PUBLIC LAW 112–6—MAR. 18, 2011 125 STAT. 23 

Public Law 112–6 

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 ‘‘April 8, 2011’’; and 

(2) by adding after section 226, as added by the Further 

Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 (Public Law 

112–4), the following new sections: 

‘‘SEC. 227. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Agricultural Programs—Agricultural Research Service—Salaries and Expenses’ at a rate for operations of $1,135,501,000. 

‘‘SEC. 228. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Agricultural Programs—Agricultural Research Service— 

Buildings and Facilities’ at a rate for operations of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 229. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Agricultural Programs—National Institute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Education Activities’ at a rate for operations 

of 665,345,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such 

heading in Public Law 111–80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$89,029,000’ and 

‘$11,253,000’ for ‘$45,122,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 230. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Agricultural Programs—National Institute of Food and Agriculture—Extension Activities’ at a rate for operations of 

$483,092,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such 

heading in Public Law 111–80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$8,565,000’ for ‘$20,396,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 231. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Agricultural Programs—Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

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

$880,543,000. 

‘‘SEC. 232. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Conservation Programs—Natural Resources Conservation 

Service—Conservation Operations’ at a rate for operations of 

$850,247,000. 

‘‘SEC. 233. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Conservation Programs—Natural Resources Conservation 

Service—Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations’ at a rate 

for operations of $0: Provided, That the amounts included under 

such heading in Public Law 111–80 shall be applied to funds 

appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$12,000,000’. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

Additional 

Continuing 

Appropriations 

Amendments, 

2011. 

Ante, p. 6. 

Mar. 18, 2011 

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‘‘SEC. 234. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Rural Development Programs—Rural Housing Service—Rural 

Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’ for the cost of direct 

and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans, at 

a rate for operations of $70,200,000: Provided, That the amounts 

included under such heading in Public Law 111–80 shall be applied 

to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$70,200,000’ 

for ‘$40,710,000’ in the case of direct loans and ‘$0’ for ‘$172,800,000’ 

in the case of unsubsidized guaranteed loans. 

‘‘SEC. 235. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Rural Development Programs—Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service—Rural Cooperative Development Grants’ at a rate for operations of $31,754,000: Provided, That the amounts included under 

such heading in Public Law 111–80 shall be applied to funds 

appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$300,000’ and 

‘$0’ for ‘$2,800,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 236. Sections 718, 723, 727, 728, and 738 of Public 

Law 111–80 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act 

by substituting ‘$0’ for each of the dollar amounts specified in 

those sections. 

‘‘SEC. 237. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Commerce—International Trade Administration—Operations and Administration’ at a rate for operations of 

$450,989,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under such heading 

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

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 238. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Commerce—Minority Business Development 

Agency—Minority Business Development’ at a rate for operations 

of $30,400,000: Provided, That the first proviso under such heading 

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

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 239. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Commerce—National Institute of Standards and 

Technology—Scientific and Technical Research and Services’ at a 

rate for operations of $504,500,000: Provided, That the second proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111–117 

shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 240. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Commerce—National Institute of Standards and 

Technology—Construction of Research Facilities’ at a rate for operations of $100,000,000: Provided, That the first proviso under such 

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

funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 241. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities’ at a rate for 

operations of $3,205,883,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under 

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

to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 242. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’ at a 

rate for operations of $1,340,353,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 111–117 

shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

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‘‘SEC. 243. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Justice—Office of Justice Programs—State and 

Local Law Enforcement Assistance’ at a rate for operations of 

$1,349,500,000: Provided, That the amount included in paragraph 

(4) under such heading in division B of Public Law 111–117 shall 

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

for ‘$185,268,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 244. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Justice—Office of Justice Programs—Juvenile 

Justice Programs’ at a rate for operations of $332,500,000: Provided, 

That the amount included in paragraph (2) under such heading 

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

appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$91,095,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 245. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Justice—Community Oriented Policing Services’ 

at a rate for operations of $597,500,000: Provided, That the amounts 

included under such heading in division B of Public Law 111– 

117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act as follows: 

in paragraph (2), by substituting ‘$15,000,000’ for ‘$40,385,000’ 

and by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$25,385,000’; and in paragraph (3), 

by substituting ‘$1,500,000’ for ‘$170,223,000’ and by substituting 

‘$0’ for ‘$168,723,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 246. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Cross Agency 

Support’ at a rate for operations of $3,131,000,000: Provided, That 

the third proviso under such heading in division B of Public Law 

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

‘‘SEC. 247. Of the funds made available for ‘Department of 

Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Periodic Censuses and Programs’ in division B of Public Law 111–117, $1,740,000,000 is 

rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 248. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Commerce—National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration—Public Telecommunications Facilities, 

Planning and Construction’ at a rate for operations of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 249. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘Emergency 

Steel, Oil, and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program Account’, $48,000,000 

is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 250. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Treasury—Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account’ at a rate for operations 

of $243,600,000, and the funding designation of $3,150,000 for 

an additional pilot project grant under such heading in division 

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

by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 251. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 

the President—Office of National Drug Control Policy—Other Federal Drug Control Programs’ at a rate for operations of 

$152,150,000, and the matter under such heading in division C 

of Public Law 111–117 relating to the National Drug Court Institute 

and the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws shall not 

apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 252. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘District of Columbia—Federal Funds—Federal Payment to the 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia’ 

at a rate for operations of $0. 

