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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 111–380 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE 

BILL (H.R. 3326) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 

DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, AND FOR 

OTHER PURPOSES; FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION 

(H.J. RES. 64) MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

FISCAL YEAR 2010, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; FOR CONSIDERATION 

OF THE BILL (H.R. 4314) TO PERMIT CONTINUED FINANCING OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS; FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R. 2847) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, AND SCIENCE, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, AND 

FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

DECEMBER 16, 2009.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Ms. PINGREE, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 976] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 976, by a record vote of 8 to 3, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3326, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 

2010. The resolution makes in order a motion by the chair of the 

Committee on Appropriations to concur in the Senate amendment 

with the House amendment printed in part A of this report. The 

resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the 

motion except clause 10 of rule XXI and provides that the Senate 

amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. The resolution provides one hour of debate on the motion equally divided 

and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Appropriations. 

The resolution provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 64, making 

further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2010, under a 

closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

member of the Committee on Appropriations. The resolution waives 

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cept those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI and provides 

that the joint resolution shall be considered as read. The resolution 

waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution 

and provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4314, to permit 

continued financing of Government operations, under a closed rule. 

The resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided among 

and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Ways and Means. The resolution waives all points 

of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under 

clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI and provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill and provides one motion to recommit with or 

without instructions. 

The resolution provides for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. The resolution makes in order 

a motion by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations to concur in the Senate amendment with the House amendment printed 

in part B of this report. The resolution waives all points of order 

against consideration of the motion except clause 10 of rule XXI 

and provides that the Senate amendment and the motion shall be 

considered as read. The resolution provides one hour of debate on 

the motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 

The resolution provides that in the engrossment of the House 

amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, the Clerk shall 

add the text of H.R. 2920, as passed by the House, as new matter 

at the end of the text proposed to be inserted by the House. 

The resolution provides that measures may be considered under 

suspension of the rules at any time during the remainder of the 

first session of the 111th Congress and provides that the Speaker 

shall consult with the Minority Leader on the designation of any 

matter for consideration under suspension of the rules pursuant to 

the resolution. 

The resolution waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a twothirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from 

the Rules Committee) against any resolutions reported from the 

Rules Committee for the remainder of the first session of the 111th 

Congress. 

The resolution provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations may insert in the Congressional Record at any time 

during the remainder of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress such material as he may deem explanatory of the 

Senate amendments and the motions regarding H.R. 3326 and H.R. 

2847. 

The resolution provides that on any legislative day of the second 

session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress before January 12, 

2010, the Speaker at any time may dispense with organizational or 

legislative business. 

The resolution provides that on any legislative day of the second 

session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress before January 12, 

2010, the Chair at any time may declare the House adjourned or 

declare the House adjourned pursuant to an applicable concurrent 

resolution of adjournment. 

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The resolution provides for pro forma sessions until the House 

adjourns sine die. Finally, the resolution provides that on any legislative day of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, the Speaker may at any time declare the House adjourned. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the rule waives all points of order against consideration 

of the motion for H.R. 3326 (except for clause 10 of rule XXI) the 

Committee is not aware of any points of order against the motion. 

The waiver of all points of order against the motion is prophylactic 

in nature. 

Although the rule waives all points of order against consideration 

of H.J. Res. 64 (except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI) and waives 

all points of order against the provisions in the joint resolution, the 

Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waivers of all 

points of order are prophylactic in nature. 

Although the rule waives all points of order against consideration 

of H.R. 4314 (except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI) and waives 

all points of order against the provisions in the bill, the Committee 

is not aware of any points of order. The waivers of all points of 

order are prophylactic in nature. 

Although the rule waives all points of order against consideration 

of the motion for H.R. 2847 (except for clause 10 of rule XXI) the 

Committee is not aware of any points of order against the motion. 

The waiver of all points of order against the motion is prophylactic 

in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 304 

Date: December 16, 2009. 

Measure: Senate amendment to H.R. 3326, and for other purposes. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To strike Section 6 from the resolution, 

which provides blanket suspension authority for the Speaker, and 

Section 7, which provides blanket martial law authority until the 

end of this session. 

Results: Defeated 3–8. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings—Nay; Matsui— 

Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Perlmutter—Nay; Pingree—Nay; Polis—Nay; 

Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart—Yea; Foxx—Yea; Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 305 

Date: December 16, 2009. 

Measure: Senate amendment to H.R. 3326, and for other purposes. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To provide the Minority Leader or his designee an amendment to each item made in order by the rule. 

Results: Defeated 3–8. 

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Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings—Nay; Matsui— Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Perlmutter—Nay; Pingree—Nay; Polis—Nay; 

Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart—Yea; Foxx—Yea; Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 306 

Date: December 16, 2009. 

Measure: Senate amendment to H.R. 3326, and for other purposes. 

Motion by: Mr. McGovern. 

Summary of motion: To report the rule. 

Results: Adopted 8–3. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Yea; Hastings—Yea; Matsui—Yea; Arcuri—Yea; Perlmutter—Yea; Pingree—Yea; Polis—Yea; Dreier— 

Nay; Diaz-Balart—Nay; Foxx—Nay; Slaughter—Yea. 

SUMMARY OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT

TO H.R. 3326 IN PART A

The amendment provides for a 3.4% military pay increase, pro- vides $29.2 billion for the Defense Health Program, and $154 billion for the Defense Operations and Maintenance Account to increase readiness and training. It provides $5 billion to allow defense personnel, rather than contractors, to perform critical department functions, and $288 million for the Inspector General to hire 

additional investigators for oversight of DoD acquisition and contracting. It provides $1.5 billion for 18 F/A–18E/F Super Hornet 

Tactical aircraft, $1.6 billion for 22 EA–18G Growler electronic aircraft, $6.8 billion for 30 F–35 Lightning Aircraft, $2.7 billion for V– 

22 Osprey, $15 billion for the procurement of 7 Navy ships, $2.29 

billion for Future Combat Systems, and $3 billion for the Defense 

Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It provides $101.1 

billion for ongoing military operations, maintenance and military 

personnel requirements in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to support 

preparations to begin withdrawal from Iraq. It provides $23.36 billion for equipment used by service members in Iraq and Afghanistan, including: $6.3 billion for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Fund to procure over 6,600 new MRAP allterrain vehicles for troop protection; $1.1 billion for High Mobility 

Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs); and $863 million for 

the procurement of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. 

The amendment continues a general provision prohibiting the establishment of permanent bases in Iraq or Afghanistan. It continues a general provision prohibiting the torture of detainees held 

in U.S. custody. It provides no funds for the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Naval base. 

It allows the Small Business Administration (SBA) to continue 

two temporary enhancements to its loan guarantee program 

through February 28, 2010. The amendment extends through February 28, 2010, the following expiring provisions: the Patriot Act; 

the National Flood Insurance Program; the Medicare Physician 

Payments extension; the Surface Transportation Authorization Extension; unemployment insurance; the 65% COBRA health insurance subsidy for individuals who have lost their jobs; the compulsory copyright license used by satellite providers; the Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); and maintains Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines at 2009 

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levels to prevent a reduction in eligibility for certain means-tested 

programs, including Medicaid, SNAP, and child nutrition. 

SUMMARY OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT

TO H.R. 2847 IN PART B

The amendment redirects $75 billion in Troubled Asset Relief 

Program (TARP) savings to fund infrastructure and job investments. $43.8 billion of this funding will go toward infrastructure 

investments, including $27.5 billion for highway infrastructure investments, $8.4 billion for public transportation investments, $2 

billion for clean water programs, $2 billion for energy innovation 

loans, $4.1 billion for school renovation grants, $1 billion for the 

National Housing Trust Fund, and $1 billion for the Public Housing Capital Fund. $26.7 billion out of the total $75 billion will go 

toward public service jobs, including $23 billion for an Education 

Jobs Fund, $1.18 billion for law enforcement jobs, $500 million for 

firefighter jobs, $500 million for summer youth employment, and 

$750 million for job training for high growth fields. 

The amendment also provides $79 billion in continuing emergency funding, including $41 billion to extend unemployment insurance for six months, $12.3 billion to extend from nine to 15 months 

the 65% COBRA health insurance subsidy, $354 million for small 

business loan programs, $23.5 billion to extend FMAP through 

June 2010, and $2.3 billion to increase eligibility for the child tax 

credit. 

The amendment also extends certain surface transportation authorization programs until September 30, 2010, restores funding 

for the Highway Trust Fund, and ends the statute of limitations for 

USDA civil rights claims and provides funding for remedies, which 

is offset. 

PART A—TEXT OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE 

SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3326 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment of 

the Senate, insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Title I—Military Personnel 

Title II—Operation and Maintenance 

Title III—Procurement 

Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 

Title V—Revolving and Management Funds 

Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs 

Title VII—Related Agencies 

Title VIII—General Provisions 

Title IX—Overseas Contingency Operations 

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DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 

SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 

Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2010, for military functions administered by the Department of Defense and for other purposes, namely: 

TITLE I 

MILITARY PERSONNEL 

MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 

deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 

all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses 

of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for 

members of the Army on active duty, (except members of reserve 

components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 

for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military 

Retirement Fund, $41,005,612,000. 

MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 

deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 

all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses 

of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for 

members of the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 

members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 

pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $25,289,049,000. 

MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on 

deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 

all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses 

of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for 

members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of 

the Reserve provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to 

section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 

note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

$12,799,990,000. 

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MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including 

all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses 

of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for 

members of the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for 

payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military 

Retirement Fund, $26,174,136,000. 

RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty 

under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United States 

Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 

10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 

title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department 

of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $4,304,713,000. 

RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 

related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active duty 

under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States 

Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 

12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and 

expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 

Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,909,301,000. 

RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 

related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or 

while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, 

United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, 

and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 

Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $613,500,000. 

RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 

related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active 

duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, United 

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States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) 

of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty 

specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 

while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 

equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,589,412,000. 

NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 

related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while 

on duty under section 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 or section 

708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under 

section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 

States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 

training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other 

duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United 

States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $7,546,905,000. 

NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and 

related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty 

under section 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of 

title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 

12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 

in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of 

title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while 

performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses 

authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for 

payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

$2,938,229,000. 

TITLE II 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law; and not 

to exceed $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 

Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes, 

$30,934,550,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $14,657,000 can be used for 

emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments 

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may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military 

purposes, $34,714,396,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law, 

$5,539,117,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law; and 

not to exceed $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the 

Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes, 

$33,477,116,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department 

of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by 

law, $28,115,793,000: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 

may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may 

be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 

heading, not less than $29,732,000 shall be made available for the 

Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That none 

of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 

may be used to plan or implement the consolidation of a budget or 

appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military department, or the 

service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative 

affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, That 

$6,667,000, to remain available until expended, is available only for 

expenses relating to certain classified activities, and may be transferred as necessary by the Secretary to operation and maintenance 

appropriations or research, development, test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided 

further, That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of items 

that may be purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall 

not apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided 

further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is 

in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

this Act. 

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 

care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 

equipment; and communications, $2,617,496,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 

care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 

equipment; and communications, $1,273,701,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and 

equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $223,175,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and 

equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $3,131,200,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 

Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 

and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger 

motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; 

travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 

Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 

regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in 

compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying 

and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law; and 

expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies 

and equipment (including aircraft), $6,189,713,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Air 

National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, 

and repairs to structures and facilities; transportation of things, 

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hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 

National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, including those furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 

Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the 

same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel 

on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders while 

inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard 

Bureau, $5,882,251,000. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES

For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court 

of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $13,932,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official representation purposes. 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the Department of the Army, $423,364,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army 

shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the 

Army, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the 

Department of the Army, to be merged with and to be available for 

the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is 

in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

this Act. 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the Department of the Navy, $285,869,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy 

shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the 

Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the 

Department of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available for 

the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is 

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in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

this Act. 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the Department of the Air Force, $494,276,000, to remain 

available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air 

Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 

waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 

of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 

available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to 

be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 

as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 

upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 

herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under 

this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 

elsewhere in this Act. 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the Department of Defense, $11,100,000, to remain available 

until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 

upon determining that such funds are required for environmental 

restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of 

unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of Defense, or for 

similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department 

of Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 

transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all 

or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be 

transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the Department of the Army, $292,700,000, to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army 

shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the 

Department of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 

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tions to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

this Act. 

OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting 

of the programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, 

and 2561 of title 10, United States Code), $109,869,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2011. 

COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union and, 

with appropriate authorization by the Department of Defense and 

Department of State, to countries outside of the former Soviet 

Union, including assistance provided by contract or by grants, for 

facilitating the elimination and the safe and secure transportation 

and storage of nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for establishing programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons 

components, and weapon-related technology and expertise; for programs relating to the training and support of defense and military 

personnel for demilitarization and protection of weapons, weapons 

components and weapons technology and expertise, and for defense 

and military contacts, $424,093,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 

this heading, not less than $15,000,000 shall be available only to 

support the dismantling and disposal of nuclear submarines, submarine reactor components, and security enhancements for transport and storage of nuclear warheads in the Russian Far East and 

North. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

FUND

For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund, $100,000,000. 

TITLE III 

PROCUREMENT 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 

modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground 

handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 

purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

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ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $5,093,822,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012. 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 

modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground 

handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 

purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $1,251,053,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 

ARMY

For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 

weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment 

and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and 

such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement 

and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 

public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

for the foregoing purposes, $2,335,807,000, to remain available for 

obligation until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 

ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 

training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 

States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 

construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine 

tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government 

and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $2,056,115,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012. 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 

vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 

and the purchase of eight vehicles required for physical security of 

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senger vehicles but not to exceed $250,000 per vehicle; communications and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment 

and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and 

such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement 

and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 

public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

for the foregoing purposes, $8,582,660,000, to remain available for 

obligation until September 30, 2012. 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 

modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare 

parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of 

public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, 

and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and 

contractor-owned equipment layaway, $18,643,221,000, to remain 

available for obligation until September 30, 2012. 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 

modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related 

support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; 

expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

$3,357,572,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 

ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 

training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 

States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 

construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine 

tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government 

and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $800,651,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012. 

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SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and 

installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long lead time components and designs for vessels 

to be constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such 

lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 

prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows: 

Carrier Replacement Program, $739,269,000; 

Carrier Replacement Program (AP), $484,432,000; 

NSSN, $1,964,317,000; 

NSSN (AP), $1,959,725,000; 

CVN Refueling, $1,563,602,000; 

CVN Refuelings (AP), $211,820,000; 

DDG–1000 Program, $1,382,797,000; 

DDG–51 Destroyer, $1,912,267,000; 

DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $578,996,000; 

Littoral Combat Ship, $1,080,000,000; 

LPD–17, $872,392,000; 

LPD–17 (AP), $184,555,000; 

LHA–R (AP), $170,000,000; 

Intratheater Connector, $177,956,000; 

LCAC Service Life Extension Program, $63,857,000; 

Prior year shipbuilding costs, $144,950,000; 

Service Craft, $3,694,000; and 

For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $386,903,000. 

In all: $13,881,532,000, to remain available for obligation until 

September 30, 2014: Provided, That additional obligations may be 

incurred after September 30, 2014, for engineering services, tests, 

evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed 

in the final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That none 

of the funds provided under this heading for the construction or 

conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the 

United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the construction of major components of such vessel: Provided further, 

That none of the funds provided under this heading shall be used 

for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards. 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

For procurement, production, and modernization of support 

equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase of passenger motor vehicles 

for replacement only, and the purchase of seven vehicles required 

for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations 

applicable to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $250,000 per vehicle; expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be 

acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

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and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

$5,441,234,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 

modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare 

parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and 

machine tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; 

reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

layaway; vehicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of 

passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of 

public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and 

such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, $1,521,505,000, to 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012. 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 

equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground 

handling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof 

in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 

the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may 

be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 

of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things, 

$13,295,474,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2012; Provided, That none of the funds provided in this Act for 

modification of C–17 aircraft may be obligated until all C–17 contracts funded with prior year ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’ appropriated funds are definitized unless the Secretary of the Air 

Force certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees 

that each such obligation is necessary to meet the needs of a 

warfighting requirement or prevents increased costs to the taxpayer and provides the reasons for failing to definitize the prior 

year contracts along with the prospective contract definitization 

schedule. 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, 

spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts 

and accessories therefor, ground handling equipment, and training 

devices; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned 

equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 

prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and 

Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 

expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and 

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transportation of things, $5,995,544,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

For construction, procurement, production, and modification of 

ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 

training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 

States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 

construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine 

tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government 

and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $801,550,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2012. 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

For procurement and modification of equipment (including 

ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and 

spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of 

passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and the purchase of 

two vehicles required for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but not 

to exceed $250,000 per vehicle; lease of passenger motor vehicles; 

and expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned 

equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 

prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and 

Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

$17,138,239,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion 

of public and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 

such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the 

foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be 

acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $4,050,537,000, to remain available for obligation 

until September 30, 2012. 

DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sections 

108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 

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U.S.C. App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and 2093), $150,746,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

TITLE IV 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 

development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

$11,474,180,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2011. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 

development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

$20,003,463,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2011: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 

which are available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique operational requirements of the Special Operations Forces: Provided 

further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for the Cobra Judy program. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 

development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

$28,121,985,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2011. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic 

and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation; 

advanced research projects as may be designated and determined 

by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

$20,747,081,000, to remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2011, of which $2,500,000 shall be available only for the Missile 

Defense Agency to construct a replacement Patriot launcher pad for 

the Japanese Ministry of Defense. 

OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, 

in the direction and supervision of operational test and evaluation, 

including initial operational test and evaluation which is conducted 

prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection 

therewith, $190,770,000, to remain available for obligation until 

September 30, 2011. 

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TITLE V 

REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,455,004,000. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND

For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, and activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 

U.S.C. App. 1744), and for the necessary expenses to maintain and 

preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 

needs of the United States, $1,672,758,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this 

paragraph shall be used to award a new contract that provides for 

the acquisition of any of the following major components unless 

such components are manufactured in the United States: auxiliary 

equipment, including pumps, for all shipboard services; propulsion 

system components (engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, 

That the exercise of an option in a contract awarded through the 

obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not be considered 

to be the award of a new contract: Provided further, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for such procurement 

may waive the restrictions in the first proviso on a case-by-case 

basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 

requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must 

be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. 

TITLE VI 

OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health 

care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by law, 

$29,243,428,000; of which $27,596,689,000 shall be for operation 

and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall remain 

available until September 30, 2011, and of which up to 

$15,093,539,000 may be available for contracts entered into under 

the TRICARE program; of which $366,692,000, to remain available 

for obligation until September 30, 2012, shall be for procurement; 

and of which $1,280,047,000, to remain available for obligation 

until September 30, 2011, shall be for research, development, test 

and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount made available under this heading for 

research, development, test and evaluation, not less than 

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ing, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities conducted 

primarily in African nations. 

CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents 

and munitions, to include construction of facilities, in accordance 

with the provisions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense 

Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 

of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the chemical 

weapon stockpile, $1,560,760,000, of which $1,146,802,000 shall be 

for operation and maintenance, of which no less than $84,839,000, 

shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of $34,905,000 for activities on military installations and $49,934,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2011, to assist State and local governments; $12,689,000 shall be 

for procurement, to remain available until September 30, 2012, of 

which no less than $12,689,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile 

Emergency Preparedness Program to assist State and local governments; and $401,269,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2011, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation, of 

which $398,669,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical 

Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program. 

DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United 

States Code; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and 

for research, development, test and evaluation, $1,158,226,000: 

Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

available for obligation for the same time period and for the same 

purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 

provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 

contained elsewhere in this Act. 

JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund’’, 

$121,550,000 for Staff and Infrastructure: Provided, That such 

funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of allowing the 

Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization to investigate, develop and provide equipment, supplies, services, training, facilities, personnel and funds to assist United States 

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ther, That within 60 days of the enactment of this Act, a plan for 

the intended management and use of the amounts provided under 

this heading shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal 

quarter to the congressional defense committees providing assessments of the evolving threats, individual service requirements to 

counter the threats, the current strategy for predeployment training of members of the Armed Forces on improvised explosive devices, and details on the execution of the Fund: Provided further, 

That the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein 

to appropriations for operation and maintenance; procurement; research, development, test and evaluation; and defense working capital funds to accomplish the purpose provided herein: Provided further, That amounts transferred shall be merged with and available 

for the same purposes and time period as the appropriations to 

which transferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is 

in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to making transfers from this 

appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any such transfer. 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General 

in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

as amended, $288,100,000, of which $287,100,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on 

the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and payments 

may be made on the Inspector General’s certificate of necessity for 

confidential military purposes; and of which $1,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2012, shall be for procurement. 

TITLE VII 

RELATED AGENCIES 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY

SYSTEM FUND

For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 

Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level for 

continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, $290,900,000. 

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account, $707,912,000. 

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TITLE VIII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized 

by the Congress. 

SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any 

person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indirect hire foreign national employees of the Department of Defense funded by this Act shall not be 

at a rate in excess of the percentage increase authorized by law for 

civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States 

Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase provided by 

the appropriate host nation to its own employees, whichever is 

higher: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service national employees serving at 

United States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 

SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropriations in this 

Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year 

shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support 

of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp 

training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that 

such action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the 

approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 

exceed $4,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department 

of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Department 

of Defense for military functions (except military construction) between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to 

be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for 

the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used 

unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no 

case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied 

by the Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant 

to this authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request to the Committees on Appropriations for 

reprogramming of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on 

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unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally 

appropriated and in no case where the item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using 

authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 

2010: Provided further, That transfers among military personnel 

appropriations shall not be taken into account for purposes of the 

limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred under 

this section: Provided further, That no obligation of funds may be 

made pursuant to section 1206 of Public Law 109–163 (or any successor provision) unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 

congressional defense committees prior to any such obligation. 

SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific programs, 

projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments to 

budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and activities) contained in the tables titled ‘‘Explanation of Project Level 

Adjustments’’ in the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the 

obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise 

made available in this Act for those programs, projects, and activities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried out in the manner 

provided by such tables to the same extent as if the tables were 

included in the text of this Act. 

(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations for 

purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Provided, That section 8005 

shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in subsection 

(a) occur between appropriation accounts. 

SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 

the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees to establish the baseline for application 

of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2010: Provided, That the report shall include— 

(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to 

display the President’s budget request, adjustments made by 

Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 

(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by 

budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed 

in the Budget Appendix; and 

(3) an identification of items of special congressional interest. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds 

provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 

congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense 

certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that 

such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement. 

SEC. 8008. The Secretaries of the Air Force and the Army are authorized, using funds available under the headings ‘‘Operation and 

Maintenance, Air Force’’ and ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

to complete facility conversions and phased repair projects which 

may include upgrades and additions to Alaskan range infrastructure and training areas, and improved access to these ranges. 

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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8009. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash 

disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made between such funds: Provided further, That 

transfers may be made between working capital funds and the 

‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and the 

‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 

amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with 

the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, except that 

such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 

has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except in 

amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 

funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a working 

capital fund to procure or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 

Congress prior to any such obligation. 

SEC. 8010. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used to 

initiate a special access program without prior notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congressional defense committees. 

SEC. 8011. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic 

order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one 

year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order 

quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the congressional defense committees have been notified at 

least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, 

That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the economic 

order quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to the 

limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, That no part 

of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would exceed 

$500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be terminated 

without 10-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis to determine 

lowest cost compared to an annual procurement: Provided further, 

That none of the funds provided in this Act may be used for a 

multiyear contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 

Act unless in the case of any such contract— 

(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a report within 30 days of enactment of this Act that certifies full 

funding of units to be procured through the contract and, in 

the case of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes, 

for any aircraft unit to be procured through the contract for 

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year 2010 budget, full funding of procurement of such unit in 

that fiscal year; (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor 

associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; 

(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor 

under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred 

costs on funded units; and 

(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment 

based on a failure to award a follow-on contract. 

Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for a 

multiyear procurement contract as follows: 

F–18 aircraft variants. 

SEC. 8012. Within the funds appropriated for the operation and 

maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated 

pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, 

United States Code. Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations 

and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of 

title 10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be reported 

as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds available for operation and maintenance shall be 

available for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by 

using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the 

Compact of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–239: 

Provided further, That upon a determination by the Secretary of 

the Army that such action is beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army medical facilities located in 

Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of 

medical services at such facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, 

and Guam. 

SEC. 8013. (a) During fiscal year 2010, the civilian personnel of 

the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of 

any end-strength, and the management of such personnel during 

that fiscal year shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation 

(known as an end-strength) on the number of such personnel who 

may be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. (b) The fiscal year 2011 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation 

supporting the fiscal year 2011 Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of this provision were effective with regard to 

fiscal year 2011. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military 

(civilian) technicians. 

SEC. 8014. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 

used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 

action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 

the Congress. 

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SEC. 8015. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of the 

Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits 

paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department of 

Defense Education Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time 

student is credited toward completion of a service commitment: 

Provided, That this section shall not apply to those members who 

have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided 

further, That this section applies only to active components of the 

Army. 

SEC. 8016. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 

be available to convert to contractor performance an activity or 

function of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, is performed by more than 10 Department of Defense civilian employees unless— 

(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-private 

competition that includes a most efficient and cost effective organization plan developed by such activity or function; 

(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over 

all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 

performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance 

of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly 

to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization’s personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or 

function by Federal employees; or 

(B) $10,000,000; and 

(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense 

by— 

(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insurance 

plan available to the workers who are to be employed in 

the performance of that activity or function under the contract; or 

(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored 

health benefits plan that requires the employer to contribute less towards the premium or subscription share 

than the amount that is paid by the Department of Defense for health benefits for civilian employees under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection 

(a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title 

10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any administrative 

regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have full 

authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense 

that— 

(A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant 

to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); 

(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 

nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance 

with that Act; or 

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(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, 

as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small 

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 

(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 

10, United States Code. 

(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be 

credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or 

measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or 

policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and in 

compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 

States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activities. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8017. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be transferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for 

the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 

101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the authority of 

this provision or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

SEC. 8018. None of the funds in this Act may be available for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments and 

agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 inches 

in diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain are 

manufactured in the United States from components which are 

substantially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That 

for the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and 

welding (including the forging and shot blasting process): Provided 

further, That for the purpose of this section substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered to be 

produced or manufactured in the United States if the aggregate 

cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United 

States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or 

manufactured outside the United States: Provided further, That 

when adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of 

the service responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made in 

order to acquire capability for national security purposes. 

SEC. 8019. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M–1 Carbines, M– 

1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or 

M–1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited 

from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms 

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retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for further use. 

SEC. 8020. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated or 

made available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year 

for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 

this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to 

the congressional defense committees that such a relocation is required in the best interest of the Government. 

SEC. 8021. In addition to the funds provided elsewhere in this 

Act, $15,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 

U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor or a subcontractor 

at any tier that makes a subcontract award to any subcontractor 

or supplier as defined in section 1544 of title 25, United States 

Code, or a small business owned and controlled by an individual 

or individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United 

States Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes of 

being allowed additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime 

contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and involves the 

expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making Appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding section 430 of title 41, 

United States Code, this section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or services, including any 

contract and any subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or manufactured, in whole or in part by any 

subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 

States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, 

United States Code. 

SEC. 8022. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense Media 

Activity shall not be used for any national or international political 

or psychological activities. 

SEC. 8023. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

available to perform any cost study pursuant to the provisions of 

OMB Circular A–76 if the study being performed exceeds the period permitted by section 322 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84). 

SEC. 8024. During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed 

$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, 

United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only 

from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That 

upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait 

shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such 

obligations. 

SEC. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not less 

than $33,756,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

(1) $26,433,000 shall be available from ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, readiness, counterdrug activities, 

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and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs; (2) $6,426,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

Air Force’’; and 

(3) $897,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other Procurement, Air 

Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement 

for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and local government agencies. 

SEC. 8026. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act are 

available to establish a new Department of Defense (department) 

federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either 

as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership 

corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other 

nonprofit entities. 

(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any 

similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any 

defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for his or her services as a member of 

such entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in 

a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity referred 

to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses 

and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership duties. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 

available to the department from any source during fiscal year 

2010 may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new buildings, for payment of 

cost sharing for projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, 

not to include employee participation in community service and/or 

development. 

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 

available to the department during fiscal year 2010, not more than 

5,600 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for 

defense FFRDCs: Provided, That of the specific amount referred to 

previously in this subsection, not more than 1,100 staff years may 

be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided 

further, That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded 

in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). 

(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the department’s fiscal year 2011 budget request, submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be 

allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year and the 

associated budget estimates. 

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total 

amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by 

$125,200,000. 

SEC. 8027. None of the funds appropriated or made available in 

this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy or armor steel plate 

for use in any Government-owned facility or property under the 

control of the Department of Defense which were not melted and 

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rolled in the United States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply 

Class 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or 

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, 

alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

the military department responsible for the procurement may 

waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are 

not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a 

timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order 

to acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are 

in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 8028. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 

defense committees’’ means the Armed Services Committee of the 

House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the 

Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 

Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair 

of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components and other Defense-related articles, through competition between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the 

military department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of 

delegation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and private 

bids: Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 

section. 

SEC. 8030. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation 

with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a 

foreign country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of products produced in the United 

States that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense 

shall rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American 

Act with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 

country. 

(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal 

defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the 

United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act 

for certain products in that country. 

(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2010. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American Act was 

waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), 

the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 

international agreement to which the United States is a party. 

(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 

means title III of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations 

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for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year 

ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 

1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 

SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained in 

the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment 

Recovery Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National 

Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 

2687 note) shall be available until expended for the payments specified by section 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 

SEC. 8032. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air Force, 

without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, and 

Minnesota relocatable military housing units located at Grand 

Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mountain Home 

Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force 

Base that are excess to the needs of the Air Force. 

(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost to the 

Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in accordance with the request for such units that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, 

South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, and Minnesota. 

(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air 

Force under subsection (b). 

(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any recognized 

Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary 

of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 

U.S.C. 479a–1). 

SEC. 8033. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which 

are available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment item 

unit cost of not more than $250,000. 

SEC. 8034. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working 

Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item 

for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year 

to customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds 

if such an item would not have been chargeable to the Department 

of Defense Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and 

if the purchase of such an investment item would be chargeable 

during the current fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for procurement. 

(b) The fiscal year 2011 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation 

supporting the fiscal year 2011 Department of Defense budget shall 

be prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis that any 

equipment which was classified as an end item and funded in a 

procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted 

for in a proposed fiscal year 2011 procurement appropriation and 

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not in the supply management business area or any other area or 

category of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds. 

SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for 

obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior 

or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: 

Provided further, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the 

Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and development acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert action programs authorized by the President under section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, shall remain available 

until September 30, 2011. 

SEC. 8036. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

made available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence Agency may 

be used for the design, development, and deployment of General 

Defense Intelligence Program intelligence communications and intelligence information systems for the Services, the Unified and 

Specified Commands, and the component commands. 

SEC. 8037. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, DefenseWide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be made available only for 

the mitigation of environmental impacts, including training and 

technical assistance to tribes, related administrative support, the 

gathering of information, documenting of environmental damage, 

and developing a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost to 

complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from 

Department of Defense activities. 

SEC. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 

be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the 

entity, in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American 

Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 

means title III of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations 

for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year 

ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 

1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 

(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been 

convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United 

States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, 

in accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, 

whether the person should be debarred from contracting with the 

Department of Defense. 

(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress 

that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products, provided that American-made equipment and products are 

cost-competitive, quality-competitive, and available in a timely 

fashion. 

SEC. 8039. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

available for a contract for studies, analysis, or consulting services 

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entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement determines— 

(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one 

source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work; 

(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an unsolicited 

proposal which offers significant scientific or technological 

promise, represents the product of original thinking, and was 

submitted in confidence by one source; or 

(3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of unique 

and significant industrial accomplishment by a specific concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of a specific concern is given financial support: Provided, That this limitation 

shall not apply to contracts in an amount of less than $25,000, 

contracts related to improvements of equipment that is in development or production, or contracts as to which a civilian official of the Department of Defense, who has been confirmed by 

the Senate, determines that the award of such contract is in 

the interest of the national defense. 

SEC. 8040. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), none 

of the funds made available by this Act may be used— 

(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 

(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces 

or civilian employee of the department who is transferred or 

reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or employee’s place of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. 

(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case 

basis, if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate that 

the granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 

or the financial requirements of the department. 

(c) This section does not apply to— 

(1) field operating agencies funded within the National Intelligence Program; or 

(2) an Army field operating agency established to eliminate, 

mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive devices, 

and, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, other similar 

threats. 

SEC. 8041. The Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment 

of the Department of Defense, may use funds made available in 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, DefenseWide’’ to make grants and supplement other Federal funds in accordance with the guidance provided in the explanatory statement 

regarding this Act. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 8042. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 

Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 

the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 

‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 2009/ 

2010’’, $20,000,000; 

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‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 

2009/2010’’, $98,430,000; 

‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 

2009/2010’’, $154,457,000; 

‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 

Army, 2009/2011’’, $41,087,000; 

‘‘Other Procurement, Army, 2009/2011’’, $138,239,000; 

‘‘Other Procurement, Navy, 2009/2011’’, $84,844,000; 

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2009/2011’’, $628,900,000; 

‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2009/2011’’, $60,000,000; 

‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 2009/2011’’, $10,900,000; 

‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2009/2011’’, $5,200,000; and 

‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2008/2010’’, $2,000,000. 

SEC. 8043. None of the funds available in this Act may be used to reduce the authorized positions for military (civilian) technicians 

of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve 

and Air Force Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 

military (civilian) technicians, unless such reductions are a direct 

result of a reduction in military force structure. 

SEC. 8044. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance 

to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. 

SEC. 8045. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and 

maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands 

and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, 

allowances and other expenses which would otherwise be incurred 

against appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when 

members of the National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or 

counterintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities 

and programs included within the National Intelligence Program 

and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided, That nothing in 

this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and National Guard personnel and training procedures. 

SEC. 8046. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the civilian medical 

and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2003, level: Provided, That the 

Service Surgeons General may waive this section by certifying to 

the congressional defense committees that the beneficiary population is declining in some catchment areas and civilian strength 

reductions may be consistent with responsible resource stewardship 

and capitation-based budgeting. 

SEC. 8047. (a) None of the funds available to the Department of 

Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of 

the United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency 

for any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities 

may be transferred to any other department or agency of the 

United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations 

law. 

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SEC. 8048. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than 

those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

for such procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 

basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 

requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must 

be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as defined by section 4(12) of the 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 

SEC. 8049. None of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase 

any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United 

States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that such an acquisition must be made 

in order to acquire capability for national security purposes that is 

not available from United States manufacturers. 

SEC. 8050. None of the funds made available in this or any other 

Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the 

Department of Defense who approves or implements the transfer of 

administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of 

another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this limitation 

shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 8051. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds available to the Department of Defense for the current 

fiscal year may be obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an international organization any defense articles or services (other than intelligence services) for use in the activities described in subsection (b) unless the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are 

notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

(b) This section applies to— 

(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-enforcement operation under the authority of chapter VI or chapter VII of the 

United Nations Charter under the authority of a United Nations Security Council resolution; and 

(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-enforcement, 

or humanitarian assistance operation. 

(c) A notice under subsection (a) shall include the following— 

(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or services to be 

transferred. 

(2) A statement of the value of the equipment, supplies, or 

services to be transferred. 

(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equipment or supplies— 

(A) a statement of whether the inventory requirements 

of all elements of the Armed Forces (including the reserve 

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components) for the type of equipment or supplies to be 

transferred have been met; and 

(B) a statement of whether the items proposed to be 

transferred will have to be replaced and, if so, how the 

President proposes to provide funds for such replacement. 

SEC. 8052. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense for costs 

of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee when— (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of the 

normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated with a business combination. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, no more than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading 

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be transferred to 

appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to be 

merged with, and to be available for the same time period as the 

appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support of such 

personnel in connection with support and services for eligible organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 

SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, in the case of an ap- propriation account of the Department of Defense for which the period of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed 

under the provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, 

and which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an 

obligation or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any 

current appropriation account for the same purpose as the expired 

or closed account if— 

(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable (ex- cept as to amount) to the expired or closed account before the 

end of the period of availability or closing of that account; (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to any current appropriation account of the Department of Defense; 

and 

(3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department of Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 

101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That in 

the case of an expired account, if subsequent review or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in the account, any charge to a 

current account under the authority of this section shall be reversed and recorded against the expired account: Provided further, That the total amount charged to a current appropriation 

under this section may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the total appropriation for that account. 

SEC. 8055. (a) IN GENERAL.—Service as a member of the Alaska 

Territorial Guard during World War II of any individual who was 

honorably discharged therefrom under section 8147 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–259; 

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114 Stat. 705) shall be treated as active service for purposes of the 

computation under chapter 61, 71, 371, 571, 871, or 1223 of title 

10, United States Code, as applicable, of the retired pay to which 

such individual may be entitled under title 10, United States Code. (b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 

amounts of retired pay payable under title 10, United States Code, 

for months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 

Act. No retired pay shall be paid to any individual by reason of 

subsection (a) for any period before that date. (c) WORLD WAR II DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘World 

War II’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(8) of title 

38, United States Code. 

SEC. 8056. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of 

the National Guard Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case basis. (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to 

funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project 

and be available to defray the costs associated with the use of 

equipment of the project under that subsection. Such funds shall 

be available for such purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

SEC. 8057. Using funds available by this Act or any other Act, 

the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a determination under 

section 2690 of title 10, United States Code, may implement costeffective agreements for required heating facility modernization in 

the Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Republic of 

Germany: Provided, That in the City of Kaiserslautern such agreements will include the use of United States anthracite as the base 

load energy for municipal district heat to the United States Defense installations: Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat may 

be obtained from private, regional or municipal services, if provisions are included for the consideration of United States coal as an 

energy source. 

SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act 

may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for 

operational training, operational use or inventory requirements: 

Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in 

development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading 

to acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this restriction does not apply to programs funded within the National Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in 

writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national security interest to do so. 

SEC. 8059. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used to approve or license the sale of the F–22A advanced tactical 

fighter to any foreign government: Provided, That the Department 

of Defense may conduct or participate in studies, research, design 

and other activities to define and develop a future export version 

of the F–22A that protects classified and sensitive information, 

technologies and U.S. warfighting capabilities. 

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SEC. 8060. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-case 

basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on 

the procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in 

law if the Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with respect to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into between the Department of Defense and the 

foreign country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for 

the procurement of defense items entered into under section 2531 

of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced in the 

United States for that country. (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 

(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the 

date of the enactment of this Act; and 

(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised 

after such date under contracts that are entered into before 

such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason other 

than the application of a waiver granted under subsection (a). (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by section 11 (chapters 50–65) 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and products classified under 

headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 

through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 

7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

SEC. 8061. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to support any training program involving a unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of Defense has received credible information from the Department of State that the 

unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all 

necessary corrective steps have been taken. (b) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, shall ensure that prior to a decision to conduct any training program referred to in subsection (a), full consideration is given 

to all credible information available to the Department of State relating to human rights violations by foreign security forces. 

(c) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if he 

determines that such waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances. 

(d) Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any waiver under 

subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the 

congressional defense committees describing the extraordinary circumstances, the purpose and duration of the training program, the 

United States forces and the foreign security forces involved in the 

training program, and the information relating to human rights 

violations that necessitates the waiver. 

SEC. 8062. None of the funds appropriated or made available in 

this Act to the Department of the Navy shall be used to develop, 

lease or procure the T–AKE class of ships unless the main propulsion diesel engines and propulsors are manufactured in the United 

States by a domestically operated entity: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis 

by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic 

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supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made 

in order to acquire capability for national security purposes or 

there exists a significant cost or quality difference. 

SEC. 8063. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations 

Acts may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing 

repairs or maintenance to military family housing units of the Department of Defense, including areas in such military family housing units that may be used for the purpose of conducting official 

Department of Defense business. 

SEC. 8064. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, 

Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ for any new start advanced 

concept technology demonstration project or joint capability demonstration project may only be obligated 30 days after a report, including a description of the project, the planned acquisition and 

transition strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has 

been provided in writing to the congressional defense committees: 

Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction 

on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 

committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 

SEC. 8065. The Secretary of Defense shall provide a classified 

quarterly report beginning 30 days after enactment of this Act, to 

the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees 

on Defense on certain matters as directed in the classified annex 

accompanying this Act. 

SEC. 8066. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds 

available to the Department of Defense may be used to provide 

support to another department or agency of the United States if 

such department or agency is more than 90 days in arrears in making payment to the Department of Defense for goods or services 

previously provided to such department or agency on a reimbursable basis: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply if the department is authorized by law to provide support to such department or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is providing the 

requested support pursuant to such authority: Provided further, 

That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a caseby-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that it is 

in the national security interest to do so. 

SEC. 8067. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United 

States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the National Guard 

serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of 

title 32, United States Code, may perform duties in support of the 

ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense 

System. 

SEC. 8068. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used 

to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the 

Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and a 

United States military nomenclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or 

‘‘armor-piercing incendiary-tracer (API–T)’’, except to an entity performing demilitarization services for the Department of Defense 

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isfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to 

a contract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture of 

ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export 

of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the Department of State. 

SEC. 8069. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief 

of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may waive payment 

of all or part of the consideration that otherwise would be required 

under section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of 

a lease of personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 

any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, United 

States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief of the National Guard 

Bureau, or his designee, on a case-by-case basis. 

SEC. 8070. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity of the 

Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine 

with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic 

beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located in 

the United States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured within that State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, 

within the District of Columbia, in which the military installation 

is located: Provided, That in a case in which the military installation is located in more than one State, purchases may be made in 

any State in which the installation is located: Provided further, 

That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages and 

wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installations in States which are not contiguous with another State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt 

beverages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall 

be procured from the most competitive source, price and other factors considered. 

SEC. 8071. Funds available to the Department of Defense for the 

Global Positioning System during the current fiscal year may be 

used to fund civil requirements associated with the satellite and 

ground control segments of such system’s modernization program. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $106,754,000 shall 

remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real 

property, construction, personal services, and operations related to 

projects carrying out the purposes of this section: Provided further, 

That contracts entered into under the authority of this section may 

provide for such indemnification as the Secretary determines to be 

necessary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and local law to 

the maximum extent consistent with the national security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

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SEC. 8073. Section 8106 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under subsection 101(b) of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–111; 10 

U.S.C. 113 note) shall continue in effect to apply to disbursements 

that are made by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 8074. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, 

$3,750,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to 

remain available for obligation until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for 

the construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to 

meet the needs of military family members when confronted with 

the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8075. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, DefenseWide’’, $202,434,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: 

Provided, That of this amount, $80,092,000 shall be for the Short 

Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, including 

cruise missile defense research and development under the SRBMD 

program, $50,036,000 shall be available for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, and $72,306,000 

shall be for the Arrow Missile Defense Program, of which 

$25,000,000 shall be for producing Arrow missile components in the 

United States and Arrow missile components in Israel to meet 

Israel’s defense requirements, consistent with each nation’s laws, 

regulations and procedures: Provided further, That funds made 

available under this provision for production of missiles and missile 

components may be transferred to appropriations available for the 

procurement of weapons and equipment, to be merged with and to 

be available for the same time period and the same purposes as the 

appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That the 

transfer authority provided under this provision is in addition to 

any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8076. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $144,950,000 shall 

be available until September 30, 2010, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, That upon enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer such funds to the following 

appropriations in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the 

amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 

same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred: 

To: 

Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 

2004/2010’’: 

New SSN, $26,906,000; and 

LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock Program, 

$16,844,000. 

Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 

2005/2010’’: 

New SSN, $18,702,000; and 

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LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock Program, 

$16,498,000. 

Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 

2008/2012’’: 

LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock Program, 

$66,000,000. 

SEC. 8077. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command administrative and operational control of U.S. Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the command and control relationships which existed 

on October 1, 2004, shall remain in force unless changes are specifically authorized in a subsequent Act. 

SEC. 8078. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may exercise the provisions of section 7403(g) of title 38, United States Code, for occupations listed 

in section 7403(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as well as the 

following: 

Pharmacists, Audiologists, Psychologists, Social Workers, 

Othotists/Prosthetists, Occupational Therapists, Physical 

Therapists, Rehabilitation Therapists, Respiratory Therapists, 

Speech Pathologists, Dietitian/Nutritionists, Industrial Hygienists, Psychology Technicians, Social Service Assistants, Practical Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and Dental Hygienists: (A) The requirements of section 7403(g)(1)(A) of title 38, 

United States Code, shall apply. (B) The limitations of section 7403(g)(1)(B) of title 38, 

United States Code, shall not apply. 

SEC. 8079. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by 

the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are 

deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes 

of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) 

during fiscal year 2010 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. 

SEC. 8080. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

funds that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity 

unless such program, project, or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of national security and only after written 

prior notification to the congressional defense committees. 

SEC. 8081. In addition to funds made available elsewhere in this 

Act, $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated and shall remain available 

until expended to provide assistance, by grant or otherwise (such 

as the provision of funds for information technology and textbook 

purchases, professional development for educators, and student 

transition support) to public schools in states that are considered 

overseas assignments with unusually high concentrations of special 

needs military dependents enrolled: Provided, That up to 2 percent 

of the total appropriated funds under this section shall be available 

for the administration and execution of the programs and/or events 

that promote the purpose of this appropriation: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the total appropriated funds under this section shall be available to public schools that have entered into a 

military partnership: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be 

available for a nonprofit trust fund to assist in the public-private 

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funding of public school repair and maintenance projects: Provided 

further, That $500,000 shall be available to fund an ongoing special 

education support program in public schools with unusually high 

concentrations of active duty military dependents enrolled: Provided further, That to the extent a Federal agency provides this assistance by contract, grant, or otherwise, it may accept and expend 

non-Federal funds in combination with these Federal funds to provide assistance for the authorized purpose. 

SEC. 8082. (a) In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in 

this Act, $3,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

Defense for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard’’. 

Such amount shall be made available to the Secretary of the Army 

only to make a grant in the amount of $3,000,000 to the entity 

specified in subsection (b) to facilitate access by veterans to opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry. (b) The entity referred to in subsection (a) is the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment, a nonprofit labor-management cooperation committee provided for by 

section 302(c)(9) of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 

U.S.C. 186(c)(9)), for the purposes set forth in section 6(b) of the 

Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a note). 

SEC. 8083. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2011 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 

States Code, shall include separate budget justification documents 

for costs of United States Armed Forces’ participation in contingency operations for the Military Personnel accounts, the Operation 

and Maintenance accounts, and the Procurement accounts: Provided, That these documents shall include a description of the 

funding requested for each contingency operation, for each military 

service, to include all Active and Reserve components, and for each 

appropriations account: Provided further, That these documents 

shall include estimated costs for each element of expense or object 

class, a reconciliation of increases and decreases for each contingency operation, and programmatic data including, but not limited 

to, troop strength for each Active and Reserve component, and estimates of the major weapons systems deployed in support of each 

contingency: Provided further, That these documents shall include 

budget exhibits OP–5 and OP–32 (as defined in the Department of 

Defense Financial Management Regulation) for all contingency operations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal years. 

SEC. 8084. None of the funds in this Act may be used for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment 

of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system. 

SEC. 8085. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise 

made available elsewhere in this Act, $110,640,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall make grants in the amounts specified as follows: $15,000,000 to the United Service Organizations; $22,500,000 

to the Red Cross; $6,000,000 to the SOAR Virtual School District; 

$5,000,000 to The Presidio Heritage Center; $5,000,000 to the 

Paralympics Military Program; $3,840,000 to the Arrest Deterioration of Ford Island Aviation Control Tower, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; 

$1,500,000 to the Go For Broke program; $800,000 to Our Military 

Kids; $3,000,000 to the New Jersey Technology Center; $1,600,000 

to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial; $500,000 

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to the Marshall Legacy Institute; $1,000,000 to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund for Demining Activities; $18,900,000 to the 

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate; $5,000,000 to the 

U.S.S. Missouri Memorial Association; $20,000,000 to the National 

World War II Museum; and $1,000,000 for the Riverside General 

Hospital in Houston, Texas, for the treatment of psychological 

health issues. 

SEC. 8086. None of the funds appropriated or made available in 

this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 

53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, 

if such action would reduce the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance 

mission below the levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air 

Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 

perform other missions in support of national defense requirements 

during the non-hurricane season. 

SEC. 8087. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless the 

information has been lawfully collected and processed during the 

conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities: Provided, That 

information pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution as implemented through 

Executive Order No. 12333. 

SEC. 8088. (a) At the time members of reserve components of the 

Armed Forces are called or ordered to active duty under section 

12302(a) of title 10, United States Code, each member shall be notified in writing of the expected period during which the member 

will be mobilized. 

(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in any case in which the Secretary determines that it 

is necessary to do so to respond to a national security emergency 

or to meet dire operational requirements of the Armed Forces. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8089. The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds from any 

available Department of the Navy appropriation to any available 

Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of liquidating 

necessary changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or 

rate adjustments for any ship construction program appropriated in 

law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to exceed 

$100,000,000 under the authority provided by this section: Provided further, That the Secretary may not transfer any funds until 

30 days after the proposed transfer has been reported to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate, unless a response from the Committees is received sooner: 

Provided further, That the transfer authority provided by this section is in addition to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 

SEC. 8090. For purposes of section 612 of title 41, United States 

Code, any subdivision of appropriations made under the heading 

‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ that is not closed at the time 

reimbursement is made shall be available to reimburse the Judgment Fund and shall be considered for the same purposes as any 

subdivision under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 

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Navy’’ appropriations in the current fiscal year or any prior fiscal 

year. 

SEC. 8091. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to transfer research and development, acquisition, or other 

program authority relating to current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army. (b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and operational con- trol of the MQ–1C Sky Warrior Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in 

order to support the Secretary of Defense in matters relating to the 

employment of unmanned aerial vehicles. 

SEC. 8092. Of the funds provided in this Act, $10,000,000 shall 

be available for the operations and development of training and 

technology for the Joint Interagency Training and Education Center and the affiliated Center for National Response at the Memorial 

Tunnel and for providing homeland defense/security and traditional 

warfighting training to the Department of Defense, other Federal 

agencies, and State and local first responder personnel at the Joint 

Interagency Training and Education Center. 

SEC. 8093. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust wage rates for civilian 

employees hired for certain health care occupations as authorized 

for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, 

United States Code. 

SEC. 8094. Up to $16,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 

the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ may be made 

available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the 

purpose of enabling the Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance, and 

payment of incremental and personnel costs of training and exercising with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made 

available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any other 

funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds 

may not be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 

that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance 

under any other provision of law. 

SEC. 8095. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except 

for funds appropriated for research and technology, which shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 

SEC. 8096. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United 

States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act 

under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ shall be 

considered to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under the 

heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in 

any prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the 

total amount of the appropriation. 

SEC. 8097. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions, the total amount 

appropriated in title II of this Act is hereby reduced by 

$194,000,000, the total amount appropriated in title III of this Act 

is hereby reduced by $322,000,000, the total amount appropriated 

in title IV of this Act is hereby reduced by $336,000,000, and the 

total amount appropriated in title V of this Act is hereby reduced 

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by $9,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction proportionally to each budget activity, activity 

group, subactivity group, and each program, project, and activity, 

within each appropriation account. 

SEC. 8098. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, that not 

more than 35 percent of funds provided in this Act for environmental remediation may be obligated under indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts with a total contract value of 

$130,000,000 or higher. 

SEC. 8099. The Secretary of Defense shall create a major force 

program category for space for the Future Years Defense Program 

of the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense shall designate an official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense to provide overall supervision of the preparation and justification of program recommendations and budget proposals to be included in 

such major force program category. 

SEC. 8100. The Director of National Intelligence shall include the budget exhibits identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) as described in 

the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation with 

the congressional budget justification books. (1) For procurement programs requesting more than 

$20,000,000 in any fiscal year, the P–1, Procurement Program; 

P–5, Cost Analysis; P–5a, Procurement History and Planning; 

P–21, Production Schedule; and P–40, Budget Item Justification. 

(2) For research, development, test and evaluation projects 

requesting more than $10,000,000 in any fiscal year, the R–1, 

RDT&E Program; R–2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification; R– 

3, RDT&E Project Cost Analysis; and R–4, RDT&E Program 

Schedule Profile. 

SEC. 8101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 

the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay negotiated 

indirect cost rates on a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

(or similar arrangement) entered into by the Department of Defense and an entity in excess of 35 percent of the total cost of the 

contract, grant, or agreement (or similar arrangement): Provided, 

That this limitation shall apply only to contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements entered into after the date of enactment of this 

Act using funds made available in this Act for basic research. 

SEC. 8102. The Secretary of Defense shall maintain on the homepage of the Internet website of the Department of Defense a direct 

link to the Internet website of the Office of Inspector General of the 

Department of Defense. 

SEC. 8103. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 

the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish the 

baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities 

for fiscal year 2010: Provided, That the report shall include— 

(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to 

display the President’s budget request, adjustments made by 

Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by Expenditure Center and project; and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest. 

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(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence Program in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 

until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence committees, unless the Director of National 

Intelligence certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence 

committees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an 

emergency requirement. 

SEC. 8104. The Director of National Intelligence shall submit to 

Congress each year, at or about the time that the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year under section 1105(a) of title 

31, United States Code, a future-years intelligence program (including associated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures 

and proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such future-years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the four succeeding fiscal years. 

SEC. 8105. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 

intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent Select Committee 

on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 

of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

SEC. 8106. The Department of Defense shall continue to report 

incremental contingency operations costs for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom on a monthly basis in the 

Cost of War Execution Report as prescribed in the Department of 

Defense Financial Management Regulation Department of Defense 

Instruction 7000.14, Volume 12, Chapter 23 ‘‘Contingency Operations’’, Annex 1, dated September 2005. 

SEC. 8107. The amounts appropriated in title II of this Act are 

hereby reduced by $400,000,000 to reflect excess cash balances in 

Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, as follows: 

(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $150,000,000; 

and 

(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 

$250,000,000. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8108. (a) CONTINUATION OF STOP-LOSS SPECIAL PAY.— 

Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer 

of funds in this Act, shall be made available to the Secretaries of 

the military departments only to provide special pay during fiscal 

year 2010 to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 

Corps, including members of their reserve components, who, at any 

time during fiscal year 2010, serve on active duty while the members’ enlistment or period of obligated service is extended, or whose 

eligibility for retirement is suspended, pursuant to section 123 or 

12305 of title 10, United States Code, or any other provision of law 

(commonly referred to as a ‘‘stop-loss authority’’) authorizing the 

President to extend an enlistment or period of obligated service, or 

suspend an eligibility for retirement, of a member of the uniformed 

services in time of war or of national emergency declared by Congress or the President. 

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(b) SPECIAL PAY AMOUNT.—The amount of the special pay paid 

under subsection (a) to or on behalf of an eligible member shall be 

$500 per month for each month or portion of a month during fiscal 

year 2010 that the member is retained on active duty as a result 

of application of the stop-loss authority. 

(c) TREATMENT OF DECEASED MEMBERS.—If an eligible member 

described in subsection (a) dies before the payment required by this 

section is made, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall make the payment in accordance with section 2771 of 

title 10, United States Code. 

(d) CLARIFICATION OF RETROACTIVE STOP-LOSS SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITY.—Section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

2009 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1870) is amended by adding at 

the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(i) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT REENLISTMENT OF VOLUNTARY EXTENSION OF SERVICE.—Members of the Armed Forces, retired members, and former members otherwise described in subsection (a) are 

not eligible for a payment under this section if the members— 

‘‘(1) voluntarily reenlisted or extended their service after 

their enlistment or period of obligated service was extended, or 

after their eligibility for retirement was suspended, pursuant 

to a stop-loss authority; and 

‘‘(2) received a bonus for such reenlistment or extension of 

service.’’. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8109. During the current fiscal year, not to exceed 

$11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II of this 

Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may 

be transferred by the military department concerned to its central 

fund established for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 

2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8110. Of the funds appropriated in the Intelligence Community Management Account for the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, $24,000,000 is available for transfer 

by the Director of National Intelligence to other departments and 

agencies for purposes of Government-wide information sharing activities: Provided, That funds transferred under this provision are 

to be merged with and available for the same purposes and time 

period as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, 

That the Office of Management and Budget must approve any 

transfers made under this provision. 

SEC. 8111. Funds appropriated by this Act for operation and 

maintenance may be available for the purpose of making remittances to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund in 

accordance with the requirements of section 1705 of title 10, United 

States Code. 

SEC. 8112. (a) HIGH PRIORITY NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG

PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title VI under the heading ‘‘Drug Interdiction and CounterDrug Activities, Defense’’, up to $15,000,000 shall be available for 

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the purpose of High Priority National Guard Counterdrug Programs. 

(b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The amount made available by 

subsection (a) for the purpose specified in that subsection is in addition to any other amounts made available by this Act for that 

purpose. 

APOLOGY TO NATIVE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED STATES

SEC. 8113. (a) ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APOLOGY.—The United 

States, acting through Congress— 

(1) recognizes the special legal and political relationship Indian tribes have with the United States and the solemn covenant with the land we share; 

(2) commends and honors Native Peoples for the thousands 

of years that they have stewarded and protected this land; 

(3) recognizes that there have been years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by 

the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes; 

(4) apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to 

all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the 

United States; 

(5) expresses its regret for the ramifications of former wrongs 

and its commitment to build on the positive relationships of 

the past and present to move toward a brighter future where 

all the people of this land live reconciled as brothers and sisters, and harmoniously steward and protect this land together; 

(6) urges the President to acknowledge the wrongs of the 

United States against Indian tribes in the history of the 

United States in order to bring healing to this land; and 

(7) commends the State governments that have begun reconciliation efforts with recognized Indian tribes located in their 

boundaries and encourages all State governments similarly to 

work toward reconciling relationships with Indian tribes within their boundaries. 

(b) DISCLAIMER.—Nothing in this section— 

(1) authorizes or supports any claim against the United 

States; or 

(2) serves as a settlement of any claim against the United 

States. 

SEC. 8114. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 

Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 

website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the 

Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the 

head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

(1) the public posting of the report compromises national security; or 

(2) the report contains proprietary information. 

(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 

after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 

SEC. 8115. (a) It is the sense of Congress that— 

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(1) All of the National Nuclear Security Administration sites, 

including the Nevada Test Site can play an effective and essential role in developing and demonstrating— (A) innovative and effective methods for treaty 

verification and the detection of nuclear weapons and 

other materials; and 

(B) related threat reduction technologies; and (2) the Administrator for Nuclear Security should expand the 

mission of the Nevada Test Site to carry out the role described 

in paragraph (1), including by— (A) fully utilizing the inherent capabilities and uniquely 

secure location of the Site; 

(B) continuing to support the Nation’s nuclear weapons 

program and other national security programs; and (C) renaming the Site to reflect the expanded mission of 

the Site. 

(b) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the 

congressional defense committees and the Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development of the Committees on Appropriations 

a plan for improving the infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site of 

the National Nuclear Security Administration and, if the Administrator deems appropriate, all other sites under the jurisdiction of 

the National Nuclear Security Administration— (1) to fulfill the expanded mission of the Site described in 

subsection (a); and 

(2) to make the Site available to support the threat reduction 

programs of the entire national security community, including 

threat reduction programs of the National Nuclear Security 

Administration, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies as appropriate. 

SEC. 8116. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract for 

an amount in excess of $1,000,000 that is awarded more than 60 

days after the effective date of this Act, unless the contractor 

agrees not to: 

(1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees or 

independent contractors that requires, as a condition of employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree 

to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out 

of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 

intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, 

or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or 

(2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing 

agreement with an employee or independent contractor that 

mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve 

through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, 

or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention. 

(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract awarded 

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more than 180 days after the effective date of this Act unless the 

contractor certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to 

agree not to enter into, and not to take any action to enforce any 

provision of, any agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

of subsection (a), with respect to any employee or independent contractor performing work related to such subcontract. For purposes 

of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an entity that has 

a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 

(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect to 

a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with employees or 

independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of the 

United States. 

(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor for the 

purposes of a particular contract or subcontract if the Secretary or 

the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid harm to national security interests of the United 

States, and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 

longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determination shall 

set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiver and for the 

contract or subcontract term selected, and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver and the reasons each such 

alternative would not avoid harm to national security interests of 

the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simultaneously make public, any determination under 

this subsection not less than 15 business days before the contract 

or subcontract addressed in the determination may be awarded. 

SEC. 8117. (a) PROHIBITION ON CONVERSION OF FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE.— 

None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

Act, or that remain available for obligation for the Department of 

Defense from the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110–329), the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 

111–5), and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public 

Law 111–32), may be used to begin or announce the competition to 

award to a contractor or convert to performance by a contractor 

any functions performed by Federal employees pursuant to a study 

conducted under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular 

A–76. 

(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

to the award of a function to a contractor or the conversion of a 

function to performance by a contractor pursuant to a study conducted under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A– 

76 once all reporting and certifications required by section 325 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84) have been satisfactorily completed. 

SEC. 8118. (a)(1) No National Intelligence Program funds appropriated in this Act may be used for a mission critical or mission 

essential business management information technology system that 

is not registered with the Director of National Intelligence. A system shall be considered to be registered with that officer upon the 

furnishing notice of the system, together with such information 

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concerning the system as the Director of the Business Transformation Office may prescribe. (2) During the current fiscal year no funds may be obligated or expended for a financial management automated information system, a mixed information system supporting financial and non-financial systems, or a business system improvement of more than 

$3,000,000, within the Intelligence Community without the approval of the Business Transformation Investment Review Board. (b) The Director of the Business Transformation Office shall provide the congressional intelligence committees a semi-annual report 

of approvals under paragraph (1) no later than March 30 and September 30 of each year. The report shall include the results of the 

Business Transformation Investment Review Board’s semi-annual 

activities, and each report shall certify that the following steps 

have been taken for systems approved under paragraph (1): (1) Business process reengineering. 

(2) An analysis of alternatives and an economic analysis that includes a calculation of the return on investment. 

(3) Assurance the system is compatible with the enterprise- wide business architecture. 

(4) Performance measures. 

(5) An information assurance strategy consistent with the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community. (c) This section shall not apply to any programmatic or analytic systems or programmatic or analytic system improvements. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8119. In addition to funds made available elsewhere in this 

Act, there is hereby appropriated $291,715,000, to remain available 

until transferred: Provided, That these funds are appropriated to the ‘‘Tanker Replacement Transfer Fund’’ (referred to as ‘‘the 

Fund’’ elsewhere in this section): Provided further, That the Secretary of the Air Force may transfer amounts in the Fund to ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air 

Force’’, and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air 

Force’’, only for the purposes of proceeding with a tanker acquisition program: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 

merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the 

same time period as the appropriations or fund to which transferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Air Force shall, 

not fewer than 15 days prior to making transfers using funds provided in this section, notify the congressional defense committees 

in writing of the details of any such transfer: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit a report no later than 30 days 

after the end of each fiscal quarter to the congressional defense 

committees summarizing the details of the transfer of funds from 

this appropriation. 

SEC. 8120. (a) RESETTLEMENT SUPPORT AND OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN IRAQI REFUGEES.—Section 1244(g) of the Refugee 

Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 (subtitle C of title XII of division A of 

Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 398) is amended by striking ‘‘for a 

period not to exceed eight months’’ and inserting ‘‘to the same extent, and for the same periods of time, as such refugees’’. 

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(b) RESETTLEMENT SUPPORT AND OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR

CERTAIN AFGHAN ALLIES.—Section 602(b)(8) of the Afghan Allies 

Protection Act of 2009 (title VI of division F of Public Law 111–8; 

123 Stat. 809) is amended by striking ‘‘for a period not to exceed 

8 months’’ and inserting ‘‘to the same extent, and for the same periods of time, as such refugees’’. 

SEC. 8121. (a) Each congressionally directed spending item specified in this Act or the explanatory statement regarding this Act 

that is also identified in Senate Report 111–74 and intended for 

award to a for-profit entity shall be subject to acquisition regulations for full and open competition on the same basis as each 

spending item intended for a for-profit entity that is contained in 

the budget request of the President. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any contract 

awarded— 

(1) by a means that is required by Federal statute, including 

for a purchase made under a mandated preferential program; 

(2) pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et 

seq.); or 

(3) in an amount less than the simplified acquisition threshold described in section 302A(a) of the Federal Property and 

Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252a(a)). 

(c) Any congressionally directed spending item specified in this 

Act or the explanatory statement regarding this Act that is intended for award to a for-profit entity and is not covered by the 

competition requirement specified in subsection (a), shall be awarded under full and open competition, except that any contract previously awarded under full and open competition that remains in 

effect during fiscal year 2010 shall be considered to have satisfied 

the conditions of full and open competition. 

(d) In this section, the term ‘‘congressionally directed spending 

item’’ means the following: 

(1) A congressionally directed spending item, as defined in 

Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate. 

(2) A congressional earmark for purposes of rule XXI of the 

House of Representatives. 

