111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1105 

AN ACT 

Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2009, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Omnibus Appropria3 tions Act, 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 

Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 

DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Agricultural Programs 

Title II—Conservation Programs 

Title III—Rural Development Programs 

Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 

Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 

Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration 

Title VII—General Provisions 

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Department of Commerce 

Title II—Department of Justice 

Title III—Science 

Title IV—Related Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Department of Defense—Civil: Department of the Army 

Title II—Department of the Interior 

Title III—Department of Energy 

Title IV—Independent Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Department of the Treasury 

Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 

President 

Title III—The Judiciary 

Title IV—District of Columbia 

Title V—Independent Agencies 

Title VI—General Provisions—This Act 
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Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide 

Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia 

DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, 

AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Department of the Interior 

Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—General Provisions 

DIVISION F—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Department of Labor 

Title II—Department of Health and Human Services 

Title III—Department of Education 

Title IV—Related Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

Title VI—Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 

DIVISION G—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Legislative Branch Appropriations 

Title II—General Provisions 

DIVISION H—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, 

AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Department of State and Related Agency 

Title II—United States Agency for International Development 

Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 

Title IV—International Security Assistance 

Title V—Multilateral Assistance 

Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance 

Title VII—General Provisions 

DIVISION I—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

Title I—Department of Transportation 

Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—General Provisions This Act 

DIVISION J—FURTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND OTHER MATTERS 

1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
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1 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi2 sion. 

3 SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 

4 The explanatory statement regarding this Act printed 

5 in the House of Representatives section of the Congres6 sional Record on or about February 23, 2009 by the 

7 Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

8 House shall have the same effect with respect to the allo9 cation of funds and implementation of this Act as if it 

10 were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con11 ference. 

12 SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 

14 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

15 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. 

16 DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP17 MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, 

18 AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

19 ACT, 2009 

20 TITLE I 

21 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

22 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

23 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

25 of Agriculture, $5,174,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
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1 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep2 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

3 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

4 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

5 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

7 Economist, $10,651,000. 

8 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

9 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi10 sion, $14,711,000. 

11 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

13 Program Analysis, $9,054,000. 

14 OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Se16 curity, $974,000. 

17 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In19 formation Officer, $17,527,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi22 nancial Officer, $5,954,000: Provided, That no funds 

23 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 

24 FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary 

25 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

26 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight 
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1 and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 

2 a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in3 cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

5 RIGHTS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

7 Secretary for Civil Rights, $871,000. 

8 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

10 $21,551,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

14 Secretary for Administration, $687,000. 

15 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

16 PAYMENTS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu19 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

20 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis21 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri22 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

23 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 

24 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

25 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
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1 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

2 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im3 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili4 ties, and for related costs, $244,244,000, to remain avail5 able until expended, of which $168,901,000 shall be avail6 able for payments to the General Services Administration 

7 for rent; of which $13,500,000 for payment to the Depart8 ment of Homeland Security for building security activities; 

9 and of which $61,843,000 for buildings operations and 

10 maintenance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary is au11 thorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency 

12 to this account to recover the full cost of the space and 

13 security expenses of that agency that are funded by this 

14 account when the actual costs exceed the agency estimate 

15 which will be available for the activities and payments de16 scribed herein. 

17 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri20 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

21 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $5,100,000, to remain avail24 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

25 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 
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1 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

2 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

3 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 

4 lands. 

5 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For Departmental Administration, $27,011,000, to 

8 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

9 services to offices of the Department and for general ad10 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

11 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro12 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 

13 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

14 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

15 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

16 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 

17 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

18 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

21 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro22 grams funded by this Act, including programs involving 

23 intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 

24 branch, $3,877,000: Provided, That these funds may be 

25 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
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1 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

2 level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 

3 this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary 

5 has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 

7 USDA agency: Provided further, That no other funds ap8 propriated to the Department by this Act shall be available 

9 to the Department for support of activities of congres10 sional relations. 

11 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Communica13 tions, $9,514,000. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

17 General Act of 1978, $85,766,000, including such sums 

18 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange19 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

20 to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

21 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden22 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform23 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

24 General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 

25 of Public Law 97–98. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

3 Counsel, $41,620,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

5 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 

8 $609,000. 

9 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

10 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

11 Service, $79,500,000. 

12 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

14 Statistics Service, $151,565,000, of which up to 

15 $37,265,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen16 sus of Agriculture. 

17 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

20 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

21 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 

22 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

23 equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 

24 to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 

25 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
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1 eral ownership, $1,140,406,000, of which $112,571,000 

2 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 

3 in the table titled ‘‘Agricultural Research Service, Salaries 

4 and Expenses, Congressionally-designated Projects’’ in the 

5 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat6 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro7 vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 

8 the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur9 chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 

10 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

11 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, 

12 and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless oth13 erwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 

14 shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or green15 houses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and ex16 cept for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a 

17 cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering 

18 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

19 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build20 ing or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 

21 That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act 

22 shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 

23 facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 

24 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

25 easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 
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1 Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not 

2 apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the 

3 Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, 

4 That funds may be received from any State, other political 

5 subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of 

6 establishing or operating any research facility or research 

7 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

8 by law. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve11 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip12 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

13 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

14 where not otherwise provided, $46,752,000, of which 

15 $46,752,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 

16 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Agricultural Re17 search Service, Buildings and Facilities Congressionally18 designated Projects’’ in the explanatory statement de19 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

20 of this consolidated Act), to remain available until ex21 pended. 

22 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

23 EXTENSION SERVICE

24 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

25 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

26 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
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1 for other expenses, $691,043,000, of which $113,275,000 

2 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 

3 in the table titled ‘‘Cooperative State Research, Edu4 cation, and Extension Service, Research and Education 

5 Activities, Congressionally-designated Projects’’ in the ex6 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

7 preceding division A of this consolidated Act), as follows: 

8 to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 

9 U.S.C. 361a–i), $207,106,000; for grants for cooperative 

10 forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), 

11 $27,535,000; for payments to eligible institutions (7 

12 U.S.C. 3222), $45,504,000, provided that each institution 

13 receives no less than $1,000,000; for special grants (7 

14 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $84,499,000; for competitive grants on 

15 improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,945,000; for 

16 competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), $201,504,000, to 

17 remain available until expended; for the support of animal 

18 health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $2,950,000; 

19 for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 

20 U.S.C. 3319d), $819,000; for grants for research pursu21 ant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 

22 178 et seq.), $1,083,000, to remain available until ex23 pended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 

24 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103– 

25 382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,610,000, to remain available 
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1 until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 

2 3333), $983,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 

3 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,859,000, to remain 

4 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program 

5 pursuant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural 

6 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

7 U.S.C. 3151a), $2,950,000, to remain available until ex8 pended; for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 

9 3152(b)(1)), $5,654,000; for a higher education multicul10 tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $981,000, 

11 to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for 

12 an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institu13 tions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $6,237,000; for competitive grants 

14 for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 

15 3156 to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi16 ble institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds 

17 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha18 waii, $3,196,000; for a secondary agriculture education 

19 program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 

20 3152(j)), $983,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 

21 3322), $3,928,000; for sustainable agriculture research 

22 and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $14,399,000; for a pro23 gram of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) 

24 to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 

25 3221 and 3222, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Insti2 tutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103– 

3 382, $3,342,000; for resident instruction grants for insu4 lar areas under section 1491 of the National Agricultural 

5 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

6 U.S.C. 3363), $800,000; for a new era rural technology 

7 program pursuant to section 1473E of the National Agri8 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977 

9 (7 U.S.C. 3319e), $750,000; and for necessary expenses 

10 of Research and Education Activities, $39,426,000, of 

11 which $2,704,000 for the Research, Education, and Eco12 nomics Information System and $2,136,000 for the Elec13 tronic Grants Information System, are to remain available 

14 until expended. 

15 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

16 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

17 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

18 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

20 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

21 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 

22 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $474,250,000, 

23 of which $9,388,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 

24 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Cooperative State 

25 Research, Education, and Extension Service, Extension 

26 Activities, Congressionally-designated Projects’’ in the ex-
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1 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

2 preceding division A of this consolidated Act), as follows: 

3 payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith4 Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) 

5 of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 93– 

6 471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

7 extension agents, $288,548,000; payments for extension 

8 work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act 

9 (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,321,000; payments for the nutri10 tion and family education program for low-income areas 

11 under section 3(d) of the Act, $66,155,000; payments for 

12 the pest management program under section 3(d) of the 

13 Act, $9,791,000; payments for the farm safety program 

14 under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,863,000; payments for 

15 New Technologies for Ag Extension under section 3(d) of 

16 the Act, $1,500,000; payments to upgrade research, exten17 sion, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible to re18 ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $18,000,000, 

19 to remain available until expended; payments for youth20 at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever 

21 Act, $8,182,000; for youth farm safety education and cer22 tification extension grants, to be awarded competitively 

23 under section 3(d) of the Act, $479,000; payments for car24 rying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Ex25 tension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,008,000; 
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1 payments for the federally-recognized Tribes Extension 

2 Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 

3 $3,000,000; payments for sustainable agriculture pro4 grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,568,000; pay5 ments for rural health and safety education as authorized 

6 by section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 

7 2662(i)), $1,738,000; payments for cooperative extension 

8 work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), 

9 $40,150,000, provided that each institution receives no 

10 less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations 

11 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,767,000; payments to 

12 carry out the food animal residue avoidance database pro13 gram as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $806,000; and for 

14 necessary expenses of Extension Activities, $17,374,000. 

15 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

16 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

17 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex18 penses, $56,864,000, as follows: for competitive grants 

19 programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 

20 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

21 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $41,990,000, including $12,649,000 for 

22 the water quality program, $14,596,000 for the food safe23 ty program, $4,096,000 for the regional pest management 

24 centers program, $4,388,000 for the Food Quality Protec25 tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys26 tems, $1,365,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 
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1 Protection Act implementation, $3,054,000 for the methyl 

2 bromide transition program, and $1,842,000 for the or3 ganic transition program; for a competitive international 

4 science and education grants program authorized under 

5 section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex6 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

7 3292b), to remain available until expended, $3,000,000; 

8 for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) 

9 of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $732,000, to remain 

10 available until September 30, 2010, for the critical issues 

11 program; $1,312,000 for the regional rural development 

12 centers program; and $9,830,000 for the Food and Agri13 culture Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 

14 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

15 Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until September 

16 30, 2010. 

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

18 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

20 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

21 $737,000. 
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

5 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 

6 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

7 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 

8 $876,675,000, of which $23,494,000 shall be for the pur9 poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 

10 ‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Congres11 sionally-designated Projects’’ in the explanatory statement 

12 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

13 A of this consolidated Act), of which $2,025,000 shall be 

14 available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis15 eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 

16 birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency condi17 tions; of which $29,590,000 shall be used for the cotton 

18 pests program for cost share purposes or for debt retire19 ment for active eradication zones; of which $14,500,000 

20 shall be for a National Animal Identification program, of 

21 which $3,500,000 is for information technology infrastruc22 ture and services, and $9,395,000 is for field implementa23 tion, and $1,605,000 is for program administration; of 

24 which $60,594,000 shall be used to prevent and control 

25 avian influenza and shall remain available until expended; 
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1 of which $1,015,000 of the plum pox program shall re2 main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 

3 funds provided for the contingency fund to meet emer4 gency conditions, information technology infrastructure, 

5 fruit fly program, emerging plant pests, cotton pests pro6 gram, grasshopper and mormon cricket program, the Na7 tional Veterinary Stockpile, up to $12,895,000 in animal 

8 health monitoring and surveillance for the animal identi9 fication system, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie program 

10 for indemnities, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife services 

11 methods development, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife 

12 services operations program for aviation safety, and up to 

13 25 percent of the screwworm program shall remain avail14 able until expended: Provided further, That no funds shall 

15 be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradi16 cation program for the current fiscal year that does not 

17 require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 

18 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

19 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 

20 and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 

21 be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi22 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

23 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec24 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

25 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart-
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1 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail2 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi3 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani4 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

5 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro6 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

7 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 

8 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

9 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

10 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

11 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

12 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter13 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

14 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

15 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

16 current replacement value of the building. 

17 In fiscal year 2009, the agency is authorized to collect 

18 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist19 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

20 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

21 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

22 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 

23 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 

24 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 

25 fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available 
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1 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro2 viding such assistance, goods, or services. 

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte5 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al6 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

7 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 

8 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,712,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

11 MARKETING SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

13 Service, $86,711,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

14 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

15 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

16 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

17 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

18 value of the building. 

19 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

20 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 

21 U.S.C. 9701). 

22 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 Not to exceed $62,888,000 (from fees collected) shall 

24 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra25 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

26 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
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1 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

2 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

3 Congress. 

4 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

5 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au8 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com9 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

10 related operating expenses, including not less than 

11 $10,000,000 for replacement of a system to support com12 modity purchases, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart13 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

14 Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided 

15 in this Act; and (3) not more than $17,270,000 for formu16 lation and administration of marketing agreements and 

17 orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 

18 Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

19 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

20 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

21 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

22 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul23 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

24 $1,334,000. 
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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

5 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $40,342,000: 

6 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu7 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

8 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

9 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

10 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build11 ing. 

12 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

13 EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall 

15 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

16 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac17 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

18 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

19 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

23 Secretary for Food Safety, $613,000. 

24 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

25 For necessary expenses to carry out services author26 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 
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1 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

2 Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation 

3 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

4 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

5 $971,566,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred6 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab7 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

8 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

9 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That no fewer than 120 full10 time equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal 

11 year 2009 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and 

12 enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter 

13 Act: Provided further, That of the amount available under 

14 this heading, $3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain 

15 the Humane Animal Tracking System as part of the Pub16 lic Health Data Communication Infrastructure System: 

17 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

18 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and 

19 repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al20 tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 

21 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 

22 building. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

2 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

5 $646,000. 

6 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

10 $1,170,273,000: Provided, That the Secretary is author11 ized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 

12 the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 

13 program payments for all programs administered by the 

14 Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available 

15 to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced 

16 to and merged with this account. 

17 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

18 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul19 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

20 5106), $4,369,000. 

21 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

23 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

24 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

25 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

4 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

5 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

6 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

8 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de9 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

10 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria11 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

12 12). 

13 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

18 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian 

19 tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll wee20 vil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in 

21 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 

22 ownership loans, $1,461,066,000, of which 

23 $1,238,768,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

24 loans and $222,298,000 shall be for direct loans; oper25 ating loans, $1,862,578,000, of which $1,017,497,000 

26 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $269,986,000 
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1 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $575,095,000 

2 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 

3 loans, $3,940,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

4 loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

5 deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 

6 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

7 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

8 the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of 

9 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm 

10 ownership loans, $16,803,000, of which $4,088,000 shall 

11 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and $12,715,000 

12 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $130,371,000, 

13 of which $25,336,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran14 teed loans, $37,231,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed 

15 loans, and $67,804,000 shall be for direct loans; and In16 dian tribe land acquisition loans, $248,000. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

18 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

19 $317,323,000, of which $309,403,000 shall be transferred 

20 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

21 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

22 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

23 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 

24 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 

25 transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

2 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

3 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

4 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

5 Agency, $77,177,000: Provided, That the funds made 

6 available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insur7 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the Common 

8 Information Management System: Provided further, That 

9 not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official recep10 tion and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 

11 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

12 CORPORATIONS 

13 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

14 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

15 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor16 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

17 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

18 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

19 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

20 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 

21 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here22 inafter provided. 
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1 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

2 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

3 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 

4 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

5 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

6 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec9 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

10 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim11 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

12 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

13 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec14 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

15 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

16 Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 

17 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv18 ice for information resource management activities of the 

19 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com20 modity Credit Corporation business. 

21 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

22 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

23 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

24 Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 

25 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

26 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 
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1 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

2 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

4 and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 

5 TITLE II 

6 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

8 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

10 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

11 $758,000. 

12 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

13 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi15 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

16 including preparation of conservation plans and establish17 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

18 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas19 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

20 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con21 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva22 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

23 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

24 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 

25 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
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1 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 

2 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter3 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build4 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

5 $853,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2010, of which $31,650,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

7 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Natural Re8 sources Conservation Service, Conservation Operations 

9 Congressionally-designated Projects’’ in the explanatory 

10 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

11 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That appro12 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

13 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build14 ings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 

15 except that the cost of alterations and improvements to 

16 other buildings and other public improvements shall not 

17 exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 

18 or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that 

19 the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 

20 U.S.C. 2250a. 

21 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas23 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op24 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

25 rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, 

26 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
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1 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), 

2 the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

3 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re4 lating to the activities of the Department, $24,289,000, 

5 to remain available until expended, of which $23,643,000 

6 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 

7 in the table titled ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Serv8 ice, Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Congres9 sionally-designated Projects’’ in the explanatory statement 

10 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

11 A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That not to exceed 

12 $15,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for 

13 technical assistance. 

14 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

16 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

17 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

18 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of 

19 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

20 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

22 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

23 projects for resource conservation and development and 

24 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

25 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 

26 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 
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1 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of 

2 the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451– 

3 3461), $50,730,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

4 $3,073,000 shall be available for national headquarters ac5 tivities. 

6 TITLE III 

7 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

9 DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for Rural Development, $646,000. 

12 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis15 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De16 velopment mission area, including activities with institu17 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul18 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

19 $192,484,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

21 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

22 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro23 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex24 pended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non25 USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances 
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1 available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 

2 Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Coopera3 tive Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be trans4 ferred to and merged with this appropriation. 

5 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

6 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

10 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 

11 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $7,345,347,000 

12 for loans to section 502 borrowers, of which 

13 $1,121,488,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 

14 $6,223,859,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

15 loans; $34,410,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 

16 $69,512,000 for section 515 rental housing; $129,090,000 

17 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 

18 $5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,447,000 for 

19 credit sales of acquired property, of which up to 

20 $1,447,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and 

21 $4,970,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop22 ment loans. 

23 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

24 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

25 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 

26 502 loans, $154,407,000, of which $75,364,000 shall be 
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1 for direct loans, and of which $79,043,000, to remain 

2 available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran3 teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $9,246,000; 

4 repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 

5 rental housing, $28,611,000; section 538 multi-family 

6 housing guaranteed loans, $8,082,000; credit sales of ac7 quired property, $523,000; and section 523 self-help hous8 ing and development loans, $82,000: Provided, That of the 

9 total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 

10 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for authorized 

11 empowerment zones and enterprise communities and com12 munities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 

13 Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided fur14 ther, That, for applications received under the 2009 notice 

15 of funding availability, section 538 multi-family housing 

16 guaranteed loans funded pursuant to this paragraph shall 

17 not be subject to a guarantee fee and the interest on such 

18 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That any 

19 balances for a demonstration program for the preservation 

20 and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family rental 

21 housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109–97 

22 and Public Law 110–5 shall be transferred to and merged 

23 with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing 

24 Revitalization Program Account’’. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $460,217,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

4 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

5 and Expenses’’. 

6 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

7 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re8 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

9 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

10 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

11 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $902,500,000, 

12 to remain available through September 30, 2010; and, in 

13 addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized 

14 by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 

15 prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 

16 program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, 

17 That of this amount, up to $5,958,000 shall be available 

18 for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households 

19 as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not 

20 to exceed $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit 

21 organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs 

22 (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing 

23 projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Pro24 vided further, That of this amount not less than 

25 $2,030,000 is available for newly constructed units fi26 nanced by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and 
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1 not less than $3,400,000 is for newly constructed units 

2 financed under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act 

3 of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance agree4 ments entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 

5 year shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided fur6 ther, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end 

7 of such one-year agreements may be transferred and used 

8 for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, re9 pair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preserva10 tion; and rental assistance activities authorized under title 

11 V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance pro12 vided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 

13 2009 for a farm labor multi-family housing project fi14 nanced under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be 

15 recaptured for use in another project until such assistance 

16 has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive 

17 months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seek18 ing such assistance or the project has rental assistance 

19 eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Pro20 vided further, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, 

21 to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor 

22 multi-family housing project financed under section 514 

23 or 516 of the Act. 
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1 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

4 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not5 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, for the cost 

6 to conduct a housing demonstration program to provide 

7 revolving loans for the preservation of low-income multi8 family housing projects, and for additional costs to con9 duct a demonstration program for the preservation and 

10 revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties de11 scribed in this paragraph, $27,714,000, to remain avail12 able until expended: Provided, That of the funds made 

13 available under this heading, $4,965,000 shall be available 

14 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 

15 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 

16 in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has 

17 been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, 

18 That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference 

19 between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit 

20 and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, 

21 That funds made available for such vouchers shall be sub22 ject to the availability of annual appropriations: Provided 

23 further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 

24 practicable, administer such vouchers with current regula25 tions and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 
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1 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the De2 partment of Housing and Urban Development (including 

3 the ability to pay administrative costs related to delivery 

4 of the voucher funds): Provided further, That if the Sec5 retary determines that the amount made available for 

6 vouchers in this or any other Act is not needed for vouch7 ers, the Secretary may use such funds for the demonstra8 tion programs for the preservation and revitalization of 

9 multi-family rental housing properties described in this 

10 paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds made avail11 able under this heading, $2,889,000 shall be available for 

12 the cost of loans to private non-profit organizations, or 

13 such non-profit organizations’ affiliate loan funds and 

14 State and local housing finance agencies, to carry out a 

15 housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans 

16 for the preservation of low-income multi-family housing 

17 projects: Provided further, That loans under such dem18 onstration program shall have an interest rate of not more 

19 than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: Provided fur20 ther, That the Secretary may defer the interest and prin21 cipal payment to the Rural Housing Service for up to 3 

22 years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 30 years: 

23 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

24 this heading, $19,860,000 shall be available for a dem25 onstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
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1 of the section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental hous2 ing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

3 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex4 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi5 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

6 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi7 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

8 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

9 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

10 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

11 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in12 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

13 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

14 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

15 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

16 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

17 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

18 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra19 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur20 ther, That the Secretary may use any unobligated funds 

21 appropriated for the rural housing voucher program in a 

22 prior fiscal year to support information technology activi23 ties of the Rural Housing Service to the extent the Sec24 retary determines that additional funds are not needed for 

25 this fiscal year to provide vouchers described in this para-
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1 graph: Provided further, That if Congress enacts legisla2 tion to permanently authorize a section 515 multi-family 

3 rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 

4 demonstration program described herein, the Secretary 

5 may use funds made available for the demonstration pro6 gram under this heading to carry out such legislation with 

7 the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of both Houses of Congress. 

9 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

10 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

11 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

12 1490c), $38,727,000, to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

14 $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for 

15 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu16 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag17 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

18 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

21 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

22 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

23 made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 

24 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $41,500,000, 

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

26 total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available 
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1 through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment 

2 zones and enterprise communities and communities des3 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

4 Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any bal5 ances to carry out a housing demonstration program to 

6 provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 

7 multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 

8 108–447 and Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred to 

9 and merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-fam10 ily Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 

11 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 

13 as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $18,269,000, 

14 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

15 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

16 contracts. 

17 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 

20 grants for rural community facilities programs as author21 ized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 

22 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

23 $63,830,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under 

25 this heading shall be available for a Rural Community De26 velopment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds 
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1 shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of 

2 private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu3 nity development organizations, low-income rural commu4 nities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 

5 to undertake projects to improve housing, community fa6 cilities, community and economic development projects in 

7 rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

8 made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 

9 intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro10 gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur11 ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 

12 matching funds from other sources, including Federal 

13 funds for related activities, in an amount not less than 

14 funds provided: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

15 amount appropriated under this heading shall be to pro16 vide grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme 

17 unemployment and severe economic depression (Public 

18 Law 106–387), with up to 5 percent for administration 

19 and capacity building in the State rural development of20 fices: Provided further, That $3,972,000 of the amount ap21 propriated under this heading shall be available for com22 munity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 

23 section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That not 

24 to exceed $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

25 this heading shall be available through June 30, 2009, for 
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1 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu2 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag3 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for 

4 the rural community programs described in section 

5 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop6 ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

7 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

8 Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 

9 this heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in 

10 the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement 

11 Program account for programs authorized by section 306 

12 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be trans13 ferred and merged with this account and any other prior 

14 balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 

15 Advancement Program account that the Secretary deter16 mines is appropriate to transfer. 

17 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

18 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 

21 rural business development programs authorized by sec22 tions 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 

23 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop24 ment Act, $87,385,000, to remain available until ex25 pended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 

26 this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made avail-
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1 able for a grant to a qualified national organization to pro2 vide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 

3 to promote economic development and $2,979,000 shall be 

4 for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 

5 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 

6 purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consoli7 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not 

8 more than 5 percent may be used for administrative ex9 penses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount 

10 appropriated under this heading shall be for business 

11 grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American 

12 Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified na13 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

14 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop15 ment: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,300,000 of 

16 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be avail17 able through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment 

18 zones and enterprise communities and communities des19 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

20 Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and cooper21 ative development programs described in section 

22 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop23 ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

24 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

25 Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 
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1 heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in the 

2 Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Pro3 gram account for programs authorized by sections 306 

4 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 

5 381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged with 

6 this account and any other prior balances from the Rural 

7 Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 

8 account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to 

9 transfer. 

10 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author13 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

14 9812(a)), $33,536,000. 

15 For the cost of direct loans, $14,035,000, as author16 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

17 9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 

18 June 30, 2009, for Federally Recognized Native American 

19 Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through 

20 June 30, 2009, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

21 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro22 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

23 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of 

25 the total amount appropriated, $880,000 shall be available 

26 through June 30, 2009, for the cost of direct loans for 
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1 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu2 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag3 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

5 the direct loan programs, $4,853,000 shall be transferred 

6 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop7 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

8 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author12 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

13 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

14 and job creation projects, $33,077,000. 

15 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

16 credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 

17 Electrification Act of 1936, $20,000,000 shall not be obli18 gated and $20,000,000 are rescinded. 

19 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

20 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

21 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 

22 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $12,636,000, of 

23 which $300,000 shall be for a cooperative research agree24 ment with a qualified academic institution to conduct re25 search on the national economic impact of all types of co26 operatives; and of which $2,582,000 shall be for coopera-
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1 tive agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 

2 for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 

3 $1,463,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of co4 operatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to 

5 small, socially disadvantaged producers and whose gov6 erning board and/or membership is comprised of at least 

7 75 percent socially disadvantaged members; and of which 

8 $3,867,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

9 for value-added agricultural product market development 

10 grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural 

11 Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

12 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

13 COMMUNITIES GRANTS

14 For grants in connection with empowerment zones 

15 and enterprise communities, $8,130,000, to remain avail16 able until expended, for designated rural empowerment 

17 zones and rural enterprise communities, as authorized by 

18 the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consoli19 dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

20 1999 (Public Law 105–277): Provided, That the funds 

21 provided under this paragraph shall be made available to 

22 empowerment zones and enterprise communities in a man23 ner and with the same priorities such funds were made 

24 available during the 2007 fiscal year. 
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1 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

2 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 

3 grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 

4 by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest5 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $5,000,000: Provided, 

6 That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of 

7 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

9 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

10 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 

13 grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, 

14 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec15 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and described 

16 in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) of the Con17 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

18 $556,268,000, to remain available until expended, of 

19 which not to exceed $497,000 shall be available for the 

20 rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) 

21 of such Act, and of which not to exceed $993,000 shall 

22 be available for the rural utilities program described in 

23 section 306E of such Act: Provided, That $65,000,000 of 

24 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 

25 loans and grants including water and waste disposal sys26 tems grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the 
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1 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and for 

2 Federally-recognized Native American Tribes authorized 

3 by 306C(a)(1): Provided further, That not to exceed 

4 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head5 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

6 and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 

7 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex8 treme need, of which $5,600,000 shall be made available 

9 for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional 

10 technical assistance organization, with experience in work11 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

12 problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 

13 assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 

14 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper15 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

16 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali17 fied national Native American organization to provide 

18 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com19 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

20 $14,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head21 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi22 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as23 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

24 not to exceed $12,700,000 of the amount appropriated 

25 under this heading shall be available through June 30, 
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1 2009, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 

2 communities and communities designated by the Secretary 

3 of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones 

4 for the rural utilities programs described in section 

5 381E(d)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That 

6 $17,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head7 ing shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural 

8 Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to 

9 provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural 

10 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided fur11 ther, That any prior year balances for high cost energy 

12 grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica13 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred 

14 to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High En15 ergy Costs Grants Account: Provided further, That sec16 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

17 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 

18 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 

19 any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Com20 munity Advancement Program account programs author21 ized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and 

22 described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) 

23 of such Act be transferred to and merged with this ac24 count and any other prior balances from the Rural Devel-
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1 opment, Rural Community Advancement Program account 

2 that the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer. 

3 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

4 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

7 as authorized by section 305 of the Rural Electrification 

8 Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made as follows: 5 

9 percent rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans 

10 made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural electric, 

11 $6,500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications 

12 loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural telecommuni13 cations loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant 

14 to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

15 $295,000,000. 

16 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con17 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi18 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 

19 sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

20 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: the cost of tele21 communications loans, $525,000: Provided, That notwith22 standing section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act 

23 of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per 

24 year. 

25 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

26 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
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1 $39,245,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

2 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

3 and Expenses’’. 

4 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

5 PROGRAM

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

7 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni8 cation loans, $400,487,000. 

9 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

10 services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 

11 et seq., $34,755,000, to remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That the Secretary may use funds under this 

13 heading for grants authorized by 379(g) of the Consoli14 dated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, 

15 That $4,965,000 shall be made available to convert analog 

16 to digital operation those noncommercial educational tele17 vision broadcast stations that serve rural areas and are 

18 qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corpora19 tion for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) of the 

20 Communications Act of 1934, including associated trans21 lators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their 

22 main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equip23 ment to allow local control over digital content and pro24 gramming through the use of high-definition broadcast, 

25 multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 
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1 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

2 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $15,619,000, 

3 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

4 cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 

5 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 

6 That of the unobligated balances available for the cost of 

7 the broadband loans, $6,404,000 are rescinded. 

8 In addition, $13,406,000, to remain available until 

9 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

10 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

11 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

12 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

13 TITLE IV 

14 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

16 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

18 Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 

19 $610,000. 

20 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

21 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 In lieu of the amounts made available in section 

24 14222(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

25 2008, for necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

26 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
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1 seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 

2 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

3 21; $14,951,911,000, to remain available through Sep4 tember 30, 2010, of which $8,496,109,000 is hereby ap5 propriated and $6,455,802,000 shall be derived by trans6 fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 

7 August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c). 

8 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

9 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup11 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

12 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

13 $6,860,000,000, to remain available through September 

14 30, 2010, of which such sums as are necessary to restore 

15 the contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed 

16 in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allo17 cated as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding 

18 section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should 

19 cost or participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, 

20 That of the total amount available, the Secretary shall ob21 ligate not less than $14,850,000 for a breastfeeding sup22 port initiative in addition to the activities specified in sec23 tion 17(h)(3)(A): Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

24 section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, only the provisions of 

25 section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall 

26 be effective in 2009; including $14,000,000 for the pur-
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1 poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i): Provided fur2 ther, That funds made available for the purposes specified 

3 in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be made available 

4 upon determination by the Secretary that funds are avail5 able to meet caseload requirements without the use of the 

6 contingency reserve funds after the date of enactment of 

7 this Act: Provided further, That hereafter none of the 

8 funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative 

9 expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an an10 nounced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space 

11 used to carry out the program: Provided further, That 

12 none of the funds provided in this account shall be avail13 able for the purchase of infant formula except in accord14 ance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 

15 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

16 further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 

17 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Fed18 eral Government departments or agencies unless author19 ized by section 17 of such Act. 

20 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

22 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 

23 $53,969,246,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

24 available through September 30, 2010, shall be placed in 

25 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 

26 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 
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1 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

2 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

3 Act of 2008: Provided further, That this appropriation 

4 shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re5 quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 

6 That funds made available for Employment and Training 

7 under this heading shall remain available until expended, 

8 as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutri9 tion Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made avail10 able under this heading may be used to enter into con11 tracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or 

12 to conduct activities related to program integrity provided 

13 that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutri14 tion Act of 2008. 

15 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist17 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

18 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con19 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

20 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist21 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec22 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend23 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm24 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

25 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $230,800,000, 

26 to remain available through September 30, 2010: Pro-
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1 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim2 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

3 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith4 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

5 made available in fiscal year 2009 to support the Seniors 

6 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

7 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

8 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

9 September 30, 2010: Provided further, That of the funds 

10 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri11 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

12 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu13 tion of commodities. 

14 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

15 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

16 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri17 tion assistance program, $142,595,000. 

18 TITLE V 

19 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

20 PROGRAMS 

21 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

25 Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representa26 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 
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1 the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

2 $165,436,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad3 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex4 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 

5 private organizations and institutions under agreements 

6 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as7 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist8 ance programs of the United States Agency for Inter9 national Development: Provided further, That funds made 

10 available for the cost of agreements under title I of the 

11 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

12 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used 

13 interchangeably between the two accounts with prior no14 tice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

15 of Congress. 

16 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

17 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

20 program of title I, Public Law 83–480 and the Food for 

21 Progress Act of 1985, $2,736,000, to be transferred to 

22 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

23 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

24 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

25 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth26 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
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1 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act, 

2 for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 

3 abroad under title II of said Act, $1,225,900,000, to re4 main available until expended. 

5 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

6 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com9 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

10 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,333,000; to cover common 

11 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com12 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

13 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 

14 $4,985,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

15 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

16 and Expenses’’, and of which $348,000 shall be trans17 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

18 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

19 MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

20 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest23 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to 

24 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com25 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

26 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
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1 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

2 amounts provided herein. 

3 TITLE VI 

4 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

5 ADMINISTRATION 

6 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

7 SERVICES 

8 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad11 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

12 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

13 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 

14 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

15 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 

16 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

17 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author18 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

19 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 

20 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

21 107–188; $2,622,267,000, of which $7,641,000 shall be 

22 for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the final 

23 paragraph under ‘‘Food and Drug Administration, Sala24 ries and Expenses’’ in the explanatory statement described 

25 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
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1 consolidated Act): Provided, That of the amount provided 

2 under this heading, $510,665,000 shall be derived from 

3 prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h 

4 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

5 expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 

6 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2010 

7 but collected in fiscal year 2009; $52,547,000 shall be de8 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

9 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re10 main available until expended; $15,260,000 shall be de11 rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

12 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

13 available until expended; and $4,831,000 shall be derived 

14 from animal generic drug user fees authorized by 21 

15 U.S.C. 379f, and shall be credited to this account and 

16 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

17 That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, 

18 animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fis19 cal year 2009 received during fiscal year 2009, including 

20 any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2009 but cred21 ited for fiscal year 2009, shall be subject to the fiscal year 

22 2009 limitations: Provided further, That none of these 

23 funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 

24 program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Pro25 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 
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1 $648,722,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 

2 Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 

3 of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $777,437,000 shall be for the 

4 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

5 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 

6 no less than $41,358,000 shall be available for the Office 

7 of Generic Drugs; (3) $271,490,000 shall be for the Cen8 ter for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related 

9 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 

10 $134,344,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi11 cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu12 latory Affairs; (5) $310,547,000 shall be for the Center 

13 for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 

14 activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 

15 $52,511,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi16 cological Research; (7) not to exceed $111,758,000 shall 

17 be for Rent and Related activities, of which $41,281,000 

18 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 

19 paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (8) 

20 not to exceed $155,425,000 shall be for payments to the 

21 General Services Administration for rent; and (9) 

22 $160,033,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

23 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Scientific and 

24 Medical Programs; the Office of Policy, Planning and Pre25 paredness; the Office of International and Special Pro-
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1 grams; the Office of Operations; and central services for 

2 these offices: Provided further, That none of the funds 

3 made available under this heading shall be used to trans4 fer funds under section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

5 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd): Provided further, 

6 That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 

7 to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

9 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

10 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

11 by 21 U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized 

12 by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to 

13 remain available until expended. 

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten16 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili17 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

18 where not otherwise provided, $12,433,000, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

21 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

22 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 Not to exceed $49,000,000 (from assessments col24 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

25 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

26 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
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1 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 

2 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re3 ceiverships. 

4 TITLE VII 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 

8 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart9 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

10 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 

11 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 327 passenger 

12 motor vehicles, of which 315 shall be for replacement only, 

13 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

14 SEC. 702. New obligational authority provided for the 

15 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

16 available until expended: Food Safety and Inspection Serv17 ice, Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure 

18 System; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses 

19 funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri20 cultural Service, middle-income country training program, 

21 and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service 

22 appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctua23 tions in international currency exchange rates, subject to 

24 documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
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1 SEC. 703. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

2 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

3 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 

4 balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 

5 Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 

6 equipment necessary for the financial management mod7 ernization initiative and the delivery of financial, adminis8 trative, and information technology services of primary 

9 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 

10 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 

11 Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 

12 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad13 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

14 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

15 section shall be available for obligation without the prior 

16 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 

18 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

19 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

20 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De21 partment’s National Finance Center without prior ap22 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

23 Houses of Congress as required by section 712 of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 704. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

4 SEC. 705. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

5 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

6 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

7 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu8 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

9 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar10 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

11 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro12 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

13 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com14 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro15 priations are provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 706. Appropriations to the Department of Agri17 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

18 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

19 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

20 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop21 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica22 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

23 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

24 SEC. 707. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

25 not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
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1 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

2 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

3 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego4 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi5 tively awarded grants. 

6 SEC. 708. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 

8 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul9 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

10 SEC. 709. No employee of the Department of Agri11 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

12 office funded by this Act to any other agency or office 

13 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi14 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 

15 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 

16 of the employee for the period of assignment. 

17 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 

19 the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans20 mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 

21 of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 

22 Services employee questions or responses to questions that 

23 are a result of information requested for the appropria24 tions hearing process. 
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1 SEC. 711. None of the funds made available to the 

2 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac3 quire new information technology systems or significant 

4 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor5 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa6 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa7 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

8 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

9 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

10 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa11 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 

12 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 

13 further, That none of the funds available to the Depart14 ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 

15 obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ16 ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 

17 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

18 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen19 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

20 or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

21 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

22 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

23 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

24 through a reprogramming of funds which— 

25 (1) creates new programs; 
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1 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

2 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

3 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

4 denied or restricted; 

5 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

6 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 

7 or 

8 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

9 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

10 unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 

12 of such reprogramming of funds. 

13 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro14 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

15 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

16 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

17 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

18 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

19 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

20 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram21 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which22 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

23 projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 

24 for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 

25 of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
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1 (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

2 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro3 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un4 less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

5 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re6 programming of funds. 

7 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

8 Health and Human Services shall notify the Committees 

9 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before im10 plementing a program or activity not carried out during 

11 the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is 

12 funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 

13 SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

14 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex15 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

16 language as part of the President’s Budget submission to 

17 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

18 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri19 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra20 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re21 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

22 proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 

23 submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 

24 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

25 occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 
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1 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con2 ference for the fiscal year 2010 appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 714. None of the funds made available by this 

4 or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural 

5 Development office unless or until the Secretary of Agri6 culture determines the cost effectiveness and/or enhance7 ment of program delivery: Provided, That not later than 

8 120 days before the date of the proposed closure or reloca9 tion, the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropria10 tion of the House and Senate, and the members of Con11 gress from the State in which the office is located of the 

12 proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that 

13 describes the justifications for such closures and reloca14 tions. 

15 SEC. 715. None of the funds made available to the 

16 Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used 

17 to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the 

18 Food and Drug Administration Division of Pharma19 ceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city 

20 or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri. 

21 SEC. 716. There is hereby appropriated $434,000, to 

22 remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis23 sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 

24 which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup25 plies. 
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1 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

3 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

4 an environmental quality incentives program authorized 

5 by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 

6 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa, et seq.) in excess of 

7 $1,067,000,000. 

8 SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in fiscal 

9 year 2009 or preceding fiscal years for programs author10 ized under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) 

11 in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the 

12 Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible 

13 commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emer14 son Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro15 vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse 

16 the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pur17 suant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Hu18 manitarian Trust Act. 

19 SEC. 719. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

20 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

21 or administer the program authorized by section 14(h)(1) 

22 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

23 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 

24 SEC. 720. Funds made available under section 1240I 

25 and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and 
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1 section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 

2 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain 

3 available until expended to disburse obligations made in 

4 the current fiscal year. 

5 SEC. 721. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

6 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 

7 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre8 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

9 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti10 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

11 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

12 funded by that executive branch agency. 

13 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid 

15 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

16 Electrification Act, or any not-for-profit utility that is eli17 gible to receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, 

18 shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) 

19 of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such 

20 Act. 

21 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

23 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

24 a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) of section 14222 

25 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $1,071,530,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That none of the funds made available in this Act 

2 or any other Act shall be used for salaries and expenses 

3 to carry out section 19(i)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 

4 National School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 

5 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $16,000,000 until Oc6 tober 1, 2009: Provided further, of the unobligated bal7 ances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 

8 $293,530,000 are hereby rescinded. 

9 SEC. 724. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make 

11 funding and other assistance available through the emer12 gency watershed protection program under section 403 of 

13 the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to 

14 repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in water15 sheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by the 

16 Federal Government and shall waive cost sharing require17 ments for the funding and assistance. 

18 SEC. 725. There is hereby appropriated $3,497,000, 

19 to remain available until expended, for a grant to the Na20 tional Center for Natural Products Research for construc21 tion or renovation to carry out the research objectives of 

22 the natural products research grant issued by the Food 

23 and Drug Administration. 

24 SEC. 726. There is hereby appropriated $469,000, to 

25 remain available until expended, for the planning and de-
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1 sign of construction of an agriculture pest facility in the 

2 State of Hawaii. 

3 SEC. 727. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to establish or implement a rule allowing 

5 poultry products to be imported into the United States 

6 from the People’s Republic of China. 

7 SEC. 728. There is hereby appropriated $794,000 to 

8 the Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to 

9 demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the 

10 rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private 

11 non-industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast 

12 of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane 

13 Katrina in 2005. 

14 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the 

15 Department of Agriculture in this Act may be used to im16 plement the risk-based inspection program in the 30 pro17 totype locations announced on February 22, 2007, by the 

18 Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any other loca19 tions, until the USDA Office of Inspector General has pro20 vided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Serv21 ice and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Senate on the data used in sup23 port of the development and design of the risk-based in24 spection program and FSIS has addressed and resolved 

25 issues identified by OIG. 
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1 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 

3 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider— 

4 (1) the City of Palmview, Texas; the City of 

5 Pharr, Texas; the City of Hidalgo, Texas; the City 

6 of Alton, Texas; the City of La Joya, Texas; the 

7 City of Penitas, Texas; the City of Schertz, Texas; 

8 the City of Converse, Texas; the City of Cibolo, 

9 Texas; and the Township of Bern, Pennsylvania (in10 cluding individuals and entities with projects within 

11 the cities), eligible for loans and grants funded 

12 through the Rural Business Program account; 

13 (2) the County of Nueces, Texas (including in14 dividuals and entities with projects within the coun15 ty), eligible under the Business and Industry Loan 

16 Guarantee Program for the purposes of financing a 

17 beef processing facility; 

18 (3) the City of Asheboro, North Carolina (in19 cluding individuals and entities with projects within 

20 the city), eligible for loans and grants funded 

21 through the Rural Community Facilities Program 

22 account; 

23 (4) the City of Healdsburg, California; the City 

24 of Imperial, California; the City of Havelock, North 

25 Carolina; and the City of Newton, North Carolina 
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1 (including individuals and entities with projects 

2 within the cities), eligible for loans and grants fund3 ed through the Rural Water and Waste Disposal 

4 Program account; and 

5 (5) the City of Aptos, California (including indi6 viduals and entities with projects within the city), el7 igible for loans and grants funded under the housing 

8 programs of the Rural Housing Service. 

9 SEC. 731. There is hereby appropriated $2,347,000 

10 for section 4404 of Public Law 107–171. 

11 SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, there is hereby appropriated: 

13 (1) $1,877,000 of which $1,408,000 shall be for 

14 a grant to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, 

15 Trade, and Consumer Protection, and $469,000 

16 shall be for a grant to the Vermont Agency of Agri17 culture, Foods, and Markets, as authorized by sec18 tion 6402 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest19 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note); 

20 (2) $338,000 for a grant to the Wisconsin De21 partment of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Pro22 tection; and 

23 (3) $94,000 for a grant to the Graham Avenue 

24 Business Improvement District in the State of New 

25 York. 
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1 SEC. 733. Section 382K(c) of the Consolidated Farm 

2 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–10(c)) is 

3 repealed. 

4 SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro6 vide financial and technical assistance— 

7 (1) through the Watershed and Flood Preven8 tion Operations program for the Pocasset River 

9 Floodplain Management Project in the State of 

10 Rhode Island; 

11 (2) through the Watershed and Flood Preven12 tion Operations program to carry out the East Lo13 cust Creek Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri, in14 cluding up to 100 percent of the engineering assist15 ance and 75 percent cost share for construction cost 

16 of site RW1; 

17 (3) through the Watershed and Flood Preven18 tion Operations program to carry out the Little 

19 Otter Creek Watershed project in Missouri. The 

20 sponsoring local organization may obtain land rights 

21 by perpetual easements; 

22 (4) through the Watershed and Flood Preven23 tion Operations program to carry out the Churchill 

24 Woods Dam Removal project in DuPage County, Il25 linois; 
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1 (5) through the Watershed and Flood Preven2 tion Operations program to carry out the Dunloup 

3 Creek Watershed Project in Fayette and Raleigh 

4 Counties, West Virginia; 

5 (6) through the Watershed and Flood Preven6 tion Operations program to carry out the Alameda 

7 Creek Watershed Project in Alameda County, Cali8 fornia; 

9 (7) through the Watershed and Flood Preven10 tion Operations program to carry out the Colgan 

11 Creek Restoration project in Sonoma County, Cali12 fornia; 

13 (8) through the Watershed and Flood Preven14 tion Operations program to carry out the Hurricane 

15 Katrina-Related Watershed Restoration project in 

16 Jackson County, Mississippi; 

17 (9) through the Watershed and Flood Preven18 tion Operations program to carry out the Lake 

19 George Watershed Protection project in Warren 

20 County, New York; and 

21 (10) through the Watershed and Flood Preven22 tion Operations program to carry out the Pidcock23 Mill Creeks Watershed project in Bucks County, 

24 Pennsylvania. 
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1 SEC. 735. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell 

2 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘ten’’; 

5 (2) by striking ‘‘six’’ and inserting ‘‘eight’’; and 

6 (3) by inserting ‘‘Vermont, Maryland,’’ after 

7 the first instance of ‘‘States shall be’’. 

8 SEC. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the 

10 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 

11 Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any other Act 

12 may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support 

13 from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the 

14 form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged 

15 against the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost 

16 approved for a recipient. 

17 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any 

19 individual to conduct any activities that would allow the 

20 importation into the United States of any ruminant or 

21 swine, or any fresh (including chilled or frozen) meat or 

22 product of any ruminant or swine, that is born, raised, 

23 or slaughtered in Argentina: Provided, That this section 

24 shall not prevent the Secretary from conducting all nec25 essary activities to review this proposal and issue a report 
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1 on the findings to the Committees on Appropriations of 

2 the House and Senate: Provided further, That this section 

3 shall only have effect until the Secretary of Agriculture 

4 has reviewed the domestic animal health aspects of the 

5 pending proposal to allow the importation of such products 

6 into the United States and has issued a report to the Com7 mittees on the findings of such review. 

8 SEC. 738. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

9 by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the 

10 end of the fiscal year from appropriations made available 

11 for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service 

12 Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall re13 main available through September 30, 2010, for informa14 tion technology expenses. 

15 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per17 sonnel to— 

18 (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed19 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

20 (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the 

21 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

22 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

23 (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 

24 9, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 

2 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re3 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 

4 DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, 

5 AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

6 ACT, 2009 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

9 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses for international trade activi12 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

13 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

14 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

15 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

16 firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full 

17 medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 

18 families of employees stationed overseas and employees 

19 temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of 

20 employees of the International Trade Administration be21 tween two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 

22 40118; employment of Americans and aliens by contract 

23 for services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceed24 ing 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or im25 provement; purchase or construction of temporary de-
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1 mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 

2 of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para3 graph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign 

4 countries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representa5 tion expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehi6 cles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehi7 cle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 

8 rental of tie lines, $429,870,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2010, of which $9,439,000 is to be derived 

10 from fees to be retained and used by the International 

11 Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: 

12 Provided, That not less than $48,592,000 shall be for 

13 Manufacturing and Services; not less than $42,332,000 

14 shall be for Market Access and Compliance; not less than 

15 $66,357,000 shall be for the Import Administration of 

16 which $5,900,000 shall be for the Office of China Compli17 ance; not less than $237,739,000 shall be for the United 

18 States and Foreign Commercial Service; and not less than 

19 $25,411,000 shall be for Executive Direction and Admin20 istration: Provided further, That the provisions of the first 

21 sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 

22 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 

23 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 

24 out these activities without regard to section 5412 of the 

25 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 
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1 U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, con2 tributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational 

3 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment 

4 for assessments for services provided as part of these ac5 tivities: Provided further, That the International Trade 

6 Administration shall be exempt from the requirements of 

7 Circular A–25 (or any successor administrative regulation 

8 or policy) issued by the Office of Management and Budg9 et: Provided further, That negotiations shall be conducted 

10 within the World Trade Organization to recognize the 

11 right of members to distribute monies collected from anti12 dumping and countervailing duties: Provided further, That 

13 negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade 

14 Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives 

15 contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210: 

16 Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

17 $4,400,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

18 amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described 

19 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

20 consolidated Act). 

21 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

22 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

24 national security activities of the Department of Com25 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 
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1 export administration field activities both domestically and 

2 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

3 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em4 ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 

5 abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 

6 in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims 

7 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for offi8 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa9 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

10 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and pur11 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and 

12 motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special re13 quirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to 

14 any price limitation otherwise established by law, 

15 $83,676,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

16 $14,767,000 shall be for inspections and other activities 

17 related to national security: Provided, That the provisions 

18 of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 

19 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

20 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 

21 in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That 

22 payments and contributions collected and accepted for ma23 terials or services provided as part of such activities may 

24 be retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, 

25 and for providing information to the public with respect 
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1 to the export administration and national security activi2 ties of the Department of Commerce and other export con3 trol programs of the United States and other govern4 ments. 

5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

6 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

7 For grants for economic development assistance as 

8 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

9 Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, 

10 $240,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That of the amounts provided, no more than 

12 $4,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Economic Develop13 ment Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’ to conduct 

14 management oversight and administration of public works 

15 grants. 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of administering the eco18 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

19 law, $32,800,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 

20 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

21 Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the 

22 Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency 

23 Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
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1 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

2 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com4 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

5 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con6 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi7 zations, $29,825,000: Provided, That within the amounts 

8 appropriated, $825,000 shall be used for the projects, and 

9 in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement de10 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

11 of this consolidated Act). 

12 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco15 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

16 of Commerce, $90,621,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2010. 

18 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana21 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 

22 by law, $233,588,000. 

23 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

24 For necessary expenses to collect and publish statis25 tics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by 

26 law, $2,906,262,000, to remain available until September 
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1 30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds provided in 

2 this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used for 

3 the collection of census data on race identification that 

4 does not include ‘‘some other race’’ as a category: Pro5 vided further, That from amounts provided herein, funds 

6 may be used for additional promotion, outreach, and mar7 keting activities: Provided further, That none of the funds 

8 made available in this Act shall be used for the conduct 

9 of sweepstakes in the 2010 Decennial Census. 

10 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 

14 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad15 ministration (NTIA), $19,218,000, to remain available 

16 until September 30, 2010: Provided, That, notwith17 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

18 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec19 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv20 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

21 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec23 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off24 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

25 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
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1 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

2 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

3 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

4 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

5 Government agencies shall remain available until ex6 pended. 

7 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

8 AND CONSTRUCTION

9 For the administration of grants, authorized by sec10 tion 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

11 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended as au12 thorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, That not to 

13 exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program adminis14 tration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided 

15 further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 

16 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may 

17 be made available for grants for projects for which appli18 cations have been submitted and approved during any fis19 cal year. 

20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

23 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in24 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec25 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

26 of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 
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1 $2,010,100,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 

3 fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed and 

4 collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 

5 and 376 are received during fiscal year 2009, so as to re6 sult in a fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general 

7 fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal 

8 year 2009, should the total amount of offsetting fee collec9 tions be less than $2,010,100,000, this amount shall be 

10 reduced accordingly: Provided further, That $750,000 may 

11 be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’ for activities associated with the National 

13 Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination 

14 Council: Provided further, That from amounts provided 

15 herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in 

16 fiscal year 2009 for official reception and representation 

17 expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 

18 to the USPTO within this account, $5,000,000 shall not 

19 become available for obligation until the Director of the 

20 USPTO has completed a comprehensive review of the as21 sumptions behind the patent examiner expectancy goals 

22 and adopted a revised set of expectancy goals for patent 

23 examination: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2009 

24 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Ex25 penses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay: 
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1 (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay con2 tributed by the USPTO and employees under section 

3 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal 

4 cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that 

5 title) of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III 

6 of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the present value of 

7 the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by 

8 the Office of Personnel Management, of post-retirement 

9 life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage 

10 for all USPTO employees, shall be transferred to the Civil 

11 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the Employees 

12 Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits 

13 Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the au14 thorized purposes of those accounts: Provided further, 

15 That sections 801, 802, and 803 of division B, Public Law 

16 108–447 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2009: 

17 Provided further, That the Director may, this year, reduce 

18 by regulation fees payable for documents in patent and 

19 trademark matters, in connection with the filing of docu20 ments filed electronically in a form prescribed by the Di21 rector: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be trans22 ferred to Office of Inspector General for activities associ23 ated with carrying out investigations and audits related 

24 to the USPTO: Provided further, That from the amounts 

25 provided herein, no less than $4,000,000 shall be available 
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1 only for the USPTO contribution in a cooperative or joint 

2 agreement or agreements with a non-profit organization 

3 or organizations, successfully audited within the previous 

4 year, and with previous experience in such programs, to 

5 conduct policy studies, including studies relating to activi6 ties of United Nations Specialized agencies and other 

7 international organizations, as well as conferences and 

8 other development programs, in support of fair inter9 national protection of intellectual property rights. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

11 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

13 Standards and Technology, $472,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

15 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

16 Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 

17 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

18 further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

19 $3,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

20 amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described 

21 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

22 consolidated Act). 

23 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

24 For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufac25 turing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of 

26 Standards and Technology, $110,000,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended. In addition, for necessary ex2 penses of the Technology Innovation Program of the Na3 tional Institute of Standards and Technology, 

4 $65,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

6 For construction of new research facilities, including 

7 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

8 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro9 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech10 nology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, 

11 $172,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

12 which $30,000,000 is for a competitive construction grant 

13 program for research science buildings: Provided, That 

14 within the amounts appropriated, $44,000,000 shall be 

15 used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 

16 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat17 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 

18 further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in 

19 the budget justification materials that the Secretary sub20 mits to Congress in support of the Department of Com21 merce budget (as submitted with the budget of the Presi22 dent under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

23 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand24 ards and Technology construction project having a total 

25 multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000 and si26 multaneously the budget justification materials shall in-
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1 clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 

2 such project for each of the five subsequent fiscal years. 