Rescission. 

Rescission. 

Applicability. 

Applicability. 

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‘‘SEC. 253. Notwithstanding section 101, the aggregate amount 

of new obligational authority provided under the heading ‘General 

Services Administration—Real Property Activities—Federal 

Buildings Fund—Limitations on Availability of Revenue’ for Federal 

buildings and courthouses and other purposes of the Fund shall 

be available at a rate for operations of $7,519,772,000, of which: 

(1) $0 is for ‘Construction and Acquisition’; and (2) $284,000,000 

is for ‘Repairs and Alterations’ for Special Emphasis Programs 

and Basic Repairs and Alterations. 

‘‘SEC. 254. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘General Services Administration—General Activities—Operating Expenses’ at a rate for operations of $71,881,000, and the 

matter relating to the amount of $1,000,000 under such heading 

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

appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 255. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘National Archives and Records Administration—Repairs and 

Restoration’ at a rate for operations of $11,848,000. 

‘‘SEC. 256. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for section 523 of division C of Public Law 111–117 at a rate 

for operations of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 257. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 

Construction and Facilities Management’ for construction projects, 

$106,556,000 is rescinded: Provided, That the amounts rescinded 

under this section shall be limited to amounts available for Border 

Patrol projects and facilities: Provided further, That no amounts 

in this section may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 

by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 

resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

‘‘SEC. 258. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of Land Management— 

Management of Lands and Resources’ at a rate for operations 

of $957,971,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such 

heading in division A of Public Law 111–88 shall be applied to 

funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘‘$957,951,000’’ for 

‘‘$959,571,000’’ the second place it appears. 

‘‘SEC. 259. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of Land Management— 

Construction’ at a rate for operations of $6,626,000. 

‘‘SEC. 260. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of Land Management— 

Land Acquisition’ at a rate for operations of $26,650,000: Provided, 

That the proviso under such heading in division A of Public Law 

111–88 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 261. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service—Resource Management’ at a rate for operations of 

$1,257,356,000. 

‘‘SEC. 262. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service—Construction’ at a rate for operations of $27,139,000. 

‘‘SEC. 263. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service—Land Acquisition’ at a rate for operations of $63,890,000. 

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‘‘SEC. 264. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—National Park Service—National 

Recreation and Preservation’ at a rate for operations of $57,986,000, 

of which $0 shall be for projects authorized by section 7302 of 

Public Law 111–11. 

‘‘SEC. 265. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Historic 

Preservation Fund’ at a rate for operations of $54,500,000: Provided, That the amounts included under such heading in division A of 

Public Law 111–88 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this 

Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘25,000,000’: Provided further, That 

the proviso under such heading in division A of Public Law 111– 

88 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 266. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Construction’ at a rate for operations of $185,066,000: Provided, That the 

last proviso under such heading in division A of Public Law 111– 

88 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act: Provided 

further, That of the unobligated balances available under such 

heading in division A of Public Law 111–88 and prior appropriation 

Acts, $25,000,000 is rescinded, including $1,000,000 from amounts 

made available for the (now completed) project at Cape Hatteras 

National Seashore, North Carolina, and $1,000,000 from amounts 

made available for the (now completed) project at Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. 

‘‘SEC. 267. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Land 

Acquisition and State Assistance’ at a rate for operations of 

$108,846,000. 

‘‘SEC. 268. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—United States Geological Survey— 

Surveys, Investigations, and Research’ at a rate for operations 

of $1,094,344,000. 

‘‘SEC. 269. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of Indian Affairs—Operation of Indian Programs’ at a rate for operations of $2,334,515,000. 

‘‘SEC. 270. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of the Interior—Departmental Offices—Insular 

Affairs—Assistance to Territories’ at a rate for operations of 

$84,295,000. 

‘‘SEC. 271. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Environmental Protection Agency—Science and Technology’ at 

a rate for operations of $840,349,000, of which $0 shall be for 

the purposes specified in ‘Research/National Priorities’ under the 

heading ‘Science and Technology’ in the joint explanatory statement 

of the managers accompanying Public Law 111–88. 

‘‘SEC. 272. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Environmental Protection Agency—Environmental Programs 

and Management’ at a rate for operations of $2,963,263,000: Provided, That of the amounts provided by this Act for such account, 

amounts are provided for the Geographic Programs specified in 

the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying 

Public Law 111–88 at a rate for operations of $599,875,000: Provided further, That of the amounts provided by this Act for such 

account, $0 shall be for cap and trade technical assistance and 

$0 shall be for the program specified in ‘Environmental Protection/ 

National Priorities’ under the heading ‘Environmental Programs 

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and Management’ in the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying Public Law 111–88. 

