after deducting $10,571,000 and administrative expenses, 
13
apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
14
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-
15
monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 
16
than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 
17
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
18
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 
19
a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 
20
thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall appor-
21
tion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) 
22
one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 
23
area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
24
States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio 
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to which the population of such State bears to the total 
1
population of all such States: Provided further, That the 
2
amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be ad-
3
justed equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a 
4
sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
5
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year 
6
or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 
7
That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 
8
75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Fed-
9
eral share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 
10
percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided fur-
11
ther, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not 
12
be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, 
13
That any amount apportioned in 2019 to any State, terri-
14
tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 
15
September 30, 2020, shall be reapportioned, together with 
16
funds appropriated in 2021, in the manner provided here-
17
in. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 
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carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-
21
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 
22
reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 
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Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
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Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
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damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 
1
areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
2
purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facili-
3
ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva-
4
tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 
5
and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build-
6
ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv-
7
ice and to which the United States has title, and which 
8
are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 
9
and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 
10
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 
11
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
12
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 
13
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
14
tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 
15
cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
16
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
17
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
18
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air-
19
craft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
20
3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-
21
proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 
22
States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 
23
and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
24
appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 
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such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-
1
ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 
2
until expended. 
3
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
4
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
5
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
6
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
7
tered by the National Park Service and for the general 
8
administration 
of 
the 
National 
Park 
Service, 
9
$2,500,369,000, of which $10,032,000 for planning and 
10
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
11
tion and $141,961,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha-
12
bilitation 
projects 
for 
constructed 
assets 
and 
13
$149,075,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con-
14
structed assets shall remain available until September 30, 
15
2020: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
16
ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 
17
5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwith-
18
standing 
section 
9(a) 
of 
the 
United 
States 
19
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 
20
114–196; 130 Stat. 691), $500,000 of the funds made 
21
available under this heading shall be provided to the orga-
22
nization selected under section 9(b) of that Act for ex-
23
penditure by the United States Semiquincentennial Com-
24
mission in accordance with that Act. 
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NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
1
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
2
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
3
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
4
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
5
not otherwise provided for, $64,138,000. 
6
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
7
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
8
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 
9
54, United States Code), $91,910,000, to be derived from 
10
the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 
11
until September 30, 2020: Provided , That of the funds 
12
provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, $500,000 is 
13
for competitive grants for the survey and nomination of 
14
properties to the National Register of Historic Places and 
15
as National Historic Landmarks associated with commu-
16
nities currently under-represented, as determined by the 
17
Secretary, $13,000,000 is for competitive grants to pre-
18
serve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights movement, 
19
$8,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black Colleges 
20
and Universities, and $5,000,000 is for competitive grants 
21
for the restoration of historic properties of national, State 
22
and local significance listed on or eligible for inclusion on 
23
the National Register of Historic Places, to be made with-
24
out imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of sec-
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tion 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Histor-
1
ical Preservation Act: Provided further, That such com-
2
petitive grants shall be made without imposing the match-
3
ing requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, 
4
United States Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined 
5
in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organiza-
6
tions, local governments, including Certified Local Govern-
7
ments, and non-profit organizations. 
8
CONSTRUCTION 
9
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-
10
ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 
11
for programs and areas administered by the National 
12
Park Service, $364,704,000, to remain available until ex-
13
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
14
sion of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 
15
2019 with a future phase indicated in the National Park 
16
Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single pro-
17
curement may be issued which includes the full scope of 
18
the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and 
19
contract shall contain the clause availability of funds 
20
found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That Na-
21
tional Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Fran-
22
chise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 
23
for the cost of adjustments and changes within the origi-
24
nal scope of effort for projects funded by the National 
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Park Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, 
1
That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the 
2
Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current 
3
reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 
4
authorized by this section. 
5
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
6
For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 
7
title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex-
8
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest 
9
therein, in accordance with the statutory authority appli-
10
cable to the National Park Service, $174,444,000, to be 
11
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
12
to remain available until expended, of which $124,006,000 
13
is for the State assistance program and of which 
14
$15,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protec-
15
tion Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 
16
54, United States Code. 
17
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
18
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
19
of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 
20
to challenge cost share agreements, $23,000,000, to re-
21
main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 
22
projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 
23
percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 
24
be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do-
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nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 
1
an irrevocable letter of credit. 
2
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
3
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
4
In addition to other uses set forth in section 
5
101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 
6
fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex-
7
penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 
8
for use at any unit within the National Park System to 
9
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 
10
leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 
11
for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an-
12
ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-
13
tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex-
14
tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit-
15
ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi-
16
nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 
17
contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 
18
so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
19
For the costs of administration of the Land and 
20
Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 
21
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
22
of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
23
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
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thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
1
amounts to remain available until expended. 
2
National Park Service funds may be transferred to 
3
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-
4
ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 
5
U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 
6
for FHWA administrative support costs. 
7
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
8
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
9
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
10
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
11
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
12
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
13
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
14
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
15
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
16
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
17
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
18
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 
19
the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
20
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 
21
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 
22
and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
23
going activities; $1,148,457,000, to remain available until 
24
September 30, 2020; of which $100,000 shall be made 
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available to the United States Geological Survey Mineral 
1
Resources Program for the development of a map depict-
2
ing pyrrhotite occurrences throughout the United States; 
3
of which $84,337,000 shall remain available until ex-
4
pended for satellite operations; and of which $15,164,000 
5
shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance 
6
and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 
7
cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the 
8
ecosystem research activity shall be used to conduct new 
9
surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized 
10
in writing by the property owner: Provided further, That 
11
no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more 
12
than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
13
resources data collection and investigations carried on in 
14
cooperation with States and municipalities: Provided fur-
15
ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-
16
ing, not less than $200,000 shall be used for activities to 
17
better understand mechanisms that result in toxins being 
18
present in harmful algal blooms. 
19
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
20
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
21
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
22
necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-
23
nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-
24
physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-
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tively determined that such procedures are in the public 
1
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-
2
ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 
3
gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip-
4
ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 
5
for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 
6
expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap-
7
pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
8
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
9
activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
10
accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co-
11
operative agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 
12
31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
13
States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop-
14
erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
15
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-
16
gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 
17
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con-
18
sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 
19
of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
20
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
21
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 
22
be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
23
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
1
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
2
For expenses necessary for granting and admin-
3
istering leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 
4
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma-
5
rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 
6
approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 
7
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple-
8
menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi-
9
dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 
10
or cooperative agreements, $179,266,000, of which 
11
$129,450,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
12
2020, and of which $49,816,000 is to remain available 
13
until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation 
14
shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 
15
and credited to this appropriation from additions to re-
16
ceipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in ef-
17
fect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 
18
activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
19
agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
20
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella-
21
neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 
22
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec-
23
tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 
24
in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not 
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more than $129,450,000: Provided further, That not to 
1
exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 
2
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
3
activities. 
4
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
5
ENFORCEMENT 
6
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
7
For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper-
8
ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and 
9
agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 
10
and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 
11
Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple-
12
menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
13
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele-
14
gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-
15
ments, $145,475,000, of which $121,351,000 is to remain 
16
available until September 30, 2020, and of which 
17
$24,124,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-
18
vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 
19
amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 
20
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in-
21
creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 
22
and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 
23
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
24
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, in-
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cluding studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
1
administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 
2
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 
3
are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
4
final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more 
5
than $121,351,000. 
6
For an additional amount, $41,765,000, to remain 
7
available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-
8
lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 
9
which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 
10
collected in fiscal year 2019, as provided in this Act: Pro-
11
vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
12
inspection fees exceed $41,765,000, the amounts realized 
13
in excess of $41,765,000 shall be credited to this appro-
14
priation and remain available until expended: Provided 
15
further, That for fiscal year 2019, not less than 50 percent 
16
of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 
17
and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per-
18
sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 
19
expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 
20
safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 
21
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
22
seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 
23
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OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
1
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
2
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
3
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
4
$12,700,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
5
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
6
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
7
ENFORCEMENT 
8
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
9
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
10
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
11
1977, Public Law 95–87, $114,900,000, to remain avail-
12
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That appropria-
13
tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
14
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-
15
penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
16
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
17
training. 
18
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-
19
force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 
20
of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re-
21
main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-
22
sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 
23
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-
24
setting collections, to remain available until expended: 
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Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
1
the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-
2
ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 
3
year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 
4
$114,900,000. 
