TH ST CONGRESS SESSION S. lldisaster relief. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT

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116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. ll

To provide for additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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Mr. PERDUE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

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A BILL To provide for additional supplemental appropriations for

disaster relief.

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4

‘‘Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Re-5

lief, 2019’’. 6

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7

this Act is as follows: 8

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Statement of appropriations.

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

TITLE IV—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

TITLE VI—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

TITLE VII—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

TITLE VIII—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

TITLE X—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

TITLE XI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1

The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 2

of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 3

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. 4

TITLE I 5

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 6

The following sums in this title are appropriated, out 7


for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 9

other purposes, namely: 10

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 11

PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING 12

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 13

For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Sec-14

retary’’, $3,005,442,000, which shall remain available 15

until December 31, 2020, for necessary expenses related 16

to losses of crops (including milk and harvested adulter-17

ated wine grapes), trees, bushes, and vines, as a con-18

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sequence of Hurricanes Michael or Florence, other hurri-1

canes, typhoons, volcanic activity, or wildfires occurring 2

in calendar year 2018 under such terms and conditions 3

as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture (referred 4

to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’): Provided, That the 5

Secretary may provide assistance for such losses in the 6

form of block grants to eligible states and territories and 7

such assistance may include compensation to producers, 8

as determined by the Secretary, for past or future crop 9

insurance premiums, forest restoration, and poultry and 10

livestock losses: Provided further, That of the amounts 11

provided under this heading, tree assistance payments 12

may be made under section 1501(e) of the Agricultural 13

Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(e)) to eligible orchardists or 14

nursery tree growers (as defined in such section) of pecan 15

trees with a tree mortality rate that exceeds 7.5 percent 16

(adjusted for normal mortality) and is less than 15 per-17

cent (adjusted for normal mortality), to be available until 18

expended, for losses incurred during the period beginning 19

January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2018: Pro-20

vided further, That in the case of producers impacted by 21

volcanic activity that resulted in the loss of crop land, or 22

access to crop land, the Secretary shall consider all meas-23

ures available, as appropriate, to bring replacement land 24

into production: Provided further, That the total amount 25

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of payments received under this heading and applicable 1

policies of crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insur-2

ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the Noninsured Crop 3

Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) under section 196 of 4

the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 5

1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) shall not exceed 90 percent of the 6

loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 7

That the total amount of payments received under this 8

heading for producers who did not obtain a policy or plan 9

of insurance for an insurable commodity for the applicable 10

crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 11

1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses or did not 12

file the required paperwork and pay the service fee by the 13

applicable State filing deadline for a noninsurable com-14

modity for the applicable crop year under NAP for the 15

crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 percent of 16

the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 17

That producers receiving payments under this heading, as 18

determined by the Secretary, shall be required to purchase 19

crop insurance where crop insurance is available for the 20

next two available crop years, excluding tree insurance 21

policies, and producers receiving payments under this 22

heading shall be required to purchase coverage under NAP 23

where crop insurance is not available in the next two avail-24

able crop years, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 25

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further, That, not later than 120 days after the end of 1

fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall submit a report to 2

the Congress specifying the type, amount, and method of 3

such assistance by state and territory: Provided further, 4

That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 5

for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 6

251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 7

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8

FARM SERVICE AGENCY 9

EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM 10

For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Forest 11

Restoration Program’’, for necessary expenses related to 12

the consequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 13

wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018, and other nat-14

ural disasters, $480,000,000, to remain available until ex-15

pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 16

Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 17

to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 18

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 20

WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 21

For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood 22

Prevention Operations’’, for necessary expenses for the 23

Emergency Watershed Protection Program related to the 24

consequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 25

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wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018, and other nat-1

ural disasters, $125,000,000, to remain available until ex-2

pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 3



Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6

RURAL DEVELOPMENT 7

RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 8

For an additional amount for the cost of grants for 9

rural community facilities programs as authorized by sec-10

tion 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Con-11

solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, for necessary 12

expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Mi-13

chael and Florence and wildfires occurring in calendar 14

year 2018, and other natural disasters, $150,000,000, to 15

remain available until expended: Provided, That sections 16

381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 17

Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 18

available under this heading: Provided further, That such 19

amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 20

emergency requirement pursuant to section 21



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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 1

SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made 2

available, out of the funds made available under section 3

18 of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, $25,200,000 shall 4

be available for the Secretary to provide a grant to the 5

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for dis-6

aster nutrition assistance in response to the Presidentially 7

declared major disasters and emergencies: Provided, That 8

funds made available to the Commonwealth of the North-9

ern Mariana Islands under this section shall remain avail-10

able for obligation by the Commonwealth until September 11

30, 2020: Provided further, That such amount is des-12

ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-13

quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-14

anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 15

SEC. 102. For purposes of administering title I of 16

subdivision 1 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act 17

of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), losses to agricultural pro-18

ducers resulting from hurricanes shall also include losses 19

incurred from Tropical Storm Cindy and losses of peach 20

and blueberry crops in calendar year 2017 due to extreme 21

cold: Provided, That the amounts provided by this section 22

are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 23

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 24

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 25

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1985: Provided further, That amounts repurposed under 1

this heading that were previously designated by the Con-2

gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Bal-3

anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 4

are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-5

ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 6

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7

SEC. 103. (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph 8

(2), a person or legal entity is not eligible to receive a 9

payment under the Market Facilitation Program estab-10

lished pursuant to the Commodity Credit Corporation 11

Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.) if the average ad-12

justed gross income of such person or legal entity is great-13

er than $900,000. 14

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person or legal 15

entity if at least 75 percent of the adjusted gross income 16

of such person or legal entity is derived from farming, 17

ranching, or forestry related activities. 18

(b) A person or legal entity may not receive a pay-19

ment under the Market Facilitation Program described in 20

subsection (a)(1), directly or indirectly, of more than 21

$125,000. 22

(c) In this section, the term ‘‘average adjusted gross 23

income’’ has the meaning given the term defined in section 24

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760.1502 of title 7 Code of Federal Regulations (as in 1

