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[Senate Report 112-177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

                                                       Calendar No. 429
112th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session                                                     112-177

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  FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2013

                                _______
                                

                 June 14, 2012.--Ordered to be printed

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           Mr. Durbin, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                                 REPORT

                         [To accompany S. 3301]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports an original bill 
(S. 3301) making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and 
recommends that the bill do pass.

Amounts of new budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2013

Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $44,286,736,000
Amount of 2012 appropriations...........................  43,090,895,000
Amount of 2013 budget estimate..........................  44,623,459,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
    2012 appropriations.................................  +1,195,841,000
    2013 budget estimate................................    -336,723,000

                                CONTENTS

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                                                                   Page
Overview and Summary of Bill.....................................     5
Program, Project, and Activity...................................     5
Reprogramming Guidelines.........................................     5
Relationship With Budget Offices.................................     6
Congressional Budget Justifications..............................     7
Agency Reports...................................................     7
Title I: Department of the Treasury:
    Departmental Offices.........................................     8
        Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs.    11
        Office of Inspector General..............................    12
        Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration........    13
        Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief 
          Program................................................    14
    Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.........................    15
    Treasury Forfeiture Fund.....................................    17
    Financial Management Service.................................    17
    Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.....................    18
    United States Mint...........................................    18
    Bureau of the Public Debt....................................    19
    Fiscal Service...............................................    20
    Community Development Financial Institutions Fund............    21
    Bureau of Engraving and Printing.............................    22
    Internal Revenue Service.....................................    23
        Taxpayer Services........................................    25
        Enforcement..............................................    27
        Operations Support.......................................    29
        Business Systems Modernization...........................    31
    Administrative Provisions--Internal Revenue Service..........    33
    Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury........    33
Title II: Executive Office of the President and Funds 
  Appropriated to the President:
    Compensation of the President................................    35
    The White House..............................................    35
    Executive Residence at the White House.......................    36
    White House Repair and Restoration...........................    36
    Council of Economic Advisers.................................    37
    National Security Council and Homeland Security Council......    37
    Office of Administration.....................................    37
    Office of Management and Budget..............................    38
    Office of National Drug Control Policy.......................    39
    Funds Appropriated to the President:
        High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas....................    40
        Other Federal Drug Control Programs......................    41
    Unanticipated Needs..........................................    42
    Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation............    42
    Integrated, Efficient and Effective Uses of Information 
      Technology.................................................    43
    Special Assistance to the President..........................    44
    Official Residence of the Vice President.....................    45
    Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President 
      and Funds Appropriated to the President....................    45
Title III: The Judiciary:
    Supreme Court of the United States...........................    46
        Care of the Building and Grounds.........................    47
    United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.......    47
    United States Court of International Trade...................    48
    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial 
      Services...................................................    48
        Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund...................    49
        Defender Services........................................    49
        Fees of Jurors and Commissioners.........................    50
        Court Security...........................................    50
    Administrative Office of the United States Courts............    51
    Federal Judicial Center......................................    51
    Judicial Retirement Funds....................................    52
    United States Sentencing Commission..........................    52
    Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary.....................    52
Title IV--District of Columbia:
    Federal Funds:
        Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support.............    54
        Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs 
          in the District of Columbia............................    55
        Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts.......    56
        Federal Payment for Defender Services in District of 
          Columbia Courts........................................    57
        Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender 
          Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia........    58
        Federal Payment to the Public Defender Service for the 
          District of Columbia...................................    59
        Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and 
          Sewer Authority........................................    59
        Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 
          Council................................................    60
        Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions.................    61
        Federal Payment for School Improvement...................    61
        Federal Payment for the D.C. National Guard..............    65
        Federal Payment for Redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths 
          Hospital Campus........................................    65
        Federal Payment for HIV/AIDS Prevention..................    66
        Federal Payment for Job Training Pilot Project...........    66
        Federal Payment for D.C. Commission on the Arts and 
          Humanities Grants......................................    67
    District of Columbia Funds...................................    67
Title V--Independent Agencies:
    Administrative Conference of the United States...............    68
    Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation...................    68
    Civilian Property Realignment Board..........................    69
    Commodity Futures Trading Commission.........................    69
    Consumer Product Safety Commission...........................    72
    Election Assistance Commission...............................    74
    Federal Communications Commission............................    74
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Office of Inspector 
      General....................................................    77
    Federal Election Commission..................................    77
    Federal Labor Relations Authority............................    78
    Federal Trade Commission.....................................    78
    General Services Administration..............................    81
    Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation........................    90
    Merit Systems Protection Board...............................    91
    Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation..............    91
    National Archives and Records Administration.................    92
    National Credit Union Administration.........................    96
    Office of Government Ethics..................................    97
    Office of Personnel Management...............................    98
    Office of Special Counsel....................................   102
    Postal Regulatory Commission.................................   103
    Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board..................   104
    Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board...............   105
    Securities and Exchange Commission...........................   105
    Selective Service System.....................................   110
    Small Business Administration................................   111
    United States Postal Service.................................   116
        Office of Inspector General..............................   119
    United States Tax Court......................................   119
Statement Concerning General Provisions..........................   120
Title VI--General Provisions--This Act...........................   121
Title VII--General Provisions--Governmentwide....................   123
Title VIII--General Provisions--District of Columbia.............   127
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the 
  Senate.........................................................   129
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................   130
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   130
Budgetary Impact of Bill.........................................   143
Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority....................   144

                    OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF THE BILL

    The Financial Services and General Government 
appropriations bill provides funding for the Department of the 
Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service; the Executive 
Office of the President; the Judiciary; the District of 
Columbia; and more than two dozen independent Federal agencies.
    The Committee recommends $44,286,736,000 in discretionary 
and mandatory appropriations. This represents an increase of 
$1,195,841,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level, and a 
decrease of $336,723,000 below the budget request. Of the 
total, $23,158,400,000 is provided in discretionary 
appropriations, including $167,000,000 for the Small Business 
Administration Disaster Loans Program Account designated by 
Congress as disaster relief pursuant to Public Law 112-25. This 
discretionary amount is $340,723,000 below the budget request 
of $23,499,123,000. Mandatory appropriations total 
$21,251,397,000.

                     PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

    During fiscal year 2013, for the purposes of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
99-177), as amended, with respect to appropriations contained 
in the accompanying bill, the terms ``program, project, and 
activity'' [PPA] shall mean any item for which a dollar amount 
is contained in appropriations acts (including joint 
resolutions providing continuing appropriations) or 
accompanying reports of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, or accompanying conference reports and joint 
explanatory statements of the committee of conference.

                        REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

    The Committee includes a provision (section 608) 
establishing the authority of agencies to reprogram funds and 
the limitation on that authority. The provision specifically 
requires the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of any proposal to reprogram funds 
that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity [PPA]; (3) increases funds or personnel 
for any PPA for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
the Congress; (4) proposes to redirect funds that were directed 
in such reports for a specific activity to a different purpose; 
(5) augments an existing PPA in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces an existing PPA by 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, 
reorganizes, or restructures offices differently than the 
congressional budget justifications or the table at the end of 
the Committee report, whichever is more detailed.
    The Committee retains the requirement that each agency 
submit an operating plan to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
act to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming 
and transfer authorities provided in this act. Specifically, 
each agency should provide a table for each appropriation with 
columns displaying the budget request; adjustments made by 
Congress; adjustments for rescissions, if appropriate; and the 
fiscal year enacted level. The table shall delineate the 
appropriation both by object class and by PPA. The report must 
also identify items of special congressional interest.
    The Committee expects the agencies and bureaus to submit 
reprogramming requests in a timely manner and to provide a 
thorough explanation of the proposed reallocations, including a 
detailed justification of increases and reductions and the 
specific impact the proposed changes will have on the budget 
request for the following fiscal year. Except in emergency 
situations, reprogramming requests should be submitted no later 
than June 30.
    The Committee expects each agency to manage its programs 
and activities within the amounts appropriated by Congress. The 
Committee reminds agencies that reprogramming requests should 
be submitted only in the case of an unforeseeable emergency or 
a situation that could not have been anticipated when 
formulating the budget request for the current fiscal year. 
Further, the Committee notes that when a Department or agency 
submits a reprogramming or transfer request to the Committees 
on Appropriations and does not receive identical responses from 
the House and the Senate, it is the responsibility of the 
Department or agency to reconcile the House and the Senate 
differences before proceeding, and if reconciliation is not 
possible, to consider the request to reprogram funds 
unapproved.

                    RELATIONSHIP WITH BUDGET OFFICES

    Through the years, the Committee has channeled most of its 
inquiries and requests for information and assistance through 
the budget offices of the various departments, agencies, 
offices, and commissions. The Committee has often pointed to 
the natural affinity and relationship between the budget 
offices and the Committee which makes such a relationship 
workable. The Committee reiterates its longstanding position 
that while the Committee reserves the right to call upon any 
office or officer in the departments, agencies, and 
commissions, the primary conjunction between the Committee and 
these entities must be through the budget offices. To help 
ensure the Committee's ability to perform its responsibilities, 
the Committee insists on having direct, unobstructed, and 
timely access to the budget offices and expects to be able to 
receive forthright and complete responses from those offices 
and their employees.
    The Committee has encountered growing difficulties in 
securing timely agency compliance with mandated reporting 
requirements and has experienced several situations in which 
deadlines for submission of reports were disregarded entirely. 
The Committee expects and directs all agencies from which 
reports are required to allow sufficient time to secure any 
necessary internal and external clearances of reports in order 
to satisfy congressional deadlines. The Committee strongly 
urges agencies to alert the Committee as far as possible in 
advance of any expected slippage in meeting a report delivery 
due date.

                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS

    Budget justifications are prepared not for the use of the 
agency, but instead are the primary tool used by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations to evaluate the resource 
requirements and fiscal needs of agencies. The Committee is 
aware that the format and presentation of budget materials is 
largely left to the agency within presentation objectives set 
forth by OMB. In fact, OMB Circular A-11, part 6 specifically 
states that the ``agency should consult with your congressional 
committees beforehand to ensure their awareness of your plans 
to modify the format of agency budget documents.'' The 
Committee expects all the budget justifications to adhere to 
this directive and provide the data needed to make appropriate 
and meaningful funding decisions.
    The Committee directs that justifications submitted with 
the fiscal year 2014 budget requests by agencies funded under 
this act must contain the customary level of detailed data and 
explanatory statements to support the appropriations requests 
at the level of detail contained in the funding table included 
at the end of the report. Among other items, agencies shall 
provide a detailed discussion of proposed new initiatives, 
proposed changes in the agency's financial plan from prior year 
enactment, and detailed data on all programs and comprehensive 
information on any office or agency restructurings. At a 
minimum, each agency must also provide adequate justification 
for funding and staffing changes for each individual office and 
materials that compare programs, projects, and activities that 
are proposed for fiscal year 2014 to the fiscal year 2013 
enacted level.
    The Committee is aware that the analytical materials 
required for review by the Committee are unique to each agency 
in this act. Therefore, the Committee expects that each agency 
will coordinate with the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in advance on its planned presentation for its 
budget justification materials in support of the fiscal year 
2014 budget request.

                             AGENCY REPORTS

    As a measure to reduce costs and conserve paper, the 
Committee reminds agencies funded by this act that currently 
provide separate copies of periodic reports (such as 
Performance and Accountability Reports) and correspondence to 
the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
and Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government, 
and also to the ranking members of the committees and 
subcommittees, to send only one copy jointly addressed to the 
chairs of the Committee and subcommittee and one copy jointly 
addressed to the ranking members of the Committee and 
subcommittee (separate copies should be sent to the House and 
the Senate). Eliminating duplication will reduce by one-half 
(from eight to four) the copies of periodic reports agencies 
send to the committees.

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $308,388,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     301,216,000
Committee recommendation................................     301,216,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Secretary of the Treasury has the primary role in 
formulating and managing the domestic and international tax and 
financial policies of the Federal Government. The Secretary's 
responsibilities funded by the Departmental Offices Salaries 
and Expenses appropriation include: recommending and 
implementing U.S. domestic and international economic and tax 
policy; formulating fiscal policy; governing the fiscal 
operations of the Government; executing the Nation's financial 
sanction policies; disrupting and dismantling terrorist 
financial infrastructure; protecting the United States and the 
international financial system from terrorist financing, money 
laundering, and other financial crimes; managing the public 
debt; managing international development policy; representing 
the United States on international monetary, trade, and 
investment issues; overseeing Department of the Treasury 
overseas operations; and directing the administrative 
operations of the Department of the Treasury. The majority of 
the Salaries and Expenses appropriation provides resources for 
policy formulation and implementation in the areas of domestic 
and international finance, terrorist financing and financial 
crimes, tax, economic, trade, financial operations and general 
fiscal policy. This appropriation also provides resources to 
support the Secretary, policy components, and departmental 
administrative policies in financial and personnel management, 
procurement operations, and information systems and 
telecommunications.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $301,216,000 for the Departmental 
Offices account of the Department of the Treasury for fiscal 
year 2013. This amount is the same as the budget request and 
$7,172,000 below the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. The 
funding recommendations are made based on information included 
in the budget justification.
    The Committee directs the Department to prioritize 
resources within the Departmental Offices account for the 
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in order to 
support safeguarding financial systems against illicit use and 
combating rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, money 
launderers, proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, and 
other national security threats.
    The Committee makes the following findings:
    Office of Financial Education.--The Committee is concerned 
about the low level of literacy and numeracy skills among the 
adult population of the United States, as one in seven adults 
do not have basic literacy skills to succeed in all but the 
most rudimentary literacy tasks. The Department's Office of 
Financial Education administers the National Financial Literacy 
Challenge and develops strategies to combat predatory lending. 
The Office of Financial Education also coordinates the efforts 
of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, a group 
chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury and composed of 
representatives from 20 Federal departments, agencies, and 
commissions. The Commission works to improve financial literacy 
and education for people throughout the United States. The 
Committee encourages the Department to explore the degree to 
which current financial literacy programs benefit those 
individuals with less than basic literacy skills and to develop 
measurable goals and objectives for the Financial Literacy and 
Education Commission that address the needs of this population. 
Finally, the Committee urges the Department to explore 
opportunities to work with community-based adult and family 
literacy organizations to promote and implement future 
financial literacy initiatives.
    Foreclosure Crisis.--The Committee commends the Department 
for enhancements to the Home Affordable Modification Program 
[HAMP], including increased incentive payments for principal 
reduction and extending eligibility for increased incentive 
payments to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Committee notes 
that the HAMP April 2012 report shows that 994,000 homeowners 
are in active permanent modification and more than 1.1 million 
homeowners have been able to remain in their homes because of 
HAMP. The Committee directs the Department to urge mortgage 
servicers and investors, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 
to consider and implement principal reductions that could save 
taxpayer dollars while allowing homeowners to remain in the 
home with a reduced monthly mortgage payment and reduce the 
number of vacant real-estate owned property that may negatively 
affect an entire neighborhood. The Committee also directs the 
Department to ensure mortgage servicers properly comply with 
HAMP agreements and provide ample technical assistance and 
outreach to educate servicers about their responsibilities 
under the program.
    The Committee supports the administration's goal of 
disposing of real-estate owned [REO] properties held by Fannie 
and Freddie through the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Pilot 
REO Property Sales in Hardest Hit Areas, including the 
objectives of returning often vacant REO properties to 
productive use to reduce taxpayer costs and stabilize 
neighborhood and home prices. To achieve the greatest positive 
impact for taxpayers, the Committee urges Fannie and Freddie to 
enhance cooperation with State and local entities, including 
making REO inventories available for participation in locally 
targeted programs. The Committee also supports disposition 
strategies that increase rental housing and affordable housing 
stock. The Committee notes that to truly reduce the number of 
REO properties held by Fannie and Freddie, it is necessary to 
prevent homes from foreclosure. The Committee urges the 
Department to better utilize programs like HAMP, the Home 
Affordable Refinance Program, and the Hardest Hit Fund to 
reduce the foreclosure rate among homes financed through Fannie 
Mae and Freddie Mac.
    Group Home Mortgage Program.--Under authorities provided 
pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-289), the Federal housing Enterprises have been 
placed into conservatorship, with Treasury providing ongoing 
financial support to the Enterprises to ensure they remain 
active participants in the marketplace. The Group Home Mortgage 
Program--formerly Community Living mortgage loans--comprises 
approximately $165,000,000 of Fannie Mae's roughly 
$3,000,000,000,000 portfolio and is designed to provide 
financing for small, community-based group homes for 
individuals who are unable to live independently. The program 
is intended to provide aid to individuals and legal entities, 
including nonprofit and for-profit corporations, limited 
partnerships, and government agencies that serve adults and 
children with physical and mental disabilities. The Committee 
urges Treasury and the Enterprises to maintain this modest 
portfolio so that taxpayers will continue to benefit from 
profits generated under the program and members of the disabled 
community will continue to have accessible and affordable 
housing.
    Federal Insurance Office.--The Committee supports the 
mission and goals of the Treasury Department's Federal 
Insurance Office [FIO], particularly its efforts in 
international forums to protect U.S. jobs and the 
competitiveness of the U.S. insurance and reinsurance 
industries. The FIO, working in close partnership with state 
insurance supervisors, the Treasury Secretary, and the U.S. 
Trade Representative, will strengthen the position of the 
United States as it engages with international organizations 
and agencies on international insurance regulatory issues. 
FIO's appointment to the Executive Committee of the 
International Association of Insurance Supervisors [IAIS] is an 
important step forward for FIO and the United States. The 
Committee believes that the Treasury Department should provide 
adequate resources for FIO to ensure the best outcomes for the 
United States on international insurance issues.
    Economic Sanctions and Divestments.--The Committee 
recommendation includes resources for Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence programs. With these funds, the Department will 
continue to issue and enforce economic and trade sanctions 
consistent with national security and foreign policy goals. 
These sanctions are a key tool for asserting U.S. policy toward 
countries and entities under sanction. The Committee directs 
the Department to fully implement all sanctions and divestment 
measures, particularly those applicable to North Korea, 
Belarus, Burma, Iran, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. The Committee 
directs the Department to promptly notify the Committee of any 
resource constraints that adversely impact the implementation 
of any sanctions program.
    Management of Capital Investments and Information 
Security.--The Treasury Office of Inspector General continues 
to cite the Department's management of capital investments and 
information security as a top management challenge. Treasury is 
currently planning and managing several capital investments, 
including the transition to a new telecommunications contract, 
the implementation of enhanced information security 
requirements, and a modernization of systems supporting the 
implementation of the Bank Secrecy Act. The Committee 
recognizes efforts the Department has made to emphasize capital 
investment management Department-wide.
    The Committee directs the Department to continue improving 
the management of capital investments. The Committee notes that 
section 117 of the bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury 
to develop an annual Capital Investment Plan, to be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives within 30 days following submission of the 
President's annual budget request. The Committee directs the 
Department to include estimated funding needs for the lifetime 
capital needs for each project, not just for the budget year. 
The Committee also directs the Department to include in the 
Capital Investment Plan meaningful and understandable summaries 
of capital investments by project type (e.g., information 
technology). The Committee directs the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer to ensure that adequate resources are 
devoted both to projects in the capital phase and to proper 
maintenance and modernization of existing systems and to ensure 
that all projects are tracked properly and described completely 
in the annual Capital Investment Plan.

        DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................................
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      $7,108,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,108,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The 1997 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act 
established this account, which is authorized to be used by or 
on behalf of Treasury bureaus at the Secretary's discretion to 
modernize business processes and increase efficiency through 
technology investments, as well as other activities that 
involve more than one Treasury bureau or Treasury's interface 
with other Government agencies.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $7,108,000 for Department-wide 
Systems and Capital Investments Programs [DSCIP] for fiscal 
year 2013 in accordance with the budget request. Funding was 
not provided for DSCIP for fiscal year 2012.
    The Committee notes that the DSCIP account has been 
utilized to fund a wide variety of multiyear initiatives. Given 
the complexity of these initiatives, the bill includes language 
in section 117 directing the Department of the Treasury to 
submit an annual Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days after the President's budget 
submission.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $29,641,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      28,593,000
Committee recommendation................................      29,641,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    As a result of the 1988 amendments to the Inspector General 
[IG] Act, the Secretary of the Treasury established the Office 
of Inspector General [OIG] in 1989.
    The OIG conducts and supervises audits, evaluations, and 
investigations designed to: (1) promote economy, efficiency, 
and effectiveness and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in 
departmental programs and operations; and (2) keep the 
Secretary and Congress fully and currently informed of problems 
and deficiencies in the administration of departmental programs 
and operations. The audit function provides program audit, 
contract audit, and financial statement audit services. 
Contract audits provide professional advice to agency 
contracting officials on accounting and financial matters 
relative to negotiation, award, administration, repricing, and 
settlement of contracts. Program audits review and audit all 
facets of agency operations. Financial statement audits assess 
whether financial statements fairly present the agency's 
financial condition and results of operations, the adequacy of 
accounting controls, and compliance with laws and regulations. 
These audits contribute significantly to improved financial 
management by helping Treasury managers identify improvements 
needed in their accounting and internal control systems. The 
evaluations function reviews program performance and issues 
critical to the mission of the Department. The investigative 
function provides for the detection and investigation of 
improper and illegal activities involving programs, personnel, 
and operations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $29,641,000 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 
This amount is an increase of $1,048,000 to the budget request 
and equal to the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. The Committee 
directs that the office shall focus resources, when practical, 
on audits of the Bank Secrecy Act Information Technology 
Modernization project currently being planned and implemented 
by Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The 
Committee directs that the Inspector General shall submit a 
written report to the Committee regarding this project, 
including contractor oversight and progress regarding budget 
and schedule, on March 31, 2013. In addition, the Committee 
directs the Inspector General to perform audits, when resources 
allow, on Treasury's antimoney laundering and terrorist 
financing activities, capital investment spending and planning, 
the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and 
areas identified by the Inspector General as presenting a high 
risk to taxpayer-funded spending.

           TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $151,696,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     153,834,000
Committee recommendation................................     153,834,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 
[TIGTA] was established by the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105-206). TIGTA was created to provide 
independent audit and investigative services necessary to 
improve the quality and credibility of oversight of the 
Internal Revenue Service [IRS].
    TIGTA conducts audits, investigations, and inspections and 
evaluations to assess the operations and programs of the IRS 
and related entities, the IRS Oversight Board and the Office of 
Chief Counsel to (1) promote the economic, efficient, and 
effective administration of the Nation's tax laws and to detect 
and deter fraud and abuse in IRS programs and operations; and 
(2) recommend actions to resolve fraud and other serious 
problems, abuses, and deficiencies in these programs and 
operations, and keep the Secretary and Congress fully and 
currently informed of these issues and the progress made in 
resolving them. TIGTA reviews existing and proposed legislation 
and regulations relating to the programs and operations of the 
IRS and related entities and makes recommendations concerning 
the impact of such legislation and regulations on the economy 
and efficiency in the administration of programs and operations 
of the IRS and related entities. The audit function provides 
program audit, limited contract audit, and financial audit 
services. Program audits review and audit all facets of the IRS 
and related entities in an effort to improve IRS systems and 
operations, while ensuring fair and equitable treatment of 
taxpayers. Contract audits focus on invoices/vouchers submitted 
to the IRS to determine whether charges are valid and to 
identify erroneous and improper payments. The investigative 
function provides for the detection and investigation of 
improper and illegal activities involving IRS programs and 
operations and protects the IRS and related entities against 
external attempts to corrupt or threaten the administration of 
the tax laws.
    During fiscal year 2011, TIGTA issued 132 audit reports 
that included potential financial benefits of approximately 
$16,900,000,000 (including $7,400,000,000 in cost savings and 
$9,200,000,000 in increased revenue/revenue protected) and 
potentially affected 22.7 million taxpayer accounts in areas 
such as taxpayer burden, taxpayer rights and entitlements, and 
increased revenue/revenue protected. The Office of 
Investigations processed 8,924 complaints, and opened 3,622 
investigations during fiscal year 2011. The Office of 
Investigations also closed 3,907 investigations, which included 
1,499 cases of employee misconduct referred for action and 237 
cases accepted for criminal prosecution during fiscal year 
2011.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $153,834,000 
for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. This 
amount is $2,138,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level 
and the same as the budget request. The Committee appreciates 
the challenges TIGTA faces in adapting its oversight activities 
to address increasingly complex and high-risk issues associated 
with IRS operations, including detection and investigation of 
fraud and electronic crime, review of procurement activities, 
and safeguarding of taxpayer privacy. The Committee recognizes 
that growth in the size and workload of the IRS generates 
concomitant increased work for TIGTA.
    The Committee commends TIGTA for its ongoing review of the 
IRS's business systems modernization program and other 
information technology projects. The Committee shares TIGTA's 
concern that the IRS is developing and launching its modernized 
systems without adequately contemplating the security 
implications. The Committee also acknowledges the critical 
importance of the priorities TIGTA has identified in its 
strategic plan, including adapting to the IRS's continuously 
evolving operations and mitigating intensified risks associated 
with modernization, security, addressing the tax gap, and human 
capital challenges facing the IRS in light of budgetary 
limitations.
    In addition, TIGTA plays a pivotal role in responding to 
threats and attacks against IRS employees, property, and 
sensitive information. Furthermore, as the IRS bolsters its 
efforts to address international tax compliance and combat 
offshore evasion, TIGTA's attendant responsibilities to build a 
foundation of inspections of the IRS's global activities have 
grown, necessitating an international presence, new law 
enforcement partnerships, and working relationships with 
foreign revenue collection agencies and antifraud 
organizations.
    The Committee appreciates TIGTA's continued vigilance in 
monitoring IRS efforts to implement a significant array of 
amendments to the tax code. Despite resource constraints, the 
Committee strongly urges TIGTA's sustained oversight of the 
IRS's effective implementation and administration of the 
requirements involving taxpayer education and outreach, 
adequacy of controls to ensure accurate deliverance of tax 
credits, and development of information technology 
infrastructure to support all of these areas.
    The Committee welcomes TIGTA's ongoing work to evaluate the 
implementation of the Return Preparer Program and assess the 
capacity of the IRS to timely detect and filter fraudulent tax 
returns, promptly resolve claims of innocent taxpayers, and 
curb the incidence of erroneous refund issuance.

    SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $41,800,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      40,224,980
Committee recommendation................................      40,225,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (Public Law 110-
343) established the Office of the Special Inspector General 
for the Troubled Asset Relief Program [SIGTARP] to perform 
audits and investigations of the Troubled Asset Relief Program 
[TARP].

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $40,225,000 for the SIGTARP for 
fiscal year 2013. The recommendation is $1,575,000 below the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level because the SIGTARP will be able 
to utilize carryover balances to fund a portion of fiscal year 
2013. The recommendation is $20 above the budget request. The 
Committee is pleased with the quality of the audits and 
investigations conducted by the SIGTARP, particularly with 
regard to written materials provided to the Congress and the 
public.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $110,788,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     102,407,000
Committee recommendation................................     108,307,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network [FinCEN], a bureau 
within the Treasury Department's Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence, is the largest overt collector of 
financial intelligence in the United States. FinCEN's mission 
is to safeguard the financial system from the abuses of 
financial crime, including terrorist financing, money 
laundering, and other illicit activity. FinCEN accomplishes its 
mission by administering the Bank Secrecy Act, a collection of 
statutes that form the Nation's antimoney laundering/
counterterrorist financing regulatory regime. As the delegated 
administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act, FinCEN is responsible 
for the development and implementation of regulations, rules, 
and guidance issued under the Bank Secrecy Act. FinCEN also 
oversees the work of eight Federal agencies that have been 
delegated responsibility to examine various sectors of the 
financial industry for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act's 
requirements. FinCEN is responsible for collecting, 
maintaining, and disseminating the information reported by 
financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act through a 
Governmentwide access service. FinCEN is the United States' 
Financial Intelligence Unit [FIU] and a founding member of the 
Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. As the United 
States' FIU, FinCEN routinely shares information and cooperates 
with other FIUs around the world to address the global problems 
of terrorist financing, money laundering, and other illicit 
activity.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $108,307,000 for the Financial 
Crimes Enforcement Network [FinCEN]. This amount is $2,481,000 
below the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $5,900,000 above 
the budget request.
    The Committee is concerned with proposed funding reductions 
for FinCEN activities. FinCEN plays a key role in preventing 
terrorism and promoting the Nation's security by deterring and 
detecting criminal financial activity. The amount recommended 
above the request will allow FinCEN to continue to provide full 
intelligence support to external agencies in support of 
national security, counter terrorism financing, and law 
enforcement matters. The increase will also allow FinCEN to 
adequately maintain mission critical functions in fiscal year 
2013.
    The Committee notes that Public Law 107-58 established 
FinCEN as a separate bureau within the Department of the 
Treasury. The Committee finds that there is a tremendous value 
in FinCEN's current structure, which incorporates rulemaking, 
compliance, and enforcement functions related to the Bank 
Secrecy Act under one single bureau. The Committee notes that 
locating such functions in one bureau or agency is the most 
common model across the Federal Government, and notes that the 
Internal Revenue Service and the banking regulators are 
similarly structured. The Committee finds that this model is an 
effective management tool because it provides for a continuity 
of communication with stakeholders in all steps of the process 
and facilitates collaboration among subject-matter experts. 
Further, deficiencies and gaps in regulatory coverage 
identified through the compliance and enforcement process 
inform future rulemaking decisions, whether it be to reduce 
industry burdens, close unintended loopholes, or address 
emerging risks.
    The Committee reminds the Department that section 608 of 
this bill requires prior approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations for any reprogramming of funds that creates or 
reorganizes offices, programs, or activities. The Committee 
finds that reimbursable agreements and other similar funding 
mechanisms utilized for the purpose of reallocating funding 
shall be considered a reprogramming of funds under such 
section. When determining the applicability of section 608, the 
Department should consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Information Technology Modernization.--The Committee 
recommendation supports FinCEN's continued efforts to modernize 
the technical environment for implementation of the Bank 
Secrecy Act [BSA]. The modernization, near completion, will re-
engineer the BSA data architecture, update antiquated 
infrastructure required to support data capture and 
dissemination, implement innovative Web services and enhanced 
electronic filing, and provide enhanced analytical tools. This 
system is used by banks, Federal law enforcement, State and 
local law enforcement, and other Federal intelligence agencies 
to report, gather, and analyze data to identify money 
laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, and 
vulnerabilities in the financial industry. The previous 
infrastructure is outdated and limits the capabilities of these 
users, which ultimately limits the capability of the Treasury 
and its partners to pursue money laundering, terrorist 
financing, and tax evasion.
    The Committee is pleased with the results of the Treasury 
Office of Inspector General's audit of the modernization 
project (OIG-12-047). The Inspector General reported that 
through May 2011, FinCEN had generally met all scheduled 
milestones on time and that the project costs are within an 
acceptable 10-percent budget threshold. The Committee 
appreciates that FinCEN has engaged stakeholder groups during 
the development process, including regulators, law enforcement, 
and industry users of BSA data. The Committee directs FinCEN to 
prioritize the mapping of BSA data for IRS's purposes so that 
data integrity is not disrupted. FinCEN is directed to continue 
to submit a semiannual report to the Committee on 
Appropriations summarizing the agency's progress regarding the 
modernization effort, including milestones planned and 
achieved, progress on cost and schedule, management of 
contractor oversight, strategies to involve stakeholders, and 
acquisition management efforts.
    The Committee also directs FinCEN to focus efforts on 
improving the completeness and reliability of BSA data in 
accordance with recommendations by the Treasury Inspector 
General and the Government Accountability Office. The Committee 
notes that while a new BSA infrastructure will improve the 
capabilities of processing and analyzing BSA data, the 
accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of the data itself will 
ultimately determine the effectiveness of the system and 
related processes.

                        Treasury Forfeiture Fund

                              (RESCISSION)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $950,000,000 of 
unobligated balances in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

                      Financial Management Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $217,805,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................           (\1\)
Committee recommendation................................           (\1\)

\1\The budget proposes to consolidate the Financial Management Service 
and the Bureau of the Public Debt under one appropriation entitled 
``Fiscal Service''. Funding proposed for the Fiscal Service for fiscal 
year 2013 is $360,531,000. The Committee recommendation is consistent 
with the budget request.
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                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Financial Management Service [FMS] implements payment 
policy and procedures for Federal agencies, issues and 
distributes payments, promotes the use of electronics in the 
payment process, provides debt collection operational services 
to client agencies, and implements collections policy, 
regulations, standards, and procedures for the Federal 
Government. FMS also provides financial accounting, reporting, 
and financing services to the Federal Government and the 
Government's agents who participate in the payments and 
collections process by generating a series of Governmentwide 
reports.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a consolidated appropriation for 
the Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the Public 
Debt under a new appropriation entitled ``Fiscal Service'' and 
in the amount of $360,531,000, consistent with the budget 
request.

                Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $99,878,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      96,786,000
Committee recommendation................................     100,378,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Homeland Security Act created the Alcohol and Tobacco 
Tax and Trade Bureau [TTB] within the Department of the 
Treasury and charged TTB with collecting revenue and protecting 
the public.
    TTB enforces certain Federal laws and regulations relating 
to alcohol and tobacco. TTB works directly and in cooperation 
with others to maintain a sound revenue management and 
collection system that continues to reduce the regulatory 
burden, improve service, collect the revenue due, and prevent 
tax evasion and other criminal conduct. TTB is also responsible 
for preventing consumer deception, ensuring that regulated 
products comply with Federal commodity, safety, and 
distribution requirements, and providing customer service.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $100,378,000 for TTB for fiscal 
year 2013. This amount is $3,592,000 above the budget request 
and $500,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level.
    The Committee recommendation includes $2,000,000 for the 
costs of special law enforcement agents to continue to target 
tobacco smuggling and other criminal diversion activities. 
Illegally trafficked tax-free tobacco is sold at lower prices, 
increasing consumption and tobacco-related illness while 
depriving governments of revenue. In 2011, special TTB 
enforcement efforts led to the initiation of 21 cases with a 
total estimated combined Federal tax liability of $20,000,000 
and seizures and forfeitures of approximately $1,700,000.
    The Committee rejects the Department's proposal to transfer 
enforcement of such tax evasion to the Internal Revenue 
Service. The Committee notes that TTB has sole jurisdiction 
over Federal excise tax evasion involving alcohol and tobacco 
products. The Committee directs the Department and TTB to place 
a high priority on conducting robust criminal enforcement 
activities at TTB.

                           United States Mint

               UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The United States Mint manufactures coins, sells numismatic 
and investment products, and provides for security and asset 
protection. Public Law 104-52 established the U.S. Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund (the Fund). The Fund encompasses the previous 
Salaries and Expenses, Coinage Profit Fund, Coinage Metal Fund, 
and the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund. The Mint submits 
annual audited business-type financial statements to the 
Secretary of the Treasury and to Congress in support of the 
operations of the revolving fund.
    The operations of the Mint are divided into two major 
activities: Manufacturing and sales (including circulating 
coinage and numismatic and investment products); and 
protection. The Mint is credited with receipts from its 
circulating coinage operations, equal to the full cost of 
producing and distributing coins that are put into circulation, 
including depreciation of the Mint's plant and equipment on the 
basis of current replacement value. Those receipts pay for the 
costs of the Mint's operations, which include the costs of 
production and distribution. The difference between the face 
value of the coins and these costs is a profit, which is 
deposited as seigniorage to the general fund. In fiscal year 
2011, the Mint transferred $51,000,000 to the general fund. Any 
seigniorage used to finance the Mint's capital acquisitions is 
recorded as budget authority in the year that funds are 
obligated for this purpose and as receipts over the life of the 
asset.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a spending level of $19,000,000 
for circulating coinage and protective service capital 
investments for the Mint. This amount is a decrease of 
$1,000,000 to the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and is equal 
to the budget request.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

                     ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $173,635,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................           (\1\)
Committee recommendation................................           (\1\)

\1\The budget proposes to consolidate the Financial Management Service 
and the Bureau of the Public Debt under one appropriation entitled 
``Fiscal Service''. Funding proposed for the Fiscal Service for fiscal 
year 2013 is $360,531,000. The Committee recommendation is consistent 
with the budget request.
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                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Bureau of the Public Debt conducts all public debt 
operations and promotes the sale of U.S. savings-type 
securities.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a consolidated appropriation for 
the Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the Public 
Debt under a new appropriation entitled ``Fiscal Service'' and 
in the amount of $360,531,000, consistent with the budget 
request.