SEC. 8122. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used to award to a contractor or convert to performance by a contractor any functions pursuant to a 

study conducted under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular A–76 or as part of a utility privatization authorized under 

section 2688 of title 10, United States Code or under any other provision of law, that are performed by Federal employees at the 

United States Military Academy, West Point, as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available under this Act may 

be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for 

Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. 

SEC. 8124. The explanatory statement regarding this Act printed 

in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional 

Record on or about December 16, 2010, by the Chairman of the 

Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as 

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if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. 

TITLE IX 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

MILITARY PERSONNEL 

MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, 

$9,958,840,000. 

MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’, 

$1,388,601,000. 

MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Marine 

Corps’’, $778,722,000. 

MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, 

$1,667,376,000. 

RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Army’’, 

$293,137,000. 

RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Navy’’, 

$37,040,000. 

RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps’’, 

$31,337,000. 

RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air Force’’, 

$19,822,000. 

NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Personnel, Army’’, 

$824,966,000. 

NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Personnel, Air 

Force’’, $9,500,000. 

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

Army’’, $47,821,154,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

Navy’’, $5,475,925,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $3,430,258,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 

Force’’, $9,216,319,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $7,490,900,000, of which: 

(1) Not to exceed $12,500,000 for the Combatant Commander 

Initiative Fund, to be used in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom; and 

(2) Not to exceed $1,570,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, for payments to reimburse key cooperating nations 

for logistical, military, and other support, including access provided to United States military operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided, That such 

reimbursement payments may be made in such amounts as the 

Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 

State, and in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget, may determine, in his discretion, 

based on documentation determined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account for the support provided, and such 

determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days following notification to 

the appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 

That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such equipment 

on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces supporting 

United States military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 

15 days following notification to the appropriate congressional 

committees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense 

committees on the use of funds provided in this paragraph. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army 

Reserve’’, $204,326,000. 

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy 

Reserve’’, $68,059,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $86,667,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 

Force Reserve’’, $125,925,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army 

National Guard’’, $321,646,000. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 

National Guard’’, $289,862,000. 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for expenses directly relating to overseas contingency operations by United States military forces, 

$5,000,000,000, to remain available for obligation until expended: 

Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, the 

Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds only to military personnel accounts, operation and maintenance accounts, the defense 

health program appropriation, the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund, and working capital funds accounts: Provided 

further, That the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall 

be available for the same purposes and for the same time period, 

as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 

the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees 15 

days prior to such transfer: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other 

transfer authority available to the Department of Defense. 

AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND

For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, $6,562,769,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That such 

funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of allowing the 

Commander, Combined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan, or the Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, with the 

concurrence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces of Afghanistan, including the provision of equipment, supplies, services, 

training, facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, and construction, and funding: Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance under this heading is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations: Provided further, 

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That contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein from 

any person, foreign government, or international organization may 

be credited to this Fund and used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional 

defense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of 

the funds received and the specific use of such contributions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 

15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 

the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of 

any such obligation. 

PROCUREMENT 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 

$1,238,219,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, 

$475,954,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 

ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and 

Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $1,169,466,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 

Army’’, $365,635,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2012. 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 

$5,800,516,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 

$853,297,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 

$50,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy 

and Marine Corps’’, $675,957,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

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OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 

$241,018,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 

$893,197,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 

$736,501,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 

$36,625,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air 

Force’’, $256,819,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 

$2,583,421,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 

$480,780,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. 

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT

For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat vehicles, 

ammunition, other weapons and other procurement for the reserve 

components of the Armed Forces, $950,000,000, to remain available 

for obligation until September 30, 2012, of which $575,000,000 

shall be available only for the Army National Guard: Provided, 

That the Chiefs of National Guard and Reserve components shall, 

not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, individually 

submit to the congressional defense committees the modernization 

priority assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve 

component. 

MINE RESISTANT AMBUSH PROTECTED VEHICLE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund, 

$6,281,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to procure, sustain, transport, and field Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles: Provided further, That the Secretary shall transfer such funds 

only to appropriations made available in this or any other Act for 

operation and maintenance; procurement; research, development, 

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test and evaluation; and defense working capital funds to accomplish the purpose provided herein: Provided further, That such 

transferred funds shall be merged with and be available for the 

same purposes and the same time period as the appropriation to 

which transferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is 

in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, not 

fewer than 10 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 

details of any such transfer. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 

Evaluation, Army’’, $57,962,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 

Evaluation, Navy’’, $58,660,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 

Evaluation, Air Force’’, $39,286,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 

Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $112,196,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2011. 

REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Capital Funds’’, 

$412,215,000. 

OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, 

$1,256,675,000, which shall be for operation and maintenance. 

DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and CounterDrug Activities’’, $346,603,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2011. 

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JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device 

Defeat Fund’’, $1,762,010,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2012. 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $8,876,000. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

made available in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense 

for fiscal year 2010. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense 

that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary 

may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 

transfer up to $4,000,000,000 between the appropriations or funds 

made available to the Department of Defense in this title: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of 

each transfer made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided further, That the authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of 

Defense and is subject to the same terms and conditions as the authority provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 

2010: Provided further, That the amount in this section is designated as being for overseas deployments and other activities pursuant to sections 401(c)(4) and 423(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th 

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

2010. 

SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs associated with 

a construction project funded with appropriations available for operation and maintenance or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces 

Fund’’ provided in this Act and executed in direct support of overseas contingency operations in Afghanistan, may be obligated at 

the time a construction contract is awarded: Provided, That for the 

purpose of this section, supervision and administration costs include all in-house Government costs. 

SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, the Secretary 

of Defense may purchase for use by military and civilian employees 

of the Department of Defense in Iraq and Afghanistan: (a) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle and (b) 

heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $250,000 per 

vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations applicable to the 

purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. 

SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $1,200,000,000 of the amount appropriated in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’ may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of 

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law, to fund the Commander’s Emergency Response Program, for 

the purpose of enabling military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction 

requirements within their areas of responsibility: Provided, That 

not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the 

Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding the source of funds and the allocation 

and use of funds during that quarter that were made available pursuant to the authority provided in this section or under any other 

provision of law for the purposes described herein: Provided further, That, of the funds provided, $500,000,000 shall not be available until 5 days after the Secretary of Defense has completed a 

thorough review of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program and provided a report on his findings to the congressional defense committees. 

SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to coalition 

forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 

quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees regarding support provided under this section. 

SEC. 9007. Each amount in this title is designated as being for 

overseas deployments and other activities pursuant to section 

401(c)(4) and 423(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 9008. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended 

by the United States Government for a purpose as follows: 

(1) To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States 

Armed Forces in Iraq. 

(2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource of 

Iraq. 

(3) To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States 

Armed Forces in Afghanistan. 

SEC. 9009. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations 

promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against 

Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 

Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 

(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code. 

(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 

2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and regulations prescribed 

thereto, including regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code 

of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, 

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 

(Public Law 109–148). 

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SEC. 9010. (a) The Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense; the Commander of the United States Central Command; the Commander, 

Multi-National Security Transition Command—Iraq; and the Commander, Combined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan, 

shall submit to the congressional defense committees not later than 

45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter a report on the proposed use of all funds appropriated by this or any prior Act under 

each of the headings ‘‘Iraq Security Forces Fund’’, ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, and ‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund’’ on a 

project-by-project basis, for which the obligation of funds is anticipated during the 3-month period from such date, including estimates by the commanders referred to in this section of the costs 

required to complete each such project. (b) The report required by this subsection shall include the following: (1) The use of all funds on a project-by-project basis for 

which funds appropriated under the headings referred to in 

subsection (a) were obligated prior to the submission of the report, including estimates by the commanders referred to in 

subsection (a) of the costs to complete each project. (2) The use of all funds on a project-by-project basis for 

which funds were appropriated under the headings referred to 

in subsection (a) in prior appropriations Acts, or for which 

funds were made available by transfer, reprogramming, or allocation from other headings in prior appropriations Acts, including estimates by the commanders referred to in subsection (a) 

of the costs to complete each project. (3) An estimated total cost to train and equip the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan security forces, disaggregated by 

major program and sub-elements by force, arrayed by fiscal 

year. (c) The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees of any proposed new projects or transfers of funds 

between sub-activity groups in excess of $20,000,000 using funds 

appropriated by this or any prior Act under the headings ‘‘Iraq Security Forces Fund’’, ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, and 

‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund’’. 

SEC. 9011. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any 

other Act may be used to release an individual who is detained, as 

of June 24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into 

the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of 

Columbia, into any of the United States territories of Guam, American Samoa (AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). 

(b) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 

may be used to transfer an individual who is detained, as of June 

24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, 

into any of the United States territories of Guam, American Samoa 

(AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), for the purpose of detention, except as provided in 

subsection (c). 

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(c) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 

may be used to transfer an individual who is detained, as of June 

24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, 

into any of the United States territories of Guam, American Samoa 

(AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), for the purposes of prosecuting such individual, or 

detaining such individual during legal proceedings, until 45 days 

after the plan described in subsection (d) is received. 

(d) The President shall submit to Congress, in classified form, a 

plan regarding the proposed disposition of any individual covered 

by subsection (c) who is detained as of June 24, 2009. Such plan 

shall include, at a minimum, each of the following for each such individual: 

(1) A determination of the risk that the individual might instigate an act of terrorism within the continental United 

States, Alaska, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, or the United 

States territories if the individual were so transferred. 

(2) A determination of the risk that the individual might advocate, coerce, or incite violent extremism, ideologically motivated criminal activity, or acts of terrorism, among inmate populations at incarceration facilities within the continental 

United States, Alaska, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, or the 

United States territories if the individual were transferred to 

such a facility. (3) The costs associated with transferring the individual in 

question. 

(4) The legal rationale and associated court demands for 

transfer. 

(5) A plan for mitigation of any risks described in para- graphs (1), (2), and (7). (6) A copy of a notification to the Governor of the State to 

which the individual will be transferred, to the Mayor of the 

District of Columbia if the individual will be transferred to the 

District of Columbia, or to any United States territories with 

a certification by the Attorney General of the United States in 

classified form at least 14 days prior to such transfer (together 

with supporting documentation and justification) that the individual poses little or no security risk to the United States. 

(7) An assessment of any risk to the national security of the 

United States or its citizens, including members of the Armed 

Services of the United States, that is posed by such transfer 

and the actions taken to mitigate such risk. 

(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 

may be used to transfer or release an individual detained at Naval 

Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of June 24, 2009, to the country of such individual’s nationality or last habitual residence or to 

any other country other than the United States or to a freely associated State, unless the President submits to the Congress, in classified form, at least 15 days prior to such transfer or release, the 

following information: 

(1) The name of any individual to be transferred or released 

and the country or the freely associated State to which such individual is to be transferred or released. 

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(2) An assessment of any risk to the national security of the United States or its citizens, including members of the Armed 

Services of the United States, that is posed by such transfer 

or release and the actions taken to mitigate such risk. (3) The terms of any agreement with the country or the free- ly associated State for the acceptance of such individual, including the amount of any financial assistance related to such 

agreement. (f) In this section, the term ‘‘freely associated States’’ means the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall 

Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau. (g) Prior to the termination of detention operations at Naval Sta- tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the President shall submit to the 

Congress a report in classified form describing the disposition or 

legal status of each individual detained at the facility as of the date 

of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 9012. (a) FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND REINTEGRATION

SERVICES UNDER YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM.—Of 

the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by title IX, 

up to $20,000,000 may be available for outreach and reintegration 

services under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program under 

section 582(h) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 125; 10 U.S.C. 10101 

note). 

(b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The amount made available by subsection (a) for the services described in that subsection is in addition to any other amounts available in this Act for such services. This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 

SEC. 1001. There are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary, for an additional amount for ‘‘Food and Nutrition Service—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’’ for necessary 

current year expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.): Provided, That such amount shall be 

used only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided further, That 

amounts so appropriated are designated as emergency requirements and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 

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

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 1002. (a) IN GENERAL.—For the costs of State administrative expenses associated with administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), there are hereby appropriated $400,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 

(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Funds described in subsection (a) 

shall be made available as grants to State agencies as follows— 

(1) 75 percent of the amounts available shall be allocated to 

States based on the share of each State of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as 

reported to the Department of Agriculture for the most recent 

12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the 

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Secretary (as of the date of enactment) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)); 

(2) 25 percent of the amounts available shall be allocated to 

States based on the increase in the number of households that 

participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

as reported to the Department of Agriculture over the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by 

the Secretary (as of the date of enactment) for participation in 

disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)); and 

(3) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary shall make available to States amounts 

based on paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subparagraph. (c) REALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Funds unobligated at the State 

level in fiscal year 2010 may be recovered and reallocated to the 

States in fiscal year 2011. (d) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—Amounts in this section are designated as emergency requirements and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403 and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 

(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

year 2010. 

SEC. 1003. (a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 119 OF TITLE 17, 

UNITED STATES CODE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

2009’’ and inserting ‘‘February 28, 2010’’; and (B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ 

and inserting ‘‘February 28, 2010’’. (2) TERMINATION OF LICENSE.— (A) TERMINATION.—Section 119 of title 17, United States 

Code, as amended by paragraph (1), shall cease to be effective on February 28, 2010. (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4(a) of the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 (17 U.S.C. 119 note; Public 

Law 103–369) is repealed. 

(b) AMENDMENTS TO COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934.—Section 

325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is 

amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and 

inserting ‘‘February 28, 2010’’; and (2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ each place it appears in clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting ‘‘March 

1, 2010’’. 

(c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—Amounts in this section are designated as emergency requirements and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403 and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 

(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

year 2010. 

SEC. 1004. (a) USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005.—Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–177; 

120 Stat. 195) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘February 28, 2010’’. 

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(b) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF

2004.—Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 

Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3742; 50 

U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and 

inserting ‘‘February 28, 2010’’. 

SEC. 1005. Section 129 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolu- tion, 2010 (Public Law 111–68) is amended by striking ‘‘by substituting’’ and all that follows through the period at the end, and 

inserting ‘‘by substituting February 28, 2010 for the date specified 

in each such section.’’. 

SEC. 1006. (a) There is hereby appropriated $125,000,000, for an 

additional amount for ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business 

Loans Program Account’’ for fee reductions and eliminations under 

section 501 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) and for the cost of guaranteed 

loans under section 502 of such division: Provided, That such cost 

shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974. 

(b) Section 502(f) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended by striking ‘‘the date 12 months 

after the date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘February 28, 

2010’’. 

(c) Amounts in this section are designated as emergency requirements and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 

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

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 1007. (a) PAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior may 

make a payment to Swain County, North Carolina, in an amount 

of $12,800,000, in connection with the non-construction of the 

North Shore Road: Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be available for 

obligation upon enactment of this Act: Provided further, That remaining amounts shall not be available for obligation until 120 

days following signature of an agreement between the Secretary of 

the Interior, Swain County, the State of North Carolina, and the 

Tennessee Valley Authority that supersedes the agreement of July 

30, 1943, related to the construction of North Shore Road between 

the Secretary, the County, the State, and the Authority. For this 

payment, there is hereby appropriated $6,800,000, to remain available until expended, and an amount of $6,000,000 from unobligated 

balances available to the Department of the Interior from prior appropriations to the ‘‘Construction’’ account for the National Park 

Service. 

(b) RESCISSION.—Of the funds appropriated in the Department of 

Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 

(Public Law 106–346), in section 378 for construction of, and improvements to, North Shore Road in Swain County, North Carolina, $6,800,000 is hereby permanently rescinded. 

SEC. 1008. (a) For purposes of the continued extension of surface 

transportation programs and related authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund and other trust funds under 

sections 157 through 162 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010, the date specified in section 106(3) of such resolution 

shall be deemed to be February 28, 2010. 

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sion I of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009. The amount made 

available for each of the apportioned Federal-aid highway programs 

under subsection (a) shall be reduced by an amount equaling 

$33,401,492 multiplied by the amount calculated under subsection 

(a) and divided by $23,941,505,262’’. 

SEC. 1009. (a)(1) Section 4007 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 

amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘February 28, 2010’’; 

(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘DECEMBER 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘FEBRUARY 28, 2010’’; and 

(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘May 31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 31, 2010’’. 

(2) Section 2002(e) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers 

and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 

U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), is amended— 

(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘before January 1, 2010’’ 

and inserting ‘‘on or before February 28, 2010’’; 

(B) in the heading for paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘JANUARY

1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘FEBRUARY 28, 2010’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘June 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘August 31, 2010’’. 

(3) Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and 

Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 

U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘February 28, 2010’’; and 

(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 1, 2010’’ and inserting 

‘‘July 31, 2010’’. 

(4) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 

of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by 

striking ‘‘May 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 31, 2010’’. 

(b) Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by 

striking ‘‘by reason of’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘by reason of— 

‘‘(A) the amendments made by section 2001(a) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families 

Act; 

‘‘(B) the amendments made by sections 2 through 4 of 

the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act 

of 2009; and 

‘‘(C) the amendments made by section 1009 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010; and’’. 

(c) Amounts in this section are designated as emergency requirements and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 

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

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

SEC. 1010. (a) EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.—Subsection 

(a)(3)(A) of section 3001 of division B of the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘February 28, 2010’’. 

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(b) EXTENSION OF MAXIMUM DURATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘9 

months’’ and inserting ‘‘15 months’’. (c) RULES RELATED TO 2009 EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of such 

section is further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(16) RULES RELATED TO 2009 EXTENSION.— ‘‘(A) ELECTION TO PAY PREMIUMS RETROACTIVELY AND

MAINTAIN COBRA COVERAGE.—In the case of any premium 

for a period of coverage during an assistance eligible individual’s transition period, such individual shall be treated 

for purposes of any COBRA continuation provision as having timely paid the amount of such premium if— ‘‘(i) such individual was covered under the COBRA 

continuation coverage to which such premium relates 

for the period of coverage immediately preceding such 

transition period, and 

‘‘(ii) such individual pays, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph (or, 

if later, 30 days after the date of provision of the notification required under subparagraph (D)(ii)), the 

amount of such premium, after the application of 

paragraph (1)(A). ‘‘(B) REFUNDS AND CREDITS FOR RETROACTIVE PREMIUM

ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY.—In the case of an assistance eligible individual who pays, with respect to any period of 

COBRA continuation coverage during such individual’s 

transition period, the premium amount for such coverage 

without regard to paragraph (1)(A), rules similar to the 

rules of paragraph (12)(E) shall apply. ‘‘(C) TRANSITION PERIOD.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this paragraph, 

the term ‘transition period’ means, with respect to any 

assistance eligible individual, any period of coverage 

if— 

‘‘(I) such period begins before the date of the enactment of this paragraph, and 

‘‘(II) paragraph (1)(A) applies to such period by 

reason of the amendment made by section 1010(b) 

of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 

2010. 

‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION.—Any period during the period 

described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) for 

which the applicable premium has been paid pursuant 

to subparagraph (A) shall be treated as a period of 

coverage referred to in such paragraph, irrespective of 

any failure to timely pay the applicable premium 

(other than pursuant to subparagraph (A)) for such period. 

‘‘(D) NOTIFICATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual who 

was an assistance eligible individual at any time on or 

after October 31, 2009, or experiences a qualifying 

event (consisting of termination of employment) relating to COBRA continuation coverage on or after such 

date, the administrator of the group health plan (or 

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other entity) involved shall provide an additional notification with information regarding the amendments 

made by section 1010 of the Department of Defense 

Appropriations Act, 2010, within 60 days after the 

date of the enactment of such Act or, in the case of a 

qualifying event occurring after such date of enactment, consistent with the timing of notifications under 

paragraph (7)(A). ‘‘(ii) TO INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST ASSISTANCE.—In the 

case of an assistance eligible individual described in 

subparagraph (A)(i) who did not timely pay the premium for any period of coverage during such individual’s transition period or paid the premium for such 

period without regard to paragraph (1)(A), the administrator of the group health plan (or other entity) involved shall provide to such individual, within the first 

60 days of such individual’s transition period, an additional notification with information regarding the 

amendments made by section 1010 of the Department 

of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, including information on the ability under subparagraph (A) to make 

retroactive premium payments with respect to the 

transition period of the individual in order to maintain 

COBRA continuation coverage. ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION OF RULES.—Rules similar to the 

rules of paragraph (7) shall apply with respect to notifications under this subparagraph.’’. (d) CLARIFICATION THAT ELIGIBILITY AND NOTICE IS BASED ON

TIMING OF QUALIFYING EVENT.—Subsection (a) of such section is 

amended— 

(1) in paragraph (3)(A)— (A) by striking ‘‘at any time’’ and inserting ‘‘such qualified beneficiary is eligible for COBRA continuation coverage related to a qualifying event occurring’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘, such qualified beneficiary is eligible for 

COBRA continuation coverage’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘become entitled to elect 

COBRA continuation coverage’’ and inserting ‘‘have a qualifying event relating to COBRA continuation coverage’’. 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect as if included in the provisions of section 3001 of 

division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

to which they relate. 

(f) EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in this section are designated as 

emergency requirements and necessary to meet emergency 

needs pursuant to sections 403 and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 

(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 

fiscal year 2010. (2) PAYGO.—All applicable provisions in this section are 

designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles. 

SEC. 1011. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(d)) is amended by adding at the end 

the following new paragraph: 

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‘‘(10) UPDATE FOR PORTION OF 2010.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (7)(B), (8)(B), 

and (9)(B), in lieu of the update to the single conversion 

factor established in paragraph (1)(C) that would otherwise apply for 2010 for the period beginning on January 

1, 2010, and ending on February 28, 2010, the update to 

the single conversion factor shall be 0 percent for 2010. 

‘‘(B) NO EFFECT ON COMPUTATION OF CONVERSION FACTOR FOR REMAINING PORTION OF 2010 AND SUBSEQUENT

YEARS.—The conversion factor under this subsection shall 

be computed under paragraph (1)(A) for the period beginning on March 1, 2010, and ending on December 31, 2010, 

and for 2011 and subsequent years as if subparagraph (A) 

had never applied.’’. 