effect July 18, 2018). 2

(d) The amount provided by this section is designated 3

by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 4

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-5

et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6

SEC. 104. In addition to other amounts made avail-7

able by section 309 of division A of the Additional Supple-8

mental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements 9

Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–72; 131 Stat. 1229), there 10

is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any moneys in the 11

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 12

ending September 30, 2019, $610,000,000 to provide a 13

grant to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for disaster 14

nutrition assistance in response to a major disaster or 15

emergency designated by the President under the Robert 16

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 17

(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That the funds made 18

available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this 19

section shall remain available for obligation by the Com-20

monwealth until September 30, 2020, and shall be in addi-21

tion to funds otherwise made available: Provided further, 22



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Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 2

TITLE II 3

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 4





ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 9

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 10

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 11

Pursuant to section 703 of the Public Works and 12

Economic Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3233), for an addi-13

tional amount for ‘‘Economic Development Assistance 14

Programs’’ for necessary expenses related to flood mitiga-15

tion, disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of 16

infrastructure in areas that received a major disaster des-17

ignation as a result of Hurricanes Florence, Michael, and 18

Lane, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, and of wildfires, vol-19

canic eruptions, earthquakes, and other natural disasters 20

occurring in calendar year 2018 under the Robert T. Staf-21

ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 22

U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $600,000,000, to remain available 23

until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 24


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et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided 2

further, That within the amount appropriated, up to 2 per-3

cent of funds may be transferred to the ‘‘Salaries and Ex-4

penses’’ account for administration and oversight activi-5

ties: Provided further, That within the amount appro-6

priated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of 7

Inspector General’’ account for carrying out investigations 8

and audits related to the funding provided under this 9

heading. 10

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 11

ADMINISTRATION 12

OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 13

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 14

and Facilities’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-15

sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon 16

Yutu, and of wildfires, $120,570,000, to remain available 17

until September 30, 2020, as follows: 18

(1) $3,000,000 for repair and replacement of 19

observing assets, real property, and equipment; 20

(2) $11,000,000 for marine debris assessment 21

and removal; 22

(3) $31,570,000 for mapping, charting, and ge-23

odesy services; 24

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(4) $25,000,000 to improve: (a) hurricane in-1

tensity forecasting, including through deployment of 2

unmanned ocean observing platforms and enhanced 3

data assimilation; (b) flood prediction, forecasting, 4

and mitigation capabilities; and (c) wildfire pre-5

diction, detection, and forecasting; and 6

(5) $50,000,000 for Title IX Fund grants as 7

authorized under section 906(c) of division O of 8

Public Law 114–113: 9

Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 10

as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-11

tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-12

gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 13

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 14

shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro-15

priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 16

for funding provided under subsection (4) of this heading 17

within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 18

PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 19

For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi-20

tion and Construction’’, $25,000,000, to remain available 21

until September 30, 2021, for improvements to oper-22

ational and research weather supercomputing infrastruc-23

ture and satellite ground services used for hurricane inten-24

sity and track prediction; flood prediction, forecasting, and 25

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mitigation; and wildfire prediction, detection, and fore-1

casting: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 2



Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 5

That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-6

tion shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on 7

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 8

Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this 9

Act. 10

FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 11

For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Disaster As-12

sistance’’ for necessary expenses associated with the miti-13

gation of fishery disasters, $150,000,000, to remain avail-14

able until expended: Provided, That funds shall be used 15

for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures 16

and fishery resource disasters declared by the Secretary 17

of Commerce, including those declared by the Secretary 18

to be a direct result of Hurricanes Florence and Michael 19

and Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut: Provided further, 20





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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1

UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 2

SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3

For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-4

penses’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-5

sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and Ty-6

phoon Yutu, $1,336,000: Provided, That such amount is 7

designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-8



FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 11

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 12

For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili-13

ties’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 14

of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and Typhoon Yutu, 15

$28,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-16

vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 17



gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20

RELATED AGENCIES 21

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 22

PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 23

For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Legal 24

Services Corporation’’ to carry out the purposes of the 25

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Legal Services Corporation Act by providing for necessary 1

expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Flor-2

ence, Michael, and Lane, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, 3

and calendar year 2018 wildfires, volcanic eruptions, and 4

earthquakes, $15,000,000: Provided, That such amount is 5



anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 8

Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 9

this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be ex-10

pended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or con-11

trary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 12

504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds 13

appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation 14

shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth 15

in such sections, except that all references in sections 502 16

and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer in-17

stead to 2018 and 2019, respectively, and except that sec-18

tions 501 and 503 of Public Law 104–134 (referenced by 19

Public Law 105–119) shall not apply to the amount made 20

available under this heading: Provided further, That, for 21

the purposes of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation 22

shall be considered an agency of the United States Gov-23

ernment. 24

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TITLE III 1

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 2





OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 7

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-8

tenance, Marine Corps’’, $200,000,000, for necessary ex-9

penses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael 10

and Florence: Provided, That such amount is designated 11




OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 15


tenance, Air Force’’, $400,000,000, for necessary ex-17

penses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael 18

and Florence: Provided, That such amount is designated 19




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TITLE IV 1

CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 2





DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 7

INVESTIGATIONS 8

For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’ for 9

necessary expenses related to the completion, or initiation 10

and completion, of flood and storm damage reduction, in-11

cluding shore protection, studies which are currently au-12

thorized or which are authorized after the date of enact-13

ment of this Act, to reduce risk from future floods and 14

hurricanes, at full Federal expense, $35,000,000, to re-15

main available until expended, for high priority studies of 16

projects in States and insular areas that were impacted 17

by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, 18

Super Typhoon Yutu, and Tropical Storm Gita: Provided, 19




Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 23

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall pro-24

vide a monthly report directly to the Committees on Ap-25

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propriations of the House and the Senate detailing the al-1