5
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
6
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
7
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
8
Public Law 95–87, $22,952,000, to be derived from re-
9
ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
10
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 
11
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 
12
authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 
13
the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
14
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
15
ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 
16
Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 
17
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-
18
ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-
19
lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
20
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 
21
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
22
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 
23
Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-
24
ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 
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State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
1
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
2
In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until 
3
expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In-
4
dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
5
other related activities in accordance with the terms and 
6
conditions in Senate report 115-276: Provided, That such 
7
additional amount shall be used for economic and commu-
8
nity development in conjunction with the priorities in sec-
9
tion 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
10
tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, 
11
That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 shall be dis-
12
tributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States 
13
with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet the 
14
priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sec-
15
tion, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts 
16
to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest 
17
amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and 
18
$10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally recognized In-
19
dian Tribes without regard to their status as certified or 
20
uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
21
lamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclama-
22
tion of abandoned mine lands and other related activities 
23
in accordance with the terms and conditions in Senate re-
24
port 115-276 and shall be used for economic and commu-
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nity development in conjunction with the priorities in sec-
1
tion 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
2
tion Act of 1977: Provided further, That such additional 
3
amount shall be allocated to States and Indian Tribes 
4
within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
5
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN 
6
EDUCATION 
7
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
8
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
9
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
10
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
11
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
12
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
13
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 
14
(25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled 
15
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
16
$2,403,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 
17
2020, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not 
18
to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and rep-
19
resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $76,000,000 
20
shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That 
21
in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary 
22
may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, 
23
to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af-
24
fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec-
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ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 
1
recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo-
2
cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided fur-
3
ther, That not to exceed $680,673,000 for school oper-
4
ations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education 
5
programs shall become available on July 1, 2019, and 
6
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided 
7
further, That not to exceed $54,174,000 shall remain 
8
available until expended for housing improvement, road 
9
maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land 
10
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement 
11
Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
12
other provision of law, including but not limited to the 
13
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 
14
et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments 
15
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $81,036,000 
16
within and only from such amounts made available for 
17
school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
18
grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 
19
2019: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated 
20
to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated 
21
as of September 30, 2020, may be transferred during fis-
22
cal year 2021 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
23
established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within 
24
the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That 
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any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall ex-
1
pire on September 30, 2021: Provided further, That in 
2
order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 
3
Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other iden-
4
tifying articles of clothing for personnel. 
5
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
6
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
7
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
8
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
9
the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 2019, such 
10
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
11
obligation through September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
12
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts 
13
made available under this heading shall be available for 
14
transfer to another budget account. 
15
CONSTRUCTION 
16
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
17
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
18
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
19
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
20
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
21
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
22
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
23
suant to Public Law 87–483; $359,419,000, to remain 
24
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
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may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
1
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
2
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
3
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
4
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
5
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
6
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
7
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of No-
8
vember 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 
9
on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fis-
10
cal year 2019, in implementing new construction, replace-
11
ment facilities construction, or facilities improvement and 
12
repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are pro-
13
vided to grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the 
14
Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 
15
Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 
16
Programs contained in part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal 
17
Regulations, as the regulatory requirements: Provided fur-
18
ther, That such grants shall not be subject to section 
19
12.61 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations; the Sec-
20
retary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
21
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Pro-
22
vided further, That in considering grant applications, the 
23
Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be 
24
deficient in assuring that the construction projects con-
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form to applicable building standards and codes and Fed-
1
eral, tribal, or State health and safety standards as re-
2
quired by section 1125(b) of title XI of Public Law 95– 
3
561 (25 U.S.C. 2005(b)), with respect to organizational 
4
and financial management capabilities: Provided further, 
5
That if the Secretary declines a grant application, the Sec-
6
retary shall follow the requirements contained in section 
7
5206(f) of Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2504(f)): Pro-
8
vided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 
9
and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to 
10
the disputes provision in section 5208(e) of Public Law 
11
107–110 (25 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That in 
12
order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, 
13
the Secretary may assume control of a project and all 
14
funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of the 
15
date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 
16
appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com-
17
pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 
18
commenced construction: Provided further, That this ap-
19
propriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Spe-
20
cial Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 
21
appropriate share of construction costs for space expan-
22
sion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform imple-
23
mentation: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
24
able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived 
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from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 
1
3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 
2
1749). 
3
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
4
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
5
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
6
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
7
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
8
618, 111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implemen-
9
tation of other land and water rights settlements, 
10
$55,457,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
11
vided, That the Secretary shall make payments in such 
12
amounts as necessary to satisfy the total authorized 
13
amount for the Navajo Nation Water Rights Trust Fund. 
14
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
15
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
16
$9,279,000, of which $1,252,000 is for administrative ex-
17
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
18
1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
19
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
20
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
21
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
22
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, 
23
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
1
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
2
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
3
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di-
4
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
5
tions. 
6
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
7
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
8
support of the management, operation, and maintenance 
9
of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
10
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
11
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
12
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
13
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
14
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 
15
offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
16
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
17
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
18
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 
19
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
20
413). 
21
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
22
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 
23
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
24
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
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ment relationship between the United States and that 
1
tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria-
2
tions. 
3
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
4
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
5
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 
6
schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 
7
support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
8
school in the State of Alaska. 
9
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-
10
cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 
11
school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 
12
or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 
13
in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 
14
October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
15
may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 
16
one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
17
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 
18
of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 
19
grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-
20
reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-
21
ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 
22
prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-
23
able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
24
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tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 
1
was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 
2
under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 
3
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 
4
in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
5
(25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 
6
in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
7
that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep-
8
tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-
9
riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 
10
a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 
11
the use of the real and personal property (including buses 
12
and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa-
13
rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 
14
not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
15
the State in which the school is located if the charter 
16
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
17
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
18
forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
19
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
20
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
21
United States Code. 
22
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
23
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
24
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
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rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
1
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
2
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
3
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
4
distribution formula. 
5
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
6
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
7
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
8
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
9
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
10
programs for non-public schools located within the juris-
11
dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 
12
serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 
13
currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 
14
provide an educational environment with educator pres-
15
ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 
16
funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 
17
or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 
18
with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-
19
tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
20
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 
21
other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 
22
students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
23
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
24
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ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 
1
the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
2
school’’ means a school location physically separated from 
3
the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 
4
forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 
5
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
6
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
7
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
8
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
9
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
10
partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 
11
agreements, as authorized by law, $131,673,000, to re-
12
main available until September 30, 2020; of which not to 
13
exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen-
14
tation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 
15
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
16
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
17
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and 
18
of which $9,000,000 for the Office of Valuation Services 
19
is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
20
Fund and shall remain available until expended; and of 
21
which $9,704,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 
22
valuation activities shall remain available until expended: 
23
Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and re-
24
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to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bu-
1
reau of Indian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ 
2
account and the Office of the Special Trustee for Amer-
3
ican Indians ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided 
4
further, That funds made available through contracts or 
5
grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as authorized by 
6
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
7
5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 
8
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That within avail-
9
able amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 
10
of the Interior shall designate the rest area bound by Alex-
11
andria Avenue, West Boulevard Drive, and the George 
12
Washington Memorial Parkway on the Mount Vernon 
13
Trail within the George Washington Memorial Parkway 
14
as the ‘‘Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area’’ and any 
15
reference in a law, map regulation, document, paper, or 
16
other record of the United States to the rest area shall 
17
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Peter B. Webster III 
18
Memorial Area’’; Provided further, That the Secretary of 
19
the Interior shall accept and expend private contributions 
20
for the design, procurement, preparation, and installation 
21
of a plaque honoring Peter B. Webster III on the condition 
22
that the Director of the National Park Service shall ap-
23
prove the design and placement of the plaque: Provided 
24
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heading, $400,000 shall be made available to the commis-
1
sion established by section 3(a) of the Alyce Spotted Bear 
2
and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act 
3
(Public Law 114–244; 130 Stat. 981). 
4
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
5
For fiscal year 2019, up to $400,000 of the payments 
6
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
7
may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-
8
ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 
9
amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-
10
ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 
11
available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 
12
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
13
event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay-
14
ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 
15
the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 
16
of local government, then the payment to each local gov-
17
ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 
18
That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 
19
individual units of local government to correct for prior 
20
overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 
21
no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth-
22
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
23
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INSULAR AFFAIRS 
1
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
2
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
3
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 
4
and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub-
5
lic 
Law 
108–188, 
$100,688,000, 
of 
which: 
(1) 
6
$91,240,000 shall remain available until expended for ter-
7
ritorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
8
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef ini-
9
tiative activities, and brown tree snake control and re-
10
search; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 
11
compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 
12
U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 
13
Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construc-
14
tion and support of governmental functions; grants to the 
15
Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; 
16
grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 
17
and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana 
18
Islands , as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 
19
Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall be available until 
20
September 30, 2020, for salaries and expenses of the Of-
21
fice of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans-
22
actions of the territorial and local governments herein pro-
23
vided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 
24
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may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, 
1
at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 
2
31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern 
3
Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided 
4
according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 
5
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist-
6
ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 
7
Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the 
8
program of operations and maintenance improvement are 
9
appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
10
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 
11
territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 
12
by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to 
13
timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, 
14
That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
15
heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may 
16
be used as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose 
17
of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 
18
404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
19
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
20
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
21
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,563,000, to 
22
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
23
tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
24
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 
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the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 
1
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 
2
States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 
3
658 and Public Law 108–188. 
4
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
5
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
6
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
7
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
8
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
9
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
10
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
11
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
12
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
13
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
14
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
15
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
16
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
17
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
18
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
19
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
20
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
21
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
22
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
23
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
24
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
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Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
1
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
2
be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
3
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
4
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
5
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
6
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
7
$65,674,000. 