                             Fiscal Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................           (\1\)
Budget estimate, 2013...................................    $360,531,000
Committee recommendation................................     360,531,000

\1\The budget proposes to consolidate the Financial Management Service 
and the Bureau of the Public Debt under one appropriation entitled 
``Fiscal Service''. The fiscal year 2012 enacted level was $217,805,000 
for the Financial Management Service and $173,635,000 for the Bureau of 
the Public Debt.
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                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Fiscal Service is a proposed consolidation of the 
Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the Public Debt. 
The Fiscal Service will continue the operations of both 
agencies by providing central payment services to Federal 
agencies, operating the Federal Government's collections and 
deposit systems, providing governmentwide accounting and 
reporting services, managing the collection of delinquent debt 
owed to the Federal Government, borrowing on behalf of the 
Federal Government, and providing support services for other 
Federal agencies on a reimbursable basis.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $360,531,000 for the Fiscal 
Service, consistent with the budget request. The Fiscal Service 
is a consolidated bureau proposed by the President for fiscal 
year 2013 and therefore was not provided a specific 
appropriation for fiscal year 2012. Compared to the fiscal year 
2012 enacted level for both the Financial Management Service 
[FMS] and the Bureau of the Public Debt [BPD], the 
recommendation represents a decrease of $30,909,000.
    The Committee supports the consolidation of the FMS and the 
BPD into the Fiscal Service. Both entities support the 
financial management functions for the Federal Government and 
have collaborated on important initiatives such as data center 
consolidation and shared human resource services. The Committee 
commends Treasury for identifying an opportunity to streamline 
the delivery of financial services and save taxpayer dollars 
through efficiencies. The Department reports that the proposed 
consolidation will save $36,000,000 over 5 years. The Committee 
directs the Fiscal Service to keep the Committee apprised of 
progress on the consolidation effort.
    The Committee has included language (section 119) 
authorizing the Treasury Department to retain a portion of 
assets recovered under an unclaimed asset recovery program to 
cover the cost of such program. The Committee directs that any 
funds retained by Treasury pursuant to such section shall only 
be used for operational and administrative costs of recovering 
unclaimed assets. The remainder of the recovered assets shall 
be deposited in the Treasury for the purposes of deficit 
reduction.

           Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

   COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $221,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     221,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     233,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund makes 
investments in the form of grants, loans, equity investments, 
deposits, and technical assistance grants to new and existing 
community development financial institutions [CDFIs] through 
the CDFI program. CDFIs include community development banks, 
credit unions, venture capital funds, revolving loan funds, and 
microloan funds, among others. Recipient institutions engage in 
lending and investment for affordable housing, small business, 
and community development within underserved communities. The 
CDFI Fund administers the Bank Enterprise Award [BEA] Program, 
which provides a financial incentive to insured depository 
institutions to undertake community development financing 
activities.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $233,000,000 for the CDFI Fund, 
which is an increase of $12,000,000 to both the fiscal year 
2012 enacted level and the budget request.
    The Committee supports funding for the CDFI Fund because of 
the program's unique ability to leverage private sector 
investment in community development projects such as affordable 
housing, retail development, and community centers, as well as 
lending to small businesses. Funding for the CDFI Fund expands 
the power of CDFIs to improve urban and rural communities 
through sound but patient investment. With just a small amount 
of seed financing from the CDFI Fund, CDFIs transform 
communities. CDFIs often provide the ``last mile'' of financing 
to our Nation's most challenged areas. CDFIs also provide 
banking services to the unbanked and others targeted by 
predatory lenders.
    Bank On USA.--The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for the 
Bank On USA program, consistent with the budget request, to 
promote access to affordable financial services and basic 
consumer credit products for households without access to such 
products and services. These households face a number of 
problems, including high fees for alternative financial 
services such as check-cashing, barriers to saving and building 
credit, and increased exposure to risks such as fraud and 
theft. Many of these households also lack access to reasonably 
priced short-term consumer credit to meet emergency or regular 
needs, often turning to payday loans, refund anticipation 
loans, pawn shops and other high-priced alternatives for credit 
needs. The Committee directs the CDFI Fund to submit a detailed 
spending plan on the Bank On USA program to the Committee 
within 120 days of enactment. The Committee also directs the 
CDFI Fund to consider underserved rural areas when distributing 
funding under the Bank On USA program.
    Healthy Food Financing Initiative.--The Committee 
recommends $25,000,000 for the Healthy Food Financing 
Initiative, consistent with the budget request. The goal of the 
initiative is to increase the availability of affordable, 
healthy foods in underserved urban and rural communities. Many 
of these communities are only served by fast food restaurants 
and convenience stores that offer limited healthy food options. 
Recommended funding will increase the availability of 
affordable financing for grocery store development, supplies 
and equipment to improve food production technology, and 
improvements and modernization of food distribution mechanisms 
and infrastructure.
    Native Programs.--The Committee recommends a set-aside of 
$12,000,000 for grants, loans, and technical assistance and 
training programs to benefit Native American, Alaskan Natives, 
and Native Hawaiian communities in the coordination of 
development strategies, increased access to equity investments, 
and loans for development activities.
    Bond Guarantee Program.--The Committee includes a provision 
enabling the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee up to 
$1,000,000,000 in bonds in fiscal year 2013, as authorized by 
section 1134 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-240). The bond guarantees will not result in a cost to the 
taxpayer. The bonds will support CDFI lending and investment 
activities in underserved communities by providing a source of 
long-term capital, and the funds raised through the bonds will 
be used to capitalize new loans or refinance existing loans.
    CDFI Capacity Building.--The Committee recommendation 
includes $2,000,000 to enhance the CDFI Fund's efforts in 
building the capacity of CDFIs to serve the needs of 
underserved communities. The Committee directs that such funds 
shall be used to support the enhancement of CDFIs' capabilities 
related to entrepreneurial development, including small dollar 
lending.

                    Bureau of Engraving and Printing

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Bureau of Engraving and Printing [BEP] has been the 
sole manufacturer of U.S. paper currency for almost 150 years. 
The origin of the BEP is traced to an act of Congress passed on 
February 25, 1862, 12 Stat. 345, authorizing the Secretary of 
the Treasury to issue a new currency--United States notes. 
While this law was the cornerstone authority for the operations 
of the engraving and printing division of the Treasury for many 
years, it was not until an Act of June 20, 1874, 18 Stat. 100, 
that the Congress first referred to this division as the 
``Bureau of Engraving and Printing.'' The Bureau's status as a 
distinct bureau within the Department of the Treasury was 
solidified by section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 
18, which placed all of the business of the BEP under the 
immediate control of a director, subject to the direction of 
the Secretary of the Treasury. The 1897 law is now codified in 
31 U.S.C. 303.
    The BEP designs, manufactures, and supplies Federal Reserve 
notes and other security documents issued by the Federal 
Government. The operations of the BEP are currently financed by 
means of a revolving fund established in accordance with the 
provisions of Public Law 656, August 4, 1950 (31 U.S.C. 181), 
which requires the BEP to be reimbursed by customer agencies 
for all costs of manufacturing products and services performed. 
The BEP is also authorized to assess amounts to acquire capital 
equipment and provide for working capital needs. No direct 
appropriation is required to cover the activities of the BEP.
    Currency Accessibility for the Blind and Visually 
Impaired.--The Committee is concerned about the ability of 
blind and visually impaired individuals to identify 
denominations of United States currency. In May 2008, the 
United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
ordered the Treasury Department to provide meaningful access to 
currency for blind and visually impaired persons in order to 
comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Committee finds 
that this is an obligation we have to our service members and 
veterans who have lost their sight while serving their country.
    The Committee directs the Government Accountability Office 
to report within 180 days on how the BEP can expedite the 
development, design, testing, and printing of currency with 
accessibility features, including tactile features and high-
contrast numerals. The report should include a description of 
how the BEP may expedite the Federal acquisition process for 
the specialized equipment required to create accessibility 
features.
    Further, the Committee directs the BEP to report to 
Congress and to Treasury's Office of Inspector General [OIG] 
within 90 days of enactment on a detailed plan, including a 
timeline, to develop, design, test, and print currency with 
accessibility features. The plan should also include an 
analysis of the feasibility of expediting the Federal 
acquisition process for the specialized equipment required to 
create accessibility features. The Committee directs the OIG to 
provide an initial assessment of the plan to the Committee 
within 60 days of receipt and to report on its progress and 
implementation every 6 months thereafter until the plan is 
fully implemented.
    Finally, the Committee encourages the BEP to contract with 
the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind 
and Physically Handicapped, and relevant Executive Agencies, 
for the purpose of distributing supplemental currency readers 
to blind and other visually impaired U.S. citizens and legal 
residents.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Internal Revenue Service [IRS] administers the Nation's 
tax laws and collects the revenue that funds more than 92 
percent of the Federal Government's operations and public 
services. The IRS's mission is to provide taxpayers with 
quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax 
responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and 
fairness to all. The IRS focuses its enforcement programs 
toward increasing voluntary tax compliance by deterring 
taxpayers inclined to evade their tax obligations while 
vigorously pursuing those who violate the law. Each year, IRS 
employees deal directly with more American taxpayers than any 
other institution, public or private.
    During fiscal year 2011, the IRS processed more than 234 
million returns, issued over 122.8 million refunds, and 
collected over $2,415,000,000,000 for the Federal Government. 
Of the more than 143 million individual income tax returns 
processed, over 76 percent were filed electronically. This 
marks a significant increase in electronically filed returns 
compared to the 31 percent in fiscal year 2001. The IRS 
provided taxpayer assistance through more than 319 million 
visits to the IRS.gov Web site, over 42 million automated 
telephone calls, 6.4 million walk-in Taxpayer Assistance Center 
contacts, and over 34 million telephone calls. The IRS employed 
a total work force of 91,380, including seasonal and part-time 
employees. In fiscal year 2011, the average cost of collecting 
$100 in tax revenue was 51 cents. An important focus for the 
IRS in recent years has been to undertake a major modernization 
of its systems, including expanding its Internet services and 
business operations to better serve taxpayers and enforce the 
law.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a total of $12,519,084,000 for the 
Internal Revenue Service for fiscal year 2013. This is an 
increase of $702,388,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted 
level and $242,129,000 below the budget request.
    Tax Gap.--The vast majority of Americans pay their fair 
share of taxes, yet there is still a ``tax gap.'' The tax gap 
is the difference between what taxpayers are supposed to pay 
and what they actually do pay. In January 2012, the IRS issued 
an updated estimate, based on tax year 2006 liabilities, 
reflecting a gross tax gap of $450,000,000,000 and a net tax 
gap of $385,000,000,000. Of the gross tax gap, more than 83 
percent is attributable to underreporting of income. The 
determination in the 2001 assessment that compliance is far 
higher when reported amounts are subject to information 
reporting and, more so, when subject to withholding, remained 
valid with the 2006 tax gap estimate.
    To reduce the tax gap, experts recommend a number of 
approaches. These include improving information reporting, 
improving taxpayer services, increasing research on 
noncompliance, improving the partnership between the IRS and 
the tax administration community, and leveraging technology to 
improve IRS's systems. The Committee supports all of these 
approaches in combination.
    Tax Compliance.--The Committee remains concerned that 
absent a better understanding of the current sources of 
noncompliance, efforts to improve compliance may be hampered, 
misdirected, and difficult to measure. To gain meaningful 
insights into taxpayer behavior, the Committee strongly 
supports the work of the National Taxpayer Advocate and the IRS 
Office of Research to examine factors that influence taxpayer 
compliance behavior, including how and the extent to which 
various factors influence such behavior, and how the 
establishment of a cognitive learning and applied research 
laboratory might facilitate continued evaluation.
    Operating Plan and Notification.--In addition to the 
regular operating plan requirements detailed in the 
introduction in this report, the Committee directs the IRS to 
include details on any planned reorganization, job reductions 
or increases to offices or activities within the agency, and 
modifications to any service or enforcement activity. The 
Committee also directs the IRS to obtain and include comments 
of the IRS Oversight Board as part of its operating plan 
submission to the Committee. Further, the IRS should promptly 
notify the Committee and the IRS Oversight Board of any 
substantial changes to these plans.
    Taxpayer Services in Alaska and Hawaii.--Given the remote 
distance of Alaska and Hawaii from the U.S. mainland and the 
difficulty experienced by Alaska and Hawaii taxpayers in 
receiving needed tax assistance by the national toll-free line, 
it is imperative that the Taxpayer Advocate Service Centers in 
these States are fully staffed and capable of resolving 
taxpayer problems of the most complex nature. The Committee 
directs the IRS to continue to staff each Taxpayer Advocate 
Service Center in each of these States with a Collection 
Technical Advisor and an Examination Technical Advisor in 
addition to the current complement of office staff. Staffing 
should be increased if, as the result of the IRS Restructuring 
and Reform Act of 1998, subsequent legislation, or other 
factors, the volume of cases or their complexity increases.

                           TAXPAYER SERVICES

Appropriations, 2012....................................  $2,239,703,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   2,253,133,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,253,133,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Taxpayer Services appropriation provides for taxpayer 
services, including forms and publications; processing tax 
returns and related documents; filing and account services; 
taxpayer advocacy services; and assisting taxpayers to 
understand their tax obligations, correctly file their returns, 
and pay taxes due in a timely manner.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $2,253,133,000 for Taxpayer 
Services, which is $13,430,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level, and the same as the budget request. Bill 
language is included providing not less than $5,600,000 for the 
tax counseling for the elderly program, not less than 
$10,000,000 for low-income taxpayer clinic [LITC] grants, not 
less than $12,000,000, to be available for 2 years, for a 
community volunteer income tax assistance [VITA] matching grant 
program for tax return preparation assistance and $209,500,000 
for the Taxpayer Advocate Service.
    The Committee recognizes the significant service challenges 
requiring rapid implementation that the IRS has faced as a 
result of recent tax law provisions designed to assist 
taxpayers in difficult economic times.
    The Committee acknowledges that telephonic access to the 
IRS is critical to promoting voluntary compliance. In recent 
years, the IRS has experienced a decline in its level of 
service on its toll-free taxpayer service line due to increased 
volume. The Committee encourages the IRS to continue to make 
steady progress in its telephonic response performance and work 
to sustain taxpayer service delivery in an atmosphere of fiscal 
austerity and budgetary constraints.
    E-Filing.--The Committee is heartened by the IRS's steady 
improved performance in increasing the number of tax filers who 
submit their returns electronically and without additional 
cost. Electronic filing benefits taxpayers and promotes 
effective tax administration because it decreases processing 
errors, expedites processing and payment of refunds, and allows 
the IRS to efficiently maintain up-to-date records. It costs 
the IRS 17 cents to process an electronically filed return, 
compared to $3.66 to process a paper filed return.
    Based on filing results for most of 2011, the total number 
of major individual, business, and tax exempt returns filed 
electronically grew about 14 percent, representing the 
strongest annual growth since 2004. As a result, the e-file 
rate for all major tax returns stands at nearly 67 percent, up 
from 59 percent for 2010, meaning that about two out of every 
three major tax returns are now filed electronically.
    In view of the high rate of electronic filing of tax 
returns, IRS's ability to process returns on a daily basis, and 
the popularity of electronic deposit of refunds, the Committee 
strongly urges the IRS to reevaluate and update its measure on 
refund timeliness as recommended by GAO and the IRS Oversight 
Board.
    Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint.--In response to the 
Committee's directive in the fiscal year 2006 Treasury 
Appropriations Act, the IRS, in consultation with the IRS 
Oversight Board and the National Taxpayer Advocate, developed a 
``Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint'' to institute a 5-year 
strategic plan for taxpayer services. The Committee expects the 
Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint to be an integral and guiding 
component of delivering services. The Committee supports 
ongoing efforts to conduct research on taxpayer needs and 
taxpayer service performance.
    The Committee directs the IRS, the IRS Oversight Board, and 
the National Taxpayer Advocate to continue to submit to 
Congress annual updates to the Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint 
identifying any changes to its strategic plan for taxpayer 
service, including the results of any new research and relevant 
findings, and any open issues requiring additional research.
    Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance.--The Volunteer 
Income Tax Assistance [VITA] program is an important aspect of 
IRS efforts to provide income tax preparation assistance 
programs for low-income taxpayers.
    A grant program established in 2008 provides direct funds 
to enable VITA programs to extend services to underserved 
populations and hardest-to-reach areas, both urban and 
nonurban, as well as to increase the capacity to file returns 
electronically, heighten quality control, enhance training of 
volunteers, and significantly improve the accuracy rate of 
returns prepared by VITA sites.
    The Committee notes that in November 2011, IRS awarded 
matching grants to 213 organizations enabling them to offer 
free tax preparation services during the 2012 tax filing season 
at locations in all 50 States and the District of Columbia. The 
Committee recognizes that the applications for these grants far 
exceed the available resources.
    The Committee provides that, within funds provided, 
$12,000,000 shall be available for 2 years for exclusive use as 
part of continuing a matching grant program established and 
administered by the IRS, in consultation with the Taxpayer 
Advocate Service, for not for profit organizations which 
provide volunteer income tax return preparation services for 
lower income individual taxpayers.
    The Committee strongly urges the IRS to make every effort 
to expand the quantity and funding level of VITA grants focused 
on serving persons with disabilities proportional to the 
growing disability population requiring tax assistance. The 
Committee understands that entities that are currently 
increasing their outreach efforts to better serve the needs of 
the disability population have experienced difficulty in 
applying for Federal grant assistance due to a lack of 
resources at the local level needed to complete the 
application. The Committee urges the IRS to allow national 
coalitions responsible for the coordination of local community 
partnerships focused specifically on the expanded provision of 
tax services for individuals with disabilities to compete in 
the VITA community matching grant processes.

                              ENFORCEMENT

Appropriations, 2012....................................  $5,299,367,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   5,701,670,000
Committee recommendation................................   5,611,530,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Enforcement appropriation provides for the examination 
of tax returns, both domestic and international; the 
administrative and judicial settlement of taxpayer appeals of 
examination findings; technical rulings; monitoring employee 
pension plans; determining qualifications of organizations 
seeking tax-exempt status; examining tax returns of exempt 
organizations; enforcing statutes relating to detection and 
investigation of criminal violations of the internal revenue 
laws; identifying underreporting of tax obligations; securing 
unfiled tax returns; and collecting unpaid accounts.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $5,611,530,000 for enforcement 
activities for fiscal year 2013. This amount is $312,163,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $90,140,000 below 
the budget request. Bill language is included to provide not 
less than $60,257,000 to the Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement program.
    Expected Benefits of Investments.--The recommended funding 
will support restoration of resource reductions experienced in 
fiscal year 2012 in audit coverage (field examinations, 
compliance risks of complex business networks, and 
correspondence examinations particularly focused on refundable 
credits) and in collection inventory work that helps brings 
indebted taxpayers into compliance. The funding will also 
enable the IRS to undertake an array of enforcement initiatives 
including promoting offshore tax compliance, improving 
international compliance, implementing a revenue protection 
strategy to identify and screen questionable refund claims and 
help prevent issuance of erroneous refund payments, build-out 
of the return preparer registration program, and address the 
steady growth in the administrative appeals workload. The 
Committee notes that funding these enforcement initiatives in 
fiscal year 2013 is projected to yield an overall return on 
investment of $4.90 to $1 once new hires reach full potential 
in fiscal year 2015.
    International Tax Compliance.--The Committee supports the 
use and prioritization of enforcement resources to address 
business and individual international tax compliance by 
building upon steady multiyear investments in initiatives and 
activities to reduce offshore tax evasion, including the 
success of special voluntary disclosure programs. The Committee 
commends the IRS for its recent launch of the third offshore 
program to encourage persons hiding assets overseas to 
reconcile their U.S. tax responsibilities. Similar initiatives 
in 2009 and 2011 produced 33,000 voluntary disclosures and 
reaped more than $4,400,000,000, which recovery level is 
expected to grow as the IRS continues to process cases.
    National Research Program.--As noted previously, the 
Committee strongly supports the work of the National Research 
Program [NRP] to increase understanding of the tax gap. The 
Committee agrees with GAO, TIGTA, the National Taxpayer 
Advocate, and the IRS Oversight Board, which have all 
recommended greater and more frequent data collection and 
studies of the tax gap including the portion of the tax gap 
attributable to international transactions.
    Performance Measures.--The Committee strongly urges the IRS 
to develop additional performance measures to evaluate the 
effectiveness of IRS programs such as preparer regulation, new 
information reports for merchant payment cards and stock basis, 
the Compliance Assurance Process [CAP] program, and Offshore 
Voluntary Disclosure programs. The Committee shares the 
perspective of the IRS Oversight Board that such measures would 
provide greater insight into how specific initiatives impact 
compliance and would contribute to better informed management 
and funding decisions.
    Misclassification of Contractors.--The Committee continues 
to be highly concerned with the misclassification of workers as 
independent contractors rather than as employees. This 
misclassification leads to the underreporting and underpayment 
of employment and payroll taxes by employers and individuals, 
which accounts for a substantial portion of the gross tax gap. 
The Committee is encouraged by IRS actions to develop an 
agency-wide plan and a worker classification team to assist 
external stakeholders. The Committee understands that the IRS 
is undertaking a random sampling selection to study worker 
classification and other employment tax issues, including the 
safe harbor provision. The Committee looks forward to reviewing 
the findings once the 3 years of examinations are complete.
    The Committee is concerned that staffing within the IRS's 
SS-8 program, responsible for making determinations as to a 
worker's Federal employment tax status, has not kept pace with 
the record and sustained SS-8 filings during the past three 
filing seasons. The Committee believes that the IRS SS-8 
program is critical to ensuring that workers are classified 
correctly, identifying leads for employment tax exams and 
criminal investigations, and combating the underreporting of 
employment taxes that contributes significantly to the tax gap. 
The Committee believes it is crucial, given the growing 
workload, that the IRS maintain sufficient staffing at SS-8 
processing locations. Prior to making any staffing reductions 
at the SS-8 processing locations, the Committee directs the IRS 
to provide a report to the Committee that details the past 5 
years of staffing levels and employee productivity, SS-8 
receipt volumes, and rationale for the proposed workforce 
changes.

                           OPERATIONS SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2012....................................  $3,947,416,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   4,476,200,000
Committee recommendation................................   4,324,211,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Operations Support appropriation provides for overall 
planning and direction of the IRS including Infrastructure, 
including administrative services related to space and housing, 
rent and space alterations, buildings service maintenance, 
guard services, and non-IT equipment; Shared Services and 
Support, including policy management, IRS-wide support for 
research, strategic planning, communications and liaison, 
finance, human resources, equity, diversity, and inclusion 
programs, printing, postage, business systems planning, 
corporate training, legal services, procurement, and employee 
benefit programs; and Information Services, including the 
staffing, equipment, and related costs to manage, maintain, and 
operate the information systems critical to the support of tax 
administration programs.
    Funding for Operations Support budget activities undergirds 
both Taxpayer Services and Enforcement programs that depend on 
agile, sophisticated information systems to promptly and 
properly process tax and information returns, account for tax 
revenues collected, permit automated requests for account and 
return transcripts, issue billings for taxes owed, generate 
refund payments, assist in selection of returns for audit, and 
provide telecommunications services for the full array of IRS 
business activities, including Web site and toll-free phone 
access.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $4,324,211,000 for Operations 
Support for fiscal year 2013. This amount is $376,795,000 above 
the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $151,989,000 below the 
budget request. Bill language is included allowing up to 
$250,000,000 of these funds to remain available until September 
30, 2014, for information technology support and not to exceed 
$1,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2015, for 
research; not less than $2,000,000 for the Internal Revenue 
Oversight Board; and $25,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses.
    The recommended funding supports initiatives being 
undertaken to implement the information technology and 
operational infrastructure critical to delivery of new tax 
credits and other IT changes necessitated by changes in the 
law. The Committee understands that the IRS recently awarded a 
contract to update the cost estimates for its multiyear 
information systems development project underway to meet 
statutory responsibilities under the Affordable Care Act. The 
Committee directs that the IRS ensure that this updated cost 
estimate, estimated to be completed by September 2012, follow 
the best practices outlined in GAO's Cost Guide for a 
comprehensive, well-documented, accurate, and credible cost 
estimate. It is imperative that the Committee be regularly 
apprised of updated cost estimates in order to have sufficient 
reliable information about the specific fiscal 2013 funding 
needs in the context of what has been expended to date and with 
what results, as well as what costs may be expected to arise in 
fiscal years beyond 2013.
    Through the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111-152), Congress established the Health 
Insurance Reform Implementation Fund (HIRIF) and appropriated 
to the Fund $1,000,000,000 for the Federal administrative 
expenses to carry out the law. The Committee directs the IRS to 
submit to the Committee, within 30 days of enactment, a 
detailed table and explanatory information reflecting the 
amounts, dates of receipt, and use of HIRIF funds made 
available to the IRS.
    Information Technology [IT] Management and Oversight.--The 
IRS funds 155 IT systems. Of these, 20 are major systems each 
having an annual budget of greater than $10,000,000. The IRS 
has made significant strides in improving the management and 
oversight of its business systems modernization [BSM] program. 
The Committee strongly urges the IRS to vigilantly address 
major systemic problems with its non-BSM portfolio of 
information technology projects.
    The Committee shares the concerns, cited by TIGTA and GAO, 
that the IRS lacks a comprehensive integrated system to provide 
accurate, relevant, and timely financial and operating data 
that can be used to evaluate performance measures, 
productivity, and the associated costs of IRS programs. This 
deficiency hinders IRS management decisionmaking as well as 
congressional oversight of progress in achieving program goals.
    The Committee notes that while the IRS uses its IT 
governance process to track progress in completing activities 
and achieving milestones in non-BSM IT project implementation, 
it lacks a quantitative measure for doing so and as a result, 
cannot determine the extent of functionality achieved as 
incremental stages of project development are reached. 
Quantitative measures are valuable project management tools for 
securing complete information for ascertaining status and 
progress in delivering systems.
    In response to GAO's recommendation as part of its 
evaluation work related to the BSM spending plans several years 
ago, the IRS developed a useful measure based on capabilities 
to be achieved for each milestone. The Committee strongly 
encourages the IRS to consider developing and using a 
quantitative measure of scope for all of its non-BSM major IT 
systems to provide more complete understanding of the 
functionalities achieved along the course of project work, and 
to better ensure that investments are producing the results 
expected. In addition, TIGTA has identified problems in several 
areas of IT management and oversight including, but not limited 
to, such areas as classification of investment projects, 
oversight and governance structure, risk management, 
contingency planning, and contractor performance and 
accountability.
    Although progress has been made, the Committee remains 
concerned about chronic material weaknesses in IRS's internal 
controls over information security that expose systems to 
serious risk. The Committee expects the IRS to continue efforts 
to fully address information security vulnerabilities, 
including promptly instituting corrective action in response to 
recommendations of TIGTA and GAO in this area.
    The Committee directs the administration and the IRS to 
include within the fiscal year 2014 budget request a proposed 
long-term multiyear funding strategy and timetable within the 
Operations Support account to upgrade and modernize the aging 
legacy IRS information technology infrastructure.
    Information Technology Reports.--The Committee directs the 
IRS to submit quarterly reports on particular major project 
activities to the Committees on Appropriations and the GAO, no 
later than 2 weeks following the end of each calendar quarter 
in fiscal year 2013. The Committee expects the reports to 
include detailed, plain English explanations of the costs and 
schedules for the previous 3 months and a description of the 
anticipated cost and schedule for the upcoming 3 months for the 
following major information technology project activities: 
IRS.gov; Returns Remittance Processing; EDAS/IPM; Information 
Returns and Document Matching; E-services; and other projects 
associated with significant changes in law. The Committee 
further directs GAO to review and provide an annual report to 
the Committees evaluating the cost and schedule of activities 
of all major IRS information technology projects for the year, 
with particular focus on the projects about which the IRS is 
submitting quarterly reports to the Committee.

                     BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $330,210,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     330,210,000
Committee recommendation................................     330,210,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Business Systems Modernization account provides 
resources for revamping business practices and acquiring new 
technology. The IRS has undertaken a multiyear, multibillion 
dollar effort to migrate from its antiquated legacy system to 
bring the IRS tax administration system to a level of public 
and private sector best practices. The IRS is using a formal 
methodology to prioritize, approve, fund, and evaluate its 
portfolio of business systems modernization investments. This 
methodology is designed to enforce a documented, repeatable, 
and measurable process for managing investments throughout 
their life cycle. The process is reviewed by the Government 
Accountability Office on a regular basis.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $330,210,000 for Business Systems 
Modernization [BSM] for fiscal year 2013. This amount is the 
same as the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the budget 
request. The Committee encourages the IRS to tap resources 
available through user fee revenues to augment the direct 
discretionary appropriation for the BSM program.
    The Committee salutes IRS management and staff for 
achieving two significant milestones in the core tax processing 
system in the 2012 filing season. First, the IRS successfully 
deployed the long-awaited change from a weekly batch cycle to 
daily account processing as part of the Customer Account Data 
Engine 2 [CADE 2] program. Second, as a result of updates of 
the Modernized e-File [MeF] program, IRS now accepts 
electronically all Form 1040 returns and the associated 
schedules and forms for the first time, and is processing the 
vast majority of electronic tax returns instead of the legacy 
e-file system.
    The Committee is committed to ensuring continued progress 
as the IRS builds on the foundational work accomplished in 2012 
to launch additional system capabilities. The Committee 
recognizes that successful high-risk systems modernization 
efforts depend upon sustained and adequate funding to support 
automation refinements designed to help improve customer 
service through faster response, enhance compliance and 
enforcement activities, and enhance production volumes at lower 
error rates.
    Of the recommend level of $330,210,000, $252,310,000 is 
expected to support key capital investments, notably (1) CADE2 
Transition State 2 developmental activities to employ a single 
system for managing individual taxpayer accounts that will 
address financial management applications and material 
weaknesses, and eliminate security weaknesses to ensure privacy 
and protection of personally identifiable information, and (2) 
further enhancements to the MeF platform achieved through final 
deployment of Form 94X family of tax forms (employment/
unemployment tax), development and deployment of Form 1041 
(estates and trusts) and requirements development for 
incorporating additional forms in the MeF platform.
    Building on the reporting directive imposed for fiscal year 
2012, the Committee expects the IRS to continue to submit 
quarterly reports to the Committee and the Government 
Accountability Office [GAO] during fiscal year 2013, no later 
than 2 weeks following the end of each calendar quarter. The 
Committee expects the reports to include detailed, plain 
English explanations of the costs and schedules for CADE2 and 
MeF activities for the previous 3 months and a description of 
the anticipated cost and schedule for the upcoming 3 months. 
The Committee further directs GAO to review and provide an 
annual report to the Committee evaluating the cost and schedule 
of CADE2 and MeF activities for the year.
    The Committee remains concerned that IRS systems 
modernization, by its nature, is a high-risk endeavor, and 
appreciates that the IRS has, in recent years, satisfied the 
majority of developmental milestones planned for completion 
early, under budget, or within 10 percent of cost and schedule 
estimates. Because of the tendency for certain projects or 
components to exceed schedule and cost estimates, the Committee 
urges IRS management to maintain close routine scrutiny of cost 
and schedule factors.

          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The Committee has included five administrative provisions 
carried in prior appropriations acts as follows:
    Section 101 continues a provision allowing the IRS to 
transfer up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available to 
the agency in fiscal year 2013 to any other IRS account, with 
the exception of the Enforcement account, which is limited to 3 
percent. The IRS is directed to follow the Committee's 
reprogramming procedures outlined earlier in this report.
    Section 102 continues a provision maintaining a training 
program in taxpayers' rights and cross-cultural relations.
    Section 103 continues a provision requiring the IRS to 
institute and enforce policies and procedures, which will 
safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and 
protect taxpayers against identity theft.
    Section 104 continues, with a modification, a provision 
directing that funds shall be available for improved facilities 
and increased staffing to support sufficient and effective 1-
800 help line services for taxpayers including enhanced 
reception and response time of taxpayer correspondence, 
particularly for victims of tax-related crimes.
    Section 105 continues a provision that prohibits the use of 
funds in this act to enter into, renew, extend, administer, 
implement, enforce, provide oversight of, or make any payment 
related to any qualified tax collection contract.

         Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The Committee includes 14 administrative provisions carried 
over from prior appropriations acts. The administrative 
provisions are as follows:
    Section 106 authorizes certain basic services within the 
Treasury Department in fiscal year 2013, including purchase of 
uniforms; maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; and contracts with the Department of State for 
health and medical services to employees and their dependents 
serving in foreign countries.
    Section 107 authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between 
Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector General, Special 
Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Fiscal 
Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network appropriations under 
certain circumstances.
    Section 108 authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between 
the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General 
for Tax Administration under certain circumstances.
    Section 109 requires that the purchase of law enforcement 
vehicles be consistent with departmental vehicle management 
principles.
    Section 110 prohibits the Department of the Treasury and 
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from redesigning the $1 
Federal Reserve Note.
    Section 111 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to 
transfer funds from Salaries and Expenses, Fiscal Service, to 
the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of 
debt collection. Such amounts shall be reimbursed to the 
Salaries and Expenses account from debt collections received in 
the Debt Collection Fund.
    Section 112 extends the authority to conduct a personnel 
management demonstration project.
    Section 113 requires prior approval for the construction 
and operation of a museum by the United States Mint.
    Section 114 prohibits the merger of the United States Mint 
and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing without prior approval 
of the committees of jurisdiction.
    Section 115 authorizes the Department's intelligence 
activities.
    Section 116 permits the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to 
use $5,000 from the Industrial Revolving Fund for reception and 
representation expenses.
    Section 117 requires the Secretary of the Treasury to 
develop an annual Capital Investment Plan.
    Section 118 relates to refunds, drawbacks, and payments of 
claims by certain Federal agencies.
    Section 119 relates to the recovery of assets of the United 
States.

                                TITLE II

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
                               PRESIDENT

                     Compensation of the President

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $450,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................         450,000
Committee recommendation................................         450,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This account provides for the compensation of the 
President, including an expense allowance as authorized by 3 
U.S.C. 102.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $450,000 for 
compensation of the President, including an expense allowance 
of $50,000. This is the same as the fiscal year 2012 enacted 
level and the same as the budget request. The expense account 
is for official use as authorized by title 3, United States 
Code, and is not considered taxable to the President. The bill 
specifies that any unused amount shall revert to the Treasury 
consistent with 31 U.S.C. 1552.

                            The White House

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $56,974,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      56,974,000
Committee recommendation................................      56,974,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The ``Salaries and Expenses'' account of The White House 
provides staff assistance and administrative services for the 
direct support of the President. The White House also serves as 
the President's representative before the media. In accordance 
with 3 U.S.C. 105, The White House office also supports and 
assists the activities of the spouse of the President.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $56,974,000 
for The White House, Salaries and Expenses. The recommendation 
is equal to both the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the 
budget request.
    The Committee directs the Executive Office of the President 
[EOP] to allocate sufficient resources to continue the robust 
operation of the Office of National AIDS Policy [ONAP]. ONAP is 
responsible for leading implementation of the National HIV/AIDS 
Strategy and holding Federal agencies and local jurisdictions 
accountable for implementing effective, scalable, and cost-
effective interventions for HIV prevention and care through 
commissioning policy research, consulting with the HIV/AIDS 
advocacy community, and helping jurisdictions modernize data 
collection and other activities to align with the strategy. The 
Committee directs the administration to continue to coordinate 
a Governmentwide effort to develop and implement a domestic 
AIDS strategy, including the development of targets for 
improved prevention and treatment outcomes.

                 Executive Residence at the White House

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $13,425,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      13,200,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,200,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    These funds provide for the care, maintenance, repair, 
alteration, refurnishing, improvement, air-conditioning, 
heating, and lighting of the White House and the official and 
ceremonial functions of the President.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,200,000 
for the Executive Residence at the White House. The Committee 
recommendation is $225,000 less than the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and equal to the budget request. The bill also 
continues certain restrictions on reimbursable expenses for use 
of the Executive Residence.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $750,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................         750,000
Committee recommendation................................         750,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This account funds the repair, alteration, and improvement 
of the Executive Residence at the White House. A separate 
account was established in fiscal year 1996 to program and 
track expenditures for the capital improvement projects at the 
Executive Residence at the White House.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $750,000 for 
White House Repair and Restoration, equal to both the budget 
request and the fiscal year 2012 enacted level.

