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Calendar No. 82 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1294 

[Report No. 111–29] 

Making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2009 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported 

the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 legislative branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

6 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

3 SENATE 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

5 For expense allowances of the Vice President, 

6 $20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 

7 $40,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minor8 ity Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the 

9 Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; 

10 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com11 mittees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 

12 Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each 

13 Chairman; in all, $180,000. 

14 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY

15 AND MINORITY LEADERS

16 For representation allowances of the Majority and 

17 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such 

18 Leader; in all, $30,000. 

19 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

20 For compensation of officers, employees, and others 

21 as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

22 $178,982,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

23 without regard to the following limitations: 

24 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

25 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,517,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

2 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 

3 $752,000. 

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

6 $5,212,000. 

7 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

8 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

9 $3,288,000. 

10 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

11 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

12 $15,844,000. 

13 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

14 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con15 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 

16 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 

17 $1,726,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,452,000. 

18 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

19 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

20 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 

21 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 

22 $850,000. 
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 

3 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,763,000 for each such 

4 committee; in all, $3,526,000. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $415,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $25,790,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

11 $70,000,000. 

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

15 Secretary for the Minority, $1,836,000. 

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 

18 authorized by law, and related expenses, $45,500,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $7,154,000. 

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 

24 Legal Counsel, $1,544,000. 
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

2 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

3 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR4 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen6 ate, $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen7 ate, $7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 

8 $7,500; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; 

9 in all, $30,000. 

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

13 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 

14 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 

15 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 

16 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 

17 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $145,500,000. 

18 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

19 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

20 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

21 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

22 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

23 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 

24 Senate, $2,000,000. 
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1 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

3 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $153,601,000, which shall 

4 remain available until September 30, 2014. 

5 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

6 For miscellaneous items, $19,145,000, of which up 

7 to $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program 

8 for mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for 

9 the purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by a 

10 Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local govern11 ment) at which the Senator will personally attend: Pro12 vided, That any amount allocated to a Senator for such 

13 mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mail14 ing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator 

15 from other funds available to the Senator. 

16 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

17 ACCOUNT

18 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

19 Account, $425,000,000. 

20 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

21 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

22 Senate, $300,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES OF

3 SENATORS

4 SECTION 1. Effective on and after October 1, 2009, 

5 each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under 

6 section 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropria7 tions Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed 

8 to be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law 

9 and in effect on September 30, 2009, increased by an ad10 ditional $50,000 each. 

11 JOINT ITEMS 

12 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

13 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

14 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

15 Committee, $4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

16 of the Senate. 

17 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

18 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

19 Taxation, $11,327,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad20 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. For 

21 other joint items, as follows: 

22 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

23 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex24 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

25 Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance 
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1 of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 

2 allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Offi3 cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

4 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend5 ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two 

6 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as7 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist8 ants; and (5) $2,366,000 for reimbursement to the De9 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

10 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi11 cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica12 ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala13 ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 

14 be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,805,000, to 

15 be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres20 sional Accessibility Services, $1,377,000, to be disbursed 

21 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

22 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

23 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

25 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 
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1 of the 111th Congress, showing appropriations made, in2 definite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 

3 with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 

4 bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 

5 designated by the chairmen of such committees to super6 vise the work. 

7 CAPITOL POLICE 

8 SALARIES

9 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in10 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

11 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se12 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica13 ble employee benefits, $267,203,000, to be disbursed by 

14 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

15 GENERAL EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ17 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

18 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

19 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

20 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

21 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro22 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

23 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed24 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

25 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
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1 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep2 resentation and reception expenses, $64,354,000, to be 

3 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des4 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

6 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis7 cal year 2010 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security from funds available to the Department of Home9 land Security. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

12 SEC. 1001. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 

13 2010 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between 

14 the headings ‘‘Salaries’’ and ‘‘General expenses’’ upon the 

15 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

17 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli20 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

21 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,418,000, 

22 of which $883,990 shall remain available until September 

23 30, 2011: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex24 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 
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1 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep2 resentation and reception expenses. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL

5 PROPERTY

6 SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Con7 gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et 

8 seq.) is amended by inserting after section 305 the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 306. DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PER11 SONAL PROPERTY. 

12 ‘‘The Executive Director may, within the limits of 

13 available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete 

14 personal property by interagency transfer, donation, or 

15 discarding.’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

17 The table of contents for the Congressional Accountability 

18 Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by insert19 ing after section 305 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 306. Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal property.’’. 