3 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

8 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

9 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

10 vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 

11 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

12 pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa13 cilities, $3,045,549,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2010, except for funds provided for cooperative 

15 enforcement, which shall remain available until September 

16 30, 2011: Provided, That fees and donations received by 

17 the National Ocean Service for the management of na18 tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 

19 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 

20 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That 

21 in addition, $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 

22 the fund entitled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’ and in ad23 dition $79,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

24 fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and 

25 Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided 

26 further, That of the $3,133,549,000 provided for in direct 
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1 obligations under this heading $3,045,549,000 is appro2 priated from the general fund, $82,000,000 is provided 

3 by transfer, and $6,000,000 is derived from recoveries of 

4 prior year obligations: Provided further, That the total 

5 amount available for the National Oceanic and Atmos6 pheric Administration corporate services administrative 

7 support costs shall not exceed $226,809,000: Provided fur8 ther, That payments of funds made available under this 

9 heading to the Department of Commerce Working Capital 

10 Fund including Department of Commerce General Coun11 sel legal services shall not exceed $36,583,000: Provided 

12 further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

13 $129,970,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

14 amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described 

15 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

16 consolidated Act): Provided further, That any deviation 

17 from the amounts designated for specific activities in the 

18 report accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated 

19 balances of funds provided under this heading in previous 

20 years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in sec21 tion 505 of this Act: Provided further, That in allocating 

22 grants under sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone 

23 Management Act of 1972, as amended, no coastal State 

24 shall receive more than 5 percent or less than 1 percent 

25 of increased funds appropriated over the previous fiscal 
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1 year: Provided further, That the number of authorized offi2 cers in the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps shall re3 main at 321 until such time as section 6 of Public Law 

4 110–386 takes effect. 

5 In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 

6 the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

7 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 

8 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend9 ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may 

10 be necessary. 

11 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

12 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

13 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

14 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

15 $1,243,647,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2011, except funds provided for construction of facilities 

17 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

18 That of the $1,245,647,000 provided for in direct obliga19 tions under this heading $1,243,647,000 is appropriated 

20 from the general fund and $2,000,000 is provided from 

21 recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 

22 of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbiting 

23 Operational Environmental Satellite System, funds shall 

24 only be made available on a dollar-for-dollar matching 

25 basis with funds provided for the same purpose by the De26 partment of Defense: Provided further, That except to the 
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1 extent expressly prohibited by any other law, the Depart2 ment of Defense may delegate procurement functions re3 lated to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environ4 mental Satellite System to officials of the Department of 

5 Commerce pursuant to section 2311 of title 10, United 

6 States Code: Provided further, That any deviation from 

7 the amounts designated for specific activities in the report 

8 accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances 

9 of funds provided under this heading in previous years, 

10 shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 

11 of this Act: Provided further, That within the amounts ap12 propriated, $29,610,000 shall be used for the projects, and 

13 in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement de14 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

15 of this consolidated Act). 

16 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

17 For necessary expenses associated with the restora18 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $80,000,000, to re19 main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 

20 of the funds provided herein the Secretary of Commerce 

21 may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 

22 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and Federally-rec23 ognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast 

24 for projects necessary for restoration of salmon and 

25 steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or en26 dangered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed, 
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1 for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal 

2 treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for 

3 conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habi4 tat, based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary 

5 of Commerce: Provided further, That funds disbursed to 

6 States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds 

7 or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent 

8 of the Federal funds. 

9 COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 

12 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 

13 1456a), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to 

14 the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ account to off15 set the costs of implementing such Act. 

16 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

18 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2009, obligations of direct 

19 loans may not exceed $8,000,000 for Individual Fishing 

20 Quota loans and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional 

21 direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act 

22 of 1936: Provided, That none of the funds made available 

23 under this heading may be used for direct loans for any 

24 new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capac25 ity in any United States fishery. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the departmental manage4 ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

5 including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 

6 $53,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary, within 120 

7 days of enactment of this Act, shall provide a report to 

8 the Committees on Appropriations that audits and evalu9 ates all decision documents and expenditures by the Bu10 reau of the Census as they relate to the 2010 Census: Pro11 vided further, That of the amounts provided to the Sec12 retary within this account, $5,000,000 shall not become 

13 available for obligation until the Secretary certifies to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations that the Bureau of the 

15 Census has followed and met all standards and best prac16 tices, and all Office of Management and Budget guidelines 

17 related to information technology projects and contract 

18 management. 

19 HERBERT C. HOOVER BUILDING RENOVATION AND

20 MODERNIZATION

21 For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for 

22 the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoo23 ver Building, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $25,800,000. 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

8 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart9 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

10 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 

11 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 

12 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 

13 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

14 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

15 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

16 public interest. 

17 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria18 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

19 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

21 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

22 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

23 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

24 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria25 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
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1 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be2 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

3 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans4 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

5 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec6 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga7 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce8 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

9 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap10 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

11 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 

12 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

13 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

14 of Commerce: Provided further, That for the National Oce15 anic and Atmospheric Administration this section shall 

16 provide for transfers among appropriations made only to 

17 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

18 and such appropriations may not be transferred and re19 programmed to other Department of Commerce bureaus 

20 and appropriation accounts. 

21 SEC. 104. Any costs incurred by a department or 

22 agency funded under this title resulting from personnel 

23 actions taken in response to funding reductions included 

24 in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec25 tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 
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1 within the total budgetary resources available to such de2 partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans3 fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec4 essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 

5 authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur6 ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 

7 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

8 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex9 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

10 forth in that section. 

11 SEC. 105. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro12 vision of law, no funds appropriated under this Act or any 

13 other Act shall be used to register, issue, transfer, or en14 force any trademark of the phrase ‘‘Last Best Place’’. 

15 SEC. 106. Hereafter, the Secretary of Commerce is 

16 permitted to prescribe and enforce standards or regula17 tions affecting safety and health in the context of scientific 

18 and occupational diving within the National Oceanic and 

19 Atmospheric Administration. 

20 SEC. 107. The requirements set forth by section 112 

21 of division B of Public Law 110–161 are hereby adopted 

22 by reference. 

23 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other law, the Sec24 retary may furnish services (including but not limited to 

25 utilities, telecommunications, and security services) nec-
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1 essary to support the operation, maintenance, and im2 provement of space that persons, firms or organizations 

3 are authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera4 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy 

5 in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C., or 

6 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec7 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

8 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

9 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 

10 1949, as amended, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 

11 basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services 

12 provided under this section or the authority under which 

13 the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to 

14 $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund 

15 which initially bears the costs of such services. 

16 SEC. 109. The amounts made available under section 

17 213 of Public Law 108–199 for a New England lobster 

18 fishing capacity reduction program shall be available for 

19 transfer by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin20 istration from the Fisheries Finance Program Account to 

21 the Operations, Research, and Facilities appropriation, to 

22 remain available until expended, for the Southern New 

23 England Cooperative Research Initiative for cooperative 

24 research, marine debris removal, and gear modification for 

25 conservation in Rhode Island. 
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1 SEC. 110. Section (d)(2)(A) of title 16 U.S.C. 3645 

2 is amended by inserting ‘‘Nevada,’’ after ‘‘Idaho,’’. 

3 SEC. 111. With the consent of the President, the Sec4 retary of Commerce shall represent the United States Gov5 ernment in negotiating and monitoring international 

6 agreements regarding fisheries, marine mammals, or sea 

7 turtles: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

8 be responsible for the development and interdepartmental 

9 coordination of the policies of the United States with re10 spect to the international negotiations and agreements re11 ferred to in this section. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com13 merce Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 

14 TITLE II 

15 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

16 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

19 Department of Justice, $105,805,000, of which not to ex20 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart21 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex22 pended: Provided, That the Attorney General is authorized 

23 to transfer funds appropriated within General Administra24 tion to any office in this account: Provided further, That 

25 $13,213,000 is for Department Leadership; $7,834,000 is 
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1 for Intergovernmental Relations/External Affairs; 

2 $12,254,000 is for Executive Support/Professional Re3 sponsibility; and $72,504,000 is for the Justice Manage4 ment Division: Provided further, That any change in 

5 amounts specified in the preceding proviso greater than 

6 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 

7 and Senate Committees on Appropriations consistent with 

8 the terms of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 

9 That this transfer authority is in addition to transfers au10 thorized under section 505 of this Act. 

11 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

12 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech13 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

14 departmental direction, $80,000,000, to remain available 

15 until expended, of which $7,132,000 is for the unified fi16 nancial management system. 

17 TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS

18 COMMUNICATIONS

19 For the costs of developing and implementing a na20 tion-wide Integrated Wireless Network supporting Federal 

21 law enforcement, and for the costs of operations and main22 tenance of existing Land Mobile Radio legacy systems, 

23 $185,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That the Attorney General shall transfer to this ac25 count all funds made available to the Department of Jus26 tice for the purchase of portable and mobile radios: Pro-
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1 vided further, That any transfer made under the preceding 

2 proviso shall be subject to section 505 of this Act. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

4 For expenses necessary for the administration of par5 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi6 ties, $270,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived 

7 by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Re8 view fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 

9 Fee’’ account. 

10 DETENTION TRUSTEE

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention 

12 Trustee, $1,295,319,000, to remain available until ex13 pended: Provided, That the Trustee shall be responsible 

14 for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transpor15 tation System: Provided further, That not to exceed 

16 $5,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for 

17 State and local law enforcement assistance’’ pursuant to 

18 18 U.S.C. 4013(b). 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General, $75,681,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 

22 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

23 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

24 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

25 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

26 Commission as authorized, $12,570,000. 
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1 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

5 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ6 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi7 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

8 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

9 General; and rent of private or Government-owned space 

10 in the District of Columbia, $804,007,000, of which not 

11 to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts 

12 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

13 the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $10,000 shall 

14 be available to the United States National Central Bu15 reau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representa16 tion expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec17 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

18 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

19 funding for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the 

20 Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries 

21 and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from available 

22 appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Depart23 ment of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 

24 circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu25 ant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a re26 programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
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1 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli2 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro3 vided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums 

4 as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the 

5 Office of Personnel Management for salaries and expenses 

6 associated with the Federal observer program under sec7 tion 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

8 1973f): Provided further, That of the amounts provided 

9 under this heading for the Federal observer program 

10 $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 

11 $1,090,000, previously transferred to the Department of 

12 Justice by the Office of Personnel Management under sec13 tion 126 of division A of Public Law 110–329, shall be 

14 transferred back to the Office of Personnel Management 

15 by the Department of Justice. 

16 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De17 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

18 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

19 not to exceed $7,833,000, to be appropriated from the 

20 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

22 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti23 trust and kindred laws, $157,788,000, to remain available 

24 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

26 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
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1 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

2 of collection (and estimated to be $157,788,000 in fiscal 

3 year 2009), shall be retained and used for necessary ex4 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

5 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap6 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

7 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009, 

8 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation 

9 from the general fund estimated at $0. 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

11 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

12 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop13 erative agreements, $1,836,336,000: Provided, That of the 

14 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be 

15 available for official reception and representation ex16 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

17 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

18 That of the amount provided under this heading, not less 

19 than $33,600,000 shall be used for salaries and expenses 

20 for assistant U.S. Attorneys to carry out section 704 of 

21 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

22 (Public Law 109–248) concerning the prosecution of of23 fenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children. 

24 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

25 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

26 Program, as authorized, $217,416,000, to remain avail-
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1 able until expended and to be derived from the United 

2 States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That notwith3 standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 

4 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

5 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not6 withstanding any other provision of law, $160,000,000 of 

7 offsetting collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall 

8 be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro9 priation and shall remain available until expended: Pro10 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 

11 Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 

12 received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a final 

13 fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the Fund estimated 

14 at $52,416,000. 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

16 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

18 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

19 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, $1,823,000. 

21 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

22 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

23 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

24 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad25 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $168,300,000, 

26 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 
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1 exceed $10,000,000 may be made available for construc2 tion of buildings for protected witness safesites: Provided 

3 further, That not to exceed $3,000,000 may be made avail4 able for the purchase and maintenance of armored and 

5 other vehicles for witness security caravans: Provided fur6 ther, That not to exceed $9,000,000 may be made avail7 able for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up8 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se9 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

10 the identities and locations of protected witnesses. 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

12 SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

14 Service, $9,873,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec15 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

16 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

17 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac18 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

19 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re20 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur21 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

22 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur23 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

24 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

25 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
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1 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

2 forth in that section. 

3 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

4 For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(B), 

5 (F), and (G), $20,990,000, to be derived from the Depart6 ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

7 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar10 shals Service, $950,000,000; of which not to exceed 

11 $30,000 shall be available for official reception and rep12 resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $4,000,000 

13 shall remain available until expended for information tech14 nology systems; and of which not less than $12,625,000 

15 shall be available for the costs of courthouse security 

16 equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and tele17 phone systems and cabling, and shall remain available 

18 until expended. 

19 CONSTRUCTION

20 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti21 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

22 holding and related support, $4,000,000, to remain avail23 able until expended. 
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1 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

4 the National Security Division, $83,789,000; of which not 

5 to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems 

6 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not7 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina8 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

9 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

10 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

11 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

12 the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 

13 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro14 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

15 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

16 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

17 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

18 set forth in that section. 

19 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

20 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

21 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves22 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

23 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

24 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in25 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 
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1 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

2 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

3 trafficking, $515,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re4 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

5 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

6 may be used under authorities available to the organiza7 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 

8 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In11 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

12 crimes against the United States; $7,065,100,000; of 

13 which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $205,000 

15 shall be available for official reception and representation 

16 expenses. 

17 CONSTRUCTION

18 For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build19 ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

20 law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion 

21 and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi22 nary planning and design of projects; $153,491,000, to 

23 remain available until expended. 
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1 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad4 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un5 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

6 to 28 U.S.C. 530C; and expenses for conducting drug edu7 cation and training programs, including travel and related 

8 expenses for participants in such programs and the dis9 tribution of items of token value that promote the goals 

10 of such programs, $1,939,084,000; of which not to exceed 

11 $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and of 

12 which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for official 

13 reception and representation expenses. 

14 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

15 EXPLOSIVES

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To18 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, not to exceed $40,000 for 

19 official reception and representation expenses; for training 

20 of State and local law enforcement agencies with or with21 out reimbursement, including training in connection with 

22 the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and 

23 fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 

24 assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, 

25 with or without reimbursement, $1,054,215,000, of which 
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1 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay2 ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) 

3 of title 18, United States Code; and of which $10,000,000 

4 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no 

5 funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries 

6 or administrative expenses in connection with consoli7 dating or centralizing, within the Department of Justice, 

8 the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and dis9 position of firearms maintained by Federal firearms li10 censees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated 

11 herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses or the 

12 compensation of any officer or employee of the United 

13 States to implement an amendment or amendments to 27 

14 CFR 478.118 or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or 

15 relics’’ in 27 CFR 478.11 or remove any item from ATF 

16 Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: 

17 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

18 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica19 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 

20 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be 

21 available to investigate and act upon applications filed by 

22 corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities 

23 under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Pro24 vided further, That no funds made available by this or any 

25 other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, 
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1 or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

2 and Explosives to other agencies or Departments in fiscal 

3 year 2009: Provided further, That, beginning in fiscal year 

4 2009 and thereafter, no funds appropriated under this or 

5 any other Act may be used to disclose part or all of the 

6 contents of the Firearms Trace System database main7 tained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Al8 cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or any informa9 tion required to be kept by licensees pursuant to section 

10 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, or required to be 

11 reported pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (7) of such sec12 tion 923(g), except to: (1) a Federal, State, local, tribal, 

13 or foreign law enforcement agency, or a Federal, State, 

14 or local prosecutor, solely in connection with and for use 

15 in a criminal investigation or prosecution; or (2) a Federal 

16 agency for a national security or intelligence purpose; and 

17 all such data shall be immune from legal process, shall 

18 not be subject to subpoena or other discovery, shall be in19 admissible in evidence, and shall not be used, relied on, 

20 or disclosed in any manner, nor shall testimony or other 

21 evidence be permitted based on the data, in a civil action 

22 in any State (including the District of Columbia) or Fed23 eral court or in an administrative proceeding other than 

24 a proceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, To25 bacco, Firearms and Explosives to enforce the provisions 
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1 of chapter 44 of such title, or a review of such an action 

2 or proceeding; except that this proviso shall not be con3 strued to prevent: (A) the disclosure of statistical informa4 tion concerning total production, importation, and expor5 tation by each licensed importer (as defined in section 

6 921(a)(9) of such title) and licensed manufacturer (as de7 fined in section 921(a)(10) of such title); (B) the sharing 

8 or exchange of such information among and between Fed9 eral, State, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies, 

10 Federal, State, or local prosecutors, and Federal national 

11 security, intelligence, or counterterrorism officials; or (C) 

12 the publication of annual statistical reports on products 

13 regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

14 and Explosives, including total production, importation, 

15 and exportation by each licensed importer (as so defined) 

16 and licensed manufacturer (as so defined), or statistical 

17 aggregate data regarding firearms traffickers and traf18 ficking channels, or firearms misuse, felons, and traf19 ficking investigations: Provided further, That no funds 

20 made available by this or any other Act shall be expended 

21 to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical 

22 inventory of any business licensed under section 923 of 

23 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no 

24 funds under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve 

25 information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by 
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1 name or any personal identification code: Provided further, 

2 That no funds authorized or made available under this or 

3 any other Act may be used to deny any application for 

4 a license under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, 

5 or renewal of such a license due to a lack of business activ6 ity, provided that the applicant is otherwise eligible to re7 ceive such a license, and is eligible to report business in8 come or to claim an income tax deduction for business ex9 penses under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

10 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

13 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

14 Federal penal and correctional institutions, including pur15 chase (not to exceed 810, of which 766 are for replacement 

16 only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor 

17 vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and 

18 advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern19 ments, $5,595,754,000: Provided, That the Attorney Gen20 eral may transfer to the Health Resources and Services 

21 Administration such amounts as may be necessary for di22 rect expenditures by that Administration for medical relief 

23 for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: 

24 Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 

25 System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with 
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1 a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to 

2 determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf 

3 of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to 

4 individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison 

5 System: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall 

6 be available for official reception and representation ex7 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 

8 shall remain available for necessary operations until Sep9 tember 30, 2010: Provided further, That, of the amounts 

10 provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 

11 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

12 make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim13 bursable agreements, and other expenses authorized by 

14 section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act 

15 of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), for the care and security 

16 in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Pro17 vided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison Sys18 tem may accept donated property and services relating to 

19 the operation of the prison card program from a not-for20 profit entity which has operated such program in the past 

21 notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity 

22 furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison 

23 System relating to the operation of pre-release services, 

24 halfway houses, or other custodial facilities. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

3 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re4 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

5 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

6 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 

7 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili8 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ9 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

10 force account, $575,807,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, of which not less than $110,627,000 shall be 

12 available only for modernization, maintenance and repair, 

13 and of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available 

14 to construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, 

15 That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 

16 work performed under this appropriation. 

17 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

18 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here19 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

20 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

21 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit22 ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro23 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

24 may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth 

25 in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
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1 tion, including purchase (not to exceed five for replace2 ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

3 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

4 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

5 Not to exceed $2,328,000 of the funds of the Federal 

6 Prison Industries, Incorporated shall be available for its 

7 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

8 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com9 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

10 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys11 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

12 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account13 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

14 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

15 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui16 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

17 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

18 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 

19 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

20 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

21 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

22 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

23 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

24 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio25 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

26 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 
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1 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and 

2 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

3 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

4 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu5 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

6 of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the 

7 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

8 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

9 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

10 Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); and the Violence 

11 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza12 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

13 and for related victims services, $415,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended: Provided, That except as other15 wise provided by law, not to exceed 3 percent of funds 

16 made available under this heading may be used for ex17 penses related to evaluation, training, and technical assist18 ance: Provided further, That of the amount provided 

19 (which shall be by transfer, for programs administered by 

20 the Office of Justice Programs)— 

21 (1) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed special 

22 advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of 

23 the 1990 Act; 
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1 (2) $2,500,000 for child abuse training pro2 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

3 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 

4 (3) $190,000,000 for grants to combat violence 

5 against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 

6 Act, of which— 

7 (A) $18,000,000 shall be for transitional 

8 housing assistance grants for victims of domes9 tic violence, stalking or sexual assault as au10 thorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; and 

11 (B) $1,880,000 shall be for the National 

12 Institute of Justice for research and evaluation 

13 of violence against women and related issues 

14 addressed by grant programs of the Office on 

15 Violence Against Women; 

16 (4) $60,000,000 for grants to encourage arrest 

17 policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act; 

18 (5) $12,000,000 for sexual assault victims as19 sistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 

20 Act; 

21 (6) $41,000,000 for rural domestic violence and 

22 child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as au23 thorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
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1 (7) $3,500,000 for training programs as au2 thorized by section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for 

3 related local demonstration projects; 

4 (8) $3,000,000 for grants to improve the stalk5 ing and domestic violence databases, as authorized 

6 by section 40602 of the 1994 Act; 

7 (9) $9,500,000 for grants to reduce violent 

8 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

9 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

10 (10) $37,000,000 for legal assistance for vic11 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

12 (11) $4,250,000 for enhanced training and 

13 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

14 in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 

15 1994 Act; 

16 (12) $14,000,000 for the safe havens for chil17 dren program, as authorized by section 1301 of the 

18 2000 Act; 

19 (13) $6,750,000 for education and training to 

20 end violence against and abuse of women with dis21 abilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 

22 Act; 

23 (14) $3,000,000 for an engaging men and 

24 youth in prevention program, as authorized by sec25 tion 41305 of the 1994 Act; 
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1 (15) $1,000,000 for analysis and research on 

2 violence against Indian women, as authorized by sec3 tion 904 of the 2005 Act; 

4 (16) $1,000,000 for tracking of violence against 

5 Indian women, as authorized by section 905 of the 

6 2005 Act; 

7 (17) $3,500,000 for services to advocate and 

8 respond to youth, as authorized by section 41201 of 

9 the 1994 Act; 

10 (18) $3,000,000 for grants to assist children 

11 and youth exposed to violence, as authorized by sec12 tion 41303 of the 1994 Act; 

13 (19) $3,000,000 for the court training and im14 provements program, as authorized by section 41002 

15 of the 1994 Act; 

16 (20) $1,000,000 for the National Resource 

17 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

18 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

19 the 1994 Act; and 

20 (21) $1,000,000 for grants for televised testi21 mony, as authorized by part N of title I of the 1968 

22 Act. 
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1 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

2 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

3 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

4 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

5 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; the Missing 

6 Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the 

7 Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Ex8 ploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 

9 108–21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 

10 108–405); the Violence Against Women and Department 

11 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

12 162); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 

13 101-647); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 

14 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 

15 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); the PROTECT Our 

16 Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D 

17 of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 

18 Law 107–296), which may include research and develop19 ment; and other programs (including the Statewide Auto20 mated Victim Notification Program); $220,000,000, to re21 main available until expended, of which: 

22 (1) $45,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

23 programs, pursuant to part C of the 1968 Act, of 

24 which $26,000,000 is for the National Crime Victim25 ization Survey; and 
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1 (2) $48,000,000 is for research, development, 

2 and evaluation programs: 

3 Provided, That section 1404(c)(3)(E)(i) of the Victims of 

4 Crime Act of 1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10603) is 

5 amended after ‘‘internships’’ by inserting ‘‘and for grants 

6 under subparagraphs (1)(A) and (B), pursuant to rules 

7 or guidelines that generally establish a publicly-an8 nounced, competitive process’’. 

9 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

10 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

11 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

12 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

13 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

14 Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 

15 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 

16 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 

17 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

18 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against 

19 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

20 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Adam Walsh Child 

21 Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); 

22 and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

23 Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); and other programs; 

24 $1,328,500,000, to remain available until expended as fol25 lows: 
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1 (1) $546,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo2 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

3 by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act, 

4 (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules 

5 for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 

6 Act, shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of 

7 which $5,000,000 is for use by the National Insti8 tute of Justice in assisting units of local government 

9 to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase 

10 new technologies for use by law enforcement, 

11 $2,000,000 is for a program to improve State and 

12 local law enforcement intelligence capabilities includ13 ing antiterrorism training and training to ensure 

14 that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, 

15 and privacy interests are protected throughout the 

16 intelligence process, $7,000,000 is to reimburse 

17 State and local law enforcement for security and re18 lated costs, including overtime, associated with the 

19 extraordinary security required to protect the Presi20 dent-elect during the Presidential transition period; 

21 and $20,000,000 is to reimburse State and local 

22 governments for extraordinary costs associated with 

23 the 2009 Presidential Inauguration; 

24 (2) $400,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

25 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 
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1 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

2 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)); 

3 (3) $31,000,000 for the Southwest Border 

4 Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, 

5 parish, tribal, or municipal governments for costs as6 sociated with the prosecution of criminal cases de7 clined by local offices of the United States Attor8 neys; 

9 (4) $3,000,000 for the Northern Border Pros10 ecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, 

11 tribal or municipal governments for the costs associ12 ated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined 

13 by local offices of United States Attorneys; 

14 (5) $178,500,000 for discretionary grants to 

15 improve the functioning of the criminal justice sys16 tem, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and 

17 to assist victims of crime (other than compensation): 

18 Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, 

19 $178,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in 

20 the amounts specified in the explanatory statement 

21 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi22 sion A of this consolidated Act); 

23 (6) $30,000,000 for competitive grants to im24 prove the functioning of the criminal justice system, 
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1 to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to as2 sist victims of crime (other than compensation); 

3 (7) $2,000,000 for the purposes described in 

4 the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro5 gram (section 240001 of the 1994 Act); 

6 (8) $10,000,000 for victim services programs 

7 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

8 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386 and for programs 

9 authorized under Public Law 109–164; 

10 (9) $40,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 

11 by section 1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act; 

12 (10) $7,000,000 for a prescription drug moni13 toring program; 

14 (11) $12,500,000 for prison rape prevention 

15 and prosecution and other programs, as authorized 

16 by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

17 Law 108–79); 

18 (12) $10,000,000 for grants for Residential 

19 Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as 

20 authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 

21 (13) $5,500,000 for the Capital Litigation Im22 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

23 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

24 wrongful prosecution review; 
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1 (14) $10,000,000 for mental health courts and 

2 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 

3 authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 

4 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

5 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

6 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

7 (15) $25,000,000 for assistance to Indian 

8 tribes, of which— 

9 (A) $10,000,000 shall be available for 

10 grants under section 20109 of subtitle A of title 

11 II of the 1994 Act; 

12 (B) $9,000,000 shall be available for the 

13 Tribal Courts Initiative; and 

14 (C) $6,000,000 shall be available for tribal 

15 alcohol and substance abuse reduction assist16 ance grants; and 

17 (16) $18,000,000 for economic, high technology 

18 and Internet crime prevention grants: 

19 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 

20 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

21 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 

22 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 

23 enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative pub24 lic safety service. 
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1 WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND

2 For necessary expenses, including salaries and re3 lated expenses of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, 

4 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au5 thorized by section 103 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

6 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

7 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

8 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

9 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

10 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’), the 

11 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

12 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’), the Violence Against Women and De13 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

14 Law 109–162), the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 

16 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

17 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse 

18 Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Adam Walsh 

19 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 

20 109–248); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 

21 (Public Law 110–401), and other juvenile justice pro22 grams, $374,000,000, to remain available until expended 

23 as follows: 

24 (1) $75,000,000 for programs authorized by 

25 section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and 
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1 technical assistance to assist small, non-profit orga2 nizations with the Federal grants process; 

3 (2) $82,000,000 for grants and projects, as au4 thorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act: 

5 Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, 

6 $82,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in 

7 the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement 

8 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi9 sion A of this consolidated Act); 

10 (3) $80,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

11 (4) $62,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

12 authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, 

13 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 

14 (A) $25,000,000 shall be for the Tribal 

15 Youth Program; 

16 (B) $10,000,000 shall be for a gang resist17 ance education and training program; and 

18 (C) $25,000,000 shall be for grants of 

19 $360,000 to each State and $4,840,000 shall be 

20 available for discretionary grants, for programs 

21 and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting 

22 the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the 

23 purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages 

24 by minors, for prevention and reduction of con-
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1 sumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and 

2 for technical assistance and training; 

3 (5) $20,000,000 for programs authorized by 

4 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; and 

5 (6) $55,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability 

6 Block Grants program as authorized by part R of 

7 title I of the 1968 Act and Guam shall be considered 

8 a State: 

9 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

10 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi11 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author12 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

13 each amount may be used for training and technical as14 sistance: Provided further, That the previous two provisos 

15 shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sec16 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act. 

17 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

18 For payments and expenses authorized by part L of 

19 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

20 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), such sums as are necessary, 

21 as authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100–690 

22 (102 Stat. 4339–4340) (including amounts for adminis23 trative costs, which amounts shall be paid to the ‘‘Salaries 

24 and Expenses’’ account), to remain available until ex25 pended; and $5,000,000 for payments authorized by sec-
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1 tion 1201(b) of such Act; and $4,100,000 for educational 

2 assistance, as authorized by section 1212 of such Act. 

3 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

4 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con5 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

6 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

7 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 

8 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

9 (Public Law 109–162); subtitle D of title II of the Home10 land Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), which 

11 may include research and development; and the USA PA12 TRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 

13 (Public Law 109–177); the Second Chance Act of 2007 

14 (Public Law 110–199); the NICS Improvement Amend15 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Adam 

16 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 

17 Law 109–248) (the ‘‘Adam Walsh Act’’); and the Justice 

18 for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405), $550,500,000, 

19 to remain available until expended: Provided, That any 

20 balances made available through prior year deobligations 

21 shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of 

22 this Act. Of the amount provided (which shall be by trans23 fer, for programs administered by the Office of Justice 

24 Programs)— 

25 (1) $25,000,000 is for the matching grant pro26 gram for armor vests for law enforcement officers, 
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1 as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 

2 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 is transferred di3 rectly to the National Institute of Standards and 

4 Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards 

5 from the Community Oriented Policing Services Of6 fice for research, testing, and evaluation programs: 

7 Provided further, That section 2501(f) of part Y of 

8 title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)), is 

9 amended by inserting at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Director may waive in 

11 whole or in part, the match requirement of para12 graph (1) in the case of fiscal hardship, as deter13 mined by the Director.’’; 

14 (2) $39,500,000 is for grants to entities de15 scribed in section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act, 

16 to address public safety and methamphetamine man17 ufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots as authorized 

18 by section 754 of Public Law 109–177, and for 

19 other anti-methamphetamine-related activities: Pro20 vided, That within the amounts appropriated, 

21 $34,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in 

22 the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement 

23 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi24 sion A of this consolidated Act); 
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1 (3) $187,000,000 is for a law enforcement tech2 nologies and interoperable communications program, 

3 and related law enforcement and public safety equip4 ment: Provided, That within the amounts appro5 priated, $185,500,000 shall be used for the projects, 

6 and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory 

7 statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre8 ceding division A of this consolidated Act); 

9 (4) $25,000,000 is for offender re-entry pro10 grams, as authorized under section 101 and 211 of 

11 the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

12 199), of which $15,000,000 is for grants for adult 

13 and juvenile offender state and local reentry dem14 onstration projects, and $10,000,000 is for grants 

15 for mentoring and transitional services; 

16 (5) $10,000,000 is for grants to assist States 

17 and tribal governments as authorized by the NICS 

18 Improvements Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

19 Law 110–180); 

20 (6) $10,000,000 is for grants to upgrade crimi21 nal records, as authorized under the Crime Identi22 fication Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601); 

23 (7) $156,000,000 is for DNA related and foren24 sic programs and activities as follows: 
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1 (A) $151,000,000 for a DNA analysis and 

2 capacity enhancement program and for other 

3 local, state, and Federal forensic activities in4 cluding the purposes of section 2 of the DNA 

5 Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (the 

6 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program); 

7 and 

8 (B) $5,000,000 for the purposes described 

9 in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA 

10 Testing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 

11 412); 

12 (8) $20,000,000 is for improving tribal law en13 forcement, including equipment and training; 

14 (9) $15,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun 

15 crime and gang violence; 

16 (10) $4,000,000 is for training and technical 

17 assistance; 

18 (11) $18,000,000 is for a national grant pro19 gram the purpose of which is to assist State and 

20 local law enforcement to locate, arrest and prosecute 

21 child sexual predators and exploiters, and to enforce 

22 sex offender registration laws described in section 

23 1701(b) of the 1968 Act, of which: 

24 (A) $5,000,000 is for sex offender manage25 ment assistance as authorized by the Adam 
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1 Walsh Act and the Violent Crime Control Act 

2 of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); and 

3 (B) $1,000,000 is for the National Sex Of4 fender Public Registry; 

5 (12) $16,000,000 is for expenses authorized by 

6 part AA of the 1968 Act (Secure our Schools); and 

7 (13) $25,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

8 Science Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

9 I of the 1968 Act. 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses, not elsewhere specified in 

12 this title, for management and administration of programs 

13 within the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office 

14 of Justice Programs and the Community Oriented Polic15 ing Services Office, $174,000,000, of which not to exceed 

16 $14,000,000 shall be available for the Office on Violence 

17 Against Women; not to exceed $130,000,000 shall be 

18 available for the Office of Justice Programs; not to exceed 

19 $30,000,000 shall be available for the Community Ori20 ented Policing Services Office: Provided, That, notwith21 standing section 109 of title I of Public Law 90–351, an 

22 additional amount, not to exceed $21,000,000 shall be 

23 available for authorized activities of the Office of Audit, 

24 Assessment, and Management: Provided further, That the 

25 total amount available for management and administra26 tion of such programs shall not exceed $195,000,000. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

2 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

3 available in this title for official reception and representa4 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

5 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

6 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re7 ception and representation expenses. 

8 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 

9 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 

10 the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 

11 were carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, 

12 That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional 

13 by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be 

14 null and void. 

15 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 

16 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 

17 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 

18 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re19 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris20 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in21 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

22 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin23 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil24 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

25 Prisons. 
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1 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria2 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De3 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be4 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex5 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

6 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 

7 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

8 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

9 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com10 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated to 

12 ‘‘Buildings and Facilities, Federal Prison System’’ in this 

13 or any other Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Ex14 penses, Federal Prison System’’, or any other Department 

15 of Justice account, unless the President certifies that such 

16 a transfer is necessary to the national security interests 

17 of the United States, and such authority shall not be dele18 gated, and shall be subject to section 505 of this Act. 

19 SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to ex20 tend through September 30, 2010, the Personnel Manage21 ment Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney 

22 General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Secu23 rity Act of 2002, Public Law 107–296 (6 U.S.C. 533) 

24 without limitation on the number of employees or the posi25 tions covered. 
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1 SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, Public Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to 

3 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

4 in the conduct of undercover investigative operations and 

5 shall apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to 

6 any undercover investigative operation initiated by the Bu7 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that 

8 is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes 

9 against the United States. 

10 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the 

11 Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the 

12 purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner 

13 pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal 

14 law and is classified as a maximum or high security pris15 oner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by 

16 the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for 

17 housing such a prisoner. 

18 SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

19 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele20 vision services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, video21 cassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equip22 ment used primarily for recreational purposes. 

23 (b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the 

24 renting, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or elec-
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1 tronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or edu2 cational programs. 

3 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available under 

4 this title shall be obligated or expended for Sentinel, or 

5 for any other major new or enhanced information tech6 nology program having total estimated development costs 

7 in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney 

8 General and the investment review board certify to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations that the information tech10 nology program has appropriate program management 

11 and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that 

12 the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture 

13 of the Department of Justice. 

14 SEC. 211. The notification thresholds and procedures 

15 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi16 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

17 in this Act and accompanying statement, and to any use 

18 of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title 

19 in previous years. 

20 SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 

22 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

23 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc24 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
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1 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

2 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

3 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 

5 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

6 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

7 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

8 from the residency requirements of 28 U.S.C. 545. 

9 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

10 any other Act shall be obligated for the initiation of a fu11 ture phase of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sen12 tinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations that existing phases cur14 rently under contract for development or fielding have 

15 completed a majority of the work for that phase under 

16 the performance measurement baseline validated by the 

17 integrated baseline review conducted in 2008: Provided, 

18 That this restriction does not apply to planning and design 

19 activities for future phases: Provided further, That the Bu20 reau will notify the Committees on Appropriations of any 

21 significant changes to the baseline. 

22 SEC. 215. (a) The Attorney General shall submit 

23 quarterly reports to the Inspector General of the Depart24 ment of Justice regarding the costs and contracting proce25 dures relating to each conference held by the Department 
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1 of Justice during fiscal year 2009 for which the cost to 

2 the Government was more than $20,000. 

3 (b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall 

4 include, for each conference described in that subsection 

5 held during the applicable quarter— 

6 (1) a description of the subject of and number 

7 of participants attending that conference; 

8 (2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Gov9 ernment relating to that conference, including— 

10 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

11 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

12 and 

13 (C) a discussion of the methodology used 

14 to determine which costs relate to that con15 ference; and 

16 (3) a description of the contracting procedures 

17 relating to that conference, including— 

18 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

19 competitive basis for that conference; and 

20 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

21 conducted by the Department of Justice in eval22 uating potential contractors for that conference. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 

24 Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 SCIENCE 

3 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

5 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na6 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

7 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601–6671), hire of 

8 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

9 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 

10 and representation expenses, and rental of conference 

11 rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,303,000. 

12 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

13 SCIENCE

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

15 in the conduct and support of science research and devel16 opment activities, including research, development, oper17 ations, support, and services; maintenance; construction of 

18 facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, 

19 and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities 

20 and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and 

21 design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation 

22 of real property, as authorized by law; environmental com23 pliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control, 

24 and communications activities; program management; per25 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
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1 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel ex2 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

3 purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 

4 mission and administrative aircraft, $4,503,019,000 to re5 main available until September 30, 2010. 

6 AERONAUTICS

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

9 development activities, including research, development, 

10 operations, support, and services; maintenance; construc11 tion of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitaliza12 tion, and modification of facilities, construction of new fa13 cilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning 

14 and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemna15 tion of real property, as authorized by law; environmental 

16 compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft con17 trol, and communications activities; program manage18 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

19 allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 

20 5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 

21 motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, 

22 and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

23 $500,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 

24 2010. 
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1 EXPLORATION

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

4 development activities, including research, development, 

5 operations, support, and services; maintenance; construc6 tion of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitaliza7 tion, and modification of facilities, construction of new fa8 cilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning 

9 and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemna10 tion of real property, as authorized by law; environmental 

11 compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft con12 trol, and communications activities; program manage13 ment, personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

14 allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 

15 5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 

16 motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, 

17 and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

18 $3,505,469,000 to remain available until September 30, 

19 2010. 

20 SPACE OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

22 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

23 and development activities, including research, develop24 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space25 craft control and communications activities including oper-
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1 ations, production, and services; maintenance; construc2 tion of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitaliza3 tion and modification of facilities, construction of new fa4 cilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning 

5 and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemna6 tion of real property, as authorized by law; environmental 

7 compliance and restoration; program management; per8 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

9 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel ex10 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

11 purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of 

12 mission and administrative aircraft, $5,764,710,000, to 

13 remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 

14 That of the amounts provided under this heading, 

15 $2,981,724,000 shall be for Space Shuttle operations, pro16 duction, research, development, and support, 

17 $2,060,162,000 shall be for International Space Station 

18 operations, production, research, development, and sup19 port, and $722,824,000 shall be for Space and Flight sup20 port. 

21 EDUCATION

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

23 in carrying out aerospace and aeronautical education re24 search and development activities, including research, de25 velopment, operations, support, and services; program 
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1 management; personnel and related costs, uniforms or al2 lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

3 travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor ve4 hicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and op5 eration of mission and administrative aircraft, 

6 $169,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2010. 

8 CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, explo11 ration, space operations and education research and devel12 opment activities, including research, development, oper13 ations, support, and services; maintenance; construction of 

14 facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, 

15 and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities 

16 and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and 

17 design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation 

18 of real property, as authorized by law; environmental com19 pliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control, 

20 and communications activities; program management; per21 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

22 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel ex23 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

24 to exceed $70,000 for official reception and representation 

25 expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and 

26 operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
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1 $3,306,387,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2010: Provided, That $2,024,000,000, together with not 

3 more than $9,000,000 to be derived from receipts pursu4 ant to 42 U.S.C. 2459j, shall be available for center man5 agement and operations: Provided further, That notwith6 standing 42 U.S.C. 2459j, proceeds from enhanced use 

7 leases that may be made available for obligation for fiscal 

8 year 2009 shall not exceed $9,000,000: Provided further, 

9 That each annual budget request shall include an annual 

10 estimate of gross receipts and collections and proposed use 

11 of all funds collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2459j: Pro12 vided further, That not less than $45,000,000 shall be 

13 available for independent verification and validation activi14 ties, of which $5,000,000 shall be available to develop core 

15 verification and validation competencies with small busi16 nesses, and $40,000,000 shall be available for operations 

17 of the independent verification and validation facility: Pro18 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated 

19 $67,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

20 amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described 

21 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

22 consolidated Act). 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
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1 $33,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2010. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 Notwithstanding the limitation on the duration of 

5 availability of funds appropriated to the National Aero6 nautics and Space Administration for any account in this 

7 Act, except for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, when any 

8 activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations 

9 for construction of facilities or environmental compliance 

10 and restoration activities as authorized by law, such 

11 amount available for such activity shall remain available 

12 until expended. This provision does not apply to the 

13 amounts appropriated for institutional minor revitaliza14 tion and minor construction of facilities, and institutional 

15 facility planning and design. 

16 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 

17 funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 

18 Administration for any account in this Act, except for ‘‘Of19 fice of Inspector General’’, the amounts appropriated for 

20 construction of facilities shall remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2011. 

22 Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 

23 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

24 the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

25 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

26 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
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1 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

2 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap3 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

4 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans5 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treat6 ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

7 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com8 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

10 shall be used to implement any Reduction in Force or 

11 other involuntary separations (except for cause) by the 

12 National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to 

13 September 30, 2009. 

14 The unexpired balances of the Science, Aeronautics, 

15 and Exploration account, for activities for which funds are 

16 provided under this Act, may be transferred to the new 

17 accounts established in this Act that provide such activity. 

18 Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds 

19 in the newly established accounts, but shall be available 

20 under the same terms, conditions and period of time as 

21 previously appropriated. 

22 For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and 

23 associated programs, amounts that have expired but have 

24 not been cancelled in the Human Space Flight, Space 

25 Flight Capabilities, and Exploration Capabilities appro-
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1 priations accounts shall remain available through fiscal 

2 year 2015 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 

3 during the period of fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 

4 2009. 

5 Funding designations and minimum funding require6 ments contained in any other Act shall not be applicable 

7 to funds appropriated by this title for the National Aero8 nautics and Space Administration. 

9 The Administrator of NASA shall, not later than 

10 February 2, 2009, submit to the appropriate committees 

11 of Congress a report that delineates by fiscal year, mission 

12 directorate and object class the full costs necessary for 

13 Space Shuttle retirement and transition activities for fis14 cal years 2006 through 2015 that includes, but is not lim15 ited to, the following: 

16 (1) the costs for environmental compliance and 

17 remediation; 

18 (2) the gross and net proceeds from exchange 

19 sales of excess Space Shuttle equipment; 

20 (3) the costs to maintain required facilities at 

21 Kennedy Space Center during the gap in human 

22 space flight; 

23 (4) the costs associated with preservation of 

24 historic properties; 

25 (5) the costs of workforce transition; and 
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1 (6) other costs related to Space Shuttle retire2 ment and transition. 

3 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

4 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

5 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

6 Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

7 1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal 

8 of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized 

9 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft 

10 and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui11 sition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,183,100,000, 

12 to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 

13 not to exceed $540,000,000 shall remain available until 

14 expended for polar research and operations support, and 

15 for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper16 ational and science support and logistical and other re17 lated activities for the United States Antarctic program: 

18 Provided, That from funds specified in the fiscal year 

19 2009 budget request for icebreaking services, up to 

20 $54,000,000 shall be available for the procurement of 

21 polar icebreaking services: Provided further, That the Na22 tional Science Foundation shall only reimburse the Coast 

23 Guard for such sums as are agreed to according to the 

24 existing memorandum of agreement: Provided further, 

25 That receipts for scientific support services and materials 
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1 furnished by the National Research Centers and other Na2 tional Science Foundation supported research facilities 

3 may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, 

4 That not less than $133,000,000 shall be available for ac5 tivities authorized by section 7002(b)(2)(A)(iv) of Public 

6 Law 110–69. 

7 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc10 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

11 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu12 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 

13 amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including authorized 

14 travel, $152,010,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

16 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 

17 engineering education and human resources programs and 

18 activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation 

19 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ20 ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized 

21 travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

22 Columbia, $845,260,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2010: Provided further, That not less than 

24 $55,000,000 shall be available until expended for activities 

25 authorized by section 7030 of Public Law 110–69. 
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1 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

2 For agency operations and award management nec3 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

4 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services 

5 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor ve6 hicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and rep7 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

8 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of conference 

9 rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of 

10 the Department of Homeland Security for security guard 

11 services; $294,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be 

12 entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2009 for 

13 maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other serv14 ices, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 

15 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

16 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala17 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

18 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

19 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec20 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car21 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

22 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public 

23 Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,030,000: Pro24 vided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for offi25 cial reception and representation expenses. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

4 1978, as amended, $12,000,000. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria6 tions Act, 2009’’. 

7 TITLE IV 

8 RELATED AGENCIES 

9 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

12 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

13 $8,800,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro14 priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 

15 of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex16 cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 

17 Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 

18 appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 

19 Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 

20 exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

21 days. 

22 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

25 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
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1 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em2 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

3 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil 

4 Rights Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 

5 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as author6 ized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); nonmonetary awards to private 

7 citizens; and not to exceed $26,000,000 for payments to 

8 State and local enforcement agencies for authorized serv9 ices to the Commission, $343,925,000: Provided, That the 

10 Commission is authorized to make available for official re11 ception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 

12 from available funds: Provided further, That the Commis13 sion may take no action to implement any workforce repo14 sitioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time 

15 as the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

16 have been notified of such proposals, in accordance with 

17 the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this 

18 Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to ac19 cept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work 

20 of the Commission. 

21 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

24 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

25 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
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1 exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex2 penses, $75,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

4 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

5 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

6 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

7 Act of 1974, $390,000,000, of which $365,800,000 is for 

8 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

9 $4,200,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

10 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 

11 additional audits of recipients; $16,000,000 is for manage12 ment and administration; $3,000,000 is for client self-help 

13 and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for loan 

14 repayment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services 

15 Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to offi16 cers and employees at a rate no greater than that provided 

17 by the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em18 ployees as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5304, notwithstanding 

19 section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 

20 U.S.C. 2996(d). 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

22 CORPORATION

23 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

24 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur25 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
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1 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

2 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

3 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

4 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

5 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 

6 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2008 and 

7 2009, respectively. 

8 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com11 mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, 

12 $3,200,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

14 REPRESENTATIVE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

17 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas18 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

19 consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $47,272,000, 

20 of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available 

22 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro23 vided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within 

24 the World Trade Organization to recognize the right of 

25 members to distribute monies collected from antidumping 
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1 and countervailing duties: Provided further, That negotia2 tions shall be conducted within the World Trade Organiza3 tion consistent with the negotiating objectives contained 

4 in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210. 

5 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

8 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

9 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et. seq.) $4,100,000, of 

10 which $250,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2010: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be avail12 able for official reception and representation expenses. 

13 TITLE V 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

15 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

16 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

17 not authorized by the Congress. 

18 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

19 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

20 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

21 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

22 under this Act for any consulting service through procure23 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

24 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

25 of public record and available for public inspection, except 
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1 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex2 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

3 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica4 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

5 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica6 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

7 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af8 fected thereby. 

9 SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

10 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

11 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli12 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from 

13 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

14 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

15 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

16 through the reprogramming of funds that: 

17 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project or ac18 tivity; 

19 (2) eliminates a program, project or activity, unless 

20 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are 

21 notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

22 funds; 

23 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for 

24 any project or activity for which funds have been denied 

25 or restricted by this Act, unless the House and Senate 
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1 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad2 vance of such reprogramming of funds; 

3 (4) relocates an office or employees, unless the House 

4 and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

5 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 

6 (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs or ac7 tivities, unless the House and Senate Committees on Ap8 propriations are notified 15 days in advance of such re9 programming of funds; 

10 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activi11 ties presently performed by Federal employees, unless the 

12 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti13 fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 

14 (7) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activ15 ity by either the House or Senate Committee on Appro16 priations for a different purpose, unless the House and 

17 Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 

18 in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 

19 (8) augments funds for existing programs, projects 

20 or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which21 ever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any pro22 gram, project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 

23 percent as approved by Congress, unless the House and 

24 Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 

25 in advance of such reprogramming of funds; or 
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1 (9) results from any general savings, including sav2 ings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in 

3 a change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap4 proved by Congress, unless the House and Senate Com5 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

6 of such reprogramming of funds. 

7 (b) None of the funds in provided under this Act, or 

8 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen9 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

10 or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any 

11 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

12 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

13 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

14 through the reprogramming of funds after August 1, ex15 cept in extraordinary circumstances, and only after the 

16 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti17 fied 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

18 SEC. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail19 able in this or any other Act may be used to implement, 

20 administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Em21 ployment Opportunity Commission covering harassment 

22 based on religion, when it is made known to the Federal 

23 entity or official to which such funds are made available 

24 that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the 
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1 proposed guidelines published by the Commission on Octo2 ber 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266). 

3 SEC. 507. If it has been finally determined by a court 

4 or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a 

5 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in6 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 

7 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 

8 United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 

9 contract or subcontract made with funds made available 

10 in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 

11 ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 

12 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 

13 SEC. 508. The Departments of Commerce and Jus14 tice, the National Science Foundation, and the National 

15 Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall provide to 

16 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 

17 quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any un18 obligated funds that were received by such agency during 

19 any previous fiscal year. 

20 SEC. 509. Any costs incurred by a department or 

21 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre22 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re23 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

24 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

25 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
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1 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

2 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

3 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

4 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

5 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

6 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

7 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

8 SEC. 510. None of the funds provided by this Act 

9 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

10 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

11 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

12 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

13 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

14 products of the same type. 

15 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated pursuant 

16 to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for— 

17 (1) the implementation of any tax or fee in con18 nection with the implementation of subsection 922(t) 

19 of title 18, United States Code; and 

20 (2) any system to implement subsection 922(t) 

21 of title 18, United States Code, that does not re22 quire and result in the destruction of any identifying 

23 information submitted by or on behalf of any person 

24 who has been determined not to be prohibited from 

25 possessing or receiving a firearm no more than 24 
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1 hours after the system advises a Federal firearms li2 censee that possession or receipt of a firearm by the 

3 prospective transferee would not violate subsection 

4 (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States 

5 Code, or State law. 

6 SEC. 512. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab8 lished under 42 U.S.C. 10601 in any fiscal year in excess 

9 of $635,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 

10 the following fiscal year. 

11 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available to the 

12 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi13 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

14 students who participate in programs for which financial 

15 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

16 or legal guardians of such students. 

17 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in19 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

20 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro21 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

22 SEC. 515. Any funds provided in this Act used to im23 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

24 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bu2 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are re3 leased without adequate disclaimers regarding the limita4 tions of the data. 

5 (b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 

6 Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language 

7 similar to the following that would make clear that trace 

8 data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about fire9 arms-related crime: 

10 (1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law 

11 enforcement authorities in conducting investigations 

12 by tracking the sale and possession of specific fire13 arms. Law enforcement agencies may request fire14 arms traces for any reason, and those reasons are 

15 not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. 

16 Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all 

17 firearms traced are used in crime. 

18 (2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen 

19 for purposes of determining which types, makes, or 

20 models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The 

21 firearms selected do not constitute a random sample 

22 and should not be considered representative of the 

23 larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or 

24 any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally 

25 traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported 
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1 for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the 

2 sources or methods by which firearms in general are 

3 acquired for use in crime. 

4 SEC. 517. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart5 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na6 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na7 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor8 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

9 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

10 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

11 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

12 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

13 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi14 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

15 any such audit is completed. 

16 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

17 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

18 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis19 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

20 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter21 net website maintained by the Department, Administra22 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

23 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

24 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

25 title 5, United States Code; and 
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1 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi2 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

3 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

4 unlawful purposes. 

5 (c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro6 priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of 

7 defraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not 

8 directly and programmatically related to the purpose for 

9 which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a ban10 quet or conference held in connection with planning, train11 ing, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related 

12 to a project funded by the grant or contract. 

13 (d) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

14 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state15 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

16 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

17 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

18 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

19 other manner to another person who has a financial inter20 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

21 (e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 

22 section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which 

23 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 

24 consultation with the Director of the Office of Government 

25 Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and require-
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1 ments, substantially similar to the requirements in such 

2 subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch 

3 ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and 

4 entities. 

5 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available under this Act may be used to issue 

7 patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human 

8 organism. 

9 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

11 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em12 ployee of the United States Government. 

13 SEC. 520. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

14 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

16 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

18 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

19 United States in connection with requiring an export li20 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac21 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

22 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

23 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

24 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

25 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
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1 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

2 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

3 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex4 port license— 

5 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

6 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

7 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

8 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

9 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub10 section (a); and 

11 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

12 of— 

13 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo14 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

15 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

16 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

17 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

18 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

19 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

20 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu21 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

22 (C) articles for export from Canada to an23 other foreign destination. 

24 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di25 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
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1 manent or temporary export without a license of any un2 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

3 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem4 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

5 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

6 Canadian citizen. 

7 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

8 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter9 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

10 the Government of Canada has implemented or main11 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

12 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

13 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter14 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an15 other nation. The President shall terminate the require16 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require17 ments have ceased. 

18 SEC. 521. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

20 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

21 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

22 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

23 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 

24 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 

25 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 
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1 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori2 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

3 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi5 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

6 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

7 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

8 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

9 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

10 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

11 States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

12 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

14 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author15 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

16 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 

17 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

18 Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 

19 PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

20 SEC. 524. If at any time during any quarter, the pro21 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

22 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero23 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

24 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason25 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-
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1 creased by 10 percent, the program manager shall imme2 diately inform the Secretary, Administrator, or Director. 

3 The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the 

4 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 

5 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall include in 

6 such notice: the date on which such determination was 

7 made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the 

8 action taken and proposed to be taken to control future 

9 cost growth of the project; changes made in the perform10 ance or schedule milestones and the degree to which such 

11 changes have contributed to the increase in total program 

12 costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total 

13 project or procurement costs; and a statement validating 

14 that the project’s management structure is adequate to 

15 control total project or procurement costs. 

16 SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

17 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel18 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

19 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec20 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

21 414) during fiscal year 2009 until the enactment of the 

22 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009. 

23 SEC. 526. The Departments, agencies, and commis24 sions funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain 

25 on the homepages of their Internet websites— 
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1 (1) a direct link to the Internet websites of 

2 their Offices of Inspectors General; and 

3 (2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors 

4 General website by which individuals may anony5 mously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with 

6 respect to those Departments, agencies, and commis7 sions. 