(b) FUNDING FROM MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.—Section 

1898(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘$22,290,000,000’’ and inserting 

‘‘$20,740,000,000’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 

and 

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 

subparagraph: 

‘‘(B) fiscal year 2015, $550,000,000; and’’. 

SEC. 1012. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not publish updated 

poverty guidelines for 2010 under section 673(2) of the Omnibus 

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) before March 

1, 2010, and the poverty guidelines published under such section 

on January 23, 2009, shall remain in effect until updated poverty 

guidelines are published. 

SEC. 1013. From the ‘‘National Telecommunications and Information Administration—Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program’’ in 

the Department of Commerce, $128,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 1014. The explanatory statement regarding this Act printed 

in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional 

Record on or about December 16, 2010, by the Chairman of the 

Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as 

if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. 

PART B—TEXT OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE 

SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2847 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment 

of the Senate, insert the following: 

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

the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 

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TITLE I—INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS INVESTMENT 

CHAPTER 1—JUSTICE 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Oriented Policing 

Services’’, for grants under section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under 

part Q of such title, notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section, 

$1,179,000,000, of which $2,950,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘State 

and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Salaries and Expenses’’ for 

management, administration and oversight of such grants. 

CHAPTER 2—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 

CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL WORKS 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, $715,000,000: Provided, That section 102 of Public Law 109–103 (33 U.S.C. 2221) 

shall not apply to funds provided in this title: Provided further, 

That not less than $30,000,000 of the funds provided shall be for 

water-related environmental infrastructure assistance: Provided further, That up to $30,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘Mississippi Rivers and Tributaries’’ for 

authorized projects and activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds provided under this 

heading shall not be cost shared with the Inland Waterways Trust 

Fund as authorized in Public Law 99–662: Provided further, That 

funds provided under this heading shall only be allocated to programs, projects or activities that heretofore received funds provided 

in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and Water Development and that are selected using only the following criteria in 

order of priority: programs, projects or activities that can be commenced quickly; programs, projects or activities that will create immediate employment; programs, projects or activities that will be executed by contract or direct hire of temporary labor; and programs, 

projects or activities that are located in a State with high unemployment: Provided further, That the limitation concerning total project 

costs in section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 

(33 U.S.C. 2280), shall not apply during fiscal years 2010 and 2011 

for any project receiving funds provided in this title: Provided further, That for projects that are being completed with funds appropriated in this paragraph that would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used 

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to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if 

any: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading shall be apportioned by the Office of Management and Budget 

not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and 

allocated by the Secretary of the Army to specific programs, projects 

or activities not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 

this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation, 

obligation and expenditures of these funds, including an explanation of how each selected program, project or activity fulfills the 

funding criteria above, beginning not later than 45 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for the funds provided under this heading: Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent 

of funds provided under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘Expenses’’ for the purposes of management and oversight of the programs, projects or activities funded by this paragraph. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’, 

$100,000,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 

this heading, not less than $26,000,000 shall be used for water reclamation and reuse projects authorized under title XVI of Public 

Law 102–575: Provided further, That up to $30,000,000 of the funds 

provided under this heading may be used for programs, projects, 

and activities authorized by Public Law 108–361 and up to 

$10,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be transferred to the Department of the Interior for programs, projects, and 

activities authorized by titles II–V of Public Law 102–575: Provided 

further, That funds provided under this heading shall only be allocated to programs, projects or activities that heretofore received 

funds provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy 

and Water Development: Provided further, That for projects that are 

being completed with funds appropriated in this paragraph that 

would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used to pay the cost of associated 

supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those 

projects and on subsequent claims, if any: Provided further, That 

the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a quarterly report to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate detailing the allocation, obligation and expenditures of 

these funds, beginning not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have 

unlimited reprogramming authority for the funds provided under 

this heading: Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent of funds appropriated under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘Policy and 

Administration’’ for the purposes of management and oversight of 

the programs, projects, or activities funded by this paragraph. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

ENERGY PROGRAMS 

TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

For an additional amount for ‘‘Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program’’ for the cost of guaranteed loans authorized by section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 

$2,000,000,000, available until expended: Provided, That the cost of 

such loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 

defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER

INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES LOAN GUARANTEE

PROGRAM

SEC. 1201. (a) SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION OR CONTRIBUTION.—Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) is 

amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: ‘‘(b) SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION OR CONTRIBUTION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No guarantee shall be made unless— ‘‘(A) an appropriation for the cost has been made; 

‘‘(B) the Secretary has received from the borrower a pay- ment in full for the cost of the obligation and deposited the 

payment into the Treasury; or ‘‘(C) a combination of appropriations or payments from 

the borrower has been made sufficient to cover the cost of 

the obligation. ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The source of payments received from a 

borrower under paragraph (1)(B) or (C) shall not be a loan or 

other debt obligation, that is made or guaranteed by the Federal Government.’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(k) CREDIT REPORT.—If, in the opinion of the Secretary, a thirdparty credit rating of the applicant or project is not relevant to the 

determination of the credit risk of a project, if the project costs are 

not projected to exceed $100,000,000, and the applicant agrees to accept the credit rating assigned to the applicant by the Secretary, the 

Secretary may waive any otherwise applicable requirement (including any requirement described in part 609 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations) to provide a third-party credit report. 

‘‘(l) DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 3304 and sections 

3309 through 3318 of title 5, United States Code, the head of 

the loan guarantee program under this title (referred to in this 

subsection as the ‘Executive Director’) may, on a determination 

that there is a severe shortage of candidates or a severe hiring 

need for particular positions to carry out the functions of this 

title, recruit and directly appoint highly qualified critical personnel with specialized knowledge important to the function of 

the programs under this title into the competitive service. 

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The authority granted under paragraph (1) 

shall not apply to positions in the excepted service or the Senior 

Executive Service. 

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‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In exercising the authority granted 

under paragraph (1), the Executive Director shall ensure that 

any action taken by the Executive Director— 

‘‘(A) is consistent with the merit principles of section 2301 

of title 5, United States Code; and 

‘‘(B) complies with the public notice requirements of section 3327 of title 5, United States Code. 

‘‘(4) SUNSET.—The authority provided under paragraph (1) 

shall terminate on January 1, 2011. 

‘‘(m) MULTIPLE SITES.—Notwithstanding any contrary requirement (including any provision under part 609.12 of title 10, Code 

of Federal Regulations) an eligible project may be located on 2 or 

more non-contiguous sites in the United States.’’. 

(b) APPLICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Section 

1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16516) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 

‘‘(e) MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS.—Notwithstanding any contrary requirement (including any provision under part 609.3(a) of title 10, 

Code of Federal Regulations), a project applicant or sponsor of an 

eligible project may submit an application for more than 1 eligible 

project under this section.’’. 

(c) ENERGY EFFICIENCY LOAN GUARANTEES.—Section 1705(a) of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16516(a)) is amended by 

adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) Energy efficiency projects, including projects to retrofit 

residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, facilities, 

and equipment.’’. 

CHAPTER 3—HOMELAND SECURITY 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Firefighter Assistance Grants’’ for 

necessary expenses for programs authorized by section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a), 

$500,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision under 

section 34(a)(1)(A) such Act specifying that grants must be used to 

increase the number of firefighters in fire departments, the Secretary 

of Homeland Security, in making grants under section 34 of such 

Act for fiscal year 2010, shall grant waivers from the requirements 

of subsections (a)(1)(B), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4)(A) of such section: 

Provided further, That section 34(a)(1)(E) of such Act shall not 

apply with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

making appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for grants under section 

34 of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland 

Security, in making grants under section 34 of such Act, shall ensure that funds appropriated under this or any other Act making 

appropriations for fiscal year 2010 are made available for the retention of firefighters and shall award grants not later than 120 days 

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

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Secretary may transfer any unused funds under this heading to 

make grants for programs authorized by section 33 of such Act (15 

U.S.C. 2229) after notification to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

CHAPTER 4—INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Management of Lands and Re- sources’’, for activities on all Bureau of Land Management lands 

using term employment, $20,000,000. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Management’’, for activi- ties using term employment, $30,000,000. 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the National Park 

System’’, for activities on all national park units using term employment, $50,000,000. 

DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, for hazardous fuels reduction and related activities including necessary 

inventory and monitoring, using term employment, $20,000,000. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance 

Grants’’, $2,000,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 

title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 

$1,000,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants under section 1452 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That the Administrator 

may retain up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated herein for 

management and oversight purposes: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated herein shall not be subject to the matching or cost 

share requirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3) or 202 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act nor the matching requirements of 

section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, 

That the Administrator shall reallocate funds appropriated herein 

for the Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (Revolving Funds) where projects are not under contract or construction 

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within 8 months of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the priority rankings they would otherwise receive under each program, priority for funds appropriated 

herein shall be given to projects on a State priority list that are 

ready to proceed to construction within 12 months of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 603(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

Act or section 1452(f) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the funds 

appropriated herein, each State shall use not less than 50 percent 

of the amount of its capitalization grants to provide additional subsidization to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans or grants or any combination of these: 

Provided further, That, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 

project applications, not less than 20 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Revolving Funds shall be for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements 

or other environmentally innovative activities: Provided further, 

That notwithstanding the limitation on amounts specified in section 

518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 2.0 percent 

of the funds appropriated herein for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds may be reserved by the Administrator for tribal grants 

under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That up to 4 percent of the funds appropriated herein for tribal set-asides under the 

Revolving Funds may be transferred to the Indian Health Service 

to support management and oversight of tribal projects: Provided 

further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available for the purchase of land or easements as authorized by section 

603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or for activities 

authorized by section 1452(k) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(2) of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(f)(2) of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, funds may be used to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where such 

debt was incurred on or after October 1, 2009: Provided further, 

That section 1606 of title XVI of Public Law 111–5 shall apply to 

the use of the funds provided under this heading. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

FOREST SERVICE

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ for financial assistance to States and territories for authorized activities 

using term employment, $75,000,000. 

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest System’’, for activities on the National Forest System using term employment, 

$40,000,000. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, for 

hazardous fuels reduction and related activities using term employment, $35,000,000. 

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GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 1401. Funds made available to the Environmental Protection 

Agency by this Act for management and oversight purposes shall remain available until September 30, 2012, and may be transferred 

to the ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ account as 

needed. 

SEC. 1402. In carrying out the work for which funds in this title 

are being made available, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, the Public Lands Corps, Youth Conservation Corps, Student 

Conservation Association, Job Corps, Corps Network members, and 

other related partnerships with Federal, State, local, tribal or nonprofit groups that serve youny adults, underserved and minority 

populations, veterans, and special needs individuals. 

CHAPTER 5—LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 

EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’ for activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(‘‘WIA’’), $1,250,000,000, which shall be available for obligation on 

the date of enactment of this Act, as follows: 

(1) $500,000,000 for grants to the States for youth activities: 

Provided, That such funds shall be used solely for summer employment programs for youth: Provided further, That no portion 

of such funds shall he reserved to carry out section 127(b)(1)(A) 

of the WIA: Provided further, That for purposes of section 

127(b)(1)(C)(iv) of the WIA, funds available for youth activities 

shall be allotted as if the total amount available for youth activities in the fiscal year does not exceed $1,000,000,000: Provided further, That the work readiness performance indicator 

described in section 136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the WIA shall be the 

only measure of performance used to assess the effectiveness of 

summer employment for youth provided with such funds: Provided further, That an in-school youth shall meet the requirement that eligible youth be a low-income individual under section 101(13)(B) of the WIA if such youth has been determined 

to meet the eligibility requirements for free meals under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) during the 

most recent school year; and 

(2) $750,000,000 for a program of competitive grants for 

worker training and placement in high growth and emerging 

industry sectors: Provided, That $275,000,000 shall be for job 

training projects that prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy as described in section 171(e)(1)(B) 

of the WIA, of which $225,000,000 shall be for Pathways Out 

of Poverty projects: Provided further, That awarding grants 

from those funds not dedicated in the preceding proviso, the 

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Secretary of Labor shall give priority to projects that prepare 

workers for careers in the health care sector. 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

EDUCATION JOBS FUND

For necessary expenses for an Education Jobs Fund, $23,000,000,000, which shall remain available for obligation 

through September 30, 2010 and shall he administered under the 

terms and conditions of sections 14001 through 14013 of title XIV, 

and title XV, of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), except as follows: (1) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES.—Such funds 

shall be available only for allocations by the Secretary under 

subsections (a) and (d) of section 14001. 

(2) RESERVATION.—With respect to funds appropriated under 

this heading, a State that receives an allocation may reserve not 

more than 5 percent for— (A) the administrative costs of carrying out its respon- sibilities with respect to those funds, provided the State reserves not more than 1 percent of its total allocation for 

those costs; and 

(B) retaining or creating positions in the State educational agency or the State agency for higher education, 

and other State agency positions related to the administration or support of early childhood, elementary, secondary or 

postsecondary education. (3) AWARDS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AND PUBLIC IN- STITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

(A) Except as specified under paragraph (2), allocation of 

such funds to a State under section 14001(d) shall be used 

only for awards to local educational agencies and public institutions of higher education for the support of elementary, 

secondary, and postsecondary education. The Governor 

shall determine how the funds appropriated under this 

heading are allocated for elementary and secondary education and for public institutions of higher education. In 

making the determination in the preceding sentence, the 

Governor shall allocate funds among the categories of elementary and secondary education and public institutions of 

higher education generally in proportion to any reductions 

in State funds for such categories. 

(B) Funds used to support elementary and secondary 

education, shall be distributed through the State’s primary 

elementary and secondary funding formulae. 

(C) Section 14002(a) and (b) shall not apply. 

(4) INAPPLICABILITY OF EDUCATION REFORM ASSURANCES.— 

Subsection (b)(2), and paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 

(d), of section 14005 shall not apply to any application for an 

allocation of such funds. 

(5) REQUIRENENT TO USE FUNDS TO RETAIN OR CREATE EDUCATION JOBS.—Notwithstanding sections 14003(a) and 

14004(a), such funds may be used only for compensation and 

benefits and other expenses, such as support services, necessary 

to retain existing employees, for activities defined in section 

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101(31) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and to hire 

new employees in order to provide early childhood, elementary, 

secondary, or postsecondary educational and related services or 

for modernization, renovation, and repair of public school facilities and facilities of institutions of higher education. 

(6) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RAINY-DAY FUNDS OR

DEBT RETIREMENT.—A State that receives an allocation may not 

use such funds, directly or indirectly, to establish, restore, or 

supplement a rainy-day fund, or to supplant State funds in a 

manner that has the effect of establishing, restoring, or 

supplementing a rainy-day fund; or to reduce or retire debt obligations incurred by the State, or to supplant State funds in a 

manner that has the effect of reducing or retiring debt obligations incurred by the State, provided that this prohibition shall 

not apply to fund balances that are necessary to comply with 

any State requirement to maintain a balanced budget. 

(7) APPLICATION CONSIDERATIONS.—If, by a date set by the 

Secretary, a Governor has not submitted an approvable application under section 14005(a), the Secretary may provide for the 

distribution of funds allocated under section 14001(d) to another entity or other entities in the State, under such terms and 

conditions as the Secretary may establish, provided that all 

terms and conditions that apply to the appropriation under this 

heading shall apply to such funds distributed to such entity or 

entities. 

(8) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATION.—Section 442 

of the General Education Provisions Act does not apply to a 

local educational agency that has previously submitted an application to the State under title XIV of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The assurances 

provided under that application shall continue to apply to 

funds awarded under this heading. 

(9) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—The Secretary shall not allocate funds to a State under paragraph (1) unless the Governor 

of the State provides an assurance to the Secretary that the 

State will— 

(A) for fiscal year 2010— 

(i) maintain State support for elementary, secondary, 

and public higher education (not including support for 

capital projects or research and development or tuition 

and fees paid by students), in the aggregate, at the 

level of such support for fiscal year 2009; or 

(ii) maintain State support for elementary, secondary, and public higher education (not including 

support for capital projects or research and development or tuition and fees paid by students), in the aggregate, at a level no less than such support for fiscal 

year 2006, provided that if a State has enacted a reduction to such aggregate level of fiscal year 2010 State 

support for elementary, secondary, and public higher 

education after December 12, 2009, the State shall 

maintain State support for elementary, secondary, and 

public higher education at a percentage of the total revenues available to the State that is equal to or greater 

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than the percentage provided for such purpose for fiscal year 2010 prior to December 12, 2009; and 

(B) for fiscal year 2011— 

(i) comply with subparagraph (A)(i); or 

(ii) maintain State support for elementary, secondary, and public higher education (not including 

support for capital projects or research and development or tuition and fees paid by students), in the aggregate, at a percentage of the total revenues available 

to the State that is equal to or greater than the percentage provided for such purpose for fiscal year 2010. 

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Student Financial Assistance’’ to 

carry out part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

$300,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 

2011. 

RELATED AGENCIES 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

OPERATING EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ to carry out 

the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 

$132,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 

2011: Provided, That not less than $90,000,000 of the funds made 

available in this paragraph shall be used to make additional 

awards to existing AmeriCorps grantees and may be used to provide 

adjustments to awards under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act 

made prior to September 30, 2011 for which the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service 

(‘‘CEO’’) determines that a waiver of the Federal share limitation is 

warranted under section 2521.70 of title 45 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations: Provided further, That up to $30,000,000 shall be for 

programs under title I, part A of the 1973 Act: Provided further, 

That any funds provided in the previous proviso shall not be made 

available in connection with cost-share agreements authorized 

under section 192A(g)(10) of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That of 

the amount made available in this paragraph, not less than 

$7,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ to administer the funds provided in this paragraph, including making 

any necessary information technology upgrades: Provided further, 

That the CEO shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and the Senate a fiscal year 2010 operating plan for the funds appropriated in this paragraph prior to 

making any Federal obligations of such funds in fiscal year 2010, 

but not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

and a fiscal year 2011 operating plan for such funds in fiscal year 

2011, but not later than November 1, 2010, that detail the allocation of resources and the increased number of members supported 

by the AmeriCorps programs: Provided further, That the CEO shall 

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provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances for each activity funded under 

this heading not later than 90 days after issuance of the operating 

plan, and quarterly thereafter as long as funding provided under 

this heading is available for obligation or expenditure. 

NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘National Service Trust’’ established under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community 

Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $68,000,000, which shall remain 

available until expended: Provided, That the Corporation for National and Community Service may transfer additional funds from 

the amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to 

grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National 

Service Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary to 

support the activities of national service participants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That the 

amount appropriated or transferred to the National Service Trust 

may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard 

to the requirements to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 

GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER

ISSUER ALLOWED REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED ZONE

ACADEMY BONDS AND QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BONDS

SEC. 1501. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6431 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 

new subsection: 

‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF SECTION TO QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY

BONDS AND QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BONDS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any specified tax credit 

bond— 

‘‘(A) such bond shall be treated as a qualified bond for 

purposes of this section, 

‘‘(B) subsection (a) shall be applied without regard to the 

requirement that the qualified bond be issued before January 1, 2011, 

‘‘(C) the amount of the payment determined under subsection (b) with respect to any interest payment date under 

such bond shall be equal to the lesser of— 

‘‘(i) the amount of interest payable under such bond 

on such date, or 

‘‘(ii) the amount of interest which would have been 

payable under such bond on such date if such interest 

were determined at the applicable credit rate determined under section 54A(b)(3) with respect to such 

bond, 

‘‘(D) interest on any such bond shall be includible in 

gross income for purposes of this title, and 

‘‘(E) no credit shall be allowed under section 54A with respect to such bond. 

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‘‘(2) SPECIFIED TAX CREDIT BOND.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘specified tax credit bond’ means any qualified 

tax credit bond (as defined in section 54A(d)) if— 

‘‘(A) such bond is a qualified zone academy bond (as defined in section 54E) or a qualified school construction 

bond (as defined in section 54F), and 

‘‘(B) the issuer of such bond makes an irrevocable election 

to hare this subsection apply.’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATING TO QUALIFIED SCHOOL

CONSTRUCTION BONDS.— 

(1) The second sentence of section 54F(d)(1) of such Code is 

amended by striking ‘‘by the State’’ and inserting ‘‘by the State 

education agency (or such other agency as is authorized under 

State law to make such allocation)’’. 

(2) The second sentence of section 54F(e) of such Code is 

amended by striking ‘‘subsection (d)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (d)’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendment made by this section shall apply to 

bonds issued after December 31, 2009. 

(2) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The amendments made by 

subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in section 1521 of 

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009. 

CHAPTER 6—TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Airports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for discretionary projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and 

subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 

$500,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of such title: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to airports using the criteria established 

under chapters 471 and 475 of such title, but with priority given to 

those projects that demonstrate to his satisfaction their ability to be 

completed within 2 years of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall award grants under this heading within 

120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 

amount made available under this heading shall not be subject to 

any limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act: Provided further, That the Federal share 

payable of the costs for which a grant is made under this heading 

shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided 

further, That the amounts provided under this heading may be used 

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dition to amounts provided for administrative expenses for the 

Grants-in-Aid Airport Improvement Program from any other Act. 