                      Council of Economic Advisers

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $4,192,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       4,192,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,192,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Council of Economic Advisers analyzes the national 
economy and its various segments, advises the President on 
economic developments, recommends policies for economic growth 
and stability, appraises economic programs and policies of the 
Federal Government, and assists in the preparation of the 
annual Economic Report of the President to Congress.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,192,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers. This 
amount is equal to both the budget request and the fiscal year 
2012 enacted level.

        National Security Council and Homeland Security Council

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $13,048,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      13,048,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,048,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The National Security Council advises the President in 
integrating domestic, foreign, and military policies related to 
national security, and the Homeland Security Council advises 
the President in coordinating homeland security-related 
policies across the Government.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,048,000 
for the salaries and expenses of the National Security Council 
and the Homeland Security Council. This amount is equal to both 
the budget request and the fiscal year 2012 enacted level.

                        Office of Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $112,952,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     114,952,000
Committee recommendation................................     114,952,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Office of Administration provides administrative 
services to the EOP. These services, defined by Executive Order 
12028 of 1977, include financial, personnel, library and 
records services, information management systems support, and 
general office services.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $114,952,000 
for the Office of Administration for fiscal year 2013. This 
amount is an increase of $2,000,000 to the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and is equal to the budget request.
    The Committee's recommendation includes $10,403,000 to 
stabilize and modernize the information technology 
infrastructure within the EOP. This funding supports the 
continuation of a major initiative that will refresh the aging 
information technology infrastructure, strengthen disaster 
recovery and information security capabilities, and transition 
the EOP's communications architecture to integrate mobile 
devices while complying with security and records management 
requirements. The Committee is pleased with progress to date on 
the initiative and notes that metrics tracking results have 
improved dramatically. The Committee supports continued 
investment in the initiative to further modernize the IT 
infrastructure, accommodate increasing data needs, and prepare 
for cybersecurity threats.
    The Committee directs the Office of Administration to place 
a top priority on the implementation of comprehensive policies 
and procedures for the preservation of all records, including 
electronic records such as emails, videos, and social 
networking communication, consistent with the requirements of 
the Presidential Records Act, the Federal Records Act, and 
other pertinent laws. The Office of Administration shall work 
closely with the National Archives and Records Administration 
[NARA] to ensure the full and complete maintenance and 
formatting of electronic records that will eventually be turned 
over to NARA. The Committee expects the Office of 
Administration to keep the Committee fully apprised of funding 
needs related to record preservation and retention.

                    Office of Management and Budget

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $89,456,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      91,542,000
Committee recommendation................................      91,542,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Office of Management and Budget [OMB] assists the 
President in the discharge of his budgetary, management, and 
other executive responsibilities.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $91,542,000 
for the Office of Management and Budget, which is $2,086,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and equal to the 
budget request.
    The Committee reminds OMB of its obligation to keep the 
Committee informed on decisions made, including the process for 
such decisionmaking, related to resource allocation within 
funding provided for programs, projects, and activities. The 
Committee directs OMB to follow congressional intent and 
consult the Committee immediately if there are barriers to 
implementing congressional intent or questions regarding 
congressional intent. The Committee notes that the report 
accompanying the Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Bill, 2013 (Senate Report 112-164), as reported by the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations, requires the Army Corps of 
Engineers to provide the Committee within 45 days of enactment 
a work plan related to the account titled ``Mississippi River 
and Tributaries, Remaining Items, Additional Funding for 
Ongoing Work'' delineating how funds provided for the account 
are to be distributed. The work plan shall include a listing of 
all the studies and construction projects that were considered 
eligible and could have used funding for fiscal year 2013 and 
the reasons why these items were considered as being less 
competitive for inclusion in the work plan. The Committee 
directs OMB to facilitate the completion and submission of the 
work plan and to ensure that such work plan includes sufficient 
detail on resource allocation within the account.
    The Committee directs OMB to submit a report within 90 days 
of enactment on the feasibility of producing an analysis of 
current levels of spending on children and children's programs, 
including a detailed breakdown by agency, department, and 
initiative.
    The Committee notes that OMB maintains the Federal 
Government's core budgeting system, which is accessed by over 
1,000 users Governmentwide to collect, validate, analyze, 
prepare, and publish information related to the Federal budget. 
The Committee appreciates OMB's submission of the required 
report detailing current capabilities of and deficiencies in 
the system. In recent years, OMB has added the capability for 
the system to collect, analyze, and share information on 
Governmentwide management and budgeting activities. However, 
the last major upgrade to the system was completed in 1993. The 
Committee notes that, using limited resources, OMB has made 
improvements to the system that have enhanced data quality and 
implemented efficiencies in the budget process. The Committee 
directs OMB to continue making enhancements to the system 
within current resources and to notify the Committee of any 
cost-effective opportunities that OMB may identify to further 
improve the system.
    The Committee reminds OMB of its duty to honor the terms 
and conditions of appropriations acts by not only reviewing 
reprogramming requests submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations pursuant to the reprogramming conditions of this 
or any other act, but also by reviewing agency activities for 
compliance with reprogramming conditions. With regard to 
section 608 of this bill, the Committee finds that reimbursable 
agreements and other similar funding mechanisms utilized for 
the purpose of reallocating funding shall be considered a 
reprogramming of funds under such section. When determining the 
applicability of section 608, OMB and the agencies should 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $24,500,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      23,413,000
Committee recommendation................................      24,500,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Office of National Drug Control Policy [ONDCP], 
established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and 
reauthorized by Public Law 109-469, is charged with developing 
policies, objectives, and priorities for the National Drug 
Control Program. In addition, ONDCP administers the High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program, the Drug-Free 
Communities Support Program, and several other related 
initiatives.
    This account provides funding for personnel compensation, 
travel, and other basic operations of the Office, and for 
general policy research to support the formulation of the 
National Drug Control Strategy.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,500,000 
for ONDCP's salaries and expenses. This amount is the same as 
the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $1,087,000 above the 
budget request. Due to budget constraints, no funding is 
provided for policy research.
    The Committee appreciates efforts to reduce the often 
lengthy clearance process at the Executive Office of the 
President [EOP] which delays submission of budgetary 
information required by Congress in a timely manner.

                     FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

                 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $238,522,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     200,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     238,522,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas [HIDTA] program 
was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 
100-690) and the Office of National Drug Control Policy's 
reauthorization (Public Law 109-469) to provide assistance to 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement entities operating in 
those areas most adversely affected by drug trafficking.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $238,522,000 
for the HIDTA program, the same as the fiscal year 2012 level 
and $38,522,000 above the budget request. The Committee directs 
that funding shall be provided for the existing HIDTAs at no 
less than the fiscal year 2012 level.
    ONDCP is directed to consult with the HIDTAs in advance of 
deciding programmatic spending allocations for discretionary 
(supplemental) funding.
    The Committee recommendation specifies that up to 
$2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and associated 
activities.
    The Committee directs that HIDTA funds be transferred to 
the appropriate drug control agencies expeditiously and 
includes provisions in the bill to help prevent delay.
    The Committee recognizes the National HIDTA Assistance 
Center for providing programmatic support to the HIDTA program 
to include training, financial management/audit review, and 
other essential services.
    HIDTA funds should not be used to supplant existing support 
for ongoing Federal, State, or local drug control operations 
normally funded out of the operating budgets of each agency. 
ONDCP is directed to withhold all HIDTA funds from a State 
until such time as a State or locality has met its financial 
obligation.

                  OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $105,550,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     118,600,000
Committee recommendation................................     128,584,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690), and 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
(Public Law 109-469) established this account to be 
administered by the Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy. The funds appropriated to the program support 
high-priority drug control programs and may be transferred to 
drug control agencies.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $128,584,000 
for Other Federal Drug Control Programs, which is $23,034,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $9,984,000 above 
the budget request. Within this amount, the Committee provides 
the following funding levels:

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                                                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Youth Drug Prevention Media Program.....................     $20,000,000
Drug-Free Communities Support Program...................      95,134,000
    National Community Anti-Drug Coalition training.....       2,000,000
Drug court training and technical assistance............       1,400,000
Anti-doping activities..................................       9,000,000
World Anti-Doping Agency [WADA].........................       1,900,000
Activities as authorized by Public Law 109-469, section        1,150,000
 1105...................................................
Performance Measures Development........................  ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Youth Drug Prevention Media Program.--This antidrug 
messaging program targets teens through online and television 
messages as well as engaging youth through community partners. 
The Committee is aware of reports that marijuana use has 
increased among teens, marking an upward trend over the past 3 
years. Past-month use is up 42 percent (about 1.4 million 
additional teens), up from 19 percent in 2008 to 27 percent in 
2011. Past-year use is up 26 percent (about 1 million 
additional teens) up from 31 percent in 2008 to 39 percent in 
2011. In addition, the percentage of teens smoking marijuana 
heavily (at least 20 times in the past month) grew from 5 
percent in 2008 to 9 percent (nearly 800,000 additional teens) 
in 2011. The Committee believes that antidrug messaging to 
reach this population remains an important goal. The Committee 
provides $20,000,000 for the Youth Drug Prevention Media 
Program.
    Drug-Free Communities Support Program.--ONDCP directs the 
Drug-Free Communities Support Program [DFCSP] in partnership 
with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration. DFCSP provides dollar-for-dollar matching 
grants of up to $125,000 to local coalitions that mobilize 
their communities to prevent youth alcohol, tobacco, illicit 
drug, and inhalant abuse. Such grants support coalitions of 
youth; parents; media; law enforcement; school officials; 
faith-based organizations; fraternal organizations; State, 
local, and tribal government agencies; healthcare 
professionals; and other community representatives. The DFCSP 
enables these coalitions to strengthen their coordination and 
prevention efforts, encourage citizen participation in 
substance abuse reduction efforts, and disseminate information 
about effective programs. The Committee provides $95,134,000 
for the continuation of the DFCSP.
    The Committee includes a provision in the bill directing 
ONDCP to provide $2,000,000 of DFCSP funds for training and 
related purposes as authorized by section 4 of Public Law 107-
82, as amended by Public Law 109-469.
    Antidoping Activities.--Antidoping activities focus on 
efforts to educate athletes on the dangers of drug use, 
eliminate doping in amateur athletic competitions, and rely on 
standards established and recognized by the United States 
Olympic Committee. The United States Anti-Doping Agency [USADA] 
is the independent antidoping agency for Olympic sports in the 
United States, and is responsible for managing the testing and 
adjudication process for U.S. Olympic, Pan Am and Paralympic 
athletes. As a nonprofit corporation under the leadership of an 
independent Board of Directors, USADA has the authority to set 
forth guiding principles in antidoping policy and to enforce 
any doping violations. The Committee provides $9,000,000 for 
antidoping activities.

                          Unanticipated Needs

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $988,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    These funds enable the President to meet unanticipated 
exigencies in support of the national interest, security, or 
defense.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $1,000,000, which is $12,000 more 
than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2012 and equal to 
the budget request.

           Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation

Appropriations, 2012....................................................
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      $1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation 
(Partnership Fund) was initiated in fiscal year 2010. The 
Partnership Fund supports pilot programs designed to reduce 
errors and improve efficiency and service of Federal programs 
administered by States. The pilot programs focus on 
coordinating State-administered Federal programs both within 
States and between State and Federal officials and on 
technology solutions that may serve as best practices in the 
future. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
[OMB] chairs an interagency council consisting of 
representatives of appropriate Federal agencies, States, and 
other stakeholders. The council analyzes and selects pilot 
programs for funding, develops strategies and goals for the 
overall program as well as for each pilot program, and develops 
methodologies for assessing the performance of the overall 
program and the pilot programs.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $1,000,000 for the administrative 
expenses of the Partnership Fund in fiscal year 2013, 
consistent with the budget request. In fiscal year 2012, the 
Partnership Fund operated using funds provided in prior years 
and did not require a new appropriation to continue its 
operations. The Committee directs the administration to 
continue to leverage program funds provided in fiscal year 2010 
to continue the initiative during fiscal year 2013.
    The Committee is pleased with the initiative which is 
designed to improve the operations of State-administered 
Federal programs. Efficiencies can be gained by better 
coordinating Federal programs, and technology may play a 
significant role in such improvements. The Committee reminds 
the interagency council of the semiannual progress reports that 
are required to be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    The Committee notes that OMB does not administer or execute 
Federal programs. While the Committee expects OMB to continue 
to play a coordinating role in designing pilot programs, 
developing performance measures, and allocating funds, the 
Committee directs that the interagency council be the exclusive 
decisionmaking body for such activities. As Chair of the 
Interagency Council, the Committee directs the Director of OMB 
to seek consensus and input to the maximum extent possible from 
council members and participating Federal and State agencies.

   Integrated, Efficient and Effective Uses of Information Technology

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $5,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       5,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The goal of the Integrated, Efficient and Effective Uses of 
Information Technology [IEEUIT] program is to turn around 
poorly performing information technology projects and to 
centralize key information technology [IT] services for 
Government agencies, saving taxpayer dollars in the future that 
would otherwise be spent on inefficient and duplicative IT 
services. The EOP began a major IT reform effort in fiscal year 
2009 by leveraging existing resources provided for management 
improvements and dedicated funding for the effort was first 
provided in fiscal year 2012.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the IEEUIT, equal 
to both the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the budget 
request.
    The Committee lauds the administration's comprehensive and 
innovative approach to improving IT development processes and 
maximizing efficiencies across the Federal IT portfolio. The 
Federal Government invests $80,000,000,000 a year in IT 
development for a wide variety of capabilities, spanning, for 
example, from basic desktop computing to a searchable database 
for investigating terrorist financing activity.
    Using resources provided for general management 
improvements, in 2009 the administration began a major IT 
reform effort focused on improving poorly performing IT 
projects, consolidating costly data centers, and consolidating 
common IT functions across Federal agencies. The administration 
estimates that taxpayer savings realized to date under the 
current IT reform initiative totals approximately 
$7,000,000,000.
    The Committee reminds the EOP that the Committee expects to 
be regularly apprised of how Governmentwide IT reform efforts 
affect agency-specific projects and missions on a case-by-case 
basis. The Committee directs that IT reform initiatives shall 
not be a substitute for the Committee's routine consideration 
of agency needs in accordance with the regular budget process. 
Finally, the Committee directs the EOP to notify the Committee 
immediately upon any change in an agency spending plan pursuant 
to any efforts to modernize, streamline, or improve Federal IT 
projects.

                  Special Assistance to the President

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $4,328,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       4,328,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,328,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This appropriation provides for staff and expenses to 
enable the Vice President to provide assistance to the 
President in connection with the performance of executive 
duties and responsibilities. These funds also support the 
official activities of the spouse of the Vice President. The 
Vice President also has a staff funded by the Senate to assist 
him in the performance of his legislative duties.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,328,000 for 
special assistance to the President. This amount is the same as 
both the budget request and the fiscal year 2012 enacted level.

                Official Residence of the Vice President

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $307,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................         307,000
Committee recommendation................................         307,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This account supports the care and operation of the Vice 
President's residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory. 
These funds specifically support equipment, furnishings, dining 
facilities, and services required to perform and discharge the 
Vice President's official duties, functions, and obligations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $307,000 for 
the official residence of the Vice President. This amount is 
the same as both the budget request and the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level.

Administrative Provisions--Executive Office of the President and Funds 
                     Appropriated to the President

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    Section 201 continues a provision that provides flexibility 
in the use of funds in accounts under the EOP.
    Section 202 requires a detailed financial plan by the 
Director of ONDCP prior to the obligation of funds in fiscal 
year 2013.
    Section 203 allows for the transfer of up to 2 percent 
among programs within ONDCP.
    Section 204 establishes reprogramming requirements for 
ONDCP.
    Section 205 requires a report on appropriations accounts 
subject to sequestration pursuant to section 251(a) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Section 206 requires a report on accounts subject to 
sequestration in fiscal year 2013 pursuant to section 251A of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                               TITLE III

                             THE JUDICIARY

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Established under Article III of the Constitution, the 
judicial branch of Government is a separate but equal branch. 
The Federal judiciary consists of the Supreme Court, United 
States Courts of Appeals, District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, 
Court of International Trade, Court of Federal Claims, and 
several other entities and programs. The organization of the 
judiciary, the district and circuit boundaries, the places of 
holding court, and the number of Federal judges are legislated 
by the Congress and signed into law by the President.
    The Committee's recommended funding levels support the 
Federal judiciary's role of providing equal justice under the 
law and include sufficient funds to support this critical 
mission. The recommended funding level includes the salaries of 
judges and support staff and the operation and security of our 
Nation's courts.
    The judicial branch is subject to the same funding 
constraints facing the executive and legislative branches. It 
is imperative that the Federal judiciary devote its resources 
primarily to the retention of staff. Further, it is also 
important that the judiciary contain controllable costs such as 
travel, construction, and other expenses.

                   Supreme Court of the United States

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $74,819,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      77,165,000
Committee recommendation................................      77,165,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The United States Supreme Court consists of nine justices 
appointed under Article III of the Constitution of the United 
States, one of whom is appointed as Chief Justice of the United 
States. The Supreme Court acts as the final arbiter in the 
Federal court system.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $77,165,000 
for the Justices, their supporting personnel, and the costs of 
operating the Supreme Court, excluding the care of the building 
and grounds. The recommendation is $2,346,000 above the fiscal 
year 2012 funding level and consistent with the budget request.

                    CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $8,159,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      11,963,000
Committee recommendation................................      11,963,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Care of the Building and Grounds, for expenditure by the 
Architect of the Capitol, provides for the structural and 
mechanical care of the United States Supreme Court Building and 
Grounds, including maintenance and operation of mechanical, 
electrical, and electronic equipment.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,963,000 
for personnel and other services related to the Supreme Court 
building and grounds, which is supervised by the Architect of 
the Capitol. The recommendation is $3,804,000 more than the 
fiscal year 2012 funding level and the same as the budget 
request.
    The Court shall continue to provide to the Committee 
detailed single-spaced quarterly reports on the Supreme Court 
modernization project, including descriptions; timeliness; 
milestones; and funding committed, obligated, and expended, as 
well as any unobligated balances of each major capital project. 
In addition, the report should include the identification, 
descriptions, and status of any contract claims.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $32,511,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      34,328,000
Committee recommendation................................      33,720,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 
was established on October 1, 1982 under Article III of the 
Constitution. The court was formed by the merger of the United 
States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate 
division of the United States Court of Claims. The court 
consists of 12 judges who are appointed by the President, with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. Judges are appointed to 
the court under Article III of the Constitution of the United 
States.
    The Federal Circuit has nationwide jurisdiction in a 
variety of subjects, including international trade, Government 
contracts, patents, certain claims for money from the United 
States Government, Federal personnel, and veterans' benefits. 
Appeals to the court come from all Federal district courts, the 
United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court 
of International Trade, and the United States Court of Veterans 
Appeals. The court also takes appeals of certain administrative 
agencies' decisions, including the Merit Systems Protection 
Board, the Board of Contract Appeals, the Board of Patent 
Appeals and Interferences, and the Trademark Trial and Appeals 
Board. Decisions of the United States International Trade 
Commission, the Office of Compliance of the United States 
Congress, and the Government Accountability Office Personnel 
Appeals Board are also reviewable by the court.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $33,720,000. 
The recommendation is $1,209,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
funding level and $608,000 below the budget request. The 
Committee believes that in this fiscal climate, lower-priority 
activities cannot continue to be funded at the same levels. 
Consequently, funding has been reduced for cyclical maintenance 
and tenant alterations, consistent with the funding requests 
for other courts.

               United States Court of International Trade

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $21,447,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      22,880,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,880,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The United States Court of International Trade, located in 
New York City, consists of nine Article III judges. The court 
has exclusive nationwide jurisdiction over civil actions 
brought against the United States, its agencies and officers, 
and certain civil actions brought by the United States, arising 
out of import transactions and the administration and 
enforcement of the Federal customs and international trade 
laws.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $22,880,000. 
The recommendation is $1,433,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
funding level and the same as the budget request.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................  $5,015,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   5,148,799,000
Committee recommendation................................   5,142,005,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Salaries and Expenses is one of four accounts that provide 
total funding for the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
Other Judicial Services. In addition to funding the salaries of 
judges and support staff, this account also funds the operating 
costs of appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, the Court 
of Federal Claims, and probation and pretrial services offices.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,142,005,000 
for salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $127,005,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 funding level and $6,794,000 below 
the budget request.
    Perimeter Security Pilot Project.--The Committee is aware 
that the judiciary is undertaking a review of court security 
officer staffing standards and upon completion encourages the 
judiciary to consider opportunities to expand the perimeter 
security pilot project at additional primary courthouses on a 
cost-neutral basis.

                 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $5,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       5,354,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,354,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Enacted by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 
1986 (Public Law 99-660), the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program is a Federal no-fault program designed to resolve a 
perceived crisis in vaccine tort liability claims that 
threatened the continued availability of childhood vaccines 
nationwide. The statute's primary intention is the creation of 
a more efficient adjudicatory mechanism that ensures a no-fault 
compensation result for those allegedly injured or killed by 
certain covered vaccines. This program protects the 
availability of vaccines in the United States by diverting a 
substantial number of claims from the tort arena.
    Not only did this act create a special fund to pay 
judgments awarded under the act, but it also created the Office 
of Special Masters within the United States Court of Federal 
Claims to hear vaccine injury cases. The act stipulates that up 
to eight special masters may be appointed for this purpose. The 
special masters expenditures are reimbursed to the judiciary 
for vaccine injury cases from a special fund set up under the 
Vaccine Act.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,354,000. 
The recommendation is $354,000 above fiscal year 2012 funding 
level and the same as the budget request.

                           DEFENDER SERVICES

Appropriations, 2012....................................  $1,031,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   1,063,517,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,048,517,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Defender Services program ensures the right to counsel 
guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, the Criminal Justice Act (18 
U.S.C. 3006A(e)) and other congressional mandates for those who 
cannot afford to retain counsel and other necessary defense 
services. The Criminal Justice Act provides that courts appoint 
counsel from Federal public and community defender 
organizations or from a panel of private attorneys established 
by the court. The Defender Services program helps to maintain 
public confidence in the Nation's commitment to equal justice 
under the law and ensures the successful operation of the 
constitutionally based adversary system of justice by which 
Federal criminal laws and federally guaranteed rights are 
enforced.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,048,517,000. The recommendation is $17,517,000 above the 
fiscal year 2012 funding level and $15,000,000 below the budget 
request. The Committee believes that funding for fiscal year 
2013 Federal Defender Office [FDO] staffing in the request is 
overstated by $8,000,000 because of delays in hiring in fiscal 
year 2012. In addition, the Committee further reduces FDO 
funding by $13,000,000 because, unlike the courts, the FDOs 
have not performed sufficient cost containment. Last, based on 
fiscal year 2012 estimates, the Committee increases funding for 
panel attorney payments by $6,000,000.

                    FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $51,908,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      54,635,000
Committee recommendation................................      54,635,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This account provides for the statutory fees and allowances 
of grand and petit jurors and for the compensation of jury and 
land commissioners. Budgetary requirements depend primarily 
upon the volume and the length of jury trials demanded by 
parties to both civil and criminal actions and the number of 
grand juries being convened by the courts at the request of the 
United States Attorneys.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $54,635,000. 
The recommendation is $2,727,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
funding level and the same as the budget request.

                             COURT SECURITY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $500,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     514,673,000
Committee recommendation................................     512,673,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Court Security appropriation was established in 1983 
and funds the necessary expenses incident to the provision of 
protective guard services, and the procurement, installation, 
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for United 
States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court 
operations, including building access control, inspection of 
mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter 
security provided by the Federal Protective Service, and other 
similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the 
Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-
702).

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $512,673,000. 
The recommendation is $12,673,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
funding level and $2,000,000 below the budget request.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $82,909,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      85,148,000
Committee recommendation................................      85,148,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Administrative Office [AO] of the United States Courts 
was created in 1939 by an act of Congress. It serves the 
Federal judiciary in carrying out its constitutional mission to 
provide equal justice under the law. Beyond providing numerous 
services to the Federal courts, the AO provides support and 
staff counsel to the Judicial Conference of the United States 
and its committees, and implements Judicial Conference policies 
as well as applicable Federal statutes and regulations. The AO 
is the focal point for communication and coordination within 
the Federal judiciary and with Congress, the executive branch, 
and the public on behalf of the judiciary.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $85,148,000. 
This recommendation is $2,239,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
funding level and the same as the budget request.

                        Federal Judicial Center

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $27,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      27,729,000
Committee recommendation................................      27,519,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Federal Judicial Center, located in Washington, DC, 
improves the management of Federal judicial dockets and court 
administration through education for judges and staff, and 
research, evaluation, and planning assistance for the courts 
and the Judicial Conference. The Center's responsibilities 
include educating judges and other judicial branch personnel 
about legal developments and efficient litigation management 
and court administration. Additionally, the Center also 
analyzes the efficacy of case and court management procedures 
and ensures the Federal judiciary is aware of the methods of 
best practice.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,519,000. 
The recommendation is $519,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
funding level and $210,000 below the budget request.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds

                    PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $103,768,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     125,464,294
Committee recommendation................................     125,464,294

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The funds in this account cover the estimated future 
benefit payments to be made to retired bankruptcy judges and 
magistrate judges, claims court judges, and spouses and 
dependent children of deceased judicial officers.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $125,464,000 
for payments to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund and the 
Claims Court Judges Retirement Fund. The recommendation is 
$21,696,294 above the fiscal year 2012 funding level and 
consistent with the budget request.

                  United States Sentencing Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $16,500,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      17,061,000
Committee recommendation................................      17,061,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The United States Sentencing Commission establishes, 
reviews, and revises sentencing guidelines, policies, and 
practices for the Federal criminal justice system. The 
Commission is also required to monitor the operation of the 
guidelines and to identify and report necessary changes to the 
Congress.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $17,061,000. 
The recommendation is $561,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
funding level and the same as the budget request.

                Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The Committee recommends the following administrative 
provisions for the judiciary:
    Section 301 allows the judiciary to expend funds for the 
employment of experts and consultative services.
    Section 302 allows the judiciary, subject to the 
Committee's reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5 
percent between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the 
amount that may be transferred into any one appropriation.
    Section 303 limits official reception and representation 
expenses incurred by the Judicial Conference of the United 
States to no more than $11,000.
    Section 304 grants the judicial branch the same tenant 
alteration authorities as the executive branch.
    Section 305 provides continued authority for a court 
security pilot program.
    Section 306 extends for various short-term durations the 
authorization of a temporary judgeship in Kansas, Hawaii, 
Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, California, and Missouri.
    Section 307 authorizes additional district judgeships in 
California, Texas, Minnesota, and Arizona, where caseloads have 
reached unsustainable levels and converts a temporary judgeship 
to permanent status in California and in Arizona.

                                TITLE IV

                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                            Federal Payments

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

    A total of $676,152,000 in Federal funds are estimated to 
be available to the District of Columbia government, the 
District of Columbia Courts, the District of Columbia Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and other D.C. 
entities. This is $10,512,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and $1,671,000 below the budget request.

              FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      35,100,000
Committee recommendation................................      35,100,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Resident Tuition Support program was created by the 
District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 
106-98), expanded through the District of Columbia College 
Access Improvement Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-157), and 
amended and reauthorized through Public Law 110-97. This 
program provides eligible college-bound District residents the 
opportunity to expand their higher education choices.
    Under the program, financial assistance is available to 
qualified District residents who attend public colleges outside 
of the District of Columbia, private postsecondary institutions 
in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia, or any 
historically black college or university. The private-school 
tuition grants are restricted to nonprofit institutions. 
Students who attend public schools receive assistance equal to 
the difference between the tuition paid by residents of the 
State in which the institution is located and the tuition 
charged to nonresident students, with an annual limit of 
$10,000 and a lifetime limit of $50,000. Private-school 
students receive a $2,500 maximum annual grant, with a lifetime 
limit of $12,500.
    Since its inception over a decade ago, the program has 
disbursed more than $307,000,000 as of February 2012 for the 
benefit of more than 18,663 District of Columbia residents, 
with grants averaging $6,339 per year. For the most recently 
completed academic year (2010-2011), 5,103 students received 
$32,300,000 in grants. Sixty percent of the program grantees 
are the first in their families to attend college. Program 
participants have enrolled in more than 600 colleges and 
universities in 48 States. This has brought an infusion of the 
District's students as well as Federal dollars to State 
university systems nationwide.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $35,100,000 
for the resident tuition support program, $5,100,000 above the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget 
request.
    The Committee urges the Office of the State Superintendent 
of Education to continue its efforts to improve the student 
retention, persistence, and college graduation rate of program 
participants. The Committee acknowledges the challenges facing 
the students who do enroll in college to reach graduation. Data 
reveal that among program grantees, many students interrupt 
their enrollment or drop out entirely on their path to a 
degree, and 48 percent graduate from college in 6 years.
    The Committee is encouraged by the array of initiatives 
that the State Superintendent has launched or is contemplating 
in the immediate future that are designed to enhance college 
retention and success. These programs include financial aid 
forums, guidance counselor certification, boot camps and summer 
institute programs, high achievers program, a retention mentor 
program, and a smart college choice campaign to guide students 
in selection of colleges and universities particularly suited 
to their academic and financial needs.
    The Committee directs that the State Superintendent shall 
include, as a component of the fiscal year 2014 budget 
justification submission, an annual update of its efforts, 
including research findings, to enhance the retention, 
persistence, and graduation rates, including early awareness 
and readiness initiatives to promote academic college 
preparation, guidance, and other support mechanisms and 
partnerships.

   FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS IN THE 
                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $14,900,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      24,700,000
Committee recommendation................................      24,700,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Due to the fact that the District of Columbia is the seat 
of the Federal Government and headquarters of many 
international organizations, District police, fire, and 
emergency personnel have had to provide security for a number 
of events. As the need for the District of Columbia to provide 
security increases, overtime costs for personnel escalate and 
divert local police from neighborhood patrols. The complexity 
and costs associated with these events, including unique needs 
for crowd control, surveillance, and protection against unusual 
threats, are high and growing, and demand effective and 
efficient coordinated operations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $24,700,000, 
for the District of Columbia for the costs of providing public 
safety at events related to the presence of the national 
capital in the District of Columbia, for the costs of providing 
support requested by the United States Secret Service Division 
in carrying out their protective duties under the direction of 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs of 
providing support to respond to immediate and specific 
terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 
surrounding jurisdictions. This is $9,800,000 above the fiscal 
year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget request.
    Of the total funding recommended, the Committee expects 
that $14,900,000 will be designated for meeting the regular, 
expected annual emergency planning and security costs. The 
Committee directs that the additional amount of $9,800,000 be 
devoted to up-front planning activities leading up to and 
associated with the 57th Presidential Inauguration. These funds 
are separate and independent of any post-Inaugural 
reimbursement.
    In addition, the District may use any funds remaining from 
prior year appropriations under this heading. The District may 
use the payment to cover the costs of Executive transportation 
support including motorcades and helicopter landings. The 
Committee directs the District of Columbia to submit a detailed 
budget justification with its funding request for fiscal year 
2014. The Committee further directs the District of Columbia to 
submit, within 60 days of the end of fiscal year 2013, a report 
to the House and the Senate Committees on Appropriations 
detailing the purposes and amounts expended using the funds, 
particularly noting any deviation from the original proposed 
spending.

           FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $232,841,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     219,651,000
Committee recommendation................................     225,370,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33, title 
XI), the Federal Government is required to finance the District 
of Columbia Courts. This Federal payment to the District of 
Columbia Courts funds the operations of the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals, Superior Court, the Court System, 
and the Capital Improvement Program. Capital improvement 
projects include implementation of the updated Facilities 
Master Plan, with particular focus on expansion of the Moultrie 
Courthouse to address space shortfalls. By law, the annual 
budget includes estimates of the expenditures for the 
operations of the Courts prepared by the Joint Committee on 
Judicial Administration as well as the President's 
recommendation for funding the Courts' operations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment to the District 
of Columbia Courts of $225,370,000, which is $7,471,000 below 
the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $5,719,000 above the 
President's budget request. This amount includes $13,118,000 
for the Court of Appeals, $111,746,000 for the Superior Court, 
$66,756,000 for the Court System, and $33,750,000 for capital 
improvements to courthouse facilities.
    The Committee recommendation for the District of Columbia 
Court System is $719,000 above the President's recommended 
funding of $66,037,000 and will permit the Court System to 
support strategic transformation of human resources management 
to an integral partnership within the administration of the 
courts, address the maintenance and utility costs attendant to 
occupying the newly renovated Building C, and provide minimum 
baseline security improvements, including dedicated staffing 
and access control equipment.
    The Committee recommendation for capital improvements 
provides $5,000,000 above the President's recommendation of 
$28,750,000 to support the Facilities Master Plan, particularly 
the Moultrie Courthouse Addition (C Street Expansion). The 
Committee acknowledges that steady progress on the Facilities 
Master Plan should provide a cost-effective path to address 
deficiencies in the Courts' space needs.
    The Committee supports the Courts' request to maintain the 
current level of funds available for its official reception and 
representation purposes. These resources enable the Courts to 
meet various community outreach responsibilities including 
supporting legal education in the District of Columbia as the 
home of six law schools; work with the D.C. Bar committees; and 
host the significant number of international guests who visit 
the D.C. Courts to learn about legal systems in democratic 
societies. The Committee acknowledges that the current amount 
of the Courts' reception and representation funds is 
commensurate with small Federal agencies and considerably less 
than the comparative representation funds available to other 
District officials.

  FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $55,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      49,890,000
Committee recommendation................................      50,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The District of Columbia Courts appoint and compensate 
attorneys to represent persons who are financially unable to 
obtain such representation. The Defender Services programs 
provide counsel for indigent persons who are charged with 
criminal offenses, for family proceedings involving child 
abuse, neglect, and termination of parental rights, and for 
guardianship proceedings for protection of mentally 
incapacitated individuals and minors whose parents are 
deceased.
    In addition to legal representation, these programs provide 
indigent persons with services such as transcripts of court 
proceedings, expert witness testimony, foreign and sign 
language interpretation, and investigations and genetic 
testing.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $50,000,000 
for Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts. This 
is $5,000,000 below the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and 
$110,000 above the budget request.
    The reduction in the budgetary needs for this program is 
attributable to the laudable savings realized from use of a new 
accounting methodology and enhanced technology that provide 
more precise tools to account for and project costs. The 
Committee commends the vast improvements in business processes 
and management that have reduced the timespan from initial 
appointment of counsel to payment for services to 3 years, down 
from 7 years.

 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY 
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $212,983,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     215,506,000
Committee recommendation................................     215,506,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency [CSOSA] 
for the District of Columbia is an independent Federal agency 
created by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33, title 
XI). CSOSA acquired the operational responsibilities for the 
former District agencies in charge of probation and parole, and 
houses the Pretrial Services Agency within its framework. The 
mission of CSOSA is to increase public safety, prevent crime, 
reduce recidivism, and support the fair administration of 
justice in close collaboration with the community. The CSOSA 
appropriation supports the Community Supervision Program which 
monitors or supervises approximately 16,000 offenders on a 
daily basis and 25,000 different offenders over the course of a 
year and the Pretrial Services Agency [PSA] which monitors 
approximately 7,000 defendants at any given time and supervised 
26,752 unique placements, of which 4,454 were treatment 
placements, during fiscal year 2011.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $215,506,000, 
which is $2,523,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level 
and the same as the budget request. Of this amount, $58,911,000 
is designated for the Pretrial Services Agency and $156,595,000 
is designated for the Community Supervision Program.
    The Committee is supportive of CSOSA's efforts to 
successfully reintegrate ex-offenders to their communities and 
notes the centrality of job training and employment readiness 
in reducing recidivism. CSOSA is encouraged to work with 
organizations that have demonstrated effectiveness and best 
practices to improve the outcomes for men and women returning 
home from prison and under court supervision.
    For a number of years, CSOSA has worked with grassroots, 
nonprofit providers of transitional housing, including faith-
based organizations, that offer counseling, mentoring, and life 
skills training to men and women returning home from prison. 
The Committee notes that this is a model program for the 
Nation.
    The Committee is encouraged that the Community Supervision 
Program has successfully lowered its caseloads to nationally 
recommended levels, a significant improvement over the 100:1 
average ratios prior to the Agency's inception.
    The Committee appreciates the efforts of CSOSA management 
to identify savings and other efficiencies through targeted 
cutbacks, streamlining of programs, and strategic 
reorganization as the agency fulfills its critical mission and 
addresses high priority public safety needs amid Governmentwide 
fiscal constraints.
    The Committee commends the collaborative efforts of the 
Community Supervision Program to continue to partner with the 
District of Columbia Government, the United States Parole 
Commission, and the Bureau of Prisons to implement the Secure 
Residential Treatment Program pilot. This program aims to 
provide a secure, residential substance abuse treatment 
intervention/sanction alternative to high-risk, chronic 
substance abusing and criminally involved male D.C. code 
offenders in lieu of revoking them to Bureau of Prisons 
custody. The Committee encourages CSOSA to keep the Committee 
regularly informed of how well this program is meeting its 
goals of increasing offenders' chances of successful community 
reintegration and breaking the cycle of recidivism.

  FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $37,241,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      39,376,000
Committee recommendation................................      39,376,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Public Defender Service [PDS] for the District of 
Columbia, an independent organization established by a District 
of Columbia statute (16 D.C. Code 2-1601-1608), has a distinct 
mission to provide and promote quality legal representation 
services within the District of Columbia justice system. PDS 
provides legal representation to indigent adults and children 
facing loss of liberty and provides support in the form of 
training, consultation, and legal reference services to members 
of the local bar appointed as counsel in criminal, juvenile, 
and mental health cases involving indigent individuals.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment to the Public 
Defender Service for the District of Columbia of $39,376,000, 
which is $2,135,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level 
and the same as the budget request.
    The Committee provides authority in section 814 of the bill 
for the PDS to obtain professional liability insurance for its 
attorneys, staff, and board members. The Committee understands 
that the cost for such coverage can be met within the funding 
provided.

 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $15,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      11,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Approximately one-third of the District is served by a 
combined sewer system, constructed by the Federal Government in 
1890, in which both sanitary waste and storm water flow through 
the same pipes. When the collection system or the Blue Plains 
treatment plant reach capacity, typically during periods of 
heavy rainfall, the system is designed to overflow the excess 
water. This mixture of sewage and storm water runoff is 
discharged to the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, Rock Creek, and 
tributary waters between 60 and 75 times each year. Under a 
judicial consent decree entered on March 23, 2005, the Water 
and Sewer Authority is undertaking a 20-year, $2,600,000,000 
sewer construction program to reduce combined sewer overflows 
[CSO]. The Clean Rivers Project includes deep underground 
storage tunnels, side tunnels to reduce flooding, pump station 
rehabilitation, and the elimination of over a dozen CSO 
outfalls along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers and Rock Creek. 
When completed in 2025, this project is expected to vastly 
improve water quality and significantly reduce debris in our 
Nation's capital waterways as well as improve the health of the 
Chesapeake Bay.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $15,000,000 
to be matched by at least $15,000,000 provided by the Water and 
Sewer Authority, to continue implementation of the Long-Term 
Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan. This is the same as the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $3,500,000 above the budget 
request. The Committee understands that the Clean Rivers 
project is currently exploring a more expansive investment in 
green infrastructure through a full-scale demonstration pilot 
program with low impact development technologies. The Committee 
is encouraged by the potential benefits not only for stormwater 
management, but for job creation, improved air quality, greener 
public and private spaces, and added wildlife habitat.

      FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $1,800,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       1,800,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,800,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District 
of Columbia [CJCC] is the primary forum in which District of 
Columbia criminal justice agencies can identify and address 
interagency coordination issues. Its mission is to address 
coordination difficulties among District of Columbia criminal 
justice agencies and address criminal justice issues, such as 
illegal drugs, juvenile justice, halfway houses, information 
technology, and identification of arrestees.
    The CJCC was originally established pursuant to a 
memorandum of agreement in May 1998 and operates as an 
independent working group to foster cooperation among the more 
than a dozen Federal and local governmental agencies which have 
law enforcement responsibility in our Nation's capital. As part 
of a local enactment in August 2001, the CJCC was established 
as an independent agency within the District of Columbia.
    The CJCC maintains the Justice Integrated Information 
System [JUSTIS] using technology that allows for the seamless 
sharing of information at critical decision points throughout 
the justice system. JUSTIS connects Federal agencies, the 
District government, and court information systems, so that 
criminal activity can be easily monitored across an array of 
participating agencies. Agencies currently using JUSTIS include 
the Metropolitan Police Department, the D.C. Department of 
Corrections, D.C. Superior Court, the U.S. Park Police, the 
U.S. Capitol Police, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives, the Pretrial Services Agency, CSOSA, 
the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, and 
the D.C. and Maryland Public Defenders Service. No other system 
provides this range of access to Federal and local information 
in the District.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $1,800,000 to 
CJCC. This is the same as the fiscal year 2012 enacted level 
and the budget request.
    Among the array of activities that the recommended Federal 
payment will support during fiscal year 2013 is enhancing the 
JUSTIS information system's capabilities to promote sharing of 
public safety information and more effective mobilization in 
response to matters transcending a single agency. The Committee 
expects that the resources will also support the GunStat 
initiative; improved sharing of information on mental health 
and substance abuse to redirect persons to necessary support 
services; records management, court-based release, court 
processing and papering reforms; clear business processes to 
help reduce the number of outstanding warrants; and a 
comprehensive approach to truancy prevention.
    The Committee directs the CJCC to submit annual performance 
measures in an annual report to accompany the fiscal year 2014 
budget justification, which should also describe progress made 
on individual CJCC initiatives.

                FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $500,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................         500,000
Committee recommendation................................         500,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure provides 
support to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and 
Superior Court through reviewing and investigating allegations 
of judicial misconduct. The Judicial Nomination Commission 
recommends candidates to the President of the United States for 
nomination to judicial vacancies in these courts. In accordance 
with the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33), the Federal 
Government is responsible for financing of the District of 
Columbia Courts, including the operations of the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals, Superior Court, the Court System, 
and the Capital Improvement Program. Although independent of 
the Courts by design, these two Commissions provide important 
functions within the judicial branch of local government in the 
District of Columbia.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee provides $500,000 as a Federal payment for 
the judicial commissions, of which $205,000 is designated for 
the Judicial Nomination Commission and $295,000 is designated 
for the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure. This 
amount is the same as the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and 
the budget request. The Committee continues to support the 
rationale of recognizing these commissions as local judicial 
branch agencies for which Federal support for the operations is 
necessary.

                 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $60,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      60,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      53,500,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Committee continues its commitment to improving 
educational opportunities for the children of the District of 
Columbia. For the past 8 fiscal years, Congress has supported a 
three-sector funding arrangement to provide Federal resources 
for the District of Columbia Public Schools, public charter 
schools, and for a scholarship program for low-income students 
to attend private schools.
    For the last 5 years the District has charted a new 
management course for the District's troubled public school 
system in response to Public Law 110-33, which vested authority 
over the school superintendent, operating budget, and capital 
program in the Mayor beginning in 2007. The Committee 
acknowledges the daunting challenges this undertaking presents, 
given that District of Columbia public school students have 
chronically performed well below national averages in reading 
and mathematics. The Committee commends the progress that has 
been made to streamline bureaucracy, recruit new principals, 
expand course offerings available to students, expand pre-K 
classrooms, complete major renovations, and raise math and 
reading test scores. For the ensuing 2012-2013 school year, 
enrollment of 54,982 students is projected.
    Public charter schools in the District of Columbia have 
grown considerably since the first two opened in 1996 and 
served 160 students. In school year 2011-2012, 52 tuition-free, 
autonomous public charter schools on 93 campuses operated in 
the District, enrolling 31,768 students in every ward of the 
city, and serving nearly 40 percent of all District of Columbia 
public school students. The District of Columbia School Reform 
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134), one of the strongest charter 
school laws in the Nation, guarantees charter school autonomy 
from the District of Columbia Public Schools and from the 
District government and mandates uniform per student funding of 
all public school students, both traditional and charter.
    Congress established the private school scholarship 
(voucher) program as a 5-year pilot in 2003. In April 2011, the 
Opportunity Scholarship Program was reauthorized for 5 years 
through enactment of Public Law 112-10, division C. The intent 
of this program is to help increase the District of Columbia's 
capacity to provide parents, particularly low-income parents 
whose children attend low-performing schools, more options for 
quality education. In school year 2010-2011, 1,615 students 
participated in the program and were enrolled at nonpublic 
schools. This represented an increase of 58 percent above the 
1,017 students enrolled in the 2010-2011 school year.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $53,500,000, 
which is $6,500,000 below the fiscal year 2012 enacted level 
and $6,500,000 below the budget request. These funds are 
allocated as follows: $20,000,000 for the District of Columbia 
Public Schools to improve public school education, $20,000,000 
to expand quality charter schools and $13,500,000 for the 
Secretary of Education for private school scholarships under 
Public Law 112-10, division C.
    The Committee does not adopt the request to provide no 
funding for the Opportunity Scholarship Program in fiscal year 
2013 or to limit the enrollment to the school year 2011-2012 
level. Instead, the Committee recommends a payment of 
$13,500,000, reflecting expected resource needs for the next 
two school years, based on historic attrition and enrollment 
rates and anticipated increases in program participation by new 
students, measured in tandem with the funds on hand.
    The Committee believes it is essential to consider 
projected resource needs in light of the fact that there is 
$34,233,406 currently available to the program, without 
additional funding. These funds consist of $12,688,000 in 
grantee carryover funds; $1,545,000 in Department of Education 
carryover funds for evaluation; and $20,000,000 in appropriated 
funds provided in Public Law 112-74.
    For school year 2012-2013, the recommended funding will 
support approximately 2,225 total students, calculated at the 
maximum inflation-adjusted scholarship rate, plus the annual 
expenses for administration and program assessment and 
evaluation. This would represent a potential net increase of 
610 students or 38 percent more scholarship participants than 
the 1,615 students in school year 2011-2012.
    The Committee notes that the available unobligated balances 
are, in part, the result of a prior suspension of the program 
and a desire to ensure that students already enrolled in the 
program have the ability to continue through graduation. 
Congress expressed its intent to continue this program through 
continuous funding and a 5-year reauthorization in 2011. The 
Committee expects that any funding appropriated for the 
Opportunity Scholarship Program, including currently available 
balances, will be used to continue the program and admit new 
students.
    The Committee directs the Secretary of Education to 
develop, as necessary, appropriate cost containment protocols, 
consistent with Public Law 112-10, division C, to address 
potential enrollment oversubscription issues posed by retention 
of students newly entering the program and extension to new 
enrollments in future school years to ensure that any expansion 
of the program is undertaken in conformity with the authorized 
funding level.
    Public Schools.--The Committee directs the District of 
Columbia Public Schools to submit a detailed spending plan 
outlining specific activities no later than 60 days after 
enactment of this act. The Committee expects that this spending 
plan should contain a particular emphasis on initiatives to 
improve the recruitment and retention of a high-quality teacher 
and principal workforce in District public schools.
    The District has 11,000 special needs students for whom the 
District must provide or secure educational services. The 
Committee expects the District to continue to make substantial 
progress in achieving compliance with the 2006 Federal court-
ordered consent decree, eliminating inadequacies in treatment 
and support for special needs students, and establishing more 
inclusive learning environments for these students within the 
District of Columbia Public Schools system.
    Public Charter Schools.--With respect to the recommended 
Federal payment for fiscal year 2013 for public charter 
schools, the Committee directs the District of Columbia Public 
Charter School Board to submit to Congress, through the Office 
of the State Superintendent of Education [OSSE], a detailed 
spending plan outlining specific activities no later than 60 
days after enactment of this act. This spending plan should 
particularly emphasize enhancing the academic quality of 
existing charter schools, expanding the capacity of high-
performing charter schools, and executing a robust performance 
management system to help identify low-performing schools and 
close them. The Committee expects that funding provided for 
charter schools will be used in accordance with the plan 
submitted.
    Over the years, public charter schools have moved into and 
revitalized former DCPS school buildings that otherwise would 
have been developed into condominiums or used for other 
commercial purposes. These buildings, including several 
historic structures, often long-abandoned and severely 
blighting neighborhoods, have been converted to public charter 
schools.
    The Committee directs the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
to submit to the Committees on Appropriations, as part of the 
fiscal year 2014 Federal payment budget justification 
materials, a detailed fiscal year 2014-2018 public education 
facilities plan that will ensure public charter school access 
to surplus or underutilized DCPS space.
    The Committee reminds the government of the District of 
Columbia that students in public charter schools are to have 
access to the same publicly funded services that are offered to 
students in traditional public schools. These include school 
nurses, School Resource Officers, crossing guards, and mental 
health and other wrap-around services.
    Private School Scholarships.--The Committee expects that 
any school enrolling a scholarship participant under the 
Opportunity Scholarship Program should satisfy certain minimum 
reasonable expectations as an educational setting in full 
compliance with the statutory requirements of section 
3007(a)(4) of Public Law 112-10, division C relating to valid 
certificates of occupancy, school accreditation, site 
inspections, financial stability, fiscal management controls, 
and teacher qualifications.
    The Committee directs the Secretary of Education to work 
with the Office of Management and Budget to develop and 
implement suitable administrative control mechanisms to promote 
greater oversight of the program.

              FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE D.C. NATIONAL GUARD

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $375,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................         500,000
Committee recommendation................................         500,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The D.C. National Guard is a Federal, rather than a local, 
entity and responds to orders of the President of the United 
States who is the Commander-in-Chief of the D.C. National Guard 
pursuant to law (District of Columbia Official Code Sec. 49-409 
and Executive Order No. 11485 (October 1, 1969)). Unlike a 
Governor of a State, the Mayor is not authorized to deploy the 
National Guard under any circumstances. The District of 
Columbia National Guard is specifically trained to support law 
enforcement during critical missions, such as demonstrations, 
Presidential inaugurations and funerals, and emergency services 
for weather-related contingencies. The D.C. Air Guard patrols 
the skies over the District on round-the-clock alert. However, 
residency restrictions preclude a significant number of Guard 
members from eligibility for tuition assistance programs, which 
has severely hampered recruitment and retention efforts.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $500,000 for 
the D.C. National Guard designated for the Major General David 
F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention 
and College Access Program, a tuition assistance program for 
nonresident District of Columbia National Guard members. This 
amount is $125,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and 
the same as the budget request.

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL CAMPUS

Appropriations, 2012....................................................
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      $9,800,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,800,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    St. Elizabeths, established by Congress in 1855 as the 
Government Hospital for the Insane and officially renamed as 
St. Elizabeths Hospital in 1916, is presently divided into two 
campuses. The West Campus, owned by the Federal Government and 
under the custody and control of the General Services 
Administration, will be the new headquarters for the Department 
of Homeland Security. The East Campus, owned by the District of 
Columbia, is still in use as a mental health facility. The 
fiscal year 2013 budget request seeks a new Federal payment of 
$9,800,000 to support various redevelopment planning activities 
on the East Campus to stimulate economic and community 
revitalization in tandem with the transformation of the West 
Campus property.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a one-time Federal payment of 
$9,800,000, to remain available until expended, to support the 
revitalization efforts underway at the East Campus of St. 
Elizabeths in the District of Columbia. The Committee 
understands that the Federal funding will be leveraged with a 
total of $28,700,000 in local and private funds in fiscal year 
2013 to support revitalization that will bring together 
opportunities for community business development, workforce 
development, financial services, and other economic benefits 
for the community.

                FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR HIV/AIDS PREVENTION

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $5,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       5,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The District of Columbia is facing a daunting HIV epidemic. 
Based on the national HIV/AIDS case based reporting system, the 
District currently has the highest AIDS rate in the country, 
nearly twice as high as New York City and five times as high as 
Detroit. Currently, 3.2 percent of the population was diagnosed 
and is living with HIV in the District. Studies suggest that 
between one-third and one-half of people who are HIV positive 
in the District are unaware of their status. Early diagnosis 
and increased access to care improves health outcomes and 
reduces the chances of spreading the disease. According to the 
most recent local epidemiology report, more than 75 percent of 
persons in the District entered into care and treatment within 
3 months of their HIV diagnosis, a steady increase from the 58 
percent in 2005. The proportion of persons progressing from HIV 
to AIDS decreased to 24.2 percent in 2008, cut nearly in one-
half from 47 percent in 2004. The number of deaths among 
persons with HIV/AIDS decreased by more than one-half, from 326 
in 2005 to 153 in 2009.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee acknowledges the serious situation and 
recommends a special Federal payment of $5,000,000 to support 
the use of emerging and effective technology and social 
networking to promote regular and routine testing to 
significantly increase the number of District residents who 
know their HIV status and increase the number of HIV positive 
residents immediately linked to care.

             FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JOB TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2012....................................................
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      $2,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The budget requests a special Federal payment of $2,000,000 
to support pilot programs focused on workforce development of 
core job and computer skills and green job training initiatives 
aimed at adult residents in three city wards with chronically 
high-unemployment levels that are overwhelmingly more extensive 
than the cumulative average of other areas of the city and far 
surpass the national average. Programs would focus on narrowing 
the digital divide and enhance computer literacy and using 
modernized buildings as training facilities to help prepare 
District residents to meet the projected demand for green 
workforce skills.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee is unable to support the request for a new 
special Federal payment to the District of Columbia. The 
Committee urges the District to fully explore and exhaust other 
Federal grant options and private sources to augment local 
investments to support these pilot programs in fiscal year 
2013.

 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES GRANTS

Appropriations, 2012....................................................
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      $2,500,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The budget requests a special Federal payment of $2,500,000 
to fund competitively awarded grants for nonprofit fine and 
performing arts organizations based in and primarily serving 
the District of Columbia. This request relates to a proposal to 
eliminate funding for the National Capital Arts and Cultural 
Affairs [NCACA] grants program administered by the Commission 
on Fine Arts, a Federal entity funded under the Interior 
appropriation.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee is unable to support the request for a new 
special Federal payment to the District of Columbia for grants 
for non-profit fine and performing arts organizations in fiscal 
year 2013.

                       District of Columbia Funds

    The Committee recommends a total of $11,356,050,000 for the 
operating expenses of the District of Columbia as contained in 
the fiscal year 2013 budget submitted to the Congress by the 
government of the District of Columbia. Of the total, 
$6,379,906,000 is from local funds, $998,179,000 is from 
Federal grant funds, $2,165,470,000 is from other funds, and 
$9,352,000 is from private funds. The Committee further 
recommends an additional $130,900,000 in appropriated Federal 
payments as set forth under this title. The Committee directs 
that any changes to the financial plan as submitted by the 
District must follow the reprogramming guidelines.

                                TITLE V

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

             Administrative Conference of the United States

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $2,900,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       3,200,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,200,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Administrative Conference of the United States [ACUS] 
is an independent agency and advisory committee created to 
study administrative processes in order to recommend 
improvements to Congress and agencies.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $3,200,000 for ACUS, equal to the 
budget request and $300,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted 
level.

               Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $450,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................................
Committee recommendation................................         450,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is an 
independent agency established by Congress in 1992 (Public Law 
102-281) to encourage and support research, study, and labor 
designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor 
for the benefit of mankind. Its mission is accomplished through 
the sponsorship of national competitions designed to promote 
innovation in the fields of homeland security, life sciences, 
and education. Through its Frontiers of Discovery--Work in 
Progress and Discover the Future programs, the agency 
recognizes cutting-edge innovations of worthy American 
scientists, student inventors, and exemplary teachers who 
inspire despite especially challenging educational environments 
or personal physical disabilities.
    Initial funding for the Christopher Columbus Fellowship 
Foundation was derived from the sale of three denominations of 
specially minted coins sold by the United States Mint from 
August 1992 through June 1993. Revenues from the coin sales 
surcharges were deposited in the Christopher Columbus 
Fellowship Fund at the Department of the Treasury, and made 
available to the Foundation. To address the fact that the coin 
sales revenues had been depleted, Congress authorized funding 
for the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation in the 
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8).

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $450,000 for 
the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation. This is the 
same as the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $450,000 above 
the budget request.

                  Civilian Property Realignment Board

Appropriations, 2012....................................................
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     $57,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Civilian Property Realignment Board would be an 
independent agency that assists the President and Congress in 
identifying ways the Government can eliminate unneeded assets 
and downsize its real property inventory. The purpose of the 
Board would be to create a fair process for the timely disposal 
and realignment of Federal real property. The goals of the 
Board would be to sell unneeded property, reduce the operating 
costs of the Government, support and incentivize agency co-
location, and improve the sustainability of the Government's 
operations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends no funding as neither the Civilian 
Property Realignment Board nor the Civilian Property 
Realignment Act has been authorized by Congress.

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $205,294,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     308,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     308,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] was 
established as an independent agency by the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1389; 7 U.S.C. 4a). 
The Commission administers the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 
section 1, et seq.
    The 1974 Act brought under Federal regulation futures 
trading in all goods, articles, services, rights, and 
interests; commodity options trading; and leverage trading in 
gold and silver bullion and coins; and otherwise strengthened 
the regulation of the commodity futures trading industry. It 
established a comprehensive regulatory structure to oversee the 
volatile futures trading complex. The CFTC's statutory mandate 
was renewed and/or expanded in 1978, 1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, 
2000, 2008, and 2010.
    The CFTC is the sole Federal regulator responsible for 
overseeing the futures, options, and swaps markets by 
encouraging competitiveness and efficiency, ensuring market 
integrity, and protecting market participants against 
manipulation, abusive trading practices, fraud, and other 
unscrupulous activities. Effective oversight by the CFTC 
fosters open, competitive, and financially sound markets. This 
enables the markets to better serve their designated functions 
of providing a price discovery mechanism and a means to offset 
price risk.
    Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection 
Act (Public Law 111-203), the CFTC faces the daunting added 
responsibility of comprehensive oversight of the once-
unregulated $300,000,000,000,000 over-the-counter U.S. 
derivatives market to protect and benefit end-users and the 
broader American public. This complex swaps market has a 
notional value of nearly eight times the size of that of the 
futures markets.
    Programs in support of the overall CFTC mission include 
market surveillance analysis and research; registration, 
audits, and contract markets; enforcement; reparations; 
proceedings; legal counsel; agency direction; and 
administrative support services. CFTC activities are carried 
out in Washington, DC and in regional offices located in 
Chicago, New York City, and Kansas City.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $308,000,000 
for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This is 
$102,706,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the 
same as the budget request. The Committee supports the need for 
increased resources for the CFTC above the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level to satisfy its substantially broadened regulatory 
workload and to ensure appropriate oversight of the futures 
markets, which are growing steadily in volume and new users, 
and rapidly evolving in their complexity and diversity.
    The CFTC regulates a futures and options industry that grew 
from 250 million contracts in 2001 to more than 2.5 billion 
contracts in 2011--a change of over 900 percent. During that 
same decade, customer funds held in Futures Commission 
Merchants accounts increased from $56,700,000,000 to more than 
$203,710,000,000, and the value of these contracts is 
notionally estimated at $40,000,000,000,000. Moreover, under 
the Dodd-Frank Act mandates, the CFTC is tasked with regulating 
the swaps markets with an estimated notional value of 
approximately $300,000,000,000,000--roughly eight times the 
size of the regulated futures markets. To address this massive 
growth surge in workload expected with respect to previously 
unregulated swaps entities, while still maintaining strong 
vigilance over its core responsibilities that predated the 
statutory duties of Dodd-Frank, it is imperative that the 
staffing and organization of the CFTC adapt to keep pace. That 
cannot be undertaken without a significant increase in its 
operating budget that balances investments in human capital and 
technology.
    As emphasized in the CFTC's 2011-2015 strategic plan, 
``effective oversight can only be accomplished if the regulator 
has access to all relevant activity in the markets.'' Promptly 
collecting, synthesizing, managing, and analyzing the vast 
volume of data and information is paramount in CFTC's 
surveillance work and real-time public reporting. Without 
question, enhanced cutting-edge technology is essential to 
CFTC's capacity to leverage financial and human resources to 
execute not only the CFTC's core mission, but for fulfilling 
the expanded responsibilities under Dodd-Frank reforms.
    Detecting and deterring illegitimate market forces requires 
the CFTC's steady vigilance and swift response. The CFTC's 
annual performance report for fiscal year 2011 highlighted the 
uptick in the number of market manipulation and disruptive 
trading investigations which tend to be complex, resource-
intensive, and longer in duration.
    The CFTC is required to review all swaps to determine 
whether the swap is exempt from the mandatory clearance 
requirement; require real-time reporting for all swaps; adopt 
rules for imposing capital and margin requirements on all 
noncleared swaps; exercise dual regulatory authority, in 
conjunction with the SEC, over mixed swaps; promulgate rules 
defining the universe of swaps that can be executed on a swap 
execution facility; and exercise backstop enforcement authority 
if prudential regulators do not act after notification of a 
perceived violation.
    The Committee is particularly concerned that, absent 
additional resources in fiscal 2013 at the level recommended by 
the Committee, the CFTC will continue to face extreme 
challenges in accomplishing all that it is expected to do, and 
at a technological disadvantage. Similar to what the agency 
encountered in fiscal year 2012, the CFTC may have no choice 
but to redeploy its scarce resources internally in order to 
process the anticipated surge of registration applications and 
reviews of products in the swaps arena. The Committee is 
troubled that this shifting of staff would be done at the 
expense of conducting robust and systematic examination 
programs and sustained, visible, and public enforcement 
programs designed to deter fraud and ensure redress for 
consumers. The Committee believes the risk to the marketplace 
that such a sacrifice presents is an untenable proposition.
    The Committee directs the CFTC to submit, within 30 days of 
enactment, a detailed spending plan for the allocation of the 
funds made available, displayed by discrete program, project, 
and activity, including staffing projections, specifying both 
FTEs and contractors, and planned investments in information 
technology.
    The Committee underscores the crucial need for the CFTC to 
make mission-critical investments in technology to sort through 
the millions of pieces of information generated daily by 
markets. The CFTC's responsibilities to integrate both swaps 
and futures markets and perform required analysis and oversight 
requires a comprehensive overhaul of the current systems and a 
greater attention to automating surveillance and market risk 
analysis. The amount and detail of trade data collected and 
analyzed by the CFTC is expanding with its new authority over 
swaps markets and can only be managed by completely automating 
the collection and analysis of market data.
    The Committee is pleased that the CFTC is taking steps to 
improve the transparency of market data to better inform market 
participants and the public.
    The Committee stresses that with the enactment of Public 
Law 111-203, it is all the more critical for the CFTC, in 
collaboration with the SEC, to ensure optimum harmonization in 
executing the respective oversight responsibilities of each 
agency with respect to over-the-counter derivative products. 
The Committee expects the CFTC and the SEC to limit, to the 
greatest extent possible, inconsistent regulation of similar 
products and entities that could lead to opportunities for 
regulatory arbitrage. The Committee continues to support the 
use of funds to support the Joint SEC-CFTC Advisory Committee.
    The Committee understands that petitions are pending before 
the CFTC and the SEC to allow portfolio margining of index 
credit default swaps and single name credit default swaps. The 
Committee is concerned that the CFTC and SEC have not acted on 
these petitions, nor reached agreement on portfolio margining 
in general. The Committee encourages the agencies to work 
collaboratively and promptly address the pending petitions.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $114,500,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     122,425,000
Committee recommendation................................     122,425,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission [CPSC] is an 
independent regulatory agency that was established on May 14, 
1973, and is responsible for protecting the public against 
unreasonable risks of injury from consumer products; assisting 
consumers to evaluate the comparative safety of consumer 
products; developing uniform safety standards for consumer 
products and minimizing conflicting State and local 
regulations; and promoting research and investigation into the 
causes and prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, and 
injuries.
    In carrying out its mandate, the CPSC establishes mandatory 
product safety standards, where appropriate, to reduce the 
unreasonable risk of injury to consumers from consumer 
products; helps industry develop voluntary safety standards; 
bans unsafe products if it finds that a safety standard is not 
feasible; monitors recalls of defective products; informs and 
educates consumers about product hazards; conducts research and 
develops test methods; collects and publishes injury and hazard 
data; and promotes uniform product regulations by governmental 
units.
    On August 14, 2008, Congress reauthorized the Commission by 
enacting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 
[CPSIA] (Public Law 110-314). CPSIA represents the most 
substantial change in the Consumer Product Safety Commission's 
authorities since the creation of the Commission. Among other 
things, it enhances the Commission's recall authority, 
streamlines the rulemaking process, provides for the creation 
of a new searchable database of consumer product complaints, 
and requires product certification.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $122,425,000 for the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, which is $7,925,000 above the fiscal 
year 2012 funding level and the same as the budget request.
    The Committee continues to remain pleased with the Consumer 
Product Safety Information Database as authorized by CPSIA, 
which aids consumers in more quickly detecting hazardous or 
potentially hazardous or unsafe products. SaferProducts.gov has 
posted more than 8,200 searchable reports, many of which 
include incidents of injury and even death.
    The Committee remains concerned that small, round, coin-
shaped batteries, known as ``button cell batteries'' are 
increasingly present in consumer products, and pose a hazard--
potentially fatal--to small children who ingest them. As many 
as 3,471 button battery ingestion cases were reported to U.S. 
poison centers in 2011, for a total of 63,555 cases since 1985. 
The number of ingestions that result in serious injury or death 
has increased almost sevenfold since 1985 due to the higher 
voltage of newer batteries. Hundreds of children have been 
injured, 34 were severely injured, and 5 have died from these 
ingestions in the last 2 years alone. If these batteries were 
securely enclosed in products (like the existing Federal safety 
rules that require toys that use batteries to have such 
compartments), with accompanying warning labels, this hazard 
could be greatly diminished. The Committee acknowledges efforts 
to promulgate a voluntary safety standard and urges that 
efforts be expedited to address this hazard.
    CPSC has identified window coverings with cords as 1 of the 
top 5 hidden hazards in the home. CPSC is aware of 135 
fatalities and 140 nonfatal incidents, most of which resulted 
in injuries related to corded window blinds since 1999. About 
once a month, a child between 8 months and 8 years old dies 
from window cord strangulation and another child suffers a near 
strangulation. In recent years, CPSC has recalled tens of 
millions of window coverings, including Roman shades, roller 
and roll-up blinds, vertical and horizontal blinds. A voluntary 
standard exists for window blinds but it has proven to be 
inadequate to eliminate or significantly reduce the 
strangulation risk posed by corded window coverings. For 18 
years and presently on the sixth revision of a voluntary 
standard, the window coverings manufacturing industry has 
refused to agree to include language that would lead to any 
substantive reduction in the strangulation hazard. Accordingly, 
a provision has been included requiring CPSC to promulgate a 
rule that eliminates or significantly reduces the strangulation 
hazard caused by cords on window coverings.
    For some time, consumers have been told that flame-
retardant chemicals significantly mitigate the risk of 
accidental fires in furniture. Yet, a recent investigation has 
now called into question the effectiveness of flame retardant 
chemicals, while highlighting the health concerns associated 
with the heavy and widespread use of these chemicals in goods 
ranging from sofas to consumer electronics. CPSC is directed to 
report to the Committee no later than 90 days after enactment 
of this act on the status of the proposed rule setting 
flammability standards for residential upholstered furniture, 
including the steps necessary to complete the rulemaking.

     ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

    Section 501 makes technical corrections to the Virginia 
Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.
    Section 502 requires CPSC to promulgate a rule eliminating 
the strangulation hazard caused by cords on window coverings.

                     Election Assistance Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $11,500,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      11,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      11,500,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Election Assistance Commission [EAC] was created by the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 [HAVA] (Public Law 107-252). 
Under HAVA, the EAC's role is to promulgate voluntary State 
guidelines for election systems, develop a national 
certification program for voting equipment, and provide related 
guidance. The EAC is also charged with awarding grants to 
improve election administration and to enhance election 
equipment.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee provides $11,500,000 for EAC's administrative 
expenses, which is the same as both the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and the budget request. The Committee bill 
requires that $2,750,000 of these funds be transferred to the 
National Institute for Standards and Technology for technical 
assistance related to the development of voluntary State voting 
systems guidelines.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $339,844,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     346,782,000
Committee recommendation................................     347,782,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Federal Communications Commission [FCC] is charged with 
regulating interstate and international communications by 
radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. The FCC is also 
charged with promoting the safety of life and property through 
wire and radio communications. The mandate of the FCC under the 
Communications Act is to make available to all people of the 
United States a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide 
wire and radio communication service. The FCC performs five 
major functions to fulfill this charge: (1) spectrum 
allocation; (2) creating rules to promote fair competition and 
protect consumers where required by market conditions; (3) 
authorization of service; (4) enhancing public safety and 
homeland security; and (5) enforcement.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommendation provides $347,782,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Federal Communications Commission 
[FCC], of which $347,782,000 is to be derived from the 
collection of fees. The recommendation is $7,938,000 above the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $1,000,000 above the budget 
request.
    The amount recommended above the budget request will 
provide adequate funding for the activities of the Office of 
Inspector General. The Committee directs the FCC to submit the 
independent budget of the FCC Inspector General to the 
President without alteration in fiscal year 2014 and each 
subsequent fiscal year.
    The Committee also recommends that up to $99,000,000 be 
retained from spectrum auction activities to fund the 
administrative expenses of conducting such auctions. The 
recommendation is an increase of $14,000,000 to both the fiscal 
year 2012 enacted amount and the budget request due to the cost 
of the FCC's expanded responsibilities related to the 
implementation of incentive auctions provisions included in the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112-96).
    The Committee has included language (section 510) to extend 
FCC's exemption from the Anti-deficiency Act [ADA] until 
December 31, 2014.
    The Committee has included language (section 511) that 
prohibits the FCC from enacting certain recommendations 
regarding universal service that were made by the Joint Board 
of FCC members and State utility commissioners. The 
recommendation would limit universal support to one line. This 
would be harmful to small businesses, especially in rural 
areas, which often need additional lines for a fax or for other 
business purposes.
    Universal Service Reform.--The Committee supports the FCC's 
goal to modernize the Universal Service Fund to put America on 
a path to universal broadband by the end of the decade. The 
reform will have a significant impact on deployment of 
broadband in rural areas, where millions of Americans lack 
access. However, transforming the Universal Service program 
presents challenges to certain telecommunications providers 
transitioning to a new universal service system. To address 
this concern, the FCC has established a waiver process through 
which companies may be able to mitigate the impact of the 
reforms. The Committee encourages the FCC to implement the 
waiver process in a transparent, timely and equitable manner.
    Cramming.--The Committee appreciates the FCC's new rules 
addressing ``cramming'', the practice of forcing unwanted, 
unsolicited, or fraudulent charges on consumers' phone bills. 
Cramming occurs when the legitimate practice of third-party 
billing is used for deceptive or fraudulent charges. The 
Committee is concerned, however, that the rules requiring phone 
companies to allow wireline customers to ``opt-out'' of third-
party billing will not be sufficient to help customers avoid 
cramming. The Committee urges the FCC to consider implementing 
an ``opt-in'' requirement for third-party billing on wireline 
phone bills to best help consumers avoid unwanted or fraudulent 
charges. Recognizing that wireless billing often involves 
third-party vendors for legitimate purchases, such as music and 
applications, and that the use of wireless devices as a payment 
mechanism is evolving, the Committee also urges the FCC to seek 
a solution to address cramming on wireless bills.
    Technical Resources.--The Committee is concerned with the 
lack of engineering expertise at the FCC, particularly given 
that the agency will continue to face more technically complex 
issues under its jurisdiction such as advanced wireless 
communications, cyber security, public safety interoperability, 
and broadband. In addition, FCC officials have acknowledged a 
shortage of network engineers and that a large number of 
experienced FCC engineers will be eligible to retire within the 
next few years. To address this emerging issue, the Committee 
urges the FCC to try to improve the level of its technical 
resources and staffing to be better equipped to address the 
dynamic and increasingly technical landscape of the 
telecommunications industry and the many issues under its 
jurisdiction. The Committee believes it is important for the 
FCC to properly address this lack of technical expertise as it 
re-evaluates and implements its Strategic Human Capital Plan. 
In addition, the Committee expects the Commission to update 
hiring practices as appropriate to attract qualified engineers 
and make improvements to internal initiatives such as the 
Engineer in Training and the Excellence in Engineering programs 
to better train and retain FCC technical staff.
    Public Inspection File.--The Committee commends the FCC for 
requiring that broadcasters' public inspection files be made 
available online and in a searchable format. Such files contain 
important information regarding broadcasters' fulfillment of 
public interest obligations, including public comments, maps of 
broadcast areas, and information on political advertisements. 
The requirement will modernize disclosure requirements, inform 
the public on the use of the public's airtime, and increase the 
transparency of campaign advertising purchases.
    Protecting Consumer Privacy Online.--The Committee notes 
the important role that the FCC plays in creating an 
environment that fosters technological innovation but also 
protects consumer privacy. More than 500,000 new jobs have been 
created from the Apps Economy over the last 3 years, for 
example, but there have also been widespread reports of 
sensitive, personally identifiable consumer information being 
compromised, sometimes intentionally, by major companies. The 
Committee directs the FCC to work with the FTC and issue 
guidance to consumers on best practices for protecting personal 
information transmitted over wireless networks, including 
through encryption and other practices. The Committee further 
directs the FCC to study the privacy policies governing the 
collection and use of personal information online by major 
communications companies and issue guidance on best practices 
for disclosing the terms and conditions of these policies in 
written agreements that are concise, user friendly, and easily 
understood.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $45,261,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      34,568,000
Committee recommendation................................      34,568,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC] Office of 
Inspector General [OIG] conducts audits, investigations, and 
other reviews to assist and augment the FDIC's contribution to 
the stability of, and public confidence in, the Nation's 
financial system. A separate appropriation more effectively 
ensures the OIG's independence consistent with the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 and other legislation.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $34,568,000 for the FDIC inspector 
general, the same as the budget request and $10,693,000 less 
than the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. Funds are to be 
derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund and the Federal Savings 
and Loan Insurance Corporation resolution fund.