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010, 

22 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

4 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

5 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

6 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi7 cial representation and reception expenses, $45,165,000. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 EXECUTIVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR THE

10 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

11 SEC. 1201. Section 1201 of the Legislative Branch 

12 Appropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note; Public law 

13 110–161; 121 Stat. 2238) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘5’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘3’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘5’’; 

19 (2) by striking subsection (d), and redesig20 nating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and 

21 (3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by this 

22 section), by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), this’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘This’’. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

4 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

6 the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 

7 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

9 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen10 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

13 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

14 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap15 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper16 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $106,587,000, of 

17 which $5,400,000 shall remain available until September 

18 30, 2014. 

19 CAPITOL BUILDING

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

21 and operation of the Capitol, $33,305,000, of which 

22 $6,499,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2014. 
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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

4 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

5 $10,974,000, of which $1,410,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2014. 

7 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

9 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

10 furnishings to be expended under the control and super11 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $74,392,000, of 

12 which $15,390,000 shall remain available until September 

13 30, 2014. 

14 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

16 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat17 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

18 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

19 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

20 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga21 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

22 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

23 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

24 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su25 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 
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1 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

2 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

3 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

4 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

5 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

6 $118,597,000, of which $25,074,000 shall remain avail7 able until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not more 

8 than $8,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

9 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

10 for obligation during fiscal year 2010. 

11 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

13 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

14 buildings and grounds, $40,754,000, of which 

15 $14,470,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2014. 

17 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

19 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance20 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo21 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

22 operations, $26,160,000, of which $7,050,000 shall re23 main available until September 30, 2014. 
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1 BOTANIC GARDEN

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $11,898,000, of which $1,280,000 

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 

9 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

10 the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may 

11 be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 

12 the National Garden established under section 307E of 

13 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 

14 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 

15 or a duly authorized designee. 

16 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

17 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

18 Capitol Visitor Center, $22,756,000. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL

21 PROPERTY

22 SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the 

23 Capitol shall have the authority, within the limits of avail24 able appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete per25 sonal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, 
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1 trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for the sale or 

2 trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds 

3 available for the operations of the Architect of the Capitol 

4 and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or 

5 similar property. Such funds shall be available for such 

6 purposes during the fiscal year received and the following 

7 fiscal year. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

9 respect to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

10 FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES

11 SEC. 1302. Chapter 61 of title 5, United States Code, 

12 is amended— 

13 (1) in section 6121(1) by striking ‘‘and the Li14 brary of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Library of 

15 Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Bo16 tanic Garden’’; and 

17 (2) in section 6133(c) by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(3) With respect to employees of the Architect 

20 of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden, the authority 

21 granted to the Office of Personnel Management 

22 under this subchapter shall be exercised by the Ar23 chitect of the Capitol.’’. 
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1 DISABLED VETERANS; NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT

2 SEC. 1303. Section 3112 of title 5, United States 

3 Code, is amended— 

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Under’’; and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ 

7 shall include the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic 

8 Garden. With respect to the Architect of the Capitol and 

9 the Botanic Garden, the authority granted to the Office 

10 of Personnel Management under this section shall be exer11 cised by the Architect of the Capitol.’’. 

12 ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT SERVICES

13 SEC. 1304. (a) Section 3111 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(e) For purposes of this section the term ‘agency’ 

16 shall include the Architect of the Capitol. With respect to 

17 the Architect of the Capitol, the authority granted to the 

18 Office of Personnel Management under this section shall 

19 be exercised by the Architect of the Capitol.’’. 

20 BOTANIC GARDEN VENDOR CONTRACTS

21 SEC. 1305. Section 307E of the Legislative Branch 

22 Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘an ac24 count entitled ‘Botanic Garden, Gifts and Dona-
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1 tions’.’’ and inserting ‘‘an account entitled ‘Botanic 

2 Garden, Operations and Maintenance’.’’; 

3 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub4 section (e); and 

5 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(d) CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Cap9 itol may enter into a commission-based service con10 tract with a vendor who, notwithstanding section 

11 5104(c) of title 40, United States Code, may sell re12 freshments at the Botanic Garden and National 

13 Garden. 

14 ‘‘(2) DEPOSIT AND USE OF COMMISSIONS.—Any 

15 amounts paid to the Architect of the Capitol as a 

16 commission under paragraph (1) shall be— 

17 ‘‘(A) deposited in the account described 

18 under subsection (b); and 

19 ‘‘(B) available for operation and mainte20 nance in the same manner as provided under 

21 subsection (b).’’. 