location and obligation of these funds, including new stud-2

ies selected to be initiated using funds provided under this 3

heading, beginning not later than 60 days after the date 4

of enactment of this Act. 5

CONSTRUCTION 6

For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec-7

essary expenses, $740,000,000, to remain available until 8

expended, to construct flood and storm damage reduction, 9

including shore protection, projects which are currently 10

authorized or which are authorized after the date of enact-11

ment of this Act, and flood and storm damage reduction, 12

including shore protection, projects which have signed 13

Chief’s Reports as of the date of enactment of this Act 14

or which are studied using funds provided under the head-15

ing ‘‘Investigations’’ if the Secretary determines such 16

projects to be technically feasible, economically justified, 17

and environmentally acceptable, in States and insular 18

areas that were impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Mi-19

chael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, and 20

Tropical Storm Gita: Provided, That projects receiving 21

funds provided under the first proviso in ‘‘Title IV—Corps 22

of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Con-23

struction’’ in Public Law 115–123 shall not be eligible for 24

funding provided under this heading: Provided further, 25

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That for projects receiving funds provided under this 1

heading, the provisions of Section 902 of the Water Re-2

sources Act of 1986 shall not apply to these funds: Pro-3

vided further, That the completion of ongoing construction 4

projects receiving funds provided under this heading shall 5

be at full Federal expense with respect to such funds: Pro-6

vided further, That using funds provided under this head-7

ing, the non-Federal cash contribution for projects other 8

than ongoing construction projects shall be financed in ac-9

cordance with the provisions of section 103(k) of Public 10

Law 99–662 over a period of 30 years from the date of 11

completion of the project or separable element: Provided 12

further, That up to $25,000,000 of the funds made avail-13

able under this heading shall be used for continuing au-14

thorities projects to reduce the risk of flooding and storm 15

damage: Provided further, That any projects using funds 16

appropriated under this heading shall be initiated only 17

after non-Federal interests have entered into binding 18

agreements with the Secretary requiring, where applicable, 19

the non-Federal interests to pay 100 percent of the oper-20

ation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilita-21

tion costs of the project and to hold and save the United 22

States free from damages due to the construction or oper-23

ation and maintenance of the project, except for damages 24

due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its 25

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contractors: Provided further, That such amount is des-1




Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary of the 5

Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report di-6

rectly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 7

of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation 8

and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 9

days after the date of enactment of this Act. 10

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 11

For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and 12

Tributaries’’ for necessary expenses to address emergency 13

situations at Corps of Engineers projects and rehabilitate 14

and repair damages to Corps of Engineers projects, 15

caused by natural disasters, $225,000,000, to remain 16

available until expended: Provided, That such amount is 17




Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary of the 21

Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report di-22

rectly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 23

of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation 24

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and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 1

days after the date of enactment of this Act. 2

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 3


tenance’’ for necessary expenses to dredge Federal naviga-5

tion projects in response to, and repair damages to Corps 6

of Engineers Federal projects caused by, natural disasters, 7

$245,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 8

which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 9

share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for 10

coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors shall 11

be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: 12




gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 16

the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall 17

provide a monthly report directly to the Committees on 18


Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these 20

funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the date of 21

enactment of this Act. 22

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1

CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 2

CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 3

For an additional amount for ‘‘Central Utah Project 4

Completion Account’’, $350,000, to be deposited into the 5

Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account 6

for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conserva-7

tion Commission, to remain available until expended, for 8

expenses necessary in carrying out fire remediation activi-9

ties related to wildfires in 2018: Provided, That such 10





BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 15

WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 16

For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related 17

Resources’’, $15,500,000, to remain available until ex-18

pended, for fire remediation and suppression emergency 19

assistance related to wildfires in 2017 and 2018: Provided, 20





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TITLE V 1

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 2





SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 7

INVESTIGATIONS 8

COAST GUARD 9

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 10

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-11

port’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 12

of Hurricanes Michael, Florence, and Lane, Tropical 13

Storm Gordon, and Typhoon Mangkhut, $46,977,000, to 14

remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 15





PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 20

For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con-21

struction, and Improvements’’ for necessary expenses re-22

lated to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael, Flor-23

ence, and Lane, Tropical Storm Gordon, and Typhoon 24

Mangkhut, $476,755,000, to remain available until Sep-25

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tember 30, 2023: Provided, That such amount is des-1




ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 5

For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Com-6

pliance and Restoration’’ for necessary expenses related 7

to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence, 8

$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: 9




gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13

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TITLE VI 1

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2





UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 7

CONSTRUCTION 8


essary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 10

Florence, Lane, and Michael, flooding associated with 11

major declared disaster DR–4365, and calendar year 2018 12

earthquakes, $82,400,000, to remain available until ex-13

pended: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 14

heading $50,000,000 shall be used to restore and rebuild 15

national wildlife refuges and increase the resiliency and 16

capacity of coastal habitat and infrastructure to withstand 17

storms and reduce the amount of damage caused by 18

storms: Provided further, That such amount is designated 19

by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-20

suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 21

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 22

901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 23

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 2

For an additional amount for the ‘‘Historic Preserva-3

tion Fund’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-4

sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and Ty-5

phoon Yutu, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep-6

tember 30, 2022, including costs to States and territories 7

necessary to complete compliance activities required by 8

section 306108 of title 54, United States Code, and costs 9

to administer the historic preservation program: Provided, 10

That grants shall only be available for areas that have re-11

ceived a major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert 12

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 13

(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That individual 14

grants shall not be subject to a non-Federal matching re-15

quirement: Provided further, That such amount is des-16

ignated by Congress as being for an emergency require-17


Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 19

U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 20

CONSTRUCTION 21


essary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 23

Florence and Michael, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, and 24

calendar year 2018 wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic 25

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eruptions, $78,000,000, to remain available until ex-1

pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 2



Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 5

901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 6

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 8

For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga-9

tions, and Research’’ for necessary expenses related to the 10

consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and cal-11

endar year 2018 wildfires, earthquake damage associated 12

with emergency declaration EM–3410 and in those areas 13

impacted by a major disaster declared pursuant to the 14

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-15

ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) with respect to calendar 16

year 2018 wildfires or volcanic eruptions, $98,500,000, to 17

remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 18

amount provided under this heading, $72,310,000 shall be 19

used for costs related to the repair and replacement of 20

equipment and facilities damaged by disasters in 2018: 21

Provided further, That, not later than 90 days after the 22

date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United 23

States Geological Survey shall submit to the Committees 24

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 25

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Senate a report that describes the potential options to re-1

place the facilities damaged by the 2018 volcano disaster 2

and provide cost estimates and a description of how the 3

United States Geological Survey will provide direct access 4

for monitoring volcanic activity and the potential threat 5

to at-risk communities: Provided further, That such 6

amount is designated by Congress as being for an emer-7

gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 8

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 9

of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 10

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 11

INSULAR AFFAIRS 12

ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 13

For an additional amount for ‘‘Technical Assistance’’ 14

for financial management expenses related to the con-15

sequences of Typhoon Yutu, $2,000,000, to remain avail-16

able until expended: Provided, That such amount is des-17




U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 21

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 22



penses’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-25

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sequences of major disasters declared pursuant to the 1


ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in 2018, $1,000,000, 3

to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 4




of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 8

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 9

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 10

For an additional amount for ‘‘Science and Tech-11

nology’’ for necessary expenses related to improving pre-12

paredness of the water sector, $600,000, to remain avail-13

able until expended: Provided, That such amount is des-14




U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 18

LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 19

PROGRAM 20

For an additional amount for ‘‘Leaking Underground 21

Storage Tank Fund’’ for necessary expenses related to the 22

consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, cal-23

endar year 2018 earthquakes, and Typhoon Yutu, 24

$1,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 25

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That such amount is designated by Congress as being for 1

an emergency requirement pursuant to section 2



STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 5

For additional amounts for ‘‘State and Tribal Assist-6

ance Grants’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-7

sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and cal-8

endar year 2018 earthquakes for the hazardous waste fi-9

nancial assistance grants program, $1,500,000, to remain 10

available until expended, for necessary expenses related to 11

the consequences of Typhoon Yutu for the hazardous 12

waste financial assistance grants program and for other 13

solid waste management activities, $56,000,000, to remain 14

available until expended, provided that none of the funds 15

shall be subject to section 3011(b) of the Solid Waste Dis-16

posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6931(b)), and for grants under sec-17

tion 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 18

U.S.C. 1256), $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-19

pended, to address impacts of Hurricane Florence, Hurri-20

cane Michael, Typhoon Yutu, and calendar year 2018 21

wildfires, notwithstanding subsections (b), (e), and (f), of 22

that section (33 U.S.C. 1256): Provided, That such 23

amounts are designated by Congress as being for an emer-24


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of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 2

For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As-3

sistance Grants’’, $349,400,000, to remain available until 4

expended, of which $53,300,000 shall be for capitalization 5

grants for State water pollution control revolving funds 6

established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 7

Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), and of which 8

$296,100,000 shall be for capitalization grants for State 9

drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established 10

under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 11

U.S.C. 300j–12): Provided, That notwithstanding section 12

604(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 13

U.S.C. 1384(a)) and section 1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe 14

Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(1)(D)), funds 15

appropriated herein shall be provided to States in Envi-16

ronmental Protection Agency Regions 4, 9, and 10 in 17

amounts determined by the Administrator of the Environ-18

mental Protection Agency for wastewater treatment works 19

and drinking water facilities impacted by Hurricanes Flor-20

ence and Michael, Typhoon Yutu, and calendar year 2018 21

wildfires and earthquakes: Provided further, That notwith-22

standing the requirements of section 603(i) of the Federal 23

Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(i)) and sec-24

tion 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 25

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300j–12(d)), for the funds appropriated herein, each State 1

shall use not less than 20 percent but not more than 30 2

percent amount of the capitalization grants to provide ad-3

ditional subsidization to eligible recipients in the form of 4

forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans or grants, 5

or any combination of the forms: Provided further, That 6

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-7

cy shall retain $10,400,000 of the funds appropriated 8

herein for grants for drinking water facilities and waste 9

water treatment plants impacted by Typhoon Yutu: Pro-10

vided further, That the funds appropriated herein shall be 11

used for eligible projects, the purpose of which is to reduce 12

flood or fire damage risk and vulnerability or to enhance 13

resiliency to rapid hydrologic change or natural disaster 14

at treatment works as defined by section 212 of the Fed-15

eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292) or any 16

eligible facilities under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 17

Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12), and for other eligible 18

tasks at such treatment works or facilities necessary to 19

further such purposes: Provided further, That the Admin-20

istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may re-21

tain up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein 22

for management and oversight: Provided further, That 23

such amount is designated by Congress as being for an 24


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RELATED AGENCIES 3

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 4

FOREST SERVICE 5

FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 6

For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest and Rangeland 7

Research’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-8

sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and the 9

calendar year 2018 wildfires, $1,000,000, to remain avail-10

able until expended for the forest inventory and analysis 11

program: Provided, That such amount is designated by 12




901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 16

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 17

For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Private 18

Forestry’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-19

sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and the 20

calendar year 2018 wildfires, $12,000,000, to remain 21


designated by Congress as being for an emergency require-23


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U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 2

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 3

For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys-4

tem’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 5

of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and the calendar year 6

2018 wildfires, $84,960,000, to remain available until ex-7

pended: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 8

heading $21,000,000 shall be used for hazardous fuels 9

management activities: Provided further, That such 10




of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 14

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 15

For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement 16

and Maintenance’’ for necessary expenses related to the 17

consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and the 18

calendar year 2018 wildfires, $36,040,000, to remain 19


designated by Congress as being for an emergency require-21



U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 24

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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 1

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2

For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-3

agement’’, $720,271,000, to remain available through 4

September 30, 2022, for urgent wildland fire suppression 5

operations: Provided, That the amounts provided under 6

this heading shall be solely available to be transferred to 7

and merged with other appropriations accounts from 8

which funds were previously transferred for wildland fire 9

suppression in fiscal year 2018 to fully repay those 10

amounts: Provided further, That such amount is des-11

ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-12

ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 13


901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 15

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 16

SERVICES 17

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 18

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 19

SCIENCES 20

For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 21

Environmental Health Sciences’’ for necessary expenses in 22

carrying out activities under section 311(a) of the Com-23

prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 24

Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 25

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126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-1

tion Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9660a) related to the con-2

sequences of major disasters declared pursuant to the 3


ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in 2018, $1,000,000, 5

to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 6




of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 10

GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 11

SEC. 601. Not later than 45 days after the date of 12

enactment of this Act, the agencies receiving funds appro-13

priated by this title shall provide a detailed operating plan 14

of anticipated uses of funds made available in this title 15

by State and territory and by program, project, and activ-16

ity, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 17

Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no such 18

funds shall be obligated before the operating plans are 19

provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the 20

House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-21

ther, That the operating plans shall be updated, including 22

obligations to date, and submitted to the Committees on 23


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Senate every 60 days thereafter until all such funds are 1

expended by the applicable agency. 2

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TITLE VII 1

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 2





EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 7

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 8


For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-10

ment Services’’, $50,000,000, for the dislocated workers 11

assistance national reserve for necessary expenses directly 12

related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and 13

Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, and 14

wildfires or earthquakes occurring in 2018 (referred to 15

under this heading as ‘‘covered disaster or emergency’’), 16

to remain available through September 30, 2020: Pro-17

vided, That the Secretary of Labor may transfer up to 18

$1,000,000 of such funds to any other Department of 19

Labor account for reconstruction and recovery needs, in-20

cluding worker protection activities: Provided further, That 21

these sums may be used to replace grant funds previously 22

obligated to the impacted areas: Provided further, That of 23

the amount provided, up to $500,000, to remain available 24

until expended, shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector 25

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General’’ for oversight of activities responding to such cov-1

ered disaster or emergency: Provided further, That such 2





DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 7

SERVICES 8

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 9

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 10

For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 11

Services Programs’’, $80,000,000, to remain available 12

through September 30, 2021, for Head Start programs, 13

for necessary expenses directly related to the consequences 14

of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut 15

and Super Typhoon Yutu, and wildfires or earthquakes 16

occurring in 2018 in those areas for which a major dis-17

aster or emergency has been declared under section 401 18

or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 19

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191), 20

including making payments under the Head Start Act: 21

Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 22

paragraph shall be included in the calculation of the ‘‘base 23

grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is defined 24

in sections 640(a)(7)(A), 641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of 25

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the Head Start Act: Provided further, That funds appro-1

priated in this paragraph are not subject to the allocation 2

requirements of section 640(a) of the Head Start Act: 3

Provided further, That funds appropriated in this para-4

graph shall not be available for costs that are reimbursed 5

by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under a 6

contract for insurance, or by self-insurance: Provided fur-7

ther, That up to $2,000,000 shall be available for Federal 8

administrative expenses: Provided further, That obliga-9

tions incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to 10

the date of enactment of this Act may be charged to funds 11

appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 12

such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 13




OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 17

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 18

FUND 19


For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Health and 21

Social Services Emergency Fund’’, $166,000,000, to re-22

main available through September 30, 2020, for necessary 23

expenses directly related to the consequences of Hurri-24

canes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut and 25

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Super Typhoon Yutu, and wildfires or earthquakes occur-1

ring in 2018 in those areas for which a major disaster 2

or emergency has been declared under sections 401 or 501 3

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 4

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191) (referred to 5

under this heading as ‘‘covered disaster or emergency’’), 6

including activities authorized under section 319(a) of the 7

Public Health Service Act (referred to in this Act as the 8

‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided, That of the amount provided, 9

$45,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Health Resources 10

and Services Administration—Primary Health Care’’ for 11

expenses directly related to a covered disaster or emer-12

gency for disaster response and recovery, for the Health 13

Centers Program under section 330 of the PHS Act, in-14

cluding alteration, renovation, construction, equipment, 15

and other capital improvement costs as necessary to meet 16

the needs of areas affected by a covered disaster or emer-17

gency: Provided further, That the time limitation in section 18

330(e)(3) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made 19

available under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 20

That of the amount provided, not less than $20,000,000 21

shall be transferred to ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and 22