8 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

10 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

11 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro12 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

13 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

14 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

15 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

16 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

17 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

18 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi19 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

20 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as21 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

22 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter23 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess24 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

25 judicial proceeding. 
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1 SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this Act may be used in a manner 

3 that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective 

4 of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws 

5 to preserve the ability of the United States— 

6 (1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, includ7 ing antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard 

8 laws; 

9 (2) to avoid agreements that— 

10 (A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

11 and international disciplines on unfair trade, es12 pecially dumping and subsidies; or 

13 (B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

14 and international safeguard provisions, in order 

15 to ensure that United States workers, agricul16 tural producers, and firms can compete fully on 

17 fair terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal 

18 trade concessions; and 

19 (3) to address and remedy market distortions 

20 that lead to dumping and subsidization, including 

21 overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access bar22 riers. 

23 (RESCISSIONS)

24 SEC. 529. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

25 to the Department of Commerce from prior appropria-
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1 tions, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the 

2 following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 

3 (1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, 

4 Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 

5 $15,000,000; 

6 (2) ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech7 nology, Industrial Technology Services’’, $5,000,000; 

8 (3) ‘‘National Telecommunications and Infor9 mation Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’, 

10 $3,000,000; 

11 (4) ‘‘National Telecommunications and Infor12 mation Administration, Public Telecommunications, 

13 Facilities, Planning and Construction’’, $1,600,000; 

14 and 

15 (5) ‘‘Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses 

16 and Programs’’, $1,000,000. 

17 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De18 partment of Justice from prior appropriations, the fol19 lowing funds are hereby rescinded, not later than Sep20 tember 30, 2009, from the following accounts in the speci21 fied amounts: 

22 (1) ‘‘General Administration, Working Capital 

23 Fund’’, $100,000,000; 

24 (2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

25 $285,000,000; 
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1 (3) ‘‘Office of Justice Programs’’, 

2 $100,000,000; and 

3 (4) ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

4 $100,000,000. 

5 (c) Each department affected by the recissions con6 tained in subsections (a) and (b) shall, within 30 days of 

7 enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

9 a report specifying the amount of each rescission made 

10 pursuant to this section. 

11 (d) The recissions contained in this section shall not 

12 apply to funds provided in this Act. 

13 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

15 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

16 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend19 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart20 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

21 the United States. 

22 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Jus23 tice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

24 2009’’. 
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1 DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP2 MENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO3 PRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

4 TITLE I 

5 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 

6 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

7 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

8 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

9 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super10 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func11 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers 

12 and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 

13 protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related ef14 forts. 

15 INVESTIGATIONS

16 For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 

17 the collection and study of basic information pertaining 

18 to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 

19 shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re20 lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 

21 and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 

22 storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 

23 ecosystem restoration projects and related efforts prior to 

24 construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 

25 miscellaneous investigations and, when authorized by law, 

26 surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
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1 of projects prior to construction, $168,100,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That, except as pro3 vided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts made avail4 able under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized 

5 in law for the projects and activities specified in the text 

6 and table under this heading in the explanatory statement 

7 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

8 A of this consolidated Act). 

9 CONSTRUCTION

10 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

11 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro12 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 

13 projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 

14 and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 

15 those involving participation by States, local governments, 

16 or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 

17 by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica18 tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern19 ment to construction); $2,141,677,000, to remain avail20 able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 

21 to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili22 ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro23 gram shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

24 Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of which 

25 such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public Law 99– 

26 662 shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust 
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1 Fund, to cover one-half of the costs of construction, re2 placement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland water3 ways projects (including only Chickamauga Lock, Ten4 nessee; Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, Ken5 tucky; Lock and Dams 2, 3, and 4 Monongahela River, 

6 Pennsylvania; Marmet Lock and Dam, West Virginia; 

7 McAlpine Lock and Dam, Kentucky and Indiana; Olmsted 

8 Lock and Dam, Illinois and Kentucky; Gray’s Landing 

9 Lock and Dam, Pennsylvania; R.C. Byrd Lock and Dam, 

10 Ohio and West Virginia; and Point Marion Lock and 

11 Dam, Pennsylvania) shall be derived from the Inland Wa12 terways Trust Fund: Provided, That the Chief of Engi13 neers is directed to use $13,000,000 of the funds appro14 priated herein for the Dallas Floodway Extension, Texas, 

15 project, including the Cadillac Heights feature, generally 

16 in accordance with the Chief of Engineers report dated 

17 December 7, 1999: Provided further, That the Chief of 

18 Engineers is directed to use $8,000,000 of the funds ap19 propriated herein for planning, engineering, design or con20 struction of the Grundy, Buchanan County, and 

21 Dickenson County, Virginia, elements of the Levisa and 

22 Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland 

23 River Project: Provided further, That the Chief of Engi24 neers is directed to use $8,500,000 of the funds appro25 priated herein to continue planning, engineering, design 
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1 or construction of the Lower Mingo County, Upper Mingo 

2 County, Wayne County, McDowell County, West Virginia, 

3 elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy 

4 River and Upper Cumberland River Project: Provided fur5 ther, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 

6 Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $9,000,000 of the 

7 funds appropriated herein for the Clover Fork, City of 

8 Cumberland, Town of Martin, Pike County (including 

9 Levisa Fork and Tug Fork Tributaries), Bell County, 

10 Harlan County in accordance with the Draft Detailed 

11 Project Report dated January 2002, Floyd County, Mar12 tin County, Johnson County, and Knox County, Kentucky, 

13 detailed project report, elements of the Levisa and Tug 

14 Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland 

15 River: Provided further, That the Chief of Engineers is 

16 directed to use $17,048,000 of the funds provided herein 

17 for planning and design and construction of a rural health 

18 care facility on the Fort Berthold Reservation of the Three 

19 Affiliated Tribes, North Dakota: Provided further, That, 

20 except as provided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts 

21 made available under this paragraph shall be expended as 

22 authorized in law for the projects and activities specified 

23 in the text and table under this heading in the explanatory 

24 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

25 division A of the consolidated Act). 
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1 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

2 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

3 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu4 vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 

5 by law, $383,823,000, to remain available until expended, 

6 of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 

7 share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in8 land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte9 nance Trust Fund: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers 

10 is directed to use $5,000,000 of the funds provided herein 

11 for design and real estate activities and pump supply ele12 ments for the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater Pumping 

13 Plant, Mississippi: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

14 the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is di15 rected to use $8,000,000 appropriated herein for construc16 tion of water withdrawal features of the Grand Prairie, 

17 Arkansas, project: Provided further, That, except as pro18 vided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts made avail19 able under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized 

20 in law for the projects and activities specified in the text 

21 and table under this heading in the explanatory statement 

22 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

23 A of this consolidated Act). 

24 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

25 For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte26 nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
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1 storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 

2 and related projects authorized by law; providing security 

3 for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ4 ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 

5 harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 

6 other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 

7 of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 

8 and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con9 necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 

10 removing obstructions to navigation, $2,201,900,000, to 

11 remain available until expended, of which such sums as 

12 are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper13 ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan14 nels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Har15 bor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as be16 come available from the special account for the Corps es17 tablished by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 

18 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), shall be derived 

19 from that account for resource protection, research, inter20 pretation, and maintenance activities related to resource 

21 protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation is 

22 available; and of which such sums as become available 

23 from fees collected under section 217 of the Water Re24 sources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–303), 

25 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and mainte-
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1 nance of the dredged material disposal facilities for which 

2 such fees have been collected: Provided, That of the 

3 amounts provided herein, not to exceed $500,000 is pro4 vided to the Secretary of the Army to reimburse travel 

5 expenses as provided for in section 9003(f) of the Water 

6 Resources Development Act of 2007, Public Law 110–114 

7 (121 Stat. 1289–1290): Provided further, That 2 percent 

8 of the total amount of funds provided for each of the pro9 grams, projects or activities funded under this heading 

10 shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior 

11 to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 

12 and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers 

13 to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engi14 neers determines to be necessary and appropriate; and 

15 that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 

16 fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been 

17 used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance 

18 with the amounts provided for the programs, projects or 

19 activities: Provided further, That, except as provided in 

20 section 101 of this Act, the amounts made available under 

21 this paragraph shall be expended as authorized in law for 

22 the projects and activities specified in the text and table 

23 under the heading in the explanatory statement described 

24 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

25 consolidated Act). 
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1 REGULATORY PROGRAM

2 For expenses necessary for administration of laws 

3 pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 

4 $183,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 

6 Chief of Engineers, may use up to $3,200,000 of the funds 

7 appropriated herein to reimburse the Port of Arlington, 

8 Gillam County, Oregon, for those direct construction costs 

9 determined by the Secretary to have been incurred by the 

10 Port as a result of and following issuance of the Depart11 ment of the Army Regulatory Program permit for the con12 struction of a commercial dock and offload facility at the 

13 Port in February 2007, including the removal of the com14 mercial dock and offload facility. 

15 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

16 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

17 from sites in the United States resulting from work per18 formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro19 gram, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen22 eral administration of the civil works program in the head23 quarters of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 

24 and the offices of the Division Engineers; and for the man25 agement and operation of the Humphreys Engineer Cen26 ter Support Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, 
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1 the United States Army Engineer Research and Develop2 ment Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engi3 neers Finance Center, $179,365,000, to remain available 

4 until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 

5 for official reception and representation purposes and only 

6 during the current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of 

7 any other appropriation provided in title I of this Act shall 

8 be available to fund the civil works activities of the Office 

9 of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive di10 rection and management activities of the division offices. 

11 OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (CIVIL

12 WORKS)

13 For the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army 

14 (Civil Works) as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 

15 $4,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

17 The Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be 

18 available during the current fiscal year for purchase (not 

19 to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger 

20 motor vehicles for the civil works program. 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

22 SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 

23 of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 

24 to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 

25 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
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1 year 2009, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

2 through a reprogramming of funds that: 

3 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

4 or activity; 

5 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

6 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro7 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

8 denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap9 proval is received from the House and Senate Com10 mittees on Appropriations; 

11 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

12 activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 

13 is received from the House and Senate Committees 

14 on Appropriations; 

15 (5) augments or reduces existing programs, 

16 projects or activities in excess of the amounts con17 tained in subsections 6 through 10, unless prior ap18 proval is received from the House and Senate Com19 mittees on Appropriations; 

20 (6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 

21 $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 

22 amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 

23 or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 

24 less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 

25 $25,000; Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
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1 be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ2 ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 

3 obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

4 (7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 

5 $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 

6 base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 

7 study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 

8 base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 

9 limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 

10 $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con11 tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de12 ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 

13 $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 

14 study or activity that did not receive an appropria15 tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin16 istrative expenses; 

17 (8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlim18 ited reprogramming authority is granted in order for 

19 the Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro20 vided, That the Chief of Engineers must notify the 

21 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 

22 these emergency actions as soon thereafter as prac23 ticable: Provided further, That for a base level over 

24 $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 

25 base amount up to a limit of $5,000,000 per project, 
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1 study or activity is allowed: Provided further, That 

2 for a base level less than $1,000,000, the re3 programming limit is $150,000: Provided further, 

4 That $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any con5 tinuing study or activity that did not receive an ap6 propriation; 

7 (9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.— 

8 The same reprogramming guidelines for the Inves9 tigations, Construction, and Operation and Mainte10 nance portions of the Mississippi River and Tribu11 taries Account as listed above; and 

12 (10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC13 TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per14 cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 

15 (b) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Sub16 section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 

17 funded under the continuing authorities program. 

18 (c) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, the Corps of Engineers shall submit a 

20 report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria21 tions to establish the baseline for application of re22 programming and transfer authorities for the current fis23 cal year: Provided, That the report shall include: 

24 (1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa25 rate column to display the President’s budget re-
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1 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

2 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

3 fiscal year enacted level; 

4 (2) A delineation in the table for each appro5 priation both by object class and program, project 

6 and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

7 the respective appropriations; and 

8 (3) An identification of items of special congres9 sional interest: Provided further, That the amount 

10 appropriated for salaries and expenses of the Corps 

11 of Engineers shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 

12 for each day after the required date that the report 

13 has not been submitted to the Congress. 

14 SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 

15 Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel16 opment, shall be used to implement any pending or future 

17 competitive sourcing actions under OMB Circular A–76 

18 or High Performing Organizations for the U.S. Army 

19 Corps of Engineers. 

20 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 

21 title may be used to award or modify any contract that 

22 commits an amount for a project in excess of the amounts 

23 appropriated for that project that remain unobligated. 

24 SEC. 104. Within 90 days of the date of the Chief 

25 of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, the As-
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1 sistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall submit 

2 the report to the appropriate authorizing and appro3 priating committees of the Congress. 

4 SEC. 105. WATER REALLOCATION, LAKE CUM5 BERLAND, KENTUCKY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to sub6 section (b), none of the funds made available by this Act 

7 may be used to carry out any water reallocation project 

8 or component under the Wolf Creek Project, Lake Cum9 berland, Kentucky, authorized under the Act of June 28, 

10 1938 (52 Stat. 1215, ch. 795) and the Act of July 24, 

11 1946 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 

12 (b) EXISTING REALLOCATIONS.—Subsection (a) shall 

13 not apply to any water reallocation for Lake Cumberland, 

14 Kentucky, that is carried out subject to an agreement or 

15 payment schedule in effect on the date of enactment of 

16 this Act. 

17 SEC. 106. Section 121 of the Energy and Water De18 velopment Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

19 103; 119 Stat. 2256) is amended by striking subsection 

20 (a) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(a) Hereafter, the Secretary of the Army may carry 

22 out and fund planning studies, watershed surveys and as23 sessments, or technical studies at 100 percent Federal ex24 pense to accomplish the purposes of the 2003 Biological 

25 Opinion described in section 205(b) of the Energy and 
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1 Water Development Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 

2 Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2949) as amended by subsection 

3 (b) or any related subsequent biological opinion, and the 

4 collaborative program long-term plan. In carrying out a 

5 study, survey, or assessment under this subsection, the 

6 Secretary of the Army shall consult with Federal, State, 

7 tribal and local governmental entities, as well as entities 

8 participating in the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Spe9 cies Collaborative Program referred to in section 205 of 

10 this Act: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army may 

11 also provide planning and administrative assistance to the 

12 Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Pro13 gram, which shall not be subject to cost sharing require14 ments with non-Federal interests.’’. 

15 SEC. 107. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 

16 Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel17 opment shall be used to award any continuing contract 

18 that commits additional funding from the Inland Water19 way Trust Fund unless or until such time that a perma20 nent solution to enhance revenues in the fund is enacted. 

21 SEC. 108. The Secretary is authorized to conduct a 

22 study of the Missouri River Projects located within the 

23 Missouri River basin at a total cost of $25,000,000 with 

24 the express purpose to review the original project purposes 

25 based on the Flood Control Act of 1944, as amended, and 
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1 other subsequent relevant legislation and judicial rulings 

2 to determine if changes to the authorized project purposes 

3 and existing Federal water resource infrastructure may be 

4 warranted: Provided, That this study shall be undertaken 

5 at full Federal expense. 

6 SEC. 109. Section 134 of Public Law 108–137 (117 

7 Stat. 1842), as amended by section 128(b) of Public Law 

8 109–103 (119 Stat. 2260), is further amended by striking 

9 ‘‘$30,000,000’’ wherever it appears and inserting 

10 ‘‘$48,300,000’’ in lieu thereof. 

11 SEC. 110. Section 101(a)(5) of the Water Resources 

12 Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3663) is amended— 

13 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 

14 ‘‘The’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(B) CREDIT TOWARD NON-FEDERAL

17 SHARE.—The Secretary shall credit toward the 

18 non-Federal share of the project the costs ex19 pended by non-Federal interests for the replace20 ment and reconstruction of the Soquel Avenue 

21 Bridge. 

22 ‘‘(C) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIT.—The 

23 credit under paragraph (B) may not exceed 

24 $2,000,000. 
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1 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION OF TOTAL PROJECT

2 COST.—The Secretary shall not include the 

3 costs to be credited under paragraphs (B) and 

4 (C) in total project costs in determining the 

5 amounts of the Federal and non-Federal con6 tributions.’’. 

7 SEC. 111. The Missouri River Levee System (MRLS) 

8 Unit L–385 Project, Riverside, Missouri, authorized by 

9 the Flood Control Act of 1941, Public Law 77–228, and 

10 the Flood Control Act of 1944, Public Law 78–534, is 

11 modified to direct the Secretary, acting through the Chief 

12 of Engineers, to take such action as is necessary to correct 

13 deficiencies in the L–385 levee system in Riverside, Mis14 souri at full Federal expense at a cost of no more than 

15 $7,000,000. 

16 SEC. 112. Section 115 of the Energy and Water De17 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 

18 as contained in division C of Public Law 110–161, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘$20,000,000. The Secretary shall 

20 transfer this facility to the Secretary of the Interior for 

21 operation and maintenance upon the completion of con22 struction.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘$20,000,000: 

23 Provided, That the Secretary shall transfer ownership of 

24 this facility to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
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1 ices for operation and maintenance upon the completion 

2 of construction.’’. 

3 SEC. 113. Section 103(c)(7) of the Water Resources 

4 Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4811–12), as amend5 ed by section 117 of the Energy and Water Development 

6 Appropriations Act of 2006 (119 Stat. 2255), is further 

7 amended by striking ‘‘15,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘26,000,000’’. 

9 SEC. 114. Section 3118 of Public Law 110–114 (121 

10 Stat. 1137) is amended by— 

11 (1) in paragraph (b) by inserting after ‘‘New 

12 Mexico’’ the following: ‘‘in accordance with the plans 

13 recommended in the feasibility report for the Middle 

14 Rio Grande Bosque, New Mexico, scheduled for com15 pletion in December 2008’’; 

16 (2) redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

17 (e); and 

18 (3) inserting a new subsection (d): 

19 ‘‘(d) COST SHARING.—Any requirement for non-Fed20 eral participation in a project carried out in the bosque 

21 of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, pursuant to this section 

22 shall be limited to the provision of lands, easements, 

23 rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal 

24 areas necessary for construction, operation and mainte25 nance of the project.’’. 
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1 SEC. 115. The non-Federal interest for the project 

2 referenced in section 3154 of the Water Resources Devel3 opment Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 121 Stat. 

4 1148) may carry out design and construction work on the 

5 project in advance of Federal appropriations or may pro6 vide funds directly to the Secretary for the Secretary to 

7 carry out such work: Provided, That the Secretary of the 

8 Army shall reimburse the non-Federal interest for any 

9 costs incurred by the non-Federal interest that are in ex10 cess of the non-Federal share of total project costs subject 

11 to the availability of appropriations. 

12 SEC. 116. The Colorado Department of Natural Re13 sources is authorized to perform modifications of the facil14 ity (Chatfield Reservoir, Colorado), and any required miti15 gation which results from implementation of the project: 

16 Provided, That in carrying out the reassignment of storage 

17 space provided for in this section, the Secretary shall col18 laborate with the Colorado Department of Natural Re19 sources and local interests to determine costs to be repaid 

20 for storage that reflects the limited reliability of the re21 sources and the capability of non-Federal interests to 

22 make use of the reallocated storage space in Chatfield Res23 ervoir, Colorado. 

24 SEC. 117. Section 117 of the Energy and Water De25 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
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1 2005, as contained in division C of Public Law 108–447, 

2 is hereby repealed. 

3 SEC. 118. The Secretary of Army, acting through the 

4 Chief of Engineers, shall reassign the regulatory bound5 aries of the Chicago District to align with the existing civil 

6 works boundaries of the Chicago District. 

7 TITLE II 

8 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

9 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

10 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

11 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

12 Utah Project Completion Act, $40,360,000, to remain 

13 available until expended, of which $987,000 shall be de14 posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con15 servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti16 gation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for nec17 essary expenses incurred in carrying out related respon18 sibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,640,000, to 

19 remain available until expended. For fiscal year 2009, the 

20 Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 

21 for administrative expenses. 

22 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

23 The following appropriations shall be expended to 

24 execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama25 tion: 
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1 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For management, development, and restoration of 

4 water and related natural resources and for related activi5 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita6 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

7 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri8 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

9 agreements with, State and local governments, federally 

10 recognized Indian tribes, and others, $920,259,000, to re11 main available until expended, of which $46,655,000 shall 

12 be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 

13 Basin Fund and $24,962,000 shall be available for trans14 fer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 

15 of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad16 vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not 

17 more than $500,000 is for high priority projects which 

18 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 

19 authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided, That such trans20 fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap21 propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of 

22 the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 

23 that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu24 reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 

25 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or ac26 count: Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 
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1 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes 

2 for which contributed: Provided further, That funds ad3 vanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this ac4 count and are available until expended for the same pur5 poses as the sums appropriated under this heading: Pro6 vided further, That funds available for expenditure for the 

7 Departmental Irrigation Drainage Program may be ex8 pended by the Bureau of Reclamation for site remediation 

9 on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That funds 

10 provided for the Friant-Kern and Madera Canals improve11 ments may be expended on a non-reimbursable basis: Pro12 vided further, That $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated 

13 under this heading shall be deposited in the San Gabriel 

14 Basin Restoration Fund established by section 110 of title 

15 I of appendix D of Public Law 106–554: Provided further, 

16 That, except as provided in section 201 of this Act, the 

17 amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex18 pended as authorized in law for the projects and activities 

19 specified in the text and table under this heading in the 

20 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat21 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

22 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

23 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi24 tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 

25 the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $56,079,000, 

26 to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
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1 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec2 tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and 3406(c)(1) of 

3 Public Law 102–575, to remain available until expended: 

4 Provided, That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to 

5 assess and collect the full amount of the additional mitiga6 tion and restoration payments authorized by section 

7 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That 

8 none of the funds made available under this heading may 

9 be used for the acquisition or leasing of water for in10 stream purposes if the water is already committed to in11 stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order. 

12 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

15 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 

16 consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 

17 the Interior, $40,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 

19 carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 

20 accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 

21 out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro22 priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 

23 costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur24 ther, That the use of any funds provided to the California 

25 Bay-Delta Authority for program-wide management and 

26 oversight activities shall be subject to the approval of the 
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1 Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That CALFED 

2 implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner 

3 with clear performance measures demonstrating concur4 rent progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the 

5 Program. 

6 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 

9 related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 

10 Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 

11 of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, 

12 $59,400,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund 

13 and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: 

14 Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this 

15 Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted 

16 as policy and administration expenses: Provided further, 

17 That, of the funds provided under this heading, 

18 $10,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Water and Related 

19 Resources’’ upon the expiration of the 90-day period fol20 lowing the date of enactment of this Act if during such 

21 period, the Secretary of the Interior has not submitted to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate the Bureau of Reclamation’s 

24 five-year budget plan. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

3 be available for purchase of not to exceed seven passenger 

4 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

6 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 

7 of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 

8 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 

9 funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related Re10 sources that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

11 in fiscal year 2009, shall be available for obligation or ex12 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 

13 (1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 

14 or activity; 

15 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

16 (3) increases funds for any program, project, or 

17 activity for which funds have been denied or re18 stricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 

19 from the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate; 

21 (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 

22 activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 

23 unless prior approval is received from the Commit24 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa25 tives and the Senate; 
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1 (5) transfers funds in excess of the following 

2 limits, unless prior approval is received from the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep4 resentatives and the Senate: 

5 (A) 15 percent for any program, project or 

6 activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail7 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 

8 (B) $300,000 for any program, project or 

9 activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail10 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 

11 (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 

12 the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili13 tation category or the Resources Management and 

14 Development category to any program, project, or 

15 activity in the other category, unless prior approval 

16 is received from the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or 

18 (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 

19 obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 

20 $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 

21 contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 

22 to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de23 ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 

24 from the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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1 (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 

2 of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 

3 Rehabilitation category. 

4 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 

5 means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 

6 project, or activity. 

7 (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 

8 on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 

9 of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 

10 all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 

11 activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re12 port shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 

13 date of enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth15 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter16 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 

17 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 

18 of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 

19 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

20 of California as approved by the Administrator of the En21 vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri22 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

23 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 

24 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain25 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 
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1 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 

2 until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Al3 ternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative 

4 Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repay5 ment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and 

6 San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, 

7 prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

8 Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the 

9 United States relating to, or providing for, drainage serv10 ice or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully 

11 reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such serv12 ice or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 

13 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

15 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase 

16 or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad 

17 Projects in New Mexico unless said purchase or lease is 

18 in compliance with the purchase requirements of section 

19 202 of Public Law 106–60. 

20 SEC. 204. Funds under this title for Drought Emer21 gency Assistance shall be made available primarily for 

22 leasing of water for specified drought related purposes 

23 from willing lessors, in compliance with existing State laws 

24 and administered under State water priority allocation. 
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1 SEC. 205. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 

2 through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, 

3 is authorized to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, 

4 and other agreements with irrigation or water districts 

5 and States to fund up to 50 percent of the cost of plan6 ning, designing, and constructing improvements that will 

7 conserve water, increase water use efficiency, or enhance 

8 water management through measurement or automation, 

9 at existing water supply projects within the States identi10 fied in the Act of June 17, 1902, as amended, and supple11 mented: Provided, That when such improvements are to 

12 federally owned facilities, such funds may be provided in 

13 advance on a nonreimbursable basis to an entity operating 

14 affected transferred works or may be deemed non15 reimbursable for nontransferred works: Provided further, 

16 That the calculation of the non-Federal contribution shall 

17 provide for consideration of the value of any in-kind con18 tributions, but shall not include funds received from other 

19 Federal agencies: Provided further, That the cost of oper20 ating and maintaining such improvements shall be the re21 sponsibility of the non-Federal entity: Provided further, 

22 That this section shall not supercede any existing project23 specific funding authority: Provided further, That the Sec24 retary is also authorized to enter into grants or coopera-
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1 tive agreements with universities or nonprofit research in2 stitutions to fund water use efficiency research. 

3 SEC. 206. (a) Section 209 of the Energy and Water 

4 Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108– 

5 137; 117 Stat. 1850) is repealed. 

6 (b) The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this 

7 section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish and maintain 

8 an Executive Committee of the Middle Rio Grande Endan9 gered Species Collaborative Program (referred to in this 

10 section as the ‘‘Executive Committee’’) consistent with the 

11 bylaws of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Col12 laborative Program adopted on October 2, 2006. 

13 (c) Hereafter, in compliance with applicable Federal 

14 and State laws, the Secretary (acting through the Com15 missioner of Reclamation), in collaboration with the Exec16 utive Committee, may enter into any grants, contracts, co17 operative agreements, interagency agreements, or other 

18 agreements that the Secretary determines to be necessary 

19 to comply with the 2003 Biological Opinion described in 

20 section 205(b) of the Energy and Water Development Ap21 propriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 

22 2949) as amended by section 121(b) of the Energy and 

23 Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 

24 Law 109–103; 119 Stat. 2256) or any related subsequent 
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1 biological opinion or in furtherance of the objectives set 

2 forth in the collaborative program long-term plan. 

3 (d)(1) The acquisition of water under subsection (c) 

4 and any administrative costs associated with carrying out 

5 subsection (c) shall be at full Federal expense. 

6 (2) Not more than 15 percent of amounts appro7 priated to carry out subsection (c) shall be made available 

8 for the payment of administrative expenses associated with 

9 carrying out that subsection. 

10 (e)(1) The non-Federal share of activities carried out 

11 under subsection (c) (other than an activity or a cost de12 scribed in subsection (d)(1)) shall be 25 percent. The non13 Federal cost share shall be determined on a programmatic, 

14 rather than a project-by-project basis. 

15 (2) The non-Federal share required under paragraph 

16 (1) may be in the form of in-kind contributions, the value 

17 of which shall be determined by the Secretary in consulta18 tion with the executive committee. 

19 (f) Nothing in this section modifies or expands the 

20 discretion of the Secretary with respect to operating res21 ervoir facilities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary in 

22 the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. 

23 SEC. 207. Section 208 of the Energy and Water De24 velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 

25 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1953) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, as 

3 determined by the nonprofit conservation orga4 nization’’ after ‘‘Lake’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘retire6 ment of water rights’’ and all that follows 

7 through the semicolon at the end and inserting 

8 ‘‘retirement of water rights;’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘June 30, 

10 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2012’’. 

11 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, of amounts made available under section 2507 of the 

13 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (43 

14 U.S.C. 2211 note; Public Law 107–171), the Secretary 

15 of the Interior acting through the Commissioner of Rec16 lamation, shall allocate— 

17 (1) $300,000 to the Desert Research Institute 

18 for LIDAR acquisition data in the Walker River 

19 Basin, to supplement water rights research and data 

20 funded under section 208(a)(1) of the Energy and 

21 Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub22 lic Law 109–103; 119 Stat. 2268); and 

23 (2) $300,000 to the Director of the United 

24 States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a 

25 multiyear assessment of and monitoring of the abil-
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1 ity of west central Nevada lakes to support migra2 tory loons, and identification of wintering areas and 

3 annual range of loons using Walker Lake during mi4 gration. 

5 TITLE III 

6 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

7 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

8 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

9 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

10 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap11 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

12 efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 

13 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

15 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

16 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

17 and the purchase of not to exceed two passenger vehicles 

18 for replacement, $1,928,540,000, to remain available until 

19 expended: Provided, That, of the amount appropriated in 

20 this paragraph, $228,803,380 shall be used for projects 

21 specified in the table that appears under the heading 

22 ‘‘Congressionally Directed Energy Efficiency and Renew23 able Energy Projects’’ in the text and table under this 

24 heading in the explanatory statement described in section 
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1 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

2 Act). 

3 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY

4 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

5 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap6 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec7 tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 

8 out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza9 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi10 tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

11 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan12 sion, $137,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That, of the amount appropriated in this para14 graph, $19,648,475 shall be used for projects specified in 

15 the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally 

16 Directed Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 

17 Projects’’ in the text and table under this heading in the 

18 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat19 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

20 NUCLEAR ENERGY

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

23 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap24 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 

25 energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De-
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1 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

2 seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

3 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi4 tion, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not 

5 to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles, including three new 

6 buses and 26 replacement vehicles, including one ambu7 lance, $792,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That, of the amount appropriated in this para9 graph, $2,854,500 shall be used for projects specified in 

10 the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally 

11 Directed Nuclear Energy Projects’’ in the text and table 

12 under this heading in the explanatory statement described 

13 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

14 consolidated Act). 

15 CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 Of the funds made available under this heading for 

18 obligation in prior years, $149,000,000 of uncommitted 

19 balances are transferred to Fossil Energy Research and 

20 Development to be used until expended: Provided, That 

21 funds made available in previous appropriations Acts shall 

22 be made available for any ongoing project regardless of 

23 the separate request for proposal under which the project 

24 was selected. 
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1 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 

4 research and development activities, under the authority 

5 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 

6 Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ7 ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property 

8 or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan9 sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga10 tions and research concerning the extraction, processing, 

11 use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection12 able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 

13 and 1603), $876,320,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, of which $149,000,000 shall be derived by trans15 fer from ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’: Provided, That of the 

16 amounts provided, $288,174,000 is available for the Clean 

17 Coal Power Initiative Round III solicitation, pursuant to 

18 title IV of the Public Law 109–58: Provided further, That 

19 funds appropriated for prior solicitations under the Clean 

20 Coal Technology Program, Power Plant Improvement Ini21 tiative, Clean Coal Power Initiative, and FutureGen, but 

22 not required by the Department to meet its obligations 

23 on projects selected under such solicitations, may be uti24 lized for the Clean Coal Power Initiative Round III solici25 tation under this Act in accordance with the requirements 
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1 of this Act rather than the Acts under which the funds 

2 were appropriated: Provided further, That no Clean Coal 

3 Power Initiative project may be selected for which full 

4 funding is not available to provide for the total project: 

5 Provided further, That if a Clean Coal Power Initiative 

6 project selected after enactment of this legislation for ne7 gotiation under this or any other Act in any fiscal year, 

8 is not awarded within 2 years from the date the applica9 tion was selected, negotiations shall cease and the Federal 

10 funds committed to the application shall be retained by 

11 the Department for future coal-related research, develop12 ment and demonstration projects, except that the time 

13 limit may be extended at the Secretary’s discretion for 

14 matters outside the control of the applicant, or if the Sec15 retary determines that extension of the time limit is in 

16 the public interest: Provided further, That the Secretary 

17 may not delegate this responsibility for applications great18 er than $10,000,000: Provided further, That financial as19 sistance for costs in excess of those estimated as of the 

20 date of award of original Clean Coal Power Initiative fi21 nancial assistance may not be provided in excess of the 

22 proportion of costs borne by the Government in the origi23 nal agreement and shall be limited to 25 percent of the 

24 original financial assistance: Provided further, That funds 

25 shall be expended in accordance with the provisions gov-
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1 erning the use of funds contained under the heading 

2 ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in 42 U.S.C. 5903d as well as 

3 those contained under the heading ‘‘Clean Coal Tech4 nology’’ in prior appropriations: Provided further, That 

5 any technology selected under these programs shall be 

6 considered a Clean Coal Technology, and any project se7 lected under these programs shall be considered a Clean 

8 Coal Technology Project, for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. 

9 7651n, and chapters 51, 52, and 60 of title 40 of the Code 

10 of Federal Regulations: Provided further, That funds 

11 available for the Clean Coal Power Initiative Round III 

12 Funding Opportunity Announcement may be used to sup13 port any technology that meets the requirements of the 

14 Round III Announcement relating to carbon capture and 

15 storage or other beneficial uses of CO2, without regard 

16 to the 70 and 30 percent funding allocations specified in 

17 section 402(b)(1)(A) and 402(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 

18 109–58: Provided further, That no part of the sum herein 

19 made available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear 

20 explosives in the recovery of oil and gas: Provided further, 

21 That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, 

22 $43,864,150 shall be used for projects specified in the 

23 table that appears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Di24 rected Fossil Energy Projects’’ in the text and table under 

25 this heading in the explanatory statement described in sec-
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1 tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli2 dated Act). 

3 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

4 For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum 

5 and oil shale reserve activities, including the hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles, $19,099,000, to remain available 

7 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

8 provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 

9 years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil 

10 shale reserve activities. 

11 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

12 For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re13 serve facility development and operations and program 

14 management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and 

15 Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 

16 et seq.), $205,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

17 of which $31,507,000 shall be provided to initiate new site 

18 expansion activities, beyond land acquisition, consistent 

19 with the budget request: Provided, That none of the funds 

20 provided for new site expansion activities may be obligated 

21 or expended for authorized activities until the Secretary 

22 has submitted a report to the Congress on the effects of 

23 expansion of the Reserve on the domestic petroleum mar24 ket, which is required to be submitted within 45 days of 

25 enactment of this Act. 
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1 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

2 For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating 

3 Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 

4 pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 

5 $9,800,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

7 For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities 

8 of the Energy Information Administration, $110,595,000, 

9 to remain available until expended. 

10 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

11 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

12 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap13 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de14 fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 

15 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con17 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

18 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

19 $261,819,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That the appropriation includes funds for environ21 mental remediation activities associated with the Energy 

22 Technology and Engineering Center (ETEC) at the Santa 

23 Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), subject to the following: 

24 (1) the Department shall use a portion of this funding 

25 to enter into an interagency agreement with the Environ-
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1 mental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding a comprehen2 sive radioactive site characterization of Area IV of the 

3 SSFL and (2) the Department shall provide the amount 

4 required by EPA for the radioactive site characterization 

5 in fiscal year 2009 from within the available funds: Pro6 vided further, That of the amounts provided, $5,000,000 

7 is available for necessary expenses for the purpose of car8 rying out remedial actions under this title at real property 

9 in the vicinity of the Tuba City processing site designated 

10 in section 102(a)(1), of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radi11 ation Control Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–604, as amend12 ed; 42 U.S.C. 7901, et seq.), notwithstanding section 112 

13 of that Act, at a dump site immediately adjacent to the 

14 north-northwest section of the Tuba City processing site, 

15 and on the north side of Highway 160: Provided further, 

16 That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, 

17 $4,757,500 shall be used for projects specified in the table 

18 that appears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed 

19 Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup Projects’’ in the text 

20 and table under this heading in the explanatory statement 

21 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

22 A of this consolidated Act). 
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1 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

2 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium en4 richment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 

5 remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the 

6 Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of 

7 the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $535,503,000, to be de8 rived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 

9 Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until ex10 pended, of which $10,000,000 shall be available in accord11 ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act 

12 of 1992. 

13 SCIENCE

14 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

15 purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital 

16 equipment, and other expenses necessary for science ac17 tivities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

18 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in19 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop20 erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc21 tion, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 49 pas22 senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 

23 law enforcement vehicle, one ambulance, and three buses, 

24 $4,772,636,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That, of the amount appropriated in this para-
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1 graph, $93,686,593 shall be used for projects specified in 

2 the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Congressionally 

3 Directed Science Projects’’ in the text and table under this 

4 heading in the explanatory statement described in section 

5 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

6 Act). 

7 NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

8 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 

9 purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public 

10 Law 97–425, as amended (the ‘‘NWPA’’), including the 

11 acquisition of real property or facility construction or ex12 pansion, $145,390,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: 

14 Provided, That of the funds made available in this Act 

15 for Nuclear Waste Disposal, $5,000,000 shall be provided 

16 to the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Ne17 vada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and ex18 penses of State employees, to conduct scientific oversight 

19 responsibilities and participate in licensing activities pur20 suant to the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

21 the lack of a written agreement with the State of Nevada 

22 under section 117(c) of the NWPA, $1,000,000 shall be 

23 provided to Nye County, Nevada, for on-site oversight ac24 tivities under section 117(d) of that Act: Provided further, 

25 That $9,000,000 shall be provided to affected units of 
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1 local government, as defined in the NWPA, to conduct ap2 propriate activities and participate in licensing activities: 

3 Provided further, That of the $9,000,000 provided 7.5 per4 cent of the funds provided shall be made available to af5 fected units of local government in California with the bal6 ance made available to affected units of local government 

7 in Nevada for distribution as determined by the Nevada 

8 units of local government: Provided further, That this 

9 funding shall be provided to affected units of local govern10 ment, as defined in the NWPA: Provided further, That 

11 $500,000 shall be provided to the Timbisha-Shoshone 

12 Tribe solely for expenditures, other than salaries and ex13 penses of tribal employees, to conduct appropriate activi14 ties and participate in licensing activities under section 

15 118(b) of the NWPA: Provided further, That notwith16 standing the provisions of chapters 65 and 75 of title 31, 

17 United States Code, the Department shall have no moni18 toring, auditing or other oversight rights or responsibil19 ities over amounts provided to affected units of local gov20 ernment: Provided further, That the funds for the State 

21 of Nevada shall be made available solely to the Office of 

22 the Attorney General by direct payment and to units of 

23 local government by direct payment: Provided further, 

24 That within 90 days of the completion of each Federal 

25 fiscal year, the Office of the Attorney General of the State 
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1 of Nevada and each of the affected units of local govern2 ment shall provide certification to the Department of En3 ergy that all funds expended from such payments have 

4 been expended for activities authorized by the NWPA and 

5 this Act: Provided further, That failure to provide such 

6 certification shall cause such entity to be prohibited from 

7 any further funding provided for similar activities: Pro8 vided further, That none of the funds herein appropriated 

9 may be: (1) used directly or indirectly to influence legisla10 tive action, except for normal and recognized executive11 legislative communications, on any matter pending before 

12 Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying activity as 

13 provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litigation ex14 penses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts or other 

15 coalition building activities inconsistent with the restric16 tions contained in this Act: Provided further, That all pro17 ceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary in carrying 

18 out activities authorized by the NWPA, including but not 

19 limited to, any proceeds from the sale of assets, shall be 

20 available without further appropriation and shall remain 

21 available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 

22 provided in this Act or any previous Act may be used to 

23 pursue repayment or collection of funds provided in any 

24 fiscal year to affected units of local government for over25 sight activities that had been previously approved by the 
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1 Department of Energy, or to withhold payment of any 

2 such funds: Provided further, That, of the amount appro3 priated in this paragraph, $1,855,425 shall be used for 

4 projects specified in the table that appears under the head5 ing ‘‘Congressionally Directed Nuclear Waste Disposal 

6 Projects’’ in the text and table under this heading in the 

7 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat8 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

9 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

10 PROGRAM

11 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

12 Act of 1974, commitments to guarantee loans under title 

13 XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, shall not exceed 

14 a total principal amount of $47,000,000,000 for eligible 

15 projects, to remain available until committed, and of which 

16 $18,500,000,000 shall be for nuclear power facilities: Pro17 vided, That these amounts are in addition to the authority 

18 provided under section 20320 of Division B of Public Law 

19 109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5: Provided fur20 ther, That such sums as are derived from amounts re21 ceived from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of 

22 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in this 

23 and prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with sec24 tion 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro25 vided further, That the source of such payment received 
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1 from borrowers is not a loan or other debt obligation that 

2 is guaranteed by the Federal Government: Provided fur3 ther, That pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy 

4 Policy Act of 2005, no appropriations are available to pay 

5 the subsidy cost of such guarantees: Provided further, 

6 That for necessary administrative expenses to carry out 

7 this Loan Guarantee program, $19,880,000 is appro8 priated, to remain available until expended: Provided fur9 ther, That $19,880,000 of the fees collected pursuant to 

10 section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 

11 be credited as offsetting collections to this account to cover 

12 administrative expenses and shall remain available until 

13 expended, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appro14 priations from the general fund estimated at not more 

15 than $0: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

16 available in this Act shall be available for the execution 

17 of a new solicitation with respect to such guaranteed loans 

18 until 30 days after the Department of Energy has sub19 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Senate a loan guarantee imple21 mentation plan that defines the proposed award levels and 

22 eligible technologies: Provided further, That none of the 

23 loan guarantee authority made available in this Act shall 

24 be available for commitments to guarantee loans for any 

25 projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible or 
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1 intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, per2 sonnel or affiliated entity are expected to be used (directly 

3 or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, demonstra4 tions, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, procurements, 

5 sales, other transaction authority, or other arrangements, 

6 to support the project or to obtain goods or services from 

7 the project: Provided further, That the previous proviso 

8 shall not be interpreted as precluding the use of the loan 

9 guarantee authority in this Act for commitments to guar10 antee loans for projects as a result of such projects bene11 fiting from (a) otherwise allowable Federal income tax 

12 benefits; (b) being located on Federal land pursuant to 

13 a lease or right-of-way agreement for which all consider14 ation for all uses is (i) paid exclusively in cash, (ii) depos15 ited in the Treasury as offsetting receipts, and (iii) equal 

16 to the fair market value as determined by the head of the 

17 relevant Federal agency; (c) Federal insurance programs, 

18 including Price-Anderson; or (d) for electric generation 

19 projects, use of transmission facilities owned or operated 

20 by a Federal Power Marketing Administration or the Ten21 nessee Valley Authority that have been authorized, ap22 proved, and financed independent of the project receiving 

23 the guarantee: Provided further, That none of the loan 

24 guarantee authority made available in this Act shall be 

25 available for any project unless the Director of the Office 
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1 of Management and Budget has certified in advance in 

2 writing that the loan guarantee and the project comply 

3 with the provisions under this title. 

4 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En7 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car8 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga9 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire 

10 of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and rep11 resentation expenses not to exceed $30,000, 

12 $272,643,000, to remain available until expended, plus 

13 such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases 

14 in the estimated amount of cost of work for others not15 withstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 

16 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in 

17 cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same 

18 or greater amount, to remain available until expended: 

19 Provided further, That moneys received by the Department 

20 for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total 

21 $117,317,000 in fiscal year 2009 may be retained and 

22 used for operating expenses within this account, and may 

23 remain available until expended, as authorized by section 

24 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 

25 of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein 
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1 appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of miscella2 neous revenues received during 2009, and any related ap3 propriated receipt account balances remaining from prior 

4 years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final 

5 fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund esti6 mated at not more than $155,326,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

10 General Act of 1978, as amended, $51,927,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

13 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

14 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

15 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

16 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap17 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

18 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

19 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

21 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

22 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

23 the purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehi24 cles, and one ambulance; $6,380,000,000, to remain avail25 able until expended: Provided, That $19,300,000 is au-
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1 thorized to be appropriated for the 09–D–007 LANSCE 

2 Refurbishment, PED, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 

3 Los Alamos, New Mexico: Provided further, That, of the 

4 amount appropriated in this paragraph, $22,836,000 shall 

5 be used for projects specified in the table that appears 

6 under the heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Weapons Ac7 tivities Projects’’ in the text and table under this heading 

8 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 

9 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

10 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

11 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

12 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap13 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

14 defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 

15 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

17 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

18 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

19 and the purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor 

20 vehicle for replacement only, $1,482,350,000, to remain 

21 available until expended: Provided, That, of the amount 

22 appropriated in this paragraph, $1,903,000 shall be used 

23 for projects specified under the heading ‘‘Congressionally 

24 Directed Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Projects’’ in 

25 the text and table under this heading in the explanatory 
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1 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

2 division A of this consolidated Act). 

3 NAVAL REACTORS

4 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

5 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 

6 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ7 ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc8 tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 

9 equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 

10 $828,054,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Adminis13 trator in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 

14 including official reception and representation expenses 

15 not to exceed $12,000, $439,190,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That, of the amount appro17 priated in this paragraph, $23,311,750 shall be used for 

18 the projects specified in the table that appears under the 

19 heading ‘‘Congressionally Directed Office of the Adminis20 trator (NNSA) Projects’’ in the text and table under this 

21 heading in the explanatory statement described in section 

22 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

23 Act). 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

2 ACTIVITIES 

3 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

6 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap7 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 

8 energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car9 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga10 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui11 sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

12 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan13 sion, and the purchase of not to exceed four ambulances 

14 and three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 

15 $5,657,250,000, to remain available until expended, of 

16 which $463,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium 

17 Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 

18 Fund’’: Provided, That, of the amount appropriated in this 

19 paragraph, $17,908,391 shall be used for projects speci20 fied in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Congres21 sionally Directed Defense Environmental Cleanup 

22 Projects’’ in the text and table under this heading in the 

23 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat24 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
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1 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

2 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

3 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap4 ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 

5 energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac6 tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

7 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in8 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop9 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con10 struction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed 

11 10 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 

12 $1,314,063,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That of the funds provided herein, $487,008,000 

14 is for project 99–D–143 Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication 

15 Facility, Savannah River Site, South Carolina: Provided 

16 further, That the Department of Energy adhere strictly 

17 to Department of Energy Order 413.3A for Project 99– 

18 D–143: Provided further, That, of the amount appro19 priated in this paragraph, $999,075 shall be used for 

20 projects specified in the table that appears under the head21 ing ‘‘Congressionally Directed Other Defense Activities 

22 Projects’’ in the text and table under this heading in the 

23 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat24 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
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1 DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

2 For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 

3 purposes of Public Law 97–425, as amended, including 

4 the acquisition of real property or facility construction or 

5 expansion, $143,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended. 

7 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

8 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

9 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra10 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 

11 are approved for official reception and representation ex12 penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500. During fiscal 

13 year 2009, no new direct loan obligations may be made. 

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

17 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 

18 power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 

19 ancillary services pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con20 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south21 eastern power area, $7,420,000, to remain available until 

22 expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

23 3302, up to $49,520,000 collected by the Southeastern 

24 Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

25 of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
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1 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 

2 to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 

3 of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN

5 POWER ADMINISTRATION

6 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

7 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 

8 power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 

9 transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 

10 and for administrative expenses, including official recep11 tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex12 ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 

13 Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South14 western Power Administration, $28,414,000, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

16 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $35,000,000 collected by the 

17 Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 

18 Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 

19 wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off20 setting collections, to remain available until expended for 

21 the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 

22 expenditures. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

2 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS3 TRATION

4 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

5 section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 

6 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con7 servation and renewable resources programs as author8 ized, including official reception and representation ex9 penses in an amount not to exceed $1,500; $218,346,000, 

10 to remain available until expended, of which $208,642,000 

11 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec12 lamation Fund: Provided, That of the amount herein ap13 propriated, $7,342,000 is for deposit into the Utah Rec14 lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account pursuant 

15 to title IV of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 

16 Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided further, That notwith17 standing the provision of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 

18 $403,118,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad19 ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 

20 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur21 chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 

22 this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 

23 until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

24 power and wheeling expenditures. 
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1 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

2 FUND

3 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 

4 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

5 Dams, $2,959,000, to remain available until expended, 

6 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

7 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad8 ministration, as provided in section 423 of the Foreign 

9 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 

10 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regu13 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De14 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

15 seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

16 the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception 

17 and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, 

18 $273,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 not to exceed $273,400,000 of revenues from fees and an21 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

22 year 2009 shall be retained and used for necessary ex23 penses in this account, and shall remain available until 

24 expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro25 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 
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1 are received during fiscal year 2009 so as to result in a 

2 final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the general fund 

3 estimated at not more than $0. 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 

5 ENERGY 

6 SEC. 301. CONTRACT COMPETITION. (a) None of the 

7 funds in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 

8 year 2009 or any previous fiscal year may be used to make 

9 payments for a noncompetitive management and operating 

10 contract, or a contract for environmental remediation or 

11 waste management in excess of $100,000,000 in annual 

12 funding at a current or former management and operating 

13 contract site or facility, or to award a significant extension 

14 or expansion to an existing management and operating 

15 contract, or other contract covered by this section, unless 

16 such contract is awarded using competitive procedures or 

17 the Secretary of Energy grants, on a case-by-case basis, 

18 a waiver to allow for such a deviation. The Secretary may 

19 not delegate the authority to grant such a waiver. 

20 (b) Within 30 days of formally notifying an incum21 bent contractor that the Secretary intends to grant such 

22 a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees 

23 on Energy and Water Development of the Committees on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

25 Senate a report notifying the Subcommittees of the waiver 
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1 and setting forth, in specificity, the substantive reasons 

2 why the Secretary believes the requirement for competition 

3 should be waived for this particular award. 

4 (c) In this section the term ‘‘competitive procedures’’ 

5 has the meaning provided in section 4 of the Office of Fed6 eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403) and includes 

7 procedures described in section 303 of the Federal Prop8 erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 

9 253) other than a procedure that solicits a proposal from 

10 only one source. 

11 SEC. 302. UNFUNDED REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS. 

12 None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 

13 to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for 

14 a program if the program has not been funded by Con15 gress. 

16 SEC. 303. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEFENSE NU17 CLEAR FACILITIES WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING. None 

18 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used— 

19 (1) to augment the funds made available for ob20 ligation by this Act for severance payments and 

21 other benefits and community assistance grants 

22 under section 4604 of the Atomic Energy Defense 

23 Act (50 U.S.C. 2704) unless the Department of En24 ergy submits a reprogramming request to the appro25 priate congressional committees; or 
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1 (2) to provide enhanced severance payments or 

2 other benefits for employees of the Department of 

3 Energy under such section; or 

4 (3) develop or implement a workforce restruc5 turing plan that covers employees of the Department 

6 of Energy. 

7 SEC. 304. UNEXPENDED BALANCES. The unex8 pended balances of prior appropriations provided for ac9 tivities in this Act may be available to the same appropria10 tion accounts for such activities established pursuant to 

11 this title. Available balances may be merged with funds 

12 in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may 

13 be accounted for as one fund for the same time period 

14 as originally enacted. 

15 SEC. 305. BONNEVILLE POWER AUTHORITY SERV16 ICE TERRITORY. None of the funds in this or any other 

17 Act for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Admin18 istration may be used to enter into any agreement to per19 form energy efficiency services outside the legally defined 

20 Bonneville service territory, with the exception of services 

21 provided internationally, including services provided on a 

22 reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in 

23 advance that such services are not available from private 

24 sector businesses. 
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1 SEC. 306. USER FACILITIES. When the Department 

2 of Energy makes a user facility available to universities 

3 or other potential users, or seeks input from universities 

4 or other potential users regarding significant characteris5 tics or equipment in a user facility or a proposed user fa6 cility, the Department shall ensure broad public notice of 

7 such availability or such need for input to universities and 

8 other potential users. When the Department of Energy 

9 considers the participation of a university or other poten10 tial user as a formal partner in the establishment or oper11 ation of a user facility, the Department shall employ full 

12 and open competition in selecting such a partner. For pur13 poses of this section, the term ‘‘user facility’’ includes, but 

14 is not limited to: (1) a user facility as described in section 

15 2203(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

16 13503(a)(2)); (2) a National Nuclear Security Adminis17 tration Defense Programs Technology Deployment Cen18 ter/User Facility; and (3) any other Departmental facility 

19 designated by the Department as a user facility. 

20 SEC. 307. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. Funds appro21 priated by this or any other Act, or made available by the 

22 transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are 

23 deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 

24 purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 

25 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2009 until the 
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1 enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal 

2 year 2009. 

3 SEC. 308. LABORATORY DIRECTED RESEARCH AND

4 DEVELOPMENT. Of the funds made available by the De5 partment of Energy for activities at government-owned, 

6 contractor-operated laboratories funded in this Act or sub7 sequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations 

8 Acts, the Secretary may authorize a specific amount, not 

9 to exceed 8 percent of such funds, to be used by such lab10 oratories for laboratory directed research and develop11 ment: Provided, That the Secretary may also authorize a 

12 specific amount not to exceed 4 percent of such funds, 

13 to be used by the plant manager of a covered nuclear 

14 weapons production plant or the manager of the Nevada 

15 Site Office for plant or site directed research and develop16 ment: Provided further, That notwithstanding Department 

17 of Energy order 413.2A, dated January 8, 2001, begin18 ning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all DOE labora19 tories may be eligible for laboratory directed research and 

20 development funding. 

21 SEC. 309. RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD. 

22 None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 

23 for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW). 

24 SEC. 310. GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS. Plant or con25 struction projects for which amounts are made available 
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1 under this and subsequent appropriation Acts with a cur2 rent estimated cost of less than $10,000,000 are consid3 ered for purposes of section 4703 of Public Law 107–314 

4 as a plant project for which the approved total estimated 

5 cost does not exceed the minor construction threshold and 

6 for purposes of section 4704 of Public Law 107–314 as 

7 a construction project with a current estimated cost of less 

8 than a minor construction threshold. 

9 SEC. 311. ENERGY PRODUCTION. The Secretary of 

10 Energy shall provide funding to the National Academy of 

11 Sciences to conduct an inventory of the energy develop12 ment potential on all lands currently managed by the De13 partment of Energy together with a report, to be sub14 mitted not later than July 1, 2009, which includes (1) a 

15 detailed analysis of all such resources including oil, gas, 

16 coal, solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable re17 sources on such lands, (2) a delineation of the resources 

18 presently available for development as well as those poten19 tially available in the future, and (3) an analysis of the 

20 environmental impacts associated with any future develop21 ment including actions necessary to mitigate negative im22 pacts. 

23 SEC. 312. RENO HYDROGEN FUEL PROJECT. (a) The 

24 non-Federal share of project costs shall be 20 percent. 
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1 (b) The cost of project vehicles, related facilities, and 

2 other activities funded from the Federal Transit Adminis3 tration sections 5307, 5308, 5309, and 5314 program, in4 cluding the non-Federal share for the FTA funds, is an 

5 eligible component of the non-Federal share for this 

6 project. 

7 (c) Contribution of the non-Federal share of project 

8 costs for all grants made for this project may be deferred 

9 until the entire project is completed. 

10 (d) All operations and maintenance costs associated 

11 with vehicles, equipment, and facilities utilized for this 

12 project are eligible project costs. 

