PUBLIC LAW 111–242—SEPT. 30, 2010 124 STAT. 2607 

Public Law 111–242 

111th Congress 

An Act 

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 

following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of 

Government for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes, namely: 

SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 

operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2010 and under the authority and conditions provided 

in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 

costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 

specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal 

year 2010, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 

were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 

(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 

(Public Law 111–80). 

(2) Division A of the Department of Defense Appropriations 

Act, 2010 (division A of Public Law 111–118). 

(3) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–85). 

(4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–83) and section 601 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212). 

(5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (division A of Public 

Law 111–88). 

(6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 (division A of Public Law 111–68). 

(7) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 

111–117). 

(8) Chapter 3 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations 

Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212), except for appropriations under 

the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ relating to Haiti 

following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, or the Port 

of Guam: Provided, That the amount provided for the Department of Defense pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed 

a rate for operations of $29,387,401,000: Provided further, That 

the Secretary of Defense shall allocate such amount to each 

appropriation account, budget activity, activity group, and subactivity group, and to each program, project, and activity within 

Continuing 

Appropriations 

Act, 2011. 

Sept. 30, 2010 

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each appropriation account, in the same proportions as such 

appropriations for fiscal year 2010. 

(9) Section 102(c) of chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212) that addresses 

guaranteed loans in the rural housing insurance fund. 

(10) The appropriation under the heading ‘‘Department 

of Commerce—United States Patent and Trademark Office’’ 

in the United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–224). 

SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 

authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 

Defense shall be used for (1) the new production of items not 

funded for production in fiscal year 2010 or prior years; (2) the 

increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 

2010 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 

any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 

project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 

items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 

appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 

element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 

for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2010. 

(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 

granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 

shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 

procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 

unless specifically appropriated later. 

SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 

to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 

pertinent appropriations Act. 

SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 

appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 

or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 

not available during fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 

to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 

for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 

authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 

SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 

applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011, appropriations 

and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 

Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project 

or activity provided for in this Act; (2) the enactment into law 

of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 without 

any provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 3, 2010. 

SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 

charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 

whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 

authorization is contained is enacted into law. 

SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 

or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 

regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 

Expiration date. 

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but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 

provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 

SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have 

high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2011 because of distributions 

of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 

high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 

be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 

by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 

most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 

be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 

whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2010, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 

program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 

2010, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 

after October 2010 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 

in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 

available for such payments. 

SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 

personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 

agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 

with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, except 

that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 

until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 

SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 

and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 

(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 

(50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 

SEC. 114. The following amounts are designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), 

the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010: 

(1) Amounts incorporated by reference in this Act that 

were previously designated as available for overseas deployments and other activities pursuant to such concurrent resolution. 

(2) Amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (8) 

of section 101 of this Act. 

SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Food for Peace Title II 

Grants’’ in chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations 

Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212) may be used to reimburse obligations incurred for the purposes provided therein prior to the enactment of such Act. 

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SEC. 116. The authority provided by section 18(h)(5) of the 

Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(h)(5)) 

shall continue in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment 

of an authorization Act related to the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

Act. 

SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Periodic 

Censuses and Programs’’, for necessary expenses to collect and 

publish statistics for periodic censuses and programs provided for 

by law, at a rate for operations of $964,315,000. 

SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 1202 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 

Law 109–163), as most recently amended by section 1222 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 

Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2518), shall continue in effect through the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 

SEC. 119. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 310 of the 

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 123 

Stat. 1870), a claim described in that subsection that is submitted 

before the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act shall be 

treated as a claim for which payment may be made under such 

section 310. 

SEC. 120. (a) RESCISSION.—The unobligated balance of authority 

provided for investigations under the heading ‘‘Department of 

Defense—Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers— 

Civil, Investigations’’, in chapter 4 of title I of the Supplemental 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212; 124 Stat. 2312) 

is rescinded as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

(b) APPROPRIATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision in 

this Act— 

(1) there is appropriated to the Department of the Army, 

Corps of Engineers, an amount equal to the unobligated balance 

rescinded by subsection (a), to remain available until expended, 

for investigations; 

(2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment 

of this Act; and 

(3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement 

and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 

403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the 

concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 121. (a) RESCISSION.—The unobligated balance of authority 

provided for in section 401 of chapter 4 of title I of the Supplemental 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212; 124 Stat. 2313) 

for drought emergency assistance is rescinded as of the date of 

enactment of this Act. 

(b) APPROPRIATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision in 

this Act— 

(1) there is appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation, 

an amount equal to the unobligated balance rescinded by subsection (a), to remain available until expended, for drought 

emergency assistance: Provided, That financial assistance may 

be provided under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought 

Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and any other 

applicable Federal law (including regulations) for the optimization and conservation of project water supplies to assist 

drought-plagued areas of the West; 

Claims. 

Extension date. 

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(2) that such amount be available on the date of enactment 

of this Act; and 

(3) the amount is designated as an emergency requirement 

and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 

403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the 

concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 122. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Energy—Weapons Activities’’ at a rate for operations of $7,008,835,000. 

SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds 

for programs and activities under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia 

Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title IV of S. 3677 

(111th Congress), as reported by the Committee on Appropriations 

of the Senate, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia 

Funds’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request Act 

(D.C. Act 18–448), as modified as of the date of the enactment 

of this Act. 

SEC. 124. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295, as amended 

by section 550 of Public Law 111–83, shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 

4, 2010’’. 

SEC. 125. Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) shall 

be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 

this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

SEC. 126. Any funds made available pursuant to section 101 

for the Federal Air Marshals may be obligated at a rate for operations not exceeding that necessary to sustain domestic and international flight coverage at the same level as the final quarter 

of fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 127. Any funds made available pursuant to section 101 

for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be obligated at a 

rate for operations not exceeding that necessary to sustain the 

numbers of personnel in place in the final quarter of fiscal year 

2010. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 

SEC. 128. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of the Interior—Minerals Management Service— 

Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management’’ at a rate for operations of $365,000,000: Provided, That amounts provided herein 

from the general fund shall be reduced in an amount not to exceed 

$154,890,000, as receipts from increases to rates in effect on August 

5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees are received: Provided further, 

That of the prior-year unobligated balances available for ‘‘Department of the Interior—Minerals Management Service—Royalty and 

Offshore Minerals Management’’, $25,000,000 are rescinded. 

SEC. 129. Section 2(e)(1)(B) of Public Law 109–129 shall be 

applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

Act for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

SEC. 130. From funds transferred to ‘‘Department of Health 

and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and 

Social Services Emergency Fund’’ by Public Law 111–117 in the 

fourth paragraph under such heading, amounts shall be available 

through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act to support 

Applicability. 

Rescission. 

Notification. 

Applicability. 

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advanced research and development pursuant to section 319L of 

the Public Health Service Act, at a rate for operations of 

$305,000,000. 

SEC. 131. (a) EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR

NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM.—Activities authorized by part A of title 

IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other than the 

Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for 

Needy Families Programs established under subsection (c) of section 

403 of such Act) shall continue through the date specified in section 

106(3) of this Act in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, 

subject to the amendments made by subsection (b) of this section, 

and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 

otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums 

as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and payments may 

be made pursuant to this authority through the applicable portion 

of the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 at the pro rata portion 

of the level provided for such activities through the first quarter 

of fiscal year 2010. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR POPULATION INCREASES.— 

Section 403(a)(3)(H)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

603(a)(3)(H)(ii)) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(ii) subparagraph (G) shall be applied as if ‘the 

date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2011’ were substituted for ‘fiscal 

year 2001’; and’’. 

(2) CONTINGENCY FUND.— 

(A) DEPOSIT INTO FUND.—Section 403(b)(2) of such Act 

(42 U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended— 

(i) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1997’’ and all that 

follows through ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2011 

and 2012’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

in the case of fiscal year 2011, $506,000,000 and in 

the case of fiscal year 2012, $612,000,000’’. 

(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 403(b)(3)(C)(ii) 

of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended by 

striking ‘‘fiscal years 1997 through 2010 shall not exceed 

the total amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2011 and 2012, respectively, shall 

not exceed the total amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) for each such fiscal year’’. 

(3) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Section 409(a)(7) of such 

Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)) is amended— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2011, or 2012’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘2010’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2011’’. 

SEC. 132. Activities authorized by section 429 of the Social 

Security Act shall continue through September 30, 2011, in the 

manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, and out of any money 

in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 

there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary 

for such purpose. Grants and payments may be made pursuant 

to this authority on a quarterly basis through fiscal year 2011 

at the level provided for such activities for the corresponding quarter 

of fiscal year 2010. 

Extension date. 

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SEC. 133. Effective October 1, 2010, subpart 2 of part B of 

title IV of the Social Security Act is amended— 

(1) in section 436 (42 U.S.C. 629f)— 

(A) in subsection (a)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; and 

(ii) by inserting before the period the following: 

‘‘, and $365,000,000 for fiscal year 2011’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ in subsection (b)(2) and 

inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’; and 

(2) in section 438 (42 U.S.C. 629h)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘2010’’ in subsection (c)(2)(A) and 

inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the following 

flush sentence: ‘‘For fiscal year 2011, out of the amount 

reserved pursuant to section 436(b)(2) for such fiscal year, 

there are available $10,000,000 for grants referred to in 

subsection (b)(2)(B), and $10,000,000 for grants referred 

to in subsection (b)(2)(C).’’. 

SEC. 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

for payment in equal shares to the children and grandchildren 

of Robert C. Byrd, $193,400 is appropriated. 

SEC. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for deposit into ‘‘Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005’’ 

at a rate for operations of $2,354,285,000. 

SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of State—Administration of Foreign Affairs—Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ at a rate for operations of 

$8,601,000,000. 