Prevention—CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support’’ 23

for response, recovery, mitigation, and other expenses di-24

rectly related to a covered disaster or emergency: Provided 25

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further, That of the amount provided, not less than 1

$100,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Substance Abuse 2

and Mental Health Services Administration—Health Sur-3

veillance and Program Support’’ for grants, contracts, and 4

cooperative agreements for behavioral health treatment, 5

crisis counseling, treatment of substance use disorders, 6

and other related helplines, and for other similar programs 7

to provide support to individuals impacted by a covered 8

disaster or emergency: Provided further, That of the 9

amount provided, up to $1,000,000, to remain available 10

until expended, shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of the Sec-11

retary—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of ac-12

tivities responding to such hurricanes, typhoons, and 13

wildfires: Provided further, That such amount is des-14




DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 18

HURRICANE EDUCATION RECOVERY 19


For an additional amount for ‘‘Hurricane Education 21

Recovery’’ for necessary expenses directly related to the 22

consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Ty-23

phoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, and wildfires, 24

earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions in 2018 in those areas 25

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for which a major disaster or emergency has been declared 1

under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-2

aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 3

5170 and 5191) (referred to under this heading as a ‘‘cov-4

ered disaster or emergency’’), $165,000,000, to remain 5

available through September 30, 2021: Provided, That 6

such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 7



Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such 10

assistance may be provided through any of the programs 11

authorized under this heading in division B of title VIII 12

of Public Law 115–123 (as amended by Public Law 115– 13

141), as determined by the Secretary of Education, and 14

subject to the terms and conditions that applied to those 15

programs, except that references to dates and school years 16

in Public Law 115–123 shall be deemed to be the cor-17

responding dates and school years for the covered disaster 18

or emergency: Provided further, That the Secretary of 19

Education may determine the amounts to be used for each 20

such program and shall notify the Committees on Appro-21


of these amounts not later than 7 days prior to obligation: 23

Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the funds made 24

available under this heading, to remain available until ex-25

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pended, shall be transferred to the Office of the Inspector 1

General of the Department of Education for oversight of 2

activities supported with funds appropriated under this 3

heading, and up to $1,000,000 of the funds made available 4

under this heading shall be for program administration. 5

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 6

SEC. 701. Not later than 30 days after the date of 7

enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Labor, Health 8

and Human Services, and Education shall provide a de-9

tailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made avail-10

able in this title, including estimated personnel and admin-11

istrative costs, to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-12

vided, That such plans shall be updated and submitted 13

to the Committees on Appropriations every 60 days until 14

all funds are expended or expire. 15

SEC. 702. Unless otherwise provided for by this title, 16

the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro-17

priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 18

and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 19

for fiscal year 2019. 20

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TITLE VIII 1

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 2





GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 7



penses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 10

for audits and investigations related to Hurricanes Flor-11

ence, Lane, and Michael, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, 12

the calendar year 2018 wildfires, earthquakes, and volcano 13

eruptions, and other disasters declared pursuant to the 14


ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That, not 16

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 17

the Government Accountability Office shall submit to the 18

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-19

atives and the Senate a spend plan specifying funding esti-20

mates for audits and investigations of any such declared 21

disasters occurring in 2018 and identifying funding esti-22

mates or carryover balances, if any, that may be available 23

for audits and investigations of any other such declared 24

disasters: Provided further, That such amount is des-25

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TITLE IX 1

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 2





MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 7

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 8

Navy and Marine Corps’’, $115,000,000, to remain avail-9

able until September 30, 2023, for planning and design 10

related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and 11

Michael on Navy and Marine Corps installations: Pro-12

vided, That none of the funds shall be available for obliga-13

tion until the Committees on Appropriations of the House 14

of Representatives and the Senate receive a master plan 15

for the installations and a form 1391 for each specific 16

project: Provided further, That, not later than 60 days 17

after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, 18

or his designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-19


a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this 21

heading: Provided further, That such amount is designated 22




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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 1


Air Force’’, $700,000,000, to remain available until Sep-3

tember 30, 2023, for planning and design, and construc-4

tion expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane 5

Michael: Provided, That none of the funds shall be avail-6

able for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations 7

of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive 8

a basing plan and future mission requirements for instal-9

lations significantly damaged by Hurricane Michael: Pro-10

vided further, That, not later than 60 days after enact-11

ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, or his 12

designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-13

tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 14

detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this 15

heading: Provided further, That such amount is designated 16




MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 20


Army National Guard’’, $42,400,000, to remain available 22

until September 30, 2023, for necessary expenses related 23

to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael: 24

Provided, That none of the funds shall be available for 25

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obligation until the Committees on Appropriations of the 1

House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 2

1391 for each specific request: Provided further, That, not 3

later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc-4

tor of the Army National Guard, or his designee, shall 5

submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6

of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure 7

plan for funds provided under this heading: Provided fur-8

ther, That such funds may be obligated or expended for 9

planning and design and military construction projects not 10

otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That such 11





DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 16

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 17

MEDICAL FACILITIES 18


For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, 20

$3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 21

for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hur-22

ricanes Florence and Michael and Typhoons Mangkhut 23

and Yutu: Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans Af-24

fairs, upon determination that such action is necessary to 25

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address needs as a result of the consequences of Hurri-1

canes Florence and Michael and Typhoons Mangkhut and 2

Yutu, may transfer such funds to any discretionary ac-3

count of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 4

further, That before a transfer may take place, the Sec-5

retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit notice thereof to 6

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-7

resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That none 8

of these funds shall be available for obligation until the 9

Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 10

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 11

Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided 12

under this heading: Provided further, That such amount 13

is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 14

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 15


1985. 17

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TITLE X 1

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2





FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 7

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 8

For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Transpor-9

tation Emergency Relief Program’’ as authorized under 10

section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, $10,542,000 11

to remain available until expended, for transit systems af-12

fected by major declared disasters occurring in calendar 13

year 2018: Provided, That not more than three-quarters 14

of 1 percent of the funds for public transportation emer-15

gency relief shall be available for administrative expenses 16

and ongoing program management oversight as authorized 17

under sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2) of such title and shall 18

be in addition to any other appropriations for such pur-19

pose: Provided further, That such amount is designated 20




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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 1

