PUBLIC LAW 112–4—MAR. 2, 2011 

FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS 

AMENDMENTS, 2011 


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125 STAT. 6 PUBLIC LAW 112–4—MAR. 2, 2011 

Public Law 112–4 

112th Congress 

Joint Resolution 

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes. 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 111–242) is further 

amended— 

(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 

inserting ‘‘March 18, 2011’’; and 

(2) by adding after section 166, as added by the Continuing 

Appropriations Amendments, 2011 (section 1 of Public Law 

111–322), the following new sections: 

‘‘SEC. 167. The amounts described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

of section 114 of this Act are designated as being for contingency 

operations directly related to the global war on terrorism pursuant 

to section 3(c)(2) of H. Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th 

Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

2010. 

‘‘SEC. 168. Any language specifying an earmark in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, or in a committee report or joint 

explanatory statement accompanying such an Act, shall have no 

legal effect with respect to funds appropriated by this Act. For 

purposes of this section, the term ‘earmark’ means a congressional 

earmark or congressionally directed spending item, as defined in 

clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 

and paragraph 5(a) of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate. 

‘‘SEC. 169. The first and third paragraphs under the heading 

‘Rural Development Programs—Rural Utilities Service—Distance 

Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’ in Public Law 

111–80 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Investigations’ at a rate for operations 

of $104,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 171. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’ at a rate for operations 

of $1,690,000,000: Provided, That all of the provisos under such 

heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 172. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Mississippi River and Tributaries’ 

at a rate for operations of $260,000,000: Provided, That the proviso 

under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

Definition. 

Earmarks. 

124 Stat. 2608. 

Further 

Continuing 

Appropriations 

Amendments, 

2011. 

Mar. 2, 2011 

[H.J. Res. 44] 


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‘‘SEC. 173. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and Maintenance’ at a 

rate for operations of $2,361,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 174. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of Reclamation—Water 

and Related Resources’ at a rate for operations of $913,580,000: 

Provided, That the fifth proviso (regarding the San Gabriel Basin 

Restoration Fund) and seventh proviso (regarding the Milk River 

Project) under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 175. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy’ at a rate for operations of $1,950,370,000: 

Provided, That all of the provisos under such heading in Public 

Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 176. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability’ at a rate for operations of $158,910,000: 

Provided, That all of the provisos under such heading in Public 

Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 177. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’ at 

a rate for operations of $784,140,000: Provided, That the proviso 

under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 178. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Fossil Energy 

Research and Development’ at a rate for operations of $635,530,000: 

Provided, That the second proviso under such heading in Public 

Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 179. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’ at a rate 

for operations of $4,826,820,000: Provided, That all of the provisos 

under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 180. The last proviso under the heading ‘Department 

of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear 

Security Administration—Weapons Activities’ in Public Law 111– 

85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 181. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities— 

National Nuclear Security Administration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’ at a rate for operations of $2,136,460,000: Provided, 

That the proviso under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall 

not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 182. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities— 

National Nuclear Security Administration—Office of the Administrator’ at a rate for operations of $407,750,000: Provided, That 

the last proviso under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall 

not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 183. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Environmental and Other Defense 

Activities—Defense Environmental Cleanup’ at a rate for operations 

of $5,209,031,000, of which $33,700,000 shall be transferred to 

the ‘Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 


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Fund’: Provided, That the proviso under such heading in Public 

Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 184. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Energy—Environmental and Other Defense 

Activities—Other Defense Activities’ at a rate for operations of 

$844,470,000: Provided, That the proviso under such heading in 

Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this 

Act. 

‘‘SEC. 185. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Independent Agencies—Election Assistance Commission—Election Reform Programs’ at a rate for operations of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 186. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Office of the Under Secretary for Management’ at a rate for operations of $253,190,000. 

‘‘SEC. 187. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection—Salaries and Expenses’ at a rate for operations of 

$8,063,913,000. 

‘‘SEC. 188. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection—Construction and Facilities Management’ at a rate for 

operations of $276,370,000. 