13 (e) This section applies to project appropriations be14 ginning in fiscal year 2004. 

15 SEC. 313. INTEGRATED UNIVERSITY PROGRAM. (a) 

16 The Secretary of Energy, along with the Administrator 

17 of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the 

18 Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall es19 tablish an Integrated University Program. 

20 (b) For the purposes of carrying out this section, 

21 $45,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated in each of 

22 fiscal years 2009 to 2019 as follows: 

23 (1) $15,000,000 for the Department of Energy; 

24 (2) $15,000,000 for the Nuclear Regulatory 

25 Commission; and 
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1 (3) $15,000,000 for the National Nuclear Secu2 rity Administration. 

3 (c) Of the amounts authorized to carry out this sec4 tion, $10,000,000 shall be used by each organization to 

5 support university research and development in areas rel6 evant to their respective organization’s mission, and 

7 $5,000,000 shall be used by each organization to support 

8 a jointly implemented Nuclear Science and Engineering 

9 Grant Program that will support multiyear research 

10 projects that do not align with programmatic missions but 

11 are critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear science 

12 and engineering. 

13 TITLE IV 

14 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

15 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

16 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au17 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 

18 1965, as amended, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, 

19 and, for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman 

20 and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commis21 sion, for payment of the Federal share of the administra22 tive expenses of the Commission, including services as au23 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor 

24 vehicles, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

25 Provided, That any congressionally directed spending shall 
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1 be taken from within that State’s allocation in the fiscal 

2 year in which it is provided. 

3 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Fa6 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 

7 by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 

8 Law 100–456, section 1441, $25,000,000, to remain 

9 available until expended. 

10 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Author13 ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 

14 Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, as amended, not15 withstanding sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 

16 382N of said Act, $13,000,000, to remain available until 

17 expended. 

18 DENALI COMMISSION

19 For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 

20 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap21 ital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 

22 $11,800,000, to remain available until expended, notwith23 standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 

24 Denali Commission Act of 1998. 
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1 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Commission in car4 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 

5 of 1974, as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

6 as amended, including official representation expenses 

7 (not to exceed $25,000), $1,034,656,000, to remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That of the amount appro9 priated herein, $49,000,000 shall be derived from the Nu10 clear Waste Fund: Provided further, That revenues from 

11 licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 

12 collections estimated at $860,857,000 in fiscal year 2009 

13 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and ex14 penses in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

15 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur16 ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

17 by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 

18 2009 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropria19 tion estimated at not more than $173,799,000: Provided 

20 further, That such funds as are made available for nec21 essary expenses of the Commission by this Act or any 

22 other Act may be used for the acquisition and lease of 

23 additional office space provided by the General Services 

24 Administration for personnel of the U.S. Nuclear Regu25 latory Commission as close as reasonably possible to the 
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1 Commission’s headquarters location in Rockville, Mary2 land, and of such square footage and for such lease term, 

3 as are determined by the Commission to be necessary to 

4 maintain the agency’s regulatory effectiveness, efficiency, 

5 and emergency response capability: Provided further, That 

6 notwithstanding any other provision of law or any pre7 vailing practice, the acquisition and lease of space for such 

8 purpose shall, to the extent necessary to obtain the space, 

9 be based on the prevailing rates in the immediate vicinity 

10 of the Commission’s headquarters. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

14 General Act of 1978, $10,860,000, to remain available 

15 until expended: Provided, That revenues from licensing 

16 fees, inspection services, and other services and collections 

17 estimated at $9,774,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall be re18 tained and be available until expended, for necessary sala19 ries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 

20 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein ap21 propriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues re22 ceived during fiscal year 2009 so as to result in a final 

23 fiscal year 2009 appropriation estimated at not more than 

24 $1,086,000. 
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1 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech4 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 

5 203, section 5051, $3,811,000, to be derived from the Nu6 clear Waste Fund, and to remain available until expended. 

7 OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA

8 NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

9 For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 

10 Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 

11 Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 

12 of 2004, $4,400,000: Provided, That any fees, charges, or 

13 commissions received pursuant to section 802 of Public 

14 Law 110–140 in fiscal year 2009 in excess of $4,660,000 

15 shall not be available for obligation until appropriated in 

16 a subsequent Act of Congress. 

17 TITLE V 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

21 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

22 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu23 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

24 1913. 
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1 SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

4 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro5 vided in this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 

7 Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

8 2009’’. 

9 DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GEN10 ERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 

11 2009 

12 TITLE I 

13 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

14 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

18 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

19 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

20 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 

21 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 

22 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 

23 of official business, $278,870,000, of which not to exceed 

24 $21,619,000 is for executive direction program activities; 

25 not to exceed $45,910,000 is for economic policies and 

26 programs activities; not to exceed $36,039,000 is for fi-
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1 nancial policies and programs activities; not to exceed 

2 $62,098,000 is for terrorism and financial intelligence ac3 tivities; not to exceed $21,600,000 is for Treasury-wide 

4 management policies and programs activities; and not to 

5 exceed $91,604,000 is for administration programs activi6 ties: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is au7 thorized to transfer funds appropriated for any program 

8 activity of the Departmental Offices to any other program 

9 activity of the Departmental Offices upon notification to 

10 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

11 Provided further, That no appropriation for any program 

12 activity shall be increased or decreased by more than 4 

13 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any 

14 change in funding greater than 4 percent shall be sub15 mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 

16 on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the amount 

17 appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

18 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, 

19 is for information technology modernization requirements; 

20 not to exceed $200,000 is for official reception and rep21 resentation expenses; and not to exceed $258,000 is for 

22 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo23 cated and expended under the direction of the Secretary 

24 of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his cer25 tificate: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
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1 priated under this heading, $5,232,443, to remain avail2 able until September 30, 2010, is for the Treasury-wide 

3 Financial Statement Audit and Internal Control Program, 

4 of which such amounts as may be necessary may be trans5 ferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and bureaus 

6 to conduct audits: Provided further, That this transfer au7 thority shall be in addition to any other provided in this 

8 Act: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

9 under this heading, $500,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2010, is for secure space requirements: 

11 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 

12 this heading, $1,100,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2010, is for salary and benefits for hiring of 

14 personnel whose work will require completion of a security 

15 clearance investigation in order to perform highly classi16 fied work to further the activities of the Office of Ter17 rorism and Financial Intelligence: Provided further, That 

18 of the amount appropriated under this heading, 

19 $3,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, 

20 is to develop and implement programs within the Office 

21 of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Pol22 icy, including entering into cooperative agreements: Pro23 vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 

24 heading $3,000,000 to remain available until September 
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1 30, 2011, is for modernizing the Office of Debt Manage2 ment’s information technology. 

3 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

4 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

7 processing equipment, software, and services for the De8 partment of the Treasury, $26,975,000, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2011: Provided, That 

10 $11,518,000 is for repairs to the Treasury Annex Build11 ing: Provided further, That these funds shall be trans12 ferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy 

13 the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, 

14 and other organizations: Provided further, That this trans15 fer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer au16 thority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none 

17 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used 

18 to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Op19 erations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business 

20 Systems Modernization’’. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

25 General Act of 1978, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official 

26 travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
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1 and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies 

2 of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended 

3 under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treas4 ury, $26,125,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be 

5 available for official reception and representation ex6 penses. 

7 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

11 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In12 spector General Act of 1978, including purchase (not to 

13 exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 

14 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 

15 services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 

16 may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad17 ministration; $146,083,000, of which not to exceed 

18 $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; 

19 of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for un20 foreseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo21 cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector 

22 General for Tax Administration; and of which not to ex23 ceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 

24 representation expenses. 
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1 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En4 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

6 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

7 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in8 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula9 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep10 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en11 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 

12 $91,465,000, of which not to exceed $16,340,000 shall re13 main available until September 30, 2011; and of which 

14 $9,178,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2010: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account 

16 may be used to procure personal services contracts. 

17 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

18 (RESCISSION)

19 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

20 heading, $30,000,000 are rescinded. 

21 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 

24 Service, $239,785,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 

25 shall remain available until September 30, 2011, for infor-
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1 mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 

2 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

3 and representation expenses. 

4 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

7 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

8 passenger motor vehicles, $99,065,000; of which not to ex9 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex10 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

11 development programs for laboratory services; and provi12 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

13 with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the 

14 amount appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000, to 

15 remain available until September 30, 2010, is for informa16 tion technology management. 

17 UNITED STATES MINT

18 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

19 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

20 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

21 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

22 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis23 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper24 ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 

25 amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 
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1 fiscal year 2009 under such section 5136 for circulating 

2 coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

3 United States Mint shall not exceed $42,150,000. 

4 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

5 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

6 For necessary expenses connected with any public7 debt issues of the United States, $187,352,000, of which 

8 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep9 tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex10 ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 

11 30, 2011, for systems modernization: Provided, That the 

12 sum appropriated herein from the general fund for fiscal 

13 year 2009 shall be reduced by not more than $10,000,000 

14 as definitive security issue fees and Legacy Treasury Di15 rect Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so 

16 as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation from 

17 the general fund estimated at $177,352,000. In addition, 

18 $90,000 to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 

19 Fund to reimburse the Bureau for administrative and per20 sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, 

21 as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 

22 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

23 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

25 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
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1 325), including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

2 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

3 equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $107,000,000, to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2010, of which $8,500,000 

5 shall be for financial assistance, technical assistance, 

6 training and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

7 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native commu8 nities and provided primarily through qualified community 

9 development lender organizations with experience and ex10 pertise in community development banking and lending in 

11 Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes and 

12 tribal organizations and other suitable providers, 

13 $2,000,000 shall be available for the pilot project grant 

14 program under section 1132(d) of division A of the Hous15 ing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

16 289), up to $14,750,000 may be used for administrative 

17 expenses, including administration of the New Markets 

18 Tax Credit, up to $7,500,000 may be used for the cost 

19 of direct loans, and up to $250,000 may be used for ad20 ministrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program: 

21 Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost 

22 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

23 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur24 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
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1 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex2 ceed $16,000,000. 

3 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

4 TAXPAYER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv6 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist7 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 

8 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 

9 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

10 Commissioner, $2,293,000,000, of which not less than 

11 $5,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 

12 Program, of which not less than $9,500,000 shall be avail13 able for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which not 

14 less than $8,000,000, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2010, shall be available for a Community Volunteer 

16 Income Tax Assistance matching grants demonstration 

17 program for tax return preparation assistance, and of 

18 which not less than $193,000,000 shall be available for 

19 operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service. 

20 ENFORCEMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv23 ice to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal 

24 and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, 

25 to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of inter26 nal revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase 
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1 (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire passenger 

2 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other 

3 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates 

4 as may be determined by the Commissioner, 

5 $5,117,267,000, of which not less than $57,252,000 shall 

6 be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement pro7 gram: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 may be trans8 ferred as necessary from this account to ‘‘Operations Sup9 port’’ solely for the purposes of the Interagency Crime and 

10 Drug Enforcement program: Provided further, That this 

11 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans12 fer authority provided in this Act. 

13 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

14 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv15 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro16 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print17 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

18 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

19 of income; telecommunications; information technology de20 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se21 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

22 1343(b)); and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

23 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis24 sioner; $3,867,011,000, of which up to $75,000,000 shall 

25 remain available until September 30, 2010, for informa26 tion technology support; of which not to exceed 
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1 $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2011, for research; of which not less than $2,000,000 

3 shall be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 

4 and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official 

5 reception and representation. 

6 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

7 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv8 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

9 $229,914,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2011, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech11 nology systems, including management and related con12 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter13 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as14 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

15 Provided, That, with the exception of labor costs, none of 

16 these funds may be obligated until the Internal Revenue 

17 Service submits to the Committees on Appropriations, and 

18 such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) 

19 meets the capital planning and investment control review 

20 requirements established by the Office of Management 

21 and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) complies with 

22 the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, in23 cluding the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the 

24 Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle method25 ology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, 

26 the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Man-
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1 agement and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the Gov2 ernment Accountability Office; and (6) complies with the 

3 acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems 

4 acquisition management practices of the Federal Govern5 ment. 

6 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

7 For expenses necessary to implement the health in8 surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 

9 (Public Law 107–210), $15,406,000. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

11 SERVICE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

15 Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under 

16 the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any 

17 other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad18 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main20 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

21 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal22 ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela23 tions. 

24 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti25 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe26 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 
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1 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 

2 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

3 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi4 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

5 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve6 ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv7 ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 

8 phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 

9 Service 1–800 help line service. 

10 SEC. 105. Of the funds made available by this Act 

11 to the Internal Revenue Service, not less than 

12 $6,997,000,000 shall be available only for tax enforce13 ment. In addition, of the funds made available by this Act 

14 to the Internal Revenue Service, and subject to the same 

15 terms and conditions, $490,000,000 shall be available for 

16 enhanced tax law enforcement. 

17 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used to enter into, renew, extend, administer, 

19 implement, enforce, or provide oversight of any qualified 

20 tax collection contract (as defined in section 6306 of the 

21 Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 107. Appropriations to the Department of the 

5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

11 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

13 of health and medical services to employees and their de14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

16 SEC. 108. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of18 fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 

19 Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

20 and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net21 work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 

22 between such appropriations upon the advance approval 

23 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 

24 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 

25 by more than 2 percent. 
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1 SEC. 109. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria2 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

3 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen4 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad5 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro6 vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 

7 appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

8 SEC. 110. Of the funds available for the purchase of 

9 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

10 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 

11 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with de12 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 

13 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 

14 Secretary for Management. 

15 SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

16 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

17 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

18 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

19 SEC. 112. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans20 fer funds from Financial Management Service, Salaries 

21 and Expenses to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary 

22 to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 

23 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

24 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec25 tion Fund. 
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1 SEC. 113. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 

2 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘10 

3 years’’ and inserting ‘‘11 years’’. 

4 SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

6 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu7 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

10 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

11 Affairs. 

12 SEC. 115. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

14 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav15 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

16 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func17 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

18 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

19 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com20 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 

21 House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 

22 Committee on Appropriations. 

23 SEC. 116. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

24 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De25 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
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1 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

2 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

3 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 

4 2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2009. 

6 SEC. 117. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail7 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus8 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

9 representation expenses. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

11 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 

12 TITLE II 

13 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

14 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

15 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

16 For compensation of the President, including an ex17 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au18 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 

19 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 

20 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 

21 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 

22 title 31, United States Code. 
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1 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the White House as au4 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

5 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

6 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

7 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

8 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 

9 periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 

10 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 

11 by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 

12 entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with13 in the Executive Office of the President; $53,899,000, of 

14 which $1,400,000 shall be for the Office of National AIDS 

15 Policy. 

16 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re19 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

20 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

21 the White House and official entertainment expenses of 

22 the President, $13,363,000, to be expended and accounted 

23 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

24 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

25 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi26 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
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1 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

2 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

3 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

4 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

5 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

6 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob7 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex8 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

9 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit10 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti11 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

12 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

13 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

14 shall require the national committee of the political party 

15 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

16 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat17 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

18 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

19 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

20 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

21 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

22 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in23 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

24 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

25 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
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1 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

2 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

3 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out4 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

5 section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur6 ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 

7 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 

8 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 

9 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 

11 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 

12 Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex13 penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 

14 fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, 

15 the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi16 cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that 

17 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 

18 of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 

19 date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 

20 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex21 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 

22 Residence that includes a standard for the classification 

23 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided 

24 further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con25 strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other 
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1 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 

2 37 of title 31, United States Code. 

3 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

4 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

5 Executive Residence at the White House, $1,600,000, to 

6 remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 

7 safety and health issues, and continued preventative main8 tenance. 

9 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

12 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ13 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,118,000. 

14 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel17 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

18 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,550,000. 

19 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

22 Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

23 3109, $9,029,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra4 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

6 $101,333,000, of which not less than $5,700,000 shall be 

7 for e-mail restoration activities, and of which $11,923,000 

8 shall remain available until expended for continued mod9 ernization of the information technology infrastructure 

10 within the Executive Office of the President. 

11 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

14 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

15 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 

16 out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

17 Code, $87,972,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall 

18 be available for official representation expenses: Provided, 

19 That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 

20 Office of Management and Budget may be used for the 

21 purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or 

22 any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 

23 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 

24 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds 

25 made available for the Office of Management and Budget 
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1 by this Act may be expended for the altering of the tran2 script of actual testimony of witnesses, except for testi3 mony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, 

4 before the Committees on Appropriations or their sub5 committees: Provided further, That none of the funds pro6 vided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indi7 rectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for eval8 uating or determining if water resource project or study 

9 reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 

10 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 

11 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 

12 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro13 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 

14 shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 

15 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 

16 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur17 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

18 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap19 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi20 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 

21 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 

22 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 

23 the Office of Management and Budget review period based 

24 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-
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1 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 

2 the report and act accordingly. 

3 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

6 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

7 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza8 tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 

9 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

10 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

11 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

12 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with13 out reimbursement, $27,200,000; of which $1,300,000 

14 shall remain available until expended for policy research 

15 and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 

16 accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 

17 personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 

18 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 

19 Office. 

20 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech23 nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 

24 to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor25 ization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $3,000,000, 

26 which shall remain available until expended for counter-
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1 narcotics research and development projects: Provided, 

2 That such amount shall be available for transfer to other 

3 Federal departments or agencies: Provided further, That 

4 the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall submit 

5 for approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate, a detailed 

7 spending plan for the use of these funds no later than 

8 90 days after enactment of this Act. 

9 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

10 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

13 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

14 Areas Program, $234,000,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2010, for drug control activities consistent 

16 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

17 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less 

18 than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local 

19 entities for drug control activities, which shall be obligated 

20 within 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 

21 That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal 

22 agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by 

23 the Director, of which up to $2,100,000 may be used for 

24 auditing services and associated activities, and up to 

25 $250,000 of the $2,100,000 shall be used to ensure the 

26 continued operation and maintenance of the Performance 
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1 Management System: Provided further, That High Inten2 sity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs designated as of 

3 September 30, 2008, shall be funded at no less than the 

4 fiscal year 2008 initial allocation levels (as revised by the 

5 letter from the Director of the Office of National Drug 

6 Control Policy to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate dated April 8, 

8 2008) or $3,000,000, whichever is greater, unless the Di9 rector submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Com11 mittees approve, justification for changes in those levels 

12 based on clearly articulated priorities for the High Inten13 sity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs, as well as pub14 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 

15 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That no High 

16 Intensity Drug Trafficking Area shall receive more than 

17 $47,457,447 as its fiscal year 2009 initial allocation level: 

18 Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements 

19 of Public Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated 

20 prior to fiscal year 2007 for programs addressing the 

21 treatment or prevention of drug use as part of the ap22 proved strategy for a designated High Intensity Drug 

23 Trafficking Area may be used for other approved activities 

24 of that High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area: Provided 

25 further, That the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
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1 (ONDCP) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the ini3 tial High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) allo4 cation funding within 45 days after the enactment of this 

5 Act: Provided further, That ONDCP shall submit rec6 ommendations for approval to the Committees on Appro7 priations for the use of discretionary HIDTA funding, ac8 cording to a framework proposed jointly by the HIDTA 

9 Directors and ONDCP, within 90 days after the enact10 ment of this Act. 

11 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam14 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 

15 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

16 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $174,700,000, to re17 main available until expended, of which the amounts are 

18 available as follows: $70,000,000 to support a national 

19 media campaign, of which at least $8,000,000 shall be 

20 designated for methamphetamine prevention messages: 

21 Provided, That the Office of National Drug Control Policy 

22 shall maintain funding for non-advertising services for the 

23 media campaign at no less than the fiscal year 2003 ratio 

24 of service funding to total funds and shall continue the 

25 corporate outreach program; $90,000,000 to continue a 

26 program of matching grants to drug-free communities, of 
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1 which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by 

2 section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by Public 

3 Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note): Provided further, 

4 That any grantee seeking a renewal grant (year 2 through 

5 5, or year 7 through 10) that is determined to be ineligible 

6 or not entitled to continuation funding for any reason, 

7 shall be afforded a fair, timely, and independent appeal 

8 prior to the beginning of the subsequent funding year be9 fore being denied a renewal grant; $1,250,000 for the Na10 tional Drug Court Institute; $9,800,000 for the United 

11 States Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activities; 

12 $1,900,000 for the United States membership dues to the 

13 World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for the National 

14 Alliance for Model State Drug Laws; and $500,000 for 

15 evaluations and research related to National Drug Control 

16 Program performance measures: Provided further, That 

17 such funds may be transferred to other Federal depart18 ments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided 

19 further, That of the amounts appropriated for a national 

20 media campaign, not to exceed 10 percent shall be for ad21 ministration, advertising production, research and testing, 

22 labor, and related costs of the national media campaign. 

23 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

24 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

25 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 
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1 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 

2 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

3 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2010. 

5 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses of the Office of Administration to carry 

8 out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 and similar 

9 expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated 

10 by law, $8,000,000; Provided, That such funds may be 

11 transferred to other accounts that provide funding for of12 fices within the Executive Office of the President and the 

13 Office of the Vice President in this Act or any other Act, 

14 to carry out such purposes. 

15 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

18 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

19 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

20 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex21 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex22 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,496,000. 
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1 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

5 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

6 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi7 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

8 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en9 tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac10 counted for solely on his certificate, $323,000: Provided, 

11 That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap12 propriation may be made to any department or agency for 

13 expenses of carrying out such activities. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

15 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

16 THE PRESIDENT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 

19 under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive 

20 Residence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

21 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National 

22 Security Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 

23 Policy Development’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi24 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

25 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

26 such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
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1 ing), may, 15 days after giving notice to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap4 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

5 with and available for the same time and for the same 

6 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro7 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

8 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro9 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

10 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi11 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

12 Vice President. 

13 SEC. 202. The President shall submit to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act, and prior to the initial obliga17 tion of funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Office of 

18 National Drug Control Policy’’, a detailed narrative and 

19 financial plan on the proposed uses of all funds under the 

20 heading by program, project, and activity, for which the 

21 obligation of funds is anticipated: Provided, That up to 

22 20 percent of funds appropriated under this heading may 

23 be obligated before the submission of the report subject 

24 to prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations: 

25 Provided further, That the report shall be updated and 
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1 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations every 6 

2 months and shall include information detailing how the 

3 estimates and assumptions contained in previous reports 

4 have changed: Provided further, That any new projects 

5 and changes in funding of ongoing projects shall be sub6 ject to the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria7 tions. 

8 SEC. 203. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria9 tions in this Act made available to the Office of National 

10 Drug Control Policy may be transferred between appro11 priated programs upon the advance approval of the Com12 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That no transfer 

13 may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more 

14 than 3 percent. 

15 SEC. 204. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of any appro16 priations in this Act made available to the Office of Na17 tional Drug Control Policy may be reprogrammed within 

18 a program, project, or activity upon the advance approval 

19 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 

21 the President Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 THE JUDICIARY 

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su6 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

7 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 

8 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

9 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans10 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor 

11 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

12 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

13 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

14 as the Chief Justice may approve, $69,777,000, of which 

15 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im19 posed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 

20 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $18,447,000, which shall re21 main available until expended. 
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi5 cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the 

6 court, as authorized by law, $30,384,000. 

7 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala10 ries of the officers and employees of the court, services, 

11 and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

12 $19,605,000. 

13 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

14 JUDICIAL SERVICES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ17 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 

18 justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac19 tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal 

20 Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all 

21 other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not 

22 otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses 

23 of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,801,369,000 (in24 cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 

25 which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available 
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1 until expended for space alteration projects and for fur2 niture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 

3 construction projects. 

4 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

5 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

6 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub7 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $4,253,000, to be appro8 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

9 Fund. 

10 DEFENDER SERVICES

11 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

12 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor13 neys appointed to represent persons under section 3006A 

14 of title 18, United States Code, and also under section 

15 3599 of title 18, United States Code, in cases in which 

16 a defendant is charged with a crime that may be punish17 able by death; the compensation and reimbursement of ex18 penses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and 

19 other services under section 3006A(e) of title 18, United 

20 States Code, and also under section 3599(f) and (g)(2) 

21 of title 18, United States Code, in cases in which a defend22 ant is charged with a crime that may be punishable by 

23 death; the compensation (in accordance with the maxi24 mums under section 3006A of title 18, United States 

25 Code) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap26 pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the de-
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1 fendant has waived representation by counsel; the com2 pensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guard3 ians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor 

4 or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers 

5 from the United States to foreign countries with which 

6 the United States has a treaty for the execution of penal 

7 sentences; the compensation and reimbursement of ex8 penses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 

9 actions for the protection of their employment, as author10 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); the compensation and reim11 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 

12 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 

13 forfeiture proceedings; and for necessary training and gen14 eral administrative expenses, $849,400,000, to remain 

15 available until expended. 

16 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

17 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

18 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis19 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa20 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

21 pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro22 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $62,206,000, 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 

25 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 

26 5332 of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 COURT SECURITY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

5 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

6 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa7 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

8 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

9 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

10 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

11 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

12 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi13 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve14 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

15 $428,858,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

16 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

17 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

18 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

19 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

20 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

21 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen22 eral. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

2 COURTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

5 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ6 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas7 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

8 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else9 where, $79,049,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen14 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $25,725,000; 

15 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2010, to provide education and training to 

17 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

18 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa19 tion expenses. 

20 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

21 PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

22 For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 

23 Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $65,340,000; 

24 to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized 

25 by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $6,600,000; and to the United 
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1 States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, 

2 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $4,200,000. 

3 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

6 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

7 Code, $16,225,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au8 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

12 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

13 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

14 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria15 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi16 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro17 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

18 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De19 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

20 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis21 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

22 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

23 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

24 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 
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1 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

2 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 

3 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 

5 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 

6 shall be available for official reception and representation 

7 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

8 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

9 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

10 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

11 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

12 SEC. 304. Within 90 days after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the Administrative Office of the U.S. 

14 Courts shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

15 a comprehensive financial plan for the Judiciary allocating 

16 all sources of available funds including appropriations, fee 

17 collections, and carryover balances, to include a separate 

18 and detailed plan for the Judiciary Information Tech19 nology Fund. 

20 SEC. 305. Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States 

21 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec22 utive’’ each place it appears. 

23 SEC. 306. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 

24 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

25 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 
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1 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

2 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

3 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 

4 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De5 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

6 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build7 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di8 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

9 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

10 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

11 SEC. 307. (a). IN GENERAL.—Section 604(a)(5) of 

12 title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘magistrate judges appointed under section 631 of this 

14 title,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘, United States mag15 istrate judges, bankruptcy judges appointed under chapter 

16 6 of this title, judges of the District Court of Guam, 

17 judges of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Is18 lands, judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, 

19 bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges retired under 

20 section 377 of this title, and judges retired under section 

21 373 of this title, who are’’. 

22 (b) CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of construing 

23 and applying chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, 

24 including any adjustment of insurance rates by regulation 

25 or otherwise, the following categories of judicial officers 
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1 shall be deemed to be judges of the United States as de2 scribed under section 8701 of title 5, United States Code: 

3 (1) United States magistrate judges. 

4 (2) Bankruptcy judges appointed under chapter 

5 6 of title 28, United States Code. 

6 (3) Judges of the District Court of Guam, 

7 judges of the District Court for the Northern Mar8 iana Islands, and judges of the District Court of the 

9 Virgin Islands. 

10 (4) Bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges 

11 retired under section 377 of title 28, United States 

12 Code. 

13 (5) Judges retired under section 373 of title 28, 

14 United States Code. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (b) and the 

16 amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with re17 spect to any payment made on or after the first day of 

18 the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the 

19 date of the enactment of Public Law 110–177. 

20 SEC. 308. Subsection (c) of section 407 of the Trans21 portation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, 

22 the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 

23 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (division A, title IV, 

24 of Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2396, 2471) is re25 pealed. 
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1 SEC. 309. Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve2 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

3 note), is amended— 

4 (1) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘the 

5 district of Hawaii,’’ after ‘‘Pennsylvania,’’; 

6 (2) in the third sentence (relating to the Dis7 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘17 years’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘18 years’’; 

9 (3) in the sixth sentence (relating to the North10 ern District of Ohio), by striking ‘‘17 years’’ and in11 serting ‘‘18 years’’. 

12 (4) by inserting ‘‘The first vacancy in the office 

13 of the district judge in the district of Hawaii occur14 ring 15 years or more after the confirmation date of 

15 the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship cre16 ated under this subsection shall not be filled.’’ after 

17 the sixth sentence. 

18 SEC. 310. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97– 

19 92, and from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and 

20 judges of the United States are authorized during fiscal 

21 year 2009, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance 

22 with 28 U.S.C. 461. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria24 tions Act, 2009’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

3 FEDERAL FUNDS

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

6 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

7 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

8 Columbia resident tuition support, $35,100,000, to remain 

9 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in10 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be11 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

12 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

13 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu14 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

16 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

17 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 

18 eligible students and such other factors as may be author19 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov20 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi21 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

22 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

23 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal24 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

25 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 
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1 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

2 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

3 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup4 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

5 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

6 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show8 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur9 pose therefor. 

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

11 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de13 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ14 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 

15 of surrounding jurisdictions, $39,177,000, to remain 

16 available until expended and in addition any funds that 

17 remain available from prior year appropriations under this 

18 heading for the District of Columbia Government, of 

19 which $38,825,000 is for the costs of providing public 

20 safety at events related to the presence of the national 

21 capital in the District of Columbia, for the costs of pro22 viding support requested by the Director of the United 

23 States Secret Service Division in carrying out protective 

24 duties under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland 

25 Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond 

26 to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in 
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1 the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions; and 

2 of which $352,000 is for the District of Columbia National 

3 Guard retention and college access program. 

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 COURTS

6 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum7 bia Courts, $248,409,000 to be allocated as follows: for 

8 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $12,630,000, 

9 of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 

10 representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su11 perior Court, $104,277,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 

12 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 

13 the District of Columbia Court System, $55,426,000, of 

14 which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 

15 representation expenses; and $76,076,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2010, for capital improve17 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities, in18 cluding structural improvements to the District of Colum19 bia cell block at the Moultrie Courthouse: Provided, That 

20 funds made available for capital improvements shall be ex21 pended consistent with the General Services Administra22 tion (GSA) master plan study and building evaluation re23 port: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 

25 apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

26 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
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1 as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 

2 Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to be 

3 provided on a contractual basis with the GSA, and such 

4 services shall include the preparation of monthly financial 

5 reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA 

6 to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 

7 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com8 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 

9 of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Se10 curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate: Provided 

11 further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 

12 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent13 atives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts 

14 may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 of the funds pro15 vided under this heading among the items and entities 

16 funded under this heading for operations, and not more 

17 than 4 percent of the funds provided under this heading 

18 for facilities. 

19 DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

20 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

21 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen22 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

23 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro24 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

25 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

26 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 
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1 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech2 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

3 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

4 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

5 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for 

6 counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

7 Code (relating to representation provided under the Dis8 trict of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, 

9 and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 

10 $52,475,000, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head12 ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ 

13 (other than the $76,076,000 provided under such heading 

14 for capital improvements for District of Columbia court15 house facilities) may also be used for payments under this 

16 heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 

17 provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju18 dicial Administration in the District of Columbia may use 

19 funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal 

20 Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than 

21 the $76,076,000 provided under such heading for capital 

22 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili23 ties), to make payments described under this heading for 

24 obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur25 ther, That funds provided under this heading shall be ad-
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1 ministered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis2 tration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That 

3 notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro4 priation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 

5 Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 

6 the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 

7 other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services 

8 to be provided on a contractual basis with the General 

9 Services Administration (GSA), and such services shall in10 clude the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies 

11 of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the Presi12 dent and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

14 on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 

15 Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu16 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

17 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF18 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

19 OF COLUMBIA

20 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

21 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

22 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au23 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self24 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $203,490,000, of 

25 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 

26 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 
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1 and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to 

2 exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 

3 the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

4 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 

5 of which not to exceed $400,000 for the Community Su6 pervision Program and $160,000 for the Pretrial Services 

7 Program, both to remain available until September 30, 

8 2010, are for information technology infrastructure en9 hancement acquisitions; of which $148,652,000 shall be 

10 for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex 

11 Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the 

12 supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the 

13 provision of services for or related to such persons; of 

14 which $54,838,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Serv15 ices Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 

17 apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

18 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

19 as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 

20 Federal agencies: Provided further, That not less than 

21 $2,000,000 shall be available for re-entrant housing in the 

22 District of Columbia: Provided further, That the Director 

23 is authorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in24 kind contributions of space and hospitality to support of25 fender and defendant programs, and equipment and voca-
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1 tional training services to educate and train offenders and 

2 defendants: Provided further, That the Director shall keep 

3 accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use 

4 of any gift or donation under the previous proviso, and 

5 shall make such records available for audit and public in6 spection: Provided further, That the Court Services and 

7 Offender Supervision Agency Director is authorized to ac8 cept and use reimbursement from the District of Columbia 

9 Government for space and services provided on a cost re10 imbursable basis. 

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

13 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

14 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 

15 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

16 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

17 1997, $35,659,000, of which $700,000 is to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2010: Provided, That notwith19 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 

20 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 

21 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 

22 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

23 expenses of Federal agencies. Provided further, That for 

24 fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Public Defender Serv25 ice is authorized to charge fees to cover costs of materials 

26 distributed and training provided to attendees of edu-
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1 cational events, including conferences, sponsored by the 

2 Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

3 3302, such fees shall be credited to this account, to be 

4 available until expended without further appropriation. 

5 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

6 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

7 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

8 Water and Sewer Authority, $16,000,000, to remain avail9 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

10 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

11 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

12 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

13 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

14 COORDINATING COUNCIL

15 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co16 ordinating Council, $1,774,000, to remain available until 

17 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

18 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis19 trict of Columbia. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

21 FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

22 For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi23 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $4,887,622: 

24 Provided, That each entity that receives funding under 

25 this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Finan26 cial Officer of the District of Columbia (CFO) a detailed 
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1 budget and comprehensive description of the activities to 

2 be carried out with such funds no later than 60 days after 

3 enactment of this Act, and the CFO shall submit a com4 prehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

5 the House of Representatives and the Senate no later than 

6 June 1, 2009. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

8 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro9 gram in the District of Columbia, $54,000,000, to be allo10 cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public 

11 Schools, $20,000,000 to improve public school education 

12 in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of13 fice, $20,000,000 to expand quality public charter schools 

14 in the District of Columbia, to remain available until ex15 pended; for the Secretary of the Department of Education, 

16 $14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholarships for stu17 dents in the District of Columbia in accordance with divi18 sion C, title III of the District of Columbia Appropriations 

19 Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 126), of which 

20 up to $1,000,000 may be used to administer and fund as21 sessments: Provided, That none of the funds provided in 

22 this Act or any other Act for opportunity scholarships may 

23 be used by an eligible student to enroll in a participating 

24 school under the D.C. School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 

25 unless (1) the participating school has and maintains a 

26 valid certificate of occupancy issued by the District of Co-
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1 lumbia; and (2) the core subject matter teachers of the 

2 eligible student hold 4-year bachelor’s degrees: Provided 

3 further, That use of any funds in this Act or any other 

4 Act for opportunity scholarships after school year 2009– 

5 2010 shall only be available upon enactment of reauthor6 ization of that program by Congress and the adoption of 

7 legislation by the District of Columbia approving such re8 authorization. 

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO JUMP START PUBLIC SCHOOL

10 REFORM

11 For a Federal payment to jump start public school 

12 reform in the District of Columbia, $20,000,000, of which 

13 $3,500,000 is to support the recruitment, development 

14 and training of principals and other school leaders; 

15 $7,000,000 is to develop optimal school programs and in16 tervene in low performing schools; $7,500,000 is for a cus17 tomized data reporting and accountability system on stu18 dent performance as well as increased outreach and train19 ing for parents and community members; and $2,000,000 

20 is to support data reporting requirements associated with 

21 the District of Columbia Public Schools teacher incentive 

22 program: Provided, That up to $500,000 or 10 percent, 

23 whichever is less, of the amounts above may be transferred 

24 as necessary from one activity to another activity: Pro25 vided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
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1 the House of Representatives and Senate are notified in 

2 writing 15 days in advance of the transfer: Provided fur3 ther, That any amount provided under this heading shall 

4 be available only after such amount has been apportioned 

5 pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code. 

6 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR CONSOLIDATED LABORATORY

7 FACILITY

8 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

9 $21,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2010, for costs associated with the construction of a con11 solidated bioterrorism and forensics laboratory: Provided, 

12 That the District of Columbia provides a 100 percent 

13 match for this payment. 

14 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR CENTRAL LIBRARY AND BRANCH

15 LOCATIONS

16 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

17 $7,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 

18 Federal contribution for costs associated with the renova19 tion and rehabilitation of District libraries. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE

21 MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

22 For a Federal payment to the Executive Office of the 

23 Mayor of the District of Columbia to enhance the quality 

24 of life for District residents, $3,387,500, of which 

25 $1,250,000 shall be available as matching funds to tempo26 rarily continue Federal benefits for low-income couples 
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1 who decide to marry, and of which $2,137,500 shall be 

2 to continue Marriage Development Accounts in the Dis3 trict of Columbia: Provided, That no funds shall be ex4 pended until the Mayor of the District of Columbia sub5 mits a detailed expenditure plan, including performance 

6 measures, to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur8 ther, That the District submit a preliminary progress re9 port on activities no later than June 1, 2009, and a final 

10 report including a detailed description of outcomes 

11 achieved no later than February 1, 2010. 

12 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

13 The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis14 trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the 

15 General Fund of the District of Columbia (‘‘General 

16 Fund’’), except as otherwise specifically provided: Pro17 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 except as provided in section 450A of the District of Co19 lumbia Home Rule Act, approved November 2, 2000 (114 

20 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code § 1–204.50a), and provi21 sions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this 

22 Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia 

23 for fiscal year 2009 under this heading shall not exceed 

24 the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the District 

25 of Columbia for such fiscal year or $9,888,095,000 (of 
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1 which $6,082,474,000 shall be from local funds (including 

2 $420,119,000 from dedicated taxes), $2,177,382,000 shall 

3 be from Federal grant funds, $1,621,929,000 shall be 

4 from other funds, and $6,310,000 shall be from private 

5 funds); in addition, $202,326,130 from funds previously 

6 appropriated in this Act as Federal payments: Provided 

7 further, That of the local funds, such amounts as may be 

8 necessary may be derived from the District’s General 

9 Fund balance: Provided further, That of these funds the 

10 District’s intradistrict authority shall be $725,461,000: in 

11 addition, for capital construction projects, an increase of 

12 $1,482,977,000, of which $1,121,734,000 shall be from 

13 local funds, $107,794,000 from the Local Street Mainte14 nance fund, $60,708,000 from the District of Columbia 

15 Highway Trust Fund, $192,741,000 from Federal grant 

16 funds, and a rescission of $353,447,000 from local funds 

17 and a rescission of $37,500,000 from Local Street Mainte18 nance funds appropriated under this heading in prior fis19 cal years for a net amount of $1,092,030,000 to remain 

20 available until expended: Provided further, That the 

21 amounts provided under this heading are to be available, 

22 allocated and expended as proposed under ‘‘Title III— 

23 District of Columbia Funds Division of Expenses’’ of the 

24 Fiscal Year 2009 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan 

25 submitted to the Congress by the District of Columbia on 
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1 June 9, 2008 and such title is hereby incorporated by ref2 erence as though set forth fully herein: Provided further, 

3 That this amount may be increased by proceeds of one4 time transactions which are expended for emergency or 

5 unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, 

6 That such increases shall be approved by enactment of 

7 local District law and shall comply with all reserve require8 ments contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule 

9 Act approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 777; D.C. Of10 ficial Code § 1–201.01 et seq.), as amended by this Act: 

11 Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 

12 District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 

13 to assure that the District of Columbia meets these re14 quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi15 nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 

16 available to the District during fiscal year 2009, except 

17 that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 

18 operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 

19 or other obligations issued for capital projects. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 

21 Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con6 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

7 et seq., $1,500,000, of which, not to exceed $1,000 is for 

8 official reception and representation expenses. 

9 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For payment to the Christopher Columbus Fellow12 ship Foundation, established by section 423 of Public Law 

13 102–281, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in18 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

19 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 

20 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $146,000,000, 

21 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

22 representation expenses: Provided, That $34,734,000 of 

23 the total amount appropriated under this heading shall 

24 not be available for obligation until the Commodity Fu25 tures Trading Commission submits an expenditure plan 
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1 for fiscal year 2009 to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

3 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

6 Safety Commission (CPSC), including hire of passenger 

7 motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

8 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 

9 rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 

10 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal awards to recognize 

11 non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activi12 ties, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and 

13 representation expenses, $105,404,000, of which 

14 $6,000,000 shall remain available for obligation until Sep15 tember 30, 2011 for costs associated with the relocation 

16 of CPSC’s laboratory to a modern facility and the upgrade 

17 of laboratory equipment, and of which $2,000,000 shall 

18 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010 

19 to implement the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa 

20 Safety Act grant program as provided by section 1405 of 

21 Public Law 110–140 (15 U.S.C. 8004). 

22 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer26 ica Vote Act of 2002, $17,959,000, of which $4,000,000 
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1 shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards 

2 and Technology for election reform activities authorized 

3 under the Help America Vote Act of 2002: Provided, That 

4 $750,000 shall be for the Help America Vote College Pro5 gram as provided by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 

6 (Public Law 107–252): Provided further, That $300,000 

7 shall be for a competitive grant program to support com8 munity involvement in student and parent mock elections. 

9 ELECTION REFORM PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses relating to election reform 

11 programs, $106,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, of which $100,000,000 shall be for requirements 

13 payments under part 1 of subtitle D of title II of the Help 

14 America Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), 

15 $5,000,000 shall be for grants to carry out research on 

16 voting technology improvements as authorized under part 

17 3 of subtitle D of title II of such Act, and $1,000,000, 

18 shall be to conduct a pilot program for grants to States 

19 and units of local government for pre-election logic and 

20 accuracy testing and post-election voting systems 

21 verification. 

22 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica26 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
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1 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

2 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

3 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi4 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

5 5 U.S.C. 3109, $341,875,000: Provided, That of the funds 

6 provided, not less than $3,000,000 shall be available to 

7 establish and administer a State Broadband Data and De8 velopment matching grants program for State-level 

9 broadband demand aggregation activities and creation of 

10 geographic inventory maps of broadband service to iden11 tify gaps in service and provide a baseline assessment of 

12 statewide broadband deployment: Provided further, That 

13 $341,875,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed 

14 and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Com15 munications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for 

16 necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 

17 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

18 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 

19 collections are received during fiscal year 2009 so as to 

20 result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation estimated 

21 at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re22 ceived in excess of $341,875,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall 

23 not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re24 maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 

25 excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 
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1 year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2008, 

2 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, That 

3 notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from 

4 the use of a competitive bidding system that may be re5 tained and made available for obligation shall not exceed 

6 $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That, 

7 in addition, not to exceed $25,480,000 may be transferred 

8 from the Universal Service Fund in fiscal year 2009 to 

9 remain available until expended, to monitor the Universal 

10 Service Fund program to prevent and remedy waste, fraud 

11 and abuse, and to conduct audits and investigations by 

12 the Office of Inspector General. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL

14 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

15 SEC. 501. Section 302 of the Universal Service 

16 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’, each place it appears and 

18 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 

19 SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

21 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 

22 universal service support payments to implement the Feb23 ruary 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State 

24 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec25 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup26 port payments. 
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1 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

5 General Act of 1978, $27,495,000, to be derived from the 

6 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

7 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

8 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

11 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

12 $63,618,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail13 able for reception and representation expenses. 

14 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

17 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga18 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

19 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

20 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult21 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con22 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

23 $22,674,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed24 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 

25 and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 
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1 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 

2 the Government service, and compensation as authorized 

3 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

4 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non5 Federal participants at labor-management relations con6 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

7 to be available without further appropriation for the costs 

8 of carrying out these conferences. 

9 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com12 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au13 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

14 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

15 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa16 tion expenses, $259,200,000, to remain available until ex17 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

18 available for use to contract with a person or persons for 

19 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

20 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, not to exceed $168,000,000 of off22 setting collections derived from fees collected for 

23 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro24 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

25 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
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1 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

2 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, not to exceed $21,000,000 in offsetting collec4 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 

5 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 

6 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven7 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 

8 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 

9 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here10 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

11 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

12 year 2009, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appro13 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

14 $70,200,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

16 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 

17 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 

18 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

19 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

20 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

21 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

22 For an additional amount to be deposited in the Fed23 eral Buildings Fund, $651,198,000. To carry out the pur24 poses of the Fund established pursuant to section 592 of 

25 title 40, United States Code, the revenues and collections 
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1 deposited into the Fund shall be available for necessary 

2 expenses of real property management and related activi3 ties not otherwise provided for, including operation, main4 tenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

5 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 

6 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen7 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 

8 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al9 location and transfer of space; contractual services inci10 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

11 and alteration of federally owned buildings including 

12 grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safe13 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 

14 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur15 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

16 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con17 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre18 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

19 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip20 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter21 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

22 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag23 gregate amount of $8,427,771,000, of which: (1) 

24 $746,317,000 shall remain available until expended for 

25 construction (including funds for sites and expenses and 
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1 associated design and construction services) of additional 

2 projects at the following locations: 

3 New Construction: 

4 Alabama: 

5 Tuscaloosa Federal Building, 

6 $25,000,000. 

7 California: 

8 San Diego, United States Courthouse 

9 Annex, $110,362,000. 

10 San Ysidro, Land Port of Entry, 

11 $58,910,000. 

12 Colorado: 

13 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Re14 mediation, $10,472,000. 

15 District of Columbia: 

16 DHS Consolidation and development 

17 of St. Elizabeths Campus, $331,390,000. 

18 Federal Office Building 8, 

19 $15,000,000. 

20 St. Elizabeths West Campus Infra21 structure, $8,249,000. 

22 St. Elizabeths West Campus Site Ac23 quisition, $7,000,000. 

24 Maryland: 
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1 Montgomery County, Food and Drug 

2 Administration Consolidation, 

3 $163,530,000. 

4 North Dakota: 

5 Portal, Land Port of Entry, 

6 $15,204,000: 

7 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 

8 new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent 

9 that savings are affected in other such projects, but not 

10 to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap11 proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 

12 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 

13 greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct 

14 construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2010 

15 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for 

16 funds for projects as to which funds for design or other 

17 funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such 

18 date: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010 and 

19 thereafter, the annual budget submission of the General 

20 Services Administration shall include a detailed 5-year 

21 plan for Federal building construction projects with a 

22 yearly update of total projected future funding needs: Pro23 vided further, That for fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, 

24 the annual budget submission of the General Services Ad25 ministration shall, in consultation with U.S. Customs and 
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1 Border Protection, include a detailed 5-year plan for Fed2 eral land port-of-entry projects with a yearly update of 

3 total projected future funding needs; (2) $692,374,000 

4 shall remain available until expended for repairs and alter5 ations, which includes associated design and construction 

6 services: 

7 Repairs and Alterations: 

8 District of Columbia: 

9 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

10 CBR, $14,700,000. 

11 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

12 Phase III, $51,075,000. 

13 West Wing Infrastructure Systems 

14 Replacement, $76,487,000. 

15 Illinois: 

16 Chicago, Dirksen Courthouse, 

17 $152,825,000. 

18 North Carolina: 

19 New Bern, United States Post Office 

20 and Courthouse, $10,640,000. 

21 Special Emphasis Programs: 

22 Energy and Water Retrofit and Con23 servation Measures, $36,647,000. 

24 Basic Repairs and Alterations, 

25 $350,000,000: 
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1 Provided further, That funds made available in this or any 

2 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 

3 and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited 

4 to the amount identified for each project, except each 

5 project in this or any previous Act may be increased by 

6 an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance ap7 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 

9 projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved 

10 may be funded under this category only if advance ap11 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria12 tions: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

13 or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 

14 used to fund costs associated with implementing security 

15 improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 

16 standards for security in accordance with current law and 

17 in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 

18 appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro19 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap20 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any 

21 prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 

22 may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 

23 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 

24 Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations 

25 prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2010 
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1 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds 

2 for projects as to which funds for design or other funds 

3 have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: 

4 Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 

5 prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 

6 to pay claims against the Government arising from any 

7 projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or 

8 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

9 (3) $149,570,000 for installment acquisition payments in10 cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall re11 main available until expended; (4) $4,642,156,000 for 

12 rental of space which shall remain available until ex13 pended; and (5) $2,197,354,000 for building operations 

14 which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur15 ther, That funds available to the General Services Admin16 istration shall not be available for expenses of any con17 struction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for 

18 which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings 

19 Act of 1959, has not been approved, except that necessary 

20 funds may be expended for each project for required ex21 penses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro22 vided further, That funds available in the Federal Build23 ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 

24 advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Ap25 propriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to 
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1 provide reimbursable special services to other agencies 

2 under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Ad3 ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) 

4 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light5 ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other 

6 property not in Government ownership or control as may 

7 be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service 

8 to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 

9 3056, shall be available from such revenues and collec10 tions: Provided further, That revenues and collections and 

11 any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 

12 2009, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) 

13 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 

14 of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of the aggregate 

15 new obligational authority authorized for Real Property 

16 Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall 

17 remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expendi18 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 

19 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

20 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

21 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro22 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac23 tivities associated with the management of real and per24 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

25 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

26 acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 
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1 management, and related technology activities; and serv2 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $54,578,000. 

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro5 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

6 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis7 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man8 agement, and communications; Civilian Board of Contract 

9 Appeals; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not 

10 to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 

11 expenses; $70,645,000. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

15 $54,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 

16 be available for payment for information and detection of 

17 fraud against the Government, including payment for re18 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

19 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

20 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

21 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en22 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
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1 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

2 PRESIDENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

5 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

6 $2,934,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General 

7 Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury 

8 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 

9 of such Acts. 

10 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION EXPENSES

11 For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential 

12 Transition Act of 1963, $8,520,000, of which not to ex13 ceed $1,000,000 is for activities authorized by subsections 

14 3(a)(8) and (9) of the Act. 

15 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Serv17 ices, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

18 $36,096,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 

19 Services Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, reve20 nues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 

21 available for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Serv22 ices activities in the aggregate amount not to exceed 

23 $50,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections ac24 cruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2009 in excess of 

25 such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 
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1 available for expenditure except as authorized in appro2 priations Acts. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 510. Funds available to the General Services 

7 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

8 motor vehicles. 

9 SEC. 511. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

10 made available for fiscal year 2009 for Federal Buildings 

11 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

12 only to the extent necessary to meet program require13 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap14 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

16 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 

17 a fiscal year 2010 request for United States Courthouse 

18 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 

19 standards for construction as established and approved by 

20 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con21 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage22 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

23 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 

24 5-year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized 
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1 courtroom utilization study of each facility to be con2 structed, replaced, or expanded. 

3 SEC. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

4 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

5 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

6 other service usually provided through the Federal Build7 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

8 square foot assessment for space and services as deter9 mined by the General Services Administration in compli10 ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

11 (Public Law 92–313). 

12 SEC. 514. From funds made available under the 

13 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail14 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

15 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

16 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav17 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti18 fication to the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 SEC. 515. In any case in which the Committee on 

20 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep21 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub22 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

23 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con24 gress by the Administrator of General Services under sec25 tion 3307 of title 40, United States Code, the Adminis-
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1 trator shall ensure that the delineated area of procurement 

2 is identical to the delineated area included in the pro3 spectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the Admin4 istrator determines that the delineated area of the pro5 curement should not be identical to the delineated area 

6 included in the prospectus, the Administrator shall provide 

7 an explanatory statement to each of such committees and 

8 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

9 prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the res10 olution. 

11 SEC. 516. Subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 323 

12 of title 40, United States Code, are each amended by strik13 ing ‘‘Consumer Information Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed14 eral Citizen Services’’; and subsection (a) is further 

15 amended by striking ‘‘consumer’’. 

16 SEC. 517. In furtherance of the emergency manage17 ment policy set forth in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

18 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the Administrator 

19 of the General Services Administration may provide for 

20 the use of the Federal supply schedules of the General 

21 Services Administration by relief and disaster assistance 

22 organizations as described in section 309 of that Act. Pur23 chases under this authority shall be limited to use in prep24 aration for, response to, and recovery from hazards as de25 fined in section 602 of that Act. 
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1 SEC. 518. WORKING CAPITAL FUND. (a) PURPOSE

2 AND OPERATION OF WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Sub3 sections (a), (b) and (c) of section 3173 of title 40, United 

4 States Code, are amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is a 

6 working capital fund for the necessary expenses of admin7 istrative support services including accounting, budget, 

8 personnel, legal support and other related services; and 

9 the maintenance and operation of printing and reproduc10 tion facilities in support of the functions of the General 

11 Services Administration, other Federal agencies, and other 

12 entities; and other such administrative and management 

13 services that the Administrator of GSA deems appropriate 

14 and advantageous (subject to prior notice to the Office of 

15 Management and Budget). 

16 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts received shall be 

18 credited to and merged with the Fund, to remain 

19 available until expended, for operating costs and 

20 capital outlays of the Fund: Provided, That entities 

21 for which such services are performed shall be 

22 charged at rates which will return in full all costs of 

23 providing such services. 

24 ‘‘(2) COST AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS.—The 

25 Administrator shall determine the cost and capital 
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1 requirements of the Fund for each fiscal year and 

2 shall develop a plan concerning such requirements in 

3 consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the 

4 General Services Administration. Any change to the 

5 cost and capital requirements of the Fund for a fis6 cal year shall be approved by the Administrator. The 

7 Administrator shall establish rates to be charged to 

8 entities for which services are performed, in accord9 ance with the plan. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS AMOUNTS IN THE TREAS11 URY.—At the close of each fiscal year, after making provi12 sion for anticipated operating needs reflected in the cost 

13 and capital plan developed under subsection (b), the un14 committed balance of any funds remaining in the Fund 

15 shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury 

16 as miscellaneous receipts.’’. 

17 (b) TRANSFER AND USE OF AMOUNTS FOR MAJOR

18 EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS.—Section 3173 of title 40, 

19 United States Code, is amended to add subsection (d), as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(d) TRANSFER AND USE OF AMOUNTS FOR MAJOR

22 EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 

24 (2), unobligated balances of amounts appropriated 

25 or otherwise made available to the General Services 
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1 Administration for operating expenses and salaries 

2 and expenses may be transferred and merged into 

3 the ‘Major equipment acquisitions and development 

4 activity’ of the working capital fund of the General 

5 Services Administration for agency-wide acquisition 

6 of capital equipment, automated data processing sys7 tems and financial management and management in8 formation systems: Provided, That acquisitions are 

9 limited to those needed to implement the Chief Fi10 nancial Officers Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–576, 

11 104 Stat. 2838) and related laws or regulations. 

12 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABILITY.— 

13 ‘‘(A) TIME FOR TRANSFER.—Transfer of 

14 an amount under this section must be done no 

15 later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 

16 the fiscal year for which the amount is appro17 priated or otherwise made available. 

18 ‘‘(B) APPROVAL FOR USE.—An amount 

19 transferred under this section may be used only 

20 with the advance approval of the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

22 and the Senate. 

23 ‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—An amount trans24 ferred under this section remains available until 

25 expended.’’ 
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1 (c) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) Section 312 of such title is repealed. 

