133 STAT. 13
PUBLIC LAW 116ā6āFEB. 15, 2019
Public Law 116ā6
116th Congress
Joint Resolution
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019,
and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the āāConsolidated Appropriations
Act, 2019āā.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 5. Availability of funds.
Sec. 6. Adjustments to compensation.
Sec. 7. Technical correction.
DIVISION AāDEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2019
Title IāDepartmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight
Title IIāSecurity, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title IIIāProtection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IVāResearch, Development, Training, and Services
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION BāAGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Title IāAgricultural Programs
Title IIāFarm Production and Conservation Programs
Title IIIāRural Development Programs
Title IVāDomestic Food Programs
Title VāForeign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VIāRelated Agency and Food and Drug Administration
Title VIIāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION CāCOMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Title IāDepartment of Commerce
Title IIāDepartment of Justice
Title IIIāScience
Title IVāRelated Agencies
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION DāFINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Title IāDepartment of the Treasury
Title IIāExecutive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President
Title IIIāThe Judiciary
Title IVāDistrict of Columbia
Consolidated
Appropriations
Act, 2019.
Feb. 15, 2019
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PUBLIC LAW 116ā6āFEB. 15, 2019
Title VāIndependent Agencies
Title VIāGeneral ProvisionsāThis Act
Title VIIāGeneral ProvisionsāGovernment-wide
Title VIIIāGeneral ProvisionsāDistrict of Columbia
DIVISION EāDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Title IāDepartment of the Interior
Title IIāEnvironmental Protection Agency
Title IIIāRelated Agencies
Title IVāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION FāDEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Title IāDepartment of State and Related Agency
Title IIāUnited States Agency for International Development
Title IIIāBilateral Economic Assistance
Title IVāInternational Security Assistance
Title VāMultilateral Assistance
Title VIāExport and Investment Assistance
Title VIIāGeneral Provisions
Title VIIIāOverseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
DIVISION GāTRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Title IāDepartment of Transportation
Title IIāDepartment of Housing and Urban Development
Title IIIāRelated Agencies
Title IVāGeneral ProvisionsāThis Act
DIVISION HāEXTENSIONS, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, AND OTHER
MATTERS
Title IāImmigration Extensions
Title IIāTechnical Corrections
Title IIIāBudgetary Effects
SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO ACT.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to āāthis
Actāā contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of that division.
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2019.
SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if
applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all
such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.
For a payment to Joe Anne Jones, widow of Walter B. Jones
Jr., late a Representative from North Carolina, $174,000.
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
Division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public
Law 115ā141) is amendedā
(1) in the heading, by inserting āāStephen Seppāā before
āāWildfireāā; and
(2) by amending section 101 to read as follows:
43 USC 1701
note.
132 Stat. 1059.
1 USC 1 note.
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PUBLIC LAW 116ā6āFEB. 15, 2019
āāSEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
āā(a) SHORT TITLE.āThis division may be cited as the āStephen
Sepp Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activi-
ties Actā.
āā(b) REFERENCES.āA reference to the Wildfire Suppression
Funding and Forest Management Activities Act, including a ref-
erence in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer
to the Stephen Sepp Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest
Management Activities Act.āā.
DIVISION AāDEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
TITLE I
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS,
INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for
executive management for operations and support, $141,381,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That of the funds
provided under this heading, $13,000,000 shall be withheld from
obligation until the Secretary complies with section 106 of this
Act and $13,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the
Secretary provides the first report on border apprehensions required
under this heading by the report accompanying this Act.
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for
operations and support, $1,083,837,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation
expenses.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for
procurement, construction, and improvements, $175,920,000, of
which $55,920,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021;
and of which $120,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2023, and shall be transferred to and merged with the General
Services Administrationās Federal Buildings Fund for Department
of Homeland Security headquarters consolidation at St. Elizabeths:
Provided, That not later than 30 days prior to any such transfer
of funds, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator
of General Services shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives a detailed
plan delineating the proposed use of such transferred funds for
such headquarters consolidation project.
Department of
Homeland
Security
Appropriations
Act, 2019.
43 USC 1701
note.
43 USC 1701
note.
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PUBLIC LAW 116ā6āFEB. 15, 2019
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for
research and development, $2,545,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2020.
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS COORDINATION
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis
and the Office of Operations Coordination for operations and sup-
port, $253,253,000, of which $78,299,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825
shall be for official reception and representation expenses and not
to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated with
secure space at fusion centers, including improvements to buildings.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for
operations and support, $168,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$300,000 may be used for certain confidential operational expenses,
including the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction
of the Inspector General.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. Not later than 30 days after the last day of each
month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and
staffing report that includes total obligations of the Department
for that month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and
program, project, and activity levels, by the source year of the
appropriation.
SEC. 102. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit
a report not later than October 15, 2019, to the Inspector General
of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants and
contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competi-
tion during fiscal years 2018 and 2019.
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report required
by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance with applicable
laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives not later than February 15, 2020.
SEC. 103. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require
that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that
provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes,
which shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance.
SEC. 104. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives
of any proposed transfers of funds available under section
9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code from the Department
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PUBLIC LAW 116ā6āFEB. 15, 2019
of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security: Provided, That none of the funds
identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives
are notified of the proposed transfers.
SEC. 105. All official costs associated with the use of Govern-
ment aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to
support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary
shall be paid from amounts made available for the Office of the
Secretary.
SEC. 106. Section 107 of the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115ā141), related
to visa overstay data, shall apply in fiscal year 2019, except that
the reference to āāthis Actāā shall be treated as referring to this
Act, and the reference to āā2017āā shall be treated as referring to
āā2018āā.
TITLE II
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
for operations and support, including the transportation of unaccom-
panied minor aliens; the provision of air and marine support to
Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administra-
tion of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security;
at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provi-
sion of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies in other
law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the purchase
and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type
vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels,
aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with
individuals for personal services abroad; $12,179,729,000; of which
$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund for administrative expenses related to the collection of the
Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwith-
standing section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $2,000,000,000 shall be available
until September 30, 2020; and of which such sums as become
available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject
to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that
account; and of which $58,710,000 is for additional customs officers:
Provided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed
$150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connec-
tion with preclearance operations: Provided further, That not to
exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to inform-
ants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary
of Homeland Security.
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
for procurement, construction, and improvements, including
procurements to buy marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial
systems, $2,515,878,000, of which $870,656,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, and of which $1,645,222,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2023.
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement for operations and support, including the purchase
and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type
vehicles; overseas vetted units; and maintenance, minor construc-
tion, and minor leasehold improvements at owned and leased facili-
ties; $7,542,153,000; of which $6,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced child labor;
of which $75,448,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2020; of which $1,500,000 is for paid apprenticeships for partici-
pants in the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue
Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for
investigation of intellectual proper
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