8
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
9
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
10
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
11
General, $52,486,000. 
12
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
13
INDIANS 
14
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
15
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
16
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
17
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
18
compacts, and grants, $112,380,000, to remain available 
19
until expended, of which not to exceed $19,016,000 from 
20
this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac-
21
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
22
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
23
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
24
fairs and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of In-
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dian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Sala-
1
ries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Sec-
2
retary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided fur-
3
ther, That funds made available through contracts or 
4
grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as authorized by 
5
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
6
5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 
7
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwith-
8
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
9
not be required to provide a quarterly statement of per-
10
formance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
11
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 
12
or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
13
an annual account statement and maintain a record of any 
14
such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such 
15
account to be withdrawn upon the express written request 
16
of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 
17
$50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 
18
to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
19
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac-
20
counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 
21
erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 
22
to and remain available in this account for this purpose: 
23
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required 
24
to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of 
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less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 
1
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac-
2
counts claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
3
section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Manage-
4
ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any 
5
other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the 
6
trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are un-
7
known for a continuous period of at least five years and 
8
shall not be required to generate periodic statements of 
9
performance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 
10
That with respect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall 
11
continue to maintain sufficient records to determine the 
12
balance of the individual accounts, including any accrued 
13
interest and income, and such funds shall remain available 
14
to the individual account holders. 
15
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
16
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
17
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
18
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 
19
suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-
20
gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 
21
rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 
22
$1,116,076,000, to remain available until expended, of 
23
which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renova-
24
tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 
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funds are also available for repayment of advances to 
1
other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre-
2
viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 
3
That of the funds provided $188,000,000 is for fuels man-
4
agement activities: Provided further, That of the funds 
5
provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: 
6
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 
7
U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging 
8
without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 
9
Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, 
10
sums received by a bureau or office of the Department 
11
of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 
12
U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
13
may be credited to the appropriation from which funds 
14
were expended to provide that protection, and are avail-
15
able without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 
16
using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, 
17
the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement 
18
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels 
19
management activities, and for training and monitoring 
20
associated with such fuels management activities on Fed-
21
eral land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 
22
that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
23
That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 
24
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tity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
1
parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require-
2
ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Sec-
3
retary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may 
4
obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local 
5
private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con-
6
servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 
7
109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, or 
8
nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or 
9
(4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant 
10
percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 
11
workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 
12
That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall de-
13
velop written guidance to field units to ensure account-
14
ability and consistent application of the authorities pro-
15
vided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
16
under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 
17
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
18
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re-
19
sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
20
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 
21
required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with 
22
wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
23
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 
24
appropriations to enter into leases of real property with 
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local governments, at or below fair market value, to con-
1
struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 
2
leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 
3
stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 
4
fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 
5
any such lease or for construction activity associated with 
6
the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
7
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 
8
transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage-
9
ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 
10
between the Departments when such transfers would fa-
11
cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 
12
and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 
13
wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed-
14
eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 
15
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
16
for assistance to or through the Department of State in 
17
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
18
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 
19
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail-
20
able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 
21
related natural resource activities outside the United 
22
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
23
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
24
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
1
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
2
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
3
the response action, including associated activities, per-
4
formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
5
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
6
et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 
7
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
8
RESTORATION 
9
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
10
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-
11
toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 
12
the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 
13
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
14
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
15
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
16
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
17
et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to 
18
remain available until expended. 
19
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
20
For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 
21
financial and business management system, information 
22
technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart-
23
ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 
24
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remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
1
the funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may 
2
be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund 
3
account other than for accrued annual leave and deprecia-
4
tion of equipment without prior approval of the Commit-
5
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
6
and the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
7
assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal govern-
8
ment employees for training services provided by the Na-
9
tional Indian Program Training Center, other than train-
10
ing related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That 
11
the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and 
12
related facilities, equipment or professional services of the 
13
National Indian Program Training Center to State, local 
14
and tribal government employees or persons or organiza-
15
tions engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational ac-
16
tivities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United 
17
States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facili-
18
ties, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National 
19
Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 
20
all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 
21
shall be credited to this account, shall be available until 
22
expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary 
23
expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center: 
24
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and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Nat-
1
ural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of 
2
royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as au-
3
thorized by law. 
4
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
5
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
6
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 
7
which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
8
available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 
9
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
10
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
11
replacement aircraft. 
12
OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 
13
For necessary expenses for management of the collec-
14
tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 
15
revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-
16
ments, as authorized by law, $137,505,000, to remain 
17
available until September 30, 2020; of which $41,727,000 
18
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
19
mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 
20
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 
21
be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 
22
with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary con-
23
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to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
1
able erroneous payments. 
2
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
3
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
4
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
5
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
6
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 
7
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
8
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
9
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
10
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
11
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
12
able under this authority until funds specifically made 
13
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
14
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 
15
all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
16
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 
17
as promptly as possible. 
18
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
19
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
20
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
21
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
22
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
23
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 
24
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for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
1
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
2
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
3
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
4
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 
5
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 
6
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 
7
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
8
tential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 
9
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 
10
the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 
11
(7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects 
12
under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall trans-
13
fer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Sur-
14
face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as 
15
may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory au-
16
thority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 
17
the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Pro-
18
vided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland 
19
fire operations shall be available for the payment of obliga-
20
tions incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 
21
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 
22
of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
23
their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimburse-
24
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at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for 
1
wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available 
2
under this authority until the Secretary determines that 
3
funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall 
4
be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all 
5
funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
6
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 
7
as promptly as possible: Provided further, That such re-
8
plenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 
9
rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were 
10
transferred. 
11
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
12
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
13
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
14
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
15
Code, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount 
16
not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of 
17
motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce-
18
ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
19
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re-
20
prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 
21
in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 
22
by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author-
23
ized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies 
24
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or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who 
1
are not members. 
2
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST 
3
MANAGEMENT 
4
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
5
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
6
Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 
7
Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro-
8
priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 
9
available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man-
10
agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 
11
accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 
12
designated in this Act for such purpose. 
13
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN 
14
AFFAIRS 
15
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
16
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
17
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
18
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
19
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
20
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
21
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
22
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
23
percent in fiscal year 2019. Under circumstances of dual 
24
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tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
1
apply. 
2
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
3
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
4
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
5
lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 
6
or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
7
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
8
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
9
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
10
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
11
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
12
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
13
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
14
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
15
sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
16
cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
17
determine reasonable. 
18
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
19
SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall 
20
collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de-
21
posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En-
22
forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa-
23
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(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 
1
are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 
2
in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 
3
2019 shall be: 
4
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
5
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
6
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
7
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
8
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
9
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
10
wells. 
11
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in-
12
spections completed in fiscal year 2019. Fees for fiscal 
13
year 2019 shall be: 
14
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
15
water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
16
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
17
water depths of less than 500 feet. 
18
(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 
19
under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment re-
20
quired within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill 
21
designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days 
22
of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 
23
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION 
1
AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION 
2
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
3
implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean En-
4
ergy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may 
5
transfer funds among and between the successor offices 
6
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in con-
7
formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in 
8
Senate report 115-276. 
9
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 
10
BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 
11
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
12
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 
13
multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-
14
tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 
15
multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 
16
section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 
17
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
18
apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 
19
wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 
20
or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 
21
and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 
22
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MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 
1
SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
2
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
3
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
4
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
5
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
6
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
7
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
8
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
9
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
10
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 
11
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
12
law, during fiscal year 2019, in carrying out work involv-
13
ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 
14
or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 
15
record obligations against accounts receivable from any 
16
such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 
17
the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
18
available at the end of the fiscal year. 
19
HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS 
20
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
21
law, the Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild 
22
horses or burros that have been removed from the public 
23
lands to other Federal, State, and local government agen-
24
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may make any such transfer immediately upon request of 
1
such Federal, State, or local government agency: Provided 
2
further, That any excess animal transferred under this 
3
provision shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse 
4
or burro as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 
5
Burros Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or 
6
local government agency receiving excess wild horses or 
7
burros as authorized in this section shall not: destroy the 
8
horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction 
9
into commercial products; sell or otherwise transfer the 
10
horses or burros in a way that results in their destruction 
11
for processing into commercial products; or euthanize the 
12
horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a li-
13
censed veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or 
14
advanced age. 
15
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 
16
PROGRAM 
17
SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
18
of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-
19
ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 
20
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-
21
vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 
22
of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
23
to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au-
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thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 
1
Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 
2
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 
3
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree-
4
ment would not— 
5
(1) result in the displacement of individuals 
6
currently employed by the Department, including 
7
partial displacement through reduction of non-over-
8
time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 
9
(2) result in the use of an individual under the 
10
Department of the Interior Experienced Services 
11
Program for a job or function in a case in which a 
12
Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 
13
or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-
14
ment; or 
15
(3) affect existing contracts for services. 