OPERATIONS 2

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 3

Of the amounts made available for ‘‘Federal Aviation 4

Administration—Operations’’ in division B of the Bipar-5

tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), up to 6

$18,000,000 shall also be available for necessary expenses 7

related to the consequences of major declared disasters oc-8

curring in calendar year 2018: Provided, That amounts 9

repurposed under this heading that were previously des-10

ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 11

pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 12

Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 13




FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 17

EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 18

For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief 19

Program as authorized under section 125 of title 23, 20

United States Code, $1,650,000,000, to remain available 21

until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 22




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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 1

DEVELOPMENT 2

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 3

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 4


For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-6

ment Fund’’, $1,060,000,000, to remain available until 7

expended, for necessary expenses for activities authorized 8

under title I of the Housing and Community Development 9

Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster 10

relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure 11

and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 12

most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a 13

major disaster that occurred in 2018 pursuant to the Rob-14

ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 15

Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That funds shall 16

be awarded directly to the State, unit of general local gov-17

ernment, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in sec-18

tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 19

of 1974) at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided fur-20

ther, That any funds made available under this heading 21

and under the same heading in Public Law 115–254 that 22

remain available, after the funds under such headings 23

have been allocated for necessary expenses for activities 24

authorized under such headings, shall be allocated to 25

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grantees, for mitigation activities in the most impacted 1

and distressed areas resulting from a major disaster that 2

occurred in 2018: Provided further, That such allocations 3

shall be made in the same proportion that the amount of 4

funds each grantee received under this Act and the same 5

heading in division I of Public Law 115–254 bears to the 6

amount of all funds provided to all grantees that received 7

allocations for disasters that occurred in 2018: Provided 8

further, That of the amounts made available under the text 9

preceding the first proviso under this heading and under 10

the same heading in Public Law 115–254, the Secretary 11

shall allocate to all such grantees an aggregate amount 12

not less than 33 percent of the sum of such amounts of 13

funds within 120 days after the enactment of this Act 14

based on the best available data, and shall allocate no less 15

than 100 percent of such funds by no later than 180 days 16

after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 17

Secretary shall not prohibit the use of funds made avail-18

able under this heading and the same heading in Public 19

Law 115–254 for non-Federal share as authorized by sec-20

tion 105(a)(9) of the Housing and Community Develop-21

ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(9)): Provided fur-22

ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-23

ing, grantees may establish grant programs to assist small 24

businesses for working capital purposes to aid in recovery: 25

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Provided further, That as a condition of making any grant, 1

the Secretary shall certify in advance that such grantee 2

has in place proficient financial controls and procurement 3

processes and has established adequate procedures to pre-4

vent any duplication of benefits as defined by section 312 5

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 6

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely expend-7

iture of funds, to maintain comprehensive websites regard-8

ing all disaster recovery activities assisted with these 9

funds, and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 10

of funds: Provided further, That with respect to any such 11

duplication of benefits, the Secretary shall act in accord-12

ance with section 1210 of Public Law 115–254 (132 Stat. 13

3442) and section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 14

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155): 15

Provided further, That the Secretary shall require grantees 16

to maintain on a public website information containing 17

common reporting criteria established by the Department 18

that permits individuals and entities awaiting assistance 19

and the general public to see how all grant funds are used, 20

including copies of all relevant procurement documents, 21

grantee administrative contracts and details of ongoing 22

procurement processes, as determined by the Secretary: 23

Provided further, That prior to the obligation of funds a 24

grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval 25

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detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria 1

for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address 2

long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and 3

housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 4

most impacted and distressed areas: Provided further, 5

That such funds may not be used for activities reimbursed 6

by, or for which funds have been made available by, the 7

Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Army 8

Corps of Engineers, in excess of the authorized amount 9

of the project or its components: Provided further, That 10

funds allocated under this heading shall not be considered 11

relevant to the non-disaster formula allocations made pur-12

suant to section 106 of the Housing and Community De-13

velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306): Provided fur-14

ther, That a State, unit of general local government, or 15

Indian tribe may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for 16

administrative costs: Provided further, That the first pro-17

viso under this heading in the Supplemental Appropria-18

tions for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (division 19

I of Public Law 115–254) is amended by striking ‘‘State 20

or unit of general local government’’ and inserting ‘‘State, 21

unit of general local government, or Indian tribe (as such 22

term is defined in section 102 of the Housing and Commu-23

nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302))’’: Pro-24

vided further, That the sixth proviso under this heading 25

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in the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 1

Requirements Act, 2018 (division I of Public Law 115– 2

254) is amended by striking ‘‘State or subdivision thereof’’ 3

and inserting ‘‘State, unit of general local government, or 4

Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 102 of 5

the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 6

(42 U.S.C. 5302))’’: Provided further, That in admin-7

istering the funds under this heading, the Secretary of 8

Housing and Urban Development may waive, or specify 9

alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute 10

or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection 11

with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the re-12

cipient of these funds (except for requirements related to 13

fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 14

environment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists 15

for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver 16

or alternative requirement would not be inconsistent with 17

the overall purpose of title I of the Housing and Commu-18

nity Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That, 19

notwithstanding the preceding proviso, recipients of funds 20

provided under this heading that use such funds to supple-21

ment Federal assistance provided under section 402, 403, 22

404, 406, 407, 408 (c)(4), or 502 of the Robert T. Staf-23

ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 24

U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may adopt, without review or public 25