‘‘SEC. 189. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Transportation Security 

Administration—Aviation Security’ at a rate for operations of 

$5,212,790,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such 

heading in Public Law 111–83 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act as follows: by substituting ‘$5,212,790,000’ for 

‘$5,214,040,000’; by substituting ‘$4,356,826,000’ for 

‘$4,358,076,000’; by substituting ‘$1,115,156,000’ for 

‘$1,116,406,000’; by substituting $777,050,000 for $778,300,000; and 

by substituting ‘$3,112,790,000’ for ‘$3,114,040,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 190. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Coast Guard—Operating 

Expenses’ at a rate for operations of $6,801,791,000: Provided, 

That section 157 of this Act shall be applied by substituting 

‘$17,880,000’ for ‘$21,880,000’, and without regard to ‘and ‘‘Coast 

Guard, Alteration of Bridges’’ ’. 

‘‘SEC. 191. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Coast Guard—Acquisition, 

Construction, and Improvements’ at a rate for operations of 

$1,519,980,000. 

‘‘SEC. 192. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Coast Guard—Alteration 

of Bridges’ at a rate for operations of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 193. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—National Protection and 

Programs Directorate—Infrastructure Protection and Information 

Security’ at a rate for operations of $879,816,000. 

‘‘SEC. 194. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Office of Health Affairs’ 

at a rate for operations of $134,250,000. 

‘‘SEC. 195. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Federal Emergency 

Management Agency—State and Local Programs’ at a rate for operations of $2,912,558,000: Provided, That the amounts included 

under such heading in Public Law 111–83 shall be applied to 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 


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funds appropriated by this Act as follows: in paragraph (12), by 

substituting ‘$12,554,000’ for ‘$60,000,000’ and by substituting ‘$0’ 

for each subsequent amount in such paragraph; in paragraph (13), 

by substituting ‘$212,500,000’ for ‘$267,200,000’; in paragraph 

(13)(A), by substituting ‘$114,000,000’ for ‘$164,500,000’; in paragraph (13)(B), by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,700,000’; and in paragraph 

(13)(C), by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$3,000,000’: Provided further, That 

4.5 percent of the amount provided for ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and Local Programs’ by this Act shall be 

transferred to ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Management and Administration’ for program administration. 

‘‘SEC. 196. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Federal Emergency 

Management Agency—National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’ at a 

rate for operations of $75,364,000. 

‘‘SEC. 197. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Science and Technology— 

Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’ at a rate for 

operations of $821,906,000. 

‘‘SEC. 198. Sections 541 and 545 of Public Law 111–83 (123 

Stat. 2176) shall have no force or effect. 

‘‘SEC. 199. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Smithsonian Institution—Legacy Fund’ at a rate for operations 

of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 200. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Labor—Employment and Training Administration—Training and Employment Services’ at a rate for operations 

of $3,779,641,000, of which $340,154,000 shall be for national activities described in paragraph (3) under such heading in division 

D of Public Law 111–117: Provided, That the amounts included 

for national activities under such heading in division D of Public 

Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act 

as follows: by substituting ‘$44,561,000’ for ‘$93,450,000’ and by 

substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$48,889,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 201. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Labor—Mine Safety and Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’ at a rate for operations of 

$355,843,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such 

heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied 

to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for 

‘$1,450,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 202. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Labor—Departmental Management’ at a rate 

for operations of $314,827,000: Provided, That the amounts included 

under such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall 

be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ 

for ‘$40,000,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 203. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Health Resources 

and Services Administration—Health Resources and Services’ at 

a rate for operations of $7,076,520,000: Provided, That the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-second provisos under such heading 

in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Disease Control, Research, and 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 


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Training’ at a rate for operations of $6,369,767,000: Provided, That 

the amount included before the first proviso under such heading 

in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds 

appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$20,620,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 205. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Substance Abuse 

and Mental Health Services Administration—Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services’ at a rate for operations of $3,417,106,000: 

Provided, That the amount included before the first proviso under 

such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied 

to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for 

‘$14,518,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 206. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 

Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services—Program Management’ at a rate for operations 

of $3,467,142,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under such 

heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to 

funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 207. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administration 

for Children and Families—Payments to States for the Child Care 

and Development Block Grant’ at a rate for operations of 

$2,126,081,000: Provided, That the amount included in the first 

proviso under such heading in division D of Public Law 111– 

117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,000,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 208. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administration 

for Children and Families—Children and Families Services Programs’ at a rate for operations of $9,293,747,000: Provided, That 

the fifteenth proviso under such heading in division D of Public 

Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 209. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administration 

on Aging, Aging Services Programs’ at a rate for operations of 

$1,510,323,000: Provided, That the first proviso under such heading 

in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 210. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—General Departmental Management’ at a rate for operations of $491,727,000: Provided, That the seventh proviso under 

such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 211. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Education—Education for the Disadvantaged’ 

at a rate for operations of $15,598,212,000, of which $4,638,056,000 

shall become available on July 1, 2011, and remain available 

through September 30, 2012: Provided, That the tenth, eleventh 

and twelfth provisos under such heading in division D of Public 

Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 212. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Education—School Improvement Programs’ at 

a rate for operations of $5,223,444,000, of which $3,358,993,000 

shall become available on July 1, 2011, and remain available 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 