‘‘SEC. 273. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Environmental Protection Agency—Buildings and Facilities’ at 

a rate for operations of $36,501,000: Provided, That the amounts 

included under such heading in division A of Public Law 111– 

88 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting 

‘$0’ for ‘$500,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 274. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Environmental Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance 

Grants’ at a rate for operations of $4,777,946,000: Provided, That 

the amounts included under such heading in division A of Public 

Law 111–88 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act 

as follows: by substituting ‘$14,500,000’ for ‘$17,000,000’; by substituting ‘$10,000,000’ for ‘$13,000,000’; by substituting ‘$0’ for 

‘$156,777,000’; by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$20,000,000’; and by substituting ‘$1,106,446,000’ for ‘$1,116,446,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 275. The matter pertaining to competitive grants to 

communities to develop plans and demonstrate and implement 

projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the heading 

‘Environmental Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance 

Grants’ in division A of Public Law 111–88 shall not apply to 

funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 276. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Forest and Rangeland Research’ at a rate for operations of $311,612,000. 

‘‘SEC. 277. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—State and Private 

Forestry’ at a rate for operations of $301,611,000. 

‘‘SEC. 278. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—National Forest 

System’ at a rate for operations of $1,550,089,000. 

‘‘SEC. 279. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Capital Improvement and Maintenance’ at a rate for operations of $548,962,000. 

‘‘SEC. 280. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Land Acquisition’ 

at a rate for operations of $33,184,000. 

‘‘SEC. 281. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire 

Management’ at a rate for operations of $2,097,387,000: Provided, 

That of the unobligated balances available under such heading 

in division A of Public Law 111–88 and prior appropriation Acts, 

$200,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 282. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for section 415 of division A of Public Law 111–88 at a rate for 

operations of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 283. Notwithstanding section 101 and section 200, 

amounts are provided for ‘Department of Labor—Employment and 

Training Administration—Training and Employment Services’ at 

a rate for operations of $3,654,641,000: Provided, That the amounts 

included in paragraph (3)(E) under such heading in division D 

of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds appropriated by 

this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$125,000,000’ and by substituting 

‘$0’ for ‘$65,000,000’. 

Applicability. 

Rescission. 

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‘‘SEC. 284. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Labor—Employment and Training Administration—Community Service Employment for Older Americans’ at a 

rate for operations of $600,425,000: Provided, That for purposes 

of funds appropriated by this Act, the amounts included under 

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

by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$225,000,000’ in the first place it appears, 

and the first and second provisos under such heading in such 

division shall not apply. 

‘‘SEC. 285. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 203, 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 $7,001,520,000: Provided, 

That the eighteenth, nineteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-fifth 

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

117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 286. Notwithstanding section 101, in addition to amounts 

otherwise made available by section 130, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’ at a 

rate for operations of $731,109,000, of which $65,578,000 shall 

be for expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza 

pandemic (none of which shall be available past September 30, 

2011) and $35,000,000 shall be for expenses necessary for fit-out 

and other costs related to a competitive lease procurement to renovate or replace the existing headquarters building for Public 

Health Service agencies and other components of the Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

‘‘SEC. 287. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Corporation for Public Broadcasting’ at a rate for operations 

of $36,000,000: 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 

‘$25,000,000’ each place it appears. 

‘‘SEC. 288. Of the funds appropriated for ‘Social Security 

Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’ for fiscal 

years 2010 and prior years (other than funds appropriated in Public 

Law 111–5) for investment in information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, 

$200,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 289. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘House of Representatives—Salaries and Expenses’ at a rate 

for operations of $1,367,525,000. 

‘‘SEC. 290. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘House of Representatives—Salaries, Officers and Employees’ 

at a rate for operations of $196,801,000, of which $129,282,000 

shall be for the operations of the Office of the Chief Administrative 

Officer. 

‘‘SEC. 291. Notwithstanding section 101 and section 221, 

amounts are provided for ‘Library of Congress—Salaries and 

Expenses’ at a rate for operations of $445,201,000, of which $0 

shall be for the operations described in the fifth and seventh provisos under such heading in Public Law 111–68. 

‘‘SEC. 292. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the 

President—International Fund for Ireland’ at a rate for operations 

of $0. 

Rescission. 

Applicability. 

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125 STAT. 30 PUBLIC LAW 112–6—MAR. 18, 2011 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 48: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011): 

Mar. 15, considered and passed House. 

Mar. 17, considered and passed Senate. 

Æ 

‘‘SEC. 293. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community 

Planning and Development—Brownfields Redevelopment’ at a rate 

for operations of $0. 

‘‘SEC. 294. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administration—Railroad Safety Technology Program’ at a rate for operations 

of $0.’’. 

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

Appropriations Amendments, 2011’’. 

Approved March 18, 2011. 


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