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

For an additional amount for ‘‘Highway Infrastructure Investment’’ for restoration, repair, construction and other activities eligible under paragraph (b) of section 133 of title 23, United States 

Code, and for passenger and freight rail transportation and port infrastructure projects eligible for assistance under subsection 

601(a)(8) of such title, $27,500,000,000 to remain available through 

September 30, 2011: Provided, That, after making the set-asides required under this heading, 50 percent of the funds made available 

under this heading shall be apportioned to States using the formula 

set forth in section 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and the 

remaining funds shall be apportioned to States in the same ratio as 

the obligation limitation for fiscal year 2008 was distributed among 

the States in accordance with the formula specified in section 

120(a)(6) of division K of Public Law 110–161: Provided further, 

That funds made available under this heading shall be apportioned 

not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That in selecting projects to be carried out with funds 

apportioned under this heading, priority shall be given to projects 

that are projected for completion within a 3-year time frame, and 

are located in economically distressed areas as defined by section 

301 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 3161): Provided further, That in selecting 

projects to be carried out with funds apportioned under this heading, States shall ensure an equitable geographic distribution of 

funds and an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban 

and rural communities in the State: Provided further, That 90 days 

following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary of Transportation shall withdraw from each State an amount equal to 50 percent of the funds awarded to that State less the amount of funding 

under contract, as determined by the Secretary, and the Secretary 

shall redistribute such amounts to other States that have had no 

funds withdrawn under this proviso in the manner described in section 120(c) of division K of Public Law 110–161: Provided further, 

That 1 year following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary 

shall withdraw from each recipient of funds apportioned under this 

heading any funds that are not under contract, as determined by 

the Secretary, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to 

States that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso in the 

manner described in section 120(c) of division K of Public Law 110– 

161: Provided further, That at the request of a State, the Secretary 

of Transportation may provide an extension of such 1-year period 

only to the extent that he feels satisfied that the State has encountered extreme conditions that create an unworkable bidding environment or other extenuating circumstances: Provided further, That before granting such an extension, the Secretary shall send a letter to 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that provides 

a thorough justification for the extension: Provided further, That 3 

percent of the funds apportioned to a State under this heading shall 

be set aside for the purposes described in subsection 133(d)(2) of 

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title 23, United States Code (without regard to the comparison to 

fiscal year 2005): Provided further, That 30 percent of the funds apportioned to a State under this heading shall be suballocated within 

the State in the manner and for the purposes described in the first 

sentence of subsection 133(d)(3)(A), in subsection 133(d)(3)(B), and 

in subsection 133(d)(3)(D): Provided further, That such suballocation shall be conducted in every State: Provided further, That of the 

funds provided under this heading, $105,000,000 shall be for the 

Puerto Rico highway program authorized under section 165 of title 

23, United States Code, and $45,000,000 shall be for the territorial 

highway program authorized under section 215 of title 23, United 

States Code: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 

this heading, $60,000,000 shall be for capital expenditures eligible 

under section 147 of title 23, United States Code (without regard to 

subsection (d)): Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute such $60,000,000 as competitive discretionary 

grants to States, with priority given to those projects that demonstrate to his satisfaction their ability to be completed within 2 

years of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds 

provided under this heading, $550,000,000 shall be for investments 

in transportation at Indian reservations and Federal lands: Provided further, That of the funds identified in the preceding proviso, 

$310,000,000 shall be for the Indian Reservation Roads program, 

$170,000,000 shall be for the Park Roads and Parkways program, 

$60,000,000 shall be for the Forest Highway Program, and 

$10,000,000 shall be for the Refuge Roads program: Provided further, That for investments at Indian reservations and Federal 

lands, priority shall be given to capital investments, and to projects 

and activities that can be completed within 2 years of enactment of 

this Act: Provided further, That 1 year following the enactment of 

this Act, to ensure the prompt use of the $550,000,000 provided for 

investments at Indian reservations and Federal lands, the Secretary 

shall have the authority to redistribute unobligated funds within 

the respective program for which the funds were appropriated: Provided further, That up to 4 percent of the funding provided for Indian Reservation Roads may be used by the Secretary of the Interior 

for program management and oversight and project-related administrative expenses: Provided further, That section 134(f)(3)(C)(ii)(II) 

of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to funds provided 

under this heading: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be for highway surface 

transportation and technology training under section 140(b) of title 

23, United States Code, and $20,000,000 shall be for disadvantaged 

business enterprises bonding assistance under section 332(e) of title 

49, United States Code: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading shall be administered as if apportioned 

under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except for funds 

made available for investments in transportation at Indian reservations and Federal lands, and for the territorial highway program, 

which shall be administered in accordance with chapter 2 of title 

23, United States Code, and except for funds made available for disadvantaged business enterprises bonding assistance, which shall be 

administered in accordance with chapter 3 of title 49, United States 

Code: Provided further, That the Federal share payable on account 

of any project or activity carried out with funds made available 

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under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 

percent of the total cost thereof: Provided further, That funds made 

available by this paragraph shall not be obligated for the purposes 

authorized under section 115(b) of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That funding provided under this heading shall be 

in addition to any and all funds provided for fiscal years 2010 and 

2011 in any other Act for ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ and shall not affect the distribution of funds provided for ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ 

in any other Act: Provided further, That the amount made available 

under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction programs set forth in any Act: Provided further, That section 1101(b) 

of Public Law 109–59 shall apply to funds apportioned under this 

heading: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 

Highway Administration may retain up to $45,000,000 of the funds 

provided under this heading to fund the oversight by the Administrator of projects and activities carried out with funds made available to the Federal Highway Administration in this Act, of which 

$5,000,000 shall be for the Office of Expedited Project Delivery in 

the Office of the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, and such funds shall be available through September 30, 2013. 

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

CORPORATION

For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Grants to the National 

Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make capital grants to The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) as authorized by section 101(c) of the 

Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public 

Law 110–432), $800,000,000, for fleet modernization, including rehabilitation of existing and acquisition of new passenger equipment, 

including fuel efficient locomotives: Provided, That none of the 

funds provided under this heading shall he used to subsidize the 

operating losses of Amtrak: Provided further, That section 

24305(f)(4)(B) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to any 

new equipment acquired with funds provided under this heading: 

Provided further, That funds provided under this heading shall be 

awarded not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act. 

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

TRANSIT CAPITAL ASSISTANCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Transit Capital Assistance’’ for 

transit capital assistance grants authorized under section 5302(a)(1) 

of title 49, United States Code, $6,150,000,000: Provided, That the 

Secretary of Transportation shall provide 80 percent of the funds 

appropriated under this heading for grants under section 5307 of 

title 49, United States Code, and apportion such funds in accordance with section 5336 of such title (other than subsections (i)(1) 

and (j)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall apportion 10 

percent of the funds appropriated under this heading in accordance 

with section 5340 of such title: Provided further, That the Secretary 

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shall provide 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading for grants under section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, 

and apportion such funds in accordance with such section: Provided 

further, That funds apportioned under this heading shall be apportioned not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 

Provided further, That 90 days following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary shall withdraw from each urbanized area or 

State an amount equal to 50 percent of the funds apportioned to 

such urbanized areas or States less the amount of funding under 

contract, as determined by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other urbanized areas or States that 

have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing whatever 

method he deems appropriate to ensure that all funds redistributed 

under this proviso shall be utilized promptly: Provided further, 

That 1 year following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary 

shall withdraw from each urbanized area or State any funds that 

are not under contract, as determined by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other urbanized areas or 

States that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing whatever method he deems appropriate to ensure that all 

finds redistributed under this proviso shall be utilized promptly: 

Provided further, That at the request of an urbanized area or State, 

the Secretary of Transportation may provide an extension of such 1- 

year period if he feels satisfied that the urbanized area or State has 

encountered an unworkable bidding environment or other extenuating circumstances: Provided further, That before granting such an 

extension, the Secretary shall send a letter to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations that provides a thorough justification 

for the extension: Provided further, That of the funds provided for 

section 5311 of title 49, United Slates Code, 2.5 percent shall be 

made available for section 5311(c)(1): Provided further, That of the 

funding provided under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be distributed as discretionary grants to public transit agencies for capital investments that will assist in reducing the energy consumption or 

greenhouse gas emissions of their public transportation systems: 

Provided further, That for such grants on energy-related investments, priority shall be given to projects based on the total energy 

savings that are projected to result from the investment, and projected energy savings as a percentage of the total energy usage of the 

public transit agency: Provided further, That applicable chapter 53 

requirements shall apply to funding provided under this heading, 

except that the Federal share of the costs for which any grant is 

made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up 

to 100 percent: Provided further, That the amount made available 

under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth in any Act: Provided further, 

That section 1101(b) of Public Law 109–59 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this heading shall not be commingled with any 

prior year funds: Provided further, That a recipient and subrecipient of funds made available under this heading may use up 

to 10 percent of the amount apportioned to a State or urbanized 

area for the operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in 

public transportation or for eligible activities under section 5311(f): 

Provided further, That in selecting projects to be carried out with 

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funds apportioned under this heading, priority shall be given to 

projects that are located in economically distressed areas as defined 

by section 301 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 

of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3161): Provided further, That in selecting projects to be carried out with funds apportioned under this 

heading, States shall ensure an equitable geographic distribution of 

funds and an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban 

and rural communities in the State: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law., three-quarters of 1 percent of 

the funds provided for grants under section 5307 and section 5340, 

and one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided for grants under section 5311, shall be available for administrative expenses and program management oversight, and such funds shall be available 

through September 30, 2013. 

FIXED GUIDEWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

For an amount for capital expenditures authorized under section 5309(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, $1,750,000,000: Provided, 

That the Secretary of Transportation shall apportion funds under 

this heading pursuant to the formula set forth in section 5337 of 

title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this heading shall not be commingled with any 

prior year funds: Provided further, That funds made available 

under this heading shall be apportioned not later than 21 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 90 days 

following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary shall withdraw from each urbanized area an amount equal to 50 percent of 

the funds apportioned to such urbanized area less the amount of 

funding under contract, as determined by the Secretary, and the 

Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other urbanized areas 

that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing 

whatever method he deems appropriate to ensure that all funds redistributed under this proviso shall be utilized promptly: Provided 

further, That 1 year following the date of such apportionment, the 

Secretary shall withdraw from each urbanized area any funds that 

are not under contract, as determined by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other urbanized areas that 

have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing whatever 

method he deems appropriate to ensure that all funds redistributed 

under this proviso shall be utilized promptly: Provided further, 

That at the request of an urbanized area, the Secretary of Transportation may provide an extension of such 1-year period if he feels satisfied that the urbanized area has encountered an unworkable bidding environment or other extenuating circumstances: Provided further, That before granting such an extension, the Secretary shall 

send a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

that provides a thorough justification for the extension: Provided 

further, That applicable chapter 53 requirements shall apply except 

that the Federal share of the costs for which a grant is made under 

this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided further, That the provisions of section 1101(b) of 

Public Law 109–59 shall apply to funds made available under this 

heading: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 1 percent of the funds under this heading shall 

be available for administrative expenses and program management 

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oversight and shall remain available for obligation until September 

30, 2013. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’, as au- thorized under section 5338(c)(4) of title 49, United States Code, 

and allocated under section 5309(m)(2)(A) of such title, to enable the 

Secretary of Transportation to make discretionary grants as authorized by section 5309(d) and (e) of such title, $500,000,000, of which 

$1,500,000 shall be for the Office of Expedited Project Delivery in 

the Office of the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration: Provided, That such amount shall be allocated without regard 

to the limitation under section 5309(m)(2)(A)(i): Provided further, 

That in selecting projects to be funded, priority shall be given to 

projects that are able to award contracts within 90 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the provisions of section 

1101(b) of Public Law 109–59 shall apply to funds made available 

under this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

under this heading shall not be commingled with any prior year 

funds: Provided further, That applicable chapter 53 requirements 

shall apply, except that notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

up to 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be 

available for administrative expenses and program management 

oversight, and shall remain available through September 30, 2013: 

Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

the provisions of section 3011(f) of Public Law 109–59 shall apply 

to all projects evaluated under sections 5309(d) and 5309(e) of title 

49, United States Code, and funded in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 

with funds made available in the Act or any other Act. 

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, $100,000,000: 

Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That the Maritime 

Administrator may retain and transfer to ‘‘Maritime Administration, Operations and Training’’ up to 2 percent of the funds provided under this heading to carry out the guaranteed loan program. 

GENERAL PROVISION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 1601. (A) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 

(1) CERTIFICATION.— 

(A) CERTIFICATION THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2010.—The 

certification made by the Governor of each State under section 1201(a) of division A of the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–5, 123 Stat. 115, 

212) shall continue in effect under this Act. 

(B) CERTIFICATION THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2011.—Not 

later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

for each amount that is distributed to a State or agency 

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gram, the Governor of the State shall certify to the Secretary of Transportation that the State will maintain its effort with regard to State funding for the types of projects 

that are funded by the appropriation. As part of this certification, the Governor shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation a statement identifying the amount of State funds 

the State planned to expend from State sources as of the 

date of enactment of this Act for the period of October 1, 

2010, through September 30, 2011, for the types of projects 

that are funded by the appropriation. For the period of October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011, the Governor of 

a State may calculate planned expenditures from State 

funds in the same manner as under section 1201(a) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009 or may calculate the amount by prorating the amount 

certified under section 1201(a) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to establish 

the amount of planned expenditures for such period. 

(2) DEFINITION OF STATE FUNDS.—For purposes of the certifications required by section 1201(a) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and paragraph 

(1)(B), State funding means State funds used for transportation 

purposes that are expended by the State agency that is primarily responsible for carrying out the covered program. State 

funding does not include State transportation funds that are expended by or at the direction of non-State governmental entities. (b) REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN EFFORT.— (1) REPORTS.—Each State shall submit to the Department of 

Transportation for each covered program the actual aggregate 

expenditures from State funds during the period of February 

17, 2009, through September 30, 2011, as compared to the level 

of such expenditures from State funds that were planned to 

occur during such period as certified in accordance with subsection (a). The State shall submit the maintenance of effort reports in the same manner and in the same timeframe required 

by subsection (c), except the State is not required to submit a 

maintenance of effort report on February 17, 2013. The covered 

agencies shall submit the reports to Congress in accordance 

with subsection (c)(1). 

(2) DETERMINATION OF MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—A State is 

deemed to have met its level of effort if the aggregate amount 

of actual expenditures of State funds reported in the February 

17, 2012 report in accordance with paragraph (1) meets or exceeds the aggregate amount of planned expenditures of State 

funds identified in the certification required by subsection (a). 

(3) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EFFORT.—If a State is 

unable to maintain the level of effort certified pursuant to subsection (a), the State will be prohibited by the Secretary of 

Transportation from receiving additional limitation pursuant to 

the redistribution of the limitation on obligations for Federalaid highway and highway safety construction programs that occurs after August 1 for fiscal year 2012. (c) PERIODIC REPORTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, each grant recipient shall submit to the covered agency 

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from which they received funding periodic reports on the use of 

the funds appropriated in this chapter for the Department of 

Transportation for covered programs. Such reports shall be collected and compiled by the covered agency and transmitted to 

Congress. Covered agencies may develop such reports on behalf 

of grant recipients to ensure the accuracy and consistency of 

such reports. 

(2) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—For amounts received under 

each covered program by a grant recipient under this chapter 

for the Department of Transportation, the grant recipient shall 

include in the periodic reports information tracking— 

(A) the amount of Federal funds appropriated, allocated, 

obligated, and outlayed under the appropriation; 

(B) the number of projects that have been put out to bid 

under the appropriation and the amount of Federal funds 

associated with such projects; 

(C) the number of projects for which contracts have been 

awarded under the appropriation and the amount of Federal funds associated with such contracts; 

(D) the number of projects for which work has begun 

under such contracts and the amount of Federal funds associated with such contracts; 

(E) the number of projects for which work has been completed under such contracts and the amount of Federal 

funds associated with such contracts; and 

(F) the number of direct, on-project jobs created or sustained by the Federal funds provided for projects under the 

appropriation and, to the extent possible, the estimated indirect jobs created or sustained in the associated supplying 

industries, including the number of job-years created and 

the total increase in employment since the date of enactment of this Act. 

(3) TIMING OF REPORTS.—Eaah grant recipient shall submit 

the first of the periodic reports required under this subsection 

not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and shall submit 

updated reports not later than 15 months, 18 months, 2 years, 

3 years, and 4 years after such date of enactment. 

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions apply: 

(1) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered agency’’ means the 

Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal 

Transit Administration, and the Maritime Administration of 

the Department of Transportation. 

(2) COVERED PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘covered program’’ means 

funds appropriated in this Act for Grants-in-Aid for Airports’’ 

to the Federal Aviation Administration; for ‘‘Highway Infrastructure Investment’’ to the Federal Highway Administration; 

for ‘‘Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ to the Federal Railroad Administration; for ‘‘Transit 

Capital Assistance’’, ‘‘Fixed Guideway Infrastructure Investment’’, and ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ to the Federal Transit 

Administration; and for ‘‘Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) 

Program Account’’ to the Maritime Administration. 

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(3) GRANT RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘grant recipient’’ means a 

State or other recipient of assistance provided under a covered 

program in this Act. Such term does not include a Federal department or agency. 

(e) EXEMPTION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sections 3501–3521 of title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to 

the provisions of this section. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ 

to carry out capital and management activities for public housing 

agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (in this heading referred to as the 

‘‘Act’’), $1,000,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development shall make the funds provided under this heading available by competition for priority investments, including investments that leverage private sector funding or financing for renovations and energy conservation retrofit investments: Provided further, That the Secretary shall obligate the funds provided under 

this heading by such competition within 60 days of the date of the 

enactment of this Act: Provided further, That in using the funds 

provided under this heading public housing authorities shall give 

priority to capital projects that can award contracts based on bids 

within 120 days from the date that the funds are made available 

to the public housing authorities: Provided further, That in using 

such funds provided under this heading public housing agencies 

shall give priority consideration to the rehabilitation of vacant rental units: Provided further, That in using such funds provided under 

this heading public housing agencies shall prioritize capital projects 

that are already underway or included in the 5-year capital fund 

plans required by section 5A of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(a)): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

funds provided under this heading (1) may not be used for operating or rental assistance activities, and (2) shall not be subject to 

any restriction of funding to replacement housing uses: Provided 

further, That notwithstanding section 9(j) of the Act, public housing 

agencies shall obligate 50 percent of the funds provided under this 

heading within 180 days of the date on which such funds become 

available to the agency for obligation, and shall expend 100 percent 

of such funds within one year of the date on which such funds become available to the agency for obligation: Provided further, That 

if a public housing agency fails to comply with the 180-day obligation requirement under the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall recapture all funds provided under this heading awarded to the public housing agency that remain unobligated and reallocate such 

funds to agencies that are in compliance with such requirement: 

Provided further, That in administering funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading, the Secretary may waive 

or specify alternative requirements for any provision of any statute 

or regulation in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or 

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ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 

upon a finding that such a waiver is necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such funds: Provided further, That, in addition to 

waivers authorized under the preceding proviso, the Secretary may 

direct that requirements relating to the procurement of goods and 

services arising under State and local laws and regulations shall 

not apply to funds provided under this heading. 

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

HOUSING TRUST FUND

For the Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to section 1338 

of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness 

Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568), $1,065,000,000, for use under such 

section: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 

heading, $65,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development only for incremental project-based voucher 

assistance or project-based rental assistance, to be allocated to 

States pursuant to the formula established under such section 1338, 

to be used solely in conjunction with grant funds awarded under 

such section 1338. 

CHAPTER 7—GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE 

TARP REDUCTION

SEC. 1701. The limitation under section 115(a)(3) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5225(a)(3)) in 

effect on the date of the enactment of this Act is decreased by 

$150,000,000,000. 

LIMIT ON FUNDS

SEC. 1702. All funds provided under this title shall be subject to 

the requirements of section 1604 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5). 

RECOVERY ACT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 1703. (a) Funds made available by this title shall be subject 

to the reporting, transparency, and oversight requirements established by title XV of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), on the same basis as 

funds made available in division A of that Act. 

(b) Amounts appropriated in division A of the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) to any Office of 

Inspector General or to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board shall also be available for the same purposes with 

respect to any programs, grants, projects, and activities for which 

funds are made available by this title. 

TITLE II—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXTENSION 

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 2001. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Transportation 

Extension Act of 2009’’. 

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FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

SEC. 2002. (a) IN GENERAL.— 

(1) APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS.—Except as provided in this 

title, requirements, authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized under titles I, V, and VI 

of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1144), the SAFETEA–LU Technical 

Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 1572), titles I and VI of the 

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 

Stat. 1914), titles I and V of the Transportation Equity Act for 

the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107), and title 23, United States 

Code (excluding chapter 4 of that title), which would otherwise 

expire on or cease to apply after September 30, 2009, or the date 

specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations 

Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68), are incorporated by reference and shall continue in effect through September 30, 2010. 

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except as provided 

in subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated out of 

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 

for fiscal year 2010 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts 

authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund 

(other than the Mass Transit Account) for programs, projects, 

and activities for fiscal year 2009 under titles I, V, and VI of 

SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1144) and title 23, United States 

Code (excluding administrative expenses under section 104(a) 

and programs, projects, and activities under chapter 4 of that 

title), minus $1,394,358,419. 

(3) USE OF FUNDS.— 

(A) FISCAL YEAR 2010.—Except as otherwise expressly 

provided in this title, funds authorized to be appropriated 

under paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2010 shall be distributed, administered, limited, and made available for obligation in the same manner as the total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund 

(other than the Mass Transit Account) for fiscal year 2009 

to carry out programs, projects, activities, eligibilities, and 

requirements under SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1144), the 

SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 

1572), titles I and VI of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1914), titles I and 

V of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

(112 Stat. 107), and title 23, United States Code (excluding 

chapter 4 of that title). 

(B) CALCULATION.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2) shall be calculated without regard to any rescission or cancellation of funds or contract 

authority for fiscal year 2009 under SAFETEA–LU (119 

Stat. 1144) or any other law. 

(C) DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN PROGRAMS.—Funds authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2) shall be distributed under subparagraph (A) among programs, 

projects, and activities referenced in such subparagraph in 

the ratio that— 

(i) the amount authorized to be appropriated out of 

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

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Account) for such program, project, or activity for fiscal 

year 2009; bear to (ii) the amount authorized to be appropriated out of 

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

Account) for all such programs, projects, and activities 

for fiscal year 2009. (D) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause (ii), funds authorized to be appropriated under this subsection shall be available for 

obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned 

under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and subject to a 

limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 

safety construction programs included in an Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2010. (ii) EXCEPTIONS.— (I) IN GENERAL.—A limitation on obligations de- scribed in clause (i) shall not apply to any obligation under— 

(aa) section 125 of title 23, United States 

Code; or 

(bb) section 105 of title 23, United States 

Code, but only in an amount equal to 

$639,000,000. 