3 (2) The heading for section 3173 of such title 

4 is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘§ 3173. Working capital fund for General Services 

6 Administration’’. 

7 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

10 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub11 lic Law 93–642, $500,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That hereafter, all requests of the 

13 Board of Trustees to the Secretary of the Treasury pro14 vided for in this section shall be binding on the Secretary, 

15 including requests for the issuance at par of special obliga16 tions exclusively to the fund as provided for in section 

17 10(b), which the Secretary shall implement without regard 

18 to the determination related to the public interest required 

19 by the last sentence of that section. 

20 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

24 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza25 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
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1 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

2 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author3 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

4 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

5 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

6 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa7 tion expenses, $38,811,000 together with not to exceed 

8 $2,579,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate re9 tirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 

10 Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined 

11 by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

12 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

13 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

14 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

15 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

18 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 

19 pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel20 lence in National Environmental and Native American 

21 Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 

22 $3,750,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

23 up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits 

24 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

25 (Public Law 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 
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1 of Public Law 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 percent 

2 of such funds may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall 

3 Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 

4 Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Na5 tive Nations Institute. 

6 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

7 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu8 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi9 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

10 $2,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

12 OPERATING EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin14 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis15 tration (including the Information Security Oversight Of16 fice) and archived Federal records and related activities, 

17 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re18 view and declassification of documents and the activities 

19 of the Public Interest Declassification Board, and for the 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al21 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 

22 et seq.), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

23 $330,308,000, of which $650,000 shall remain available 

24 until September 30, 2010. 
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1 ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES

2 For necessary expenses in connection with the devel3 opment of the electronic records archives, to include all 

4 direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de5 sign, development, and program management, 

6 $67,008,000, of which $45,795,000 shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2011: Provided, That none of the 

8 multi-year funds may be obligated until the National Ar9 chives and Records Administration submits to the Com10 mittees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, 

11 a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning 

12 and investment control review requirements established by 

13 the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular 

14 A–11; (2) complies with the National Archives and 

15 Records Administration’s enterprise architecture; (3) con16 forms with the National Archives and Records Adminis17 tration’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved 

18 by the National Archives and Records Administration and 

19 the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been re20 viewed by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) 

21 complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guide22 lines, and systems acquisition management practices of 

23 the Federal Government. 

24 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

25 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar26 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
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1 ings, $50,711,000, to remain available until expended: 

2 Provided, That the Archivist is authorized to construct an 

3 addition to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and 

4 Museum; and of the funds provided, $22,000,000 shall be 

5 available for construction costs and related services for 

6 building the addition to the John F. Kennedy Presidential 

7 Library and Museum and other necessary expenses, in8 cluding renovating the Library as needed in constructing 

9 the addition; $17,500,000 is for necessary expenses re10 lated to the repair and renovation of the Franklin D. Roo11 sevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, 

12 New York; and $2,000,000 is for the repair and restora13 tion of the plaza that surrounds the Lyndon Baines John14 son Presidential Library and Museum that is under the 

15 joint control and custody of the University of Texas: Pro16 vided further, That such funds shall remain available until 

17 expended for this purpose and may be transferred directly 

18 to the University and used, together with University 

19 funds, for the repair and restoration of the plaza: Provided 

20 further, That such funds shall be spent in accordance with 

21 the construction plan submitted to the Committees on Ap22 propriations on March 14, 2005: Provided further, That 

23 the Archivist shall be prohibited from entering into any 

24 agreement with the University or any other party that re25 quires additional funding commitments on behalf of the 
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1 Federal Government for this project: Provided further, 

2 That hereafter, no further Federal funding shall be pro3 vided for this plaza project. 

4 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

5 COMMISSION

6 GRANTS PROGRAM

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

9 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

10 U.S.C. 2504, $11,250,000, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That of the funds provided in this para12 graph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the operating 

13 expenses account of the National Archives and Records 

14 Administration for operating expenses of the National 

15 Historical Publications and Records Commission. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND

17 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

18 Hereafter, the National Archives and Records Ad19 ministration shall include in its annual budget submission 

20 a comprehensive capital needs assessment for funding pro21 vided under the ‘‘Repairs and Restoration’’ appropriations 

22 account to be updated yearly: Provided, That funds pro23 posed under the ‘‘Repairs and Restoration’’ appropriations 

24 account for each fiscal year shall be allocated to projects 

25 on a priority basis established under a comprehensive cap26 ital needs assessment. 
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1 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

2 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

3 During fiscal year 2009, gross obligations of the Cen4 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di5 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

6 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall be the amount authorized by 

7 section 307(a)(4)(A) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 

8 U.S.C. 1795f(a)(4)(A)): Provided, That administrative ex9 penses of the Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2009 

10 shall not exceed $1,250,000. 

11 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

12 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

13 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

14 and 9910, $1,000,000 shall be available until September 

15 30, 2010 for technical assistance to low-income designated 

16 credit unions. 

17 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

20 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

21 Government Act of 1978, and the Ethics Reform Act of 

22 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

23 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

24 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex25 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex26 penses, $13,000,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

5 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza6 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re7 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 

8 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 

9 by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 

10 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 

11 passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 

12 reception and representation expenses; advances for reim13 bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel 

14 Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 

15 expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of 

16 January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 

17 and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 

18 Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over19 night at his or her post of duty, $92,829,000, of which 

20 $5,851,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

21 Enterprise Human Resources Integration project; 

22 $1,351,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

23 Human Resources Line of Business project; and in addi24 tion $118,082,000 for administrative expenses, to be 

25 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office 

26 of Personnel Management without regard to other stat-
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1 utes, including direct procurement of printed materials, 

2 for the retirement and insurance programs, of which 

3 $15,200,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

4 cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems: 

5 Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall 

6 not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as 

7 provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of 

8 title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part 

9 of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex10 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per11 sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive 

12 Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit 

13 of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s 

14 Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec15 utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 

16 fiscal year 2009, accept donations of money, property, and 

17 personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 

18 including those from prior years, may be used for the de19 velopment of publicity materials to provide information 

20 about the White House Fellows, except that no such dona21 tions shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of trav22 el expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Com23 mission: Provided further, That within the funds provided, 

24 the Office of Personnel Management shall carry out the 

25 Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program, with 
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1 special attention to Federal agencies employing more than 

2 2,000 nurses: Provided further, That funding may be allo3 cated to develop guidelines that provide Federal agencies 

4 direction in using their authority under the Intergovern5 mental Personnel Act Mobility Program, according to the 

6 directives outlined in the accompanying report. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

12 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

13 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

14 $1,828,000, and in addition, not to exceed $18,755,000 

15 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro16 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage17 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans18 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

19 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

20 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author21 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

22 and elsewhere. 

23 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

24 HEALTH BENEFITS

25 For payment of Government contributions with re26 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
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1 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal 

2 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), such sums 

3 as may be necessary. 

4 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

5 LIFE INSURANCE

6 For payment of Government contributions with re7 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as 

8 required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such 

9 sums as may be necessary. 

10 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

11 DISABILITY FUND

12 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in13 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc14 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an15 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv16 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may 

17 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the 

18 Act of May 29, 1944, and the Act of August 19, 1950 

19 (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out of the 

20 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 

21 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

24 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

25 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 

26 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 
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1 Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 107–304, 

2 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy3 ment Rights Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including 

4 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees 

5 and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in 

6 the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles; $17,468,000. 

8 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

12 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 

13 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

14 435), $14,043,000, to be derived by transfer from the 

15 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec16 tion 603(a) of such Act. 

17 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib20 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

21 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

22 2004 (5 U.S.C. 601 note), $1,500,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2010. 
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1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex4 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

5 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

6 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

7 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa8 tion expenses, $943,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended; of which not to exceed $20,000 may be used to10 ward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter11 national Organization of Securities Commissions; and of 

12 which not to exceed $130,000 shall be available for ex13 penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com14 mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 

15 officials, members of their delegations, appropriate rep16 resentatives and staff to exchange views concerning devel17 opments relating to securities matters, development and 

18 implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se19 curities matters and provision of technical assistance for 

20 the development of foreign securities markets, such ex21 penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex22 penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 

23 invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings 

24 including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in 

25 the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans-
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1 portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re2 lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and 

3 charges authorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Ex4 change Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g) 

5 and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

6 78m(e), 78n(g), and 78ee), shall be credited to this ac7 count as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not 

8 to exceed $894,356,000 of such offsetting collections shall 

9 be available until expended for necessary expenses of this 

10 account: Provided further, That $48,644,000 shall be de11 rived from prior year unobligated balances from funds pre12 viously appropriated to the Securities and Exchange Com13 mission: Provided further, That the total amount appro14 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 

15 year 2009 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re16 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2009 ap17 propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

18 than $0. 

19 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys22 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

23 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

24 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

25 civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
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1 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of 

2 passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 

3 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

4 and representation expenses; $22,000,000: Provided, That 

5 during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 

6 this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 

7 whenever the President deems such action to be necessary 

8 in the interest of national defense: Provided further, That 

9 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex10 pended for or in connection with the induction of any per11 son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 

12 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

15 of the Small Business Administration as authorized by 

16 Public Law 108–447, including hire of passenger motor 

17 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and 

18 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa19 tion expenses, $386,896,000: Provided, That the Adminis20 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub21 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

22 and certain loan program activities, including fees author23 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

24 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 

25 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
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1 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

2 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro3 vided further, That $110,000,000 shall be available to 

4 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2009 or fiscal 

5 year 2010 as authorized, of which $1,000,000 shall be for 

6 the Veterans Assistance and Services Program authorized 

7 by section 21(n) of the Small Business Act, as added by 

8 section 107 of Public Law 110–186, and of which 

9 $1,000,000 shall be for the Small Business Energy Effi10 ciency Program authorized by section 1203(c) of Public 

11 Law 110–140: Provided further, That $7,654,400 shall be 

12 available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting Sys13 tem, to be available until September 30, 2010. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

17 General Act of 1978, $16,750,000. 

18 SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND

19 For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guaran20 tees Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business 

21 Investment Act of 1958, $2,000,000, to remain available 

22 until expended. 

23 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, to remain 

26 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
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1 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de2 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

3 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 

4 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 

5 2009 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 

6 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 

7 exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis8 cal year 2009 commitments for general business loans au9 thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 

10 shall not exceed $17,500,000,000: Provided further, That 

11 during fiscal year 2009 commitments to guarantee loans 

12 for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business 

13 Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: 

14 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2009, guarantees 

15 of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small 

16 Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

17 $12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 

18 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

19 $138,480,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

20 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 520. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria25 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

26 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
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1 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro2 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

3 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

4 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

5 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail6 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

7 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

8 SEC. 521. All disaster loans issued in Alaska or 

9 North Dakota shall be administered by the Small Business 

10 Administration and shall not be sold during fiscal year 

11 2009. 

12 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available under 

13 this Act may be used by the Small Business Administra14 tion to implement the rule relating to women-owned small 

15 business Federal contract assistance procedures published 

16 in the Federal Register on October 1, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 

17 56940 et seq.). 

18 SEC. 523. Of the amount made available under the 

19 heading ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ under title 

20 II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

21 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2125) for the 

22 Mingo County Redevelopment Authority, $2,953,000 is 

23 transferred to the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account of the 

24 Small Business Administration. The amount transferred 

25 under this section shall be for the Mingo County Redevel-
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1 opment Authority and shall be available for use under the 

2 terms and conditions otherwise applicable to amounts ap3 propriated for the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account of the 

4 Small Business Administration and shall remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 SEC. 524. Funds made available under section 534 

7 of Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 2125) for the Alabama 

8 Small Business Institute of Commerce, Small Business In9 cubator, Rainbow City, Alabama shall be made available 

10 to Alabama Small Business Institute of Commerce, Rain11 bow City, Alabama. 

12 SEC. 525. For an additional amount under the head13 ing ‘‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and Ex14 penses’’, $65,653,678, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2010, shall be for initiatives related to small business 

16 development and entrepreneurship, including pro17 grammatic and construction activities, and in the amounts 

18 specified in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Ad19 ministrative Provisions–Small Business Administration’’ 

20 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 

21 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

22 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

23 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

24 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

25 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
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1 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

2 States Code, $111,831,000, of which $82,831,000 shall 

3 not be available for obligation until October 1, 2009: Pro4 vided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 

5 shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day de6 livery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less 

7 than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the 

8 funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act 

9 shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy 

10 of charging any officer or employee of any State or local 

11 child support enforcement agency, or any individual par12 ticipating in a State or local program of child support en13 forcement, a fee for information requested or provided 

14 concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided fur15 ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 

16 be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small 

17 post offices in fiscal year 2009. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

23 General Act of 1978, $239,356,000, to be derived by 

24 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

25 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account26 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
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1 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

4 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

5 $48,463,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

6 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

7 TITLE VI 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

9 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

10 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

11 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

12 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

13 funded in this Act. 

14 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

15 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

16 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria17 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

18 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

19 under this Act for any consulting service through procure20 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

21 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

22 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

23 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

24 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

25 issued pursuant to existing law. 
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1 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

4 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro5 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

8 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac9 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

10 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol11 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

12 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

13 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

14 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

15 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

16 with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

17 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

18 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

19 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

20 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

21 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

22 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre23 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund24 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex25 penditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any ac-
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1 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

2 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

3 available for obligation or expenditure through a re4 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

5 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

6 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

7 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con8 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac9 tivity by either the House or Senate Committees on Ap10 propriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing 

11 programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 

12 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing pro13 grams, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 

14 whichever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, pro15 grams, or activities unless prior approval is received from 

16 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That prior to any 

18 significant reorganization or restructuring of offices, pro19 grams, or activities, each agency or entity funded in this 

20 Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 

22 further, That not later than 60 days after the date of en23 actment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 

24 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

25 the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 
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1 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans2 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 

3 That the report shall include: (1) a table for each appro4 priation with a separate column to display the President’s 

5 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust6 ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

7 fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 

8 each appropriation both by object class and program, 

9 project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix 

10 for the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification 

11 of items of special congressional interest: Provided further, 

12 That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 

13 expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per 

14 day for each day after the required date that the report 

15 has not been submitted to the Congress. 

16 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

17 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

18 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2009 from 

19 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

20 for fiscal year 2009 in this Act, shall remain available 

21 through September 30, 2010, for each such account for 

22 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

23 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

25 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
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1 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re2 programming guidelines. 

3 SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 

5 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any 

6 official background investigation report on any individual, 

7 except when— 

8 (1) such individual has given his or her express 

9 written consent for such request not more than 6 

10 months prior to the date of such request and during 

11 the same presidential administration; or 

12 (2) such request is required due to extraor13 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

14 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul15 gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure16 ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) 

17 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed18 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

19 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

21 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

22 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of23 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

24 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

25 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
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1 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

2 to court approval. 

3 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

4 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

5 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

6 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

7 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

8 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

9 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

10 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

11 result of an act of rape or incest. 

12 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

13 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur14 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

15 forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), 

16 shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Govern17 ment of information technology (as defined in section 

18 11101 of title 40, United States Code), that is a commer19 cial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Fed20 eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 

21 SEC. 616. Section 5112 of title 31, United States 

22 Code (as amended by Public Law 110–161), is amended— 

23 (1) by redesignating the second subsection (r) 

24 as subsection (s), and 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ each place it 

2 appears in subsection (s)(5) (as redesignated by 

3 paragraph (1)) and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’. 

4 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

5 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu6 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac7 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

8 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

9 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex10 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

11 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func12 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em13 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

14 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

15 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

16 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

17 person or entity is an organization described in section 

18 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex19 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

20 SEC. 618. LIFE INSURANCE FOR TAX COURT

21 JUDGES AGE 65 OR OVER. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 

22 7472 of title 26, United States Code, is amended by in23 serting after the word ‘‘imposed’’ where it appears in the 

24 second sentence the following phrase ‘‘after April 24, 

25 1999, that is incurred’’. 
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This amendment shall take 

2 effect as if included in the amendment made by section 

3 852 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. 

4 SEC. 619. The Public Company Accounting Oversight 

5 Board shall have authority to obligate funds for the schol6 arship program established by section 109(c)(2) of the 

7 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–204) in an 

8 aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of funds col9 lected by the Board as of December 31, 2008, including 

10 accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary 

11 penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 

12 2009 shall remain available until expended. 

13 SEC. 620. Section 910(a) of the Trade Sanctions Re14 form and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

15 7209(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAVEL RELATING TO

17 COMMERCIAL SALES OF AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL

18 GOODS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate 

19 regulations under which the travel-related transactions 

20 listed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code 

21 of Federal Regulations, are authorized by general license 

22 for travel to, from, or within Cuba for the marketing and 

23 sale of agricultural and medical goods pursuant to the pro24 visions of this title.’’. 
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1 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

3 amendments made to section 515.560 and section 515.561 

4 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, related to travel 

5 to visit relatives in Cuba, that were published in the Fed6 eral Register on June 16, 2004. 

7 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

9 amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of 

10 Federal Regulations, that was published in the Federal 

11 Register on February 25, 2005. 

12 SEC. 623. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FELLOWSHIP

13 AUTHORIZATION. The Christopher Columbus Fellowship 

14 Act (20 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is amended— 

15 (1) in section 426(a) (20 U.S.C. 5705(a))— 

16 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

19 paragraph (5); and 

20 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(4) amounts appropriated to the Foundation, 

23 as authorized under section 430; and’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new sec25 tion: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 430. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

3 Foundation, such sums as may be necessary to carry out 

4 this subtitle.’’. 

5 SEC. 624. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

7 neither the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

8 System nor the Secretary of the Treasury may determine, 

9 by rule, regulation, order, or otherwise, for purposes of 

10 section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, 

11 or section 5136A of the Revised Statutes of the United 

12 States, that real estate brokerage activity or real estate 

13 management activity is an activity that is financial in na14 ture, is incidental to any financial activity, or is com15 plementary to a financial activity. For purposes of this 

16 section, ‘‘real estate brokerage activity’’ shall mean ‘‘real 

17 estate brokerage’’, and ‘‘real estate management activity’’ 

18 shall mean ‘‘property management’’, as those terms were 

19 understood by the Board of Governors of the Federal Re20 serve System prior to March 11, 2000. 

21 SEC. 625. (a) Section 102(a)(3)(B) of the Help 

22 America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15302(a)(3)(B)) is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘March 1, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘No24 vember 1, 2010’’. 
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1 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 

2 effect as if included in the enactment of the Help America 

3 Vote Act of 2002. 

4 SEC. 626. (a) Within 90 days after the date of enact5 ment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall ini6 tiate a rulemaking proceeding with respect to mortgage 

7 loans in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 

8 States Code. Any violation of a rule prescribed under this 

9 subsection shall be treated as a violation of a rule under 

10 section 18 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 57a) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or prac12 tices. 

13 (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (6), a State, 

14 as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of 

15 its residents in an appropriate State or district court of 

16 the United States to enforce the provisions of section 128 

17 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1638), any other 

18 provision of the Truth in Lending Act, or any mortgage 

19 loan rule promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission 

20 to obtain penalties and relief provided under such Act or 

21 rule whenever the attorney general of the State has reason 

22 to believe that the interests of the residents of the State 

23 have been or are being threatened or adversely affected 

24 by a violation of such Act or rule. 
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1 (2) The State shall serve written notice to the Com2 mission of any civil action under paragraph (1) at least 

3 60 days prior to initiating such civil action. The notice 

4 shall include a copy of the complaint to be filed to initiate 

5 such civil action, except that if it is not feasible for the 

6 State to provide such prior notice, the State shall provide 

7 notice immediately upon instituting such civil action. 

8 (3) Upon receiving the notice required by paragraph 

9 (2), the Commission may intervene in such civil action and 

10 upon intervening— 

11 (A) be heard on all matters arising in such civil 

12 action; 

13 (B) remove the action to the appropriate 

14 United States district court; and 

15 (C) file petitions for appeal of a decision in 

16 such civil action. 

17 (4) Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the attor18 ney general of a State from exercising the powers con19 ferred on the attorney general by the laws of such State 

20 to conduct investigations or to administer oaths or affir21 mations or to compel the attendance of witnesses or the 

22 production of documentary and other evidence. Nothing 

23 in this section shall prohibit the attorney general of a 

24 State, or other authorized State officer, from proceeding 
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1 in State or Federal court on the basis of an alleged viola2 tion of any civil or criminal statute of that State. 

3 (5) In a civil action brought under paragraph (1)— 

4 (A) the venue shall be a judicial district in 

5 which the defendant is found, is an inhabitant, or 

6 transacts business or wherever venue is proper under 

7 section 1391 of title 28, United States Code; and 

8 (B) process may be served without regard to 

9 the territorial limits of the district or of the State 

10 in which the civil action is instituted. 

11 (6) Whenever a civil action or an administrative ac12 tion has been instituted by or on behalf of the Commission 

13 for violation of any provision of law or rule described in 

14 paragraph (1), no State may, during the pendency of such 

15 action instituted by or on behalf of the Commission, insti16 tute a civil action under that paragraph against any de17 fendant named in the complaint in such action for viola18 tion of any law or rule as alleged in such complaint. 

19 (7) If the attorney general of a State prevails in any 

20 civil action under paragraph (1), the State can recover 

21 reasonable costs and attorney fees from the lender or re22 lated party. 

23 (c) Section 129 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 

24 U.S.C. 1639) is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(m) CIVIL PENALTIES IN FEDERAL TRADE COM2 MISSION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—For purposes of en3 forcement by the Federal Trade Commission, any violation 

4 of a regulation issued by the Federal Reserve Board pur5 suant to subsection (l)(2) of this section shall be treated 

6 as a violation of a rule promulgated under section 18 of 

7 the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a) re8 garding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.’’. 

9 TITLE VII 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

11 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

12 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

13 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

14 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2009 shall obligate 

15 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen16 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

17 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en18 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

19 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

20 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

21 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

22 agency, or instrumentality. 

23 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

24 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

25 in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
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1 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor 

2 vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, 

3 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at 

4 $13,197 except station wagons for which the maximum 

5 shall be $13,631: Provided, That these limits may be ex6 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 

7 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi8 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec9 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec10 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 

11 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re12 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 

13 Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 

14 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter15 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 

16 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 

17 vehicles. 

18 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart19 ments and independent establishments for the current fis20 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex21 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

22 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

23 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

24 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified during the cur25 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
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1 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa2 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 

3 United States (including any agency the majority of the 

4 stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 

5 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 

6 States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 

7 States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States 

8 on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible 

9 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be10 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and 

11 is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person 

12 who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien 

13 from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the 

14 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad15 mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) 

16 is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa17 roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) 

18 is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali19 fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu20 dent Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Pro21 vided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit 

22 signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie 

23 evidence that the requirements of this section with respect 

24 to his or her status have been complied with: Provided fur25 ther, That any person making a false affidavit shall be 
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1 guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined no 

2 more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, 

3 or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 

4 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 

5 other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That 

6 any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to 

7 the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action 

8 by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply 

9 to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Phil10 ippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the 

11 United States in a current defense effort, or to inter12 national broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting 

13 Board of Governors, or to temporary employment of trans14 lators, or to temporary employment in the field service 

15 (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: Pro16 vided further, That this section does not apply to the em17 ployment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 

18 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Department 

19 of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to 

20 an agreement with another country. 

21 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart22 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec23 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex24 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

25 Services Administration for charges for space and services 
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1 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build2 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

3 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

4 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

5 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

6 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

7 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re8 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

9 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

10 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre11 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex12 pended for the following purposes: 

13 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

14 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

15 Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any 

16 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

17 the Executive order. 

18 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man19 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

20 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

21 management and pollution prevention programs. 

22 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

23 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

24 Federal agency. 
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1 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

2 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

3 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

4 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

5 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

6 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

7 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

8 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

9 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

10 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

11 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex12 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

13 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

14 correspondingly reduced. 

15 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

16 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

17 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

18 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

19 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

20 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

21 financial support from more than one agency or instru22 mentality. 

23 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

24 to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 

25 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
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1 approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 

2 accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 

3 SEC. 710. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

5 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

6 2009, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

7 prevailing rate employee described in section 

8 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

9 (1) during the period from the date of expira10 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec11 tion for previous fiscal years until the normal effec12 tive date of the applicable wage survey adjustment 

13 that is to take effect in fiscal year 2009, in an 

14 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli15 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

16 in accordance with such section; and 

17 (2) during the period consisting of the remain18 der of fiscal year 2009, in an amount that exceeds, 

19 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

20 payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum 

21 of— 

22 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef23 fect in fiscal year 2009 under section 5303 of 

24 title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

25 under the General Schedule; and 
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1 (B) the difference between the overall aver2 age percentage of the locality-based com3 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

4 2009 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

5 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av6 erage percentage of such payments which was 

7 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

8 section. 

9 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

10 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

11 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

12 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

13 may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) 

14 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 

15 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli16 cable to such employee. 

17 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 

18 to an employee who is covered by this section and who 

19 is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 

20 2008, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 

21 the Office of Personnel Management. 

22 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

23 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 

24 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 

25 2008, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
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1 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose 

2 of this section. 

3 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 

4 service performed after September 30, 2008. 

5 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision 

6 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre7 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em8 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu9 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

10 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

11 or basic pay payable after the application of this section 

12 shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

13 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per14 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by 

15 this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be 

16 payable were this section not in effect. 

17 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

18 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section 

19 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 

20 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ21 ees. 

22 SEC. 711. During the period in which the head of 

23 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

24 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

25 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
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1 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

2 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

3 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

4 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

5 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec8 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of9 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

10 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

11 directly controlled by the individual. 

12 SEC. 712. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

13 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 

14 made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 

15 other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 

16 of national security and emergency preparedness tele17 communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal 

18 departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Execu19 tive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984). 

20 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

21 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any 

22 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for 

23 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a 

24 position of a confidential or policy-determining character 

25 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section 
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1 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification 

2 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of 

3 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality 

4 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C 

5 position was not created solely or primarily in order to 

6 detail the employee to the White House. 

7 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

8 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de9 tailed to or from— 

10 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

11 (2) the National Security Agency; 

12 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 

13 (4) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; 

14 (5) the offices within the Department of De15 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign 

16 intelligence through reconnaissance programs; 

17 (6) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 

18 the Department of State; 

19 (7) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 

20 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department 

21 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves22 tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration 

23 of the Department of Justice, the Department of 

24 Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, 
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1 and the Department of Energy performing intel2 ligence functions; and 

3 (8) the Director of National Intelligence or the 

4 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

5 SEC. 714. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

7 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

8 Government, who— 

9 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat10 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em11 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

12 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

13 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

14 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

15 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

16 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

17 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

18 whether such communication or contact is at the ini19 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re20 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

21 committee, or subcommittee; or 

22 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

23 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

24 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

25 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
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1 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti2 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em3 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

4 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

5 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

6 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

7 communication or contact of such other officer or 

8 employee with any Member, committee, or sub9 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

10 (1). 

11 SEC. 715. (a) None of the funds made available in 

12 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

13 any employee training that— 

14 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl15 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

16 performance of official duties; 

17 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev18 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

19 some participants; 

20 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

21 of the content and methods to be used in the train22 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

23 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

24 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

25 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
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1 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

2 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

3 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par4 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

5 workplace. 

6 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

7 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

8 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

9 SEC. 716. No funds appropriated in this or any other 

10 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 

11 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 

12 any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 

13 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 

14 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 

15 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em16 ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu17 tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United 

18 States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 

19 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the 

20 Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclo21 sure to Congress by members of the military); section 

22 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 

23 the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (governing dis24 closures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health 

25 or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection 
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1 Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures 

2 that could expose confidential Government agents); and 

3 the statutes which protect against disclosure that may 

4 compromise the national security, including sections 641, 

5 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, 

6 and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 

7 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obliga8 tions, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Ex9 ecutive order and listed statutes are incorporated into this 

10 agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith11 standing the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy 

12 form or agreement that is to be executed by a person con13 nected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence14 related activity, other than an employee or officer of the 

15 United States Government, may contain provisions appro16 priate to the particular activity for which such document 

17 is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a min18 imum, require that the person will not disclose any classi19 fied information received in the course of such activity un20 less specifically authorized to do so by the United States 

21 Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it 

22 clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, or to 

23 an authorized official of an executive agency or the De24 partment of Justice, that are essential to reporting a sub25 stantial violation of law. 
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1 SEC. 717. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

2 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu3 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu4 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

5 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

6 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

7 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla8 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

9 to the Congress itself. 

10 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

11 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed12 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

13 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

14 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

15 competent jurisdiction. 

16 SEC. 719. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non18 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to 

19 any person or any organization outside of the Federal 

20 Government without the approval of the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate. 

23 SEC. 720. No part of any appropriation contained in 

24 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

25 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
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1 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofor au2 thorized by the Congress. 

3 SEC. 721. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

4 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

5 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 

6 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

7 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 

8 and the Postal Regulatory Commission; and 

9 (3) shall not include the Government Account10 ability Office. 

11 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu12 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

13 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

14 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

15 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

16 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli17 gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor18 tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official 

19 duties. 

20 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec21 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

22 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

23 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

24 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
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1 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

2 costs. 

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec5 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart6 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

7 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government8 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of9 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

10 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

11 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

12 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis13 trator of General Services to support Government-wide fi14 nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 

15 management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as ap16 proved by the Director of the Office of Management and 

17 Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency 

18 groups designated by the Director (including the Presi19 dent’s Management Council for overall management im20 provement initiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council 

21 for financial management initiatives, the Chief Informa22 tion Officers Council for information technology initia23 tives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for 

24 human capital initiatives, and the Chief Acquisition Offi25 cers Council for procurement initiatives): Provided further, 

26 That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not 
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1 exceed $17,000,000: Provided further, That such transfers 

2 or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days fol3 lowing notification of the Committees on Appropriations 

4 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

5 SEC. 724. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

7 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

8 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

9 the location. 

10 SEC. 725. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

11 United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 

12 made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 

13 other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 

14 of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts 

15 to carry out the purposes of the National Science and 

16 Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 

17 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 

18 agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage19 ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the 

20 budget of and resources connected with the National 

21 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap22 propriations, the House Committee on Science and Tech23 nology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, 

24 and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 726. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

2 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

3 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

4 funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 

5 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli6 cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this provi7 sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 

8 grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 

9 SEC. 727. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

10 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

11 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

12 be used by any Federal agency— 

13 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

14 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

15 personally identifiable information relating to an in16 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern17 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

18 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

19 party (including another government agency) to col20 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de21 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

22 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

23 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

24 site. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

2 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

3 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

4 identify particular persons; 

5 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden6 tifiable information; 

7 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu8 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

9 applicable law; or 

10 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

11 that is a system security action taken by the oper12 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

13 to providing the Internet site services or to pro14 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

15 Internet site. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

17 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac18 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

19 provided in law. 

20 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina21 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ22 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

23 condition, management practices and policies and 

24 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

25 law. 
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1 SEC. 728. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

2 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

3 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

4 except where the contract also includes a provision for con5 traceptive coverage. 

6 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

7 with— 

8 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

9 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

10 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

11 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

12 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

13 religious beliefs. 

14 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

15 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub16 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

17 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

18 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

19 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

20 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re21 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

22 SEC. 729. The Congress of the United States recog23 nizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as 

24 the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan Amer25 ican, and Paralympic sport in the United States. 
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1 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de3 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

4 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

5 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov6 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

7 ownership pilot program. 

8 SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

10 under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be 

11 used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on 

12 the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 

13 implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per14 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

15 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg16 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

17 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

18 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

19 SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

21 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con22 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 

23 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without 

24 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria25 tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
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1 Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi2 tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 

3 training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center 

4 facilities. 

5 SEC. 733. (a) For fiscal year 2009, no funds shall 

6 be available for transfers or reimbursements to the E-Gov7 ernment initiatives sponsored by the Office of Manage8 ment and Budget prior to 15 days following submission 

9 of a report to the Committees on Appropriations by the 

10 Director of the Office of Management and Budget and re11 ceipt of approval to transfer funds by the Committees on 

12 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate. 

14 (b) The report in (a) and other required justification 

15 materials shall include at a minimum— 

16 (1) a description of each initiative including but 

17 not limited to its objectives, benefits, development 

18 status, risks, cost effectiveness (including estimated 

19 net costs or savings to the government), and the es20 timated date of full operational capability; 

21 (2) the total development cost of each initiative 

22 by fiscal year including costs to date, the estimated 

23 costs to complete its development to full operational 

24 capability, and estimated annual operations and 

25 maintenance costs; and 
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1 (3) the sources and distribution of funding by 

2 fiscal year and by agency and bureau for each initia3 tive including agency contributions to date and esti4 mated future contributions by agency. 

5 (c) No funds shall be available for obligation or ex6 penditure for new E-Government initiatives without the 

7 explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

9 SEC. 734. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

10 United States Code, and section 708 of this Act and any 

11 other provision of law, the head of each appropriate execu12 tive department and agency shall transfer to or reimburse 

13 the Federal Aviation Administration, upon the direction 

14 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

15 funds made available by this or any other Act for the pur16 poses described below, and shall submit budget requests 

17 for such purposes. These funds shall be administered by 

18 the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with 

19 the appropriate interagency groups designated by the Di20 rector and shall be used to ensure the uninterrupted, con21 tinuous operation of the Midway Atoll Airfield by the Fed22 eral Aviation Administration pursuant to an operational 

23 agreement with the Department of the Interior for the en24 tirety of fiscal year 2009 and any period thereafter that 

25 precedes the enactment of the Financial Services and Gen-
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1 eral Government Appropriations Act, 2010. The Director 

2 of the Office of Management and Budget shall mandate 

3 the necessary transfers after determining an equitable al4 location between the appropriate executive departments 

5 and agencies of the responsibility for funding the contin6 uous operation of the Midway Atoll Airfield based on, but 

7 not limited to, potential use, interest in maintaining avia8 tion safety, and applicability to governmental operations 

9 and agency mission. The total funds transferred or reim10 bursed shall not exceed $6,000,000 for any 12-month pe11 riod. Such sums shall be sufficient to ensure continued 

12 operation of the airfield throughout the period cited above. 

13 Funds shall be available for operation of the airfield or 

14 airfield-related capital upgrades. The Director of the Of15 fice of Management and Budget shall notify the Commit16 tees on Appropriations of such transfers or reimburse17 ments within 15 days of this Act. Such transfers or reim18 bursements shall begin within 30 days of enactment of this 

19 Act. 

20 SEC. 735. Section 739(a)(1) of division D of the Con21 solidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 

22 121 Stat. 2029) is amended by striking ‘‘more than 10’’. 

23 SEC. 736. Section 739 of division D of the Consoli24 dated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 
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1 121 Stat. 2030) is amended by striking subsection (b) and 

2 inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(b) GUIDELINES ON INSOURCING NEW AND CON4 TRACTED OUT FUNCTIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) GUIDELINES REQUIRED.—(A) The heads 

6 of executive agencies subject to the Federal Activi7 ties Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 

8 105–270; 31 U.S.C. 501 note) shall devise and im9 plement guidelines and procedures to ensure that 

10 consideration is given to using, on a regular basis, 

11 Federal employees to perform new functions and 

12 functions that are performed by contractors and 

13 could be performed by Federal employees. 

14 ‘‘(B) The guidelines and procedures required 

15 under subparagraph (A) may not include any spe16 cific limitation or restriction on the number of func17 tions or activities that may be converted to perform18 ance by Federal employees. 

19 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR CERTAIN

20 FUNCTIONS.—The guidelines and procedures re21 quired under paragraph (1) shall provide for special 

22 consideration to be given to using Federal employees 

23 to perform any function that— 

24 ‘‘(A) is performed by a contractor and— 
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1 ‘‘(i) has been performed by Federal 

2 employees at any time during the previous 

3 10 years; 

4 ‘‘(ii) is a function closely associated 

5 with the performance of an inherently gov6 ernmental function; 

7 ‘‘(iii) has been performed pursuant to 

8 a contract awarded on a non-competitive 

9 basis; or 

10 ‘‘(iv) has been performed poorly, as 

11 determined by a contracting officer during 

12 the 5-year period preceding the date of 

13 such determination, because of excessive 

14 costs or inferior quality; or 

15 ‘‘(B) is a new requirement, with particular 

16 emphasis given to a new requirement that is 

17 similar to a function previously performed by 

18 Federal employees or is a function closely asso19 ciated with the performance of an inherently 

20 governmental function. 

21 ‘‘(3) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS FROM

22 COMPETITIONS.—The head of an executive agency 

23 may not conduct a public-private competition under 

24 Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or 

25 any other provision of law or regulation before— 
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1 ‘‘(A) in the case of a new agency function, 

2 assigning the performance of the function to 

3 Federal employees; 

4 ‘‘(B) in the case of any agency function de5 scribed in paragraph (2), converting the func6 tion to performance by Federal employees; or 

7 ‘‘(C) in the case of an agency function per8 formed by Federal employees, expanding the 

9 scope of the function. 

10 ‘‘(4) DEADLINE.—(A) The head of each execu11 tive agency shall implement the guidelines and pro12 cedures required under this subsection by not later 

13 than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 

14 this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(B) Not later than 210 days after the date of 

16 the enactment of this subsection, the Government 

17 Accountability Office shall submit a report on the 

18 implementation of this subsection to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and 

21 Government Reform of the House of Representa22 tives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

23 Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

24 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(A) The term ‘inherently governmental 

2 functions’ has the meaning given such term in 

3 subpart 7.5 of part 7 of the Federal Acquisition 

4 Regulation. 

5 ‘‘(B) The term ‘functions closely associated 

6 with inherently governmental functions’ means 

7 the functions described in section 7.503(d) of 

8 the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

9 ‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall not 

10 apply to the Department of Defense.’’. 

11 SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

13 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

14 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

15 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of16 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 

17 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

18 SEC. 738. (a) Section 142(a) of division A of the Con19 solidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 

20 Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110–329; 122 Stat. 

21 3580) is amended by striking ‘‘Security.’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Security and shall apply to civilian employees in the De23 partment of Defense who are represented by a labor orga24 nization as defined in section 7103(a)(4) of title 5, United 

25 States Code.’’. 
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1 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 

2 effect as if included in the enactment of the Consolidated 

3 Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropria4 tions Act, 2009. 

5 SEC. 739. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

6 law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 

7 Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

8 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis9 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

10 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre11 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

12 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

13 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

15 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

16 Act) and regulations implementing that section. 

17 SEC. 741. Each executive department and agency 

18 shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 

19 issuing the individual a government travel charge card. 

20 Such evaluations for individually-billed travel charge cards 

21 shall include an assessment of the individual’s consumer 

22 report from a consumer reporting agency as those terms 

23 are defined in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting 

24 Act (Public Law 91–508): Provided, That the department 

25 or agency may not issue a government travel charge card 
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1 to an individual that either lacks a credit history or is 

2 found to have an unsatisfactory credit history as a result 

3 of this evaluation: Provided further, That this restriction 

4 shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use charge, 

5 debit, or stored value card made in accordance with agency 

6 procedures to: (1) an individual with an unsatisfactory 

7 credit history where such card is used to pay travel ex8 penses and the agency determines there is no suitable al9 ternative payment mechanism available before issuing the 

10 card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit history. Each 

11 executive department and agency shall establish guidelines 

12 and procedures for disciplinary actions to be taken against 

13 agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, or abusive use 

14 of government charge cards, which shall include appro15 priate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for pur16 poses, and at establishments, that are inconsistent with 

17 the official business of the Department or agency or with 

18 applicable standards of conduct. 

19 SEC. 742. CROSSCUT BUDGET. (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

20 For purposes of this section the following definitions 

21 apply: 

22 (1) GREAT LAKES.—The terms ‘‘Great Lakes’’ 

23 and ‘‘Great Lakes State’’ have the same meanings 

24 as such terms have in section 506 of the Water Re-
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1 sources Development Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

2 1962d–22). 

3 (2) GREAT LAKES RESTORATION ACTIVITIES.— 

4 The term ‘‘Great Lakes restoration activities’’ 

5 means any Federal or State activity primarily or en6 tirely within the Great Lakes watershed that seeks 

7 to improve the overall health of the Great Lakes eco8 system. 

9 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after submis10 sion of the budget of the President to Congress, the Direc11 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordina12 tion with the Governor of each Great Lakes State and the 

13 Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, shall submit to the 

14 appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees of 

15 the Senate and the House of Representatives a financial 

16 report, certified by the Secretary of each agency that has 

17 budget authority for Great Lakes restoration activities, 

18 containing— 

19 (1) an interagency budget crosscut report 

20 that— 

21 (A) displays the budget proposed, including 

22 any planned interagency or intra-agency trans23 fer, for each of the Federal agencies that car24 ries out Great Lakes restoration activities in 

25 the upcoming fiscal year, separately reporting 
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1 the amount of funding to be provided under ex2 isting laws pertaining to the Great Lakes eco3 system; and 

4 (B) identifies all expenditures since fiscal 

5 year 2004 by the Federal Government and 

6 State governments for Great Lakes restoration 

7 activities; 

8 (2) a detailed accounting of all funds received 

9 and obligated by all Federal agencies and, to the ex10 tent available, State agencies using Federal funds, 

11 for Great Lakes restoration activities during the cur12 rent and previous fiscal years; 

13 (3) a budget for the proposed projects (includ14 ing a description of the project, authorization level, 

15 and project status) to be carried out in the upcom16 ing fiscal year with the Federal portion of funds for 

17 activities; and 

18 (4) a listing of all projects to be undertaken in 

19 the upcoming fiscal year with the Federal portion of 

20 funds for activities. 

21 SEC. 743. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap22 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

23 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con24 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

25 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
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1 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

2 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

3 (b) WAIVERS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

5 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern6 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

7 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re8 quired in the interest of national security. 

9 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

10 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

11 such issuance to Congress. 

12 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

13 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

15 pursuant to such contract. 

16 SEC. 744. (a) Each executive department and agency 

17 shall establish and maintain on the homepage of its 

18 website, an obvious, direct link to the website of its respec19 tive Inspector General. 

20 (b) Each Office of Inspector General shall: (1) post 

21 on its website any public report or audit or portion of any 

22 report or audit issued within one day of its release; (2) 

23 provide a service on its website to allow an individual to 

24 request automatic receipt of information relating to any 

25 public report or audit or portion of that report or audit 
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1 and which permits electronic transmittal of the informa2 tion, or notice of the availability of the information with3 out further request; and (3) establish and maintain a di4 rect link on its website for individuals to anonymously re5 port waste, fraud and abuse. 

6 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

8 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 

9 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 

10 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 

11 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

14 or enforce section 5(b) of Executive Order 13422 (72 Fed. 

15 Reg. 2763; relating to Regulatory Policy Officer). 

16 SEC. 747. No later than 120 days after enactment 

17 of this Act, the Office of Management and Budget shall 

18 submit a status report on the pilot program, established 

19 under section 748 of division D of Public Law 110–161, 

20 to develop and implement an inventory to track the cost 

21 and size (in contractor manpower equivalents) of service 

22 contracts, particularly with respect to contracts that have 

23 been performed poorly by a contractor because of excessive 

24 costs or inferior quality, as determined by a contracting 
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1 officer within the last 5 years, involve inherently govern2 mental functions, or were undertaken without competition. 

3 SEC. 748. Executive Order 13423 (72 Fed. Reg. 

4 3919; Jan. 24, 2007) shall remain in effect hereafter ex5 cept as otherwise provided by law after the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 749. Effective January 20, 2009, and for each 

8 fiscal year thereafter, no part of any appropriation con9 tained in this or any other Act may be used for the pay10 ment of services to any individual carrying out the respon11 sibilities of any position requiring Senate advice and con12 sent in an acting or temporary capacity after the second 

13 submission of a nomination for that individual to that po14 sition has been withdrawn or returned to the President. 

15 SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

16 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

17 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

18 VIII. 

19 SEC. 751. NONREDUCTION IN PAY WHILE FEDERAL

20 EMPLOYEE IS PERFORMING ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE

21 UNIFORMED SERVICES OR NATIONAL GUARD. (a) IN

22 GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 55 of title 5, 

23 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

24 following: 
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1 ‘‘§ 5538. Nonreduction in pay while serving in the 

2 uniformed services or National Guard 

3 ‘‘(a) An employee who is absent from a position of 

4 employment with the Federal Government in order to per5 form active duty in the uniformed services pursuant to a 

6 call or order to active duty under a provision of law re7 ferred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10 shall be enti8 tled, while serving on active duty, to receive, for each pay 

9 period described in subsection (b), an amount equal to the 

10 amount by which— 

11 ‘‘(1) the amount of basic pay which would oth12 erwise have been payable to such employee for such 

13 pay period if such employee’s civilian employment 

14 with the Government had not been interrupted by 

15 that service, exceeds (if at all) 

16 ‘‘(2) the amount of pay and allowances which 

17 (as determined under subsection (d))— 

18 ‘‘(A) is payable to such employee for that 

19 service; and 

20 ‘‘(B) is allocable to such pay period. 

21 ‘‘(b)(1) Amounts under this section shall be payable 

22 with respect to each pay period (which would otherwise 

23 apply if the employee’s civilian employment had not been 

24 interrupted)— 

25 ‘‘(A) during which such employee is entitled to 

26 reemployment rights under chapter 43 of title 38 
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1 with respect to the position from which such em2 ployee is absent (as referred to in subsection (a)); 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) for which such employee does not other5 wise receive basic pay (including by taking any an6 nual, military, or other paid leave) to which such 

7 employee is entitled by virtue of such employee’s ci8 vilian employment with the Government. 

9 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the period during 

10 which an employee is entitled to reemployment rights 

11 under chapter 43 of title 38— 

12 ‘‘(A) shall be determined disregarding the provi13 sions of section 4312(d) of title 38; and 

14 ‘‘(B) shall include any period of time specified 

15 in section 4312(e) of title 38 within which an em16 ployee may report or apply for employment or reem17 ployment following completion of service on active 

18 duty to which called or ordered as described in sub19 section (a). 

20 ‘‘(c) Any amount payable under this section to an em21 ployee shall be paid— 

22 ‘‘(1) by such employee’s employing agency; 

23 ‘‘(2) from the appropriation or fund which 

24 would be used to pay the employee if such employee 

25 were in a pay status; and 
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1 ‘‘(3) to the extent practicable, at the same time 

2 and in the same manner as would basic pay if such 

3 employee’s civilian employment had not been inter4 rupted. 

5 ‘‘(d) The Office of Personnel Management shall, in 

6 consultation with Secretary of Defense, prescribe any reg7 ulations necessary to carry out the preceding provisions 

8 of this section. 

9 ‘‘(e)(1) The head of each agency referred to in section 

10 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) shall, in consultation with the Office, 

11 prescribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this 

12 section apply to the employees of such agency. 

13 ‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad14 ministration shall, in consultation with the Office, pre15 scribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this sec16 tion apply to the employees of that agency. 

17 ‘‘(f) For purposes of this section— 

18 ‘‘(1) the terms ‘employee’, ‘Federal Govern19 ment’, and ‘uniformed services’ have the same re20 spective meanings as given those terms in section 

21 4303 of title 38; 

22 ‘‘(2) the term ‘employing agency’, as used with 

23 respect to an employee entitled to any payments 

24 under this section, means the agency or other entity 

25 of the Government (including an agency referred to 
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1 in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii)) with respect to which 

2 such employee has reemployment rights under chap3 ter 43 of title 38; and 

4 ‘‘(3) the term ‘basic pay’ includes any amount 

5 payable under section 5304.’’. 

6 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

7 The table of sections for chapter 55 of title 5, United 

8 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat9 ing to section 5537 the following: 

‘‘5538. Nonreduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National 

Guard.’’. 

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

11 this section shall apply with respect to pay periods (as de12 scribed in section 5538(b) of title 5, United States Code, 

13 as amended by this section) beginning on or after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 752. Not later than 120 days after enactment 

16 of this Act, each executive department and agency shall 

17 submit to the Director of the Office of Management and 

18 Budget a report stating the total size of its workforce, dif19 ferentiated by number of civilian, military, and contract 

20 workers as of December 31, 2008. Not later than 180 days 

21 after enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 

22 Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee 

23 a comprehensive statement delineating the workforce data 
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1 by individual department and agency, as well as aggregate 

2 totals of civilian, military, and contract workers. 

3 TITLE VIII 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

5 COLUMBIA 

6 SEC. 801. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci7 fied within an appropriation for particular purposes or ob8 jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci9 fied, shall be considered as the maximum amount that 

10 may be expended for said purpose or object rather than 

11 an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 

12 SEC. 802. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail13 able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues 

14 of organizations concerned with the work of the District 

15 of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, 

16 or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 

17 funds may be expended with the authorization of the 

18 Chairman of the Council. 

19 SEC. 803. There are appropriated from the applicable 

20 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

21 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

22 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

23 the District of Columbia government. 

24 SEC. 804. (a) None of the Federal funds provided in 

25 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
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1 or implementation of any policy including boycott designed 

2 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

3 or any State legislature. 

4 (b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro5 vided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any 

6 matter. 

7 SEC. 805. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

8 Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and 

9 District government agencies, that remain available for 

10 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided 

11 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

12 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 

13 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex14 penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 

15 funds which— 

16 (1) creates new programs; 

17 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi18 bility center; 

19 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi20 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

21 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

22 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

23 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

24 (5) reestablishes any program or project pre25 viously deferred through reprogramming; 
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1 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

2 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

3 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which4 ever is less; or 

5 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

6 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi7 bility center, 

8 unless in the case of Federal funds, the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Senate are notified in writing 15 days in advance of the 

11 reprogramming and in the case of local funds, the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

13 and the Senate are provided summary reports on April 

14 1, 2009 and October 1, 2009, setting forth detailed infor15 mation regarding each such local funds reprogramming 

16 conducted subject to this subsection. 

17 (b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may 

18 be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 

19 through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 

20 $3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un21 less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

22 Representatives and the Senate are provided summary re23 ports on April 1, 2009 and October 1, 2009, setting forth 

24 detailed information regarding each reprogramming con25 ducted subject to this subsection. 
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1 (c) The District of Columbia government is author2 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

3 requests of local funds under this title through December 

4 1, 2009. 

5 SEC. 806. Consistent with the provisions of section 

6 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 

7 under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for 

8 which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 

9 provided by law. 

10 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds made available 

11 in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the 

12 Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 

13 9–114; D.C. Official Code, sec. 32–701 et seq.) or to oth14 erwise implement or enforce any system of registration of 

15 unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited 

16 to registration for the purpose of extending employment, 

17 health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 

18 same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar19 ried couples. 

20 SEC. 808. (a) Section 446B(f) of the District of Co21 lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46b(f), D.C. Official 

22 Code) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2006 through 

23 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2006 and each suc24 ceeding fiscal year’’. 
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1 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 

2 effect as if included in the enactment of the 2005 District 

3 of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act. 

4 SEC. 809. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

5 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

6 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

7 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep8 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

9 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

10 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

11 SEC. 810. Except as otherwise provided in this sec12 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

13 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em14 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

15 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

16 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

17 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 

18 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

19 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

20 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

21 Police Department who resides in the District of Co22 lumbia or a District of Columbia government em23 ployee as may otherwise be designated by the Chief 

24 of the Department; 
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1 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi2 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

3 Emergency Medical Services Department who re4 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

5 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 

6 Chief; 

7 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De8 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

9 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 

10 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

11 call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 

12 Director; 

13 (4) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

14 (5) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

15 of Columbia. 

16 SEC. 811. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

17 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor18 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 

19 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

20 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

21 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co22 lumbia. 

23 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co24 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 
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1 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi2 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

3 SEC. 812. None of the Federal funds contained in 

4 this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster5 ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 

6 illegal drug. 

7 SEC. 813. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

8 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

9 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

10 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

11 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

12 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep13 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

14 SEC. 814. (a) Notwithstanding section 615(i)(3)(B) 

15 of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (20 

16 U.S.C. 1415(i)(3)(B)), none of the funds contained in this 

17 Act or in any other Act making appropriations for the gov18 ernment of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2009 

19 or any succeeding fiscal year may be made available— 

20 (1) to pay the fees of an attorney who rep21 resents a party in or defends an IDEA proceeding 

22 which was initiated prior to the date of the enact23 ment of this Act in an amount in excess of $4,000 

24 for that proceeding; or 
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1 (2) to pay the fees of an attorney or firm who 

2 represents a party in or defends an IDEA pro3 ceeding if the Chief Financial Officer of the District 

4 of Columbia determines that the attorney or firm 

5 has a pecuniary interest (either directly or through 

6 an attorney, officer, or employee of the firm) in any 

7 special education diagnostic services or schools or 

8 other special education service providers. 

9 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘IDEA proceeding’’ 

10 means any action or administrative proceeding (including 

11 any ensuing or related proceedings before a court of com12 petent jurisdiction) brought against the District of Colum13 bia Public Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities 

14 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 

15 SEC. 815. The Mayor of the District of Columbia 

16 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

18 on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 

19 Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu20 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate annual re21 ports addressing— 

22 (1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple23 mentation of community policing, the number of po24 lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 

25 open-air drug markets; 
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1 (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat2 ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 

3 number of people served, the number of people on 

4 waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro5 grams, the retention rates in treatment programs, 

6 and the recidivism/re-arrest rates for treatment par7 ticipants; 

8 (3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio9 lent offenders, including the number of halfway 

10 houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni11 toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 

12 reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con13 sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su14 pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 

15 (4) education, including access to special edu16 cation services and student achievement to be pro17 vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 

18 Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 

19 charter schools, repeated grade rates, high school 

20 graduation rates, post-secondary education attend21 ance rates, and teen pregnancy rates; 

22 (5) improvement in basic District services, in23 cluding rat control and abatement; 

24 (6) application for and management of Federal 

25 grants, including the number and type of grants for 
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1 which the District was eligible but failed to apply 

2 and the number and type of grants awarded to the 

3 District but for which the District failed to spend 

4 the amounts received; 

5 (7) indicators of child and family well-being in6 cluding child living arrangements by family struc7 ture, number of children aging out of foster care, 

8 poverty rates by family structure, crime by family 

9 structure, marriage rates by income quintile, and 

10 out-of-wedlock births; and 

11 (8) employment, including job status and par12 ticipation in assistance programs by income, edu13 cation and family structure. 

14 SEC. 816. Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each fis15 cal year thereafter, the amount appropriated to the Dis16 trict of Columbia may be increased by no more than 

17 $100,000,000 from funds identified in the annual com18 prehensive annual financial report as the District’s imme19 diately preceding fiscal year’s unexpended general fund 

20 surplus. The District may obligate and expend these 

21 amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 

22 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

23 of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 

24 amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 
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1 on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco2 nomic vitality. 

3 (2) The District of Columbia may only use 

4 these funds for the following expenditures: 

5 (A) One-time expenditures. 

6 (B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 

7 (C) Debt Reduction. 

8 (D) Program needs. 

9 (E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short10 falls. 

11 (3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex12 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 

13 Council in support of each such obligation or ex14 penditure. 

15 (4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 

16 agencies of the District of Columbia government 

17 under court ordered receivership. 

18 (5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex19 pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

21 the Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the 

22 obligation or expenditure. 