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through September 30, 2012: Provided, That of such amounts, no 

funds shall be available for activities authorized under part Z 

of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965: Provided further, 

That the second, third, and thirteenth provisos under such heading 

in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 213. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Education—Innovation and Improvement’ at a 

rate for operations of $1,160,480,000, of which no funds shall be 

available for activities authorized under subpart 5 of part A of 

title II, section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 (‘ESEA’), or part F of title VIII of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, and $499,222,000 shall be for part D of title V of 

the ESEA: Provided, That the first, fourth, and fifth provisos under 

such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 214. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Education—Safe Schools and Citizenship Education’ at a rate for operations of $361,398,000, of which, notwithstanding section 2343(b) of the ESEA, $2,578,000 is for the continuation costs of awards made on a competitive basis under section 

2345 of the ESEA: Provided, That the third proviso under such 

heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to 

funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 215. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Education—Special Education’ at a rate for 

operations of $12,564,953,000, of which $3,726,354,000 shall become 

available on July 1, 2011, and remain available through September 

30, 2012: Provided, That the first and second provisos under such 

heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to 

funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 216. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research’ at a rate for operations of $3,501,766,000: Provided, That the second proviso under such heading in division 

D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 217. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Education—Career, Technical, and Adult Education’ at a rate for operations of $1,928,447,000, of which 

$1,137,447,000 shall become available on July 1, 2011, and remain 

available through September 30, 2012 and no funds shall be available for activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title 

V of the ESEA: Provided, That the seventh and eighth provisos 

under such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall 

not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 218. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 164, amounts 

are provided for ‘Department of Education—Student Financial 

Assistance’ at a rate for operations of $24,899,957,000, of which 

23,162,000,000 shall be available to carry out subpart 1 of part 

A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and no funds 

shall be available for activities authorized under subpart 4 of part 

A of title IV of such Act: Provided, That the maximum Pell Grant 

for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2011– 

2012 shall be $4,860. 

Grants. 

20 USC 1070a 

note. 


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‘‘SEC. 219. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Education—Higher Education’ at a rate for operations of $2,126,935,000, of which no funds shall be available for 

activities authorized under section 1543 of the Higher Education 

Amendments of 1992 or section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

and Technical Education Act of 2006: Provided, That the thirteenth 

proviso under such heading in division D of Public Law 111– 

117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 220. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Institute of Museum and Library Services—Office of Museum 

and Library Services: Grants and Administration’ at a rate for 

operations of 265,869,000: Provided, That the amounts included 

under such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall 

be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ 

for ‘$16,382,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 221. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Library of Congress—Salaries and Expenses’ at a rate for operations of $445,951,000, of which $0 shall be for the operations 

described in the seventh proviso under this heading in Public Law 

111–68. 

‘‘SEC. 222. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway Administration—Surface Transportation Priorities’ at a rate for operations 

of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 223. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided 

for activities described in section 122 of title I of division A of 

Public Law 111–117. 

‘‘SEC. 224. Notwithstanding section 101, section 186 of title 

I of division A of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 225. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administration—Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program’ at a rate 

for operations of $10,012,800. 

‘‘SEC. 226. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community 

Planning and Development—Community Development Fund’ at a 

rate for operations of $4,255,068,480, of which $0 shall be for 

grants for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI), and $0 shall 

be for neighborhood initiatives: Provided, That the second and 

third paragraphs under such heading in title II of division A of 

Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this 

Act.’’. 

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PUBLIC LAW 112–4—MAR. 2, 2011 125 STAT. 13 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 44: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011): 

Mar. 1, considered and passed House. 

Mar. 2, considered and passed Senate. 

Æ 

This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Further Continuing 

Appropriations Amendments, 2011’’. 

Approved March 2, 2011. 


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