16
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
17
SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
18
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’ and in-
19
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
20
SAGE-GROUSE 
21
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
22
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
23
rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan-
24
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 
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(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 
1
(Centrocercus urophasianus); 
2
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis-
3
tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 
4
TECHNICAL CORRECTION 
5
SEC. 116. Division II of Public Law 104–333 (54 
6
U.S.C. 320101 note), as amended by section 116(b)(2) of 
7
Public Law 114–113, is amended in each of sections 208, 
8
310, and 607, by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
9
DAMAGE TO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FACILITIES 
10
BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION 
11
SEC. 117. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
12
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
13
shall submit to Congress a report on each facility and re-
14
lated infrastructure of the Department of the Interior 
15
damaged by a volcanic eruption covered by a major dis-
16
aster declared by the President in calendar year 2018 in 
17
accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
18
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
19
5170) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘covered facility’’). 
20
(b) The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
21
include— 
22
(1) an inventory of all covered facilities; 
23
(2) a description of— 
24
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(B) the estimated impact on visitorship to 
1
covered facilities open to the public as a result 
2
of a volcanic eruption; and 
3
(3) a plan— 
4
(A) to restore or replace covered facilities; 
5
and 
6
(B) to restore visitorship levels to covered 
7
facilities open to the public to historic 
8
visitorship levels. 
9
(c) In preparing the plan required under subsection 
10
(b)(3), the Secretary of the Interior shall— 
11
(1) engage the community in which the covered 
12
facility is located, including the State and units of 
13
local government; and 
14
(2) include the estimated costs of carrying out 
15
the activities described in the plan. 
16
SEC. 118. (a) There are appropriated under the head-
17
ing ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ under the heading 
18
‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Edu-
19
cation’’, in addition to any other amounts made available 
20
under such heading and in order to provide additional 
21
funding for hiring staff for tribal detention facilities, in-
22
cluding addressing the needs of newly funded tribal deten-
23
tion facilities, $2,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
24
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
1
the total amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘Work-
2
ing Capital Fund’’ for the Department of the Interior is 
3
hereby reduced by $2,000,000. 
4
TITLE II 
5
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
6
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
7
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
8
For science and technology, including research and 
9
development activities, which shall include research and 
10
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
11
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
12
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
13
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
14
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
15
research and development, $717,723,000, to remain avail-
16
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 
17
funds included under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 
18
Research: National Priorities as specified in Senate report 
19
115-276: Provided further, That of unobligated balances 
20
from appropriations made available under this heading, 
21
$11,250,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided further, 
22
That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the pre-
23
ceding proviso from amounts made available in the first 
24
proviso for Research: National Priorities: Provided further, 
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That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
1
not less than $5,000,000 shall be used to investigate 
2
health impacts from exposure to harmful algal blooms and 
3
cyanobacteria toxins, and to develop innovative methods 
4
to monitor, characterize, and predict blooms for early ac-
5
tion. 
6
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
7
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
8
For environmental programs and management, in-
9
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
10
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
11
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
12
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
13
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
14
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
15
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
16
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
17
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-
18
plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-
19
gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 
20
2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and 
21
representation expenses, $2,659,675,000, to remain avail-
22
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 
23
funds included under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be 
24
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fied in Senate report 115-276: Provided further, That of 
1
the funds included under this heading, $454,958,000 shall 
2
be for Geographic Programs specified in the tables in the 
3
explanatory statement described in section 436 of this Act: 
4
Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from 
5
appropriations made available under this heading, 
6
$61,676,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided further, 
7
That no amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the pre-
8
ceding proviso from amounts made available in the first 
9
proviso for Environmental Protection: National Priorities, 
10
from amounts made available in the second proviso for Ge-
11
ographic Programs, or from the National Estuary Pro-
12
gram (33 U.S.C. 1330). 
13
In addition, $5,000,000 to remain available until ex-
14
pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in 
15
section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
16
U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursu-
17
ant to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA 
18
Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in 
19
fiscal year 2019 shall be retained and used for necessary 
20
salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall re-
21
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
22
sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen-
23
eral fund for fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced by the 
24
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fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 
1
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
2
than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 
3
realized from such receipts exceed $5,000,000, those 
4
amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be deposited in the 
5
‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting re-
6
ceipts in fiscal year 2019, shall be retained and used for 
7
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 
8
remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 
9
the funds included in the first paragraph under this head-
10
ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 
11
project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the 
12
amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 
13
of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 
14
2014. 
15
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
16
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
17
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
18
General Act of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available 
19
until September 30, 2020. 
20
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
21
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
22
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
23
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
24
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
1
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
2
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
3
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
4
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
5
(c)(5), 
(c)(6), 
and 
(e)(4) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9611) 
6
$1,091,947,000, to remain available until expended, con-
7
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
8
on September 30, 2018, as authorized by section 517(a) 
9
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
10
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,091,947,000 as a payment 
11
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
12
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
13
SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
14
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac-
15
cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur-
16
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
17
$8,718,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
18
eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
19
30, 2020, and $17,398,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 
20
and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 
21
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LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
1
PROGRAM 
2
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
3
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
4
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to 
5
remain available until expended, of which $66,572,000 
6
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
7
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
8
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car-
9
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
10
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
11
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
12
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
13
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
14
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
15
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
16
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
17
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
18
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
19
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
20
Pollution Act of 1990, $18,209,000, to be derived from 
21
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
22
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
1
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
2
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
3
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
4
$3,575,041,000, to remain available until expended, of 
5
which— 
6
(1) $1,394,000,000 shall be for making capital-
7
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
8
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
9
Control Act; and of which $864,000,000 shall be for 
10
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
11
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
12
Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal 
13
year 2019, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 
14
project applications and projects are consistent with 
15
State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent 
16
of the funds made available under this title to each 
17
State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capital-
18
ization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
19
to address green infrastructure, water or energy effi-
20
ciency improvements, or other environmentally inno-
21
vative activities: Provided further, That for fiscal 
22
year 2019, funds made available under this title to 
23
each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
24
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each State, be used for projects to address green in-
1
frastructure, water or energy efficiency improve-
2
ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
3
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
4
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
5
Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
6
pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 
7
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
8
amounts included as principal in loans made by such 
9
fund in fiscal year 2019 and prior years where such 
10
amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
11
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 
12
reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
13
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
14
eligible purposes of the fund, including administra-
15
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, 
16
notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 
17
(h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol-
18
lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 
19
such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the common-
20
wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 
21
Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 
22
also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 
23
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
24
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project for the construction of treatment works; and 
1
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
2
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
3
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
4
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
5
2019, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-
6
sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec-
7
tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
8
Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
9
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
10
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 
11
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
12
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
13
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
14
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
15
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
16
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
17
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
18
2019, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 
19
Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 
20
pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 
21
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
22
under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 
23
for grants for training, technical assistance, and 
24
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management of the treatment works specified in sec-
1
tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 
2
fiscal year 2019, funds reserved under section 
3
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 
4
to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
5
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
6
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-
7
tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro-
8
vided further, That for fiscal year 2019, notwith-
9
standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 
10
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
11
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
12
$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-
13
standing the limitation on amounts in section 
14
1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 
15
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
16
$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv-
17
ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
18
Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 
19
section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 
20
for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the amounts 
21
specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
22
lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre-
23
gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
24
Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 
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sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 
1
be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
2
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
3
Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
4
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 
5
Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, 
6
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 
7
in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
8
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
9
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
10
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
11
by the Administrator for grants made under section 
12
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 
13
further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
14
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
15
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent 
16
of the funds made available under this title to each 
17
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
18
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
19
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
20
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
21
loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
22
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
23
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
24
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obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
1
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
2
this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 
3
the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
4
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
5
such funds could be used to help address a threat 
6
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
7
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
8
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
9
health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
10
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
11
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
12
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
13
issued, the State may use more than 20 percent of 
14
the funds made available under this title to the 
15
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
16
italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-
17
gible recipients; 
18
(2) $15,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
19
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
20
activities in connection with the construction of high 
21
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
22
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
23
tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro-
24
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Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
1
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
2
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
3
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
4
government unless that government has established 
5
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
6
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
7
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
8
the development within an existing colonia the con-
9
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
10
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
11
essary infrastructure; 
12
(3) $25,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
13
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
14
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
15
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
16
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
17
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
18
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
19
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
20
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
21
junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
22
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
23
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
24
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Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 
1
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
2
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
3
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
4
in regional hub communities; 
5
(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
6
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
7
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
8
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
9
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
10
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 
11
appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 
12
CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as-
13
sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 
14
section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 
15
further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated 
16
for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Pro-
17
vided further, That for purposes of this section, the 
18
term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any coun-
19
ty that has had 20 percent or more of its population 
20
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
21
by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 
22
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Esti-
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(5) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
1
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
2
(6) $50,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
3
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
4
in Senate report 115-276; 
5
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
6
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
7
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
8
Act (Public Law 114–322); and 
9
(8) $1,093,041,000 shall be for grants, includ-
10
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
11
erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
12
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
13
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
14
control and abatement and related activities, includ-
15
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
16
under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
17
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
18
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
19
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
20
specified 
by 
the 
Administrator, 
of 
which: 
21
$47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
22
CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental 
23
Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
24
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for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
1
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
2
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
3
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
4
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
5
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
6
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
7
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds 
8
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
9
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
10
ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
11
veys of water resources and enhancements to State 
12
monitoring programs; $27,000,000 shall be for mul-
13
tipurpose grants, including interagency agreements. 