23 SEC. 817. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each 

24 fiscal year thereafter, consistent with revenue collections, 
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1 the amount appropriated as District of Columbia Funds 

2 may be increased— 

3 (1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 

4 25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be 

5 allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the annual Pro6 posed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to Con7 gress by the District of Columbia; and 

8 (2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 

9 6 percent, in the case of any other amounts pro10 posed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and 

11 Financial Plan. 

12 (b) The District of Columbia may obligate and ex13 pend any increase in the amount of funds authorized 

14 under this section only in accordance with the following 

15 conditions: 

16 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

17 of Columbia shall certify— 

18 (A) the increase in revenue; and 

19 (B) that the use of the amounts is not an20 ticipated to have a negative impact on the long21 term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 

22 District. 

23 (2) The amounts shall be obligated and ex24 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 

25 Council of the District of Columbia in support of 
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1 each such obligation and expenditure, consistent 

2 with the requirements of this Act. 

3 (3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 

4 agencies of the District government operating under 

5 court-ordered receivership. 

6 (4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex7 pended unless the Mayor has notified the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa9 tives and the Senate not fewer than 30 days in ad10 vance of the obligation or expenditure. 

11 SEC. 818. Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and each fis12 cal year thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer for the Dis13 trict of Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow man14 agement, conduct short-term borrowing from the emer15 gency reserve fund and from the contingency reserve fund 

16 established under section 450A of the District of Columbia 

17 Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198): Provided, That the 

18 amount borrowed shall not exceed 50 percent of the total 

19 amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con20 tingency reserve funds at the time of borrowing: Provided 

21 further, That the borrowing shall not deplete either fund 

22 by more than 50 percent: Provided further, That 100 per23 cent of the funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9 

24 months of the time of the borrowing or by the end of the 

25 fiscal year, whichever occurs earlier: Provided further, 
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1 That in the event that short-term borrowing has been con2 ducted and the emergency or the contingency reserve 

3 funds are later depleted below 50 percent as a result of 

4 an emergency or contingency, an amount equal to the 

5 amount necessary to restore reserve levels to 50 percent 

6 of the total amount of funds contained in both the emer7 gency and contingency reserve fund must be replenished 

8 from the amount borrowed within 60 days. 

9 SEC. 819. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

10 Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 

11 regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ12 ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched13 ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 

14 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva15 tive. 

16 (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat17 ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap18 proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No19 vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 

20 SEC. 820. None of the funds appropriated under this 

21 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 

22 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 

23 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 

24 an act of rape or incest. 
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1 SEC. 821. Amounts appropriated in this Act as oper2 ating funds may be transferred to the District of Colum3 bia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, once 

4 transferred shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

5 with the provisions of this Act. 

6 SEC. 822. (a) INCREASE IN THE HOURLY RATE FOR

7 ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING INDIGENT DEFENDANTS IN

8 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS.—Section 11– 

9 2604(a), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘$80 per hour’’ and inserting ‘‘$90 per hour’’. 

11 (b) SPECIAL RULE FOR COMPENSATION OF ATTOR12 NEYS IN NEGLECT AND TERMINATION OF PARENTAL

13 RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS.—Section 16–2326.01(b), District 

14 of Columbia Official Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$1,760’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘$1,980’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$1,760’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘$1,980’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$2,400’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘$2,700’’; and 

21 (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘$1,200’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘$1,350’’. 

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

24 this section shall apply with respect to cases and pro-
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1 ceedings initiated on or after the date of enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 SEC. 823. Section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act Rel4 ative to the control of wharf property and certain public 

5 spaces in the District of Columbia’’, approved March 3, 

6 1899 (sec. 10–501.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended 

7 by striking the last sentence. 

8 SEC. 824. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

9 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

10 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

11 of this title or of title IV. 

12 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 

13 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 

14 DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

15 ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

16 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

17 TITLE I 

18 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

19 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

20 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

21 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve22 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi23 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 

24 lands, and performance of other functions, including main25 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
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1 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 

2 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 

3 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

4 potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 

5 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $890,194,000, to remain available 

6 until expended, of which not to exceed $79,478,000 is 

7 available for oil and gas management; and of which 

8 $1,500,000 is for high priority projects, to be carried out 

9 by the Youth Conservation Corps; and of which 

10 $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2009 subject 

11 to a match by at least an equal amount by the National 

12 Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects sup13 porting conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds 

14 shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant 

15 without regard to when expenses are incurred. 

16 In addition, $36,400,000 is for the processing of ap17 plications for permit to drill and related use authoriza18 tions, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 

19 by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 

20 appropriation that shall be derived from $4,000 per new 

21 application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect 

22 upon submission of each new application, and in addition, 

23 $34,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 

24 operations, including the cost of administering the mining 

25 claim fee program; to remain available until expended, to 
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1 be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and cred2 ited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees 

3 so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not 

4 more than $890,194,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 

5 available until expended, from communication site rental 

6 fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin7 istering communication site activities. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 

10 roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,590,000, to re11 main available until expended. 

12 LAND ACQUISITION

13 For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 

14 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin15 istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 

16 interests therein, $14,775,000, to be derived from the 

17 Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

20 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

21 and development of resources and for construction, oper22 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

23 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

24 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or25 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 

26 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
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1 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 

2 adjacent to such grant lands; $109,949,000, to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 

4 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 

5 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 

6 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 

7 California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 

8 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec9 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 

10 August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876). 

11 FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

12 (REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

13 In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 

14 102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem 

15 Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose 

16 of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring sal17 vage timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery 

18 activities, such as release from competing vegetation and 

19 density control treatments. The Federal share of receipts 

20 (defined as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid 

21 to the counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 

22 1181f–1 et seq., and Public Law 106–393) derived from 

23 treatments funded by this account shall be deposited into 

24 the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund. 
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1 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

2 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 

3 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 

4 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 

5 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), 

6 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 

7 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 

8 sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 

9 315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve10 ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from 

11 Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of 

12 the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 

13 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 

15 administrative expenses. 

16 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

17 For administrative expenses and other costs related 

18 to processing application documents and other authoriza19 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 

20 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu21 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi22 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 

23 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 

24 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend25 ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex26 pended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision to 
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1 the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 

2 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be 

3 received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of 

4 forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 

5 for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 

6 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 

7 under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im8 prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis9 tered through the Bureau of Land Management which 

10 have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 

11 purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 

12 regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac13 tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to 

14 the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that 

15 are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the 

16 exact land for which funds were collected may be used to 

17 repair other damaged public lands. 

18 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

19 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

20 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

21 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the 

22 Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such 

23 amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur24 veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit25 ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain 

26 available until expended. 
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1 PAYMENTS FROM PROCEEDS, SALE OF WATER

2 (RESCISSION)

3 The unobligated balances available under this head4 ing on the date of enactment of this Act are permanently 

5 rescinded. 

6 USE OF RECEIPTS FROM MINERAL LEASING ACTIVITIES

7 ON CERTAIN NAVAL OIL SHALE RESERVES

8 (RESCISSION)

9 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

10 heading, $12,996,000 are permanently rescinded. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management 

13 (BLM) shall be available for purchase, erection, and dis14 mantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and 

15 maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant fa16 cilities to which the United States has title; up to 

17 $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, 

18 for information or evidence concerning violations of laws 

19 administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 

20 expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved 

21 by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the 

22 Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, 

23 That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, 

24 under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrange25 ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 

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1 tions for which the cooperators share the cost of printing 

2 either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines 

3 the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality 

4 standards: Provided further, That projects to be funded 

5 pursuant to a written commitment by a State government 

6 to provide an identified amount of money in support of 

7 the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a reim8 bursable basis. 

9 In fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

10 the Bureau of Land Management shall collect mining law 

11 administration fees; such fees shall be collected in the 

12 same manner as those authorized by 30 U.S.C. 28f and 

13 28g only to the extent provided in advance in appropria14 tions Acts. 

15 The provisions of law codified at sections 28f(a) and 

16 28g of title 30, United States Code, are amended to re17 move the modifications made under the heading ‘‘adminis18 trative provisions’’, under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Land 

19 Management’’ in title I of the Department of the Interior, 

20 Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

21 2008 (division F of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2101). 

22 Sums not to exceed 1 percent of the total value of 

23 procurements received by the Bureau of Land Manage24 ment from vendors under enterprise information tech25 nology-procurements that the Department of the Interior 
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1 and other Federal Government agencies may use to order 

2 information technology hereafter may be deposited into 

3 the Management of Lands and Resources account to offset 

4 costs incurred in conducting the procurement. 

5 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

6 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

8 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 

9 and economic studies, maintenance of the herd of long10 horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 

11 general administration, and for the performance of other 

12 authorized functions related to such resources by direct 

13 expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements 

14 and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti15 ties, $1,140,962,000, to remain available until September 

16 30, 2010 except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, 

17 That $2,500,000 is for high priority projects, which shall 

18 be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided 

19 further, That not to exceed $19,266,000 shall be used for 

20 implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 

21 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species 

22 that are indigenous to the United States (except for proc23 essing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final 

24 regulations, and taking any other steps to implement ac25 tions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 
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1 (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $10,458,000 shall 

2 be used for any activity regarding the designation of crit3 ical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding liti4 gation support, for species listed pursuant to subsection 

5 (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2008: Provided further, That 

6 of the amount available for law enforcement, up to 

7 $400,000, to remain available until expended, may at the 

8 discretion of the Secretary be used for payment for infor9 mation, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 

10 administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emer11 gency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or ap12 proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on 

13 the Secretary’s certificate: Provided further, That of the 

14 amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to 

15 $1,000,000 may remain available until expended for con16 taminant sample analyses. 

17 CONSTRUCTION

18 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

19 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re20 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con21 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti22 lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi23 tion of lands and interests therein; $35,587,000, to remain 

24 available until expended: Provided, That of the unobli25 gated balances made available in Public Law 101–512 to 
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1 carry out the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act, all re2 maining amounts are permanently rescinded. 

3 LAND ACQUISITION

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

5 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 

6 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex7 penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 

8 therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 

9 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

10 $42,455,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con11 servation Fund and to remain available until expended, 

12 of which, notwithstanding 16 U.S.C. 460l–9, not more 

13 than $1,500,000 shall be for land conservation partner14 ships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 

15 2004: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for 

16 specific land acquisition projects can be used to pay for 

17 any administrative overhead, planning or other manage18 ment costs. 

19 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

20 FUND

21 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

22 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

23 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

24 as amended, $80,001,000, to remain available until ex25 pended, of which $25,307,000 is to be derived from the 

26 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, of 
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1 which $5,145,706 shall be for the Idaho Salmon and 

2 Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account pursuant to the 

3 Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004; and of which 

4 $54,694,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 

5 Conservation Fund: Provided, That of the unobligated bal6 ances available under this heading, $4,500,000 are perma7 nently rescinded. 

8 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

9 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo10 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,100,000. 

11 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

12 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

13 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, as 

14 amended (16 U.S.C. 4401–4414), $42,647,000, to remain 

15 available until expended. 

16 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 

18 Migratory Bird Conservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 

19 6101 et seq.), $4,750,000, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

22 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele23 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211– 

24 4214, 4221–4225, 4241–4246, and 1538), the Asian Ele25 phant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), 

26 the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
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1 U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 

2 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301–6305), and the Marine Turtle Con3 servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601–6606), 

4 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

6 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

7 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 

8 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

9 American Samoa, and federally-recognized Indian tribes 

10 under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 

11 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the devel12 opment and implementation of programs for the benefit 

13 of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not 

14 hunted or fished, $75,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 

16 $7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian 

17 tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this ap18 propriation: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is for a 

19 competitive grant program for States, territories, and 

20 other jurisdictions with approved plans, not subject to the 

21 remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided fur22 ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 

23 $11,106,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the 

24 amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) to 

25 the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of 
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1 Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half 

2 of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, 

3 the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 

4 of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not 

5 more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided fur6 ther, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining 

7 amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which 

8 is based on the ratio to which the land area of such State 

9 bears to the total land area of all such States; and (2) 

10 two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the pop11 ulation of such State bears to the total population of all 

12 such States: Provided further, That the amounts appor13 tioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably 

14 so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less 

15 than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment 

16 under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 

17 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the Fed18 eral share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent 

19 of the total costs of such projects and the Federal share 

20 of implementation grants shall not exceed 50 percent of 

21 the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That the 

22 non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 

23 from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That no 

24 State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant 

25 if its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan is dis-
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1 approved and such funds that would have been distributed 

2 to such State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be dis3 tributed equitably to States, territories, and other jurisdic4 tions with approved plans: Provided further, That any 

5 amount apportioned in 2009 to any State, territory, or 

6 other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of Sep7 tember 30, 2010, shall be reapportioned, together with 

8 funds appropriated in 2011, in the manner provided here9 in. 

10 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND

11 (RESCISSION)

12 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

13 heading from prior year appropriations, all remaining 

14 amounts are permanently rescinded. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 Appropriations and funds available to the United 

17 States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for re18 pair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to res19 ervation areas caused by operations of the Service; options 

20 for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each op21 tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 

22 conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 

23 purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar24 ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 

25 the Service and to which the United States has title, and 

26 which are used pursuant to law in connection with man-
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1 agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 

2 Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv3 ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 

4 arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 

5 from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub6 lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 

7 the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv8 ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept9 ed quality standards: Provided further, That, notwith10 standing any other provision of law, the Service may use 

11 up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts for 

12 employment-related legal services: Provided further, That 

13 the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements 

14 for existing aircraft. 

15 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

16 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

17 For expenses necessary for the management, oper18 ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis19 tered by the National Park Service (including expenses to 

20 carry out programs of the United States Park Police), and 

21 for the general administration of the National Park Serv22 ice, $2,131,529,000, of which $9,851,000 for planning 

23 and interagency coordination in support of Everglades res24 toration and $99,586,000 for maintenance, repair or reha25 bilitation projects for constructed assets, operation of the 
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1 National Park Service automated facility management 

2 software system, and comprehensive facility condition as3 sessments shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2010. 

5 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

6 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro7 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 

8 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re9 view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual 

10 aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth11 erwise provided for, $59,684,000. 

12 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

14 For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 

15 Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), 

16 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 

17 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $69,500,000, to be 

18 derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to re19 main available until September 30, 2010; of which 

20 $20,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for 

21 preservation of nationally significant sites, structures, and 

22 artifacts: Provided, That any individual Save America’s 

23 Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds; 

24 individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant; and 

25 all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Sec26 retary of the Interior in consultation with the House and 
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1 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

2 That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for Fed3 eral projects, following approval, shall be available by 

4 transfer to appropriate accounts of individual agencies: 

5 Provided further, That of the unobligated balances in this 

6 account, $516,000 are permanently rescinded. 

7 CONSTRUCTION

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 For construction, improvements, repair or replace10 ment of physical facilities, including a portion of the ex11 pense for the modifications authorized by section 104 of 

12 the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion 

13 Act of 1989, $233,158,000, to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That funds appropriated in this Act, or 

15 in any prior Act of Congress, for the implementation of 

16 the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National 

17 Park Project, shall be made available to the Army Corps 

18 of Engineers which shall, notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law, immediately and without further delay con20 struct or cause to be constructed Alternative 3.2.2.a to 

21 U.S. Highway 41 (the Tamiami Trail) consistent with the 

22 Limited Reevaluation Report with Integrated Environ23 mental Assessment and addendum, approved August 

24 2008: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior, 

25 acting through the National Park Service, is directed to 

26 immediately evaluate the feasibility of additional bridge 
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1 length, beyond that to be constructed pursuant to the 

2 Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park 

3 Project (16 U.S.C. § 410r–8), including a continuous 

4 bridge, or additional bridges or some combination thereof, 

5 for the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41) to restore more 

6 natural water flow to Everglades National Park and Flor7 ida Bay and for the purpose of restoring habitat within 

8 the Park and the ecological connectivity between the Park 

9 and the Water Conservation Areas. The feasibility study 

10 and the recommendation of the Secretary shall be sub11 mitted to the Congress no later than 12 months from the 

12 date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That for 

13 fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, fees paid by the National 

14 Park Service to the West Yellowstone/Hebgen Basin Solid 

15 Waste District will be restricted to operations and mainte16 nance costs of the facility, given the capital contribution 

17 made by the National Park Service: Provided further, 

18 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single 

19 procurement for the construction project at the Jefferson 

20 Memorial plaza and seawall in Washington, DC, may be 

21 issued which includes the full scope of the project: Pro22 vided further, That the solicitation and the contract shall 

23 contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 

24 52.232.18: Provided further, That the National Park Serv25 ice shall grant funds not to exceed $3,000,000 to the St. 
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1 Louis Metropolitan Park and Recreation District for the 

2 purpose of planning and constructing a pedestrian bridge 

3 to provide safe visitor access to the Jefferson National Ex4 pansion Memorial Arch: Provided further, That the unobli5 gated balances in the Federal Infrastructure Improvement 

6 Fund under this heading are permanently rescinded. 

7 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

8 (RESCISSION)

9 The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2009 

10 by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 

11 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

13 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

14 Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

15 460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 

16 and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 

17 in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to 

18 the National Park Service, $65,190,000, to be derived 

19 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re20 main available until expended, of which $20,000,000 is for 

21 the State assistance program and of which $4,000,000 is 

22 available for grants, subject to a match by at least an 

23 equal amount, to States, regional entities, local commu24 nities, and the private sector for cost-shared fee simple 

25 acquisition of land or permanent, protective interests in 

26 land, to preserve, conserve, and enhance nationally signifi-
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1 cant Civil War Battlefields: Provided, That of the unobli2 gated balances under this heading for State Assistance, 

3 $1,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 

4 URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

7 heading, $1,300,000 are rescinded. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 

10 of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub11 account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec12 retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 

13 within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 

14 liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in15 terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 

16 the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise 

17 fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex18 ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 

19 liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be 

20 credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 

21 a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 

22 the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 

23 to extinguish or reduce liability. 

24 For fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, a willing seller 

25 from whom the Service acquires title to real property may 

26 be considered a ‘‘displaced person’’ for purposes of the 
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1 Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisi2 tion Policy Act and its implementing regulations, whether 

3 or not the Service has the authority to acquire such prop4 erty by eminent domain. 

5 For the costs of administration of the Land and 

6 Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

7 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

8 of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 

9 may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au10 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

11 amounts to remain available until expended. 

12 Section 3(f) of the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

13 463(f)), related to the National Park System Advisory 

14 Board, is amended in the first sentence by striking 

15 ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

16 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

17 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

18 For expenses necessary for the United States Geo19 logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re20 search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 

21 and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 

22 its territories and possessions, and other areas as author23 ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 

24 to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su25 pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
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1 latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex2 ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 

3 the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 

4 processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 

5 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 

6 and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore7 going activities; $1,043,803,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2010, of which $64,078,000 shall be avail9 able only for cooperation with States or municipalities for 

10 water resources investigations; of which $40,150,000 shall 

11 remain available until expended for satellite operations; 

12 and of which $7,321,000 shall be available until expended 

13 for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 

14 projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 

15 none of the funds provided for the biological research ac16 tivity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 

17 property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 

18 property owner: Provided further, That no part of this ap19 propriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the 

20 cost of topographic mapping or water resources data col21 lection and investigations carried on in cooperation with 

22 States and municipalities. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

25 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
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1 necessary shall be available for reimbursement to the Gen2 eral Services Administration for security guard services; 

3 contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and 

4 for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 

5 when it is administratively determined that such proce6 dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte7 nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; 

8 acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 

9 wells; expenses of the United States National Committee 

10 on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses 

11 of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to 

12 represent the United States in the negotiation and admin13 istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 

14 funded by appropriations herein made may be accom15 plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera16 tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro17 vided further, That the United States Geological Survey 

18 may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements di19 rectly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 

20 nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 

21 for the temporary or intermittent services of students or 

22 recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for 

23 the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States 

24 Code, relating to compensation for travel and work inju25 ries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, re-
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1 lating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Fed2 eral employees for any other purposes. 

3 MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

4 ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT

5 For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi6 ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 

7 collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 

8 laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min9 erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; for 

10 energy-related or other authorized marine-related pur11 poses on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching 

12 grants or cooperative agreements, $157,373,000, to re13 main available until September 30, 2010, of which 

14 $86,684,000 shall be available for royalty management ac15 tivities; and an amount not to exceed $146,730,000, to 

16 be credited to this appropriation and to remain available 

17 until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from 

18 increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from 

19 cost recovery fees: Provided, That in fiscal year 2009 and 

20 each fiscal year thereafter, fees and charges authorized by 

21 31 U.S.C. 9701 may be collected only to the extent pro22 vided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, 

23 That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 2009, 

24 such amounts as are assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall 

25 be collected and credited to this account and shall be avail-
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1 able until expended for necessary expenses: Provided fur2 ther, That to the extent $146,730,000 in addition to re3 ceipts are not realized from the sources of receipts stated 

4 above, the amount needed to reach $146,730,000 shall be 

5 credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from 

6 rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect 

7 before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That the term 

8 ‘‘qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues’’, as defined 

9 in section 102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Secu10 rity Act, division C of Public Law 109–432, shall include 

11 only the portion of rental revenues that would have been 

12 collected at the rental rates in effect before August 5, 

13 1993: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall 

14 be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 

15 volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided 

16 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 $15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds 

18 of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases 

19 in which the Director of MMS concurred with the claimed 

20 refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or 

21 tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous pay22 ments. 

23 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

24 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

25 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 

26 VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
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1 $6,303,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li2 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of 

5 the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), 

6 the Secretary shall deduct 2 percent from the amount pay7 able to each State in fiscal year 2009 and deposit the 

8 amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts of the Treas9 ury. 

10 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

11 ENFORCEMENT

12 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

14 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

15 1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, $120,156,000, to 

16 remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 

17 That, in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Secretary of 

18 the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or 

19 through grants to States, moneys collected for civil pen20 alties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining 

21 Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), 

22 to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining prac23 tices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided further, That appropriations for the Of25 fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may 

26 provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and 
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1 tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec2 lamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

3 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 

6 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 

7 Public Law 95–87, as amended, $52,946,000, to be de8 rived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 

9 Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

10 That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of 

11 the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from 

12 the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United 

13 States Government to pay for contracts to collect these 

14 debts: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2009 and here15 after, the State of Maryland may set aside the greater of 

16 $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made 

17 available to the State under title IV of the Act, if the 

18 amount set aside is deposited in an acid mine drainage 

19 abatement and treatment fund established under a State 

20 law, pursuant to which law the amount, together with all 

21 interest earned on the amount, is expended by the State 

22 to undertake acid mine drainage abatement and treatment 

23 projects, except that before any amounts greater than 10 

24 percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an acid mine 

25 drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of 
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1 Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control 

2 and Reclamation Act priority one projects: Provided fur3 ther, That of the unobligated balances available under this 

4 heading, $8,500,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided 

5 further, That amounts provided under this heading may 

6 be used for the travel and per diem expenses of State and 

7 tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec8 lamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

10 With funds available for the Technical Innovation 

11 and Professional Services program in this Act, the Sec12 retary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 

13 and other technical equipment to State and tribal regu14 latory and reclamation programs. 

15 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

16 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

19 programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 

20 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De21 termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

22 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend23 ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 

24 Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 

25 as amended, $2,128,630,000, to remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2010 except as otherwise provided herein; 

2 of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception 

3 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

4 $74,915,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 

5 Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, 

6 the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts pro7 vided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian com8 munities affected by the disaster; notwithstanding any 

9 other provision of law, including but not limited to the 

10 Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not 

11 to exceed $147,294,000 shall be available for payments 

12 for contract support costs associated with ongoing con13 tracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 

14 entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 

15 2009, as authorized by such Act, except that tribes and 

16 tribal organizations may use their tribal priority alloca17 tions for unmet contract support costs of ongoing con18 tracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agreements 

19 and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of which not to 

20 exceed $499,470,000 for school operations costs of Bu21 reau-funded schools and other education programs shall 

22 become available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain avail23 able until September 30, 2010; and of which not to exceed 

24 $58,623,000 shall remain available until expended for 

25 housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, 
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1 litigation support, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, 

2 land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settle3 ment Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

4 any other provision of law, including but not limited to 

5 the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, 

6 and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $43,373,000 within 

7 and only from such amounts made available for school op8 erations shall be available for administrative cost grants 

9 associated with ongoing grants entered into with the Bu10 reau prior to or during fiscal year 2008 for the operation 

11 of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 within and 

12 only from such amounts made available for administrative 

13 cost grants shall be available for the transitional costs of 

14 initial administrative cost grants to grantees that assume 

15 operation on or after July 1, 2008, of Bureau-funded 

16 schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allo17 cated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 

18 30, 2010, may be transferred during fiscal year 2011 to 

19 an Indian forest land assistance account established for 

20 the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s 

21 trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unob22 ligated balances not so transferred shall expire on Sep23 tember 30, 2011. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte4 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

5 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer6 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

7 in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 

8 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur9 suant to Public Law 87–483, $217,688,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 

11 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 

12 Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 

13 Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per14 cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In15 dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 

16 be used to cover the road program management costs of 

17 the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 

18 the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 

19 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro20 vided further, That for fiscal year 2009, in implementing 

21 new construction or facilities improvement and repair 

22 project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 

23 grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as amended, the 

24 Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 

25 Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 
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1 Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory 

2 requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not 

3 be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and 

4 the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 

5 payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 

6 That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 

7 consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assur8 ing that the construction projects conform to applicable 

9 building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 

10 health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 

11 2005(b), with respect to organizational and financial man12 agement capabilities: Provided further, That if the Sec13 retary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall fol14 low the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Pro15 vided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 

16 and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to 

17 the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided fur18 ther, That in order to ensure timely completion of con19 struction projects, the Secretary may assume control of 

20 a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 

21 eighteen months of the date of enactment of this Act, any 

22 grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any 

23 prior Act, has not completed the planning and design 

24 phase of the project and commenced construction: Pro25 vided further, That this appropriation may be reimbursed 
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1 from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indi2 ans appropriation for the appropriate share of construc3 tion costs for space expansion needed in agency offices to 

4 meet trust reform implementation. 

5 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

6 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

7 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

8 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle9 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 

10 618, 108–447, 109–379, and 109–479, and for implemen11 tation of other land and water rights settlements, 

12 $21,627,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $8,186,000, of 

15 which $1,600,000 is for administrative expenses, as au16 thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amend17 ed: Provided, That of the amounts provided herein for ad18 ministrative expenses, $500,000 is for the modernization 

19 of a management and accounting system: Provided further, 

20 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

21 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres22 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 

23 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 

24 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

25 $85,200,517. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper3 ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 

4 cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di5 rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza6 tions. 

7 Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 

8 Affairs may contract for services in support of the man9 agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi10 sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

11 Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex12 cept the Revolving Fund for Loans Liquidating Account, 

13 Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund Liquidating 

14 Account, Indian Guaranteed Loan Financing Account, In15 dian Direct Loan Financing Account, and the Indian 

16 Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be available for 

17 expenses of exhibits. 

18 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

19 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 

20 oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 

21 Services (except executive direction and administrative 

22 services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 

23 offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 

24 available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 

25 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
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1 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 

2 Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

3 413). 

4 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

5 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 

6 action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 

7 responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern8 ment relationship between the United States and that 

9 tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria10 tions. 

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

12 available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 

13 herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 

14 452 et seq., shall be available to support the operation of 

15 any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 

16 Appropriations made available in this or any other 

17 Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available 

18 only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep19 tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall 

20 be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor21 mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 

22 by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu23 reau school system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made 

24 available under this Act may not be used to establish a 

25 charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term 
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1 is defined in section 1146 of the Education Amendments 

2 of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a charter school 

3 that is in existence on the date of the enactment of this 

4 Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school be5 fore September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during 

6 that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu7 reau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 

8 for the use of the real and personal property (including 

9 buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 

10 separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 

11 does not assume any obligation for charter school pro12 grams of the State in which the school is located if the 

13 charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau14 funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and 

15 performing functions related to the charter schools oper16 ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat17 ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of 

18 title 28, United States Code. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

20 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 

21 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi22 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

23 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 

24 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
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1 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 

2 distribution formula. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for management of the De7 partment of the Interior, $107,264,000; of which not to 

8 exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen9 tation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 

10 available for workers compensation payments and unem11 ployment compensation payments associated with the or12 derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: Pro13 vided, That, for fiscal year 2009 up to $400,000 of the 

14 payments authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976, as 

15 amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907) may be retained for ad16 ministrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes 

17 Program: Provided further, That no payment shall be 

18 made pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible units of 

19 local government if the computed amount of the payment 

20 is less than $100. 
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1 MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE

2 USES

3 (RESCISSION)

4 The unobligated balances under this heading as of 

5 the date of enactment of this provision are permanently 

6 rescinded. 

7 INSULAR AFFAIRS

8 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

9 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

10 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 

11 $78,665,000, of which: (1) $69,815,000 shall remain 

12 available until expended for technical assistance, including 

13 maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular man14 agement controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown 

15 tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 

16 in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au17 thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern18 ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev19 enues, for construction and support of governmental func20 tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 

21 authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 

22 as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 

23 the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Pub24 lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $8,850,000 shall 

25 be available until September 30, 2010 for salaries and ex-
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1 penses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 

2 financial transactions of the territorial and local govern3 ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 

4 all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 

5 such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac6 countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 

7 chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur8 ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 

9 funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 

10 Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 

11 United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar12 iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 

13 further, That of the amounts provided for technical assist14 ance, sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant 

15 to the Pacific Basin Development Council: Provided fur16 ther, That of the amounts provided for technical assist17 ance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a grant 

18 to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the 

19 funds for the program of operations and maintenance im20 provement are appropriated to institutionalize routine op21 erations and maintenance improvement of capital infra22 structure with territorial participation and cost sharing to 

23 be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s 

24 commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: 

25 Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster as-
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1 sistance under this heading in this Act or previous appro2 priations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching 

3 funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided 

4 pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

5 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

6 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

7 For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to 

8 remain available until expended, as provided for in sec9 tions 221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free 

10 Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 

11 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 

12 Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 

13 the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Pub14 lic Law 99–658 and Public Law 108–188. 

15 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

18 $62,050,000. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General, $45,953,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

2 INDIANS

3 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 

6 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 

7 compacts, and grants, $181,648,000, to remain available 

8 until expended, of which not to exceed $56,445,000 from 

9 this or any other Act, shall be available for historical ac10 counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im11 provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 

12 transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af13 fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office 

14 of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the 

15 Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: 

16 Provided further, That funds made available through con17 tracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2009, as au18 thorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 

19 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended 

20 by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That, not21 withstanding any other provision of law, the statute of lim22 itations shall not commence to run on any claim, including 

23 any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact24 ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement 

25 of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian 

26 has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from 
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1 which the beneficiary can determine whether there has 

2 been a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

3 other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required 

4 to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any 

5 Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 

6 18 months and has a balance of $15.00 or less: Provided 

7 further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 

8 statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 

9 shall permit the balance in each such account to be with10 drawn upon the express written request of the account 

11 holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 

12 available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 

13 administrative errors of either disbursements from or de14 posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 

15 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 

16 payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re17 main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 

18 further, That not to exceed $6,000,000 may be transferred 

19 from unobligated balances (Treasury Accounts 14X6039, 

20 14X6803 and 14X8030) for the purpose of one-time ac21 counting reconciliations of the balances, as sanctioned by 

22 the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, American Indian 

23 Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 and the 

24 Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA). 
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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

2 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup5 pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 

6 rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire as7 sistance by the Department of the Interior, $859,453,000, 

8 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

9 $6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of 

10 fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available 

11 for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 

12 from which funds were previously transferred for such 

13 purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant 

14 to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodg15 ing without cost from funds available from this appropria16 tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 

17 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart18 ment of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 

19 to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States 

20 property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 

21 funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 

22 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

23 That using the amounts designated under this title of this 

24 Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procure25 ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 

26 hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
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1 monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 

2 activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 

3 land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: 

4 Provided further, That the costs of implementing any co5 operative agreement between the Federal Government and 

6 any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed 

7 on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith8 standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 

9 Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc10 tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competi11 tion among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative en12 tities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands 

13 Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with 

14 State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small or 

15 micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 

16 train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 per17 cent or more, of the project workforce to complete such 

18 contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this sec19 tion, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field 

20 units to ensure accountability and consistent application 

21 of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 

22 funds appropriated under this head may be used to reim23 burse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 

24 National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying 

25 out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species 
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1 Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and con2 ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 

3 with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 

5 appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source 

6 leases of real property with local governments, at or below 

7 fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements 

8 for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but 

9 not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and 

10 other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make 

11 advance payments for any such lease or for construction 

12 activity associated with the lease: Provided further, That 

13 the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri14 culture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated 

15 for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not 

16 to exceed $10,000,000, between the Departments when 

17 such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 

18 wildland fire management programs and projects: Pro19 vided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppression 

20 shall be available for support of Federal emergency re21 sponse actions. 

22 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

23 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In24 terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 

25 the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
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1 ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur2 suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

3 Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4 9601 et seq.), $10,148,000, to remain available until ex5 pended. 

6 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

7 RESTORATION

8 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

9 To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 

10 restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 

11 necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 

12 Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

13 Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal 

14 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 

15 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 

16 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

17 19jj et seq.), $6,338,000, to remain available until ex18 pended. 

19 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

20 For the acquisition of a departmental financial and 

21 business management system, $73,435,000, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 

23 in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used 

24 to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account 

25 other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of 
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1 equipment without prior approval of the House and Senate 

2 Committees on Appropriations. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail5 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air6 craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may 

7 be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex8 cess surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft 

9 being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 

10 trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

11 replacement aircraft. 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 

15 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

16 or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer17 gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 

18 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam19 aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid20 able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail21 able under this authority until funds specifically made 

22 available to the Department of the Interior for emer23 gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 

24 all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
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1 by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested 

2 as promptly as possible. 

3 SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi4 ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 

5 in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro6 grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer7 gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 

8 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 

9 for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 

10 under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po11 tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 

12 other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse13 quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 

14 damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills; 

15 for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 

16 potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 

17 lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 

18 the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 

19 (99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under 

20 section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from 

21 any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min22 ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be 

23 necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 

24 the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu25 latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
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1 That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire 

2 operations shall be available for the payment of obligations 

3 incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim4 bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve5 hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 

6 their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement 

7 to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 

8 time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 

9 fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 

10 this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 

11 appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ shall be ex12 hausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds 

13 used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a 

14 supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 

15 promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replen16 ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 

17 basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans18 ferred. 

19 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 

20 of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 

21 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 

22 Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; pur23 chase and replacement of motor vehicles, including spe24 cially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, mainte25 nance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
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1 vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone serv2 ice in private residences in the field, when authorized 

3 under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the pay4 ment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for li5 brary membership in societies or associations which issue 

6 publications to members only or at a price to members 

7 lower than to subscribers who are not members. 

8 SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 

9 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Spe10 cial Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated 

11 balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 

12 same headings shall be available for expenditure or trans13 fer for Indian trust management and reform activities. 

14 Total funding for historical accounting activities shall not 

15 exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such 

16 purpose. 

17 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis19 tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 

20 tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 

21 transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 

22 dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 

23 distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc24 tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 

25 percent in fiscal year 2009. Under circumstances of dual 
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1 enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis2 tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 

3 apply. 

4 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under 

6 the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amend7 ed by Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and 

8 retain land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, 

9 That the Secretary may retain and use any such reim10 bursement until expended and without further appropria11 tion: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge 

12 System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all ac13 tivities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 460zz. 

14 SEC. 107. The Secretary of the Interior may use dis15 cretionary funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for 

16 employees and former employees of the Department of the 

17 Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 

18 Kempthorne to the extent that such fees and costs are 

19 not paid by the Department of Justice or by private insur20 ance. In no case shall the Secretary make payments under 

21 this section that would result in payment of hourly fees 

22 in excess of the highest hourly rate approved by the Dis23 trict Court for the District of Columbia for counsel in 

24 Cobell v. Kempthorne. 
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1 SEC. 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv2 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 

3 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 

4 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 

5 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 

6 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 

7 fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 

8 Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 

9 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 

10 SEC. 109. No funds appropriated for the Department 

11 of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used 

12 to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or 

13 to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of 

14 water levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon 

15 Dam. 

16 SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 

18 lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 

19 or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 

20 New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 

21 of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 

22 transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 

23 Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 

24 administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 

25 funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
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1 sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author2 ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces3 sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa4 cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 

5 determine reasonable. 

6 SEC. 111. Title 43 U.S.C. 1473, as amended by Pub7 lic Law 110–161, is further amended by deleting the 

8 phrase ‘‘in fiscal year 2008 only’’ and inserting in lieu 

9 thereof ‘‘in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 only’’. 

10 SEC. 112. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

11 available to the Department of the Interior may be used, 

12 in relation to any proposal to store water for the purpose 

13 of export, for approval of any right-of-way or similar au14 thorization on the Mojave National Preserve or lands man15 aged by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land 

16 Management, or for carrying out any activities associated 

17 with such right-of-way or similar approval. 

18 SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior may enter 

19 into cooperative agreements with a State or political sub20 division (including any agency thereof), or any not-for21 profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a mu22 tual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying 

23 out the programs administered by the Department of the 

24 Interior; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to 

25 the accomplishment of these objectives. At the discretion 
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1 of the Secretary, such agreements shall not be subject to 

2 a competitive process. 

3 SEC. 114. Funds provided in this Act for Federal 

4 land acquisition by the National Park Service for Shen5 andoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District and 

6 Ice Age National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant 

7 to a State, a local government, or any other land manage8 ment entity for the acquisition of lands without regard to 

9 any restriction on the use of Federal land acquisition 

10 funds provided through the Land and Water Conservation 

11 Fund Act of 1965 as amended. 

12 SEC. 115. Sections 109 and 110 of the Federal Oil 

13 and Gas Royalty Management Act (30 U.S.C. 1719 and 

14 1720) shall apply to any lease authorizing exploration for 

15 or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or any 

16 geothermal resource on any Federal or Indian lands and 

17 any lease, easement, right of way, or other agreement, re18 gardless of form, for use of the Outer Continental Shelf 

19 or any of its resources under sections 8(k) or 8(p) of the 

20 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(k) 

21 and 1337(p)) to the same extent as if such lease, ease22 ment, right of way, or other agreement, regardless of 

23 form, were an oil and gas lease, except that in such cases 

24 the term ‘‘royalty payment’’ shall include any payment re-
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1 quired by such lease, easement, right of way or other 

2 agreement, regardless of form, or by applicable regulation. 

3 SEC. 116. The Pittsford National Fish Hatchery in 

4 Chittenden, Vermont is hereby renamed the Dwight D. Ei5 senhower National Fish Hatchery. 

6 SEC. 117. Section 6 of the Great Sand Dunes Na7 tional Park and Preserve Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 410hhh– 

8 4) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

11 (1) When’’ and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—When’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) 

16 Such establishment’’ and inserting the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The establish19 ment of the refuge under subparagraph (A)’’; 

20 and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Baca Na23 tional Wildlife Refuge shall be to restore, enhance, 

24 and maintain wetland, upland, riparian, and other 
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1 habitats for native wildlife, plant, and fish species in 

2 the San Luis Valley.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (c)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in5 serting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

7 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In administering the 

9 Baca National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary shall, 

10 to the maximum extent practicable— 

11 ‘‘(A) emphasize migratory bird conserva12 tion; and 

13 ‘‘(B) take into consideration the role of the 

14 Refuge in broader landscape conservation ef15 forts.’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (d)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

18 the end; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe20 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(3) subject to any agreement in existence as of 

23 the date of enactment of this paragraph, and to the 

24 extent consistent with the purposes of the Refuge, 

25 use decreed water rights on the Refuge in approxi-
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1 mately the same manner that the water rights have 

2 been used historically.’’. 

3 SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

4 to further reduce the number of Axis or Fallow deer at 

5 Point Reyes National Seashore below the number as of 

6 the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 TITLE II 

8 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

9 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

10 For science and technology, including research and 

11 development activities, which shall include research and 

12 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ13 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

14 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 

15 related costs and travel expenses; procurement of labora16 tory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses 

17 in support of research and development, $790,051,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2010. 

19 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

20 For environmental programs and management, in21 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

22 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 

23 passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper24 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member25 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
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1 to members only or at a price to members lower than to 

2 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 

3 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil4 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 

5 not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and represen6 tation expenses, $2,392,079,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds included 

8 under this heading, not less than $95,846,000 shall be for 

9 the Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory 

10 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

11 division A of this consolidated Act). 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978, as amended, $44,791,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2010. 

17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

18 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al19 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

20 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

21 $35,001,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen25 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
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1 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec2 tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 

3 9611) $1,285,024,000, to remain available until expended, 

4 consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 

5 on September 30, 2008, as authorized by section 517(a) 

6 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 

7 of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,285,024,000 as a payment 

8 from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super9 fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 

10 SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds appropriated 

11 under this heading may be allocated to other Federal 

12 agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: 

13 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

14 this heading, $9,975,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of 

15 Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2010, and $26,417,000 shall be paid to the 

17 ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2010. 

19 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

20 PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under22 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub23 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 

24 $112,577,000, to remain available until expended, of 

25 which $77,077,000 shall be for carrying out leaking un-
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1 derground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by 

2 section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

3 amended; $35,500,000 shall be for carrying out the other 

4 provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in sec5 tion 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended: 

6 Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to use ap7 propriations made available under this heading to imple8 ment section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to pro9 vide financial assistance to federally recognized Indian 

10 tribes for the development and implementation of pro11 grams to manage underground storage tanks. 

12 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

13 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ14 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

15 Pollution Act of 1990, $17,687,000, to be derived from 

16 the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 

17 expended. 

18 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

19 For environmental programs and infrastructure as20 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv21 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

22 $2,968,464,000, to remain available until expended, of 

23 which $689,080,000 shall be for making capitalization 

24 grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 

25 title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
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1 amended (the ‘‘Act’’); of which up to $75,000,000 shall 

2 be available for loans, including interest free loans as au3 thorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter4 municipal, interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit enti5 ties for projects that provide treatment for or that mini6 mize sewage or stormwater discharges using one or more 

7 approaches which include, but are not limited to, decen8 tralized or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized 

9 wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices, 

10 conservation easements, stream buffers, or wetlands res11 toration; $829,029,000 shall be for capitalization grants 

12 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under sec13 tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended; 

14 $20,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan15 ning, design, construction and related activities in connec16 tion with the construction of high priority water and 

17 wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mex18 ico Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 

19 commission; $18,500,000 shall be for grants to the State 

20 of Alaska to address drinking water and waste infrastruc21 ture needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, 

22 That, of these funds: (1) the State of Alaska shall provide 

23 a match of 25 percent; (2) no more than 5 percent of the 

24 funds may be used for administrative and overhead ex25 penses; and (3) the State of Alaska shall make awards 
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1 consistent with the State-wide priority list established in 

2 conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. Department of 

3 Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and simi4 lar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are 

5 funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution 

6 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm 

7 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which 

8 shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds pro9 vided for projects in regional hub communities; 

10 $145,000,000 shall be for making special project grants 

11 for the construction of drinking water, wastewater and 

12 storm water infrastructure and for water quality protec13 tion in accordance with the terms and conditions specified 

14 for such grants in the explanatory statement described in 

15 section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con16 solidated Act), and, for purposes of these grants, each 

17 grantee shall contribute not less than 45 percent of the 

18 cost of the project unless the grantee is approved for a 

19 waiver by the Agency; $97,000,000 shall be to carry out 

20 section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re21 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

22 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, interagency 

23 agreements, and associated program support costs; 

24 $60,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 

25 G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended; 
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1 $15,000,000 shall be for grants for cost-effective emission 

2 reduction projects in accordance with the terms and condi3 tions of the explanatory statement described in section 4 

4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

5 Act); and $1,094,855,000 shall be for grants, including 

6 associated program support costs, to States, federally rec7 ognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air 

8 pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media 

9 pollution prevention, control and abatement and related 

10 activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions 

11 set forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and 

12 for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act 

13 for particulate matter monitoring and data collection ac14 tivities subject to terms and conditions specified by the 

15 Administrator, of which $49,495,000 shall be for carrying 

16 out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, $10,000,000 

17 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Net18 work grants, including associated program support costs, 

19 $18,500,000 of the funds available for grants under sec20 tion 106 of the Act shall be for water quality monitoring 

21 activities, $10,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to 

22 communities to develop plans and demonstrate and imple23 ment projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 

24 and, in addition to funds appropriated under the heading 

25 ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Pro-
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1 gram’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis2 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev3 enue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 

4 Disposal Act, as amended, $2,500,000 shall be for grants 

5 to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Dis6 posal Act, as amended: Provided further, That notwith7 standing section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution 

8 Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State 

9 water pollution control revolving fund that may be used 

10 by a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 

11 amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund 

12 in fiscal year 2009 and prior years where such amounts 

13 represent costs of administering the fund to the extent 

14 that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the 

15 Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets 

16 in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, 

17 including administration: Provided further, That for fiscal 

18 year 2009, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, 

19 the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appro20 priated for any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act 

21 to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pur22 suant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided 

23 further, That for fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding the 

24 limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, up to 

a total of 11 25 ⁄2 percent of the funds appropriated for State 
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1 Revolving Funds under title VI of that Act may be re2 served by the Administrator for grants under section 

3 518(c) of that Act: Provided further, That no funds pro4 vided by this appropriations Act to address the water, 

5 wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of the 

6 colonias in the United States along the United States7 Mexico border shall be made available to a county or mu8 nicipal government unless that government has established 

9 an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which 

10 prevents in that jurisdiction the development or construc11 tion of any additional colonia areas, or the development 

12 within an existing colonia the construction of any new 

13 home, business, or other structure which lacks water, 

14 wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL

16 PROTECTION AGENCY

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

18 For fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

19 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ20 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

21 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro22 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

23 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree24 ments to federally recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal 

25 consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist 
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1 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

2 programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, 

3 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award4 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

5 agreements. 

6 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

7 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg8 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

9 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 

10 amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pesticide Registra11 tion Improvement Renewal Act. 

12 For fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Science and 

13 Technology and Environmental Programs and Manage14 ment Accounts are available for uniforms, or allowances 

15 therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–02 and for 

16 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 

17 individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate 

18 paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Unless specifi19 cally authorized by law, for fiscal year 2009 and there20 after, none of the funds available under this title for 

21 grants may be used to pay for the salaries of individual 

22 consultants at more than the daily equivalent of the rate 

23 paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule. 

24 None of the funds made available by this Act may 

25 be used in contravention of, or to delay the implementa-
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1 tion of, Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 

2 (59 Fed. Reg. 7629; relating to Federal actions to address 

3 environmental justice in minority populations and low-in4 come populations). 

5 Title II of Public Law 109–54, under the heading 

6 Administrative Provisions, is amended: in the fourth para7 graph, strike ‘‘make not to exceed five appointments in 

8 any fiscal year under the authority provided in 42 U.S.C. 

9 209 for the Office of Research and Development’’ and in10 sert ‘‘employ up to thirty persons at any one time in the 

11 Office of Research and Development under the authority 

12 provided in 42 U.S.C. 209’’. 

13 From unobligated balances to carry out projects and 

14 activities funded through the State and Tribal Assistance 

15 Grants Account, $10,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 

16 Of the funds provided in the Environmental Pro17 grams and Management Account, not less than 

18 $6,500,000 shall be used for activities to develop and pub19 lish a final rule not later than June 26, 2009, and to begin 

20 implementation, to require mandatory reporting of green21 house gas emissions above appropriate thresholds in all 

22 sectors of the economy of the United States, as required 

23 by Public Law 110–161. 

24 For fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Science and 

25 Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, 
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1 Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Super2 fund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust 

3 Fund Program Accounts, are available for the construc4 tion, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 

5 facilities provided that the cost does not exceed $85,000 

6 per project. 

7 TITLE III 

8 RELATED AGENCIES 

9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

10 FOREST SERVICE

11 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

12 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re13 search as authorized by law, $296,380,000, to remain 

14 available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro15 vided, $60,770,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 

16 program. 

17 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

18 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro19 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri20 tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man21 agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 

22 invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili23 tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper24 ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi25 ties and conducting an international program as author-
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1 ized, $265,861,000, to remain available until expended, as 

2 authorized by law; and of which $49,445,000 is to be de3 rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

4 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

7 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im8 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

9 $1,514,805,000, to remain available until expended, which 

10 shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during 

11 prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and 

12 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in 

13 accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l– 

14 6a(i)): Provided, That of the unobligated balances in this 

15 account, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 

16 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

19 otherwise provided for, $495,393,000, to remain available 

20 until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 

21 maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili22 ties and infrastructure; and for construction, capital im23 provement, decommissioning, and maintenance of forest 

24 roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 

25 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, 

26 That $50,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed 
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1 road decommissioning, road and trail repair and mainte2 nance and associated activities, and removal of fish pas3 sage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 

4 roads may be contributing to water quality problems in 

5 streams and water bodies which support threatened, en6 dangered or sensitive species or community water sources: 

7 Provided further, That up to $40,000,000 of the funds 

8 provided herein for road maintenance shall be available for 

9 the decommissioning of roads, including unauthorized 

10 roads not part of the transportation system, which are no 

11 longer needed: Provided further, That no funds shall be 

12 expended to decommission any system road until notice 

13 and an opportunity for public comment has been provided 

14 on each decommissioning project: Provided further, That 

15 the decommissioning of unauthorized roads not part of the 

16 official transportation system shall be expedited in re17 sponse to threats to public safety, water quality, or natural 

18 resources: Provided further, That funds becoming available 

19 in fiscal year 2009 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 

20 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of 

21 the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obli22 gation for any other purpose unless the funds are appro23 priated. 

24 LAND ACQUISITION

25 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

26 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 
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1 as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad2 ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa3 ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au4 thority applicable to the Forest Service, $49,775,000, to 

5 be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

6 and to remain available until expended. 

7 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

8 ACTS

9 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound10 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 

11 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An12 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 

13 Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,050,000, to 

14 be derived from forest receipts. 

15 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

16 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 

17 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov18 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au19 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de20 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 

21 Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, 

22 as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until 

23 expended. (16 U.S.C. 4601–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 

24 96–586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and 78–310). 
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1 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

2 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro3 tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re4 ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do5 mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 

6 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 

7 Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex8 pended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 

9 for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 

10 range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 

11 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

12 RANGELAND RESEARCH

13 For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 

14 $50,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 

15 from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 

16 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

17 SUBSISTENCE USES

18 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man19 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 

20 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva21 tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $5,000,000, to remain 

22 available until expended. 

23 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

26 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
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1 fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other 

2 lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels re3 duction on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency 

4 rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 

5 lands and water, $2,131,630,000, to remain available until 

6 expended: Provided, That such funds including unobli7 gated balances under this heading, are available for repay8 ment of advances from other appropriations accounts pre9 viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

10 That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and 

11 other cooperating entities for services provided in response 

12 to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 

13 such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire 

14 emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency 

15 management agency: Provided further, That, notwith16 standing any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of funds 

17 appropriated under this appropriation shall be used for 

18 Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science 

19 Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use 

20 of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop21 erative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 

22 Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 

23 the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research: 

24 Provided further, That funds provided shall be available 

25 for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous 
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1 fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland interface, 

2 support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire sup3 pression activities of the Forest Service: Provided further, 

4 That of the funds provided, $328,086,000 is for hazardous 

5 fuels reduction activities, $11,500,000 is for rehabilitation 

6 and restoration, $23,917,000 is for research activities and 

7 to make competitive research grants pursuant to the For8 est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as 

9 amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $55,000,000 is for 

10 State fire assistance, $9,000,000 is for volunteer fire as11 sistance, $17,252,000 is for forest health activities on 

12 Federal lands and $9,928,000 is for forest health activities 

13 on State and private lands: Provided further, That 

14 amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the 

15 ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, 

16 and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund 

17 State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest 

18 health management, forest and rangeland research, the 

19 Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and watershed 

20 management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and 

21 fish habitat management and restoration: Provided fur22 ther, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided under 

23 this heading for hazardous fuels treatments may be trans24 ferred to and made a part of the ‘‘National Forest Sys25 tem’’ account at the sole discretion of the Chief of the 
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1 Forest Service 30 days after notifying the House and the 

2 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

3 That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 

4 between the Federal Government and any non-Federal en5 tity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 

6 parties: Provided further, That in addition to funds pro7 vided for State Fire Assistance programs, and subject to 

8 all authorities available to the Forest Service under the 

9 State and Private Forestry Appropriation, up to 

10 $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent non-Federal lands 

11 for the purpose of protecting communities when hazard 

12 reduction activities are planned on national forest lands 

13 that have the potential to place such communities at risk: 

14 Provided further, That funds made available to implement 

15 the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106– 

16 393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal 

17 lands in accordance with authorities available to the For18 est Service under the State and Private Forestry Appro19 priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte20 rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 

21 transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage22 ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000, 

23 between the Departments when such transfers would fa24 cilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland fire manage25 ment programs and projects: Provided further, That of the 
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1 funds provided for hazardous fuels reduction, not to ex2 ceed $5,000,000, may be used to make grants, using any 

3 authorities available to the Forest Service under the State 

4 and Private Forestry appropriation, for the purpose of 

5 creating incentives for increased use of biomass from na6 tional forest lands: Provided further, That funds des7 ignated for wildfire suppression shall be assessed for cost 

8 pools on the same basis as such assessments are calculated 

9 against other agency programs. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

11 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

12 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 

13 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 

14 from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 

15 lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 

16 from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet for use 

17 in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest 

18 Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, 

19 existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds 

20 derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price 

21 for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 

22 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment 

23 under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alter24 ation of buildings and other public improvements (7 

25 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and inter26 ests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses 
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1 pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 

2 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost 

3 of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and 

4 (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 

5 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

6 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 

7 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage8 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re9 habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 

10 under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 

11 burning conditions upon notification of the House and 

12 Senate Committees on Appropriations and if and only if 

13 all previously appropriated emergency contingent funds 

14 under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have 

15 been released by the President and apportioned and all 

16 wildfire suppression funds under the heading ‘‘Wildland 

17 Fire Management’’ are obligated. 

18 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

19 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter20 national Development in connection with forest and range21 land research, technical information, and assistance in for22 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

23 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

24 States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
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1 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

2 with United States and international organizations. 

3 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv4 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 

5 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 

6 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

7 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 

8 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

9 Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

10 None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 

11 be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 

12 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac13 cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 

14 the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 

15 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

16 Not more than $73,285,000 of funds available to the 

17 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

18 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

19 $19,400,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 

20 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De21 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 

22 as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 

23 prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re24 quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
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1 from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa2 tion Technology Center. 

3 Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail4 able to conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority 

5 projects within the scope of the approved budget, of which 

6 $2,500,000 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 

7 Corps and $2,500,000 shall be carried out under the au8 thority of the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Res9 toration Act of 2005, Public Law 109–154. 

10 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 

11 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 

12 reception and representation expenses. 

13 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 

14 Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 

15 $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na16 tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 

17 projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 

18 regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for ad19 ministrative expenses or projects on or benefitting Na20 tional Forest System lands or related to Forest Service 

21 programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall obtain, by 

22 the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, pri23 vate contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis 

24 funds made available by the Forest Service: Provided fur25 ther, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to 
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1 Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the 

2 same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal 

3 matching funds: Provided further, That authorized invest4 ments of Federal funds held by the Foundation may be 

5 made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United 

6 States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal 

7 and interest by the United States. 