22 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

25 not otherwise provided for, including development and 
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1 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo2 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean3 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

4 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

5 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

6 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

7 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

8 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li9 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge10 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

11 $441,033,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

12 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

13 during fiscal year 2010, and shall remain available until 

14 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 

15 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

16 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2010 

17 and shall remain available until expended for the develop18 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa19 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

20 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

21 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

22 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga23 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur24 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

25 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 
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1 than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 

2 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex3 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

4 in connection with official representation and reception ex5 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

6 That of the total amount appropriated, $7,315,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

8 and educational curricula program: Provided further, That 

9 of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall remain 

10 available until expended, and shall be transferred to the 

11 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying 

12 out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of which 

13 $10,000 may be used for official representation and recep14 tion expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Com15 mission: Provided further, That, $200,000 shall remain 

16 available until expended for the purpose of preserving, 

17 digitizing and making available historically and culturally 

18 significant materials related to the development of Ne19 braska and the American West, which amount shall be 

20 transferred to the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. 

21 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

24 $55,476,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re25 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
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1 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010 

2 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro3 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex4 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec5 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

6 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

7 not more than $5,861,000 shall be derived from collections 

8 during fiscal year 2010 under sections 111(d)(2), 

9 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

10 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

11 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

12 less than $34,612,000: Provided further, That not more 

13 than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 

14 the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ 

15 in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

16 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

17 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

18 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer19 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

20 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

21 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

22 delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 

23 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

24 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

25 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
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1 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

2 sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 

3 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

4 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

5 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

6 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

7 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

10 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

11 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno12 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

13 $112,836,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

14 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 

15 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

16 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 

17 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

18 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

19 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

20 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

21 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

24 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 

25 135a), $70,182,000, of which $30,577,000 shall remain 
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1 available until expended: Provided, That of the total 

2 amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to con3 tract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handi4 capped residents at no cost to the individual. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

7 SEC. 1401. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2010, 

8 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

9 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

10 $123,328,000. 

11 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub12 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

13 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

14 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

15 branch. 

16 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2010, 

17 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

18 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘Library of 

19 Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and Ex20 penses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program 

21 and the Federal Research Program established under sec22 tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im23 provement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 

24 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

25 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap-
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1 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li2 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

3 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

4 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 1402. (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated 

6 for fiscal year 2010 for the Library of Congress may be 

7 transferred during fiscal year 2010 between any of the 

8 headings under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon 

9 the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

10 Senate and the House of Representatives. 

11 (b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 

12 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

13 any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for 

14 fiscal year 2009 may be transferred from that account by 

15 all transfers made under subsection (a). 

16 CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POSITIONS

17 ABOVE GS–15

18 SEC. 1403. Section 5108 of title 5, United States 

19 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(c) The Librarian of Congress may classify positions 

21 in the Library of Congress above GS–15 under standards 

22 established by the Office in subsection (a)(2).’’. 
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1 LEAVE CARRYOVER FOR CERTAIN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 EXECUTIVE POSITIONS

3 SEC. 1404. Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 

8 and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 

9 (3) by adding after subparagraph (G) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(H) a position in the Library of Congress 

12 the compensation for which is set at a rate 

13 equal to the annual rate of basic pay payable 

14 for positions at level III of the Executive Sched15 ule under section 5314.’’. 

16 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

17 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

20 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

21 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap22 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

23 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author24 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

25 printing and binding of Government publications author-
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1 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

2 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica3 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

4 to the recipient, $93,296,000: Provided, That this appro5 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per6 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

7 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au8 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

9 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

10 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro11 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

12 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita13 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

14 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

15 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 

16 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

17 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 

18 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe19 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

20 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un21 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

22 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

23 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

24 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

25 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
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1 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

2 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

4 Senate. 

5 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc9 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index10 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

11 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen12 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

13 libraries as authorized by law, $40,911,000: Provided, 

14 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 

15 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis16 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

17 publications for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to depository 

18 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

19 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac20 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

21 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv22 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

23 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria24 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

2 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re3 volving Fund, $12,782,000 for information technology de4 velopment and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov5 ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 

6 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 

7 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com8 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro9 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

10 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur11 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

12 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro13 vided further, That not more than $7,500 may be ex14 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec15 tion with official representation and reception expenses: 

16 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 

17 for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 

18 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con19 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to 

20 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

21 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

22 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem23 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

24 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 

25 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 
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1 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec2 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities 

3 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa4 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving 

5 fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office 

6 of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Ex7 penses’’ may not be used for contracted security services 

8 at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

9 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Government Account12 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex13 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

14 the United States in connection with official representa15 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

16 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

17 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 

18 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 

19 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

20 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

21 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

22 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay23 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