14
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
15
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
16
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
17
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
18
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to re-
19
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
20
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
21
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
22
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
23
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
24
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principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
1
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $610,000,000. 
2
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
3
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
4
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
5
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
6
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
7
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
8
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
9
novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 
10
until September 30, 2020. 
11
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
12
PROTECTION AGENCY 
13
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
14
For fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
15
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
16
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
17
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
18
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
19
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
20
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
21
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
22
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
23
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
24
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ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
1
agreements. 
2
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
3
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
4
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
5
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
6
amended by Public Law 112–177, the Pesticide Registra-
7
tion Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
8
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
9
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
10
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
11
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
12
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2019. 
13
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
14
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
15
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
16
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
17
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
18
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
19
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
20
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
21
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
22
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
23
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
24
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
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ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
1
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
2
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
3
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
4
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
5
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
6
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
7
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
8
and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 
9
not exceed $150,000 per project. 
10
For fiscal year 2019, and notwithstanding section 
11
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
12
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 
13
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
14
319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 
15
to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
16
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
17
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-
18
grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2019 to provide 
19
grants to implement the Southeastern New England Wa-
20
tershed Restoration Program. 
21
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
22
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
23
ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
24
(42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2019. 
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Of the unobligated balances available for the ‘‘State 
1
and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, $109,078,000 are 
2
hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts 
3
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
4
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
5
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
6
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or 
7
from amounts that were made available by subsection (a) 
8
of section 196 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 
9
(division C of Public Law 114–223), as amended by the 
10
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropria-
11
tions Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254). 
12
Using funds appropriated under this title, the Admin-
13
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall im-
14
plement the recommendations described in the report of 
15
the Office of Inspector General of the Environmental Pro-
16
tection Agency entitled ‘‘Management Weakness Delayed 
17
Response to Flint Water Crisis’’, numbered 18–P–0221, 
18
and dated July 19, 2018, to ensure clean and safe water 
19
compliance under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
20
300f et seq.). If the Administrator of the Environmental 
21
Protection Agency does not implement 1 or more rec-
22
ommendations required by the preceding sentence, the Ad-
23
ministrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
24
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and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and 
1
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report ex-
2
plaining why the Administrator did not implement the rec-
3
ommendation and identifying specific actions the Adminis-
4
trator is implementing to address the concerns raised in 
5
the report. 
6
TITLE III 
7
RELATED AGENCIES 
8
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
9
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
10
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
11
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
12
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 
13
$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
14
Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ-
15
ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
16
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of-
17
fice. 
18
FOREST SERVICE 
19
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
20
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
21
search as authorized by law, $300,000,000, to remain 
22
available through September 30, 2022, of which not less 
23
than $500,000 shall be made available for wood utilization 
24
research to develop woody and agricultural biomass con-
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version of low-value woody biomass using microwave-as-
1
sisted liquefaction: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
2
$77,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis pro-
3
gram: Provided further, That all authorities for the use 
4
of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop-
5
erative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 
6
Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 
7
the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research. 
8
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
9
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
10
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
11
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
12
agement, and conducting an international program as au-
13
thorized, $333,990,000, to remain available through Sep-
14
tember 30, 2022, as authorized by law; of which 
15
$65,490,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
16
Conservation Fund to be used for the Forest Legacy Pro-
17
gram, to remain available until expended. 
18
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
19
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
20
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
21
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
22
and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 
23
such lands, $1,937,653,000, to remain available through 
24
September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the funds pro-
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vided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 
1
Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restora-
2
tion treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Pro-
3
vided further, That of the funds provided, $368,000,000 
4
shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the 
5
funds provided, $435,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels 
6
management 
activities, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed 
7
$15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au-
8
thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State 
9
and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of 
10
creating incentives for increased use of biomass from Na-
11
tional Forest System lands: Provided further, That 
12
$20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 
13
to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agree-
14
ments or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management 
15
activities, and for training or monitoring associated with 
16
such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal 
17
land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines 
18
such activities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided 
19
further, That funds made available to implement the Com-
20
munity Forestry Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, 
21
title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands 
22
in accordance with authorities made available to the For-
23
est Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appro-
24
priations: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
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33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 
1
1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee 
2
for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit 
3
of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing As-
4
sociation or direct permittee for a conservation practice 
5
approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 
6
in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. 
7
And, that the amount credited shall remain available to 
8
the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as appro-
9
priate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and 
10
each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for con-
11
servation practices approved by the Secretary. 
12
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
13
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
14
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
15
otherwise provided for, $449,000,000, to remain available 
16
through September 30, 2022, for construction, capital im-
17
provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 
18
other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, 
19
reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no 
20
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 
21
part of the transportation system, and maintenance of for-
22
est roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized 
23
by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Pro-
24
vided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2019 
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under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall 
1
be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and 
2
shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any 
3
other purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 
4
LAND ACQUISITION 
5
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
6
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
7
of chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including 
8
administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
9
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory 
10
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $74,099,000, 
11
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
12
Fund and to remain available until expended. 
13
Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
14
available for Land Acquisition and derived from the Land 
15
and Water Conservation Fund, $16,028,000 is hereby per-
16
manently rescinded from projects with cost savings or 
17
failed or partially failed projects that had funds returned: 
18
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
19
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
20
emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso-
21
lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
22
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ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
1
ACTS 
2
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
3
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
4
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
5
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
6
Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 
7
Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 
8
law, $700,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 
9
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
10
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
11
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
12
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
13
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
14
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
15
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 
16
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
17
30, 2021, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 
18
586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78– 
19
310). 
20
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
21
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
22
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
23
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
24
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
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Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
1
Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 
2
2022, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
3
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
4
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
5
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
6
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
7
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
8
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, 
9
to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
10
above Act. 
11
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
12
SUBSISTENCE USES 
13
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
14
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
15
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
16
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,500,000, to remain 
17
available through September 30, 2022. 
18
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
19
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
20
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
21
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
22
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
23
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-
24
gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-
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tem lands and water, $3,229,620,000, to remain available 
1
through September 30, 2022: Provided, That such funds 
2
including unobligated balances under this heading, are 
3
available for repayment of advances from other appropria-
4
tions accounts previously transferred for such purposes: 
5
Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated 
6
in a previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management 
7
may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ ac-
8
count: Provided further, That such funds shall be available 
9
to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for serv-
10
ices provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies 
11
or disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the For-
12
est Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the 
13
responsible emergency management agency: Provided fur-
14
ther, That funds provided shall be available for support 
15
to Federal emergency response: Provided further, That the 
16
costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between 
17
the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may 
18
be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: 
19
Provided further, That funds designated for wildfire sup-
20
pression, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis 
21
as such assessments are calculated against other agency 
22
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
1
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
2
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
3
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
4
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
5
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
6
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
7
to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
8
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
9
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
10
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
11
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
12
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
13
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 
14
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
15
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 
16
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-
17
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 
18
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
19
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 
20
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
21
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
22
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
23
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
24
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
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habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
1
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
2
burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the 
3
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
4
fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading 
5
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 
6
days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para-
7
graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
8
tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
9
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 
10
the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 
11
transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 
12
fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 
13
fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 
14
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 
15
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
16
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-
17
cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 
18
this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 
19
or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-
20
ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 
21
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
22
such transferred funds shall remain available through Sep-
23
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That none of the funds trans-
24
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gation without written notification to and the prior ap-
1
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
2
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That this section 
3
does not apply to funds appropriated to the FLAME Wild-
4
fire Suppression Reserve Fund or funds derived from the 
5
Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
6
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
7
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
8
national Development in connection with forest and range-
9
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
10
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
11
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
12
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
13
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
14
with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 
15
Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 
16
sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 
17
and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ-
18
ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the 
19
Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Cor-
20
poration), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and orga-
21
nizations to provide technical assistance and training pro-
22
grams overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
23
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
24
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of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
1
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
2
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
3
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
4
such lands. 
5
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
6
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
7
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
8
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
9
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
10
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
11
Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
12
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
13
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
14
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
15
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
16
Senate report 115-276. 
17
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
18
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
19
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
20
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
21
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
22
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
23
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
24
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quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
1
from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa-
2
tion Technology Center and the Department of Agri-
3
culture’s International Technology Service. 
4
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
5
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
6
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 
7
out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 
8
out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
9
of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
10
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
11
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
12
reception and representation expenses. 
13
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
14
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
15
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
16
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
17
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
18
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
19
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
20
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
21
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
22
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
23
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
24
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assistance, private contributions to match funds made 
1
available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
2
basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
3
Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 
4
a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
5
the non-Federal matching funds. 
6
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
7
up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 
8
Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 
9
Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
10
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
11
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
12
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
13
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
14
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
15
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
16
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
17
that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
18
funds. 