(II) SPECIAL RULES.—Except as otherwise expressly provided by this title, any special rule that 

applied in fiscal year 2009 to any program, project, 

or activity for which funds are authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2) shall continue to 

apply through September 30, 2010. (4) EXTENSION AND FLEXIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ALLOCATED PRO- GRAMS.— 

(A) FISCAL YEAR 2010.— 

(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2010, the portion of the 

share of funds of a State under paragraph (2) determined by the amount that the State received or was 

authorized to receive for fiscal year 2009 to carry out 

sections 1307, 1702, and 1934 of SAFETEA–LU (119 

Stat. 1217, 1256, and 1485) and section 144(f)(1) of 

title 23, United States Code, shall be— 

(I) made available to the State for programs 

specified in section 105(a)(2) of title 23, United 

States Code (except the high priority projects program), and in the same proportion for each such 

program that— 

(aa) the amount apportioned to the State for 

that program for fiscal year 2009; bears to 

(bb) the amount apportioned to the State for 

fiscal year 2009 for all such programs; and 

(II) administered in the same manner and with 

the same period of availability as such funding as 

administered under programs identified in clause 

(i), except that no funds may be used to carry out 

the project described in section 1307(d)(1) of 

SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1217; 122 Stat. 1577). 

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(ii) TERRITORIES AND PUERTO RICO.— (I) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, the portion of the share of funds 

of a territory or Puerto Rico under paragraph (2) 

determined by the amount that the territory or 

Puerto Rico received or was authorized to receive 

for fiscal year 2009 to carry out section 1934 of 

SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1485), shall be— 

(aa) for a territory, made available and administered in the same manner as funding is 

made available and administered under section 215 of title 23 United States Code; and 

(bb) for Puerto Rico, made available and administered in the same manner as funding is 

made available and administered under section 165 of title 23, United States Code. 

(II) TERRITORY DEFINED.—In this clause, the 

term ‘‘territory’’ means any of the following territories of the United States: American Samoa, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands. (B) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— (i) IN GENERAL.—No additional funds shall be provided for any project or activity under paragraph (3)(A) 

that the Secretary of Transportation determines was 

sufficiently funded before or during fiscal year 2009 to 

achieve the authorized purpose of the project or activity. (ii) RESERVATION AND REDISTRIBUTION AMONG

STATES.— 

(I) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available in accordance with paragraph (3)(A) for a project or activity described in clause (i) shall be— (aa) reserved by the Secretary of Transportation; and 

(bb) apportioned among all States such that 

each State’s share of funds so apportioned is 

equal to the State’s share for fiscal year 2009 

of funds apportioned or allocated for the programs specified in subclause (II). 

(II) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—The programs referred 

to in subclause (I) are— 

(aa) the programs listed in section 105(a)(2) 

of title 23, United States Code; 

(bb) the program authorized by section 

144(f)(1) of such title; and 

(cc) the program authorized by section 1934 

of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1485). 

(iii) DISTRIBUTION AMONG PROGRAMS.—Funds apportioned to a State pursuant to clause (ii) shall be— 

(I) made available to the State for programs specified in section 105(a)(2) of title 23, United 

States Code (except the high priority projects program), and in the same proportion for each such 

program that— 

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(aa) the amount apportioned to the State for 

that program for fiscal year 2009; bears to (bb) the amount apportioned to the State for 

fiscal year 2009 for all such programs; and (II) administered in the same manner and with 

the same period of availability as such, funding is 

administered under programs identified in subclause (I). 

(C) COMPETITIVE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN DISCRE- TIONARY FUNDS.— (i) PROJECTS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SIGNIFI- CANCE.—Notwithstanding section 1301(m) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1202), the Secretary shall allocate funds authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2) for the projects of national and regional significance program on the basis of a competitive selection process in accordance with sections 1301(d), 

1301(e), and 1301(f) of that Act (119 Stat. 1199). 

(ii) NATIONAL CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVE- MENT PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding section 1302(e) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1205), the Secretary shall allocate finds authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2) for the national corridor infrastructure improvement program on the basis of a competitive selection process in accordance with section 1302(b) of that 

Act (119 Stat. 1204). 

(5) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION UNDER TITLE V OF

SAFETEA–LU.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The programs authorized under para- graphs (1) through (5) of section 5101(a) of SAFETEA–LU 

(119 Stat. 1779) shall be continued for fiscal year 2010 at 

the funding levels authorized for those programs for fiscal 

year 2009. (B) DISTRIBITTION OF FUNDS.—Funds for programs continued under subparagraph (A) shall be distributed to 

major program areas under those programs in the same 

proportions as funds were allocated for those program 

areas for fiscal year 2009, except that designations for specific activities shall not be required to be continued for fiscal year 2010. 

(C) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— 

(i) IN GENERAL.—No additional funds shall be provided for any project or activity under this paragraph 

that the Secretary of Transportation determines was 

sufficiently funded before or during fiscal year 2009 to 

achieve the authorized purpose of the project or activity. 

(ii) DISTRIBUTION.—Funds that would have been 

made available under subparagraph (A) for a project 

or activity but for the prohibition under clause (i) shall 

be distributed in accordance with subparagraph (B). 

(b) ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES.— (1) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding other provision of this title or any other law, there is 

authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund 

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(other than the Mass Transit Account), $420,562,000 for administrative expenses of the Federal-aid highway program for fiscal 

year 2010. (2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by this subsection shall be— (A) available for obligation, and shall be administered, in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned 

under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that 

such funds shall remain available until expended; and (B) subject to a limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs included in an Act making appropriations for fiscal year 

2010. 

(c) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall reduce the amount apportioned or allocated for a program, project, or activity 

continued under this section by any amount apportioned or allocated for such program, project, or activity pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68). (d) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, any reference in this section to an Act, or a provision contained in an 

Act, shall be considered to include the amendments made by that 

Act or provision. 

EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY

TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 2003. (a) CHAPTER 4 HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 

2001(a)(1) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1519) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(2) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and 

$235,000,000 for fiscal year 2010’’. 

(b) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 

2001(a)(2) of such Act (119 Stat. 1519) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(2) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and 

$105,500,000 for fiscal year 2010’’. 

(c) OCCUPANT PROTECTION INCENTIVE GRANTS.— 

(1) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 405 of title 23, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’; 

and 

(B) in subsection (a)(4)(C) by striking ‘‘in each of the fifth 

and sixth fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2003,’’ 

and inserting ‘‘in each subsequent fiscal year’’. 

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 2001(a)(3) 

of such Act (119 Stat. 1519) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and 

$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2010’’. 

(d) SAFETY BELT PERFORMANCE GRANTS.— 

(1) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 406(c)(1) of title 23, 

United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 2001(a)(4) 

of such Act (119 Stat. 1519) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

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(B) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and 

$124,500,000 for fiscal year 2010’’. (e) STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEM IMPROVE- MENTS.—Section 2001(a)(5) of such Act (119 Stat. 1519) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(2) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and $34,500,000 

for fiscal year 2010’’. (f) ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES INCENTIVE

GRANT PROGRAM.— (1) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 410 of title 23, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘in each of the fifth, 

sixth, seventh, and eighth fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘in 

each subsequent fiscal year’’; and (B) in subsection (b)(2)(C) by striking ‘‘and 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘, 2009, and 2010’’. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 2001(a)(6) 

of such Act (119 Stat. 1519) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and 

$139,000,000 for fiscal year 2010’’. (g) NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.—Section 2001(a)(7) of such Act 

(119 Stat. 1520) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(2) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and $4,000,000 

for fiscal year 2010’’. (h) HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.— (1) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 2009(a) of such Act (23 

U.S.C. 402 note; 119 Stat. 1535) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2010’’. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 2001(a)(8) 

of such Act (119 Stat. 1520) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the second place it appears 

the following: ‘‘, and $29,000,000 for fiscal year 2010’’. (i) MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY.— (1) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 2010(d)(1)(B) of such 

Act (23 U.S.C. 402 note; 119 Stat. 1536) is amended by striking 

‘‘and fourth’’ and inserting ‘‘fourth, and fifth’’. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 2001(a)(9) 

of such Act (119 Stat. 1520) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and 

$7,000,000 far fiscal year 2010’’. 

(j) CHILD SAFETY AND CHILD BOOSTER SEAT SAFETY INCENTIVE

GRANTS.— 

(1) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 2011(c)(2) of such Act 

(23 U.S.C. 405 note; 119 Stat. 1538) is amended by striking 

‘‘fourth fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘fourth and fifth fiscal years’’. 

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 2001(a)(10) 

of such Act (119 Stat. 1520) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and 

$7,000,000 for fiscal year 2010’’. 

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(k) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 2001(a)(11) of such Act 

(119 Stat. 1520) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ the last place it appears; and 

(2) by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘, and $18,500,000 for fiscal year 2010’’. (l) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Section 2001(c) of such Act (119 

Stat. 1520) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. (m) DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT.—Section 2013(f) of 

such Act (23 U.S.C. 403 note; 119 Stat. 1540) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. (n) OLDER DRIVER SAFETY; LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.—Section 2017 of such Act (23 (U.S.C. 402 note; 119 Stat. 1541) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting 

‘‘2010’’. 

EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

PROGRAMS

SEC. 2004. (a) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS.—Section 

31104(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4); 

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(6) $212,070,000 for fiscal year 2010.’’. (b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 31104(i)(1) of title 49, 

United States Code is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (D); 

(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(F) $239,828,000 for fiscal year 2010.’’. 

(c) HIGH PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—Section 31104(k)(2) of title 49, 

United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting 

‘‘2010’’. 

(d) GRANT PROGRAMS.—Section 4101(c) of SAFETEA–LU (119 

Stat. 1715) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; 

(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and 2009’’ and inserting 

‘‘2009, and 2010’’; 

(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and 2009’’ and inserting 

‘‘2009, and 2010’’; 

(4) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; 

and 

(5) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

(e) COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM MODERNIZATION.—Section 4123(d) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1736) is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3); 

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.’’. 

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(f) OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—Section 4127(e) of such Act (119 

Stat. 1741) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2009, 

and 2010’’. 

(g) GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERA- TORS.—Section 4134(c) of such Act (119 Stat. 1744) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. (h) WORKING GROUP FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICES AND PRO- CEDURES TO ENHANCE FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS.—Section 

4213(d) of such Act (119 Stat. 1759) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2010’’. (i) OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.—Section 5503(i) of title 49, United 

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

EXTENSION OF FEDERAL TRANSIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

SEC. 2005. (a) EXTENSION OF TRANSIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— Except as otherwise provided in this title, requirements, authorities, 

conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized 

under title III of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1544), the SAFETEA–LU 

Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 1572), title III of the 

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 

2087), title III of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

(112 Stat. 338), and chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 

which would otherwise expire on or cease to apply after September 

30, 2009, or the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 

Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68), are incorporated by reference and shall continue in effect through September 

30, 2010. 

(b) AUTHORIZATIONS.—For fiscal year 2010— (1) their shall be available from the Mass Transit Account of 

the Highway Trust Fund $8,343,171,000 for each Federal transit assistance program under section 5338(b) of title 49, United 

States Code, to be allocated among such programs in proportion 

to the amounts provided for each such program in fiscal year 

2009; and 

(2) there is authorized to be appropriated $2,164,581,000 for 

each Federal transit program under subsections (c) and (d) of 

section 5338 of title 49, United States Code, and for administrative expenses under subsection (e) of such section. 

(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 

(1) PROJECTS FOR BUS AND BUS-RELATED FACILITIES AND

CLEAN FUELS GRANT PROGRAM.—The project designations contained in section 3044 of SAFETEA–LU ( 119 Stat. 1652) shall 

not apply to funds made available under subsection (b)(1). 

(2) ALLOCATIONS FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

PROGRAMS.—A program, project, or activity identified in section 

3046 of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat 1706) that the Secretary of 

Transportation determines was sufficiently funded before or 

during fiscal year 2009 to achieve the authorized purpose of the 

program, project, or activity shalt not be eligible for funds authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b)(2). 

(d) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—A grant or contract approved by the 

Secretary and financed with amounts made available from the 

Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund through September 30, 2010, to carry out sections 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 

5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339 and 5340 of title 49, United 

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States Code, and section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for 

the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat. 392) is a contractual obligation of the Government to pay the Federal share of the 

cost of the project. 

(e) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall reduce the 

amount apportioned or allocated for a program, project, or activity 

continued under this section by any amount apportioned or allocated for such program, project, or activity pursuant to the Continuing Appropriation Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68). 

(f) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, any reference in this section to an Act, or a provision contained in an Act, 

shall be considered to include the amendments made by that Act or 

provision. 

BOATING SAFETY EXTENSION

SEC. 2006. Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2009, and the period from 

October 1, 2009, through the date specified in section 106(3) of 

the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 

2010 enacted into law,’’ and inserting ‘‘2010,’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘2009 and the period 

from October 1, 2009, through the date specified in section 

106(3) of the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010 enacted into law,’’ and inserting ‘‘2010,’’. 

LEVEL OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS

SEC. 2007. (a) HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—Section 8003(a) of 

SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1917) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4); 

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2010, $42,469,970,178.’’. 

(b) MASS TRANSIT CATEGORY.—Section 8003(b) of SAFETEA–LU 

(119 Stat. 1917) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4); 

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: 

‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2010, $10,338,065,000.’’. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESEARCH

SEC. 2008. Section 7131(e) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1910) is 

amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM

TRUST FUNDS

SEC. 2009. (a) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— 

(1) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009 (October 1, 2009’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010 (October 1, 2010’’, and 

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(B) by striking ‘‘under’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009 or 

any other provision of law which was referred to in this 

paragraph before the date of the enactment of such Act (as 

such Act and provisions of law are in effect on the date of 

the enactment of such Act).’’. 

(2) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e) of such Code is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2010’’, and 

(B) by striking ‘‘in accordance with’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘in accordance with the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009 or any other provision of law 

which was referred to in this paragraph before the date of 

the enactment of such Act (as such Act and provisions of 

law are in effect on the date of the enactment of such Act).’’. 

(3) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 9503(b)(6) of such Code is amended by striking 

‘‘September 30, 2009 (October 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010 (October 1, 2010’’. 

(b) SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST FUND.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 9504(b) of such 

Code is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph. (A) and 

all that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in 

effect on the date of the enactment of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009),’’, 

(B) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph (B) and all 

that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009), and’’, and 

(C) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph (C) and all 

that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009).’’. 

(2) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—Paragraph (2) of section 9504(d) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘October 

1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2010’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall 

take effect on September 30, 2009. 

DETERMINATION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND BALANCES

SEC. 2010. (a) RESTORATION OF CERTAIN FOREGONE INTEREST TO

HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to determination of trust fund 

balances after September 30, 1998) is amended— 

(1) by striking paragraph (2); and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(2) RESTORATION OF FOREGONE INTEREST.—Out of money in 

the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appropriated (without fiscal year limitation)— 

‘‘(A) $14,700,000,000 to the Highway Account (as defined 

in subsection (e)(5)(B)) of the Highway Trust Fund, and 

‘‘(B) $4,800,000,000 to the Mass Transit Account of the 

Highway Trust Fund.’’. 

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(b) REPEAL OF PROVISION PROHIBITING CREDITING OF INTEREST

TO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9503(f) of such Code is amended by striking subparagraph (B). (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such paragraph, as amend- ed by paragraph (1), is further amended— (A) by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting a period, and (B) by striking ‘‘1998’’ in the matter preceding subpara- graph (A) and all that follows through ‘‘the opening balance’’ and inserting ‘‘1998, the opening balance’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

REPEAL OF TRANSFERS FROM HIGHWAY TRUST FUND FOR

REPAYMENTS AND CREDITS

SEC. 2011. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 9503 of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph 

(2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5). (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 9502(a) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘sec- tion 9503(c)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9503(c)(5)’’. (2) Section 9503(b)(4)(D) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)(D) or (5)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph, (3)(D) or 

(4)(B)’’. 

(3) Section 9503(c)(2) of such Code, as redesignated by sub- section (a), is amended by adding at the end the following sentence: ‘‘The amounts payable from the Highway Trust Fund 

under the preceding sentence shall be determined by taking into 

account only the portion of the taxes which are deposited into 

the Highway Trust Fund.’’. (4) Section 9503(e)(5)(A) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) 

and (3)’’. 

(5) Section 9504(a) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘sec- tion 9503(c)(4), section 9503(c)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

9503(c)(3), section 9503(c)(4)’’. 

(6) Section 9504(b)(2) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 9503(c)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9503(c)(4)’’. (7) Section 9504(e) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘sec- tion 9503(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9503(c)(3)’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall 

apply to amounts paid, and credits allowed with respect to fuel 

used, in calendar quarters beginning after the date of the enactment 

of this Act. 

FEDERAL SHARE

SEC. 2012. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share of the cost of a covered project or activity (or portion of a covered project or activity) funded with 

amounts obligated during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2010, shall be, at the 

option of the recipient, up to 100 percent. 

(b) COVERED PROJECT OR ACTIVITY DEFINED.— 

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(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered project or 

activity’’ means a project or activity eligible for assistance under 

titles I through VI of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1144), the 

SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 

1572), titles 1 through VI of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1914), titles I through 

V of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 

Stat. 107), title 23, United States Code, chapter 53 of title 49, 

United States Code, chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 

or part B of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code. 

(2) EXCLUSIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the term 

does not include a project or activity funded pursuant to— 

(A) section 1301 Or 1302 of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 

1198, 1204); 

(B) section 5309(d) or 5309(e) of title 49, United States 

Code; 

(C) the national infrastructure investments program in 

the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; or 

(D) section 122 of the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2010. 

(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in this section to an Act, or a 

provision contained in an Act, shall be considered include the 

amendments made by that Act or provision. 

BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGHWAY AND PUBLIC

TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

SEC. 2013. (a) HIGHWAYS.—Section 313 of title 23, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections 

(e) through (h), respectively; 

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 

‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF WAIVERS.— 

‘‘(1) PUBLIC INTEREST WAIVERS.—The Secretary may issue a 

waiver under subsection (b)(1) only after the Secretary has considered the potential impacts of the waiver on domestic manufacturing employment. 

‘‘(2) INSUFFICIENT DOMESTIC SOURCE WAIVERS.—The Secretary may issue a waiver under subsection (b)(2) with respect 

to a material or product only if the Secretary publishes notice 

of the waiver on the Internet for a period of at least 5 business 

days prior to issuance of the waiver and a sufficient domestic 

source of the material or product does not identify itself during 

the period. 

‘‘(d) TRANSPARENCY OF WAIVERS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When the Secretary receives a written request for a waiver under this section, the Secretary shall— 

‘‘(A) publish the request on the Internet within 5 business 

days of the date of receipt of the request; and 

‘‘(B) if the Secretary decides to issue a waiver based on 

the request, publish on the Internet, within 30 days following the date of issuance of the waiver, a detailed written 

justification as to why the waiver is necessary, including an 

identification of the amount of Federal funds associated 

with the waiver. 

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‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENT.—In issuing a waiver 

based on a finding under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall 

include, as part of the Secretary’s written justification for the 

waiver decision, a statement detailing the short- and long-term 

impact of the decision on domestic manufacturing employment.’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(i) APPLICATION TO BRIDGE PROJECTS.—In the case of a bridge 

project, the requirements of this section apply to all construction 

contracts carried out within the scope of the applicable decision 

under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and carried out on the bridge from abutment to abutment (including the abutments) regardless of the funding source of 

the contracts if at least one contract for construction with respect to 

the bridge is funded with amounts made available under this title.’’. 

(b) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.—Section 5323(j) of title 49, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)(C) in the matter preceding clause (i) by 

inserting ‘‘, but excluding a rolling stock prototype’’ after ‘‘equipment’’; 

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (11), respectively; and 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 

‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF WAIVER.— 

‘‘(A) PUBLIC INTEREST WAIVERS.—The Secretary may 

issue a waiver under paragraph (2)(A) only after the Secretary has considered the potential impacts of the waiver on 

domestic manufacturing employment. 

‘‘(B) INSUFFICIENT DOMESTIC SOURCE WAIVERS.—The Secretary may issue a waiver under paragraph (2)(B) with respect to a material or product only if the Secretary publishes notice of the waiver on the Internet for a period of 

at least 5 business days prior to issuance of the waiver and 

a sufficient domestic source of the material or product does 

not identify itself during the period. 

‘‘(4) TRANSPARENCY OF WAIVERS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—When the Secretary receives a written 

request for a waiver under this subsection, the Secretary 

shall— 

‘‘(i) publish the request on the Internet within 5 business days of the date of receipt of the request; and 

‘‘(ii) if the Secretary decides to issue a waiver based 

on the request, publish on the Internet, within 30 days 

following the date of issuance of the waiver, a detailed 

written justification as to why the waiver is necessary, 

including an identification of the amount of Federal 

funds associated with the waiver. 

‘‘(B) EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENT.—In issuing a 

waiver based on a finding under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall include, as part of the Secretary’s written justification of the waiver decision, a statement detailing the 

short- and long-term impact of the decision on domestic 

manufacturing employment.’’. 

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(1) FINAL GUIDANCE.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue final guidance to carry out the amendments made by this section. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall begin to apply only after 

issuance of final guidance by the Secretary under paragraph 

(1). 

(d) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

of enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter through September 30, 2011, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on 

Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Health, 

Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the number of waivers issued by the Secretary of Transportation under section 313(b) of title 23, United States Code, and section 5323(j)(2) of 

title 49, United States Code, the reasons relied upon for issuing the 

waivers, and the amount of Federal funds associated with each 

waiver and in total for the period examined. 

