Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019

II Calendar No. 16 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 648 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 24, 2019 Received; read the first time JANUARY 28, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar AN ACT Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appro- 4 priations Act, 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 6 Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 2 HR 648 PCS Sec. 6. Availability of funds. DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- TIONS ACT, 2019 Title I—Agricultural Programs Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs Title III—Rural Development Programs Title IV—Domestic Food Programs Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration Title VII—General Provisions DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Title I—Department of Commerce Title II—Department of Justice Title III—Science Title IV—Related Agencies Title V—General Provisions DIVISION C—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Title I—Department of the Treasury Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President Title III—The Judiciary Title IV—District of Columbia Title V—Independent Agencies Title VI—General Provisions—This Act Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia DIVISION D—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Title I—Department of the Interior Title II—Environmental Protection Agency Title III—Related Agencies Title IV—General Provisions DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Title I—Department of State and Related Agency Title II—United States Agency for International Development Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance Title IV—International Security Assistance Title V—Multilateral Assistance Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance Title VII—General Provisions VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 3 HR 648 PCS Title VIII—Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism DIVISION F—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Title I—Department of Transportation Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development Title III—Related Agencies Title IV—General Provisions—This Act DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS Title I—Technical Corrections Title II—Extensions of Authorities Title III—Medicaid Extenders Title IV—Budgetary Effects SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO ACT. 1 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 2 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 3 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi- 4 sion. 5 SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 6 The explanatory statement regarding this Act, print- 7 ed in the House section of the Congressional Record on 8 or about January 17, 2019, and submitted by the Chair- 9 woman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, 10 shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation 11 of funds and implementation of divisions A through F of 12 this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 13 committee of conference. 14 SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 15 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 16 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 17 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. 18 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 4 HR 648 PCS SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 1 Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress 2 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter- 3 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal- 4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 5 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the 6 President subsequently so designates all such amounts 7 and transmits such designations to the Congress. 8 DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE- 9 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN- 10 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 11 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 12 TITLE I 13 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 14 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 15 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 18 $46,603,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 19 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 20 to exceed $800,000 shall be available for the Office of the 21 Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development: Pro- 22 vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 23 in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and 24 expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 25 support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 5 HR 648 PCS be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to 1 exceed $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Part- 2 nerships and Public Engagement; not to exceed 3 $23,176,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist- 4 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,301,000 5 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro- 6 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv- 7 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis- 8 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis- 9 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 10 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 11 the Department: Provided further, That funds made avail- 12 able by this Act to an agency in the Administration mis- 13 sion area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 14 up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not 15 to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of 16 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 17 out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 18 involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 19 executive branch; and not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be 20 available for the Office of Communications: Provided fur- 21 ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 22 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 23 of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 24 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 6 HR 648 PCS office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per- 1 cent: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the 2 amount made available under this paragraph for the im- 3 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi- 4 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 5 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 6 further, That the amount made available under this head- 7 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 8 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex- 9 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 10 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 11 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 12 Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 13 to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 14 this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro- 15 vided further, That no funds made available under this 16 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres- 17 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 18 date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 19 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 20 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 21 agency. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 7 HR 648 PCS EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 3 Economist, $21,286,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for 4 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 5 7 U.S.C. 3155. 6 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 8 Appeals, $15,222,000. 9 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 11 Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In- 14 formation Officer, $55,630,000, of which not less than 15 $38,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de- 16 partment. 17 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi- 19 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 20 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 21 RIGHTS 22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 23 Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That 24 funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 8 HR 648 PCS Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 1 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of- 2 fice. 3 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 5 $24,206,000. 6 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 8 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu- 9 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 10 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis- 11 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri- 12 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 13 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 14 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 15 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con- 16 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 17 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im- 18 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili- 19 ties, and for related costs, $59,967,000, to remain avail- 20 able until expended. 21 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 23 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri- 24 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 9 HR 648 PCS Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 1 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 2 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain available until ex- 3 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 4 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Man- 5 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart- 6 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to 7 the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 10 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 11 General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 12 $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 13 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 14 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In- 15 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 16 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for 17 certain confidential operational expenses, including the 18 payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 19 of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector Gen- 20 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 21 section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 22 (Public Law 97–98). 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 10 HR 648 PCS OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 1 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 2 Counsel, $45,146,000. 3 OFFICE OF ETHICS 4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 5 $4,136,000. 6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 7 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 9 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 10 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 11 Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and Eco- 12 nomics mission area for salaries and expenses are avail- 13 able to fund up to one administrative support staff for 14 the Office. 15 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 16 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 17 Service, $86,757,000. 18 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 19 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 20 Statistics Service, $174,517,000, of which up to 21 $45,300,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen- 22 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 23 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.PCS H648 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS 11 HR 648 PCS rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 1 2204g(d) and (f). 2 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 5 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 6 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 7 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 8 equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 9 to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 10 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed- 11 eral ownership, $1,303,266,000, of which $10,600,000, to 12 remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out 13 the science program at the National Bio- and Agro-de- 14 fense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, [Text truncated for display. 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