19
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
20
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
21
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
22
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
23
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
24
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River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
1
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
2
663. 
3
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
4
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
5
tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
6
U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
7
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-
8
pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 
9
maintenance and decommissioning. 
10
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 
11
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 
12
not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-
13
fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
14
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
15
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
16
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
17
reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar matters 
18
unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications 
19
for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agri-
20
culture should clearly display the sums previously trans-
21
ferred and the sums requested for transfer. 
22
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
23
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
24
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
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Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
1
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
2
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
3
through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 
4
Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 
5
following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 
6
prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 
7
item and account, to the House and Senate Committees 
8
on Appropriations. 
9
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
10
SERVICES 
11
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
12
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
13
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
14
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
15
tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 
16
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 
17
Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-
18
ice, $4,072,385,000, together with payments received dur-
19
ing the fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 
20
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b), 
21
238b), for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: 
22
Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 
23
organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 
24
other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian 
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Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 
1
(25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the 
2
time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall 
3
remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
4
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $2,000,000 
5
shall be available for grants or contracts with public or 
6
private institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment 
7
services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification serv-
8
ices: Provided further, That $964,819,000 for Purchased/ 
9
Referred Care, including $53,000,000 for the Indian Cat-
10
astrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available 
11
until expended: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
12
vided, up to $36,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
13
pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 
14
under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
15
Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
16
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended to sup-
17
plement funds available for operational costs at tribal clin-
18
ics operated under an Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
19
cation Assistance Act compact or contract where health 
20
care is delivered in space acquired through a full service 
21
lease, which is not eligible for maintenance and improve-
22
ment and equipment funds from the Indian Health Serv-
23
ice, and $58,000,000 shall be for costs related to or result-
24
ing from accreditation emergencies, of which up to 
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$4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise 
1
available for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, 
2
That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 
3
as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 
4
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 
5
1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of con-
6
tracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 
7
108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain 
8
available until expended and, notwithstanding section 
9
108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall 
10
be available to make new awards under the loan repay-
11
ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 
12
108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 
13
further, That the amounts made available within this ac-
14
count for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 
15
Program, for opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 
16
Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 
17
for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy au-
18
thority for civilian employees, for aftercare pilot programs 
19
at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, to improve collec-
20
tions from public and private insurance at Indian Health 
21
Service and tribally operated facilities, and for accredita-
22
tion emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the 
23
Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain 
24
available until expended: Provided further, That funds pro-
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vided in this Act may be used for annual contracts and 
1
grants for which the performance period falls within 2 fis-
2
cal years, provided the total obligation is recorded in the 
3
year the funds are appropriated: Provided further, That 
4
the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and 
5
Human Services under the authority of title IV of the In-
6
dian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available 
7
until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance 
8
with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles 
9
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those 
10
related to the planning, design, or construction of new fa-
11
cilities: Provided further, That funding contained herein 
12
for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care 
13
Improvement Act shall remain available until expended: 
14
Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and 
15
tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health 
16
Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted 
17
for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organi-
18
zations until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau 
19
of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Serv-
20
ice, and from tribes and tribal organizations operating 
21
health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such in-
22
dividually identifiable health information relating to dis-
23
abled children as may be necessary for the purpose of car-
24
rying out its functions under the Individuals with Disabil-
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ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided 
1
further, That the accreditation emergency funds may be 
2
used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded 
3
under the Indian Health Facilities account. 
4
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
5
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
6
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
7
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
8
the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2019, such sums 
9
as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
10
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
11
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
12
budget account. 
13
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
14
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
15
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
16
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 
17
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 
18
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
19
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
20
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 
21
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian 
22
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
23
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 
24
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
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ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
1
support 
activities 
of 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
2
$877,504,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
3
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
4
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, 
5
renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit 
6
of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land 
7
on which such facilities will be located: Provided further, 
8
That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian 
9
Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 
10
the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 
11
Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 
12
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv-
13
ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 
14
new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 
15
of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 
16
Development: Provided further, That not to exceed 
17
$2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 
18
Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health Serv-
19
ice to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service 
20
and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter-
21
agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and 
22
the General Services Administration: Provided further, 
23
That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demoli-
24
tion Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used 
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by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 
1
buildings. 
2
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
3
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
4
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
5
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
6
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 
7
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
8
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur-
9
chase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 
10
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 
11
payments for telephone service in private residences in the 
12
field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 
13
Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms or al-
14
lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
15
and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 
16
the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 
17
Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 
18
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 
19
may be extended health care at all tribally administered 
20
or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 
21
the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
22
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
23
be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
24
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 
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Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 
1
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
2
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 
3
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 
4
the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 
5
638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In-
6
dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-
7
ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
8
subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
9
and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 
10
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
11
Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 
12
Department of Health and Human Services unless identi-
13
fied in the budget justification and provided in this Act, 
14
or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
15
propriations through the reprogramming process: Pro-
16
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
17
of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe 
18
or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree-
19
ment authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self- 
20
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
21
U.S.C. 5321 et seq. (title I), 5381 et seq. (title V)), may 
22
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con-
23
tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 
24
title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 
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to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi-
1
tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
2
available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall 
3
be used to implement the final rule published in the Fed-
4
eral Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department 
5
of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility 
6
for the health care services of the Indian Health Service 
7
until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget 
8
request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 
9
proposed final rule, and such request has been included 
10
in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 
11
further, That with respect to functions transferred by the 
12
Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the 
13
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and 
14
services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, includ-
15
ing payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and 
16
the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 
17
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian 
18
Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or 
19
subsequent appropriation account from which the funds 
20
were originally derived, with such amounts to remain 
21
available until expended: Provided further, That reim-
22
bursements for training, technical assistance, or services 
23
provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total 
24
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associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech-
1
nical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian Health 
2
Service may provide to civilian medical personnel serving 
3
in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service housing 
4
allowances equivalent to those that would be provided to 
5
members of the Commissioned Corps of the United States 
6
Public Health Service serving in similar positions at such 
7
hospitals: Provided further, That the appropriation struc-
8
ture for the Indian Health Service may not be altered 
9
without advance notification to the House and Senate 
10
Committees on Appropriations. 
11
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
12
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
13
SCIENCES 
14
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
15
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
16
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
17
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
18
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
19
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
20
$78,349,000. 
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AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
1
REGISTRY 
2
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
3
HEALTH 
4
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
5
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
6
activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
7
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
8
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 
9
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000: Provided, 
10
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 
11
of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 
12
of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 
13
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
14
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
15
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
16
healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 
17
any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 
18
or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 
19
bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
20
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
21
priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 
22
to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
23
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2019, and 
24
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OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
1
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
2
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
3
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
4
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
5
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
6
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
7
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
8
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
9
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
10
and representation expenses, $3,005,000: Provided, That 
11
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
12
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
13
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
14
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
15
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
16
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
17
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
18
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
19
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
20
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-
21
for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv-
22
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ-
23
uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
24
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
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5376, $11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 
1
and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 
2
more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 
3
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
4
sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In-
5
spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
6
(EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 
7
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur-
8
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
9
Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 
10
the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 
11
duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
12
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 
13
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
14
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
15
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
16
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
17
531, $7,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
18
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
19
tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
20
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 
21
lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous-
22
ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 
23
in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 
24
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used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
1
to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 
2
November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 
3
partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 
4
home is provided for such household: Provided further, 
5
That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 
6
or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 
7
shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se-
8
lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 
9
reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 
10
Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 
11
section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 
12
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
13
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
14
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
15
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
16
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
17
ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 
18
U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $9,960,000, which shall become 
19
available on July 1, 2019, and shall remain available until 
20
September 30, 2020. 
21
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
22
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
23
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
24
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 
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of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 
1
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
2
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
3
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
4
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
5
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
6
agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
7
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 
8
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
9
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-
10
ployees, $739,894,000, to remain available until Sep-
11
tember 30, 2020, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
12
which not to exceed $6,917,000 for the instrumentation 
13
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
14
and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall re-
15
main available until expended; and including such funds 
16
as may be necessary to support American overseas re-
17
search centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein 
18
are available for advance payments to independent con-
19
tractors performing research services or participating in 
20
official Smithsonian presentations. 
21
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
22
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
23
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
24
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by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
1
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
2
$303,503,000, to remain available until expended, of 
3
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-
4
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
5
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
6
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
7
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
8
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 
9
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 
10
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
11
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
12
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 
13
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
14
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 
15
membership in library, museum, and art associations or 
16
societies whose publications or services are available to 
17
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 
18
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
19
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 
20
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 
21
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
22
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
23
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 
24
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 
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repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 
1
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 
2
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 
3
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
4
er, $144,202,000, to remain available until September 30, 
5
2020, of which not to exceed $3,620,000 for the special 
6
exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 
7
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
8
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
9
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
10
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
11
otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 
12
10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 
13
years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
14
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 
15
$23,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
16
vided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, 
17
protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of 
18
buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated 
19
with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of con-
20
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
1
ARTS 
2
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
3
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
4
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
5
the Performing Arts, $24,490,000. 