SEC. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘International Security Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the 

President—Foreign Military Financing Program’’ at a rate for operations of $5,160,000,000, of which not less than $2,775,000,000 

shall be available for grants only for Israel, not less than 

$1,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Egypt, and 

not less than $300,000,000 shall be available for assistance for 

Jordan: Provided, That the dollar amount in the fourth proviso 

under such heading in title IV of division F of Public Law 111– 

117 shall be deemed to be $729,825,000. 

SEC. 138. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘International Security Assistance—Funds Appropriated 

to the President—Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund’’ 

at a rate for operations of $700,000,000. 

(b) Amounts provided by subsection (a) shall be available to 

the Secretary of State under the terms and conditions provided 

for this Fund in Public Law 111–32 and Public Law 111–212 

through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 

SEC. 139. Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 

(22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by substituting the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

SEC. 140. (a) Section 1115(d) of Public Law 111–32 shall be 

applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

Act for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’. 

(b) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

4064(g)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

(c) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities 

Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied by substituting 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Grants. 

Israel. 

Egypt. 

Jordan. 

Robert C. Byrd. 

Effective date. 

42 USC 629f 

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the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 

2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

(d) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

(22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in 

subparagraph (B). 

SEC. 141. The authority provided by section 1334 of the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) 

shall remain in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this Act. 

SEC. 142. Commitments to guarantee loans incurred under 

the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by 

sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

3 and 1735c), shall not exceed a rate for operations of 

$20,000,000,000: Provided, That total loan principal, any part of 

which is to be guaranteed, may be apportioned through the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this Act, at $80,000,000 multiplied 

by the number of days covered by this Act. 

SEC. 143. The provisions of title II of the McKinney-Vento 

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) shall continue 

in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such Act, through the 

earlier of: (1) the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act; or 

(2) the date of the enactment into law of an authorization Act 

relating to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 

SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of 

this Act, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit 

approval for the borrower during fiscal year 2011, the second sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

1715z–20(g)) shall be considered to require that in no case may 

the benefits of insurance under such section 255 exceed 150 percent 

of the maximum dollar amount in effect under the sixth sentence 

of section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 

Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)). 

SEC. 145. (a) LOAN LIMIT FLOOR BASED ON 2008 LEVELS.— 

For mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for 

the borrower during fiscal year 2011, if the dollar amount limitation 

on the principal obligation of a mortgage determined under section 

203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) for 

any size residence for any area is less than such dollar amount 

limitation that was in effect for such size residence for such area 

for 2008 pursuant to section 202 of the Economic Stimulus Act 

of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 122 Stat. 620), notwithstanding any 

other provision of law or of this Act, the maximum dollar amount 

limitation on the principal obligation of a mortgage for such size 

residence for such area for purposes of such section 203(b)(2) shall 

be considered (except for purposes of section 255(g) of such Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g))) to be such dollar amount limitation in 

effect for such size residence for such area for 2008. 

(b) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY FOR SUB-AREAS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, if the Secretary 

of Housing and Urban Development determines, for any geographic 

area that is smaller than an area for which dollar amount limitations on the principal obligation of a mortgage are determined 

under section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act, that a higher 

such maximum dollar amount limitation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area by higher median 

home prices in such sub-area, the Secretary may, for mortgages 

Extension date. 

Loans. 

Extension date. 

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for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower 

during fiscal year 2011, increase the maximum dollar amount 

limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such sub-area 

that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to subsection (a) 

of this section), but in no case to an amount that exceeds the 

amount specified in section 202(a)(2) of the Economic Stimulus 

Act of 2008. 

SEC. 146. (a) LOAN LIMIT FLOOR BASED ON 2008 LEVELS.— 

For mortgages originated during fiscal year 2011, if the limitation 

on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that 

may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association 

or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation determined under 

section 302(b)(2) of the Federal National Mortgage Association 

Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of the Federal 

Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1754(a)(2)) respectively, for any size residence for any area is less than such maximum 

original principal obligation limitation that was in effect for such 

size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 201 of 

the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 122 Stat. 

619), notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, 

the limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of 

a mortgage for such Association and Corporation for such size 

residence for such area shall be such maximum limitation in effect 

for such size residence for such area for 2008. 

(b) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY FOR SUB-AREAS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, if the Director 

of the Federal Housing Finance Agency determines, for any 

geographic area that is smaller than an area for which limitations 

on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage are 

determined for the Federal National Mortgage Association or the 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, that a higher such maximum original principal obligation limitation is warranted for any 

particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area by higher 

median home prices in such sub-area, the Director may, for mortgages originated during fiscal year 2011, increase the maximum 

original principal obligation limitation for such size or sizes of 

residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in effect (including 

pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) for such Association 

and Corporation, but in no case to an amount that exceeds the 

amount specified in the matter following the comma in section 

201(a)(l)(B) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. 


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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3081 (S. 1434): 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 111–187 (Comm. on Appropriations). 

SENATE REPORTS: No. 111–44 (Comm. on Appropriations) accompanying

S. 1434. 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 

Vol. 155 (2009): July 9, considered and passed House. 

Vol. 156 (2010): Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate, amended. House 

concurred in Senate amendments. 

Æ 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2011’’. 

Approved September 30, 2010. 


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