8 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 

9 $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 

10 shall be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun11 dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 

12 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 

13 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

14 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 

15 shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

16 Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 

17 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 

18 or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 

19 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

20 funds. 

21 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

22 available for interactions with and providing technical as23 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

24 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
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1 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

2 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

3 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

4 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

5 663. 

6 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

7 funded under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 

8 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 

9 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 

10 purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

11 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 

12 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec13 tion 502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

14 3056(c)(2)). 

15 Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 

16 $50,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per17 forming facilities maintenance. Such assessments shall 

18 occur using a square foot rate charged on the same basis 

19 the agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, 

20 utilities, and other support services. 

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap22 propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 

23 to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office 

24 of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri25 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
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1 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

2 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 

3 reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar non-litiga4 tion related matters. Future budget justifications for both 

5 the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 

6 should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 

7 the requested funding transfers. 

8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

9 SERVICES 

10 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

11 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

12 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au13 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina14 tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 

15 titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re16 spect to the Indian Health Service, $3,190,956,000, to17 gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur18 suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b for services furnished 

19 by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made 

20 available to tribes and tribal organizations through con21 tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com22 pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 

23 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 

24 be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con25 tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 
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1 tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 

2 Provided further, That $634,477,000 for contract medical 

3 care, including $31,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic 

4 Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until ex5 pended: Provided further, That no less than $36,189,000 

6 is provided for maintaining operations of the urban Indian 

7 health program: Provided further, That of the funds pro8 vided, up to $32,000,000 shall remain available until ex9 pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 

10 under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 

11 Act: Provided further, That $16,391,000 is provided for 

12 the methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treat13 ment initiative and $7,500,000 is provided for the domes14 tic violence prevention initiative and, notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, the amounts available under this 

16 proviso shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director 

17 of the Indian Health Service and shall remain available 

18 until expended: Provided further, That funds provided in 

19 this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants 

20 which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as 

21 the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the 

22 funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the 

23 amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human 

24 Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian 

25 Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until 
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1 expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 

2 applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 

3 XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, de4 sign, or construction of new facilities): Provided further, 

5 That funding contained herein, and in any earlier appro6 priations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian 

7 Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall re8 main available until expended: Provided further, That 

9 amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under 

10 title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall 

11 be reported and accounted for and available to the receiv12 ing tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Pro13 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

14 of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed 

15 $282,398,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal 

16 organizations for contract or grant support costs associ17 ated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or 

18 annual funding agreements between the Indian Health 

19 Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the 

20 Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior 

21 to or during fiscal year 2009, of which not to exceed 

22 $5,000,000 may be used for contract support costs associ23 ated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, 

24 grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding 

25 agreements: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian 
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1 Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes 

2 and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursu3 ant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifiable 

4 health information relating to disabled children as may be 

5 necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions 

6 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

7 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That the Indian 

8 Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, 

9 to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian 

10 Health Facilities account. 

11 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

12 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 

13 and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 

14 including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 

15 specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 

16 and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail17 ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita18 tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 

19 the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian 

20 Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im21 provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 

22 such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv23 ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 

24 support activities of the Indian Health Service, 

25 $390,168,000, to remain available until expended: Pro26 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
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1 funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction 

2 or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In3 dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites 

4 to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili5 ties: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall 

6 be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 

7 TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense 

8 for distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal 

9 facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds appro10 priated to the Indian Health Service may be used for sani11 tation facilities construction for new homes funded with 

12 grants by the housing programs of the United States De13 partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 

14 further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account 

15 and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ account shall be used 

16 by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the 

17 Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction 

18 with an existing interagency agreement between the In19 dian Health Service and the General Services Administra20 tion: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall 

21 be placed in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, 

22 to be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition 

23 of Federal buildings. 

24 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

25 Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv26 ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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1 3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva2 lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions 

3 under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 

4 aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re5 prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 

6 buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 

7 for telephone service in private residences in the field, 

8 when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec9 retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author10 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attend11 ance at meetings that relate to the functions or activities 

12 for which the appropriation is made or otherwise con13 tribute to the improved conduct, supervision, or manage14 ment of those functions or activities. 

15 In accordance with the provisions of the Indian 

16 Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may 

17 be extended health care at all tribally administered or In18 dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the 

19 proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 

20 Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 

21 be credited to the account of the facility providing the 

22 service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation. 

23 Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans24 ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel25 opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 
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1 under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities 

2 Act and Public Law 93–638, as amended. 

3 Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in 

4 this Act, except those used for administrative and program 

5 direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations di6 rected at curtailing Federal travel and transportation. 

7 None of the funds made available to the Indian 

8 Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assess9 ments or charges by the Department of Health and 

10 Human Services unless identified in the budget justifica11 tion and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 

12 and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the re13 programming process. 

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

15 previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or16 ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement au17 thorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determina18 tion and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 

19 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter20 mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree21 ment under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 

22 available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 

23 year limitation. 

24 None of the funds made available to the Indian 

25 Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the 
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1 final rule published in the Federal Register on September 

2 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Serv3 ices, relating to the eligibility for the health care services 

4 of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Serv5 ice has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 

6 costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re7 quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en8 acted into law. 

9 With respect to functions transferred by the Indian 

10 Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian 

11 Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services 

12 to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including pay13 ment in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reim14 bursements received therefrom, along with the funds re15 ceived from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-De16 termination Act, may be credited to the same or subse17 quent appropriation account that provided the funding, 

18 with such amounts to remain available until expended. 

19 Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 

20 services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 

21 total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 

22 associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech23 nical assistance. 
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1 The appropriation structure for the Indian Health 

2 Service may not be altered without advance notification 

3 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

6 SCIENCES

7 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

8 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

9 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ10 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

11 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 

12 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

13 $78,074,000. 

14 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

15 REGISTRY

16 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

17 HEALTH

18 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub19 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

20 activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 

21 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

22 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 

23 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza24 tion Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 

25 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 
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1 $74,039,000, of which up to $1,000 to remain available 

2 until expended, is for Individual Learning Accounts for 

3 full-time equivalent employees of the Agency for Toxic 

4 Substances and Disease Registry: Provided, That notwith5 standing any other provision of law, in lieu of performing 

6 a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, 

7 the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appro8 priate health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, 

9 without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, 

10 medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care 

11 providers: Provided further, That in performing any such 

12 health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, 

13 the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the 

14 deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided 

15 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

16 heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess 

17 of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of 

18 CERCLA during fiscal year 2009, and existing profiles 

19 may be updated as necessary. 

20 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

21 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

22 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

23 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

24 For necessary expenses to continue functions as25 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
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1 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi2 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

3 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

4 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

5 and representation expenses, $2,703,000: Provided, That 

6 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ7 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

8 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 

9 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

10 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

11 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur15 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amend16 ed, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allow17 ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and 

18 for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for 

19 individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the 

20 maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 

21 U.S.C. 5376, $10,199,000: Provided, That the Chemical 

22 Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have 

23 not more than three career Senior Executive Service posi24 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, the individual appointed to the position 

26 of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 
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1 Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 

2 hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Pro3 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize 

5 personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in 

6 performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 

7 Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions 

8 within the Board: Provided further, That of the funds ap9 propriated under this heading, $300,000 shall be paid to 

10 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation of the En11 vironmental Protection Agency. 

12 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

15 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

16 531, $7,530,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria18 tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 

19 groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 

20 lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous21 ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 

22 in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 

23 of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 

24 used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 

25 to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 
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1 November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 

2 partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 

3 home is provided for such household: Provided further, 

4 That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 

5 or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 

6 shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se7 lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 

8 reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 

9 Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 

10 25 U.S.C. 640d–10. 

11 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

12 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

13 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

14 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

15 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author16 ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 

17 U.S.C. 56 part A), $7,900,000. 

18 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu21 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 

22 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 

23 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 

24 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 

25 dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
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1 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist2 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 

3 (for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build4 ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 

5 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, 

6 rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, 

7 $593,400,000, of which not to exceed $19,352,000 for the 

8 instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhi9 bition reinstallation, the National Museum of African 

10 American History and Culture, and the repatriation of 

11 skeletal remains program shall remain available until ex12 pended; and of which $1,553,000 for fellowships and 

13 scholarly awards shall remain available until September 

14 30, 2010; and including such funds as may be necessary 

15 to support American overseas research centers: Provided, 

16 That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 

17 payments to independent contractors performing research 

18 services or participating in official Smithsonian presen19 tations. 

20 FACILITIES CAPITAL

21 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

22 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso23 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 

24 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 

25 and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
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1 $123,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

2 which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized 

3 by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

4 LEGACY FUND

5 For major restoration, renovation, and rehabilitation 

6 of existing Smithsonian facilities, $15,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That such funds may 

8 be made available in incremental amounts for individual 

9 projects after being matched by an equal amount in pri10 vate donations, which shall not include in-kind contribu11 tions: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail12 able under this heading, or any required matching funds, 

13 shall be used for day-to-day maintenance, general salaries 

14 and expenses, or programmatic purposes: Provided further, 

15 That the total amount of private contributions may be ad16 justed to reflect any provision in this or any other appro17 priations Act that affects the overall amount of the Fed18 eral appropriation for this Fund. 

19 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal22 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

23 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 

24 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 

25 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 

26 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 
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1 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad2 vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 

3 membership in library, museum, and art associations or 

4 societies whose publications or services are available to 

5 members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 

6 general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 

7 for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 

8 employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 

9 purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 

10 buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter11 ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 

12 and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 

13 repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 

14 contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 

15 firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 

16 such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop17 er, $105,388,000, of which not to exceed $3,350,000 for 

18 the special exhibition program shall remain available until 

19 expended. 

20 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

21 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 

22 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 

23 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 

24 otherwise, as authorized, $17,368,000, to remain available 

25 until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi26 ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair 
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1 or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art 

2 may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded 

3 on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 

4 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

5 ARTS

6 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

7 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte8 nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 

9 the Performing Arts, $21,300,000. 

10 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

11 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora12 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 

13 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

14 $15,064,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

16 SCHOLARS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

19 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

20 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

21 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,000,000. 
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1 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

2 HUMANITIES

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

7 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

8 as amended, $155,000,000 shall be available to the Na9 tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects 

10 and productions in the arts, including arts education and 

11 public outreach activities, through assistance to organiza12 tions and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for 

13 program support, and for administering the functions of 

14 the Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

15 That funds appropriated herein shall be expended in ac16 cordance with sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108– 

17 447: Provided further, That hereinafter funds previously 

18 appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts 

19 ‘‘Challenge America’’ account may be transferred to and 

20 merged with this account. 

21 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

22 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

24 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

25 as amended, $155,000,000, to remain available until ex26 pended, of which $140,700,000 shall be available for sup-
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1 port of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 

2 7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the 

3 Act; and $14,300,000 shall be available to carry out the 

4 matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of 

5 the Act including $9,300,000 for the purposes of section 

6 7(h): Provided, That appropriations for carrying out sec7 tion 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 

8 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 

9 bequests, and devises of money, and other property accept10 ed by the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment 

11 under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 

12 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years 

13 for which equal amounts have not previously been appro14 priated. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

16 None of the funds appropriated to the National 

17 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 

18 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 

19 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 

20 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

21 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re22 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

23 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 

24 necessary for official reception and representation ex25 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na26 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
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1 to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does not ex2 ceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making 

3 purposes per year: Provided further, That such small grant 

4 actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed 

5 and direct delegation of authority from the National Coun6 cil on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

7 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing 

10 a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $2,234,000: 

11 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 

12 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 

13 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col14 lection, to remain available until expended without further 

15 appropriation. 

16 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

17 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

18 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $9,500,000: Pro19 vided, That no organization shall receive a grant in excess 

20 of $650,000 in a single year. 

21 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 

24 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), 

25 $5,498,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be 
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1 available for compensation of level V of the Executive 

2 Schedule or higher positions. 

3 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na6 tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), 

7 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

8 $8,328,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of 

9 the funds provided under this heading may be used for 

10 official reception and representational expenses associated 

11 with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning 

12 and physical development of world capitals. 

13 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

14 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

15 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

16 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 

17 2310), $47,260,000, of which $515,000 for the Museum’s 

18 equipment replacement program, $1,900,000 for the mu19 seum’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 

20 for the museum’s exhibition design and production pro21 gram shall remain available until expended. 

22 PRESIDIO TRUST

23 PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

24 For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Om25 nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 
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1 $17,450,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to 

2 remain available until expended. 

3 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, including the costs of con6 struction design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 

7 Commission, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended. 

9 TITLE IV 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation 

13 under this Act for any consulting service through procure14 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

15 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

16 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

17 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex18 isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. 

19 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

20 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica21 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

22 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

23 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 

24 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

25 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
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1 SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

4 SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

5 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended 

6 to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal 

7 servants to any officer or employee of such department 

8 or agency except as otherwise provided by law. 

9 SEC. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, 

10 reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities 

11 and subactivities to support government-wide, depart12 mental, agency or bureau administrative functions or 

13 headquarters, regional or central operations shall be pre14 sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap15 proval by the Committees on Appropriations. Changes to 

16 such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on 

17 Appropriations for approval. 

18 SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in20 strumentality of the United States Government except 

21 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer provided in, 

22 this Act or any other Act. 

23 SEC. 407. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

24 to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi25 fied as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which 
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1 are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land 

2 Management lands in a manner different than such sales 

3 were conducted in fiscal year 2006. 

4 SEC. 408. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

5 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

6 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 

7 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 

8 site claim located under the general mining laws. 

9 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) 

10 shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines 

11 that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was 

12 filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; 

13 and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 

14 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) 

15 for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, 

16 and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 

17 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised 

18 Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case 

19 may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that 

20 date. 

21 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2009, the Secretary 

22 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com23 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

24 Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com25 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
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1 a report on actions taken by the Department under the 

2 plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Depart3 ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 

4 Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 

5 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

6 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

7 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 

8 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 

9 third-party contractor to be selected by the Bureau of 

10 Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 

11 the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli12 cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land 

13 Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose 

14 and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the 

15 standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land 

16 Management in the retention of third-party contractors. 

17 SEC. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, amounts appropriated to or otherwise designated in 

19 committee reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

20 the Indian Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103– 

21 332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106–113, 

22 106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 

23 109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Reso24 lution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as 

25 amended by Public Laws 110–5 and 110–28), and Public 
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1 Law 110–161 for payments for contract support costs as2 sociated with self-determination or self-governance con3 tracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 

4 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health 

5 Service as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts 

6 available for fiscal years 1994 through 2008 for such pur7 poses, except that for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes 

8 and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allo9 cations for unmet contract support costs of ongoing con10 tracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual fund11 ing agreements. 

12 SEC. 410. Prior to October 1, 2009, the Secretary 

13 of Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation 

14 of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland 

15 Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 

16 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have 

17 passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the Na18 tional Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the 

19 Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and 

20 Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 

21 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if the Sec22 retary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within 

23 the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 

24 National Forest System, this section shall be void with re-
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1 spect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may 

2 order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis. 

3 SEC. 411. No funds provided in this Act may be ex4 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

5 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

6 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

7 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu8 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 

9 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 

10 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

11 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu12 ment. 

13 SEC. 412. In entering into agreements with foreign 

14 countries pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m) the Secretary of Agriculture and 

16 the Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into 

17 reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished 

18 under said agreements to provide wildfire services are con19 sidered, for purposes of tort liability, employees of the 

20 country receiving said services when the individuals are 

21 engaged in fire suppression: Provided, That the Secretary 

22 of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not 

23 enter into any agreement under this provision unless the 

24 foreign country (either directly or through its fire organi25 zation) agrees to assume any and all liability for the acts 
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1 or omissions of American firefighters engaged in fire2 fighting in a foreign country: Provided further, That when 

3 an agreement is reached for furnishing fire fighting serv4 ices, the only remedies for acts or omissions committed 

5 while fighting fires shall be those provided under the laws 

6 of the host country, and those remedies shall be the exclu7 sive remedies for any claim arising out of fighting fires 

8 in a foreign country: Provided further, That neither the 

9 sending country nor any legal organization associated with 

10 the firefighter shall be subject to any legal action whatso11 ever pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s role 

12 in fire suppression. 

13 SEC. 413. In awarding a Federal contract with funds 

14 made available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Gov15 ernment procurement and contracting laws, the Secretary 

16 of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Sec17 retaries’’) may, in evaluating bids and proposals, give con18 sideration to local contractors who are from, and who pro19 vide employment and training for, dislocated and displaced 

20 workers in an economically disadvantaged rural commu21 nity, including those historically timber-dependent areas 

22 that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on 

23 Federal lands and other forest-dependent rural commu24 nities isolated from significant alternative employment op25 portunities: Provided, That notwithstanding Federal Gov-
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1 ernment procurement and contracting laws the Secretaries 

2 may award contracts, grants or cooperative agreements to 

3 local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or re4 lated partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth 

5 groups, or small or micro-business or disadvantaged busi6 ness: Provided further, That the contract, grant, or cooper7 ative agreement is for forest hazardous fuels reduction, 

8 watershed or water quality monitoring or restoration, wild9 life or fish population monitoring, or habitat restoration 

10 or management: Provided further, That the terms ‘‘rural 

11 community’’ and ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ shall have 

12 the same meanings as in section 2374 of Public Law 101– 

13 624: Provided further, That the Secretaries shall develop 

14 guidance to implement this section: Provided further, That 

15 nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the 

16 Secretaries of any duty under applicable procurement 

17 laws, except as provided in this section. 

18 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 

19 or any other Act may be used in fiscal year 2009 for com20 petitive sourcing studies and any related activities involv21 ing Forest Service personnel. 

22 SEC. 415. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

23 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 

24 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec25 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
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1 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap2 propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 

3 to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na4 tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 

5 funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 

6 Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur7 poses. 

8 SEC. 416. None of the funds made available under 

9 this Act may be used to promulgate or implement the En10 vironmental Protection Agency proposed regulations pub11 lished in the Federal Register on January 3, 2007 (72 

12 Fed. Reg. 69). 

13 SEC. 417. Section 337(a) of the Department of the 

14 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 

15 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3012) is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘September 30, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

17 30, 2010’’. 

18 SEC. 418. Section 330 of Public Law 106–291 con19 cerning Service First authorities (114 Stat. 996), as 

20 amended by section 428 of Public Law 109–54 (119 Stat. 

21 555–556), is further amended by striking ‘‘2008’’ and in22 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘2011’’. 

23 SEC. 419. Section 422 of title IV of division F of 

24 Public Law 110–161 is amended by inserting after ‘‘fiscal 
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1 year 2007’’ the following: ‘‘and subsequent fiscal years 

2 through fiscal year 2014’’. 

3 SEC. 420. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro4 vided to the Environmental Protection Agency in this Act, 

5 $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, is pro6 vided to EPA to be transferred to the Department of the 

7 Navy for clean-up activities at the Treasure Island Naval 

8 Station—Hunters Point Annex. 

9 SEC. 421. The boundaries of the Tongass National 

10 Forest in the State of Alaska are modified to include the 

11 approximately 1,043.38 acres of land acquired by the 

12 United States from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Au13 thority, which is more particularly described as lots 1-B 

14 and 1-C, Mt. Verstovia-Gavan Hill Subdivision of U.S. 

15 Survey No. 3858 and U.S. Survey No. 3849. 

16 SEC. 422. Title V of the Forest Service Realignment 

17 and Enhancement Act, 2005, Public Law 109–54, 119 

18 Stat. 559–563; 16 U.S.C. 580d note, is amended as fol19 lows: 

20 (1) In section 503, subsection (f) by striking 

21 ‘‘2008’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2011’’ and; 

22 (2) In section 504— 

23 (A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking in 

24 whole, and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘TERMS, 

25 CONDITIONS, AND RESERVATIONS.—The con-
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1 veyance of an administrative site under this 

2 title shall be subject to such terms, conditions, 

3 and reservations as the Secretary determines to 

4 be necessary to protect the public interest’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘Sub6 chapter I of chapter 5’’, and inserting in lieu 

7 thereof ‘‘Chapter 5 of subtitle I’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (d)(4)(B) by striking in 

9 whole, and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘determine 

10 whether to include terms, conditions, and res11 ervations under subsection (a)(3); and’’. 

12 Sec. 423. LAKE TAHOE BASIN HAZARDOUS FUEL

13 REDUCTION PROJECTS. (a) Hereafter, subject to sub14 section (b), a proposal to authorize a hazardous fuel re15 duction project, not to exceed 5,000 acres, including no 

16 more than 1,500 acres of mechanical thinning, on the 

17 Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit may be categorically 

18 excluded from documentation in an environmental impact 

19 statement or an environmental assessment under the Na20 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 

21 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) if the project: 

22 (1) is consistent with the Lake Tahoe Basin 

23 Multi-Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildfire 

24 Prevention Strategy published in December 2007 

25 and any subsequent revisions to the Strategy; 
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1 (2) is not conducted in any wilderness areas; 

2 and 

3 (3) does not involve any new permanent roads. 

4 (b) A proposal that is categorically excluded under 

5 this section shall be subject to— 

6 (1) the extraordinary circumstances procedures 

7 established by the Forest Service pursuant to section 

8 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; and 

9 (2) an opportunity for public input. 

10 SEC. 424. Not later than June 30, 2009, the Admin11 istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall re12 consider, and confirm or reverse, the decision to deny the 

13 request of the State of California to regulate greenhouse 

14 gas emissions from new motor vehicles. 

15 SEC. 425. TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY REPORTING. 

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 

17 (1) none of the funds made available by this or 

18 any other Act may, hereafter, be used to implement 

19 the final rule promulgated by the Administrator of 

20 the Environmental Protection Agency entitled 

21 ‘‘Toxics Release Inventory Burden Reduction Final 

22 Rule’’ (71 Fed. Reg. 76932); and 

23 (2) the final rule described in paragraph (1) 

24 shall have no force or effect. The affected regulatory 

25 text shall revert to what it was before the final rule 
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1 described in paragraph (1) became effective, until 

2 any future action taken by the Administrator. 

3 SEC. 426. Section 325 of Public Law 108–108 is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004–2008’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘fiscal year 2009.’’ 

6 SEC. 427. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec7 retary of the Interior shall execute an agreement that 

8 transfers management and oversight including transfer of 

9 function for the workforce, of the Centennial, Collbran, 

10 Columbia Basin, Fort Simcoe, Treasure Lake, and Weber 

11 Basin Job Corps Centers to the Forest Service. These Job 

12 Corps centers shall continue to be administered as de13 scribed in section 147(c) of Public Law 105–220, Work14 force Investment Act of 1998. 

15 SEC. 428. Section 434 of division F of Public Law 

16 110–161 is amended by striking paragraph (3) and insert17 ing a new paragraph (3) as follows: 

18 ‘‘(3) By adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘ ‘(m) Section 106 of Public Law 108–148 shall 

20 apply to all projects authorized by this Act. Sections 104 

21 and 105 of Public Law 108–148 may be applied to 

22 projects authorized by this Act.’. ’’. 

23 SEC. 429. (a) During the 60-day period beginning on 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act— 
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1 (1) the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec2 retary of Commerce may withdraw or reissue the 

3 rule described in subsection (c)(1) without regard to 

4 any provision of statute or regulation that estab5 lishes a requirement for such withdrawal; and 

6 (2) the Secretary of the Interior may withdraw 

7 or reissue the rule referred to in subsection (c)(2) 

8 without regard to any provision of statute or regula9 tion that establishes a requirement for such with10 drawal. 

11 (b) If the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 

12 of Commerce (or both) withdraws a rule under subsection 

13 (a), such Secretary shall implement the provisions of law 

14 under which the rule was issued in accordance with the 

15 regulations in effect under such provisions immediately be16 fore the effective date of such rule, except as otherwise 

17 provided by any Act or rule that takes effect after the ef18 fective date of the rule that is withdrawn. 

19 (c) The rules referred to in subsection (a) are the 

20 following: 

21 (1) The final rule relating to ‘‘Interagency Co22 operation under the Endangered Species Act’’, 

23 issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv24 ice and the National Marine Fisheries Service and 

25 signed November 26, 2008, by the Assistant Sec-
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1 retary of Fish and Wildlife and Parks of the Depart2 ment of the Interior and the Deputy Assistant Ad3 ministrator for the Regulatory Programs of the Na4 tional Marine Fisheries Service. 

5 (2) The final rule relating to ‘‘Endangered and 

6 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Special Rule for the 

7 Polar Bear’’, issued by the Assistant Secretary of 

8 Fish and Wildlife and Parks of the Department of 

9 the Interior on December 10, 2008. 

10 SEC. 430. Within the amounts appropriated in this 

11 division, funding shall be allocated in the amounts speci12 fied for those projects and purposes delineated in the table 

13 titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 

14 explanatory statement accompanying this Act (as de15 scribed in section 4, in the matter preceding division A 

16 of this consolidated Act). 

17 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

18 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria19 tions Act, 2009’’. 
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1 DIVISION F—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 

2 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDU3 CATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO4 PRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

7 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

8 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

9 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment 

10 Act of 1998 (‘‘WIA’’), the Denali Commission Act of 

11 1998, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Tradi12 tional Occupations Act of 1992, including the purchase 

13 and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, al14 teration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and 

15 the purchase of real property for training centers as au16 thorized by the WIA; $3,626,448,000, plus reimburse17 ments, shall be available. Of the amounts provided: 

18 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 

19 and training activities, youth activities, and dis20 located worker employment and training activities, 

21 $2,969,449,000 as follows: 

22 (A) $861,540,000 for adult employment 

23 and training activities, of which $149,540,000 

24 shall be available for the period July 1, 2009, 

25 through June 30, 2010, and of which 
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1 $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 

2 October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; 

3 (B) $924,069,000 for youth activities, 

4 which shall be available for the period April 1, 

5 2009 through June 30, 2010; and 

6 (C) $1,183,840,000 for dislocated worker 

7 employment and training activities, of which 

8 $335,840,000 shall be available for the period 

9 July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, and of 

10 which $848,000,000 shall be available for the 

11 period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010: 

12 Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limita13 tion under section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 

14 percent of such funds may be transferred by a local 

15 board if approved by the Governor; 

16 (2) for federally administered programs, 

17 $489,429,000 as follows: 

18 (A) $283,051,000 for the dislocated work19 ers assistance national reserve, of which 

20 $71,051,000 shall be available for the period 

21 July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, and of 

22 which $212,000,000 shall be available for the 

23 period October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010: 

24 Provided, That up to $125,000,000 may be 

25 made available for Community-Based Job 
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1 Training grants from funds reserved under sec2 tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA and shall be used 

3 to carry out such grants under section 171(d) 

4 of such Act, except that the 10 percent limita5 tion otherwise applicable to the amount of 

6 funds that may be used to carry out section 

7 171(d) shall not be applicable to funds used for 

8 Community-Based Job Training grants: Pro9 vided further, That funds provided to carry out 

10 section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used 

11 to provide assistance to a State for State-wide 

12 or local use in order to address cases where 

13 there have been worker dislocations across mul14 tiple sectors or across multiple local areas and 

15 such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the 

16 State workforce development plan with emerg17 ing economic development needs; and train such 

18 eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, 

19 That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) 

20 of the WIA may be used for demonstration 

21 projects that provide assistance to new entrants 

22 in the workforce and incumbent workers; 

23 (B) $52,758,000 for Native American pro24 grams, which shall be available for the period 

25 July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; 
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1 (C) $82,620,000 for migrant and seasonal 

2 farmworker programs under section 167 of the 

3 WIA, including $76,710,000 for formula grants 

4 (of which not less that 70 percent shall be for 

5 employment and training services), $5,400,000 

6 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 

7 less than 70 percent shall be for permanent 

8 housing), and $510,000 for other discretionary 

9 purposes, which shall be available for the period 

10 July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010: Provided, 

11 That notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law or related regulation, the Department of 

13 Labor shall take no action limiting the number 

14 or proportion of eligible participants receiving 

15 related assistance services or discouraging 

16 grantees from providing such services; 

17 (D) $1,000,000 for carrying out the 

18 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional 

19 Occupations Act, which shall be available for 

20 the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 

21 2010; and 

22 (E) $70,000,000 for YouthBuild activities 

23 as described in section 173A of the WIA, which 

24 shall be available for the period April 1, 2009 

25 through June 30, 2010: Provided, That for pro-
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1 gram years 2008 and 2009, the YouthBuild 

2 program may serve an individual who has 

3 dropped out of high school and re-enrolled in an 

4 alternative school, if that re-enrollment is part 

5 of a sequential service strategy; 

6 (3) for national activities, $167,570,000, as fol7 lows: 

8 (A) $48,781,000 for Pilots, Demonstra9 tions, and Research, which shall be available for 

10 the period April 1, 2009 through June 30, 

11 2010, of which $5,000,000 shall be for competi12 tive grants to address the employment and 

13 training needs of young parents (notwith14 standing the requirements of section 

15 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA), and 

16 of which $41,324,000 shall be used for the 

17 projects, and in the amounts, specified under 

18 the heading ‘‘Training and Employment Serv19 ices’’ in the explanatory statement described in 

20 section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

21 this consolidated Act): Provided, That funding 

22 provided to carry out such projects shall not be 

23 subject to the requirements of sections 

24 171(b)(2)(B) and 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, the 

25 joint funding requirements of sections 
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1 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of the WIA, or 

2 any time limit requirements of sections 

3 171(b)(2)(C) and 171(c)(4)(B) of the WIA; 

4 (B) $108,493,000 for ex-offender activi5 ties, under the authority of section 171 of the 

6 WIA, which shall be available for the period 

7 April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, notwith8 standing the requirements of section 

9 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D): Provided, That 

10 not less than $88,500,000 shall be for youthful 

11 offender activities, of which $35,000,000 shall 

12 be for a program of competitive grants to local 

13 educational agencies or community-based orga14 nizations to develop and implement mentoring 

15 strategies that integrate educational and em16 ployment interventions designed to prevent 

17 youth violence in schools identified as persist18 ently dangerous under section 9532 of the Ele19 mentary and Secondary Education Act; 

20 (C) $6,918,000 for Evaluation, which shall 

21 be available for the period July 1, 2009 through 

22 June 30, 2010; and 

23 (D) $3,378,000 for the Denali Commis24 sion, which shall be available for the period 

25 July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. 
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1 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER

2 AMERICANS

3 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 

4 1965, $571,925,000, which shall be available for the pe5 riod July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010: Provided, That 

6 funds made available under this heading in this Act may, 

7 in accordance with section 517(c) of the Older Americans 

8 Act of 1965, be recaptured and reobligated. 

9 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

10 For payments during fiscal year 2009 of trade ad11 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 

12 of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 

13 of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 

14 employment and case management services, allowances for 

15 job search and relocation, and related State administrative 

16 expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 

17 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, $958,800,000, together 

18 with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to 

19 the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period 

20 subsequent to September 15, 2009. 

21 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

22 SERVICE OPERATIONS

23 For authorized administrative expenses, 

24 $91,698,000, together with not to exceed $3,563,167,000 

25 which may be expended from the Employment Security 
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1 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 

2 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 

3 (1) $2,782,145,000 from the Trust Fund is for 

4 grants to States for the administration of State un5 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 

6 III of the Social Security Act (including 

7 $10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and 

8 eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 

9 improper payment reviews), the administration of 

10 unemployment insurance for Federal employees and 

11 for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 

12 8501–8523, and the administration of trade read13 justment allowances and alternative trade adjust14 ment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974, and 

15 shall be available for obligation by the States 

16 through December 31, 2009, except that funds used 

17 for automation acquisitions shall be available for ob18 ligation by the States through September 30, 2011, 

19 and funds used for unemployment insurance work20 loads experienced by the States through September 

21 30, 2009 shall be available for Federal obligation 

22 through December 31, 2009; 

23 (2) $11,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for na24 tional activities necessary to support the administra-
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1 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 

2 system; 

3 (3) $680,893,000 from the Trust Fund, to4 gether with $22,683,000 from the General Fund of 

5 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 

6 with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 

7 be available for Federal obligation for the period 

8 July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; 

9 (4) $20,869,000 from the Trust Fund is for na10 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ11 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred12 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

13 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 

14 staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, includ15 ing not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for 

16 amortization payments to States which had inde17 pendent retirement plans in their State employment 

18 service agencies prior to 1980; 

19 (5) $67,950,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 

20 administration of foreign labor certifications and re21 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation22 ality Act and related laws, of which $52,821,000 

23 shall be available for the Federal administration of 

24 such activities, and $15,129,000 shall be available 
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1 for grants to States for the administration of such 

2 activities; 

3 (6) $51,720,000 from the General Fund is to 

4 provide workforce information, national electronic 

5 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag6 ner-Peyser Act and section 171 (e)(2)(C) of the 

7 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and shall be 

8 available for Federal obligation for the period July 

9 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; and 

10 (7) $17,295,000 from the General Fund is to 

11 provide for work incentive grants to the States and 

12 shall be available for the period July 1, 2009 

13 through June 30, 2010: 

14 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In15 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2009 is 

16 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 

17 3,487,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 

18 Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 

19 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 

20 for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 

21 III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 

22 funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 

23 to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 

24 Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 

25 carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
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1 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 

2 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 

3 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 

4 further, That the Secretary of Labor may use funds appro5 priated for grants to States under title III of the Social 

6 Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for 

7 the use of the National Directory of New Hires under sec8 tion 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That funds 

9 appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a na10 tional one-stop career center system, or which are used 

11 to support the national activities of the Federal-State un12 employment insurance or immigration programs, may be 

13 obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements with non14 State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

15 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 

16 the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 

17 be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In18 surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not19 withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 

20 the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87: 

21 Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a 

22 State participating in a consortium with other States, may 

23 reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the 

24 Social Security Act to other States participating in the 

25 consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the 
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1 administration of the unemployment compensation law of 

2 the State making the request. 

3 In addition, $40,000,000 from the Employment Se4 curity Administration Account of the Unemployment 

5 Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reem6 ployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 

7 insurance improper payment reviews: Provided, That not 

8 later than June 30, 2010, the Secretary shall submit an 

9 interim report to the Congress that includes available in10 formation on expenditures, number of individuals as11 sessed, and outcomes from the assessments: Provided fur12 ther, That not later than June 30, 2011, the Secretary 

13 of Labor shall submit to the Congress a final report con14 taining comprehensive information on the estimated sav15 ings that result from the assessments of claimants and 

16 identification of best practices. 

17 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND

18 OTHER FUNDS

19 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 

20 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 

21 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 

22 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In23 ternal Revenue Code of 1954; and for nonrepayable ad24 vances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 

25 by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment ben-
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1 efits and allowances’’ account, to remain available through 

2 September 30, 2010, $422,000,000. 

3 In addition, for making repayable advances to the 

4 Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 

5 year after September 15, 2009, for costs incurred by the 

6 Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 

7 year, such sums as may be necessary. 

8 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

9 For expenses of administering employment and train10 ing programs, $85,323,000, together with not to exceed 

11 $45,140,000, which may be expended from the Employ12 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy13 ment Trust Fund. 

14 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 

17 Security Administration, $143,419,000. 

18 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

19 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

20 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor21 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in22 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 

23 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

24 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 

25 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 

26 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
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1 to fiscal year limitations as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104 

2 as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ3 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep4 tember 30, 2009, for the Corporation: Provided, That 

5 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 

6 year 2009 shall be available for obligations for administra7 tive expenses in excess of $444,722,000: Provided further, 

8 That to the extent that the number of new plan partici9 pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 

10 100,000 in fiscal year 2009, an amount not to exceed an 

11 additional $9,200,000 shall be available for obligation for 

12 administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi13 nated participants: Provided further, That an additional 

14 $50,000 shall be made available for obligation for invest15 ment management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets 

16 received by the Corporation as a result of new plan termi17 nations or asset growth, after approval by the Office of 

18 Management and Budget and notification of the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate: Provided further, That obligations in ex21 cess of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be 

22 incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination 

23 expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 

24 Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria25 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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1 EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

4 For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand5 ards Administration, including reimbursement to State, 

6 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec7 tion services rendered, $438,166,000, together with 

8 $2,101,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 

9 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 

10 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: Pro11 vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to estab12 lish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C 3302, collect and 

13 deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications 

14 and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the 

15 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and for processing ap16 plications and issuing registrations under title I of the Mi17 grant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. 

18 Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to sec19 tion 286(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 

20 $97,000,000 are rescinded as of September 30, 2009. 

21 SPECIAL BENEFITS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex24 penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during 

25 the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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1 81; continuation of benefits as provided for under the 

2 heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security 

3 Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Com4 pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 

5 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 per6 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 

7 by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

8 Compensation Act, $163,000,000, together with such 

9 amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse10 quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 

11 and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 

12 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appro13 priated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104, by the Sec14 retary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not the 

15 employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 

16 of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 

17 That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep18 tember 30, 2008, shall remain available until expended for 

19 the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro20 vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 

21 to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 

22 any other corporation or instrumentality required under 

23 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 

24 the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de25 termines to be the cost of administration for employees 
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1 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2009: 

2 Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 

3 account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad4 ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 

5 $52,720,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 

6 follows: 

7 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto8 mated data processing systems and telecommuni9 cations systems, $15,068,000; 

10 (2) For automated workload processing oper11 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 

12 intake, and medical bill processing, $23,273,000; 

13 (3) For periodic roll management and medical 

14 review, $14,379,000; and 

15 (4) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 

16 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

17 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 

18 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 

19 under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work20 ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 

21 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu22 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 

23 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

24 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 

25 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 

26 275, $188,130,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 

2 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 

3 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 

4 as may be necessary. 

5 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 

6 first quarter of fiscal year 2010, $56,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES

9 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

10 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

11 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

12 Act, $49,654,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That the Secretary of Labor may require that any 

14 person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide 

15 as part of such claim, such identifying information (in16 cluding Social Security account number) as may be pre17 scribed. 

18 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 In fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, such sums as may 

21 be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund 

22 (‘‘Fund’’), to remain available until expended, for payment 

23 of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), 

24 and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and inter25 est on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of 

26 that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be ex-
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1 pended from the Fund for fiscal year 2009 for expenses 

2 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene3 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 

4 exceed $32,308,000 for transfer to the Employment 

5 Standards Administration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not 

6 to exceed $24,694,000 for transfer to Departmental Man7 agement, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 

8 $325,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Of9 fice of Inspector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 

10 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses 

11 of the Department of the Treasury. 

12 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 

15 and Health Administration, $513,042,000, including not 

16 to exceed $92,593,000 which shall be the maximum 

17 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 

18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (‘‘Act’’), which 

19 grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of 

20 State occupational safety and health programs required to 

21 be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary of 

22 Labor under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, not23 withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety 

24 and Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per 

25 fiscal year of training institute course tuition fees, other-
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1 wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 

2 such sums for occupational safety and health training and 

3 education grants: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 

4 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal 

5 year ending September 30, 2009, to collect and retain fees 

6 for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing 

7 Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance 

8 with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national 

9 and international laboratory recognition programs that en10 sure the safety of equipment and products used by workers 

11 in the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 

12 appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 

13 expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 

14 standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 

15 is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 

16 operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 

17 camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur18 ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 

19 shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 

20 any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 

21 respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 

22 included within a category having a Days Away, Re23 stricted, or Transferred (DART) occupational injury and 

24 illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 

25 code for which such data are published, less than the na-
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1 tional average rate as such rates are most recently pub2 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 

3 Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 

4 except— 

5 (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con6 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train7 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 

8 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 

9 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita10 tion for violations found during such inspection, and 

11 to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor12 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 

13 any willful violations found; 

14 (3) to take any action authorized by the Act 

15 with respect to imminent dangers; 

16 (4) to take any action authorized by the Act 

17 with respect to health hazards; 

18 (5) to take any action authorized by the Act 

19 with respect to a report of an employment accident 

20 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re21 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 

22 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga23 tion authorized by the Act; and 
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1 (6) to take any action authorized by the Act 

2 with respect to complaints of discrimination against 

3 employees for exercising rights under the Act: 

4 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 

5 apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 

6 which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em7 ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 

8 $10,000,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train9 ing grants, of which $3,144,000 shall be used for the In10 stitutional Competency Building training grants awarded 

11 in February 2008, provided that a grantee has dem12 onstrated satisfactory performance: Provided further, That 

13 such grants shall be awarded not later than 30 days after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 

18 Health Administration, $347,003,000, including purchase 

19 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 

20 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas21 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 

22 mine rescue and recovery activities, and $1,808,000 to 

23 continue the project with the United Mine Workers of 

24 America, for classroom and simulated rescue training for 

25 mine rescue teams; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 
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1 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 

2 Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 

3 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 

4 be available for mine safety and health education and 

5 training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, 

6 in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration 

7 may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the 

8 approval and certification of equipment, materials, and ex9 plosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for 

10 such activities; the Secretary of Labor is authorized to ac11 cept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions 

12 from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 

13 in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or pri14 vate; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is au15 thorized to promote health and safety education and train16 ing in the mining community through cooperative pro17 grams with States, industry, and safety associations; the 

18 Secretary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes 

19 Safety Association as a principal safety association and, 

20 notwithstanding any other provision of law, may provide 

21 funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, in22 cluding service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 

23 officials as officers in local chapters or in the national or24 ganization; and any funds available to the Department of 

25 Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, 
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1 to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival oper2 ations in the event of a major disaster. 

3 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta6 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 

7 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv8 ices rendered, $518,918,000, together with not to exceed 

9 $78,264,000, which may be expended from the Employ10 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy11 ment Trust Fund, of which $1,500,000 may be used to 

12 fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 

13 of the Wagner-Peyser Act: Provided, That the Current 

14 Employment Survey shall maintain the content of the sur15 vey issued prior to June 2005 with respect to the collection 

16 of data for the women worker series. 

17 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 

20 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 

21 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 

22 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 

23 people with disabilities, $26,679,000. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage4 ment, including the hire of three sedans, and including 

5 the management or operation, through contracts, grants 

6 or other arrangements of Departmental activities con7 ducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor 

8 Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical as9 sistance and other international labor activities, 

10 $313,871,000, of which $86,074,000 is for the Bureau of 

11 International Labor Affairs (including $6,500,000 to im12 plement model programs to address worker rights issues 

13 through technical assistance in countries with which the 

14 United States has trade preference programs), and of 

15 which $21,286,000 is for the acquisition of Departmental 

16 information technology, architecture, infrastructure, 

17 equipment, software and related needs, which will be allo18 cated by the Department’s Chief Information Officer in 

19 accordance with the Department’s capital investment 

20 management process to assure a sound investment strat21 egy; together with not to exceed $327,000, which may be 

22 expended from the Employment Security Administration 

23 Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 

24 OFFICE OF JOB CORPS

25 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce 

26 Investment Act of 1998, including Federal administrative 
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1 expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehi2 cles, the construction, alteration and repairs of buildings 

3 and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for 

4 training centers as authorized by the Workforce Invest5 ment Act; $1,683,938,000, plus reimbursements, as fol6 lows: 

7 (1) $1,540,276,000 for Job Corps Operations, 

8 of which $949,276,000 shall be available for obliga9 tion for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 

10 2010 and of which $591,000,000 shall be available 

11 for obligation for the period October 1, 2009 

12 through June 30, 2010; 

13 (2) $115,000,000 for construction, rehabilita14 tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, of which 

15 $15,000,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 

16 2009 through June 30, 2012 and $100,000,000 

17 shall be available for the period October 1, 2009 

18 through June 30, 2012; and 

19 (3) $28,662,000 for necessary expenses of the 

20 Office of Job Corps shall be available for obligation 

21 for the period October 1, 2008 through September 

22 30, 2009: 

23 Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall have con24 tracting authority: Provided further, That no funds from 
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1 any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal serv2 ices at or for Job Corps centers. 

3 VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

4 Not to exceed $205,468,000 may be derived from the 

5 Employment Security Administration Account in the Un6 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 

7 U.S.C. 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327, and 

8 Public Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obli9 gation by the States through December 31, 2009, of which 

10 $1,949,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and 

11 Training Services Institute. To carry out the Homeless 

12 Veterans Reintegration Programs under section 5(a)(1) of 

13 the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 

14 2001 and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs 

15 under section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act, 

16 $33,971,000, of which $7,641,000 shall be available for 

17 obligation for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 

18 2010. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

22 General Act of 1978, $76,326,000, together with not to 

23 exceed $5,815,000, which may be expended from the Em24 ployment Security Administration Account in the Unem25 ployment Trust Fund. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

3 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an 

4 individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an 

5 indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. 

6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre8 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro10 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 

11 Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 

12 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ13 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 

14 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 

15 this section shall be available only to meet emergency 

16 needs and shall not be used to create any new program 

17 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 

18 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 

21 of any transfer. 

22 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 

23 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

24 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex25 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 

26 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or 
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1 in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 

2 and host countries already identified by the United States 

3 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 104. After September 30, 2008, the Secretary 

5 of Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less 

6 than the full amount (of not less than $115) that each 

7 of its employees of the National Capital Region is eligible 

8 to receive. 

9 SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated in this title 

10 for grants under section 171 of the Workforce Investment 

11 Act of 1998 may be obligated prior to the preparation and 

12 submission of a report by the Secretary of Labor to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such 

15 funds. 

16 SEC. 106. There is authorized to be appropriated 

17 such sums as may be necessary to the Denali Commission 

18 through the Department of Labor to conduct job training 

19 of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects 

20 will be constructed. 

21 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available to the 

22 Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of 

23 the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve24 ment Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than 

25 training in the occupations and industries for which em-
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1 ployers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign workers, and 

2 the related activities necessary to support such training: 

3 Provided, That the preceding limitation shall not apply to 

4 multi-year grants awarded prior to June 30, 2007. 

5 SEC. 108. None of the funds available in this Act or 

6 available to the Secretary of Labor from other sources for 

7 Community-Based Job Training grants and grants au8 thorized under section 414(c) of the American Competi9 tiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 shall 

10 be obligated for a grant awarded on a non-competitive 

11 basis. 

12 SEC. 109. The Secretary of Labor shall take no ac13 tion to amend, through regulatory or administration ac14 tion, the definition established in section 667.220 of title 

15 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations for functions and 

16 activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act 

17 of 1998, or to modify, through regulatory or administra18 tive action, the procedure for redesignation of local areas 

19 as specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act (including 

20 applying the standards specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) 

21 of that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits specified 

22 in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until such time as 

23 legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted. Nothing in the 

24 preceding sentence shall permit or require the Secretary 

25 to withdraw approval for such redesignation from a State 
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1 that received the approval not later than October 12, 

2 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the redesignation 

3 procedure being used by the Secretary in order to complete 

4 such redesignation for a State that initiated the process 

5 of such redesignation by submitting any request for such 

6 redesignation not later than October 26, 2005. 

7 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

8 or any other Act shall be available to finalize or implement 

9 any proposed regulation under the Workforce Investment 

10 Act of 1998, Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, or the Trade 

11 Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 until such 

12 time as legislation reauthorizing the Workforce Invest13 ment Act of 1998 and the Trade Adjustment Assistance 

14 Reform Act of 2002 is enacted. 

15 SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

16 under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Adminis17 tration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of 

18 such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 

19 either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess 

20 of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to 

21 vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office 

22 of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where 

23 States are recipients of such funds, States may establish 

24 a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving 

25 salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, 
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1 taking into account factors including the relative cost-of2 living in the State, the compensation levels for comparable 

3 State or local government employees, and the size of the 

4 organizations that administer Federal programs involved 

5 including Employment and Training Administration pro6 grams. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 

8 Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 

9 TITLE II 

10 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

11 SERVICES 

12 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

13 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

14 For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XI, 

15 XII, XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act 

16 (‘‘PHS Act’’), section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine 

17 Health and Safety Act, title V and sections 711, 1128E, 

18 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care 

19 Quality Improvement Act of 1986, the Native Hawaiian 

20 Health Care Act of 1988, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act 

21 of 2000, section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act 

22 of 2004, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act 

23 of 2005, $7,234,436,000, of which $39,200,000 from gen24 eral revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the So25 cial Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the 
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1 Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under 

2 such section: Provided, That of the funds made available 

3 under this heading, $129,000 shall be available until ex4 pended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long 

5 Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further, That 

6 $56,000,000 of the funding provided for community 

7 health centers shall be for base grant adjustments for ex8 isting health centers: Provided further, That in addition 

9 to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care 

10 Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected 

11 for the full disclosure of information under the Act suffi12 cient to recover the full costs of operating the National 

13 Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available until 

14 expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That fees 

15 collected for the full disclosure of information under the 

16 ‘‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Pro17 gram’’, authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social 

18 Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full costs 

19 of operating the program, and shall remain available until 

20 expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That no 

21 more than $40,000 is available until expended for carrying 

22 out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act in23 cluding associated administrative expenses and relevant 

24 evaluations: Provided further, That no more than 

25 $44,055,000 is available until expended for carrying out 
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1 the provisions of Public Law 104–73 and for expenses in2 curred by the Department of Health and Human Services 

3 pertaining to administrative claims made under such law: 

4 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

5 this heading, $307,491,000 shall be for the program under 

6 title X of the PHS Act to provide for voluntary family 

7 planning projects: Provided further, That amounts pro8 vided to said projects under such title shall not be ex9 pended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall 

10 be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be ex11 pended for any activity (including the publication or dis12 tribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote 

13 public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or 

14 candidate for public office: Provided further, That of the 

15 funds available under this heading, $1,886,873,000 shall 

16 remain available to the Secretary of Health and Human 

17 Services through September 30, 2011, for parts A and B 

18 of title XXVI of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 

19 within the amounts provided for part A of title XXVI of 

20 the PHS Act, $10,853,000 is available to the Secretary 

21 of Health and Human Services through September 30, 

22 2011, and shall be available to qualifying jurisdictions, 

23 within 30 days of enactment, for increasing supplemental 

24 grants for fiscal year 2009 to metropolitan areas that re25 ceived grant funding in fiscal year 2008 under subpart 
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1 I of part A of title XXVI of the PHS Act to ensure that 

2 an area’s total funding under subpart I of part A for fiscal 

3 year 2008, together with the amount of this additional 

4 funding, is not less than 93.7 percent of the amount of 

5 such area’s total funding under part A for fiscal year 

6 2006, and to transitional areas that received grant fund7 ing in fiscal year 2008 under subpart II of part A of title 

8 XXVI of the PHS Act to ensure that an area’s total fund9 ing under subpart II of part A for fiscal year 2008, to10 gether with the amount of this additional funding, is not 

11 less than 88.7 percent of the amount of such area’s total 

12 funding under part A for fiscal year 2006: Provided fur13 ther, That notwithstanding section 2603(c)(1) of the PHS 

14 Act, the additional funding to areas under the immediately 

15 preceding proviso, which may be used for costs incurred 

16 during fiscal year 2008, shall be available to the area for 

17 obligation from the date of the award through the end of 

18 the grant year for the award: Provided further, That 

19 $815,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance 

20 Programs authorized by section 2616 of the PHS Act: 

21 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 

22 herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts avail23 able under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out parts 

24 A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the PHS Act to fund 

25 section 2691 Special Projects of National Significance: 
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1 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) 

2 and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed 

3 $92,551,000 is available for carrying out special projects 

4 of regional and national significance pursuant to section 

5 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,400,000 is available for 

6 projects described in paragraphs (A) through (F) of sec7 tion 501(a)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That not8 withstanding section 747(e)(2) of the PHS Act, not less 

9 than $5,000,000 shall be for general dentistry programs, 

10 not less than $5,000,000 shall be for pediatric dentistry 

11 programs including faculty loan repayment, and not less 

12 than $29,025,000 shall be for family medicine programs: 

13 Provided further, That of the funds provided, $19,642,000 

14 shall be provided to the Denali Commission as a direct 

15 lump payment pursuant to Public Law 106–113: Provided 

16 further, That of the funds provided, $26,000,000 shall be 

17 provided for the Delta Health Initiative as authorized in 

18 section 219 of division G of Public Law 110–161 and asso19 ciated administrative expenses: Provided further, That 

20 funds provided under section 846 and subpart 3 of part 

21 D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior 

22 year adjustments to awards made under these sections: 

23 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated in this 

24 paragraph, $310,470,000 shall be used for the projects fi25 nancing the construction and renovation (including equip-
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1 ment) of health care and other facilities and for other 

2 health-related activities, and in the amounts, specified 

3 under the heading ‘‘Health Resources and Services’’ in the 

4 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat5 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and of 

6 which up to one percent of the amount for each project 

7 may be used for related agency administrative expenses: 

8 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of 

9 the PHS Act, $9,201,000 is available for State Offices of 

10 Rural Health: Provided further, That of the funds pro11 vided, $15,000,000 is available for the Small Rural Hos12 pital Improvement Grant Program for quality improve13 ment and adoption of health information technology. 

14 HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM

15 ACCOUNT

16 Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur17 pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Pub18 lic Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’). For administrative 

19 expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, in20 cluding section 709 of the PHS Act, $2,847,000. 

