Sec. 101.
Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) shall be applied by substituting “September 30, 2019” for “September 30, 2015”.
Division H — Extensions, Technical Corrections, and Other Matters
DIVISION H Extensions, Technical Corrections, and Other Matters
TITLE I Immigration Extensions
Sec. 102.
Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III)) shall be applied by substituting “September 30, 2019” for “September 30, 2015”.
Sec. 103.
Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be applied by substituting “September 30, 2019” for “September 30, 2015”.
Sec. 104.
Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall be applied by substituting “September 30, 2019” for “September 30, 2015”.
Sec. 105.
Notwithstanding the numerical limitation set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor, and upon the determination that the needs of American businesses cannot be satisfied in fiscal year 2019 with United States workers who are willing, qualified, and able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, may increase the total number of aliens who may receive a visa under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year above such limitation by not more than the highest number of H–2B nonimmigrants who participated in the H–2B returning worker program in any fiscal year in which returning workers were exempt from such numerical limitation.
TITLE II Technical Corrections
Sec. 201.
Section 3(20)(B) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(20)(B)), as amended by section 7 of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Public Law 115–224), is amended by inserting “ , except that, for the purpose of section 132, the term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ as used in this subparagraph shall not include a baccalaureate degree” after “ associate degree”.
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2019, as if included in the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Public Law 115–224).
Sec. 202.
Section 243 of title II of division C of Public Law 115–244 is amended by inserting “ 248” after “ section”.
Sec. 203.
Section 177 of division C of Public Law 114–223, as amended by Public Law 114–254, is amended by inserting “ and the 116th Congress” after “ the 115th Congress” in each instance it appears.
Sec. 204.
During fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year, amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Architect of the Capitol under the heading “House Office Buildings” may be transferred to the House of Representatives and merged with and made available under the heading “Allowances and Expenses”, subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
The period of availability of any amounts transferred to the House of Representatives under this section shall be the same period of availability applicable to such amounts as appropriated for the Architect of the Capitol.
The aggregate amount transferred under this section in any fiscal year may not exceed $30,000,000.
Sec. 205.
Section 1781 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4851) is amended—
by redesignating subsections (a), (b), and (c) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively;
in subsection (b), as so redesignated, in the subsection heading, by striking “ In General” and inserting “ Reference”; and
by inserting before subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following:
“(a) Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security.—The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, who shall carry out—
“(1) all functions of the Secretary under this subtitle; and
“(2) all functions delegated to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.”
Part III of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4851) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 1782. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF COMMERCE.
“(a) In General.—The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two Assistant Secretaries of Commerce to assist the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security in carrying out the functions described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1781(a).
“(b) Continuation in Office of One Assistant Secretary.—An individual appointed as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce under section 15(a) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) and serving in that position on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act may serve in one of the Assistant Secretary positions established under subsection (a) on and after that date without the need for renomination or reappointment.”
The table of contents for title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1781 the following:
“Sec. 1782. Assistant Secretaries of Commerce.”.
The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232).
TITLE III Budgetary Effects
Sec. 301.
Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.— The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
Senate PAYGO Scorecards.— The budgetary effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
Classification of Budgetary Effects.— Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated—
for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.