24 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 

25 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
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1 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for2 eign countries, $553,658,000: Provided, That not more 

3 than $5,449,000 of payments received under section 782 

4 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use 

5 in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than 

6 $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under section 

7 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

8 for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not 

9 more than $7,423,000 of reimbursements received under 

10 section 3521 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 

11 available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, 

12 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis13 trative expenses of any other department or agency which 

14 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

15 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

16 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 

17 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in18 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici19 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 

20 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro21 priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 REPEAL OF CERTAIN AUDITS, STUDIES, AND REVIEWS OF

3 THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

4 SEC. 1501. (a) USE OF FUNDS IN PROJECTS CON5 STRUCTED UNDER PROJECTED COST.—Section 211 of 

6 the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 

7 (42 U.S.C. 3151) is amended by striking subsection (d). 

8 (b) EVALUATION AND AUDIT OF NATIONAL TRANS9 PORTATION SAFETY BOARD.—Section 1138 of title 49, 

10 United States Code, is repealed. 

11 (c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY SPENDING AU12 DITS.—Section 1904 of the Elementary and Secondary 

13 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6574) is repealed. 

14 (d) AUDITS OF SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN

15 CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPE16 LINE.—Section 112 of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline 

17 Act (15 U.S.C. 720j) is amended by striking subsection 

18 (c). 

19 (e) AUDITS OF ASSISTANCE UNDER COMPACTS OF

20 FREE ASSOCIATION.—Section 104(h) of the Compact of 

21 Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 

22 1921c(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 

23 (f) SEMIANNUAL AUDITS OF INDEPENDENT COUN24 SEL EXPENDITURES.—The matter under the heading 

25 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ under 
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1 the heading ‘‘Legal Activities’’ under title II of the De2 partment of Justice Appropriation Act of 1988, (28 

3 U.S.C. 591 note; Public Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329, 

4 1329–9) is amended by striking ‘‘Provided further, That 

5 the Comptroller General shall perform semiannual finan6 cial reviews of expenditures from the Independent Counsel 

7 permanent indefinite appropriation, and report their find8 ings to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

9 and Senate:’’. 

10 (g) REPORTS ON AMBULANCE SERVICE COSTS.— 

11 Section 414 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improve12 ment, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108– 

13 173) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking subsection (f); and 

15 (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub16 section (f). 

17 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

18 FUND 

19 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

20 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

21 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

22 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

23 $14,456,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

3 SEC. 1601. (a) BOARD MEMBERSHIP.—Section 

4 313(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

5 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(a)(2)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘mem7 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘Members of the House of Rep8 resentatives’’; and 

9 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘mem10 bers’’ and inserting ‘‘Senators’’. 

11 (b) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—Section 313(d) of the 

12 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 

13 1151(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘The 

14 Board shall appoint’’ and inserting ‘‘On behalf of the 

15 Board, the Librarian of Congress shall appoint’’. 

16 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this subsection shall apply with respect to— 

18 (1) appointments made on and after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act; and 

20 (2) the remainder of the fiscal year in which en21 acted, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

22 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

23 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

24 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub25 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 
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1 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv2 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

3 $430,000. 

4 TITLE II 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

6 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

7 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

8 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 

9 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

10 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa11 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

12 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

13 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

14 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

15 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

16 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

17 2010 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

18 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

19 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

20 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

21 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

22 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

23 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab24 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des25 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
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1 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

2 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi3 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep4 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

5 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

6 with respect thereto. 

7 CONSULTING SERVICES

8 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

9 under this Act for any consulting service through procure10 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

11 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex12 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

13 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

14 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

15 under existing law. 

16 AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS

17 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro18 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec19 tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 

20 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as au21 thorized under such subsection. 

22 COSTS OF LBFMC

23 SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex24 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

25 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
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1 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 

2 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

3 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

4 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla5 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

6 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

7 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

8 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in10 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

11 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro12 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

13 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

14 SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

15 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 

16 Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate guided tours 

17 of the United States Capitol which are led by employees 

18 and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 

19 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

20 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

21 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

22 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

23 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in24 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo25 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
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1 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

2 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

3 the Capitol. 

4 COMPLIANCE DATE RELATING TO CERTAIN VIOLATIONS

5 OF OSHA WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

6 SEC. 209. Section 215(c) of the Congressional Ac7 countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1341(c)) is amended 

8 by striking paragraph (6). 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap10 propriations Act, 2010’’. 

Calendar No. 82 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1294 

[Report No. 111–29] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the legislative branch for 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and 

JUNE 18, 2009 

Read twice and placed on the calendar