6
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
7
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
8
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
9
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
10
$16,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
11
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
12
SCHOLARS 
13
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
14
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
15
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
16
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
17
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,000,000, to remain 
18
available until September 30, 2020. 
19
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
20
HUMANITIES 
21
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
22
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
23
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
24
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$155,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow-
1
ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-
2
tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-
3
reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
4
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
5
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 
6
to remain available until expended. 
7
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
8
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
9
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
10
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
11
$155,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
12
$143,700,000 shall be available for support of activities 
13
in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
14
for administering the functions of the Act; and 
15
$11,300,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
16
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 
17
including $9,100,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
18
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 
19
10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
20
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
21
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
22
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
23
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
24
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
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ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
1
viously been appropriated. 
2
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
3
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
4
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
5
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
6
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
7
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
8
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
9
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
10
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
11
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
12
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
13
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
14
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
15
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
16
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
17
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 
18
of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
19
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
20
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
21
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
22
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
23
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,771,000: 
24
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fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
1
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
2
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
3
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
4
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
5
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
6
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
7
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
8
of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 
9
That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
10
this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
11
resentation expenses. 
12
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
13
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
14
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,750,000. 
15
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
16
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
17
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
18
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,440,000. 
19
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
20
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
21
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
22
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
23
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
24
3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
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cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
1
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
2
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
3
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
4
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
5
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
6
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
7
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
8
2310), $59,500,000, of which $1,715,000 shall remain 
9
available until September 30, 2021, for the Museum’s 
10
equipment replacement program; and of which $4,000,000 
11
for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 
12
$1,500,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 
13
shall remain available until expended. 
14
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
15
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
16
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
17
Memorial Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available 
18
until expended. 
19
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
20
For necessary expenses for the Women’s Suffrage 
21
Centennial Commission, as authorized by the Women’s 
22
Suffrage Centennial Commission Act (section 431(a)(3) of 
23
division G of Public Law 115–31), $1,000,000, to remain 
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WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
1
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
2
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Cen-
3
tennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War 
4
I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and 
5
the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
6
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
7
Law 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War 
8
I Centennial Commission, $7,000,000, to remain available 
9
until expended: Provided, That in addition to the authority 
10
provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World War I 
11
Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel services, 
12
contractual support, or any appropriate support from any 
13
executive branch agency for activities of the Commission. 
14
TITLE IV 
15
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
16
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
17
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
18
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
19
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
20
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
21
promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
22
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
23
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
24
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OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
1
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
2
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
3
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
4
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
5
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
6
head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 
7
working capital fund and cost pool charges, from pro-
8
grams, projects, activities and subactivities to support gov-
9
ernment-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau adminis-
10
trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op-
11
erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 
12
and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria-
13
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
14
Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com-
15
mittees on Appropriations for approval. 
16
MINING APPLICATIONS 
17
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
18
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
19
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
20
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
21
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
22
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
23
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
24
concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
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retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
1
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
2
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
3
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
4
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
5
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
6
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
7
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
8
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2020, the Secretary 
9
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
10
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
11
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
12
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
13
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
14
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
15
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
16
104–208). 
17
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
18
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
19
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 
20
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
21
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
22
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
23
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
24
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
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reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
1
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
2
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
3
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
4
party contractors. 
5
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
6
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
7
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
8
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-
9
cal year 2019. 
10
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2019 
11
LIMITATION 
12
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
13
year 2019 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
14
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
15
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
16
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-
17
port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 
18
support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-
19
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
20
agreements for fiscal year 2019 with the Bureau of Indian 
21
Affairs or the Indian Health Service: Provided, That such 
22
amounts provided by this Act are not available for pay-
23
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or for repayments of payments for settlements or judg-
1
ments awarding contract support costs for prior years. 
2
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
3
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
4
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
5
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
6
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 
7
more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
8
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
9
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re-
10
quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
11
sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 
12
other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
13
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail-
14
able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
15
System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
16
and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
17
of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
18
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
19
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
20
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
21
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
22
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
23
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
24
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
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U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
1
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
2
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
3
ment. 
4
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
5
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
6
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
7
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
8
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
9
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
10
propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
11
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
12
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
13
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
14
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
15
poses. 
16
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
17
SEC. 410. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
18
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
19
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
20
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
21
allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
22
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
23
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
24
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be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
1
48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
2
tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-
3
tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-
4
ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
5
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
6
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 
7
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
8
SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or other-
9
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
10
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
11
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
12
quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
13
or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
14
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
15
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
16
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
17
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
18
federally recognized Indian tribes; or 
19
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
20
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
21
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 
22
any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 
23
contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
24
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
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(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
1
of enactment of this Act. 
2
POSTING OF REPORTS 
3
SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
4
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
5
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
6
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
7
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
8
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
9
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
10
(1) the public posting of the report com-
11
promises national security; or 
12
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
13
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
14
do so only after such report has been made available to 
15
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
16
no less than 45 days. 
17
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
18
GUIDELINES 
19
SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En-
20
dowment for the Arts— 
21
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
22
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
23
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age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
1
ship. 
2
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 
3
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 
4
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 
5
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
6
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
7
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
8
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
9
made in exchange for goods and services. 
10
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
11
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
12
contents of the season, including identified programs 
13
or projects. 
14
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
15
PRIORITIES 
16
SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
17
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 
18
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
19
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
20
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
21
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
22
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 
23
underserved populations. 
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(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 
1
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
2
ties, who have historically been outside the purview 
3
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
4
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 
5
or to geographic isolation. 
6
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
7
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
8
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
9
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
10
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 
11
the size involved. 
12
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
13
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
14
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
15
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
16
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
17
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
18
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 
19
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
20
the arts. 
21
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
22
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
23
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(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
1
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
2
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
3
are able to tour several States; 
4
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
5
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
6
to any single State, excluding grants made under the 
7
authority of paragraph (1); 
8
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
9
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 
10
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
11
tion 5 of such Act; and 
12
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
13
grants to improve and support community-based 
14
music performance and education. 
15
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
16
SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
17
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
18
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
19
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
20
ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
21
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
22
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PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
1
SEC. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
2
law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 
3
other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 
4
regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 
5
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 
6
dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
7
resulting from biological processes associated with live-
8
stock production. 
9
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
10
SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
11
law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 
12
Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 
13
if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-
14
house gas emissions from manure management systems. 
15
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
16
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 
17
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
18
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
19
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
20
et seq.) or any other law. 
21
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
22
SEC. 419. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 
23
112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and in-
24
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EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
1
SEC. 420. The terms and conditions of section 325 
2
of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-
3
ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 
4
subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
5
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
6
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2019. 
7
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
8
SEC. 421. (a) None of the funds made available in 
9
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
10
network unless such network is designed to block access 
11
to pornography websites. 
12
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
13
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
14
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
15
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
16
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
17
ENHANCEMENT ACT 
18
SEC. 422. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facil-
19
ity Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 
20
580d note; Public Law 109–54) is amended by striking 
21
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
22
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
23
SEC. 423. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 
24
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thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
1
(42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 
2
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
3
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 
4
steel products used in the project are produced in the 
5
United States. 
6
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
7
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
8
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
9
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
10
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
11
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
12
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
13
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
14
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 
15
the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
16
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
17
sistent with the public interest; 
18
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
19
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
20
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
21
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
22
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
23
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(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-
1
er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-
2
able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-
3
quest and information available to the Administrator con-
4
cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 
5
input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 
6
a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
7
make the request and accompanying information available 
8
by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-
9
net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
10
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
11
sistent with United States obligations under international 
12
agreements. 
13
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
14
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
15
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 
16
the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-
17
ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
18
MIDWAY ISLAND 
19
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
20
Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures 
21
on Midway Island that have been recommended by the 
22
United States Navy for inclusion in the National Register 
23
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
1
SEC. 425. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
2
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections 
3
(a) and (b) and inserting the following: 
4
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND
SECURITY.— 
5
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to 
6
carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), $24,490,000 for fiscal year 
7
2019. 
8
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 
9
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 
10
and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $16,800,000 for fiscal year 
11
2019.’’. 
12
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
13
FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 
14
WILDFIRES 
15
SEC. 426. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
16
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-
17
unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 
18
fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 
19
provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
20
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 
21
121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of 
22
title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further au-
23
thorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Inte-
24
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the functions of the Department’s wildland fire manage-
1
ment program to such organizations. 
2
INFRASTRUCTURE 
3
SEC. 427. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Envi-
4
ronmental Protection Agency—Hazardous Substance 
5
Superfund’’, $43,000,000, of which $38,000,000 shall be 
6
for the Superfund Remedial program and $5,000,000 
7
shall be for the Superfund Emergency Response and Re-
8
moval program, to remain available until expended, con-
9
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
10
on September 30, 2018, as authorized by section 517(a) 
11
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
12
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $43,000,000 as a payment 
13
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
14
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
15
SARA. 