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comment, any environmental review, approval, or permit 1

performed by a Federal agency, and such adoption shall 2

satisfy the responsibilities of the recipient with respect to 3

such environmental review, approval or permit: Provided 4

further, That, notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the 5

Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 6

U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon receipt of 7

a request for release of funds and certification, imme-8

diately approve the release of funds for an activity or 9

project assisted under this heading if the recipient has 10

adopted an environmental review, approval or permit 11

under the preceding proviso or the activity or project is 12

categorically excluded from review under the National En-13

vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): 14

Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish via no-15

tice in the Federal Register any waiver, or alternative re-16

quirement, to any statute or regulation that the Secretary 17

administers pursuant to title I of the Housing and Com-18

munity Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days be-19

fore the effective date of such waiver or alternative re-20

quirement: Provided further, That of the amounts made 21

available under this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be 22

made available for capacity building and technical assist-23

ance, including assistance on contracting and procurement 24

processes, to support States, units of general local govern-25

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ment, or Indian tribes (and their subrecipients) that re-1

ceive allocations pursuant to this heading, received dis-2

aster recovery allocations under the same heading in Pub-3

lic Law 115–254, or may receive similar allocations for 4

disaster recovery in future appropriations Acts: Provided 5

further, That of the amounts made available under this 6

heading and under the same heading in Public Law 115– 7

254, up to $2,500,000 shall be transferred, in aggregate, 8

to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development— 9

Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Community Plan-10

ning and Development’’ for necessary costs, including in-11

formation technology costs, of administering and over-12

seeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under 13

this heading: Provided further, That the amount specified 14

in the preceding proviso shall be combined with funds ap-15

propriated under the same heading and for the same pur-16

pose in Public Law 115–254 and the aggregate of such 17

amounts shall be available for any of the same such pur-18

poses specified under this heading or the same heading 19

in Public Law 115–254 without limitation: Provided fur-20

ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 21

being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 22



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GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 1

SEC. 1001. (a) Amounts previously made available 2

for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 3

Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 4

seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restora-5

tion of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, 6

and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas 7

resulting from a major disaster, including funds provided 8

under section 145 of division C of Public Law 114–223, 9

section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223 (as 10

added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114– 11

254), section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, 12

and any mitigation funding provided under the heading 13

‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Com-14

munity Planning and Development—Community Develop-15

ment Fund’’ of Public Law 115–123, that were allocated 16

in response to Hurricane Matthew, may be used inter-17

changeably and without limitation for the same activities 18

in the most impacted and distressed areas related to Hur-19

ricane Florence. In addition, any funds provided under the 20

heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-21

ment—Community Planning and Development—Commu-22

nity Development Fund’’ in this Act or in division I of 23

Public Law 115–254 that are allocated in response to 24

Hurricane Florence may be used interchangeably and 25

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without limitation for the same activities in the most im-1

pacted and distressed areas related to Hurricane Matthew. 2

Until HUD publishes the Federal Register Notice imple-3

menting this provision, grantees may submit for HUD ap-4

proval revised plans for the use of funds related to Hurri-5

cane Matthew that expand the eligible beneficiaries of ex-6

isting programs contained in such previously approved 7

plans to include those impacted by Hurricane Florence. 8

Approval of any such revised plans shall include the execu-9

tion of revised grant terms and conditions as necessary. 10

Once the implementing Notice is published, any additional 11

action plan revisions shall follow the requirements con-12

tained therein. 13

(b) Amounts made available for administrative costs 14

for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 15

Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 16

seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restora-17

tion of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, 18

and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas 19

under this Act or any future Act, and amounts previously 20

provided under section 420 of division L of Public Law 21

114–113, section 145 of division C of Public Law 114– 22

223, section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223 (as 23

added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114– 24

254), section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, 25

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and under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 1

Urban Development—Community Planning and Develop-2

ment—Community Development Fund’’ of division B of 3

Public Law 115–56, Public Law 115–123, and Public 4

Law 115–254, shall be available for eligible administrative 5

costs of the grantee related to any disaster relief funding 6

identified in this subsection without regard to the par-7

ticular disaster appropriation from which such funds origi-8

nated. 9

(c) The additional uses pursuant to this section for 10

amounts that were previously designated by the Congress, 11

respectively, as an emergency requirement or as being for 12

disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 13

Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con-14

gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 15

section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 16

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for 17

disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 18


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TITLE XI 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS 2

SEC. 1101. Each amount appropriated or made avail-3

able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-4

priated for the fiscal year involved. 5

SEC. 1102. No part of any appropriation contained 6

in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 7

the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 8

SEC. 1103. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 9

the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro-10

priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 11

and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 12

for fiscal year 2019. 13

SEC. 1104. Each amount designated in this Act by 14




901(b)(2)(A)(i)) shall be available (or rescinded or trans-18

ferred, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so 19

designates all such amounts and transmits such designa-20

tions to the Congress. 21

SEC. 1105. For purposes of this Act, the con-22

sequences or impacts of any hurricane shall include dam-23

ages caused by the storm at any time during the entirety 24

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of its duration as a cyclone, as defined by the National 1

Hurricane Center. 2

SEC. 1106. Any amount appropriated by this Act, 3

designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pur-4

suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 5

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 6

901(b)(2)(A)(i)) and subsequently so designated by the 7

President, and transferred pursuant to transfer authori-8

ties provided by this Act shall retain such designation. 9

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