TITLE III—UNEMPLOYMENT AND OTHER EMERGENCY 

NEEDS 

CHAPTER 1—AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER

RELIEF FOR DISCRIMINATION IN A CREDIT PROGRAM OF THE DEPART- MENT OF AGRICULTURE UNDER THE EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY

ACT

SEC. 3101. (a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent permitted by the Con- stitution, and notwithstanding any other period of limitations, in 

the case of an eligible complaint alleging discrimination in violation 

of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691) involving a 

credit program of the Department of Agriculture, a complainant 

may, before the end of the filing period— (1) file a civil action under subsection (c); or 

(2) request administrative review under subsection (d). (b) ELIGIBLE COMPLAINT.—For purposes of this section, the term 

‘‘eligible complaint’’ means any written complaint— (1) that is not employment related; 

(2) that was filed with the Department of Agriculture after December 31, 1997, and before the earlier of— 

(A) 2 years after the date of the alleged violation of the 

Equal Credit Opportunity Act; and 

(B) the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

(3) with respect to which the complainant— 

(A) was not a party to the consent decree in the case entitled ‘‘Pigford v. Glickman’’, approved by the United States 

District Court for the District of Columbia on April 14, 

1999; and 

(B) has not obtained relief from the Department of Agriculture or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

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(c) CIVIL ACTION.—A civil action may be filed under this subsection if, with respect to the eligible complaint, the complainant— 

(1) has not requested administrative review; or 

(2) has requested administrative review, and the Secretary, 

with respect to each request, has either— 

(A) issued a determination; or 

(B) failed to issue a determination by a date that is 180 

days after the date such request was made. 

(d) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—Administrative review may be requested under this subsection as follows: 

(1) DETERMINATION ON THE MERITS.—A complainant may request a determination on the merits if the complainant, with respect to the eligible complaint, has not filed a civil action. 

(2) HEARING ON THE RECORD—A complainant may request a 

hearing on the record if the complainant, with respect to the eligible complaint— 

(A) has not filed a civil action; 

(B) has requested a determination on the merits, and the 

Secretary has not issued such determination by the 

issuance deadline in subsection (f)(2)(A); and 

(C) requests such hearing no later than 180 days after 

the issuance deadline in subsection (f)(2)(A). 

(e) INFORMAL RESOLUTION.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of this section, the Secretary may informally resolve an eligible complaint with a complainant. 

(f) SPECIAL RULES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—For purposes of 

this section: 

(1) REQUESTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—A request for 

administrative review shall be— 

(A) in writing; and 

(B) filed in accordance with procedures established by the 

Secretary. 

(2) RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY.—If a complainant requests a determination, on the merits under subsection (d)(1), 

then, unless a complainant, with respect to the eligible complaint, files a civil action or requests a hearing on the record, 

the Secretary shall, with respect to the eligible complaint, take 

the following actions: 

(A) ISSUANCE OF DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall, 

not later than an issuance deadline that is 1 year after the 

date on which the complainant requests a determination on 

the merits— 

(i) investigate the eligible complaint; and 

(ii) issue a written determination. 

(B) NOTICE OF FAILURE TO ISSUE TIMELY DETERMINATION.—If the Secretary does not issue a written determination by the issuance deadline in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall promptly issue to the Complainant, in writing 

and by registered mail, notice— 

(i) that the Secretary has not issued a timely determination; and 

(ii) of the period of time during which the complainant may bring a civil action or request a hearing on 

the record. 

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(3) FINALITY OF DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO HEARING

ON THE RECORD.—A determination with respect to a hearing on 

the record shall be final. 

(4) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION.—A 

determination on the merits or a determination with respect to 

a hearing on the record shall be subject to de novo review. 

(g) FILING PERIOD.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘filing 

period’’ means the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 

(2) TOLLING.—The running of the filing period in paragraph 

(1), for the purpose of filing a civil action under subsection (c) 

or requesting a hearing on the record under subsection (d)(2), 

shall be tolled for the period that, with respect to the eligible 

complaint— 

(A) begins on the date of a request for a determination on 

the merits; and 

(B) ends on the date on which the Secretary issues a determination with respect to a determination on the merits 

or a hearing on the record. 

(h) RELIEF.— 

(1) AMOUNT.—Subject to paragraph (2), a complainant shall, 

under subsection (a), and may, under subsection (e), be awarded such relief as the complainant would be afforded under the 

Equal Credit Opportunity Act, including— 

(A) actual damages; 

(B) the costs of the action, together with a reasonable attorney’s fee; and 

(C) debt relief; including— 

(i) write-downs or write-offs of the principal on a 

loan; 

(ii) write-downs or write-offs of the interest on a 

loan; 

(iii) reduction of the interest rate on a loan; 

(iv) waiver or reduction of penalties with respect to 

a loan; or 

(v) other modification of the terms of a loan. 

(2) LIMITATIONS ON RELIEF.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The total amount awarded under this 

section for all claims shall not exceed $100,000,000. 

(B) ACTUAL DAMAGES, COSTS, AND ATTORNEY’S FEES.— 

The sum of the total amount awarded under paragraph 

(1)(A) for all claims, plus the total amount awarded under 

paragraph (1)(B) for all claims, shall not exceed 

$40,000,000. 

(C) DEBT RELIEF.—The total amount awarded under 

paragraph (1)(C) for all claims shall not exceed 

$60,000,000. 

(3) EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION—Any award under clauses 

(ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) shall not 

be included in gross income for purposes of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

(i) FUNDING.— 

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(1) There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary, for relief 

awarded under subsection (h)(1), $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

(2) Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 

payments including funds in the current fiscal year, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, an 

additional $100,000,000 shall not be obligated and an additional $100,000,000 are rescinded. 

(j) SECRETARY.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

means the Secretary of Agriculture. 

CHAPTER 2—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 

GOVERNMENT 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For an additional amount for ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ 

for fee reductions and eliminations under section 501 of division A 

of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 

Law 111–5) and for the cost of guaranteed loans under section 502 

of such division, $354,000,000: Provided, That such cost shall be as 

defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That authority to guarantee loans under section 502 

of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009 shall remain in effect through September 30, 2010, notwithstanding subsection (f) of such section. 

GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER

RESCISSIONS

SEC. 3201. The following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 

(1) ‘‘National Telecommunications and Information Administration—Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program’’ in the Department of Commerce, $111,000,000. 

(2) ‘‘Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)’’ of the Department of Agriculture, 

$243,000,000, to be derived from unobligated balances available from amounts placed in reserve in title I of division A of 

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 

Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 115). 

CHAPTER 3—LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 

EDUCATION 

GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER

ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS AND STRUGGLING FAMILIES

SEC. 3301. (a)(1) Section 4007 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 

amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; 

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(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘DECEM- BER 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘JUNE 30, 2010’’; and 

(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘May 31, 2010’’ and in- serting ‘‘November 30, 2010’’. 

(2) Section 2002(e) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 

U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), is amended— 

(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2010’’; (B) in the heading for paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘JANUARY

1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘JULY 1, 2010’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘June 30, 2010’’ and insert- ing ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 

(3) Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 

U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2010’’; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘June 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 2010’’. 

(4) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act 

of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by 

striking ‘‘May 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2010’’. 

(b) Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by 

striking ‘‘by reason of’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘by reason of— ‘‘(A) the amendments made by section 2001(a) of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act; 

‘‘(B) the amendments made by sections 2 through 4 of the 

Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009; 

and 

‘‘(C) the amendments made by section 3301(a)(1) of the Jobs 

for Main Street Act, 2010; and’’. 

EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FOR COBRA

BENEFITS

SEC. 3302. (a) EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.—Subsection 

(a)(3)(A) of section 3001 of division B of the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’. 

(b) EXTENSION OF MAXIMUM DURATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘9 

months’’ and inserting ‘‘15 months’’. 

(c) RULES RELATED TO 2009 EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of such 

section is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(16) RULES RELATED TO 2009 EXTENSION.— 

‘‘(A) ELECTION TO PAY PREMIUMS RETROACTIVELY AND

MAINTAIN COBRA COVERAGE.—In the case of any premium 

for a period of coverage during an assistance eligible individual’s transition period, such individual shall be treated 

for purposes of any COBRA continuation provision as having timely paid the amount of such premium if— 

‘‘(i) such individual was covered under the COBRA 

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for the period of coverage immediately preceding such 

transition period, and 

‘‘(ii) such individual pays, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph (or, 

if later, 30 days after the date of provision of the notification required under subparagraph (D)(ii)), the 

amount of such premium, after the application of paragraph (1)(A). ‘‘(B) REFUNDS AND CREDITS FOR RETROACTIVE PREMIUM

ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY.—In the case of an assistance eligible individual who pays, with respect to any period of 

COBRA continuation coverage during such individual’s 

transition period, the premium amount for such coverage 

without regard to paragraph (1)(A), rules similar to the 

rules of paragraph (12)(E) shall apply. ‘‘(C) TRANSITION PERIOD.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this paragraph, 

the term ‘transition period’ means, with respect to any 

assistance eligible individual, any period of coverage 

if— 

‘‘(I) such period begins before the date of the enactment of this paragraph, and ‘‘(II) paragraph (1)(A) applies to such period by reason of the amendment made by section 3302(b) 

of the Jobs for Main Street Act, 2010. 

‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION.—Any period during the period described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) for 

which the applicable premium has been paid pursuant 

to subparagraph (A) shall be treated as a period of coverage referred to in such paragraph, irrespective of any 

failure to timely pay the applicable premium (other 

than pursuant to subparagraph (A)) for such period. ‘‘(D) NOTIFICATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual who 

was an assistance eligible individual at any time on or 

after October 31, 2009, or experiences a qualifying 

event (consisting of a reduction of hours or termination 

of employment) relating to COBRA continuation coverage on or after such date, the administrator of the 

group health plan (or other entity) involved shall provide an additional notification with information regarding the amendments made by the Jobs for Main 

Street Act, 2010 within 60 days after the date of the enactment of such Act or, in the case of a qualifying event 

occurring after such date of enactment, consistent with 

the timing of notifications under paragraph (7)(A). 

‘‘(ii) TO INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST ASSISTANCE.—In the 

case of an assistance eligible individual described in 

subparagraph (A)(i) who did not timely pay the premium for any period of coverage during such individual’s transition period or paid the premium for such 

period without regard to paragraph (1)(A), the administrator of the group health plan (or other entity) involved shall provide to such individual, within the first 

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tional notification with information regarding the 

amendments made by the Jobs for Main Street Act, 

2010, including information on the ability under subparagraph (A) to make retroactive premium payments 

with respect to the transition period of the individual 

in order to maintain COBRA continuation coverage. ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION OF RULES.—Rules similar to the 

rules of paragraph (7) shall apply with respect to notifications under this subparagraph.’’. (d) CLARIFICATIONS RELATING TO SECTION 3001 OF ARRA.— 

(1) CLARIFICATION THAT ELIGIBILITY AND NOTICE IS BASED ON

TIMING OF QUALIFYING EVENT.—Subsection (a) of such section is 

amended— 

(A) in paragraph (3)(A)— (i) by striking ‘‘at any time’’ and inserting ‘‘such 

qualified beneficiary is eligible for COBRA continuation coverage related to a qualifying event occurring’’; 

and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘, such qualified beneficiary is eligible 

for COBRA continuation coverage’’; and (B) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘become entitled to 

elect COBRA continuation coverage and inserting ‘‘have a 

qualifying event relating to COBRA continuation coverage’’. (2) CLARIFICATION REGARDING RETIREE COVERAGE.—Subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘coverage under a retiree health plan,’’ after ‘‘other than’’. (3) CLARIFICATION REGARDING COBRA CONTINUATION RESULT- ING FROM REDUCTIONS IN HOURS.—Subsection (a) of such section is further amended— 

(A) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting before the period at 

the end the following: ‘‘or consists of a reduction of hours 

followed by such an involuntary termination of employment 

during such period’’; and (B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(17) SPECIAL RULES IN CASE OF INDIVIDUALS LOSING COV- ERAGE BECAUSE OF A REDUCTION OF HOURS.— ‘‘(A) NEW ELECTION PERIOD.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of the 

COBRA continuation provisions, in the case of an 

individual described in subparagraph (C) who did 

not make (or who made and discontinued) an election of COBRA continuation coverage on the basis 

of the reduction of hours of employment, the involuntary termination of employment of such individual after the date of the enactment of the Jobs 

for Main Street Act, 2010, shall be treated as a 

qualifying event. ‘‘(ii) COUNTING COBRA DURATION PERIOD FROM

PREVIOUS QUALIFYING EVENT.—In any case of an individual referred to in clause (i), the period of 

such individual’s continuation coverage shall be 

determined as though the qualifying event were the 

reduction of hours of employment. ‘‘(iii) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph 

shall he construed as requiring an individual referred 

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to in clause (i) to make a payment for COBRA continuation coverage between the reduction of hours and the 

involuntary termination of employment. 

‘‘(iv) PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.—With respect to an 

individual referred to in clause (i) who elects COBRA 

continuation coverage pursuant to such clause, rules 

similar to the rules in paragraph (4)(C) shall apply. 

‘‘(B) NOTICES.—In the case of an individual described in 

subparagraph (C), the administrator of the group health 

plan (or other entity) involved shall provide, during the 60– 

day period beginning on the date of such individual’s termination of employment, an additional notification described in paragraph (7)(A), including information on the 

provisions of this paragraph. Rules similar to the rules of 

paragraph (7) shall apply with respect to such notification. 

‘‘(C) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—Individuals described in 

this subparagraph are individuals who are assistance eligible individuals on the basis of a qualifying event consisting 

of a reduction of hours occurring during the period described in paragraph (3)(A) followed by an involuntary termination of employment insofar as such termination of employment occurred after the date of the enactment of the 

Jobs for Main Street Act, 2010.’’. 

(4) CLARIFICATION OF PERIOD OF ASSISTANCE.—Subsection 

(a)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘of the first 

month’’. 

(5) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a)(5) of such section is 

amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In addition to 

civil actions that may be brought to enforce applicable provisions of such Act or other laws, the appropriate Secretary or an 

affected individual may bring a civil action to enforce such determinations and for appropriate relief. In addition, such Secretary may assess a penalty against a plan sponsor or health 

insurance issuer of not more than $110 per day for each failure 

to comply with such determination of such Secretary after 10 

days after the date of the plan sponsor’s or issuer’s receipt of the 

determination.’’. 

(6) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 3001 OF ARRA.— 

(A) Subsection (g) of section 35 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘section 3002(a) of the 

Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 

2009’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3001(a) of title III of division 

B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’’. 

(B) Section 139C of such Code is amended by striking 

‘‘section 3002 of the Health Insurance Assistance for the 

Unemployed Act of 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3001 of 

title III of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’’. 

(C) Section 6432 of such Code is amended— 

(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 3002(a) of 

the Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed 

Act of 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3001(a) of title III 

of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of’ 2009’’; 

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(ii) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘section 3002(a)(1)(A) of such Act’’ in subsection (c)(3) and inserting ‘‘section 3001(a)(1)(A) of title III of division B 

of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009’’; and 

(iii) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as sub- sections (f) and (g), respectively, and inserting after 

subsection (d) the following new subsection:. ‘‘(e) EMPLOYER DETERMINATION OF QUALIFYING EVENT AS INVOL- UNTARY TERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, in any case in which— 

‘‘(1) based on a reasonable interpretation of section 3001(a)(3)(C) of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and administrative guidance thereunder, 

an employer determines that the qualifying event with respect 

to COBRA continuation coverage for an individual was involuntary termination of a covered employee’s employment, and ‘‘(2) the employer maintains supporting documentation of the determination, including an attestation by the employer of involuntary termination with respect to the covered employee, the qualifying event for the individual shall be deemed to be involuntary termination of the covered employee’s employment.’’. (D) Subsection (a) of section 6720C of such Code is 

amended by striking ‘‘section 3002(a)(2)(C) of the Health 

Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 3001(a)(2)(C) of title III of division B of 

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’’. 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall 

take effect as if included in the provisions of section 3001 of division 

B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to which 

they relate, except that— 

(1) the amendments made by subsections (d)(2) and (d)(3) 

shall apply to periods of coverage beginning after the date of the 

enactment of this Act; and 

(2) the amendment made by subsection (d)(5) shall take effect 

on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

EXTENSION OF RECOVERY ACT INCREASE IN FMAP

SEC. 3303. Section 5001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘first calendar quarter’’ 

and inserting ‘‘first 3 calendar quarters’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting before the period at the 

end the following: ‘‘and such paragraph shall not apply to calendar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 2010’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)(4)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘December 2009’’ 

and ‘‘January 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘June 2010’’ and ‘‘July 

2010’’, respectively; 

(4) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘ending before October 1, 

2010’’ after ‘‘entire fiscal years’’ and after ‘‘with respect to fiscal 

years’’; 

(5) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2011’’ and 

inserting ‘‘March 31, 2012’’; and 

(6) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2010’’ and 

inserting ‘‘June 30, 2011’’. 

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REPEAL OF EARNED INCOME THRESHOLD FOR DETERMINING

REFUNDABLE PORTION OF CHILD TAX CREDIT

SEC. 3304. (a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 24(d)(1)(B) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(i) 15 percent of the taxpayer’s earned income (within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income, or’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (d) of section 24 of 

such Code is amended— 

(1) by striking paragraph (3), and 

(2) by striking paragraph (4). 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall 

apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009. 

(d) APPLICATION OF EGTRRA SUNSET.—The amendments made 

by subsection (a) and (b)(1) shall be subject to title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 in the 

same manner as the provision of such Act to which such amendment relates. 

HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES

SEC. 3305. Notwithstanding section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) or any other provision of law, the poverty line for 2010 issued by the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services under such section 673(2) shall be not 

lower than the poverty line so issued on January 23, 2009 (74 Fed. 

Reg. 14). This section shall have no effect on such Secretary’s revision of the poverty line for 2011. 

REFUNDS DISREGARDED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL

PROGRAMS AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS

SEC. 3306. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 65 of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 

following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 6409. REFUNDS DISREGARDED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

any refund (or advance payment with respect to a refundable credit) 

made to any individual under this title shall not be taken into account as income, and shall not be taken into account as resources 

for the month of receipt and the following 11 months, for purposes 

of determining the eligibility of such individual (or any other individual) for benefits or assistance (the amount or extent of benefits 

or assistance) under any Federal program or under any State or 

local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds. 

‘‘(b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any amount 

received after December 31, 2010.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 6109. Refunds disregarded in the administration of Federal programs and Federally assisted programs.’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section shall 

apply to amounts received after December 31, 2009. 

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PERMANENT EXTENSION OF FEE WITHHOLDING PROCEDURES TO TITLE

XVI AND TO QUALIFIED NON-ATTORNEY REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 3307. (a) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF ATTORNEY FEE WITHHOLDING PROCEDURES TO TITLE XVI.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–203; 118 Stat. 519) is amended— 

(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘TEMPORARY’’; 

and 

(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Effective Date.—’’ and 

all that follows through ‘‘The amendments’’ and inserting 

‘‘Effective Date.—The amendments’’, and by striking paragraph (2). 

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 302 

in the table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended 

by striking ‘‘Temporary extension’’ and inserting ‘‘Extension’’. 

(b) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF FEE WITHHOLDING PROCEDURES

TO QUALIFIED NON-ATTORNEY REPRESENTATIVES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 206 of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 406) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

subsection: 

‘‘(e)(1) The Commissioner shall provide for the extension of the fee 

withholding procedures and assessment procedures that apply 

under the preceding provisions of this section to agents and other 

persons, other than attorneys, who represent claimants under this 

title before the Commissioner. 

‘‘(2) Fee-withholding procedures may be extended under paragraph (1) to any nonattorney representative only if such representative meets at least the following prerequisites: 

‘‘(A) The representative has been awarded a bachelor’s degree 

from an accredited institution of higher education, or has been 

determined by the Commissioner to have equivalent qualifications derived from training and work experience. 

‘‘(B) The representative has passed an examination, written 

and administered by the Commissioner, which tests knowledge 

of the relevant provisions of this Act and the most recent developments in agency and court decisions affecting this title and 

title XVI. 

‘‘(C) The representative has secured professional liability insurance, or equivalent insurance, which the Commissioner has 

determined to be adequate to protect claimants in the event of 

malpractice by the representative. 

‘‘(D) The representative has undergone a criminal background 

check to ensure the representative’s fitness to practice before the 

Commissioner. 

‘‘(E) The representative demonstrates ongoing completion of 

qualified courses of continuing education, including education 

regarding ethics and professional conduct, which are designed 

to enhance professional knowledge in matters related to entitlement to, or eligibility for, benefits based on disability under this 

title and title XVI. Such continuing education, and the instructors providing such education, shall meet such standards as the 

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‘‘(3)(A) The Commissioner may assess representatives reasonable 

fees to cover the cost to the Social Security Administration of administering the prerequisites described in paragraph (2). 

‘‘(B) Fees collected under subparagraph (A) shall be credited to 

the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 

Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the general fund of the Treasury, based on such 

allocations as the Commissioner determines appropriate. 

‘‘(C) The fees authorized under this paragraph shall be collected 

and available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount 

provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Amounts so appropriated are authorized to remain available until expended for administering the prerequisites described in paragraph (2).’’. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(A) Section 1631(d)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

1383(d)(2)(A)) is amended— 

(i) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(ii) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end 

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(vi) by substituting, in subsection (e)(1)— 

‘‘(I) ‘subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 

1631(d)(2)’ for ‘the preceding provisions of this section’; and 

‘‘(II) ‘title XVI’ for ‘this title’.’’. 

(B) Section 303(e)(2) of the Social Security Protection Act 

of 2004 (Public Law 108–203; 118 Stat. 523) is amended by 

striking ‘‘AND FINAL REPORT’’ in the heading and by striking the last sentence. 

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Commissioner of Social Security 

shall provide for full implementation of the provisions of section 

206(e) of the Social Security Act (as added by paragraph (1)) 

and the amendments made by paragraph (2) not later than 

March 1, 2010. 

CHAPTER 4—GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE 

EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS

SEC. 3401. (a) IN GENERAL.—Each amount in this title is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403 and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 

(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

year 2010. 

(b) PAYGO.—All applicable provisions in this title are designated 

as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles. 

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS ACT 

PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY

SEC. 4001. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation, beyond September 30, 2010, 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

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BUY AMERICA

SEC. 4002. All funds provided under this Act shall be subject to 

the requirements of section 1605 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5). 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jobs for Main Street Act, 2010’’. 

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