                      Federal Election Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $66,367,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   \1\66,367,000
Committee recommendation................................      67,999,000

\1\Consistent with 2 U.S.C. 437d(d), the Federal Election Commission 
[FEC] provided to the Congress a copy of the budget request the FEC 
submitted to the President. That request for fiscal year 2013 totaled 
$67,999,000.
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                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Federal Election Commission [FEC] was created through 
the 1974 Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (Public Law 93-443). Consistent with its duty of executing 
our Nation's Federal campaign finance laws, and in pursuit of 
its mission of maintaining public faith in the integrity of the 
Federal campaign finance system, FEC conducts three major 
regulatory programs: (1) providing public disclosure of funds 
raised and spent to influence Federal elections; (2) enforcing 
compliance with restrictions on contributions and expenditures 
made to influence Federal elections; and (3) administering 
public financing of Presidential campaigns.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $67,999,000 for the Federal 
Election Commission, which is $1,632,000 more than both the 
President's budget request and the fiscal year 2012 enacted 
level. The recommendation is equal to the budget request the 
FEC submitted to the President. The FEC concurrently submitted 
a copy of such request to the Congress as authorized by 2 
U.S.C. 437d(d).

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $24,723,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      24,792,000
Committee recommendation................................      25,200,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Federal Labor Relations Authority [FLRA] is an 
independent administrative Federal agency created by title VII 
of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454) 
with a mission to carry out five statutory responsibilities in 
relation to the Federal workforce: (1) determining the 
appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; 
(2) resolving complaints of unfair labor practices; (3) 
adjudicating exceptions to arbitrator's awards; (4) 
adjudicating legal issues relating to the duty to bargain; and 
(5) resolving impasses during negotiations.
    The FLRA's authority is divided by law and by delegation 
among a three-member authority and an Office of General 
Counsel, appointed by the President and subject to Senate 
confirmation; and the Federal Service Impasses Panel, which 
consists of seven part-time members appointed by the President.
    In addition, the FLRA is engaged in case-related 
interventions, training and facilitation of labor-management 
partnerships, and resolving disputes. FLRA promotes labor-
management cooperation by providing training and assistance to 
labor organizations and agencies on resolving disputes, 
facilitates the creation of partnerships, and trains the 
parties on rights and responsibilities under the Federal Labor 
Relations Management statute.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,200,000 
for the Federal Labor Relations Authority. This amount is 
$408,000 above the budget request and $477,000 above the fiscal 
year 2012 enacted level.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $311,563,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     300,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     300,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] administers a variety of 
Federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. Activities in 
the antitrust area include detection and elimination of illegal 
collusion, anticompetitive mergers, unlawful single-firm 
conduct, and injurious vertical agreements. The FTC enforces 
consumer protection laws involving advertising, marketing, and 
financial practices; fights consumer fraud; and addresses 
privacy and identity protection concerns.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommendation provides $300,000,000. The 
recommendation is $11,563,000 below the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and equal to the budget request.
    Of the amounts provided, $15,000,000 is derived from Do-
Not-Call fees and $115,000,000 is derived from Hart-Scott-
Rodino per-merger filing fees. The total amount of direct 
appropriations for this account is therefore $170,000,000.
    The Committee continues to place a high priority on the 
FTC's mission to protect consumers and preserve competition in 
the marketplace. The Committee is pleased with the FTC's 
efforts to protect consumers by investigating fraud and 
misleading practices related to mortgage lending, identity 
theft, data security, and healthcare. In particular, the 
Committee appreciates the FTC's enforcement of the Mortgage 
Assistance Relief Services Rule, which protects struggling 
homeowners from mortgage relief scams, and the recent rule 
banning deceptive mortgage advertising practices. These rules 
strengthen consumer protection and prevent providers of 
mortgage relief services from misleading customers. The 
Committee also appreciates the FTC's efforts to combat identity 
theft, including steps to publicize a victim assistance guide 
for pro-bono attorneys, train local law enforcement to detect 
and prosecute identity theft, and update educational materials 
to address emerging issues such as medical identity theft and 
children's identity theft.
    The Committee is also pleased that the FTC has worked to 
preserve competition in the marketplace through education and 
enforcement of Federal laws related to anticompetitive 
practices. Over the past 3 years, the FTC saved consumers more 
than $1,700,000,000 in economic injury by stopping illegal 
practices in the marketplace. In 2010 alone, the FTC took 
action against mergers likely to harm competition in markets 
with a total of $22,500,000,000 in sales. The Committee directs 
the FTC to robustly continue such activities.
    The Committee makes the following findings:
    Do-Not-Call Initiative.--The recommendation includes 
funding for the FTC Do-Not-Call initiative and implementation 
of the Telemarketing Sales Rule [TSR], of which the entire 
amount is to be derived from the collection of fees. The Do-
Not-Call initiative was launched pursuant to the FTC's amended 
TSR to establish a national database of telephone numbers of 
consumers who choose not to receive telephone solicitations 
from telemarketers. The Do-Not-Call initiative has received 
broad support from, and will provide significant benefits to, 
consumers from all corners of the United States.
    Gas and Diesel Prices.--The Committee continues to be 
concerned with the potential for market manipulation and 
anticompetitive behavior in the oil and natural gas industries. 
The FTC is encouraged to continue its investigations and other 
activities related to these concerns. The Committee directs the 
FTC to keep the Committee apprised of findings made regarding 
fuel prices, as well as other planned activities and 
investigations regarding the oil and gas industries.
    Payment Card Networks.--The Committee notes the important 
role that the FTC has been assigned in enforcing the provisions 
of section 1075 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act as they relate to payment card network 
companies. The FTC's enforcement role is critical to ensuring 
that payment card network companies do not take steps to 
undermine the small issuer exemption or the pro-consumer 
benefits contained in section 1075. The Committee reminds the 
FTC of the requirement to report to the Committee on steps that 
the FTC has taken over the previous year to ensure compliance 
by payment card network companies with section 1075 of Dodd-
Frank and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Committee 
expects the report to explain whether the FTC has identified 
any evidence that payment card network companies have taken 
steps to diminish the ability of small banks and credit unions 
to successfully compete with large financial institutions in 
the debit card issuance market, and if any such steps have been 
taken by the card network companies in coordination or 
collusion with large financial institutions. The Committee 
looks forward to the completion and submission of this report 
within 1 year of enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-7). The Committee also directs FTC to 
provide an updated report 1 year after the completion and 
submission of the initial report.
    FTC Headquarters Building.--The Committee is concerned 
about the cost to implement proposed legislation to transfer 
the FTC's headquarters building to the National Gallery of Art 
[NGA]. The proposal would provide the NGA with additional space 
to expand its exhibitions, education, and administrative 
offices. The Committee is concerned that this transaction will 
result in taxpayers surrendering a valuable public asset 
without any compensation. The building would have significant 
value if sold on the market due to its prime location and good 
working condition; in fact, the FTC reports that the building 
was recently appraised at $92,000,000 to $95,000,000. The 
Committee is concerned that this transaction would be 
unprecedented; other NGA buildings were constructed with 
private funds, not paid for by taxpayers. Furthermore, while 
the NGA has indicated it would raise private funds to renovate 
the building, Federal spending would continue to be required 
for maintenance and repair of the building. The Congressional 
Budget Office [CBO] reports, ``Since the original buildings 
were donated to the NGA, all renovations and repairs to those 
facilities have been completed with appropriated funds.'' For 
example, over the past several years, Congress has appropriated 
more than $80,000,000 for repairs to the marble facade of the 
NGA's East Building and for fiscal year 2013, the NGA has 
identified $45,000,000 in additional critical maintenance and 
repair needs for its East and West Buildings.
    The Committee is concerned that such a proposal also would 
require the Federal Government to buy or lease replacement 
space for a new FTC headquarters, which would require 
additional Federal spending. The CBO reports that the most 
cost-effective approach to acquiring additional real estate for 
permanent Federal use is purchasing or constructing new 
buildings rather than entering into long-term leases. The CBO 
estimates that constructing a large enough facility to 
accommodate the entirety of the FTC would cost roughly 
$300,000,000. The Committee expects that a smaller space to 
accommodate only the current headquarters staff could cost the 
taxpayers a smaller but still significant amount of money. The 
Committee finds these costs difficult to contemplate, 
especially at a time when existing top priority projects have 
been deferred due to severely limited funds. The Committee is 
also concerned about the significant costs associated with this 
proposal. Among these costs are: (1) the significantly greater 
cost of commercially leased space for the FTC should a new 
space not be built for its use; (2) the cost of moving the FTC, 
which is estimated at $70,000,000 to $95,000,000 and would 
recur every 10 to 15 years if the FTC is moved into 
commercially leased space; and (3) the ongoing Federal costs 
associated with the NGA's occupancy of the FTC headquarters 
building. Further, moving the FTC into existing Federal space 
(leased or owned) would require the Federal Government to find 
space for another Federal agency which could also impose 
significant additional costs on the Federal Government.
    Given the Committee's concerns, section 623 of the bill 
precludes the conveyance of the FTC headquarters building 
unless the Federal Government receives fair market value for 
the property. The Committee also directs the FTC and the 
General Services Administration to keep the Committee fully and 
regularly apprised of the cost of proposals related to the 
headquarters building.

                    General Services Administration

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The General Services Administration [GSA] was established 
by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
(Public Law 81-152) when Congress mandated the consolidation of 
the Federal Government's real property and administrative 
services. GSA is organized into the Public Buildings Service, 
the Federal Acquisition Service, the Office of Governmentwide 
Policy, and the Office of Citizen Services.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    Outraged over excessive spending and misuse of taxpayer 
funds, the Committee held a hearing in April on the findings of 
the Inspector General with regard to the 2010 Western Regions 
Conference. Immediate steps were taken to address the 
spectacular lack of judgment by some senior officials and now 
under new leadership at GSA, changes have been made to ensure 
that these errors do not recur. These include, but are not 
limited to: an immediate tightening of employee travel and 
conferences; a new chain of command for finance officers in GSA 
Regions, who now report directly to headquarters instead of to 
a Regional Administrator; a consolidation of conference 
management into a new office of Administrative Services to be 
responsible for contracting, approving, and reviewing spending 
for conferences; and a top-to-bottom review of the agency's 
operations for possible further reforms.
    Battery Purchases.--The Committee is concerned that Federal 
agencies are not adequately considering service life when 
contracting for large quantities of batteries. Disregarding 
battery life prevents the Government from determining which 
product offers the best value to the taxpayer. For example, 
purchasing a slightly more expensive product with a 
significantly longer service life may provide a better value to 
the taxpayer.
    The Committee directs GSA to submit a report not later than 
90 days after enactment on the costs and benefits of: (1) 
collecting industry standard test results for service life from 
venders selling batteries through GSA; and (2) sharing this 
data with Federal agencies seeking technical assistance to 
prepare a contract for the purchase of batteries. If benefits 
exceed costs, the Committee expects GSA to implement such a 
policy.
    Use of Stairs.--Senate Report 112-79 discussed the 
increasing incidence of obesity and the significant health 
benefits that lifestyle activities, such as choosing stairs 
over elevators, can have in addressing obesity. The Committee 
continues to believe that the Federal Government should be a 
leader in encouraging workplace wellness. In addition, 
lessening the use of elevators by all will speed their movement 
for those who depend on them. While the Committee believes that 
GSA has made some progress since the first effort to promote 
the use of stairs was initiated in the fiscal year 2006 
appropriation bill, further effort is needed.
    The Committee directs that GSA begin to undertake the 
following actions at future GSA-owned and leased buildings: (1) 
display signage next to all banks of elevators or on elevator 
doors, at the entrance to all nonemergency use public 
stairwells, and at the base of escalators, indicating the 
location of and encouraging use of the stairs; and (2) utilize 
new building designs that promote the use of stairs. In order 
to ascertain precisely how much progress has been made and how 
much remains, GSA is directed to provide a report on the 
percentage of Federal buildings with such signage as well as on 
actions undertaken with regard to the design of new facilities, 
with a view to increasing the likely use of stairs within 120 
days of enactment.
    Global Supply Transformation Initiative.--The Federal 
Acquisition Service's [FAS] Supply Operations division provides 
services and products to Federal agencies. According to its 
fiscal year 2013 budget request for FAS, in fiscal year 2012 
and fiscal year 2013, GSA seeks to strengthen its partnerships 
with the Department of Defense, maximize customer service, 
reduce delivery times, and modernize its supply chain. To 
implement these goals, GSA has initiated the Supply 
Transformation Initiative, which would transfer the sale of 
many products previously sold at GSA-operated distribution 
facilities to private companies. This would lead to downsizing 
the workforce at GSA facilities, even at facilities where 
leases have recently been extended. The Committee is generally 
supportive of GSA's goal to improve its supply chain process 
and product distribution services; however, the details and 
implications of this initiative remain unclear, and the 
Committee is concerned that the consequences to jobs, small 
businesses, taxpayers, and Federal agencies have not been 
adequately examined.
    Therefore, before launching a full-scale overhaul with the 
Supply Transformation Initiative, GSA is directed to issue a 
report to Congress that fully explains the proposed plan and 
includes--at a minimum--the following: (1) Annual projected 
savings; (2) Impact to Federal and non-Federal employees; (3) 
Impact to small businesses that contract with GSA supply 
operations facilities, including Small and Disadvantaged 
Businesses and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses; 
(4) Impact to local economies that house GSA supply operations 
facilities; and (5) Long-term plans for each GSA facility in 
the supply operations structure.
    In addition, the report shall provide new alternatives to 
the current Supply Transformation Initiative that have not been 
previously included in other studies. These new alternatives 
should seek to minimize job loss and negative impacts to 
businesses that contract with GSA while achieving efficiencies 
to the Federal Government and improved service for customer 
Federal agencies.
    The Committee recognizes that the Supply Transformation 
Initiative has already begun and will be conducted in phases. 
Therefore, GSA should not enter into new phases of the 
initiative that would result in the closure of any supply 
operations facilities or reductions in the number of Federal or 
non-Federal employees at supply operations facilities until the 
report is completed.

     FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND--LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

Limitation on availability of revenue:
    Limitation on availability, 2012....................  $8,017,967,000
    Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2013...   8,619,098,000
Committee recommendation................................   8,639,098,000

    The Federal Buildings Fund program consists of the 
following activities financed largely from rent charges:
    Construction and Acquisition of Facilities.--This activity 
provides for the construction or purchase of facilities and 
prospectus-level extensions to existing buildings. All costs 
directly attributable to site acquisition, construction, and 
the full range of design and construction services, and 
management and inspection of construction projects are funded 
under this activity.
    Repairs and Alterations.--This activity provides for 
repairs and alterations of existing buildings as well as 
associated design and construction services. Protection of the 
Government's investment, health and safety of building 
occupants, transfer of agencies from leased space, and cost 
effectiveness are the principal criteria used in establishing 
priorities. Repairs to prevent deterioration and damage to 
buildings, their support systems, and operating equipment are 
given priority.
    Installment Acquisition Payments.--This activity provides 
for payments for liabilities incurred under purchase contract 
authority and lease purchase arrangements. GSA makes periodic 
payments to cover principal, interest, and other requirements 
on the debt incurred for construction of Federal buildings.
    Rental of Space.--This activity provides for the leasing of 
privately-owned buildings. Including space occupied by Federal 
agencies in U.S. Postal Service facilities, GSA provided 193 
million square feet of rental space in fiscal year 2011. GSA 
expects to provide 201 million square feet of rental space in 
fiscal year 2012 and 199 million in fiscal year 2013.
    Building Operations.--This activity provides services for 
Government-owned and -leased facilities, including cleaning, 
utilities and fuel, maintenance, miscellaneous services (such 
as moving, evaluation of new materials and equipment, and field 
supervision), and general management and administration of all 
real property related programs including salaries and benefits 
paid from the Federal Buildings Fund.
    Other Reimbursable Programs.--When requested by other 
Federal agencies, the Public Buildings Service provides 
building services, such as tenant alterations, cleaning and 
other operations, and protection services which are in excess 
of those services provided under the commercial rental charges.

                      CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION

Limitation on availability, 2012........................     $50,000,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2013.......      56,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      56,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The construction and acquisition fund shall be available 
for site, design, construction, management, and inspection 
costs for the construction of new Federal facilities.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $56,000,000 for 
construction and acquisition of facilities in fiscal year 2013.

                        REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

Limitation on availability, 2012........................    $280,000,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2013.......     494,768,000
Committee recommendation................................     514,768,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Under this activity, the General Services Administration 
[GSA] executes its responsibility for repairs and alterations 
[R&A] of both Government-owned and -leased facilities under the 
control of GSA. The primary goal of this activity is to provide 
commercially equivalent space to tenant agencies. Safety, 
quality, and operating efficiency of facilities are given 
primary consideration in carrying out this responsibility.
    R&A workload requirements originate with scheduled onsite 
inspections of buildings by qualified regional engineers and 
building managers. The work identified through these 
inspections is programmed in order of priority into the 
Inventory Reporting Information System and incorporated into a 
5-year plan for accomplishment, based upon funding 
availability, urgency, and the volume of R&A work that GSA has 
the capability to execute annually. Since fiscal year 1995, 
design and construction services activities associated with 
repair and alteration projects have been funded in this 
account.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $514,768,000 for 
repairs and alterations in fiscal year 2013.

                    INSTALLMENT ACQUISITION PAYMENTS

Limitation on availability, 2012........................    $126,801,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2013.......     119,589,000
Committee recommendation................................     119,589,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 enable GSA to enter 
into contractual arrangements for the construction of a backlog 
of approved but unfunded projects. This activity provides for 
the payment of interest to the Federal Financing Bank related 
to facilities acquired pursuant to the Public Buildings 
Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 592).

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $119,589,000 for 
installment acquisition payments consistent with the budget 
request.

                            RENTAL OF SPACE

Limitation on availability, 2012........................  $5,210,198,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2013.......   5,548,583,000
Committee recommendation................................   5,548,583,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    GSA is responsible for leasing general purpose space and 
land incident thereto for Federal agencies, except in cases 
where GSA has delegated its leasing authority. GSA's policy is 
to lease privately owned buildings and land only when: (1) 
Federal space needs cannot be otherwise accommodated 
satisfactorily in existing Government-owned or -leased space; 
(2) leasing proves to be more efficient than the construction 
or alteration of a Federal building; (3) construction or 
alteration is not warranted because requirements in the 
community are insufficient or are indefinite in scope or 
duration; or (4) completion of a new Federal building within a 
reasonable time cannot be assured.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $5,548,583,000 for 
rental of space. The Committee recommendation is $338,385,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the 
budget request.

                          BUILDING OPERATIONS

Limitation on availability, 2012........................  $2,350,968,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, 2013.......   2,400,158,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,400,158,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This activity provides for the operation of all Government-
owned facilities under the jurisdiction of GSA and building 
services in GSA-leased space where the terms of the lease do 
not require the lessor to furnish such services. Services 
included in building operations are cleaning, protection, 
maintenance, payments for utilities and fuel, grounds 
maintenance, and elevator operations. Other related supporting 
services include various real property management and staff 
support activities such as space acquisition and assignment; 
the moving of Federal agencies as a result of space alterations 
in order to provide better space utilization in existing 
buildings; onsite inspection of building services and 
operations accomplished by private contractors; and various 
highly specialized contract administration support functions.
    The space, operations, and services referred to above are 
furnished by GSA to its tenant agencies in return for payment 
of rent. Due to considerations unique to their operation, GSA 
also provides varying levels of above-standard services in 
agency headquarters facilities, including those occupied by the 
EOP, such as the east and west wings of the White House.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $2,400,158,000 for 
building operations. This amount is $49,190,000 above the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget 
request.

                         GOVERNMENTWIDE POLICY

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $61,115,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      84,182,000
Committee recommendation................................      78,182,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Office of Governmentwide Policy [OGP], working 
cooperatively with other agencies, provides the leadership 
needed to develop and evaluate policies associated with high-
performance green buildings and real property, acquisition 
policy, personal property, travel and transportation 
management, vehicles and aircraft, committee and regulations 
management, and management of Federal spending data. OGP 
collaborates with partner agencies and other stakeholders to 
improve public access to policy information and support data, 
and improve transparency in Government.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $78,182,000 
for Governmentwide Policy. This amount is $17,067,000 above the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $6,000,000 below the budget 
request.

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $69,500,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      67,388,000
Committee recommendation................................      67,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Operating Expenses supports a variety of operational 
activities which are not feasible or appropriate for a user fee 
arrangement. Major programs include the personal property 
utilization and donation activities of the Federal Acquisition 
Service; the real property utilization and disposal activities 
of the Public Buildings Service; the activities of the Civilian 
Board of Contract Appeals; and the Management and 
Administration activities, including support of Governmentwide 
emergency response and recovery activities, and top-level 
agency-wide management, administration, and communications 
activities.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $67,000,000 
for Operating Expenses. This amount is $2,500,000 below the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $388,000 below the budget 
request.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $58,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      58,960,000
Committee recommendation................................      58,960,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This appropriation provides agency-wide audit and 
investigative functions to identify and correct management and 
administrative deficiencies within the General Services 
Administration [GSA], which create conditions for existing or 
potential instances of fraud, waste, and mismanagement. The 
audit function provides internal audit and contract audit 
services. Contract audits provide professional advice to GSA 
contracting officials on accounting and financial matters 
relative to the negotiation, award, administration, repricing, 
and settlement of contracts. Internal audits review and 
evaluate all facets of GSA operations and programs, test 
internal control systems, and develop information to improve 
operating efficiencies and enhance customer services. The 
investigative function provides for the detection and 
investigation of improper and illegal activities involving GSA 
programs, personnel, and operations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $58,960,000 
for the Office of Inspector General. This amount is $960,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the 
budget request.

                   ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT [E-GOV] FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $12,400,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      16,665,000
Committee recommendation................................      16,665,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This program supports interagency ``electronic government'' 
or ``e-gov'' initiatives and projects that use the Internet or 
other electronic methods to provide individuals, businesses, 
and government agencies with simpler and more timely access to 
Federal information, benefits, services, and business 
opportunities. The program would also further the 
administration's implementation of the Government Paperwork 
Elimination Act [GPEA] of 1998, which calls upon agencies to 
provide the public with optional use and acceptance of 
electronic information, services, and signatures, when 
practicable.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,665,000 
for the Electronic Government Fund. This amount is $4,265,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the 
budget request.

           ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $3,671,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       3,779,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,779,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This appropriation provides pensions, office staffs, and 
related expenses for former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George 
H.W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush, and for the 
postal franking privileges for the widow of former President 
Ronald Reagan.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $3,779,000 for allowances and 
office staff for former Presidents, $108,000 above the fiscal 
year 2012 funding level and the same as the budget request.
    Below is listed a detailed analysis of the Committee's 
recommendation for fiscal year 2013 funding:

                    FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Carter   G.H. Bush   Clinton   G.W. Bush    Widows     Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel compensation........................         96         96         96         96  .........        384
Personnel benefits............................          2         64        109        102  .........        277
Benefits for former Presidents (pensions).....        200        200        212        208  .........        820
Travel........................................          2         56          5         60  .........        123
Rental Payments to GSA........................        106        174        442        392  .........      1,114
Communications:
    Telephone.................................         10         17          7         85  .........        119
    Postage...................................         15         13         14         20          7         69
Printing......................................          5         14         18         26  .........         63
Other services................................         70        167         80        241  .........        558
Supplies......................................          5         15          2         40  .........         62
Equipment.....................................          7         63         34         86  .........        190
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      Fiscal year 2013 request................        518        879      1,019      1,356          7      3,779
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                    PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................................
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      $8,947,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,947,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The appropriation provides for an orderly transfer of 
Executive power, in accordance with the Presidential Transition 
Act of 1963, as amended. Funds are also authorized to finance 
the costs of briefings and training for personnel associated 
with a potential incoming administration.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $8,947,000 for presidential 
transition expenses, an amount equal to the budget estimate, of 
which $1,000,000 is for briefing personnel associated with the 
incoming administration. No funding was requested or provided 
in fiscal year 2012.

                     FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $34,100,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      31,751,000
Committee recommendation................................      31,751,000

                          program description

    The Federal Citizen Services Fund provides for the salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative 
Technologies [OCSIT]. OCSIT develops new ways for citizens, 
businesses, other governments, and the media to easily obtain 
information and services from the Government on the Web, via 
email, in print, and over the telephone. OCSIT leads several 
interagency groups to share best practices and develop 
strategies for improving the way Government provides services 
to the American public.
    OCSIT provides information and services to the public 
primarily through USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov, the official Web 
portal of the U.S. Government. OCSIT also operates 
pueblo.gsa.gov, consumeraction.gov and consumidor.gov, 
webcontent.gov, and kids.gov Web sites. OCSIT provides direct 
telephone (1-800-FED-INFO), email and online assistance to 
citizens through the National Contact Center, and offers 
comprehensive and cost-effective contact center solutions to 
customer Federal agencies through the USA Services program. 
OCSIT also coordinates the publication and distribution of 
information through the Government Printing Office's Public 
Documents Distribution Center in Pueblo, Colorado.
    The Federal Citizen Services [FCS] Fund is financed from 
annual appropriations to pay for the salaries and expenses of 
OCSIT staff. Reimbursements from Federal agencies pay for the 
direct costs of information services OCSIT provides on their 
behalf. The FCS Fund also receives funding from user fees for 
publications ordered by the public, payments from private 
entities for services rendered, and gifts from the public. All 
income is available without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
but is subject to an annual aggregate expenditure limit as set 
forth in appropriation acts.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee recommends $31,751,000 for the Federal 
Citizen Services Fund, a decrease of $2,349,000 below the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget 
request. The appropriation will be augmented by reimbursements 
from Federal agencies for distribution of consumer 
publications, user fees from the public, and other income.

       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    Section 520 authorizes GSA to use funds for the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles.
    Section 521 authorizes GSA to transfer funds within the 
Federal buildings fund to meet program requirements.
    Section 522 requires that the fiscal year 2014 budget 
request meet certain standards.
    Section 523 provides that no funds may be used to increase 
the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning 
services, security enhancements, or any other service usually 
provided, to any agency which does not pay the requested rate.
    Section 524 continues the provision that permits GSA to pay 
small claims less than $250,000 made against the Government.
    Section 525 provides that certain lease agreements must 
conform to an approved prospectus.

                 Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $748,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................................
Committee recommendation................................         748,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation is an independent 
agency established by Congress in 1975 (Public Law 93-642) to 
encourage exceptional college students to pursue careers in 
public service through the Truman Scholarship program. The 
Truman Scholarship is a merit-based award available to college 
juniors who plan to pursue careers in Government or elsewhere 
in public service. Truman Scholars receive up to $30,000 for 
graduate or professional school, participate in leadership 
development activities, and have special opportunities for 
internships and employment with the Federal Government.
    The Foundation Trust Fund was established with a one-time 
$30,000,000 appropriation in 1976. The authorizing legislation 
directed that this endowment be invested solely in U.S. 
Treasury Securities, the interest from which has funded the 
Foundation's operating budget. With the decline in interest 
rates, the Foundation has experienced a significant decline in 
Federal financial support. From fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 
2011, despite having cut expenditures by 42 percent, annual 
trust fund revenue has declined 51 percent. The Foundation 
anticipates a budget deficit of $1,700,000 without the 
requested appropriation.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $748,000 for 
the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation. This amount is the 
same as the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $748,000 above 
the budget request. The appropriation is provided to offset the 
decline in trust fund revenues, to increase direct financial 
support to scholars, to ensure compliance with Government audit 
reporting requirements, and to invest in technology and 
financial development activities.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $42,603,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   \1\40,993,000
Committee recommendation................................      43,400,000

\1\Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 1204(k), the Merit Systems Protection Board 
submitted an independent budget estimate to the Congress. The 
independent request for fiscal year 2013 totaled $43,400,000.
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                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Merit Systems Protection Board [MSPB] was established 
by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. MSPB is an independent 
quasi-judicial agency manifested to protect Federal merit 
systems against partisan political and other prohibited 
personnel practices and to ensure adequate protection for 
employees against abuses by agency management.
    MSPB assists Federal agencies in running a merit-based 
civil service system. This is accomplished on a case-by-case 
basis through hearing and deciding employee appeals and on a 
systemic basis by reviewing significant actions and regulations 
of the Office of Personnel Management [OPM] and conducting 
studies of the civil service and other merit systems. The 
intended results of MSPB's efforts are to assure that personnel 
actions taken against employees are processed within the law 
and that actions taken by OPM and other agencies support and 
enhance Federal merit principles.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $43,400,000 
for the Merit Systems Protection Board [MSPB], an increase of 
$797,000 to the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. The 
recommendation is equal to the MSPB's independent budget 
request as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 1204(k) and is an increase of 
$2,407,000 to the President's budget request. The Committee 
makes available not more than $2,345,000 for adjudicating 
retirement appeals through an appropriation from the trust fund 
consistent with past practice.

            Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

            MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $2,200,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       2,200,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,200,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The General Fund payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 
L. Udall Trust Fund is invested in Treasury securities with 
maturities suitable to the needs of the Fund. Interest earnings 
from the investments are used to carry out the activities of 
the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation. The 
Foundation awards scholarships, fellowships, and grants, and 
funds activities of the Udall Center.
    The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation also 
supports training programs for professionals in health care 
policy and public policy, such as the Native Nations Institute 
[NNI]. NNI, based at the University of Arizona, provides Native 
Americans with leadership and management training, and analyzes 
policies relevant to tribes.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,200,000 for 
the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund. This 
amount is equal to both the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and 
the budget request.

                 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $3,792,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       3,800,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,800,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution is 
a Federal program established by Public Law 105-156 to assist 
parties in resolving environmental, natural resource, and 
public lands conflicts. The Institute is part of the Morris K. 
Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation and serves as an 
impartial, nonpartisan institution providing professional 
expertise, services, and resources to all parties involved in 
such disputes. The Institute helps parties determine whether 
collaborative problem solving is appropriate for specific 
environmental conflicts, how and when to bring all the parties 
together for discussion, and whether a third-party facilitator 
or mediator might be helpful in assisting the parties in their 
efforts to reach consensus or to resolve the conflict. In 
addition, the Institute maintains a roster of qualified 
facilitators and mediators with substantial experience in 
environmental conflict resolution and can help parties in 
selecting an appropriate neutral professional.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,800,000 for 
the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund. This amount is an 
increase of $8,000 to the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and is 
equal to the budget request.

              National Archives and Records Administration

    The National Archives and Records Administration [NARA] is 
the national recordkeeper, managing the Government's archives 
and records, and operating the Presidential libraries. NARA is 
an independent agency created by statute in 1934 and tasked 
with the unique mission to identify, access, protect, preserve, 
and make available for use the important documents and records 
of all three branches of the Federal Government. NARA 
administers the Information Security Oversight Office, is the 
publisher of the Federal Register, and makes grants for 
historical documentation through the National Historical 
Publications and Records Commission. In addition, NARA is 
charged with additional responsibilities including mediating 
Freedom of Information Act disputes and coordinating controlled 
unclassified information.

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $373,300,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     371,675,000
Committee recommendation................................     371,675,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This account provides for basic operations dealing with 
management of the Federal Government's archives and records, 
operation of Presidential libraries, review for 
declassification of classified security information, and other 
duties.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $371,675,000 for operating 
expenses of the National Archives and Records Administration 
for fiscal year 2013. This amount is $1,625,000 below the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget 
request.
    The Committee's recommendation supports initiatives to 
strengthen NARA's record management leadership role; address 
archival storage needs; continue to develop, build, and expand 
the IT infrastructure to conduct the business of the National 
Declassification Center established in Executive Order 13526; 
operate and maintain the Electronic Records Archive [ERA]; and 
improve research room holdings protection.
    The Committee notes that security of NARA's collections and 
holdings has been identified as a material weakness by the 
Archivist and cited as a management challenge by the Inspector 
General. The Committee directs and expects NARA to institute 
and enforce effective inventory controls and adequate levels of 
security within its facilities to reduce the risk of loss, 
damage, or destruction of irreplaceable historic documents and 
artifacts.
    As the steward of an astronomical volume of temporary and 
permanent agency records, the Committee strongly urges the 
Archivist to continue to explore bar-coding and other 
innovative alternatives for cataloging boxed materials 
entrusted to NARA's care, institute enhanced quality controls, 
regain accountability for the security of classified records in 
its custody, and institute more stringent management controls 
at the Washington National Records Center and any other 
facilities in which NARA is the custodian of Federal records.
    The Committee commends NARA's leadership in administering 
the executive branch-wide Records Management Self-Assessment. 
Based on the findings outlined in the assessments report issued 
in April 2012, the Committee is disturbed that most Federal 
agencies lack controls for their records management programs, 
with records management staff exhibiting insufficient knowledge 
and understanding of electronic records, and continuing poor 
recordkeeping practices. Moreover, nearly one-quarter of 
respondent agencies do not conduct records management training 
for their senior officials. Given that records disposition, 
training, compliance monitoring, and electronic records 
management pose a challenge for agencies, the Committee looks 
forward to NARA's work to develop and issue a Records 
Management Directive required by the November 2011 Presidential 
Memorandum on Managing Government Records.
    The Committee believes that providing reliable access to 
electronic records far into the future, regardless of 
advancements in technology, is of utmost importance. The 
Committee strongly urges NARA, as it operates and maintains the 
ERA, to ensure effective and efficient preservation, appraisal, 
scheduling, and routine transfer of electronic records by 
Federal agencies. The Committee expects NARA to prioritize its 
efforts to accelerate user adoption of the ERA system, 
including providing instructional guidance and training 
materials.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $4,100,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       4,100,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,100,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The mission of the Office of Inspector General [OIG] is to 
ensure that NARA safeguards and preserves the records of our 
Government while providing the American people with access to 
the essential documentation of their rights and the actions of 
their Government. The OIG accomplishes this by combating fraud, 
waste, and abuse through high-quality objective audits and 
investigations covering all aspects of agency operations at 45 
facilities nationwide. The OIG also serves as an independent, 
internal advocate for the economy, efficiency, and 
effectiveness of NARA and its operations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $4,100,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General [OIG]. This amount is the same as the fiscal 
year 2012 enacted level and the budget request. The Committee 
supports a distinct account for the OIG in order to clearly 
identify the resources necessary to staff and operate the 
expanding mission-critical oversight and accountability 
functions performed by the OIG to ensure responsible NARA 
stewardship over public records.

                        REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $9,100,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       8,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This account provides for the repair, alteration, and 
improvement of Archives facilities and Presidential libraries 
nationwide, and provides adequate storage for holdings. It will 
better enable NARA to maintain its facilities in proper 
condition for public visitors, researchers, and NARA employees, 
and also maintain the structural integrity of the buildings.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for the repairs and 
restoration account. This amount is $1,100,000 below the fiscal 
year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget request.
    The Committee appreciates NARA's submission of an update of 
its comprehensive capital needs assessment for its entire 
infrastructure of Presidential libraries and records 
facilities, as part of the fiscal year 2013 budget submission 
and urges NARA to include an appropriate level of funding for 
repair of valuable historic Presidential libraries in the 
fiscal year 2014 budget request.

        NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION

                             GRANTS PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $5,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The National Historical Publications and Records Commission 
[NHPRC] provides grants nationwide to preserve and publish 
records that document American history. Administered within the 
National Archives, which preserves Federal records, NHPRC helps 
State, local, and private institutions preserve non-Federal 
records, helps publish the papers of major figures in American 
history, and helps archivists and records managers improve 
their techniques, training, and ability to serve a range of 
information users. Since 1964, the NHPRC has funded nearly 
5,000 projects at local government archives, colleges and 
universities, and other nonprofit institutions to facilitate 
use of public records and other collections by scholars, family 
and local historians, journalists, documentary filmmakers, and 
many others.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission [NHPRC]. This 
amount is the same as the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and 
$2,000,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee supports the central role the NHPRC program 
plays in the preservation and dissemination of the Nation's 
documentary heritage and its success in leveraging private 
sector contributions.
    The Committee notes that the funding provided will enable 
NARA, through the NHPRC, to undertake a variety of initiatives, 
including advancing archives preservation, access, and 
digitization projects within the interlocking repositories of 
historic records and hidden collections; ensuring public access 
to some of the most important historical resources that are 
maintained outside of Federal repositories; and digitizing 
nationally significant historic records collections to 
facilitate round-the-clock Internet availability.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       central liquidity facility

                          program description

    The National Credit Union Administration [NCUA] Central 
Liquidity Facility [CLF] was created by the National Credit 
Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (Public Law 95-630). The 
CLF is a mixed-ownership Government corporation managed by the 
National Credit Union Administration Board and owned by its 
member credit unions.
    The purpose of the CLF is to improve the general financial 
stability of credit unions by meeting their seasonal and 
emergency liquidity needs and thereby encourage savings, 
support consumer and mortgage lending, and provide basic 
financial resources to all segments of the economy. To become 
eligible for CLF services, credit unions invest in the capital 
stock of the CLF, and the facility uses the proceeds of such 
investments and the proceeds of borrowed funds to meet the 
liquidity needs of credit unions. The primary sources of funds 
for the CLF are stock subscriptions from credit unions and 
borrowings.
    The CLF may borrow funds from any source, with the amount 
of borrowing limited to 12 times the amount of subscribed 
capital stock and surplus.
    Loans are available to meet short-term requirements for 
funds attributable to emergency outflows from managerial 
difficulties or local economic downturns. Seasonal credit is 
also provided to accommodate fluctuations caused by cyclical 
changes in such areas as agriculture, education, and retail 
business. Loans can also be made to offset protracted credit 
problems caused by factors such as regional economic decline.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee recommends that lending through the CLF be 
limited to the maximum level provided for by section 
307(a)(4)(A) of the Federal Credit Union Act. This limitation 
provides the NCUA maximum flexibility to assist with credit 
unions' financial liquidity. The Committee also recommends the 
budget request of limiting administrative expenses for the CLF 
to $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2013.

               COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $1,247,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       1,187,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,187,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Community Development Revolving Loan Fund Program 
[CDRLF] was established in 1979 to assist officially designated 
``low-income'' credit unions in providing basic financial 
services to low-income communities. Low-interest loans and 
deposits are made available to assist these credit unions. 
Loans or deposits are normally repaid in 5 years, although 
shorter repayment periods may be considered. Technical 
assistance grants [TAGs] are also available to low-income 
credit unions for improving operations as well as addressing 
safety and soundness issues. Credit unions use TAG funds for 
specific initiatives, including taxpayer assistance, financial 
education, home ownership initiatives, and training assistance.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $1,187,000 for technical 
assistance grants to community development credit unions. This 
funding level is equal to the budget request and $60,000 below 
the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. The Committee expects the 
CDRLF to continue making loans from available funds derived 
from repaid loans and interest earned on previous loans to 
designated credit unions.
    The Committee supports NCUA's outreach efforts to 
underserved rural and urban communities across America through 
technical assistance grants provided within CDRLF. The 
Committee encourages NCUA to continue its efforts to provide 
financial education, particularly regarding consumer credit and 
home mortgages, and to provide alternatives to predatory 
lending services through targeted technical assistance grants 
and support.

                      Office of Government Ethics

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $13,664,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      13,473,000
Committee recommendation................................      20,164,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Office of Government Ethics [OGE], a separate agency 
within the executive branch, was established by the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-521). The OGE is charged 
by law to provide overall direction of executive branch 
policies designed to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure 
high-ethical standards for executive branch employers. The OGE 
carries out these responsibilities by promulgating and 
maintaining enforceable standards of ethical conduct for nearly 
4 million civilian employees and uniformed service members in 
more than 130 executive branch agencies and the White House; 
overseeing a financial disclosure system that reaches 28,000 
public and over 325,000 confidential filers; providing direct 
education and training products to 5,700 ethics officials; 
conducting outreach to the general public, the private sector, 
and civil society; and sharing good practices with and 
providing technical assistance to State, local, and foreign 
governments and international organizations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,164,000 
for salaries and expenses of the OGE in fiscal year 2013. This 
amount is $6,500,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level 
and $6,691,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee's recommendation supports OGE's mission-
critical work to foster high-ethical standards for executive 
branch employees, prevent conflicts of interest, and strengthen 
the public's confidence that the Government's business is 
conducted with impartiality and integrity. The OGE has 
designated four priorities to advance these objectives in 
fiscal year 2013: ensuring that the influx of new Presidential 
appointees following the 2012 election are free of financial 
conflicts of interest; modernizing government ethics laws, 
regulations, and programs; harnessing technology to promote 
transparency, training, and oversight; and promoting continuity 
and succession planning in the executive branch ethics program.
    In addition to the base funding, the Committee provides an 
additional $6,500,000, to remain available until expended, to 
help the OGE comply with its new statutory mandates under the 
recently enacted Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge 
[STOCK] Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-105). The STOCK Act 
established new requirements for executive branch ethics 
programs, ethics officials, and the hundreds of thousands of 
Federal employees who currently file either public or 
confidential financial disclosure reports pursuant to the 
Ethics in Government Act.
    Implementation of the STOCK Act imposes pivotal additional 
responsibilities on the OGE, most notably the mandate to 
develop a centralized, publicly accessible, searchable, and 
sortable electronic database of financial disclosure reports. 
In addition to designing, developing, and deploying this system 
before September 30, 2013, the OGE will face recurring costs 
annually for operating the system as well as expenses for 
routine maintenance. OGE's resource needs for the STOCK Act 
database were not addressed in the fiscal year 2013 budget 
submission due to the timing of law's enactment. The Committee 
directs OGE officials to keep the Committee regularly informed 
about developments and progress related to its STOCK Act 
implementation activities.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $97,774,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      90,541,000
Committee recommendation................................      90,541,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Office of Personnel Management [OPM] was established by 
Public Law 95-454, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
enacted on October 13, 1978. OPM is responsible for management 
of Federal human resources policy and oversight of the merit 
civil service system. Although individual agencies are largely 
responsible for personnel operations, OPM provides a 
Governmentwide framework for human resources policy, advises 
and assists agencies (often on a reimbursable basis) with 
workforce planning and personnel matters, and ensures that 
agency operations are consistent with requirements of law on 
issues such as veterans preference and merit system compliance. 
OPM oversees examination of applicants for employment in the 
competitive service; issues regulations and policies on 
recruitment, hiring, classification and pay, training, and 
other aspects of personnel management; and manages the process 
for personnel security and background checks for suitability 
and national security clearances. OPM is also responsible for 
administering the retirement, health benefits, and life 
insurance programs affecting most Federal employees, retired 
Federal employees, and their families and survivors.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a general fund appropriation of 
$90,541,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Personnel Management. This amount is $7,233,000 less than the 
fiscal year 2012 level and the same as the budget request.
    The recommendation includes the requested funding for the 
Enterprise Human Resources Integration project, the Human 
Resources Line of Business project, and the workforce 
acquisition initiative.
    Retirement Processing.--The Committee is aware of OPM's 
actions to address the backlog of retirement claims and is 
supportive of expediting those efforts. OPM is directed to 
inform the Committee of developments to improve processing 
rates.
    Retirement Modernization.--The Committee directs OPM to 
continue providing reports and status update briefings, as 
developments and milestones occur, and future plans are 
determined.

                               limitation

                       (TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

Limitation, 2012........................................    $112,516,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     114,708,000
Committee recommendation................................     114,708,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    These funds will be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management to cover 
administrative expenses for the retirement and insurance 
programs, including the cost of automating the retirement 
recordkeeping systems.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $114,708,000, 
which is $2,192,000 more than the fiscal year 2012 level and 
the same as the budget request.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         salaries and expenses

                  (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $3,142,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       4,232,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,232,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Office of Inspector General is charged with 
establishing policies for conducting and coordinating efforts 
which promote economy, efficiency, and integrity in the Office 
of Personnel Management's activities which prevent and detect 
fraud, waste, and mismanagement in the agency's programs. 
Contract audits provide professional advice to agency 
contracting officials on accounting and financial matters 
regarding the negotiation, award, administration, repricing, 
and settlement of contracts. Internal agency audits review and 
evaluate all facets of agency operations, including financial 
statements. Evaluation and inspection services provide detailed 
technical evaluations of agency operations. Insurance audits 
review the operations of health and life insurance carriers, 
healthcare providers, and insurance subscribers. The 
investigative function provides for the detection and 
investigation of improper and illegal activities involving 
programs, personnel, and operations. Administrative sanctions 
debar from participation in the health insurance program those 
healthcare providers whose conduct may pose a threat to the 
financial integrity of the program itself or to the well-being 
of insurance program enrollees.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,232,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
fiscal year 2013. This amount is $1,090,000 more than the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget 
request.

               (LIMITATION ON TRANSFER FROM TRUST FUNDS)

Limitation, 2012........................................     $21,174,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      21,172,000
Committee recommendation................................      21,172,000

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a limitation on transfers from the 
trust funds in support of the Office of Inspector General 
activities totaling $21,172,000 for fiscal year 2013. This 
amount is $2,000 less than the fiscal year 2012 enacted level, 
and the same as the budget request.

      government payment for annuitants, employees health benefits

Appropriations, 2012.................................... $10,862,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................  10,818,000,000
Committee recommendation................................  10,818,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    This appropriation covers the Government's share of the 
cost of health insurance for annuitants covered by the Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Program and the Retired Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Act of 1960, as well as 
administrative expenses incurred by OPM for these programs.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a mandatory appropriation of 
$10,818,000,000 for Government payments for annuitants, 
employees health benefits.

       government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $52,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      51,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      51,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Public Law 96-427, the Federal Employees' Group Life 
Insurance Act of 1980, requires that all employees under the 
age of 65 who separate from the Federal Government for purposes 
of retirement on or after January 1, 1990, continue to make 
contributions toward their basic life insurance coverage after 
retirement until they reach the age of 65. These retirees will 
contribute two-thirds of the cost of the basic life insurance 
premium, identical to the amount contributed by active Federal 
employees for basic life insurance coverage. As with the active 
Federal employees, the Government is required to contribute 
one-third of the cost of the premium for retirees' basic 
coverage. OPM, acting as the payroll office on behalf of 
Federal retirees, has requested, and the Committee has 
provided, the funding necessary to make the required Government 
contribution associated with annuitants' postretirement life 
insurance coverage.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a mandatory appropriation of 
$51,000,000 for the Government payment for annuitants, employee 
life insurance.

        payment to civil service retirement and disability fund

Appropriations, 2012....................................  $9,979,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   9,780,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   9,780,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The civil service retirement and disability fund was 
established in 1920 to administer the financing and payment of 
annuities to retired Federal employees and their survivors. The 
fund covers the operation of the Civil Service Retirement 
System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System.
    This appropriation provides for the Government's share of 
retirement costs, transfers of interest on the unfunded 
liability and annuity disbursements attributable to military 
service, and survivor annuities to eligible former spouses of 
some annuitants who did not elect survivor coverage.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a mandatory appropriation of 
$9,780,000,000 for payment to the civil service retirement and 
disability fund.

                       Office of Special Counsel

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $18,972,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      18,692,000
Committee recommendation................................      18,972,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The U.S. Office of Special Counsel [OSC] provides a safe 
channel for Federal employees to report waste, fraud, abuse, 
and threats to public health and safety.
    The OSC was first established on January 1, 1979. From 1979 
until 1989, it operated as an autonomous investigative and 
prosecutorial arm of the Merit Systems Protection Board [MSPB]. 
In 1989, Congress enacted the Whistleblower Protection Act 
(Public Law 101-12), which made OSC an independent agency 
within the executive branch. In 1994, the Uniformed Services 
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act [USERRA] (Public Law 
103-353) became law. It defined employment-related rights of 
persons in connection with military service, prohibited 
discrimination against them because of that service, and gave 
OSC new authority to pursue remedies for violations by Federal 
agencies.
    The OSC continues to experience significant increases in 
its caseload. In fiscal year 2011, the new case intake volume 
surpassed 4,000 for the first time, representing an increase 
over record levels of cases presented to the agency in the 
previous fiscal year. Areas of significant growth included 
prohibited personnel practice complaints as well as USERRA 
cases, which nearly doubled in volume with the launch of a new 
3-year demonstration project to help further protect veteran's 
employment rights as authorized under the Veterans' Benefits 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-275). Hatch Act cases and 
whistleblower disclosure matters continued at elevated levels 
in fiscal year 2011.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $18,972,000 
for the OSC. This amount is the same as the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and $280,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee acknowledges that the OSC continues to 
experience dramatic growth in its caseload, as a result of 
heightened awareness of the Hatch Act, a more vigorous focus on 
complaints under USERRA, and actions under the Whistleblower 
Protection Act. The Committee commends the OSC's efforts to 
prevent heightened backlogs despite the escalating caseload in 
fiscal year 2011. The Committee appreciates that processing 
cases is resource-intensive, and that the 28-percent increase 
in caseload growth that the OSC experienced over the previous 3 
years is not expected to abate going forward, necessitating 
sustained funding.

                      Postal Regulatory Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $14,304,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      14,450,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,450,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Postal Regulatory Commission [PRC] is an independent 
agency that has exercised regulatory oversight over the United 
States Postal Service since its creation by the Postal 
Reorganization Act of 1970. For over 3 decades, that oversight 
consisted primarily of conducting public, on-the-record 
hearings concerning proposed rates, mail classification, and 
major service changes, and recommended decisions for action to 
the Postal Service Board of Governors. The mission of the PRC 
is to ensure transparency and accountability of the United 
States Postal Service and foster a vital and efficient 
universal mail system.
    The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 
109-435) assigned significant responsibilities to the PRC. 
These enhanced authorities include providing regulatory 
oversight of the pricing of Postal Service products and 
services, ensuring Postal Service transparency and 
accountability, consulting on delivery service standards and 
performance measures, consulting on international postal 
policies, preventing cross-subsidization or other 
anticompetitive postal practices, and serving as a forum to act 
on complaints with postal products and services. The PRC 
provides leadership and recommends policies that foster a 
robust and viable postal system.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation, out of the 
Postal Fund, of $14,450,000 for the Postal Regulatory 
Commission. This amount is $146,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and the same as the budget request. The funds 
will support 75 FTEs and enable the PRC to meet its mission of 
ensuring transparency and accountability in postal operations, 
services, and finances.
    The Committee notes that in fiscal year 2013, the PRC will 
be engaged in issuing advisory opinions and hearing cases of 
major national policy import as the Postal Service adjusts to 
changing mail usage; reviewing efforts of the Postal Service to 
restructure its network; overseeing the exercise of pricing 
flexibility; and fully evaluating the merits of new ideas for 
innovative products and services that could boost postal 
revenue, provide greater efficiencies, and produce cost 
savings. With the Postal Service's announced intent to close or 
consolidate potentially hundreds of mail processing facilities 
and a significant number of postal retail facilities, the 
Committee understands that the number of appeals to the PRC and 
the volume of documents per docket as a result of these actions 
can be expected to grow exponentially over the next few years.
    The Committee appreciates the vital statutory role the PRC 
plays in the Universal Postal Union, a specialized agency of 
the United Nations, to support the Secretary of State in 
foreign policy related to international postal services, 
including treaties and conventions. The Committee urges the 
PRC, which is funded from the Postal Service Fund which is 
derived directly from postal rates and fees paid by postal 
customers, to continue to optimize efficient use of its 
resources, including exercising prudent decisionmaking for its 
necessary travel expenditures.

              Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................        $900,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Recommended by the July 22, 2004 report of the National 
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/
11 Commission), the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board 
[PCLOB] was originally established through the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
458). The PCLOB was made a component of the White House Office 
within the Executive Office of the President.
    Under the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53), the PCLOB was 
reconstituted as an independent agency within the executive 
branch. The dual mission of the PCLOB is to: (1) analyze and 
review actions the executive branch takes to protect the Nation 
from terrorism, ensuring that the need for such actions is 
balanced with the need to protect privacy and civil liberties; 
and (2) ensure that liberty concerns are appropriately 
considered in the development and implementation of laws, 
regulations, and policies related to efforts to protect the 
Nation against terrorism.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,000,000 for 
the PCLOB. This amount is $100,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
    The Committee strongly supports the mission of the PCLOB. 
The Committee notes that the original Board ceased operations 
on January 30, 2008, with the intention that a new, more 
independent Board would be instituted in its place. The 
Committee is dismayed that now, over 4 years later, the new 
PCLOB has not yet been reconstituted and staffed as required by 
Public Law 110-53. The Committee is encouraged that nominees to 
serve as members of the PCLOB are being considered in the 
Senate and directs the PCLOB, once it is reconstituted, to 
promptly provide a detailed budget justification to the 
Committee.

             Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $28,350,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      31,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      31,500,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board 
(Recovery Board) was established by the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to ensure 
accountability and transparency in the expenditure of Recovery 
Act funds and to minimize fraud, waste, and mismanagement. The 
Recovery Board analyzes Recovery Act projects for further in-
depth investigation or referral to Federal Inspectors General 
and operates a fraud hotline to allow individuals to report 
possible fraud, waste, and abuse. The Recovery Board also 
collects information from recipients of Recovery Act funds, 
compiles the information in a user-friendly format, and posts 
the information on its public Web site, Recovery.gov.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,500,000 
for the Recovery Board. The recommendation is $3,150,000 above 
the fiscal year 2012 enacted level because the Recovery Board 
was operating in part using prior year balances during that 
year. The recommendation is equal to the budget request.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................  $1,321,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   1,566,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,566,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] is an 
independent agency responsible for administering many of the 
Nation's laws regulating the areas of securities and finance.
    The mission of the SEC is to administer and enforce Federal 
securities laws in order to protect investors, maintain fair, 
honest, and efficient markets, and promote capital formation. 
This includes ensuring full disclosure of financial 
information, regulating the Nation's securities markets, and 
preventing and policing fraud and malpractice in the securities 
and financial markets. The strength of the American economy and 
our Nation's financial markets is dependent upon investors' 
confidence in the financial disclosures and statements released 
by publicly traded companies.
    As the investor's advocate, the SEC has responsibility for 
approximately 35,000 entities, including direct oversight of 
about 11,700 investment advisers, 9,700 mutual funds and 
exchange traded funds, and close to 4,500 broker-dealers with 
more than 160,000 branch offices. It is also responsible for 
reviewing the disclosures and financial statements of more than 
9,100 reporting companies, overseeing approximately 450 
transfer agents, 15 national securities exchanges, eight active 
clearing agencies, and nine nationally recognized statistical 
rating organizations, as well as the Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, 
the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation. As a result of recent 
statutory changes, smaller investment advisers will transition 
from SEC to State oversight during 2012, but with the 
corresponding addition of advisers to private funds, the SEC 
will still oversee approximately 10,000 investment advisers 
with about $44,000,000,000,000 in assets under management. The 
SEC also acquired new oversight responsibilities with respect 
to municipal advisors and entities registering with the SEC in 
connection with the security-based swap regulatory regime.
    The enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) (Public Law 111-203) 
added significantly to SEC's responsibilities, including 
bringing transparency and accountability to the over-the-
counter derivatives market; registering and overseeing hedge 
fund and private equity advisers; enhanced supervision of 
nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and 
clearing agencies; heightened regulation of asset-backed 
securities; and creation of a new whistleblower program.
    With the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups 
[JOBS] Act (Public Law 112-106) on April 5, 2012, the SEC is 
tasked with additional new responsibilities to undertake 
various initiatives, including rulemaking and studies touching 
on capital formation, disclosure and registration requirements, 
and implementing rules and methods relating to a new exemption 
that will allow crowdfunding.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a total budget (obligational) 
authority of $1,566,000,000 for the salaries and expenses of 
the SEC, to be fully derived from $1,566,000,000 in new fee 
collections. This total funding level is $145,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget 
request.
    Enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act altered the budgetary 
treatment of SEC fee receipts. For fiscal year 2012 and beyond, 
transaction fees receipts are to be treated as offsetting 
collections equal to the amount of the appropriation. In 
addition, the law established a ``SEC Reserve Fund'' designated 
for necessary functions as determined by the SEC and drawn from 
registration fee receipts. The Committee reminds the SEC of its 
obligation to notify Congress of the date, amount, and purpose 
of any obligation from the Fund within 10 days of such 
obligation.
    Spending Plan.--The Committee directs the SEC to submit, 
within 30 days of enactment, a detailed spending plan for the 
allocation of appropriated funds displayed by discrete program, 
project, and activity, including staffing projections, 
specifying both FTEs and contractors, and planned investments 
in information technology.
    The Committee's recommended funding increase is expected to 
allow the SEC to more aggressively police the securities 
markets through examinations and enforcement actions. The 
resources will help enhance risk-based oversight of the 
investment management industry, expand inspections of credit 
rating agencies, and permit the SEC to conduct more 
comprehensive examinations, reach a broader universe of the 
entities it regulates, and improve its ability to uncover and 
prosecute fraud.
    In addition, the recommended increase supports urgent, 
critical investments in information technology upgrades so that 
SEC staff are equipped with cutting edge automation support 
tools to enhance their ability to promptly handle tips, 
complaints, and referrals as well as to better identify 
emerging risks using improved surveillance tools. The Committee 
expects the SEC to implement key controls to effectively 
safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of 
its financial and sensitive information and systems.
    The Committee strongly believes that fair and orderly 
markets are essential to restore public confidence in and 
bolster the integrity of our capital markets. The Committee 
emphasizes that with this significant recommended funding 
increase comes a concomitant responsibility on the part of the 
SEC to aggressively safeguard the investing public. The SEC 
must be vigilant in its enforcement of securities laws, and 
failures to properly investigate and take appropriate action 
will not be condoned.
    Regulatory Reform Efforts.--While recognizing the many 
challenges facing the SEC, the Committee is deeply concerned 
with the SEC's lack of progress on the timely implementation of 
key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. The Committee strongly 
urges the SEC to act expeditiously to adopt strong and 
effective regulatory proposals to reform the financial system, 
consistent with Congress's intent in enacting the Dodd-Frank 
Act.
    Use of Independent Leasing Authority.--The Committee 
understands that the SEC is pursuing corrective measures to 
address the serious problems identified in the October 3, 2011, 
GAO Decision B-322160 relating to the agency's exercise of its 
independent leasing authority and adherence to budgetary 
obligation recording practices for multiyear contracts over the 
last 20 years. The Committee directs that, as part of the 
spending plan to be submitted to the Committee no later than 30 
days following enactment of this act, the SEC shall include a 
detailed remedial action plan and timetable, reviewed before 
its submission by the Inspector General, describing how the SEC 
intends to rectify the Antideficiency Act violation and what 
procedures it has instituted to ensure compliance with the 
recording statute (31 U.S.C. 1501(a)(1)).
    Regulatory Harmonization.--The Committee stresses that with 
the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it is all the more 
critical for the SEC, in collaboration with the CFTC, to ensure 
optimum harmonization in executing the respective oversight 
responsibilities of each agency with respect to over-the-
counter derivative products. The Committee expects the SEC and 
the CFTC to limit, to the greatest extent possible, 
inconsistent regulation of similar products and entities that 
could lead to opportunities for regulatory arbitrage. The 
Committee continues to support the use of funds to support the 
Joint SEC-CFTC Advisory Committee.
    Portfolio Margining.--The Committee understands that 
petitions are pending before the SEC and the CFTC to allow 
portfolio margining of index credit default swaps and single 
name credit default swaps. The Committee is concerned that the 
SEC and the CFTC have not acted on these petitions, nor reached 
agreement on portfolio margining in general. The Committee 
encourages the agencies to work collaboratively and promptly 
address the pending petitions.
    Disclosure to Investors.--The Committee remains concerned 
that American investors may be unwittingly investing in 
companies or organizations with ties to countries that sponsor 
terrorism or are linked to human rights violations. The 
Committee believes that a company's association with sponsors 
of terrorism and human rights abuses, no matter how large or 
small, can have a materially adverse result on a public 
company's operations, financial condition, earnings, and stock 
prices, all of which can negatively affect the value of an 
investment. Investors and consumers also have a reasonable 
right to know what activities their investments or purchases 
may be directly or indirectly supporting.
    In order to protect American investors' savings and to 
disclose these business relationships to investors, an Office 
of Global Security Risk was established within the Division of 
Corporation Finance. The Committee notes that under the Dodd-
Frank Act, public companies are required to provide disclosure 
to the SEC in matters involving conflict minerals, extractive 
industries, and mining safety matters. The Committee 
understands that the SEC will be implementing the requirements, 
as directed, in the coming months. The Committee expects the 
work of the Office to remain a high priority during fiscal year 
2013 and directs the SEC to continue to submit quarterly 
reports on its activities.
    The Committee is concerned that current SEC regulations 
leave broad discretion to companies to decide if disclosure of 
their activities is required with respect to business interests 
in or with a state sponsor of terrorism. Companies are only 
required to make disclosures in cases where the companies 
judges the information is ``material'' to investors or is 
necessary to ensure a required statement is not misleading. In 
November 2007, the SEC issued a concept release seeking comment 
about whether to develop a new mechanism to facilitate greater 
access to companies' disclosures concerning their business 
activities in or with state sponsors of terrorism. The comment 
period ended on January 22, 2008, and the SEC has taken no 
action since that time.
    The Committee believes that business conducted by a 
publicly traded company that could subject such company to 
sanctions should be considered material and disclosed. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Commission to issue final 
rules that require each issuer to disclose activities that may 
subject it to sanctions under section 5 of the Iran Sanctions 
Act of 1996.
    Similarly, the human rights and sexual violence problems 
plaguing mineral rich Democratic Republic of Congo are long 
standing and well known. Industries using key minerals from 
this region have been aware of the problem and a number have 
already taken laudable steps to ensure their sourcing of 
minerals avoids fueling further violence. The Committee expects 
the clear congressional intent of section 1502 of the Dodd-
Frank Act to be implemented in a timely manner.
    Climate Change Disclosure.--The Committee appreciates the 
SEC's timely submission of the staff report as specified in 
Public Law 112-74 on the quality of public company reporting in 
response to the Commission's February 2010 guidance related to 
climate change (75 Fed. Reg. 6290). The Committee directs the 
SEC to submit to the Committee, no later than 90 days following 
enactment of this act, an updated staff report focused on the 
quality, specificity, and thoroughness of disclosure, with 
particular attention to the adequacy of disclosure by large 
companies in key sectors. The SEC is directed to include in the 
report a full description of its own initiatives to carry out 
the guidance, their efficacy, and the efforts it will implement 
in fiscal year 2013. The Committee notes that, in addition to 
reviewing disclosure in registrants' SEC filings, the guidance 
specified that the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee would 
consider climate change disclosure and provide advice to the 
SEC and that the SEC would convene a public roundtable on 
climate change disclosure. The Committee strongly urges that 
the newly re-established Investor Advisory Committee evaluate 
climate change disclosure, and that, during fiscal year 2013, 
the SEC convene the roundtable as contemplated in the 2010 
guidance.
    JOBS Act Studies.--The Committee directs the SEC to study 
and submit a report to the Committee, no later than 2 years 
following enactment of this Act, on the impact of the JOBS Act 
on capital formation, including but not limited to: (1) the 
amount of capital raised under the new offering methods in the 
JOBS Act; (2) the number of issuances and amount raised between 
registered and unregistered offerings; (3) the number of 
placement agents and brokers facilitating the new offering 
methods; (4) the number of Federal, State, other actions taken 
against issuers with respect to the new offering venues; and 
(5) the costs associated with raising capital under the new 
rules in comparison to the prior rules.
    The Committee is concerned about press reports of shell 
companies attempting to qualify as emerging growth companies in 
order to evade securities laws to which they would otherwise be 
subject, and directs the SEC to closely monitor the situation.
    The Committee directs the SEC to study and submit a report 
to the Committee, no later than 1 year following enactment of 
this act, on whether and how the definition of the term ``held 
of record'' in section 12(g)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 781(g)(5)) should be revised.
    The Committee directs the SEC to study and submit a report 
to the Committee no later than 2 years following enactment of 
this act on whether there should be restrictions on the forms 
of communication used in connection with general solicitation 
and general advertising in Rule 506 offerings under Regulation 
D.
    Financial Literacy and Education.--Access to financial 
education, resources, services, and protections promotes better 
informed decisionmaking about investing and saving for long-
term financial security. The Committee applauds the Office of 
Investor Education and Advocacy [OEIA] for its attention to and 
consideration of the views and interests of retail investors 
including improvements available electronically through 
Investor.gov activities. The Committee encourages the OEIA to 
continue its efforts, including financial literacy and 
education initiatives, to protect and advance the interests of 
retail investors. The Committee commends SEC's efforts to 
expand its research on various aspects of investment 
decisionmaking behavior to help enrich investor education 
programs and materials.

                        Selective Service System

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $23,984,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      24,400,000
Committee recommendation................................      24,400,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Selective Service System is an independent Federal 
agency, operating with permanent authorization under the 
Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.). 
The agency is not part of the Department of Defense, but its 
basic mission is to be prepared to supply manpower to the Armed 
Forces adequate to ensure the security of the United States 
during a time of national emergency. Since 1973, the Armed 
Forces have relied on volunteers to fill military manpower 
requirements. However, the Selective Service System remains the 
primary vehicle by which personnel will be brought into the 
military if Congress and the President should authorize a 
return to the draft.
    In December 1987, Selective Service was tasked by law 
(Public Law 100-180) to develop plans for a postmobilization 
healthcare personnel delivery system capable of providing the 
necessary critically skilled healthcare personnel to the Armed 
Forces in time of emergency. An automated system capable of 
handling mass registration and inductions is now complete, 
together with necessary draft legislation, a draft Presidential 
proclamation, prototype forms and letters, and other products. 
These products will be available should the need arise. The 
development of supplemental standby products, such as a 
compliance system for healthcare personnel, continues using 
very limited existing resources.

                        committee recommendation

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,400,000 
for the Selective Service System. This amount is $416,000 above 
the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget 
request.
    The Committee commends the efforts of the Selective Service 
System during fiscal year 2011 to complete the comprehensive 
migration from an obsolete computer mainframe to a smaller, 
more responsive platform. The Committee is pleased to 
acknowledge that during fiscal year 2011 the Selective Service 
System reduced a 137-day backlog of public correspondence to a 
more manageable 5-day turnaround, even as its registration 
verification responsibilities increased. In addition, the 
Selective Service System achieved recognition as the most 
improved small agency in the Federal Government in the annual 
Best Places to Work survey conducted by the Partnership for 
Public Service.

                     Small Business Administration

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $918,771,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................   1,115,381,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,123,709,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $1,123,709,000 for 
the Small Business Administration [SBA]. The recommendation is 
$204,938,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and 
$8,328,000 above the budget request. The recommendation 
includes $167,000,000 for the Disaster Loans Program Account 
designated by Congress as disaster relief pursuant to the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
Funding is distributed among the SBA appropriation accounts as 
described below.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $417,348,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     423,577,000
Committee recommendation................................     445,499,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $445,499,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the SBA. The recommendation is 
$28,151,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and is 
$21,922,000 above the budget request.

Non-Credit Business Assistance Programs

    Within the amounts made available under this heading, the 
Committee recommendation provides $179,740,000 for the SBA 
noncredit business assistance programs. The recommendation is 
$20,627,000 above the budget request and $7,392,000 above the 
2012 enacted level.
    The Committee recommendations for noncredit business 
assistance, by program, are displayed in the following table:

                                     NON-CREDIT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                    Fiscal year
                                                                    Fiscal year     2013 budget      Committee
                                                                   2012 enacted      estimate     recommendation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Small Business Development Centers..............................         112,500         101,093         114,750
SCORE...........................................................           7,000           6,300           7,140
Women's Business Centers........................................          14,000          12,600          14,000
Women's Business Council........................................             998             898           1,000
Microloan Technical Assistance..................................          20,000          19,760          24,000
Veterans Programs...............................................           2,500           2,496           2,500
PRIME...........................................................           3,500  ..............  ..............
Native American Outreach........................................           1,250             850           1,250
7(j) Technical Assistance.......................................           3,100           2,790           3,100
HUBZone.........................................................           2,500           1,976           2,000
Entrepreneurial Development Initiative..........................           5,000           3,350           5,000
Veterans Entrepreneurship Training..............................  ..............           7,000           5,000
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Non-Credit Business Assistance Programs............         172,348         159,113         179,740
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    The Committee directs that the amounts provided for SBA's 
Non-Credit Business Assistance Programs, as specified in the 
table above, shall be administered in the same manner as 
previous years and shall not be reduced, reallocated, or 
reprogrammed to provide additional funds for other programs, 
initiatives, or activities.
    The Committee continues to support the Small Business 
Development Center [SBDC] Program and recommends $114,750,000 
for fiscal year 2013, $2,250,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and $13,657,000 above the budget request. The 
SBDC network--which encompasses over 900 service centers across 
the Nation--provides management and technical assistance to an 
estimated 1.2 million small business owners and aspiring 
entrepreneurs each year. As the economy struggles, SBDCs have 
reported a significant increase in demand for their expertise 
as businesses seek guidance on how to weather the economic 
downturn and as newly unemployed Americans look for advice on 
starting a small business as a new career path. Providing 
support for SBDCs is more critical than ever as our economy 
works to recover and grow.
    The Committee recommends $24,000,000 for grants to 
Microloan intermediaries under the Microloan program for 
marketing, management, and technical assistance provided to 
borrowers. An additional $4,000,000 is recommended under the 
heading ``Business Loans Program Account'' to support estimated 
lending volume of $25,000,000 under the Microloan program.
    The Committee supports funding for veterans programs and 
veterans business outreach centers and provides $2,500,000 for 
veterans programs. When determining the allocation of the 
funding, the Committee strongly encourages SBA to consider 
centers with significant experience in conducting outreach to 
veterans.
    The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for SBA's 
entrepreneurial development initiative. The Committee 
encourages SBA to support nonprofit organizations that provide 
business development services designed to accelerate industry 
sectors built on regional assets under the initiative.