16
(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
17
Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants,’’ 
18
for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
19
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds 
20
and performance partnership grants, $670,000,000 to re-
21
main available until expended, of which— 
22
(1) $300,000,000 shall be for making capital-
23
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
24
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
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Control Act; and of which $300,000,000 shall be for 
1
making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
2
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
3
Safe Drinking Water Act; 
4
(2) $30,000,000 shall be for grants for small 
5
and disadvantaged communities authorized in sec-
6
tion 2104 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements 
7
for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322); 
8
(3) $25,000,000 shall be for grants for lead 
9
testing in school and child care program drinking 
10
water authorized in section 2107 of the Water Infra-
11
structure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public 
12
Law 114–322); 
13
(4) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for reduc-
14
ing lead in drinking water authorized in section 
15
2105 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for 
16
the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322). 
17
(c) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
18
Protection Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
19
novation Program Account’’, $53,000,000, to remain 
20
available until expended, for the cost of direct loans, for 
21
the cost of guaranteed loans, and for administrative ex-
22
penses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan pro-
23
grams, of which $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
24
tember 30, 2020, may be used for such administrative ex-
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penses: Provided, That these additional funds are available 
1
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
2
direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
3
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
4
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $6,100,000,000. 
5
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
6
SEC. 428. To support the key role that forests in the 
7
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
8
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
9
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
10
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
11
sions, jointly— 
12
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
13
bioenergy— 
14
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
15
ments and agencies; and 
16
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 
17
of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
18
responsible forest management; and 
19
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
20
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
21
ing policies that— 
22
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
23
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
24
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
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mass for energy production does not cause con-
1
version of forests to non-forest use; 
2
(B) encourage private investment through-
3
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
4
in— 
5
(i) working forests; 
6
(ii) harvesting operations; 
7
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
8
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
9
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
10
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
11
(C) encourage forest management to im-
12
prove forest health; and 
13
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
14
and use forest biomass. 
15
CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS 
16
SEC. 429. None of the funds made available in this 
17
Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge 
18
of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollu-
19
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 
20
identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
21
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
22
SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
23
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available in this 
24
Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 
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issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 
1
CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of 
2
Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ 
3
units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regula-
4
tion is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law 
5
and regulations in effect prior to such date. 
6
RECREATION FEES 
7
SEC. 431. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-
8
ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 
9
by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
10
2019’’. 
11
SEC. 432. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
12
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
13
Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection 
14
Agency, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, or 
15
the Smithsonian Institution to acquire telecommunications 
16
equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company, 
17
ZTE Corporation or a high-impact or moderate-impact in-
18
formation system, as defined for security categorization in 
19
the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 
20
(NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publi-
21
cation 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of 
22
Federal Information and Information Systems’’ unless the 
23
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(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
1
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
2
to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
3
moderate-impact information systems within the 
4
Federal Government; 
5
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
6
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
7
threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 
8
of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 
9
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
10
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 
11
conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-
12
nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 
13
such system, including any risk associated with such 
14
system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 
15
by one or more entities identified by the United 
16
States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ-
17
ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di-
18
rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 
19
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
20
People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa-
21
tion. 
22
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
23
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
24
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viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
1
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
2
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
3
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
4
strategy for any identified risks; 
5
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
6
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acqui-
7
sition of such system is in the vital national security 
8
interest of the United States; and 
9
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
10
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
11
tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 
12
system intended for acquisition and a detailed de-
13
scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 
14
(1), provided that such report may include a classi-
15
fied annex as necessary. 
16
SEC. 433. Within available funds, not later than 180 
17
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
18
troller General of the United States shall issue a report 
19
on efforts by the Department of Housing and Urban De-
20
velopment and the Environmental Protection Agency re-
21
lating to the removal of lead-based paint and other haz-
22
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(1) a description of direct removal efforts by 
1
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
2
and the Environmental Protection Agency; 
3
(2) a description of education provided by the 
4
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
5
and the Environmental Protection Agency to other 
6
Federal agencies, local governments and commu-
7
nities, recipients of grants made by either entity, 
8
and the general public relating to the removal of 
9
lead-based paint and other hazardous materials; 
10
(3) a description of assistance received from 
11
other Federal agencies relating to the removal of 
12
lead-based paint and other hazardous materials; and 
13
(4) any best practices developed or provided by 
14
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
15
and the Environmental Protection Agency relating 
16
to the removal of lead-based paint and other haz-
17
ardous materials. 
18
SEC. 434. (a) Within available funds for the National 
19
Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct 
20
an inventory and evaluation of certain land, as generally 
21
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Flatside Wilderness Adja-
22
cent Inventory Areas’’ and dated November 30, 2017, to 
23
determine the suitability of that land for inclusion in the 
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(b) The Chief of the Forest Service shall submit to 
1
the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 
2
Appropriations, and Energy and Natural Resources of the 
3
Senate the results of the inventory and evaluation required 
4
under subsection (a). 
5
ADDRESSING PEDIATRIC CANCER RATES IN THE UNITED 
6
STATES 
7
SEC. 435. (a) REPORT IDENTIFYING GEOGRAPHIC 
8
VARIATION OF TYPES OF PEDIATRIC CANCER.—Using 
9
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Toxic Substances 
10
and Environmental Health’’ for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
11
stances and Disease Registry, the Secretary of Health and 
12
Human Services, not later than 180 days after the date 
13
of enactment of this Act, shall submit to the Committee 
14
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 
15
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com-
16
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
17
resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
18
House of Representatives, a report that provides details 
19
on the geographic variation in pediatric cancer incidence 
20
in the United States, including— 
21
(1) the types of pediatric cancer within each of 
22
the 10 States with the highest age-adjusted inci-
23
dence rate of cancer among persons aged 20 years 
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(2) geographic concentrations of types and 
1
prevalence of pediatric cancers within each such 
2
State, in accordance with Centers for Disease Con-
3
trol and Prevention guidelines; and 
4
(3) an update on current activities related to 
5
pediatric cancer, including with respect to carrying 
6
out section 399V–6 of the Public Health Service Act 
7
(42 U.S.C. 280g–17). 
8
(b) SUPPORT FOR STATES WITH HIGH INCIDENCE 
9
OF PEDIATRIC CANCER.—Using funds appropriated under 
10
the heading ‘‘Toxic Substances and Environmental Public 
11
Health’’ for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
12
Registry, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
13
may conduct public outreach, in collaboration with State 
14
departments of health, particularly in the 10 States with 
15
the highest age-adjusted incidence rate of cancer among 
16
persons aged 20 years or younger, to improve awareness 
17
by residents, clinicians, and others, as appropriate, of pos-
18
sible contributing factors to pediatric cancer, including en-
19
vironmental exposures, in a manner that is complementary 
20
of, and does not conflict with, ongoing pediatric cancer- 
21
related activities supported by the Department of Health 
22
and Human Services. 
23
(c) PRIVACY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
24
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patients that is contained in the reports under this section 
1
is de-identified and protects personal privacy of such pa-
2
tients in accordance with applicable Federal and State pri-
3
vacy law. 
4
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT 
5
SEC. 436. The explanatory statement regarding divi-
6
sion A of H.R. 21, printed in the Congressional Record 
7
on January 3, 2019, and submitted by the Chair of the 
8
Committee on Appropriations, shall have the same effect 
9
with respect to allocation of funds and implementation of 
10
this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
11
committee of conference. 
12
COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FURLOUGHED 
13
DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 
14
SEC. 437. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 
15
any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about Decem-
16
ber 22, 2018 and ending on the date of enactment of this 
17
Act shall be compensated at their standard rate of com-
18
pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 
19
as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 
20
ends. 
21
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employees’’ means 
22
any Federal employees whose salaries and expenses are 
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(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap-
1
propriations made and authority granted by this Act for 
2
the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity 
3
to protect life and property and bringing about orderly ter-
4
mination of Government functions, and for purposes as 
5
otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap-
6
proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 
7
Act. 
8
STATES, TERRITORIES, POSSESSIONS AND OTHER FED-
9
ERAL
GRANTEES
IMPACTED
BY
A
GOVERNMENT 
10
SHUTDOWN 
11
SEC. 438. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 
12
used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 
13
continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 
14
State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com-
15
pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 
16
by the Federal Government— 
17
(1) such furloughed employees shall be com-
18
pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 
19
such period; 
20
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 
21
reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 
22
by the Federal Government during such period had 
23
appropriations been available, including the cost of 
24
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with interest thereon calculated under section 
1
6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 
2
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 
3
funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 
4
such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 
5
the grantee), together with interest thereon cal-
6
culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 
7
States Code. 
8
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
9
and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri-
10
tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 
11
terms under the applicable Federal program under sub-
12
section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed-
13
eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 
14
State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 
15
lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 
16
State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 
17
to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 
18
(c) The authority under this section applies with re-
19
spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri-
20
ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 
21
of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro-
22
priations with respect to any department or agency of the 
23
Federal Government receiving funding in this Act which, 
24
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made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses re-
1
ferred to in this section with respect to the program in-
2
volved. Payments and reimbursements under this author-
3
ity shall be made only to the extent and in amounts pro-
4
vided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
5
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
6
terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
7
Act, 2019’’. 
8
Passed the House of Representatives January 11, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk. 

116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 266 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes.

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