Operating Expenses

    Within the amounts made available under this heading, the 
Committee recommendation provides $265,759,000 for SBA's 
operating expenses. The recommendation is $20,759,000 above the 
2012 enacted level and $1,295,000 above the budget request.
    Credit Risk Management.--The Committee recommends 
$12,000,000 for SBA's Office of Credit Risk Management [OCRM]. 
In support of its mission to analyze and manage the risk of 
SBA's estimated $75,000,000,000 loan portfolio, OCRM performs 
performance analytics to identify and understand lender 
performance trends and assess the quality of the overall loan 
portfolio. The Committee finds that OCRM plays a key role in 
eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in SBA lending programs and 
protecting taxpayer losses on loans by ensuring lenders comply 
with procedures that mitigate the risk of loss under SBA's loan 
programs.
    The Committee is concerned about the quality of lender 
oversight activities at SBA, particularly considering the 
magnitude of SBA's loan portfolio, and notes that SBA's Office 
of Inspector General [IG] continues to identify weaknesses in 
SBA's lender oversight process. SBA loan programs rely on 
numerous outside parties (e.g., private lenders, local economic 
development organizations, nonprofit community lenders, and 
venture capital investors) to complete loan transactions, and 
many of SBA's loans are made by lenders to whom SBA has 
delegated loan-making authority. For example, the SBA IG 
reports that in fiscal year 2011, approximately 67 percent of 
the dollars guaranteed under SBA's 7(a) program were made by 
lenders using delegated authorities. The Committee concurs with 
the SBA IG's finding that the risks inherent in delegated 
lending require an effective oversight program to: (1) monitor 
lender compliance with SBA policies and procedures; and (2) 
take corrective action when a material noncompliance is 
detected.
    The Committee finds that credit risk management should be a 
key tenet of SBA's efforts to administer efficient and 
effective loan programs to ensure the best use of taxpayer 
dollars. The Committee directs SBA to report to the Committee 
within 90 days of enactment on the status of SBA's current 
credit risk management capabilities and how those capabilities 
can be strengthened. The report shall also include an analysis 
of the advantages and disadvantages of changing SBA's 
organizational structure so that OCRM is independent from SBA's 
Office of Capital Access and the director of OCRM reports 
directly to the SBA Administrator.
    Finally, the Committee finds that the Loan and Lender 
Monitoring System [L/LMS] is a vital component of the SBA's 
technical capability to provide oversight of its largest 
lending programs, the 7(a) and 504 loan programs. OCRM uses L/
LMS as a tool for managing the risk in the loan and lender 
portfolios. The Committee directs SBA to continue utilizing L/
LMS to ensure that lenders are employing sound financial risk 
management techniques to manage and monitor risk within their 
SBA loan portfolios. The Committee directs SBA to maintain the 
current capabilities and capacity of the L/LMS system and 
encourages the agency to consider how updating or expanding the 
system could improve lender oversight capabilities.
    Major Information Technology Acquisition.--Within the 
amounts recommended for SBA's operating expenses, the Committee 
recommends $7,100,000 to continue development activities 
related to the modernization of SBA's agency-wide loan 
management and accounting system. Additional funding will be 
contributed from amounts provided for the administrative 
expenses of the Disaster Loans Program Account because the 
modernization supports that program in addition to SBA's 
business loan programs. The Committee expects that 
appropriations provided for fiscal year 2013 will fulfill 
development funding required for the modernized system. 
Operation and maintenance costs for the new system will 
continue in future fiscal years, consistent with other 
information technology systems.
    The Committee is pleased with SBA's decision to reformulate 
the original planned modernization to lower costs, shorten the 
time to completion, and reduce the risks associated with a 
long-term acquisition. The fiscal year 2013 budget request 
assumes that development costs under the new approach will 
total $39,000,000, a savings of $117,000,000 from the original 
budget of $156,000,000.
    The Committee will continue to monitor progress on the 
modernization due to the risk inherent in major Federal 
information technology [IT] projects. The Government 
Accountability Office [GAO] finds that ``Federal IT projects 
too frequently incur numerous cost overruns and schedule 
slippages while contributing little to mission-related 
outcome'' (GAO 12-7). The Committee directs SBA to focus 
modernization activities on activities identified by GAO as 
common factors of successful Federal IT programs. In 
particular, the Committee directs SBA to ensure, consistent 
with GAO recommendations, that: (1) program officials actively 
engage with stakeholders; (2) senior agency executives support 
the program; (3) end users participate in testing of system 
functionality prior to formal end user acceptance testing; and 
(4) program officials maintain regular communication with 
contractors.
    The Committee directs SBA to continue to report quarterly 
to the Committees on Appropriations summarizing the agency's 
progress regarding the modernization effort. The Committee 
directs that such reports shall include progress on time and 
budget, both estimated and planned, beginning with the first 
fiscal year of the modernization project. The Committee 
emphasizes the need for such reports to include plain language 
descriptions of the project in place of technical jargon.
    Employee Ownership.--The Committee finds that employee 
ownership protects jobs, promotes economic growth, supports 
local economies, and is often a viable alternative for business 
owners considering succession. The Committee directs SBA to 
submit a report within 90 days of enactment on what SBA 
programs can do to promote employee ownership through training, 
education, and financing.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $16,267,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      19,400,000
Committee recommendation................................      19,400,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $19,400,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General. The recommendation is $3,133,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and is equal to the 
budget request.
    The Committee directs the Inspector General to continue 
routine analysis and reporting on SBA's modernization of its 
loan management and accounting systems, including acquisition, 
contractor oversight, implementation, and progress regarding 
budget and schedule.

                           OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

Appropriations, 2012....................................      $9,120,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................       8,900,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,150,000

    The Office of Advocacy, an independent office within SBA, 
solicits and represents the views, concerns, and interests of 
small businesses before Congress, the White House, Federal 
agencies, Federal courts, and State policymakers.
    The Committee recommendation provides $9,150,000 for the 
Office of Advocacy. The recommendation is $30,000 above the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and $250,000 above the budget 
request. The Committee directs that within funds provided, the 
Office of Advocacy shall conduct a study, pursuant to section 3 
of Public Law 112-29, on how changes in patent law have 
impacted the ability of small businesses to obtain patents.
    The Committee emphasizes the need for the Office of 
Advocacy to be inclusive and transparent in soliciting and 
incorporating the views of small businesses into the Office's 
process for making recommendations and comments on Federal 
policies, activities, rulemakings, and legislation.
    The Committee directs the Office of Advocacy to submit a 
report to the Committee within 60 days of enactment detailing 
the process under which the Office solicits feedback from small 
businesses and ensures that the Office's recommendations and 
comments represent a balanced perspective on the views of 
affected small business stakeholders.

                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $358,736,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     496,504,000
Committee recommendation................................     482,660,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $482,660,000. The 
recommendation is $123,924,000 above the fiscal year 2012 
enacted level and is $13,844,000 below the budget request due 
to updated estimates of carryover balances.
    The recommendation provides $145,060,000 for administrative 
expenses, which may be transferred to and merged with SBA 
salaries and expenses to cover the common overhead expenses 
associated with the business loans programs.
    The recommendation provides $4,000,000 for the Microloan 
direct loan program to support lending volume estimated at 
$25,000,000. An additional amount of $24,000,000 is recommended 
under the heading ``Salaries and Expenses'' for technical 
assistance grants to Microlending intermediaries. The Committee 
directs SBA to continue to conduct outreach to existing 
financial entities that may be well-suited to participate in 
the Microloan program so that the program can grow and expand 
access to microcapital across the country. SBA shall submit a 
written report to the Committees on Appropriations within 90 
days of enactment summarizing the agency's plans for expanding 
the reach of the Microloan program.
    The recommendation provides $333,600,000 to subsidize the 
7(a) and 504 guaranteed loan programs. For a typical year, 
estimated fees collected from lenders and borrowers fully 
offset estimated Government payments on losses under the 7(a) 
and 504 loan programs. However, the budget requests additional 
funding for fiscal year 2013 because fee collections are not 
expected to offset the cost to the Government for that year due 
to changes in assumptions related to the economic downturn. The 
recommended funding will allow SBA to continue operating the 
7(a) and 504 loan programs in fiscal year 2013. The Committee 
expects both programs to return to typical operation when the 
economy recovers.

                     DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $117,300,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     167,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     167,000,000

    The Committee recommends $167,000,000 for the 
administrative costs of the Disaster Loans program, $49,700,000 
above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. The recommendation is 
equal to the budget request and is designated by Congress as 
disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. SBA is urged to promptly notify 
the Committee of the status of disasters requiring loan 
assistance.

        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Section 530 continues a provision concerning transfer 
authority and availability of funds.
    Section 531 extends section 1122 of Public Law 111-240 for 
1 year.

                      United States Postal Service

                   PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $78,153,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      89,092,000
Committee recommendation................................      89,092,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Post Office dates back to 1775. It became the Postal 
Service in 1971 as an independent establishment of the 
executive branch of the United States Government. The Postal 
Service's basic function and obligation is to provide postal 
services to bind the Nation together through the personal, 
educational, literary, and business correspondence of the 
people. Its mission is to provide prompt, reliable, and 
efficient services to patrons in all areas and render postal 
services to all communities. The Postal Service does not depend 
upon taxpayer subsidies through discretionary appropriations 
for its operations but generates nearly all of its more than 
$65,700,000,000 in annual gross operating revenue by charging 
users of the mail for the costs of postage, products, and 
services.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends appropriations totaling 
$89,092,000 for payment to the Postal Service Fund, an increase 
of $10,939,000 above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the 
same as the budget request.
    This amount constitutes an advance appropriation for fiscal 
year 2014 to compensate for revenue forgone on free mail for 
the blind and for overseas voters. The Postal Service will have 
$78,153,000 available for fiscal year 2013 pursuant to Public 
Law 112-74, division C.
    The Committee includes provisions in the bill that would 
ensure that mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 
shall continue to be free; that 6-day delivery and rural 
delivery of mail shall continue without reduction; and that 
none of the funds provided be used to consolidate or close 
small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year 2013.
    Fiscal Health.--The Committee remains concerned about the 
fragile fiscal health of the Postal Service. Decline in mail 
volume continues to have a staggering impact on the Postal 
Service, which released its most recent financial data on May 
10, 2012. The Postal Service experienced net losses for the 
second quarter ending March 31, 2012, of $3,200,000,000, up 
$1,000,000,000 above the losses recorded in the same 3-month 
span in 2011. Overall, the Postal Service had income of 
$16,200,000,000 from January 2012 through March 2012, down a 
fraction from the same period in 2011. The number of items 
mailed during the second quarter of 2012 was 39,400,000,000 
pieces, a 4-percent comparative decrease below 2011, much of it 
in first-class mail.
    Mail Delivery.--Since fiscal year 1981, annual 
appropriations bills have each included language requiring 6-
day per week postal delivery. The Committee believes that 6-day 
mail delivery is one of the most important services provided by 
the Federal Government to its citizens. Especially in rural and 
small-town America, this critical postal service is the 
linchpin that serves to bind the Nation together. The Committee 
does not include a provision that would alter this requirement 
during fiscal year 2013.
    Postal Retail Network.--The Committee acknowledges that on 
May 9, 2012, the Postal Service announced its intent to 
implement a strategy to balance the need for continued retail 
services while achieving cost savings that will not result in 
the wholesale shuttering of small and rural post offices. The 
Committee understands that this plan, which will mean reduced 
retail window hours in many communities, will undergo review by 
the Postal Regulatory Commission [PRC] before any changes are 
instituted, and that open community meetings will be scheduled 
for public input on various possible service options. The 
Committee appreciates the Postal Service's need to adjust its 
infrastructure, but emphasizes that it is imperative to 
evaluate the perspectives of affected postal customers in 
determining the most viable solution for any community impacted 
by the proposed changes. Furthermore, the Committee directs the 
Postal Service to not shorten the timetable for implementing 
retail postal service modifications as outlined in its 
announcement.
    The Committee understands that the Postal Service has 
partnered with more than 70,000 alternate access locations such 
as supermarkets, drug stores, ATMs, and other retailers to sell 
postage and selected postal services. The online alternative at 
usps.com allows customers to conveniently access, around the 
clock, a diverse array of postal services, including tracking 
and confirmation, address changes, reservation and renewal of 
Post Office boxes, holding of mail, locating ZIP codes, 
obtaining shipping information, and purchasing and printing 
postage. The Committee strongly urges the Postal Service to 
continue to expand the co-location of postal services and other 
innovative approaches to serving communities, significantly 
grow its inventory of Automated Postal Centers for self-service 
access particularly in currently underserved areas, and widely 
disseminate information through national advertising promoting 
the benefits to postal customers of on-line and self-service 
options.
    Consolidation of Mail Processing Facilities.--The Postal 
Service is developing and implementing a major realignment of 
its postal facilities to achieve greater efficiencies, reduce 
redundancies, and realize cost savings. To date, the Postal 
Service has announced that it is studying the feasibility of 
consolidating more than 200 of its over 400 mail processing 
facilities. Many questions remain unanswered about how 
consolidation of the processing and transportation networks 
will impact current nationwide delivery service standards for 
First-Class Mail, Periodicals, Package Services, and Standard 
Mail, as well as how the postal workforce, mailers, customers, 
and communities may be impacted by the realignment decisions.
    The PRC is currently conducting a formal review to examine 
the Postal Service's request for an advisory opinion on the 
proposal to revise current service standards for First-Class 
Mail, Periodicals, Package Services, and Standard Mail. As 
proposed, the Postal Service would eliminate overnight service 
for First-Class Mail and Periodicals, and would instead provide 
2- and 3-day delivery service. These service standard changes 
are contemplated in order to capture significant cost savings 
from the proposed consolidation of a significant portion of the 
mail processing and transportation networks. The Committee 
urges the Postal Service to await the publication of the 
advisory opinion before finalizing any decisions.
    In addition to the consideration of the proposed changes to 
delivery standards by the PRC, the Government Accountability 
Office [GAO] has issued a series of reports evaluating the 
Postal Service's realignment strategy and tracking the Postal 
Service's response to recommendations. Congressional requests 
have been made to GAO to follow-up on the recommendations, 
determine what progress the Postal Service has made in 
response, and conduct additional study of anticipated loss in 
revenue from potential erosion of current delivery standards in 
light of a significant wave of closures of processing 
facilities. The Committee believes that these concerns should 
be addressed prior to continuation of the facilities closure 
proposal.
    The Committee directs that the Postal Service shall not 
execute, before fiscal year 2014, any decisions pertaining to 
the closure or consolidation of any mail processing facility if 
the Postal Service (1) did not close or consolidate such mail 
processing facility before May 15, 2012; and (2) conducted an 
area mail processing study with respect to the postal facility 
after January 1, 2006, that was either terminated or concluded 
that no significant cost savings or efficiencies would result 
from closing or consolidating the mail processing facility, 
unless an audit by the Postal Service Inspector General 
concludes that the mail volume and operations of the facility 
have changed since the date of termination or completion of an 
area mail processing study to such an extent that the outcome 
of the previous study is no longer valid; and an area mail 
processing study concludes that the closing or consolidation of 
the mail processing facility is justified, taking into 
consideration the savings to the Postal Service and the impact 
of the closing or consolidation on postal customers.
    This will allow the Postal Service time to make any 
necessary changes to respond to the PRC's advisory opinion and 
GAO's follow-up report on Strategy for Realigning Mail 
Processing Infrastructure, which is under development. The 
Postal Service shall keep the Committee regularly informed of 
its consolidation plans, and directs GAO to continue monitoring 
these efforts.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2012....................................    $241,468,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................     241,468,000
Committee recommendation................................     241,468,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector 
General [OIG] is an independent organization established in 
1996 and charged with reporting to Congress on the overall 
efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of Postal Service 
programs and operations. The OIG plays a key role in 
maintaining the integrity and accountability of America's 
postal service, its revenue and assets, and its employees. The 
OIG meets this responsibility by conducting and supervising 
objective and independent audits, investigations, and other 
reviews.
    In fiscal year 2011, the OIG issued 303 audit reports, of 
which 68 indicated financial impact in the form of funds put to 
better use, questioned costs, or potential revenue of 
$77,997,000,000. The OIG completed 3,790 investigative cases, 
secured 1,367 arrests and indictments, and referred 2,114 
administrative actions. The Inspector General's investigations 
of injury compensation fraud, financial fraud, and contract 
fraud produced a total of $170,644,323 in cost avoidance during 
fiscal year 2011. Cumulative fines, restitution, and recoveries 
totaled $728,658,328. There were 111,507 hotline contacts.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation, out of the 
Postal Fund, of $241,468,000 for the United States Postal 
Service Office of Inspector General. This amount is the same as 
the fiscal year 2012 funding level and the budget request. The 
Committee appreciates the efforts of the Inspector General to 
perform its exemplary audit and investigative work under severe 
spending constraints.

                        United States Tax Court

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2012....................................     $51,079,000
Budget estimate, 2013...................................      53,103,429
Committee recommendation................................      53,103,429

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The U.S. Tax Court is an independent judicial body in the 
legislative branch established in 1969 under Article I of the 
Constitution of the United States. The Court was created to 
provide a national forum for the resolution of disputes between 
taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service, resolve cases 
expeditiously while giving careful consideration to the merits 
of each matter, and ensure the uniform interpretation of the 
Internal Revenue Code. The matters over which the Court has 
jurisdiction are set forth in various sections of title 26 of 
the United States Code.
    The Court is composed of 19 judges, one of whom the judges 
elect as chief judge. Tax Court judges are appointed to 15-year 
terms by the President with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. In their judicial duties the judges are assisted by 
senior judges, who participate in the adjudication of regular 
cases, and by special trial judges, who hear small tax cases 
and certain regular cases assigned to them by the chief judge.
    The Court conducts trial sessions throughout the United 
States, including Hawaii and Alaska. Decisions by the Court are 
reviewable by the U.S. Courts of Appeals and, if certiorari is 
granted, by the Supreme Court.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $53,103,429 
for the U.S. Tax Court. This amount is $2,024,429 above the 
fiscal year 2012 enacted level and the same as the budget 
request.

                STATEMENT CONCERNING GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The Financial Services and General Government 
appropriations bill includes general provisions which govern 
both the activities of the agencies covered by the bill, and, 
in some cases, activities of agencies, programs, and general 
government activities that are not specifically covered by the 
bill.
    The bill contains a number of general provisions that have 
been carried in this bill for many years and which are routine 
in nature and scope. General provisions in the bill are 
explained under this section of the report. Those general 
provisions that deal with a single agency only are shown as 
administrative provisions immediately following that particular 
agency's or department's appropriation accounts in the bill. 
Those provisions that address activities or directives 
affecting all of the agencies covered in this bill are 
contained in title VI. General provisions that are 
Governmentwide in scope are contained in title VII of this 
bill. General provisions applicable to the District of Columbia 
are contained in title VIII of this bill.

                                TITLE VI

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Section 601 continues the provision prohibiting pay and 
other expenses of non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory 
or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this act.
    Section 602 continues the provision prohibiting obligations 
beyond the current fiscal year and prohibits transfers of funds 
unless expressly provided.
    Section 603 continues the provision limiting expenditures 
for any consulting service through procurement contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection.
    Section 604 continues the provision prohibiting funds in 
this act from being transferred without express authority.
    Section 605 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
funds to engage in activities that would prohibit the 
enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 Tariff Act (46 Stat. 
590).
    Section 606 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
funds unless the recipient agrees to comply with the Buy 
American Act.
    Section 607 continues the provision prohibiting funding for 
any person or entity convicted of violating the Buy American 
Act.
    Section 608 continues the provision authorizing the 
reprogramming of funds and specifies the reprogramming 
procedures for agencies funded by this act.
    Section 609 continues the provision ensuring that 50 
percent of unobligated balances may remain available for 
certain purposes.
    Section 610 continues the provision restricting the use of 
funds for the Executive Office of the President to request 
official background reports from the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation without the written consent of the individual who 
is the subject of the report.
    Section 611 continues the provision ensuring that the cost 
accounting standards shall not apply with respect to a contract 
under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
    Section 612 continues the provision referencing nonforeign 
area cost of living allowances.
    Section 613 continues the provision waiving restrictions on 
the purchase of nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies 
in the case of acquisition by the Federal Government of 
information technology.
    Section 614 continues a provision on the acceptance by 
agencies or commissions funded by this act, or by their 
officers or employees, of payment or reimbursement for travel, 
subsistence, or related expenses from any person or entity (or 
their representative) that engages in activities regulated by 
such agencies or commissions.
    Section 615 continues a provision allowing the Public 
Company Accounting Oversight Board to obligate amounts 
collected from monetary penalties for the purpose of funding 
scholarships for accounting students, as authorized by the 
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-204).
    Section 616 continues a provision permitting the Securities 
and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission to fund a joint advisory committee to advise on 
emerging regulatory issues, notwithstanding section 708 of this 
act.
    Section 617 is a new provision that would prohibit the 
conveyance of the headquarters building of the Federal Trade 
Commission (located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, in 
the District of Columbia) to any entity unless it is in the 
best interest of the taxpayer.
    Section 618 continues the provision requiring certain 
agencies to provide quarterly reports on unobligated prior year 
fund balances.
    Section 619 continues the provision requiring agencies 
covered by this act with independent leasing authority to 
consult with the General Services Administration before seeking 
new office space or making alterations to existing office 
space.
    Section 620 continues the provision prohibiting expenditure 
of funds to any corporation with certain unpaid Federal tax 
liabilities unless the agency has considered suspension or 
debarment of the corporation and made a determination that 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the 
Government.
    Section 621 continues the provision prohibiting the 
expenditure of funds to any corporation that was convicted of a 
felony criminal violation within the preceding 24 months unless 
the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the 
corporation and made a determination that further action is not 
necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
    Section 622 is a new provision related to electronic filing 
of campaign finance reports by Senators and candidates seeking 
election to the Senate.
    Section 623 is a new provision related to the Abraham 
Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law 109-285).
    Section 624 is a new provision that provides limitations on 
conference spending and requires agencies to make public 
reports of conferences exceeding $100,000.

                               TITLE VII

                   GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENTWIDE

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    Section 701 continues the provision requiring agencies to 
administer a policy designed to ensure that all of its 
workplaces are free from the illegal use of controlled 
substances.
    Section 702 continues the provision setting specific limits 
on the cost of passenger vehicles purchased by the Federal 
Government with exceptions for police, heavy duty, electric 
hybrid, and clean fuels vehicles adding a new exception for 
commercial vehicles that operate on emerging motor vehicle 
technology.
    Section 703 continues the provision allowing funds made 
available to agencies for travel to also be used for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances.
    Section 704 continues the provision prohibiting the 
government, with certain specified exceptions, from employing 
non-U.S. citizens whose posts of duty would be in the 
continental United States.
    Section 705 continues the provision ensuring that agencies 
will have authority to pay the General Services Administration 
for space renovation and other services.
    Section 706 continues the provision allowing agencies to 
use receipts from the sale of materials for acquisition, waste 
reduction and prevention, environmental management programs, 
and other Federal employee programs.
    Section 707 continues the provision providing that funds 
for administrative expenses may be used to pay rent and other 
service costs in the District of Columbia.
    Section 708 continues the provision precluding interagency 
financing of groups absent prior statutory approval.
    Section 709 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
appropriated funds for enforcing regulations disapproved in 
accordance with the applicable law of the United States.
    Section 710 continues the provision limiting the amount 
that can be used for redecoration of offices under certain 
circumstances.
    Section 711 continues the provision that permits 
interagency funding of national security and emergency 
preparedness telecommunications initiatives, which benefit 
multiple Federal departments, agencies, and entities.
    Section 712 continues the provision requiring agencies to 
certify that a schedule C appointment was not created solely or 
primarily to detail the employee to the White House.
    Section 713 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
funds to prevent Federal employees from communicating with 
Congress or to take disciplinary or personnel actions against 
employees for such communication.
    Section 714 continues the provision prohibiting Federal 
training not directly related to the performance of official 
duties.
    Section 715 continues the provision prohibiting the 
expenditure of funds for the implementation of agreements in 
certain nondisclosure policies unless certain provisions are 
included in the policies.
    Section 716 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress.
    Section 717 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
appropriated funds by an agency to provide home addresses of 
Federal employees to labor organizations, absent employee 
authorization, or court order.
    Section 718 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
appropriated funds to provide nonpublic information such as 
mailing or telephone lists to any person or organization 
outside of the Government without approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Section 719 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
the United States not authorized by Congress.
    Section 720 continues the provision directing agencies' 
employees to use official time in an honest effort to perform 
official duties.
    Section 721 continues the provision authorizing the use of 
current fiscal year funds to finance an appropriate share of 
the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board administrative 
costs.
    Section 722 continues a provision authorizing the transfer 
of funds to the General Services Administration to finance an 
appropriate share of various governmentwide boards and councils 
under certain conditions.
    Section 723 continues the provision authorizing 
breastfeeding at any location in a Federal building or on 
Federal property.
    Section 724 continues the provision permitting interagency 
funding of the National Science and Technology Council, and 
requiring an OMB report on the budget and resources of the 
Council.
    Section 725 continues the provision requiring 
identification of the Federal agencies providing Federal funds 
and the amount provided for all proposals, solicitations, grant 
applications, forms, notifications, press releases, or other 
publications related to the distribution of funding to a State.
    Section 726 continues the provision prohibiting the use of 
funds to monitor personal information relating to the use of 
Federal Internet sites.
    Section 727 continues the provision regarding contraceptive 
coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan.
    Section 728 continues the provision recognizing that the 
United States is committed to ensuring the health of the 
Olympic, Pan American and Paralympic athletes, and supports the 
strict adherence to antidoping in sport activities.
    Section 729 continues the provision allowing departments 
and agencies to use official travel funds to participate in the 
fractional aircraft ownership pilot programs.
    Section 730 continues the provision prohibiting funds for 
implementation of OPM regulations limiting detailees to the 
legislative branch and placing certain limitations on the Coast 
Guard Congressional Fellowship program.
    Section 731 continues the provision prohibiting the 
expenditure of funds for the acquisition of certain additional 
Federal law enforcement training facilities.
    Section 732 continues a provision prohibiting funds for E-
Government initiatives sponsored by OMB prior to 15 days 
following submission of a report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and receipt of the Committees' 
approval to transfer funds. The section also prohibits funds 
for new E-government initiatives without the explicit approval 
of the Committees.
    Section 733 continues a provision that prohibits the use of 
funds to begin or announce a study or a public-private 
competition regarding the conversion to contractor performance 
of any function performed by civilian Federal employees 
pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or 
any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
    Section 734 continues a provision that prohibits executive 
branch agencies from creating or funding prepackaged news 
stories that are broadcast or distributed in the United States 
unless specific notification conditions are met.
    Section 735 continues the provision prohibiting funds used 
in contravention of the Privacy Act, section 552a of title 5, 
United States Code or section 522.224 of title 48 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    Section 736 continues the provision requiring agencies to 
evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before issuing a 
Government travel charge card and prohibits agencies from 
issuing a Government travel charge card to individuals with an 
unsatisfactory credit history.
    Section 737 continues a provision requiring OMB to submit a 
crosscut budget report on Great Lakes restoration activities 
not later than 45 days after the submission of the budget of 
the President to Congress.
    Section 738 continues a provision prohibiting funds in this 
or any other act from being used for a Federal contract with 
inverted corporations, unless the contract preceded this act or 
the Secretary grants a waiver in the interest of national 
security.
    Section 739 prohibits the Office of Personnel Management or 
any other agency from using funds to implement regulations 
changing the competitive areas under reductions-in-force for 
Federal employees.
    Section 740 makes a technical modification to a provision 
enacted in fiscal year 2010 requiring agency compilation of 
inventories of service contracts.
    Section 741 directs OMB to issue guidance relating to the 
ban on direct conversion to contract performance of work 
performed by Federal employees, absent public-private 
competition.
    Section 742 continues a provision requiring agencies to 
remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an 
amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management's average 
unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding 
fiscal year to be available to the Office of Personnel 
Management for the cost of processing retirements of employees 
who separate under Voluntary Early Retirement Authority or who 
receive Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.
    Section 743 prohibits certain personnel management 
constraints.
    Section 744 is a new provision limiting the pay increases 
of certain prevailing rate employees.
    Section 745 is a new provision eliminating automatic 
statutory pay increases for the Vice President, political 
appointees paid under the executive schedule, ambassadors who 
are not career members of the Foreign Service, politically 
appointed (noncareer) Senior Executive Service employees, and 
any other senior political appointee paid at or above level IV 
of the executive schedule.
    Section 746 is a new provision requiring Executive Branch 
reporting to Congress on Automated External Defibrillators.
    Section 747 is a new provision regarding the formula for 
calculating the cap on the amount that the Federal Government 
reimburses Federal contractors for executive compensation.
    Section 748 declares the inapplicability of these general 
provisions to title IV and title VIII.

                               TITLE VIII

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Section 801 continues the provision that appropriates funds 
for refunding overpayments of taxes collected and for paying 
settlements and judgments against the District of Columbia 
government.
    Section 802 continues the provision that prohibits the use 
of the appropriation for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 
permits the use of local funds for carrying out lobbying 
activity.
    Section 803 continues the provision that establishes 
notification requirements for certain reprogramming and 
transfer requirements with respect to funds and specifies a 
timeframe for approval and execution of requests to reprogram 
and transfer local funds.
    Section 804 continues the provision that prohibits the use 
of Federal funds for salaries, expenses, or other costs 
associated with the offices of U.S. Senator or Representative 
under section 4(d) of the D.C. Statehood Constitutional 
Convention Initiatives of 1979.
    Section 805 continues the provision that restricts the use 
of official vehicles to official duties and not between a 
residence and workplace, except under certain circumstances.
    Section 806 continues the provision that prohibits the use 
of appropriated funds by the District of Columbia Attorney 
General or any other officer or entity of the District 
government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 
voting representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
    Section 807 continues the provision that prohibits the use 
of Federal funds in this act to distribute, for the purpose of 
preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens, sterile needles 
or syringes in any location that has been determined by local 
public health officials or local law enforcement authorities to 
be inappropriate for such distribution.
    Section 808 continues the provision that includes a 
``conscience clause'' on legislation that pertains to 
contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans.
    Section 809 continues the provision prohibiting use of 
Federal funds to change the legality of marijuana use.
    Section 810 restricts the use of Federal funds for 
abortion, with certain exceptions.
    Section 811 continues a provision requiring the submittal 
of a revised appropriated funds budget that reflects the total 
amount of the approved appropriation and realigns all budget 
data for personal services and other-than-personal-services 
with anticipated actual expenditures.
    Section 812 continues a provision requiring the submittal 
of a revised appropriated funds budget for the District of 
Columbia Schools that aligns the schools' budgets to actual 
enrollment.
    Section 813 continues, with modification, a provision 
authorizing the transfer of local funds to capital and 
enterprise funds.
    Section 814 continues and makes permanent a provision that 
permits the Public Defender Service for the District of 
Columbia to purchase professional liability insurance for its 
attorneys, staff, and board members.
    Section 815 is a new provision granting the District of 
Columbia authority to spend local funds if the District's 
budget has not been approved by Congress at the start of a 
fiscal year.
    Section 816 is a new provision allowing the expenditure of 
funds by the District of Columbia under certain contingency fee 
contracts for the provision of legal services.
    Section 817 continues the provision which limits references 
to ``this Act'' as referring to only this title.
    Section 818 is a new section permitting the District of 
Columbia to donate and the Joint Committee on the Library to 
accept a statue of Frederick Douglass for placement in the 
United States Capitol. All costs of the transportation and 
placement of the statue would be borne by the District of 
Columbia.

  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on 
general appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment 
to the House bill ``which proposes an item of appropriation 
which is not made to carry out the provisions of an existing 
law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously 
passed by the Senate during that session.''
    The Committee is filing an original bill, which is not 
covered under this rule, but reports this information in the 
spirit of full disclosure.
    Items providing funding for fiscal year 2013 which lack 
authorization are as follows:
Department of the Treasury
    Departmental Offices
    Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments
    Office of the Inspector General
    Inspector General for Tax Administration
    Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
    Fiscal Service
    Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
    Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
    Internal Revenue Service:
        Taxpayer Services
        Enforcement
        Operations Support
        Business Systems Modernization
Executive Office of the President
    Office of Management and Budget
    Office of National Drug Control Policy
District of Columbia
    Federal Payment for the District of Columbia Water and 
Sewer Authority
    Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions
    Federal Payment for the D.C. National Guard
Independent Agencies
    Administrative Conference of the United States
    Election Assistance Commission
    Federal Communications Commission
    Federal Election Commission
    Federal Trade Commission
    General Services Administration:
        E-Government Fund
        Federal Buildings Fund\1\
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    \1\Deposits into the Federal Buildings Fund are available for real 
property management and related activities in the amounts specified in 
annual appropriations laws, as provided by 40 U.S.C. 592.
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    Merit Systems Protection Board
    National Archives and Records Administration, National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission
    National Credit Union Administration: Community Development 
Revolving Loan Fund
    Office of Government Ethics
    Office of Special Counsel

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(c), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on June 14, 2012, 
the Committee ordered favorably reported favorably an original 
bill (S. 3301) making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, subject to amendment and subject to its spending 
allocations, by a recorded vote of 16-14, a quorum being 
present. The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Inouye                     Mr. Cochran
Mr. Leahy                           Mr. McConnell
Mr. Harkin                          Mr. Shelby
Ms. Mikulski                        Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Kohl                            Mr. Alexander
Mrs. Murray                         Ms. Collins
Mrs. Feinstein                      Ms. Murkowski
Mr. Durbin                          Mr. Graham
Mr. Johnson (SD)                    Mr. Kirk
Ms. Landrieu                        Mr. Coats
Mr. Reed                            Mr. Blunt
Mr. Lautenberg                      Mr. Moran
Mr. Nelson                          Mr. Hoeven
Mr. Pryor                           Mr. Johnson (WI)
Mr. Tester
Mr. Brown

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports 
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute 
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or 
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a 
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution 
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof 
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and 
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical 
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the 
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by 
the Committee.''
    In compliance with this rule, changes in existing law 
proposed to be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing 
law to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is 
printed in italic; and existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman.

                         TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS

                 CHAPTER 14--FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS

           SUBCHAPTER I--DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS

Sec. 432. Organization of political committees

(a) Treasurer; vacancy; official authorizations

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

[(g) Filing with and receipt of designations, statements, and 
            reports by Secretary of Senate; forwarding to 
            Commission; filing requirements with Commission; 
            public inspection and preservation of designations, 
            etc.

        [(1) Designations, statements, and reports required to 
        be filed under this Act by a candidate for the office 
        of Senator, by the principal campaign committee of such 
        candidate, and by the Republican and Democratic 
        Senatorial Campaign Committees shall be filed with the 
        Secretary of the Senate, who shall receive such 
        designations, statements, and reports, as custodian for 
        the Commission.
        [(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall forward a copy 
        of any designation, statement, or report filed with the 
        Secretary under this subsection to the Commission as 
        soon as possible (but no later than 2 working days) 
        after receiving such designation, statement, or report.
        [(3) All designations, statements, and reports required 
        to be filed under this Act, except designations, 
        statements, and reports filed in accordance with 
        paragraph (1), shall be filed with the Commission.
        [(4) The Secretary of the Senate shall make the 
        designations, statements, and reports received under 
        this subsection available for public inspection and 
        copying in the same manner as the Commission under 
        section 438(a)(4) of this title, and shall preserve 
        such designations, statements, and reports in the same 
        manner as the Commission under section 438(a)(5) of 
        this title.]

    (g) Filing with the Commission.--All designations, 
statements, and reports required to be filed under this Act 
shall be filed with the Commission.
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                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES

                   CHAPTER 137--PROCUREMENT GENERALLY

Sec. 2324. Allowable costs under defense contracts

    (a) Indirect Cost That Violates a far Cost Principle.-- * * 
*

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (e) Specific Costs not Allowable.--(1) The following costs 
are not allowable under a covered contract:
                    (A) The head of an agency shall require 
                that a covered contract provide that if the 
                contractor submits to the agency a proposal for 
                settlement of indirect costs incurred by the 
                contractor for any period after such costs have 
                been accrued and if that proposal includes the 
                submission of a cost which is unallowable 
                because the cost violates a cost principle in 
                the Federal Acquisition Regulation or 
                applicable agency supplement to the Federal 
                Acquisition Regulation, the cost shall be 
                disallowed.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

                    (P) (i) Costs of compensation of any 
                contractor or subcontractor employee for a 
                fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding 
                source, to the extent that such compensation 
                exceeds [the benchmark compensation amount 
                determined applicable for the fiscal year by 
                the Administrator for Federal Procurement 
                Policy under section 1127 of title 41] the 
                annual amount paid to the President of the 
                United States in accordance with section 102 of 
                title 3, except that the Secretary of Defense 
                may establish one or more narrowly targeted 
                exceptions for scientists and engineers upon a 
                determination that such exceptions are needed 
                to ensure that the Department of Defense has 
                continued access to needed skills and 
                capabilities.
            (ii) In this subparagraph:
                    (I) The term ``compensation'', in the case 
                of an employee, includes the total amount of 
                wages, salary, bonuses, and deferred 
                compensation for the employee for a fiscal 
                year, whether paid, earned, or otherwise 
                accruing, as recorded in an employer's cost 
                accounting records for the fiscal year.
                    ``(II) The term ``fiscal year'' means a 
                fiscal year a contractor or subcontractor 
                establishes for accounting purposes.

                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE

Sec. 8004. State swimming pool safety grant program

(a) In general

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

(b) Eligibility

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

        (1) * * *
                (A) except as provided in section 
                8005(a)(1)(A)(i) of this title, applies to [all 
                swimming pools constructed after the date that 
                is 6 months after the date of enactment of the 
                Financial Services and General Government 
                Appropriations Act, 2012 in the State] all 
                swimming pools constructed in the State after 
                the date the State first submits an application 
                to the Commission for a grant under this 
                section; and

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

(e) Authorization of appropriations

    [There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission 
for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010 $2,000,000 to carry out 
this section, such sums to remain available until expended.] 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section through 
fiscal year 2014. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
subsection that remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of 
[fiscal year 2012] fiscal year 2014 shall be retained by the 
Commission and credited to the appropriations account that 
funds enforcement of the Consumer Product Safety Act [15 U.S.C. 
2051 et seq.].

Sec. 8005. Minimum State law requirements

(a) In general

        (1) Safety standards

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

                    (A) the State requires by statute--
                            (i) the enclosure of all outdoor 
                        residential pools and spas by barriers 
                        to entry that will effectively prevent 
                        small children from gaining 
                        unsupervised and unfettered access to 
                        the pool or spa; and
                            [(ii) that all pools and spas be 
                        equipped with devices and systems 
                        designed to prevent entrapment by pool 
                        or spa drains;]
                            [(iii)] (ii) that pools and spas 
                        built more than 1 year after the date 
                        of the enactment of such statute have--
                                    (I) more than 1 drain;
                                    (II) 1 or more unblockable 
                                drains; or
                                    (III) no main drain; and
                            [(iv) 1 every swimming pool and spa 
                        that has a main drain, other than an 
                        unblockable drain, be equipped with a 
                        drain cover that meets the consumer 
                        product safety standard established by 
                        section 8003 of this title; and
                            [(v) that periodic notification is 
                        provided to owners of residential 
                        swimming pools or spas about compliance 
                        with the entrapment protection 
                        standards of the ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 
                        performance standard, or any successor 
                        standard; and]

        [(2) No liability inference associated with State 
        notifica-
            tion requirement

            [The minimum State law notification requirement 
        under paragraph (1)(A)(v) shall not be construed to 
        imply any liability on the part of a State related to 
        that requirement.]

        [(3)] (2) Use of minimum State law requirements

            The Commission--
                    (A) shall use the minimum State law 
                requirements under paragraph (1) solely for the 
                purpose of determining the eligibility of a 
                State for a grant under section 8004 of this 
                title; and
                    (B) may not enforce any requirement under 
                paragraph (1) except for the purpose of 
                determining the eligibility of a State for 
                agrant under section 8004 of this title.

        [(4)] (3) Requirements to reflect national performance
             standards and Commission guidelines

    In establishing minimum State law requirements under 
[paragraph (1)] paragraph (1)(B), the Commission shall--
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               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

                       CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS

Sec. 133. Appointment and number of district judges

(a) * * *

                         Districts                              Judges

Alabama:...................................................
*          *          *          *          *          *
                                 *
[Arizona...................................................          12]
Arizona....................................................           15
*          *          *          *          *          *
                                 *
[California:
  [Northern................................................           14
  [Eastern.................................................            6
  [Central.................................................           27
  [Southern................................................          13]
California:
  Northern.................................................           14
  Eastern..................................................           10
  Central..................................................           28
  Southern.................................................           13
*          *          *          *          *          *
                                 *
[Minnesota.................................................           7]
Minnesota..................................................            8
[Texas:
  [Northern................................................           12
  [Southern................................................           20
  [Eastern.................................................            7
  [Western.................................................          15]
*          *          *          *          *          *
                                 *
Texas:
  Northern.................................................           12
  Southern.................................................           20
  Eastern..................................................            7
  Western..................................................           15

                                                             

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                      CHAPTER 123--FEES AND COSTS

Sec. 1914. District court; filing and miscellaneous fees; rules of 
                    court

(a) The clerk of each district court shall require the parties 
instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in such court, 
whether byoriginal process, removal or otherwise, to pay a 
filing fee of [$350] $360, except that on application for a 
writ of habeas corpus the filing fee shall be $5.
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                      TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE

                       CHAPTER 13--APPROPRIATIONS

                 SUBCHAPTER II--TRUST FUNDS AND REFUNDS

Sec. 1324. Refund of internal revenue collections

(a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

(b) Disbursements may be made from the appropriation made by 
this section only for--
        (1) refunds to the limit of liability of an individual 
        tax account; and
        (2) refunds due from credit provisions of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) enacted 
        before January 1, 1978, or enacted by the Taxpayer 
        Relief Act of 1997, or from section 25A, 35, 36, 36A, 
        36B, 36C, 168(k)(4)(F), 53(e), 54B(h), 6428, or 6431, 
        of such Code, or due under section 3081(b)(2) of the 
        Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008.
(c) Amounts appropriated under subsection (a) of this section 
shall be administered, as appropriate, as if they were made 
available through separate appropriations to the Secretary of 
the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
Attorney General. Funds so appropriated shall be available to 
the Secretary of the Treasury for refunds by the Internal 
Revenue Service of taxes collected pursuant to the Internal 
Revenue Code and related interest; separately to the Secretary 
of the Treasury for refunds and drawbacks of alcohol, tobacco, 
firearms and ammunition taxes and refunds of other taxes which 
may arise and any interest on such refunds, including payment 
of claims for prior fiscal years; to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security for refunds and drawbacks of receipts collected 
pursuant to the customs revenue functions administered by the 
Department of Homeland Security pursuant to delegation by the 
Secretary of the Treasury and any interest on such refunds, 
including payment of claims for prior fiscal years; and to the 
Attorney General for refunds of firearms taxes and refunds of 
other taxes which may arise and any interest on such refunds, 
including payment of claims for prior fiscal years.

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                           CHAPTER 37--CLAIMS

                  SUBCHAPTER III--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Sec. 3711. Collection and compromise

(a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

(i)(1) The head of an executive, judicial, or legislative 
agency may sell, subject to section 504(b) of the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990 and using competitive procedures, any 
nontax debt owed to the United States that is delinquent for 
more than 90 days. Appropriate fees charged by a contractor to 
assist in the conduct of a sale under this subsection may be 
payable from the proceeds of the sale.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

(5) This subsection is not intended to limit existingstatutory 
authority of agencies to sellloans, debts, or other assets.
(j)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this 
subsection as the ``Secretary'') may locate and recover assets 
of the United States Government on behalf of any executive, 
judicial, or legislative agency in accordance with such 
procedures as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law concerning the depositing and 
collection of Federal payments, including section 3302(b) of 
this title, the Secretary may retain a portion of the amounts 
recovered pursuant to this subsection to cover the Secretary's 
costs associated with locating and recovering assets of the 
United States. The amounts retained shall be deposited into an 
account established in the Treasury to be known as the 
``Unclaimed Assets Recovery Account'' (referred to in this 
paragraph as the ``Account''). Amounts deposited in the Account 
shall be available until expended to cover costs associated 
with implementation and operation of the Secretary's asset 
recovery program established under this subsection.
        (3) To carry out the purposes of this subsection, the 
        Secretary may:
        (A) Transfer to the Account from funds appropriated to 
        the Department of Treasury such amounts as may be 
        necessary to meet liabilities and obligations incurred 
        prior to the receipt of recovered assets; and
        (B) Reimburse any appropriation from which funds were 
        transferred under this paragraph from the amounts 
        retained from recovered assets. Any reimbursement under 
        this paragraph shall occur during the period of 
        availability of the funds originally transferred from 
        an appropriation and shall be available for the same 
        time period and purposes as originally appropriated.
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                       TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS

            DIVISION B--OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY

  CHAPTER 11--ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE AND AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF 
                             ADMINISTRATOR

[Sec. 1127. Determining benchmark compensation amount

    [(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            [(1) Benchmark Compensation Amount.--The term 
        ``benchmark compensation amount'', for a fiscal year, 
        is the median amount of the compensation provided for 
        all senior executives of all benchmark corporations for 
        the most recent year for which data is available at the 
        time the determination under subsection (b) is made.
            [(2) Benchmark Corporation.--The term ``benchmark 
        corporation'', with respect to a fiscal year, means a 
        publicly-owned United States corporation that has 
        annual sales in excess of $50,000,000 for the fiscal 
        year.
            [(3) Compensation.--The term ``compensation'', for 
        a fiscal year, means the total amount of wages, salary, 
        bonuses, and deferred compensation for the fiscal year, 
        whether paid, earned, or otherwise accruing, as 
        recorded in an employer's cost accounting records for 
        the fiscal year.
            [(4) Fiscal year.--The term ``fiscal year'' means a 
        fiscal year a contractor establishes for accounting 
        purposes.
            [(5) publicly-owned united states corporation.--The 
        term ``publicly-owned United States corporation'' means 
        a corporation--
                    [(A) organized under the laws of a State of 
                the United States, the District of Columbia, 
                Puerto Rico, or a possession of the United 
                States; and
                    [(B) whose voting stock is publicly traded.
            [(6) Senior executives.--The term ``senior 
        executives'', with respect to a contractor, means the 5 
        most highly compensated employees in management 
        positions at each home office and each segment of the 
        contractor.
    [(b) Determining Benchmark Compensation Amount.--For 
purposes of section 4304(a)(16) of this title and section 
2324(e)(1)(P) of title 10, the Administrator shall review 
commercially available surveys of executive compensation and, 
on the basis of the results of the review, determine a 
benchmark compensation amount to apply for each fiscal year. In 
making determinations under this subsection, the Administrator 
shall consult with the Director of the Defense Contract Audit 
Agency and other officials of executive agencies as the 
Administrator considers appropriate.

                     [Historical and Revision Notes

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                                     [Source (U.S.     [Source (Statutes
        [Revised Section                 Code)             at Large)
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[1127(a)(1).....................  41:435(b).          Pub. L. 93-400,
                                                       Sec. 39, as added
                                                       Pub. L. 105-85,
                                                       title VIII, Sec.
                                                       808(c)(1), Nov.
                                                       18, 1997, 111
                                                       Stat. 1837; Pub.
                                                       L. 105-261, title
                                                       VIII, Sec.
                                                       804(c)(1), Oct.
                                                       17, 1998, 112
                                                       Stat. 2083.]
[1127(a)(2).....................  41:435(c)(3).
[1127(a)(3).....................  41:435(c)(1).
[1127(a)(4).....................  41:435(c)(5).
[1127(a)(5).....................  41:435(c)(4).
[1127(a)(6).....................  41:435(c)(2).
[1127(b)].......................  41:435(a).]
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                      CHAPTER 43--ALLOWABLE COSTS

Sec. 4304. Specific costs not allowable

    (a) Specific Costs.-- * * *
            (1) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

            [(16) Costs of compensation of senior executives of 
        contractors for a fiscal year, regardless of the 
        contract funding source, to the extent that the 
        compensation exceeds the benchmark compensation amount 
        determined applicable for the fiscal year by the 
        Administrator under section 1127 of this title.]
            (16) Costs of compensation of any contractor or 
        subcontractor employee for a fiscal year, regardless of 
        the contract funding source, to the extent that such 
        compensation exceeds the annual amount paid to the 
        President of the United States in accordance with 
        section 102 of title 3, except that the head of an 
        executive agency may establish one or more narrowly 
        targeted exceptions for scientists, engineers, and 
        other specialist positions upon a determination that 
        such exceptions are needed to ensure that the executive 
        agency has continued access to needed skills and 
        capabilities.
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          JUDICIAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT, 1990, PUBLIC LAW 101-650

                      TITLE II--FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS

SEC. 203. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS.

    (a)  * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (c) Temporary Judgeships.--The President shall appoint, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

Except with respect to the district of Kansas, the western 
district of Michigan, the eastern district of Pennsylvania, the 
district of Hawaii, and the northern district of Ohio, the 
first vacancy in the office of district judge in each of the 
judicial districts named in this subsection, occurring 10 years 
and six months or more after the confirmation date of the judge 
named to fill the temporary judgeship created by this 
subsection, shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the 
office of district judge in the district of Kansas occurring 
[21 years] 22 years and six months or more after the 
confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary 
judgeship created for such district under this subsection, 
shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the office of 
district judge in the western district of Michigan, occurring 
after December 1, 1995, shall not be filled. The first vacancy 
in the office of district judge in the eastern district of 
Pennsylvania, occurring 5 years or more after the confirmation 
date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created 
for such district under this subsection, shall not be filled. 
The first vacancy in the office of district judge in the 
northern district of Ohio occurring 19 years or more after the 
confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary 
judgeship created under this subsection shall not be filled. 
The first vacancy in the office of the district judge in the 
district of Hawaii occurring [18 years] 19 years and six months 
or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill 
the temporary judgeship created under this subsection shall not 
be filled. For districts named in this subsection for which 
multiple judgeships are created by this Act, the last of those 
judgeships filled shall be the judgeships created under this 
section.
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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
         AGENCICES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998, PUBLIC LAW 105-119

                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

  Sec. 122. (a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

  (g)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject 
to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 
to establish, for a period of [14 years] 16 years from date of 
enactment of this provision, a personnel management 
demonstration project providing for the compensation and 
performance management of not more than a combined total of 950 
employees who fill critical scientific, technical, engineering, 
intelligence analyst, language translator, and medical 
positions in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
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 21ST CENTURY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, 
                           PUBLIC LAW 107-273

                        TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 312. ADDITIONAL FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS.

    (a) Permanent District Judges for the District Courts.--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (c) Temporary Judgeships.--
            (1) In general.-- * * *
            (2) Vacancies not filled.--The first vacancy in the 
        office of district judge in each of the offices of 
        district judge authorized by this subsection, occurring 
        10 years and six months  or more after the confirmation 
        date of the judge named to fill the temporary district 
        judgeship created in the applicable district by this 
        subsection, shall not be filled.
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  ENSURING NEEDED HELP ARRIVES NEAR CALLERS EMPLOYING 911 ACT, 2004, 
                           PUBLIC LAW 108-494

                      TITLE III--UNIVERSAL SERVICE

SEC. 302. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TITLE 31 PROVISIONS TO UNIVERSAL 
                    SERVICE FUND.

    (a) In General.--During the period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act and ending on [December 31, 2013] 
December 31, 2014, section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15 
of title 31, United States Code, do not apply--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (b) Post-2005 Fulfillment of Protected Obligations.--
Section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, 
United States Code, do not apply after [December 31, 2013] 
December 31, 2014, to an expenditure or obligation described in 
subsection (a)(2) made or authorized during the period 
described in subsection (a).
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       ABRAHAM LINCOLN COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT, PUBLIC LAW 109-285

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.

    (a) In General.-- * * *
    (b) Distribution.--[Subject to section 5134(f)(1), title 
31, United States Code, all surcharges] All surcharges received 
by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 
shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Abraham Lincoln 
Bicentennial [Commission] Foundation to further the work of the 
[Commission] Foundation. Payment of surcharges under this Act 
shall be subject to subsection (f)(1) of section 5134 of title 
31, United States Code, except that, for purposes of this Act--
            (1) subparagraph (A)(ii) of that subsection (f)(1) 
        shall be read as follows:
                            ``(ii) the designated recipient 
                        organization submits an audited 
                        financial statement that demonstrates, 
                        to the satisfaction of the Secretary, 
                        that, with respect to all projects or 
                        purposes for which the proceeds of such 
                        surcharge may be used, the organization 
                        has raised funds from private sources 
                        for such projects and purposes.''
            (2) subparagraph (B) of that subsection (f)(1) 
        shall be read by striking ``2-year period'' in the 
        matter preceding clause (i) and inserting ``3-year and 
        9 month period.''
    (c) Audits.--The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial [Commission] 
Foundation shall be subject to the audit requirements of 
section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code.
                                ------                                

       CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010, PUBLIC LAW 111-117

    Sec. 743. (a) Service Contract Inventory Requirement.--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (e) Review and Planning Requirements.-- * * *
            (1) * * *
            (2) ensure that--
                    (A) * * *
                    (B) [the agency is giving special 
                management attention to functions that are 
                closely associated with inherently governmental 
                functions;] to the maximum extent practicable, 
                the agency is not using contractor employees to 
                perform any functions closely associated with 
                inherently governmental functions;
                                ------                                

           SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT, 2010, PUBLIC LAW 111-240

                       TITLE I--SMALL BUSINESSES

              Subtitle A--Small Business Access to Credit

               PART II--SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO CAPITAL

SEC. 1122. LOW-INTEREST REFINANCING UNDER THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT 
                    BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM.

    (a) Refinancing.-- * * *
    (b) Prospective Repeal.--Effective [2 years] 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, section 502(7) of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) is amended 
by striking subparagraph (C).
                                ------                                

                   DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME RULE ACT

                     TITLE IV--THE DISTRICT CHARTER

            PART D--DISTRICT BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

               Subpart 1--Budget and Financial Management

                ENACTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS BY CONGRESS

    SEC. 446. [D.C. Official Code Sec. 1-204.46] The Council, 
within 56 calendar days after receipt of the budget proposal 
from the Mayor, and after public hearing, shall by act adopt 
the annual budget for the District of Columbia government. Any 
supplements thereto shall also be adopted by act by the Council 
after public hearing. Such budget so adopted shall be submitted 
by the Mayor to the President for transmission by him to the 
Congress. Except as provided in section 445A(b), section 
467(d), section 471(c), section 472(d)(2), section 475(e)(2), 
section 483(d), and section 490(f), (g), (h)(3), and (i)(3), 
[D.C. Official Code Sec. Sec. 1-204.45a(b), Sec. 1-204.67(d), 
Sec. 1-204.71(c), Sec. 1-204.72(d)(2), Sec. 1-204.75(e)(2), 
Sec. 1-204.83(d), and subsections (f), (g), (h)(3), and (i)(3) 
of Sec. Sec. 1-204.90] no amount may be obligated or expended 
by any officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
government unless such amount has been approved by Act of 
Congress, and then only according to such Act: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, effective for 
fiscal year 2013, and for each succeeding fiscal year, during a 
period in which there is an absence of a Federal appropriations 
Act authorizing the expenditure of District of Columbia local 
funds, the District of Columbia may obligate and expend local 
funds for programs and activities at the rate set forth in the 
Budget Request Act adopted by the Council, or a reprogramming 
adopted pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, the Mayor shall not transmit any annual 
budget or amendments or supplements thereto, to the President 
of the United States until the completion of the budget 
procedures contained in this Act. After the adoption of the 
annual budget for a fiscal year (beginning with the annual 
budget for fiscal year 1995), no reprogramming of amounts in 
the budget may occur unless the Mayor submits to the Council a 
request for such reprogramming and the Council approves the 
request, but only if any additional expenditures provided under 
such request for an activity are offset by reductions in 
expenditures for another activity.

                        BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL

  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
                                                     AMENDED
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount  in   Committee    Amount  in
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
 to its subcommittees of amounts in the budget resolution
 for 2013: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General
 Government:
    Mandatory...............................................       21,240       21,240       21,234    \1\21,234
    Discretionary...........................................       22,991       23,158       25,581    \1\25,710
        Security............................................           25           25           NA           NA
        Nonsecurity.........................................       22,966       23,133           NA           NA
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2013....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........    \2\40,484
    2014....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        3,721
    2015....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          626
    2016....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           69
    2017 and future years...................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          -49
Financial assistance to State and local governments for                NA          385           NA          463
 2013.......................................................

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

NA: Not applicable.

Note.--Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for disaster funding and in accordance with section
  251(b)(2)(D) of the BBEDCA and section 106 of the Deficit Control Act of 2011, the Committee anticipates that
  the Budget Committee will file a revised section 302(a) allocation for the Committee on Appropriations
  reflecting an upward adjustment of $167,000,000 in budget authority plus associated outlays.

  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2013
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                         Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                                             compared with (+ or -)
                                Item                                       2012       Budget estimate     Committee    ---------------------------------
                                                                      appropriation                     recommendation        2013
                                                                                                                         appropriation   Budget estimate
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                        Departmental Offices

Salaries and expenses..............................................         308,388          301,216          301,216           -7,172   ...............
Department-wide systems and capital investments programs...........  ...............           7,108            7,108           +7,108   ...............
Office of Inspector General........................................          29,641           28,593           29,641   ...............          +1,048
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration..................         151,696          153,834          153,834           +2,138   ...............
Special Inspector General for TARP.................................          41,800           40,225           40,225           -1,575   ...............
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...............................         110,788          102,407          108,307           -2,481           +5,900
Treasury forfeiture fund (rescission)..............................        -950,000         -830,000         -950,000   ...............        -120,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Departmental Offices..................................        -307,687         -196,617         -309,669           -1,982         -113,052

Financial Management Service.......................................         217,805   ...............  ...............        -217,805   ...............
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau...........................          99,878           96,786          100,378             +500           +3,592
Bureau of the Public Debt..........................................         165,635   ...............  ...............        -165,635   ...............
Fiscal service.....................................................  ...............         359,531          359,531         +359,531   ...............

Community development financial institutions fund program account..         221,000          221,000          233,000          +12,000          +12,000
Payment of government losses in shipment...........................           2,000            2,000            2,000   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of the Treasury, non-IRS...................         398,631          482,700          385,240          -13,391          -97,460

                      Internal Revenue Service

Taxpayer services..................................................       2,239,703        2,253,133        2,253,133          +13,430   ...............

Enforcement........................................................       5,299,367        5,424,706        5,611,530         +312,163         +186,824
    Enhanced tax enforcement activities............................  ...............         276,964   ...............  ...............        -276,964
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal.....................................................       5,299,367        5,701,670        5,611,530         +312,163          -90,140

Operations support.................................................       3,947,416        4,062,136        4,324,211         +376,795         +262,075
    Enhanced tax enforcement activities............................  ...............         414,064   ...............  ...............        -414,064
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal.....................................................       3,947,416        4,476,200        4,324,211         +376,795         -151,989

Business systems modernization.....................................         330,210          330,210          330,210   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Internal Revenue Service..............................      11,816,696       12,761,213       12,519,084         +702,388         -242,129
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      Total, title I, Department of the Treasury...................      12,215,327       13,243,913       12,904,324         +688,997         -339,589
          Appropriations...........................................     (13,165,327)     (13,382,885)     (13,854,324)       (+688,997)       (+471,439)
          Rescissions..............................................       (-950,000)       (-830,000)       (-950,000)  ...............       (-120,000)
                                                                    ====================================================================================
 TITLE II--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED
                          TO THE PRESIDENT

                          The White House

Salaries and expenses..............................................          56,974           56,974           56,974   ...............  ...............
    Compensation of the President..................................             450              450              450   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal.....................................................          57,424           57,424           57,424   ...............  ...............

Executive Residence at the White House:
    Operating expenses.............................................          13,425           13,200           13,200             -225   ...............
    White House repair and restoration.............................             750              750              750   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal.....................................................          14,175           13,950           13,950             -225   ...............

Council of Economic Advisers.......................................           4,192            4,192            4,192   ...............  ...............
National Security Council and Homeland Security Council............          13,048           13,048           13,048   ...............  ...............
Office of Administration...........................................         112,952          114,952          114,952           +2,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, The White House.......................................         201,791          203,566          203,566           +1,775   ...............

Office of Management and Budget....................................          89,456           91,542           91,542           +2,086   ...............

               Office of National Drug Control Policy

Salaries and expenses..............................................          24,500           23,413           24,500   ...............          +1,087
    Rescission.....................................................         -11,328   ...............  ...............         +11,328   ...............
High intensity drug trafficking areas program......................         238,522          200,000          238,522   ...............         +38,522
Other Federal drug control programs................................         105,550          118,600          128,584          +23,034           +9,984
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of National Drug Control Policy................         357,244          342,013          391,606          +34,362          +49,593

Unanticipated needs................................................             988            1,000            1,000              +12   ...............
Partnership fund for program integrity innovation..................  ...............           1,000            1,000           +1,000   ...............

Integrated, efficient and effective uses of information technology.           5,000            5,000            5,000   ...............  ...............

Special Assistance to the President and Official Residence of the
 Vice President:
    Salaries and expenses..........................................           4,328            4,328            4,328   ...............  ...............
    Operating expenses.............................................             307              307              307   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal.....................................................           4,635            4,635            4,635   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      Total, title II, Executive Office of the President and Funds          659,114          648,756          698,349          +39,235          +49,593
       Appropriated to the President...............................
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                      TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

                 Supreme Court of the United States

Salaries and expenses:
    Salaries of justices...........................................           2,197            2,207            2,207              +10   ...............
    Other salaries and expenses....................................          72,622           74,958           74,958           +2,336   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal.....................................................          74,819           77,165           77,165           +2,346   ...............

Care of the building and grounds...................................           8,159           11,963           11,963           +3,804   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Supreme Court of the United States....................          82,978           89,128           89,128           +6,150   ...............

       United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Salaries and expenses:
    Salaries of judges.............................................           2,513            2,524            2,524              +11   ...............
    Other salaries and expenses....................................          29,998           31,804           31,196           +1,198             -608
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit          32,511           34,328           33,720           +1,209             -608

             United States Court of International Trade

Salaries and expenses:
    Salaries of judges.............................................           1,718            1,715            1,715               -3   ...............
    Other salaries and expenses....................................          19,729           21,165           21,165           +1,436   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, U.S. Court of International Trade.....................          21,447           22,880           22,880           +1,433   ...............

  Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

Salaries and expenses:
    Salaries of judges and bankruptcy judges.......................         327,707          338,037          338,037          +10,330   ...............
    Other salaries and expenses....................................       4,687,293        4,810,762        4,803,968         +116,675           -6,794
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal.....................................................       5,015,000        5,148,799        5,142,005         +127,005           -6,794

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.............................           5,000            5,354            5,354             +354   ...............
Defender services..................................................       1,031,000        1,063,517        1,048,517          +17,517          -15,000
Fees of jurors and commissioners...................................          51,908           54,635           54,635           +2,727   ...............
Court security.....................................................         500,000          514,673          512,673          +12,673           -2,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial       6,602,908        6,786,978        6,763,184         +160,276          -23,794
       Services....................................................

         Administrative Office of the United States Courts

Salaries and expenses..............................................          82,909           85,148           85,148           +2,239   ...............

                      Federal Judicial Center

Salaries and expenses..............................................          27,000           27,729           27,519             +519             -210

                     Judicial Retirement Funds

Payment to judiciary trust funds...................................         103,768          125,464          125,464          +21,696   ...............

                United States Sentencing Commission

Salaries and expenses..............................................          16,500           17,061           17,061             +561   ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      Total, title III, the Judiciary..............................       6,970,021        7,188,716        7,164,104         +194,083          -24,612
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                   TITLE IV--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                           FEDERAL FUNDS

Federal payment for resident tuition support.......................          30,000           35,100           35,100           +5,100   ...............
Federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in the             14,900           24,700           24,700           +9,800   ...............
 District of Columbia..............................................
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts.................         232,841          219,651          225,370           -7,471           +5,719
Federal payment for defender services in District of Columbia                55,000           49,890           50,000           -5,000             +110
 Courts............................................................
Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision              212,983          215,506          215,506           +2,523   ...............
 Agency for the District of Columbia...............................
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service          37,241           39,376           39,376           +2,135   ...............
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer                  15,000           11,500           15,000   ...............          +3,500
 Authority.........................................................
Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.......           1,800            1,800            1,800   ...............  ...............
Federal payment for judicial commissions...........................             500              500              500   ...............  ...............
Federal payment for school improvement.............................          60,000           60,000           53,500           -6,500           -6,500
Federal payment for the D.C. National Guard........................             375              500              500             +125   ...............
Federal payment for redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths Hospital     ...............           9,800            9,800           +9,800   ...............
 campus............................................................
Federal payment for HIV/AIDS prevention............................           5,000            5,000            5,000   ...............  ...............
Federal payment for job training pilot project.....................  ...............           2,000   ...............  ...............          -2,000
Federal payment for D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities       ...............           2,500   ...............  ...............          -2,500
 grants............................................................
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      Total, title IV, District of Columbia........................         665,640          677,823          676,152          +10,512           -1,671
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                TITLE V--OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Administrative Conference of the United States.....................           2,900            3,200            3,200             +300   ...............
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation.........................             450   ...............             450   ...............            +450

                Civilian Property Realignment Board

Salaries and expenses..............................................  ...............          17,000   ...............  ...............         -17,000
Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund...........................  ...............          40,000   ...............  ...............         -40,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Civilian Property Realignment Board...................  ...............          57,000   ...............  ...............         -57,000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission...............................         205,294          308,000          308,000         +102,706   ...............

Consumer Product Safety Commission.................................         114,500          122,425          122,425           +7,925   ...............

                   Election Assistance Commission

Salaries and expenses..............................................          11,500           11,500           11,500   ...............  ...............

                 Federal Communications Commission

Salaries and expenses..............................................         339,844          346,782          347,782           +7,938           +1,000
Offsetting fee collections--current year...........................        -339,844         -346,782         -347,782           -7,938           -1,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Direct appropriation...........................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Office of Inspector General          (45,261)         (34,568)         (34,568)        (-10,693)  ...............
 (by transfer).....................................................
Federal Election Commission........................................          66,367           66,367           67,999           +1,632           +1,632
Federal Labor Relations Authority..................................          24,723           24,792           25,200             +477             +408

                      Federal Trade Commission

Salaries and expenses..............................................         311,563          300,000          300,000          -11,563   ...............
Offsetting fee collections--current year...........................        -108,000         -115,000         -115,000           -7,000   ...............
Offsetting fee collections, telephone database.....................         -21,000          -15,000          -15,000           +6,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Direct appropriation...........................................         182,563          170,000          170,000          -12,563   ...............

                  General Services Administration

                       Federal Buildings Fund

Limitations on availability of revenue:
    Construction and acquisition of facilities.....................          50,000           56,000           56,000           +6,000   ...............
    Repairs and alterations........................................         280,000          494,768          514,768         +234,768          +20,000
    Installment acquisition payments...............................         126,801          119,589          119,589           -7,212   ...............
    Rental of space................................................       5,210,198        5,548,583        5,548,583         +338,385   ...............
    Building operations............................................       2,350,968        2,400,158        2,400,158          +49,190   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Limitations on availability of revenue.............       8,017,967        8,619,098        8,639,098         +621,131          +20,000

Repayment of debt..................................................          80,000           87,620           87,620           +7,620   ...............
Rental income to fund..............................................      -9,303,000       -9,777,590       -9,777,590         -474,590   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Buildings Fund................................      -1,205,033       -1,070,872       -1,050,872         +154,161          +20,000

Government-wide policy.............................................          61,115           84,182           78,182          +17,067           -6,000
Operating expenses.................................................          69,500           67,388           67,000           -2,500             -388
Office of Inspector General........................................          58,000           58,960           58,960             +960   ...............
Electronic Government Fund.........................................          12,400           16,665           16,665           +4,265   ...............
Allowances and office staff for former Presidents..................           3,671            3,779            3,779             +108   ...............
Expenses, Presidential transition..................................  ...............           8,947            8,947           +8,947   ...............
Federal Citizen Services Fund......................................          34,100           31,751           31,751           -2,349   ...............
Policy and operations (rescission).................................          -4,600   ...............  ...............          +4,600   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General Services Administration.......................        -970,847         -799,200         -785,588         +185,259          +13,612

Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation..............................             748   ...............             748   ...............            +748

                   Merit Systems Protection Board

Salaries and expenses..............................................          40,258           38,648           41,055             +797           +2,407
Limitation on administrative expenses..............................           2,345            2,345            2,345   ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Merit Systems Protection Board........................          42,603           40,993           43,400             +797           +2,407

          Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund....................           2,200            2,200            2,200   ...............  ...............
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund..............................           3,792            3,800            3,800               +8   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.......           5,992            6,000            6,000               +8   ...............

            National Archives and Records Administration

Operating expenses.................................................         373,300          371,675          371,675           -1,625   ...............
    Reduction of debt..............................................         -15,000          -17,000          -17,000           -2,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal.....................................................         358,300          354,675          354,675           -3,625   ...............

Office of the Inspector General....................................           4,100            4,100            4,100   ...............  ...............
Repairs and restoration............................................           9,100            8,000            8,000           -1,100   ...............

National Historical Publications and Records Commission: Grants               5,000            3,000            5,000   ...............          +2,000
 program...........................................................
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Archives and Records Administration..........         376,500          369,775          371,775           -4,725           +2,000

National Credit Union Administration Community Development                    1,247            1,187            1,187              -60   ...............
 Revolving Loan Fund...............................................

Office of Government Ethics........................................          13,664           13,473           20,164           +6,500           +6,691

                   Office of Personnel Management

Salaries and expenses..............................................          97,774           90,541           90,541           -7,233   ...............
    Limitation on administrative expenses..........................         112,516          114,708          114,708           +2,192   ...............

Office of Inspector General........................................           3,142            4,232            4,232           +1,090   ...............
    Limitation on administrative expenses..........................          21,174           21,172           21,172               -2   ...............

Government Payment for Annuitants, Employees Health Benefits.......      10,862,000       10,818,000       10,818,000          -44,000   ...............
Government Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life Insurance.........          52,000           51,000           51,000           -1,000   ...............
Payment to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund............       9,979,000        9,780,000        9,780,000         -199,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Personnel Management........................      21,127,606       20,879,653       20,879,653         -247,953   ...............

Office of Special Counsel..........................................          18,972           18,692           18,972   ...............            +280
Postal Regulatory Commission.......................................          14,304           14,450           14,450             +146   ...............
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board........................             900            1,000            1,000             +100   ...............
    Rescission.....................................................            -998   ...............  ...............            +998   ...............
Recovery and Accountability Transparency Board.....................          28,350           31,500           31,500           +3,150   ...............

Securities and Exchange Commission.................................       1,321,000        1,466,000        1,566,000         +245,000         +100,000
    SEC fees.......................................................      -1,321,000       -1,466,000       -1,566,000         -245,000         -100,000

Selective Service System...........................................          23,984           24,400           24,400             +416   ...............

                   Small Business Administration

Salaries and expenses..............................................         417,348          423,577          445,499          +28,151          +21,922
Office of Inspector General........................................          16,267           19,400           19,400           +3,133   ...............
Office of Advocacy.................................................           9,120            8,900            9,150              +30             +250

Business Loans Program Account:
    Direct loans subsidy...........................................           3,678            2,844            4,000             +322           +1,156
    Guaranteed loans subsidy.......................................         207,100          348,600          333,600         +126,500          -15,000
    Administrative expenses........................................         147,958          145,060          145,060           -2,898   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Business loans program account.....................         358,736          496,504          482,660         +123,924          -13,844

Disaster Loans Program Account:
    Administrative expenses........................................         117,300   ...............  ...............        -117,300   ...............
    Disaster relief category.......................................  ...............         167,000          167,000         +167,000   ...............
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          Total, Small Business Administration.....................         918,771        1,115,381        1,123,709         +204,938           +8,328

                    United States Postal Service

Payment to the Postal Service Fund:
    Advance appropriations.........................................          78,153           89,092           89,092          +10,939   ...............
Office of Inspector General........................................         241,468          241,468          241,468   ...............  ...............
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      Total, United States Postal Service..........................         319,621          330,560          330,560          +10,939   ...............

United States Tax Court............................................          51,079           53,103           53,103           +2,024   ...............
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      Total, title V, Independent Agencies.........................      22,580,793       22,864,251       22,843,807         +263,014          -20,444
          Appropriations...........................................     (22,508,238)     (22,608,159)     (22,587,715)        (+79,477)        (-20,444)
          Rescissions..............................................         (-5,598)  ...............  ...............         (+5,598)  ...............
          Advances.................................................         (78,153)         (89,092)         (89,092)        (+10,939)  ...............
          (by transfer)............................................         (45,261)         (34,568)         (34,568)        (-10,693)  ...............
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Grand total........................................................      43,090,895       44,623,459       44,286,736       +1,195,841         -336,723
    Appropriations.................................................     (43,979,668)     (44,506,339)     (44,980,644)     (+1,000,976)       (+474,305)
    Rescissions....................................................       (-966,926)       (-830,000)       (-950,000)        (+16,926)       (-120,000)
    Advances.......................................................         (78,153)         (89,092)         (89,092)        (+10,939)  ...............
    (by transfer)..................................................         (45,261)         (34,568)         (34,568)        (-10,693)  ...............
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