21 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

22 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 

23 Program Trust Fund (‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as may 

24 be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related in25 jury or death with respect to vaccines administered after 

26 September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI 
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1 of the Public Health Service Act, to remain available until 

2 expended: Provided, That for necessary administrative ex3 penses, not to exceed $5,404,000 shall be available from 

4 the Trust Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human 

5 Services. 

6 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

7 DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

8 To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, 

9 XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS 

10 Act’’), sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, 501, 

11 and 514 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 

12 1977, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New 

13 Emergency Response Act of 2006, sections 20, 21, and 

14 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 

15 title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 

16 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and 

17 for expenses necessary to support activities related to 

18 countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and 

19 chemical threats to civilian populations; including pur20 chase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

21 countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation 

22 of aircraft, $6,283,350,000, of which $151,500,000 shall 

23 remain available until expended for acquisition of real 

24 property, equipment, construction and renovation of facili25 ties; of which $570,307,000 shall remain available until 
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1 expended for the Strategic National Stockpile under sec2 tion 319F–2 of the PHS Act; of which $21,997,000 shall 

3 be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 

4 under the heading ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Train5 ing’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 

6 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

7 Act); of which $118,863,000 for international HIV/AIDS 

8 shall remain available through September 30, 2010; and 

9 of which $70,000,000 shall be available until expended to 

10 provide screening and treatment for first response emer11 gency services personnel, residents, students, and others 

12 related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the 

13 World Trade Center: Provided, That in addition, such 

14 sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which 

15 shall be credited to this account: Provided further, That 

16 in addition to amounts provided herein, the following 

17 amounts shall be available from amounts available under 

18 section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $12,794,000 to carry out 

19 the National Immunization Surveys; (2) $124,701,000 to 

20 carry out the National Center for Health Statistics sur21 veys; (3) $24,751,000 to carry out information systems 

22 standards development and architecture and applications23 based research used at local public health levels; (4) 

24 $46,780,000 for Health Marketing; (5) $31,000,000 to 

25 carry out Public Health Research; and (6) $91,225,000 
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1 to carry out research activities within the National Occu2 pational Research Agenda: Provided further, That none of 

3 the funds made available for injury prevention and control 

4 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may 

5 be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun 

6 control: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

7 under this heading, up to $1,000 per eligible employee of 

8 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall be 

9 made available until expended for Individual Learning Ac10 counts: Provided further, That the Director may redirect 

11 the total amount made available under authority of Public 

12 Law 101–502, section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to ac13 tivities the Director may so designate: Provided further, 

14 That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Senate are to be notified promptly 

16 of any such redirection: Provided further, That not to ex17 ceed $19,528,000 may be available for making grants 

18 under section 1509 of the PHS Act to not less than 21 

19 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided further, 

20 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Cen21 ters for Disease Control and Prevention shall award a sin22 gle contract or related contracts for development and con23 struction of the next building or facility designated in the 

24 Buildings and Facilities Master Plan that collectively in25 clude the full scope of the project: Provided further, That 
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1 the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 

2 ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Pro3 vided further, That of the funds appropriated, $10,000 

4 shall be for official reception and representation expenses 

5 when specifically approved by the Director of the Centers 

6 for Disease Control and Prevention: Provided further, 

7 That employees of the Centers for Disease Control and 

8 Prevention or the Public Health Service, both civilian and 

9 Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, municipalities, 

10 or other organizations under authority of section 214 of 

11 the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated 

12 as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and 

13 shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applica14 ble to the Agency, Service, or the Department of Health 

15 and Human Services during the period of detail or assign16 ment: Provided further, That out of funds made available 

17 under this heading for domestic HIV/AIDS testing, up to 

18 $15,000,000 shall be for States newly eligible in fiscal 

19 year 2009 under section 2625 of the PHS Act as of De20 cember 31, 2008 and shall be distributed by May 31, 2009 

21 based on standard criteria relating to a State’s epidemio22 logical profile, and of which not more than $1,000,000 

23 may be made available to any one State, and amounts that 

24 have not been obligated by May 31, 2009 shall be made 

25 available to States and local public health departments for 
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1 HIV testing activities: Provided further, That none of the 

2 funds made available in this Act to carry out part A of 

3 title XIX of the PHS Act may be used to provide more 

4 than 75 percent of any State’s allotment under section 

5 1902 of the PHS Act until such State certifies that it will 

6 submit a plan to the Secretary of Health and Human 

7 Services, not later than January 1, 2010, to reduce 

8 healthcare-associated infections: Provided further, That 

9 each such State plan shall be consistent with the Depart10 ment of Health and Human Services’ national action plan 

11 for reducing healthcare-associated infections and include 

12 measurable 5-year goals and interim milestones for reduc13 ing such infections: Provided further, That the Secretary 

14 shall conduct a review of the State plans submitted pursu15 ant to the preceding proviso and report to the Committees 

16 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate not later than June 1, 2010, regarding the ade18 quacy of such plans for achieving State and national goals 

19 for reducing healthcare-associated infections: Provided 

20 further, That for purposes of the two preceding provisos, 

21 the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, the 

22 District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 

23 Rico. 

24 In addition, for necessary expenses to administer the 

25 Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
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1 Program Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until ex2 pended, of which $4,500,000 shall be for use by or in sup3 port of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 

4 Health (‘‘the Board’’) to carry out its statutory respon5 sibilities, including obtaining audits, technical assistance, 

6 and other support from the Board’s audit contractor with 

7 regard to radiation dose estimation and reconstruction ef8 forts, site profiles, procedures, and review of Special Expo9 sure Cohort petitions and evaluation reports: Provided, 

10 That this amount shall be available consistent with the 

11 provision regarding administrative expenses in section 

12 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 

13 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

14 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub16 lic Health Service Act with respect to cancer, 

17 $4,968,973,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used 

18 for facilities repairs and improvements at the National 

19 Cancer Institute-Frederick Federally Funded Research 

20 and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland. 

21 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub23 lic Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, 

24 and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, 

25 $3,015,689,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL

2 RESEARCH

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub4 lic Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, 

5 $402,652,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND

7 KIDNEY DISEASES

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub9 lic Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and diges10 tive and kidney disease, $1,761,338,000. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

12 AND STROKE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub14 lic Health Service Act with respect to neurological dis15 orders and stroke, $1,593,344,000. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

17 DISEASES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub20 lic Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infec21 tious diseases, $4,702,572,000: Provided, That 

22 $300,000,000 may be made available to International As23 sistance Programs ‘‘Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Ma24 laria, and Tuberculosis’’, to remain available until ex25 pended. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub3 lic Health Service Act with respect to general medical 

4 sciences, $1,997,801,000. 

5 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

6 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub8 lic Health Service Act with respect to child health and 

9 human development, $1,294,894,000. 

10 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub12 lic Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and 

13 visual disorders, $688,480,000. 

14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

15 SCIENCES

16 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub17 lic Health Service Act with respect to environmental 

18 health sciences, $662,820,000. 

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub21 lic Health Service Act with respect to aging, 

22 $1,080,796,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND

2 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub4 lic Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and mus5 culoskeletal and skin diseases, $524,872,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER

7 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub9 lic Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other 

10 communication disorders, $407,259,000. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub13 lic Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, 

14 $141,879,000. 

15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND

16 ALCOHOLISM

17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub18 lic Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and 

19 alcoholism, $450,230,000. 

20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

21 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub22 lic Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, 

23 $1,032,759,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub3 lic Health Service Act with respect to mental health, 

4 $1,450,491,000. 

5 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

6 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub7 lic Health Service Act with respect to human genome re8 search, $502,367,000. 

9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND

10 BIOENGINEERING

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub12 lic Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging 

13 and bioengineering research, $308,208,000. 

14 NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub16 lic Health Service Act with respect to research resources 

17 and general research support grants, $1,226,263,000. 

18 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND

19 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub21 lic Health Service Act with respect to complementary and 

22 alternative medicine, $125,471,000. 
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1 NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH

2 DISPARITIES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub4 lic Health Service Act with respect to minority health and 

5 health disparities research, $205,959,000. 

6 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

7 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 

8 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 

9 title IV of the Public Health Service Act), $68,691,000. 

10 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub12 lic Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to health 

13 information communications, $330,771,000, of which 

14 $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improve15 ment of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 

16 2009, the National Library of Medicine may enter into 

17 personal services contracts for the provision of services in 

18 facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the juris19 diction of the National Institutes of Health: Provided fur20 ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 

21 $8,200,000 shall be available from amounts available 

22 under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the pur23 poses of the National Information Center on Health Serv24 ices Research and Health Care Technology established 

25 under section 478A of the PHS Act and related health 

26 services. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

2 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 

3 the Director, National Institutes of Health (‘‘NIH’’), 

4 $1,246,864,000, of which up to $25,000,000 shall be used 

5 to carry out section 214 of this Act: Provided, That fund6 ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 

7 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro8 vided further, That the NIH is authorized to collect third 

9 party payments for the cost of clinical services that are 

10 incurred in NIH research facilities and that such pay11 ments shall be credited to the NIH Management Fund: 

12 Provided further, That all funds credited to such Fund 

13 shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal 

14 year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That 

15 up to $192,300,000 shall be available for continuation of 

16 the National Children’s Study: Provided further, That 

17 $541,133,000 shall be available for the Common Fund es18 tablished under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health 

19 Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided further, That of the 

20 funds provided $10,000 shall be for official reception and 

21 representation expenses when specifically approved by the 

22 Director of the NIH: Provided further, That the Office of 

23 AIDS Research within the Office of the Director of the 

24 NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for con-
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1 struction or renovation of facilities as provided for in sec2 tion 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act. 

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and 

5 acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the 

6 National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of 

7 real property, $125,581,000, to remain available until ex8 pended. 

9 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

12 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the Public 

13 Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to substance 

14 abuse and mental health services and the Protection and 

15 Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 

16 $3,334,906,000, of which $15,666,000 shall be used for 

17 the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the head18 ing ‘‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services’’ in the 

19 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat20 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro21 vided, That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the 

22 PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out section 

23 520A are available for carrying out section 1971 of the 

24 PHS Act: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be 

25 available to establish State-administered controlled sub26 stance monitoring systems as authorized by Public Law 
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1 109–60: Provided further, That $772,000 shall be for re2 imbursing the General Services Administration for envi3 ronmental testing and remediation on the federally owned 

4 facilities at St. Elizabeths Hospital, including but not lim5 ited to testing and remediation conducted prior to fiscal 

6 year 2009: Provided further, That in addition to amounts 

7 provided herein, the following amounts shall be available 

8 under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to 

9 carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS 

10 Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national 

11 data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further 

12 that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) 

13 activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appro14 priated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; (2) 

15 $21,039,000 to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX 

16 of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assist17 ance, national data, data collection and evaluation activi18 ties, and further that the total available under this Act 

19 for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent 

20 of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of 

21 title XIX; (3) $22,750,000 to carry out national surveys 

22 on drug abuse and mental health; and (4) $8,596,000 to 

23 collect and analyze data and evaluate substance abuse 

24 treatment programs: Provided further, That section 
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1 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds ap2 propriated under this Act for fiscal year 2009. 

3 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

4 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

5 For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public 

6 Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), part A of title XI of 

7 the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare 

8 Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 

9 of 2003, amounts received from Freedom of Information 

10 Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and 

11 the sale of data shall be credited to this appropriation and 

12 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

13 amount made available pursuant to section 937(c) of the 

14 PHS Act shall not exceed $372,053,000. 

15 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

16 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

17 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

18 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $149,335,031,000, 

19 to remain available until expended. 

20 For making, after May 31, 2009, payments to States 

21 under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last 

22 quarter of fiscal year 2009 for unanticipated costs, in23 curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 

24 necessary. 
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1 For making payments to States or in the case of sec2 tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 

3 Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, 

4 $71,700,038,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 Payment under title XIX may be made for any quar6 ter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in 

7 effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such 

8 quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter. 

9 PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

10 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 

11 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In12 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 

13 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 

14 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 

15 1965, section 278(d) of Public Law 97–248, and for ad16 ministrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) 

17 of the Social Security Act, $195,383,000,000. 

18 In addition, for making matching payments under 

19 section 1844, and benefit payments under section 1860D– 

20 16 of the Social Security Act, not anticipated in budget 

21 estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 

22 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

23 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

24 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 

25 XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS 
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1 Act’’), and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amend2 ments of 1988, not to exceed $3,305,386,000, to be trans3 ferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 

4 and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 

5 Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Secu6 rity Act; together with all funds collected in accordance 

7 with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) 

8 of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary 

9 of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 302 

10 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such 

11 sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and 

12 the sale of data, which shall be credited to this account 

13 and remain available until expended: Provided, That all 

14 funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from 

15 organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act 

16 shall be credited to and available for carrying out the pur17 poses of this appropriation: Provided further, That 

18 $35,700,000, to remain available through September 30, 

19 2010, shall be for contract costs for the Healthcare Inte20 grated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided fur21 ther, That $108,900,000, to remain available through Sep22 tember 30, 2010, shall be for the Centers for Medicare 

23 and Medicaid Services (‘‘CMS’’) Medicare contracting re24 form activities: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

25 under this heading shall be available for the Healthy 
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1 Start, Grow Smart program under which the CMS may, 

2 directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree3 ments, produce and distribute informational materials in4 cluding, but not limited to, pamphlets and brochures on 

5 infant and toddler health care to expectant parents en6 rolled in the Medicaid program and to parents and guard7 ians enrolled in such program with infants and children: 

8 Provided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect 

9 fees in fiscal year 2009 from Medicare Advantage organi10 zations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Secu11 rity Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing 

12 contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to sec13 tion 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That 

14 $4,542,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

15 amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Program Manage16 ment’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 

17 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

18 Act): Provided further, That $75,000,000 is available for 

19 the State high risk health insurance pool program as au20 thorized by the State High Risk Pool Funding Extension 

21 Act of 2006. 

22 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT

23 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro24 gram integrity and program management, $198,000,000, 

25 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
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1 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In2 surance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of 

3 the Social Security Act, of which $147,038,000 shall be 

4 for the Medicare Integrity Program at the Centers for 

5 Medicare and Medicaid Services to conduct oversight of 

6 activities for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Pre7 scription Drug Program authorized in title XVIII of the 

8 Social Security Act, including activities listed in section 

9 1893(b) of such Act; of which $18,967,000 shall be for 

10 the Department of Health and Human Services Office of 

11 Inspector General; of which $13,028,000 shall be for the 

12 Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program 

13 (‘‘SCHIP’’) program integrity activities; and of which 

14 $18,967,000 shall be for the Department of Justice: Pro15 vided, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of 

16 the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2009 shall include 

17 measures of the operational efficiency and impact on 

18 fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and 

19 SCHIP programs for the funds provided by this appro20 priation. 

21 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

22 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT

23 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

24 For making payments to States or other non-Federal 

25 entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the 
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1 Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, 

2 $2,759,078,000, to remain available until expended; and 

3 for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, 

4 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 For making payments to each State for carrying out 

6 the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children 

7 under title IV–A of the Social Security Act before the ef8 fective date of the program of Temporary Assistance for 

9 Needy Families with respect to such State, such sums as 

10 may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the amounts 

11 available to a State with respect to expenditures under 

12 such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropria13 tion and under such title IV–A as amended by the Per14 sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

15 Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under section 

16 116(b) of such Act. 

17 For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 

18 payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 

19 titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security 

20 Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months 

21 of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred 

22 for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

23 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

24 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as25 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi26 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref-
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1 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, for carrying out 

2 section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, for 

3 costs associated with the care and placement of unaccom4 panied alien children, and for carrying out the Torture 

5 Victims Relief Act of 1998, $633,442,000, of which up 

6 to $9,814,000 shall be available to carry out the Traf7 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000: Provided, That 

8 funds appropriated under this heading pursuant to section 

9 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and sec10 tion 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 for fiscal 

11 year 2009 shall be available for the costs of assistance pro12 vided and other activities to remain available through Sep13 tember 30, 2011. 

14 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

15 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

16 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 

17 Block Grant Act of 1990, $2,127,081,000 shall be used 

18 to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds 

19 for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, 

20 That $18,960,000 shall be available for child care resource 

21 and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which 

22 $1,000,000 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll-free hot23 line: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 

24 required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, 

25 $271,401,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities 

26 authorized under section 658G, of which $99,534,000 
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1 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant 

2 and toddler care: Provided further, That $9,910,000 shall 

3 be for use by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

4 for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation ac5 tivities. 

6 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

7 For making grants to States pursuant to section 

8 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro9 vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 

10 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 

11 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 

12 programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 

13 percent. 

14 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

15 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 

16 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental 

17 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head 

18 Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 

19 sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention 

20 and Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 

21 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat22 ment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption oppor23 tunities), sections 330F and 330G of the Public Health 

24 Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), the Abandoned Infants Assist25 ance Act of 1988, sections 261 and 291 of the Help Amer26 ica Vote Act of 2002, part B–1 of title IV and sections 
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1 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act; for mak2 ing payments under the Community Services Block Grant 

3 Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’), sections 439(i), 473B, and 477(i) of 

4 the Social Security Act, and the Assets for Independence 

5 Act; and for necessary administrative expenses to carry 

6 out such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and 

7 XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, 

8 the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, 

9 title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 

10 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and 

11 section 505 of the Family Support Act of 1988, 

12 $9,301,111,000, of which $36,500,000, to remain avail13 able through September 30, 2010, shall be for grants to 

14 States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by 

15 section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made 

16 for adoptions completed before September 30, 2009: Pro17 vided, That without regard to the fiscal year limitations 

18 set forth in section 473A of the Social Security Act, from 

19 the amounts appropriated herein, the Secretary shall pay 

20 adoption incentives for fiscal year 2008 in the same man21 ner as such incentives were awarded in fiscal year 2008 

22 for the previous fiscal year: Provided further, That 

23 $7,112,786,000 shall be for making payments under the 

24 Head Start Act, of which $2,000,000, to remain available 

25 through September 30, 2010, shall be designated to fund 
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1 section 657B: Provided further, That $746,000,000 shall 

2 be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 

3 further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be for sec4 tion 680(3)(B) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That 

5 in addition to amounts provided herein, $5,762,000 shall 

6 be available from amounts available under section 241 of 

7 the PHS Act to carry out the provisions of section 1110 

8 of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That to the 

9 extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distrib10 uted as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as 

11 provided under the CSBG Act, and have not been ex12 pended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 

13 for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 

14 such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 

15 further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

16 shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of in17 tangible assets and program income that permit such as18 sets acquired with, and program income derived from, 

19 grant funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG 

20 Act to become the sole property of such grantees after a 

21 period of not more than 12 years after the end of the 

22 grant period for any activity consistent with section 

23 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That in24 tangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments 

25 and other debt instruments, and program income may be 
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1 used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with 

2 section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, 

3 That these procedures shall apply to such grant funds 

4 made available after November 29, 1999: Provided further, 

5 That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the 

6 CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction 

7 and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 

8 business enterprises owned by community development 

9 corporations: Provided further, That $47,688,000 shall be 

10 for a compassion capital fund to provide grants to chari11 table organizations to emulate model social service pro12 grams and to encourage research on the best practices of 

13 social service organizations: Provided further, That 

14 $17,410,000 shall be for activities authorized by the Help 

15 America Vote Act of 2002, of which $12,154,000 shall be 

16 for payments to States to promote access for voters with 

17 disabilities, and of which $5,256,000 shall be for payments 

18 to States for protection and advocacy systems for voters 

19 with disabilities: Provided further, That $94,659,000 shall 

20 be for making competitive grants to provide abstinence 

21 education (as defined by section 510(b)(2) of the Social 

22 Security Act) to adolescents, and for Federal costs of ad23 ministering the grants: Provided further, That grants 

24 under the immediately preceding proviso shall be made 

25 only to public and private entities which agree that, with 
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1 respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide ab2 stinence education under such grants, the entities will not 

3 provide to that adolescent any other education regarding 

4 sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity ex5 pressly required by law to provide health information or 

6 services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking 

7 health information or services from the entity in a dif8 ferent setting than the setting in which abstinence edu9 cation was provided: Provided further, That information 

10 provided through such competitive grants for abstinence 

11 education shall be scientifically accurate and shall comply 

12 with section 317P(c)(2) of the PHS Act: Provided further, 

13 That within amounts provided herein for abstinence edu14 cation for adolescents, up to $10,000,000 may be available 

15 for a national abstinence education campaign: Provided 

16 further, That in addition to amounts provided herein for 

17 abstinence education for adolescents, $4,455,000 shall be 

18 available from amounts available under section 241 of the 

19 PHS Act to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal 

20 evaluations) of adolescent pregnancy prevention ap21 proaches: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall 

22 be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Informa23 tion System, including grants to States to support data 

24 collection for a study of the system’s effectiveness: Pro25 vided further, That $16,910,000 shall be used for the 
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1 projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading 

2 ‘‘Children and Families Services Programs’’ in the explan3 atory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre4 ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

5 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

6 For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security 

7 Act, $345,000,000 and section 437 of such Act, 

8 $63,311,000. 

9 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION

10 ASSISTANCE

11 For making payments to States or other non-Federal 

12 entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, 

13 $5,050,000,000. 

14 For making payments to States or other non-Federal 

15 entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for 

16 the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, $1,800,000,000. 

17 For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 

18 payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 

19 section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for 

20 the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unantici21 pated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 

22 as may be necessary. 

23 ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

24 AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

25 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro26 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, section 398 of 
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1 the Public Health Service Act, and section 119 of the 

2 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 

3 2008, $1,491,343,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be avail4 able for activities regarding medication management, 

5 screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication 

6 and adverse drug reactions: Provided, That $5,123,000 

7 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, speci8 fied under the heading ‘‘Aging Services Programs’’ in the 

9 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat10 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

15 general departmental management, including hire of six 

16 sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, XXI, 

17 and XXIX of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), 

18 the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, 

19 and research studies under section 1110 of the Social Se20 curity Act, $389,925,000, together with $5,851,000 to be 

21 transferred and expended as authorized by section 

22 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal 

23 Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple24 mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and $46,756,000 

25 from the amounts available under section 241 of the PHS 
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1 Act to carry out national health or human services re2 search and evaluation activities: Provided, That of this 

3 amount, $51,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS preven4 tion and treatment activities; $5,789,000 shall be to assist 

5 Afghanistan in the development of maternal and child 

6 health clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the 

7 Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002; and 

8 $1,000,000 shall be transferred, not later than 30 days 

9 after enactment of this Act, to the National Institute of 

10 Mental Health to administer the Interagency Autism Co11 ordinating Committee: Provided further, That of the funds 

12 made available under this heading for carrying out title 

13 XX of the PHS Act, $13,120,000 shall be for activities 

14 specified under section 2003(b)(2), all of which shall be 

15 for prevention service demonstration grants under section 

16 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act without ap17 plication of the limitation of section 2010(c) of such title 

18 XX: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for 

19 embryo adoption activities may be used to provide, to indi20 viduals adopting embryos, through grants and other mech21 anisms, medical and administrative services deemed nec22 essary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such 

23 services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 

24 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That $2,854,000 shall be 

25 used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under 
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1 the heading ‘‘General Departmental Management’’ in the 

2 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat3 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 

4 further, That specific information requests from the chair5 men and ranking members of the Subcommittees on 

6 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 

7 Related Agencies, on scientific research or any other mat8 ter, shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropria9 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

10 (‘‘Committees on Appropriations’’) in a prompt, profes11 sional manner and within the time frame specified in the 

12 request: Provided further, That scientific information, in13 cluding such information provided in congressional testi14 mony, requested by the Committees on Appropriations and 

15 prepared by government researchers and scientists shall 

16 be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations, un17 censored and without delay. 

18 OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

19 For expenses necessary for administrative law judges 

20 responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the So21 cial Security Act (and related provisions of title XI of such 

22 Act), $64,604,000, to be transferred in appropriate part 

23 from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 

24 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH

2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

3 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 

4 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 

5 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de6 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor7 mation technology, $43,552,000: Provided, That in addi8 tion to amounts provided herein, $17,679,000 shall be 

9 available from amounts available under section 241 of the 

10 Public Health Service Act. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

13 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 

14 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec15 tor General Act of 1978, $45,279,000: Provided, That of 

16 such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro17 viding protective services to the Secretary of Health and 

18 Human Services and investigating non-payment of child 

19 support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense 

20 under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided further, That at least forty 

21 percent of the funds provided in this Act for the Office 

22 of Inspector General shall be used only for investigations, 

23 audits, and evaluations pertaining to the discretionary 

24 programs funded in this Act. 
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1 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

3 Rights, $36,785,000, together with not to exceed 

4 $3,314,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized 

5 by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 

6 Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 

7 Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 

8 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

9 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

10 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 

11 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 

12 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

13 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med14 ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 

15 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 

16 required during the current fiscal year. 

17 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY

18 FUND

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For expenses necessary to support activities related 

21 to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological and 

22 chemical threats to civilian populations, and for other pub23 lic health emergencies, $537,704,000, of which not to ex24 ceed $22,052,000 shall be to pay the costs described in 
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1 section 319F–2(c)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act 

2 (‘‘PHS Act’’). 

3 For expenses necessary to support advanced research 

4 and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS 

5 Act, $275,000,000, to be derived by transfer from funds 

6 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Biodefense Counter7 measures’’ in the Department of Homeland Security Ap8 propriations Act, 2004, to remain available through Sep9 tember 30, 2010. 

10 For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond 

11 to an influenza pandemic, $448,091,000, together with 

12 $137,000,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appro13 priated under the heading ‘‘Biodefense Countermeasures’’ 

14 in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

15 Act, 2004, of which $507,000,000 shall be available until 

16 expended, for activities including the development and 

17 purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 

18 diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 

19 products purchased with these funds may, at the discre20 tion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be 

21 deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 

22 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That notwith23 standing section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be 

24 used for the construction or renovation of privately owned 

25 facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines 
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1 and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construc2 tion or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies 

3 of such vaccines or biologics: Provided further, That funds 

4 appropriated herein may be transferred to other appro5 priation accounts of the Department of Health and 

6 Human Services, as determined by the Secretary to be ap7 propriate, to be used for the purposes specified in this 

8 paragraph. 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 

11 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 

12 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 

13 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

14 SEC. 202. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv15 ices shall make available through assignment not more 

16 than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist 

17 in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs 

18 through and with funds provided by the Agency for Inter19 national Development, the United Nations International 

20 Children’s Emergency Fund or the World Health Organi21 zation. 

22 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

23 for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for 

24 Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance 

25 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall 
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1 be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant 

2 or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Ex3 ecutive Level I. 

4 SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

5 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public 

6 Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided 

7 for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made 

8 by any office located in the Department of Health and 

9 Human Services, prior to the preparation and submission 

10 of a report by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv11 ices to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

12 of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned 

13 uses of such funds. 

14 SEC. 205. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 

15 Public Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary 

16 of Health and Human Services shall determine, but not 

17 more than 2.4 percent, of any amounts appropriated for 

18 programs authorized under such Act shall be made avail19 able for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) 

20 of the implementation and effectiveness of such programs. 

21 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre23 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro25 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 

26 Health and Human Services in this Act may be trans-
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1 ferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such 

2 program, project, or activity shall be increased by more 

3 than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the 

4 transfer authority granted by this section shall be avail5 able only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used 

6 to create any new program or to fund any project or activ7 ity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided 

8 further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 

10 least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 207. The Director of the National Institutes of 

13 Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS 

14 Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes 

15 and centers from the total amounts identified by these two 

16 Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human 

17 immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Committees 

18 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

19 Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 

20 transfer. 

21 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act 

23 for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for re24 search related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as 

25 jointly determined by the Director of the National Insti26 tutes of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS 
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1 Research, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 

2 Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 

3 Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec4 essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public 

5 Health Service Act. 

6 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

7 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 

8 Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the 

9 award certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human 

10 Services that it encourages family participation in the de11 cision of minors to seek family planning services and that 

12 it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts 

13 to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 

14 SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, no provider of services under title X of the Public 

16 Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law 

17 requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 

18 molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 

19 SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 

21 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 

22 Secretary of Health and Human Services denies participa23 tion in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (in24 cluding a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the 

25 entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay 
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1 for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: 

2 Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate pro3 spective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an 

4 entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the ex5 pected costs of providing the service to such entity’s enroll6 ees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall 

7 be construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage 

8 for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization 

9 described in this section shall be responsible for informing 

10 enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare 

11 covered services. 

12 SEC. 212. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) 

13 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 

14 to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursu15 ant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act if 

16 such State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human 

17 Services by May 1, 2009, that the State will commit addi18 tional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to 

19 ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of 

20 tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. 

21 (b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State 

22 under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such 

23 State’s substance abuse block grant allocation for each 

24 percentage point by which the State misses the retailer 
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1 compliance rate goal established by the Secretary under 

2 section 1926 of such Act. 

3 (c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in 

4 fiscal year 2009 for tobacco prevention programs and for 

5 compliance activities at a level that is not less than the 

6 level of such expenditures maintained by the State for fis7 cal year 2008, and adding to that level the additional 

8 funds for tobacco compliance activities required under 

9 subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Sec10 retary on all fiscal year 2008 State expenditures and all 

11 fiscal year 2009 obligations for tobacco prevention and 

12 compliance activities by program activity by July 31, 

13 2009. 

14 (d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforc15 ing the timing of the State obligation of the additional 

16 funds required by the certification described in subsection 

17 (a) as late as July 31, 2009. 

18 (e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

19 be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to 

20 section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act from a terri21 tory that receives less than $1,000,000. 

22 SEC. 213. In order for the Department of Health and 

23 Human Services to carry out international health activi24 ties, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, 
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1 chronic and environmental disease, and other health ac2 tivities abroad during fiscal year 2009: 

3 (1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv4 ices may exercise authority equivalent to that avail5 able to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the 

6 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 

7 The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

8 consult with the Secretary of State and relevant 

9 Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority pro10 vided in this section is exercised in a manner con11 sistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act 

12 of 1980 and other applicable statutes administered 

13 by the Department of State. 

14 (2) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv15 ices is authorized to provide such funds by advance 

16 or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may 

17 be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, 

18 alteration, renovation, and management of facilities 

19 outside of the United States for the use of the De20 partment of Health and Human Services. The De21 partment of State shall cooperate fully with the Sec22 retary of Health and Human Services to ensure that 

23 the Department of Health and Human Services has 

24 secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with 

25 applicable regulation governing location, setback, 
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1 and other facilities requirements and serve the pur2 poses established by this Act. The Secretary of 

3 Health and Human Services is authorized, in con4 sultation with the Secretary of State, through grant 

5 or cooperative agreement, to make available to pub6 lic or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 

7 participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 

8 lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries 

9 as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for 

10 international health activities, including activities re11 lating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, 

12 chronic and environmental diseases, and other health 

13 activities abroad. 

14 SEC. 214. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, the Director of the National Insti16 tutes of Health (‘‘Director’’) may use funds available 

17 under section 402(b)(7) or 402(b)(12) of the Public 

18 Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) to enter into trans19 actions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or 

20 grants) to carry out research identified pursuant to such 

21 section 402(b)(7) (pertaining to the Common Fund) or re22 search and activities described in such section 402(b)(12). 

23 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 

24 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 

25 review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
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1 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro2 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 

3 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 

4 in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro5 cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 

6 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 

7 and 494 of the PHS Act. 

8 SEC. 215. Funds which are available for Individual 

9 Learning Accounts for employees of the Centers for Dis10 ease Control and Prevention (‘‘CDC’’) and the Agency for 

11 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (‘‘ATSDR’’) may 

12 be transferred to ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Train13 ing’’, to be available only for Individual Learning Ac14 counts: Provided, That such funds may be used for any 

15 individual full-time equivalent employee while such em16 ployee is employed either by CDC or ATSDR. 

17 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

18 law, funds made available in this Act may be used to con19 tinue operating the Council on Graduate Medical Edu20 cation established by section 301 of Public Law 102–408. 

21 SEC. 217. The Director of the National Institutes of 

22 Health (‘‘NIH’’) shall require in the current fiscal year 

23 and thereafter that all investigators funded by the NIH 

24 submit or have submitted for them to the National Library 

25 of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of 
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1 their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for 

2 publication, to be made publicly available no later than 

3 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, 

4 That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in 

5 a manner consistent with copyright law. 

6 SEC. 218. Not to exceed $35,000,000 of funds appro7 priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 

8 National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 

9 repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 

10 proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 

11 herein, at not to exceed $2,500,000 per project. 

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 219. Of the amounts made available for the Na14 tional Institutes of Health, 1 percent of the amount made 

15 available for National Research Service Awards 

16 (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the Administrator 

17 of the Health Resources and Services Administration to 

18 make NRSA awards for research in primary medical care 

19 to individuals affiliated with entities who have received 

20 grants or contracts under section 747 of the Public Health 

21 Service Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available 

22 for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the 

23 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make 

24 NRSA awards for health service research. 

25 SEC. 220. Section 223 of division G of the Consoli26 dated Appropriations Act, 2008, is amended in its first 
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1 proviso by striking ‘‘for’’ the first time it appears and in2 serting ‘‘in’’. 

3 SEC. 221. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1927(c)(1)(D) 

4 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396r–8(c)(1)(D)), 

5 as added by section 6001(d)(2) of the Deficit Reduction 

6 Act of 2005, is amended— 

7 (1) in clause (i)— 

8 (A) by redesignating subclause (IV) as sub9 clause (VI); and 

10 (B) by inserting after subclause (III) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(IV) An entity that— 

13 ‘‘(aa) is described in section 

14 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev15 enue Code of 1986 and exempt 

16 from tax under section 501(a) of 

17 such Act or is State-owned or op18 erated; and 

19 ‘‘(bb) would be a covered en20 tity described in section 

21 340(B)(a)(4) of the Public 

22 Health Service Act insofar as the 

23 entity provides the same type of 

24 services to the same type of pop25 ulations as a covered entity de-
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1 scribed in such section provides, 

2 but does not receive funding 

3 under a provision of law referred 

4 to in such section; 

5 ‘‘(V) A public or nonprofit entity, 

6 or an entity based at an institution of 

7 higher learning whose primary pur8 pose is to provide health care services 

9 to students of that institution, that 

10 provides a service or services de11 scribed under section 1001(a) of the 

12 Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 

13 300.’’. 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

15 clause: 

16 ‘‘(iv) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

17 Nothing in this subparagraph shall be con18 strued to alter any existing statutory or 

19 regulatory prohibition on services with re20 spect to an entity described in clause 

21 (i)(IV), including the prohibition set forth 

22 in section 1008 of the Public Health Serv23 ice Act.’’. 

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

25 this subsection shall take effect as if included in the 
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1 amendment made by section 6001(d)(2) of the Deficit Re2 duction Act of 2005. 

3 SEC. 222. Section 202 of Public Law 102–394 is 

4 hereby amended by substituting ‘‘4,000’’ for ‘‘2,800’’. 

5 SEC. 223. Within 60 days of passage of this Act, the 

6 Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Serv7 ices shall issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule8 making to solicit public comment in advance of modifying 

9 regulations at 42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F for the purpose 

10 of strengthening Federal oversight and identifying en11 hancements of policies, including requirements for finan12 cial disclosure to institutions, governing financial conflicts 

13 of interest among extramural investigators receiving grant 

14 support from the National Institutes of Health. 

15 SEC. 224. Hereafter, the activities authorized under 

16 section 399M of the Public Health Service Act shall be 

17 known as the ‘‘James T. Walsh Universal Newborn Hear18 ing Screening Program.’’ 

19 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 225. Of the funds available for carrying out sec21 tion 204 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Im22 provement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–170), 

23 $21,500,000 are rescinded: Provided, That notwith24 standing subsection (c)(3)(B) of such section, in no case 

25 may the aggregate amount of payments made by the Sec-
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1 retary of Health and Human Services to States under 

2 such section exceed $223,500,000. 

3 SEC. 226. Section 1941(b)(1)(B) of the Social Secu4 rity Act, as added by section 7002(b) of the Supplemental 

5 Appropriations Act, 2008, is amended by inserting ‘‘each 

6 of’’ after ‘‘for’’. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 

8 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 

9 TITLE III 

10 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

11 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

12 For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec13 ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 

14 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

15 $15,760,086,000, of which $4,739,881,000 shall become 

16 available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available 

17 through September 30, 2010, and of which 

18 $10,841,176,000 shall become available on October 1, 

19 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 

20 2010, for academic year 2009–2010: Provided, That 

21 $6,597,946,000 shall be for basic grants under section 

22 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 

23 $4,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec24 retary of Education on October 1, 2008, to obtain annu25 ally updated local educational-agency-level census poverty 
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1 data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, 

2 That $1,365,031,000 shall be for concentration grants 

3 under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

4 $3,264,712,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 

5 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

6 $3,264,712,000 shall be for education finance incentive 

7 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur8 ther, That $9,167,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 

9 and 1503 of the ESEA. 

10 IMPACT AID

11 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 

12 federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 

13 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

14 $1,265,718,000, of which $1,128,535,000 shall be for 

15 basic support payments under section 8003(b), 

16 $48,602,000 shall be for payments for children with dis17 abilities under section 8003(d), $17,509,000 shall be for 

18 construction under section 8007(b) and shall remain avail19 able through September 30, 2010, $66,208,000 shall be 

20 for Federal property payments under section 8002, and 

21 $4,864,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

22 for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, 

23 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 

24 for an eligible local educational agency under section 

25 8003(a) for school year 2008–2009, children enrolled in 
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1 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 

2 for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 

3 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 

4 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 

5 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 

6 guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 

7 reside on Federal property as described in section 

8 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 

9 shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 

10 provided such students remain in average daily attendance 

11 at a school in the same local educational agency they at12 tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 

13 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

14 For carrying out school improvement activities au15 thorized by parts A, B, and D of title II, part B of title 

16 IV, subparts 6 and 9 of part D of title V, parts A and 

17 B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the Elemen18 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’); the 

19 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of 

20 the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the 

21 Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; 

22 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,362,016,000, of 

23 which $3,495,865,000 shall become available on July 1, 

24 2009, and remain available through September 30, 2010, 

25 and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on 
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1 October 1, 2009, and shall remain available through Sep2 tember 30, 2010, for academic year 2009–2010: Provided, 

3 That of the funds available for section 2103(a) of the 

4 ESEA, $5,000,000 shall be available for a school leader5 ship partnership initiative and up to $7,500,000 shall be 

6 available for teacher and principal quality national activi7 ties administered by the Secretary of Education, as speci8 fied in the explanatory statement described in section 4 

9 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

10 Act): Provided further, That funds made available to carry 

11 out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used for con12 struction, renovation and modernization of any elementary 

13 school, secondary school, or structure related to an ele14 mentary school or secondary school, run by the Depart15 ment of Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a 

16 predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: Provided 

17 further, That from the funds referred to in the preceding 

18 proviso, not less than $1,500,000 shall be for a grant to 

19 the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii for 

20 the activities described in such proviso, and $1,500,000 

21 shall be for a grant to the University of Hawaii School 

22 of Law for a Center of Excellence in Native Hawaiian law: 

23 Provided further, That funds made available to carry out 

24 part C of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construc25 tion: Provided further, That up to 100 percent of the funds 
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1 available to a State educational agency under part D of 

2 title II of the ESEA may be used for subgrants described 

3 in section 2412(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, 

4 That $57,113,000 shall be available to carry out section 

5 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: 

6 Provided further, That $33,791,000 shall be available to 

7 carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, 

8 That no funds appropriated under this heading may be 

9 used to carry out section 5494 under the ESEA: Provided 

10 further, That $17,687,000 shall be available to carry out 

11 the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Fed12 erated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar13 shall Islands: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of 

14 these amounts may be reserved by the Federated States 

15 of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands 

16 to administer the Supplemental Education Grants pro17 grams and to obtain technical assistance, oversight and 

18 consultancy services in the administration of these grants 

19 and to reimburse the United States Departments of 

20 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for 

21 such services: Provided further, That $7,360,000 of the 

22 funds available for the Foreign Language Assistance Pro23 gram shall be available for 5-year grants to local edu24 cational agencies that would work in partnership with one 

25 or more institutions of higher education to establish or ex-
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1 pand articulated programs of study in languages critical 

2 to United States national security that will enable success3 ful students to advance from elementary school through 

4 college to achieve a superior level of proficiency in those 

5 languages. 

6 INDIAN EDUCATION

7 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 

8 not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary 

9 and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $122,282,000. 

10 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

11 For carrying out activities authorized by part G of 

12 title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title 

13 II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 of the 

14 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

15 $996,425,000: Provided, That $10,649,000 shall be pro16 vided to the National Board for Professional Teaching 

17 Standards to carry out section 2151(c), including 

18 $1,000,000 to develop a National Board certification for 

19 principals of elementary and secondary schools: Provided 

20 further, That from funds for subpart 4, part C of title 

21 II, up to 3 percent shall be available to the Secretary of 

22 Education for technical assistance and dissemination of 

23 information: Provided further, That $347,640,000 shall be 

24 available to carry out part D of title V: Provided further, 

25 That $88,015,000 shall be used for the projects, and in 
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1 the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Innovation and 

2 Improvement’’ in the explanatory statement described in 

3 section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con4 solidated Act): Provided further, That $97,270,000 of the 

5 funds for subpart 1 shall be for competitive grants to local 

6 educational agencies, including charter schools that are 

7 local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of: 

8 (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both; and (2) 

9 at least one non-profit organization to develop and imple10 ment performance-based teacher and principal compensa11 tion systems in high-need schools: Provided further, That 

12 such performance-based compensation systems must con13 sider gains in student academic achievement as well as 

14 classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during 

15 each school year among other factors and provide edu16 cators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities 

17 and leadership roles: Provided further, That up to 5 per18 cent of such funds for competitive grants shall be available 

19 for technical assistance, training, peer review of applica20 tions, program outreach and evaluation activities: Pro21 vided further, That of the funds available for part B of 

22 title V, the Secretary shall use up to $21,031,000 to carry 

23 out activities under section 5205(b) and under subpart 2, 

24 and shall use not less than $195,000,000 to carry out 

25 other activities authorized under subpart 1. 
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1 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

2 For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 

3 of part C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 

4 3 and 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Sec5 ondary Education Act of 1965, $690,370,000, of which 

6 $294,759,000 shall become available on July 1, 2009, and 

7 remain available through September 30, 2010: Provided, 

8 That $294,759,000 shall be available for subpart 1 of part 

9 A of title IV and $220,240,000 shall be available for sub10 part 2 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That 

11 $141,912,000 shall be available to carry out part D of 

12 title V: Provided further, That of the funds available to 

13 carry out subpart 3 of part C of title II, up to $13,383,000 

14 may be used to carry out section 2345 and $2,957,000 

15 shall be used by the Center for Civic Education to imple16 ment a comprehensive program to improve public knowl17 edge, understanding, and support of the Congress and the 

18 State legislatures. 

19 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

20 For carrying out part A of title III of the Elementary 

21 and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $730,000,000, 

22 which shall become available on July 1, 2009, and shall 

23 remain available through September 30, 2010, except that 

24 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 

25 1, 2008, and shall remain available through September 30, 
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1 2010, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C): 

2 Provided, That the Secretary of Education shall use the 

3 American Community Survey child counts to calculate 

4 State allocations under such part but, for any State that 

5 would otherwise receive greater than a 10-percent reduc6 tion from its previous year’s allocation, the Secretary shall 

7 carry out such calculation using the average of the Amer8 ican Community Survey child counts for the 3 most recent 

9 years. 

10 SPECIAL EDUCATION

11 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 

12 Education Act (‘‘IDEA’’) and the Special Olympics Sport 

13 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $12,579,677,000, of 

14 which $3,726,354,000 shall become available on July 1, 

15 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 

16 2010, and of which $8,592,383,000 shall become available 

17 on October 1, 2009, and shall remain available through 

18 September 30, 2010, for academic year 2009–2010: Pro19 vided, That $13,250,000 shall be for Recording for the 

20 Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., to support the development, pro21 duction, and circulation of recorded educational materials: 

22 Provided further, That $737,000 shall be for the recipient 

23 of funds provided by Public Law 105–78 under section 

24 687(b)(2)(G) of the IDEA (as in effect prior to the enact25 ment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Im-
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1 provement Act of 2004) to provide information on diag2 nosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children 

3 with disabilities: Provided further, That the amount for 

4 section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser 

5 of the amount available for that activity during fiscal year 

6 2008, increased by the amount of inflation as specified 

7 in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percentage 

8 increase in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) 

9 of the IDEA: Provided further, That funds made available 

10 for the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 

11 2004 may be used to support expenses associated with the 

12 Special Olympics National and World games hosted in the 

13 United States. 

14 REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

15 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro16 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech17 nology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center 

18 Act, $3,387,762,000: Provided, That $3,088,000 shall be 

19 used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under 

20 the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation Services and Disability Re21 search’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 

22 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

23 Act). 
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1 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH

2 DISABILITIES

3 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

4 For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, 

5 $22,599,000. 

6 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

7 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 

8 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 

9 of 1986, $64,212,000, of which $1,175,000 shall be for 

10 construction and shall remain available until expended: 

11 Provided, That from the total amount available, the Insti12 tute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 

13 program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 

14 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

15 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 

16 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 

17 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 

18 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $124,000,000, of 

19 which $6,000,000 shall be for construction and shall re20 main available until expended: Provided, That from the 

21 total amount available, the University may at its discre22 tion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 

23 under section 207 of such Act. 

24 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

25 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro26 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
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1 cation Act of 2006, the Adult Education and Family Lit2 eracy Act, subpart 4 of part D of title V of the Elementary 

3 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and title 

4 VIII–D of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, 

5 $1,944,348,000, of which $4,400,000 shall become avail6 able on October 1, 2008 and remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2010, of which $1,148,948,000 shall become 

8 available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available 

9 through September 30, 2010, and of which $791,000,000 

10 shall become available on October 1, 2009, and shall re11 main available through September 30, 2010: Provided, 

12 That of the amount provided for Adult Education State 

13 Grants, $67,896,000 shall be made available for inte14 grated English literacy and civics education services to im15 migrants and other limited English proficient populations: 

16 Provided further, That of the amount reserved for inte17 grated English literacy and civics education, notwith18 standing section 211 of the Adult Education and Family 

19 Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based 

20 on a State’s absolute need as determined by calculating 

21 each State’s share of a 10-year average of the United 

22 States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for im23 migrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 

24 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States 

25 that experienced growth as measured by the average of 
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1 the 3 most recent years for which United States Citizen2 ship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admit3 ted for legal permanent residence are available, except 

4 that no State shall be allocated an amount less than 

5 $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

6 available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy 

7 Act, $6,878,000 shall be for national leadership activities 

8 under section 243 and $6,468,000 shall be for the Na9 tional Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided 

10 further, That $88,000,000 shall be available to support the 

11 activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title 

12 V of the ESEA, of which up to 5 percent shall become 

13 available October 1, 2008, and shall remain available 

14 through September 30, 2010, for evaluation, technical as15 sistance, school networks, peer review of applications, and 

16 program outreach activities, and of which not less than 

17 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2009, and 

18 remain available through September 30, 2010, for grants 

19 to local educational agencies: Provided further, That funds 

20 made available to local educational agencies under this 

21 subpart shall be used only for activities related to estab22 lishing smaller learning communities within large high 

23 schools or small high schools that provide alternatives for 

24 students enrolled in large high schools. 
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1 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

2 (INCLUDING DEFERRAL OF FUNDS)

3 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part 

4 C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 

5 1965, $19,156,973,000, which shall remain available 

6 through September 30, 2010. 

7 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 

8 be eligible during award year 2009–2010 shall be $4,860. 

9 Of the funds made available under section 

10 401A(e)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

11 $887,000,000 shall not be available until October 1, 2009. 

12 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

13 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 

14 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts 

15 B, C, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act 

16 of 1965, $753,402,000, which shall remain available until 

17 expended. 

18 HIGHER EDUCATION

19 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro20 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Edu21 cation Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), section 1543 of the Higher 

22 Education Amendments of 1992, the Mutual Educational 

23 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, title VIII of the 

24 Higher Education Amendments of 1998, part I of subtitle 

25 A of title VI of the America COMPETES Act, section 515 
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1 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and 

2 section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

3 Education Act of 2006, $2,100,150,000: Provided, That 

4 $9,687,000, to remain available through September 30, 

5 2010, shall be available to fund fellowships for academic 

6 year 2010–2011 under subpart 1 of part A of title VII 

7 of the HEA, under the terms and conditions of such sub8 part 1: Provided further, That $609,000 shall be for data 

9 collection and evaluation activities for programs under the 

10 HEA, including such activities needed to comply with the 

11 Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Pro12 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title 

14 VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Edu15 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 

16 to support visits and study in foreign countries by individ17 uals who are participating in advanced foreign language 

18 training and international studies in areas that are vital 

19 to United States national security and who plan to apply 

20 their language skills and knowledge of these countries in 

21 the fields of government, the professions, or international 

22 development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 

23 to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 

24 for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa25 tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 
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1 $6,556,000 shall be available to continue funding for re2 cipients of multi-year awards under section 204 of the 

3 HEA, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of enact4 ment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act 

5 (‘‘HEOA’’), in accordance with the terms of their awards: 

6 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law, funds available under section 371 of the HEA 

8 for Tribal Colleges and Universities may be used for con9 struction grants, including such funds to recipients of con10 tinuation grants for multi-year awards that were made in 

11 fiscal year 2008 under section 316 of the HEA, as that 

12 Act was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the 

13 HEOA, in accordance with the terms of such multi-year 

14 awards: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law, a recipient of a multi-year award under 

16 section 316 of the HEA, as that section was in effect prior 

17 to the date of enactment of the HEOA, that would have 

18 otherwise received a continuation award for fiscal year 

19 2009 under that section, shall receive under section 316, 

20 as amended by the HEOA, not less than the amount that 

21 such recipient would have received under such a continu22 ation award: Provided further, That the portion of the 

23 funds received under section 316 by a recipient described 

24 in the preceding proviso that is equal to the amount of 

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1 the terms of such continuation award: Provided further, 

2 That $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

3 be available to carry out a scholarship program for the 

4 purpose of increasing the skilled workforce for industrial 

5 health and safety occupations, including mine safety: Pro6 vided further, That the Secretary of Education shall iden7 tify these scholarships as ‘‘Erma Byrd Scholarships’’: Pro8 vided further, That such scholarships shall be awarded 

9 without regard to an applicant’s prior work experience, 

10 but the Secretary shall, notwithstanding section 437 of the 

11 General Education Provisions Act and 5 U.S.C. 553, by 

12 notice in the Federal Register, establish the eligibility re13 quirements, service obligations, payback requirements, 

14 and other program requirements similar to those specified 

15 in section 515 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 

16 as are necessary to implement such a program: Provided 

17 further, That such scholarship funds may be used to re18 place a student’s expected family contribution, but institu19 tions accepting such scholarship funds may not use these 

20 funds to supplant existing institutional aid: Provided fur21 ther, That the Secretary shall be authorized to accept con22 tributions for such scholarships from private sources: Pro23 vided further, That these funds shall be used for scholar24 ships for academic year 2009–2010 and may be available 

25 for scholarships in academic year 2010–2011: Provided 
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1 further, That $91,243,000 shall be used for the projects, 

2 and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Higher 

3 Education’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec4 tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli5 dated Act). 

6 HOWARD UNIVERSITY

7 For partial support of Howard University, 

8 $234,977,000, of which not less than $3,464,000 shall be 

9 for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 

10 University Endowment Act and shall remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

13 PROGRAM

14 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac15 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 

16 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $461,000. 

17 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

18 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 Notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 

20 344(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), 

21 the aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds in22 sured under the Historically Black College and University 

23 Capital Financing Program is authorized to equal but not 

24 exceed $725,000,000, which may be used for loans to pub25 lic and private historically black colleges and universities 
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1 without regard to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 

2 344(a). 

3 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $10,000,000, as au4 thorized pursuant to Part D of title III of the HEA: Pro5 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

6 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con7 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

8 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

9 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

10 $100,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to 

11 carry out the Historically Black College and University 

12 Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to part 

13 D of title III of the HEA, $354,000. 

14 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

15 For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu16 cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess17 ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 

18 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 

19 and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu20 cation Act, $617,175,000, of which $312,241,000 shall be 

21 available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds 

22 available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Tech23 nical Assistance Act may be used for Statewide data sys24 tems that include postsecondary and workforce informa25 tion: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the funds 
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1 available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Tech2 nical Assistance Act may be used for State data coordina3 tors and for awards to public or private organizations or 

4 agencies to improve data coordination. 

5 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

6 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

7 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro8 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in9 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co10 lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

11 $433,482,000, of which $5,400,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation 

13 of buildings occupied by, Department staff. 

14 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

15 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

16 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 

17 of Education Organization Act, $96,826,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 

20 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 

21 of Education Organization Act, $54,539,000. 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS

23 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

24 used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 

25 the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 

26 order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school 
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1 system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 

2 (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) 

3 in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any 

4 school or school system. 

5 SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 

6 shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans7 portation of any student to a school other than the school 

8 which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student 

9 requiring special education, to the school offering such 

10 special education, in order to comply with title VI of the 

11 Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 

12 an indirect requirement of transportation of students in13 cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan 

14 involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 

15 schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, 

16 or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus17 tering. The prohibition described in this section does not 

18 include the establishment of magnet schools. 

19 SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

20 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol21 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre24 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

25 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro26 priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
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1 be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro2 priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 

3 such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 

4 granted by this section shall be available only to meet 

5 emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new 

6 program or to fund any project or activity for which no 

7 funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent9 atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad10 vance of any transfer. 

11 SEC. 305. The signature pages submitted by Heart 

12 Butte School District in Pondera County, Montana, as 

13 part of its application for Impact Aid under title VIII of 

14 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

15 shall be considered to have been timely and complete for 

16 purposes of receiving funding under such program for fis17 cal year 2009. 

18 SEC. 306. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds 

19 received under this Act as well as any remaining funds 

20 received under the Department of Education Appropria21 tions Act, 2008, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under part 

22 A of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

23 Act. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu25 cation Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

4 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur7 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

8 established by Public Law 92–28, $5,094,000. 

9 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

10 OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na12 tional and Community Service to carry out the Domestic 

13 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) and the Na14 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 

15 $680,564,000, of which $309,835,000 shall be to carry 

16 out the 1973 Act and $370,729,000 shall be to carry out 

17 the 1990 Act: Provided, That $27,500,000 of the amount 

18 provided under this heading shall be available to carry out 

19 subtitle E of the 1990 Act at five campuses throughout 

20 the United States: Provided further, That up to 1 percent 

21 of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 

22 of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 

23 of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 

24 the grants cycle: Provided further, That none of the funds 

25 made available under this heading for activities authorized 
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1 by section 122 and part E of title II of the 1973 Act shall 

2 be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives 

3 to program participants or volunteer leaders whose in4 comes exceed the income guidelines in subsections 211(e) 

5 and 213(b) of the 1973 Act: Provided further, That not6 withstanding subtitle H of title I of the 1990 Act, none 

7 of the funds provided for quality and innovation activities 

8 shall be used to support salaries and related expenses (in9 cluding travel) attributable to Corporation for National 

10 and Community Service employees: Provided further, That 

11 of the amounts provided under this heading: (1) not more 

12 than $55,000,000 of grants made under subtitle C of the 

13 1990 Act may be used to administer, reimburse, or sup14 port any national service program authorized under sec15 tion 129(d)(2) of the 1990 Act; and (2) $11,790,000 shall 

16 be to provide assistance to State commissions on national 

17 and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 

18 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) of the 1990 

19 Act. 

20 NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for the National Service 

23 Trust established under subtitle D of title I of the Na24 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 

25 $131,075,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That the Corporation for National and Community 

2 Service may transfer additional funds from the amount 

3 provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ for grants made 

4 under subtitle C of the 1990 Act to this appropriation 

5 upon determination that such transfer is necessary to sup6 port the activities of national service participants and 

7 after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

9 Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans10 ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested 

11 under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to 

12 the requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 

13 1513(b). 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 

16 under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 

17 Service Act of 1990 and under section 504(a) of the Do18 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment 

19 of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehi20 cles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Co21 lumbia, the employment of experts and consultants au22 thorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 

23 for official reception and representation expenses, 

24 $71,715,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

4 $6,512,000. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to na8 tional service education awards shall mean any loan deter9 mined by an institution of higher education to be nec10 essary to cover a student’s cost of attendance at such in11 stitution and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a 

12 student by a State agency, in addition to other meanings 

13 under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community 

14 Service Act of 1990. 

15 SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, funds made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of 

17 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 

18 Act’’) to assist entities in placing applicants who are indi19 viduals with disabilities may be provided to any entity that 

20 receives a grant under section 121 of the 1990 Act. 

21 SEC. 403. The Corporation for National and Commu22 nity Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) shall make any signifi23 cant changes to program requirements, service delivery or 

24 policy only through public notice and comment rule25 making. For fiscal year 2009, during any grant selection 

26 process, an officer or employee of the Corporation shall 
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1 not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection infor2 mation regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to 

3 any person other than an officer or employee of the Cor4 poration that is authorized by the Corporation to receive 

5 such information. 

6 SEC. 404. Professional Corps programs described in 

7 section 122(a)(8) of the National and Community Service 

8 Act of 1990 may apply to the Corporation for National 

9 and Community Service for a waiver of application of sec10 tion 140(c)(2). 

11 SEC. 405. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1342, the Cor12 poration for National and Community Service (‘‘the Cor13 poration’’) may solicit and accept the services of organiza14 tions and individuals (other than participants) to assist 

15 the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corpora16 tion under the national service laws: Provided, That an 

17 individual who provides services under this section shall 

18 be subject to the same protections and limitations as vol19 unteers under section 196(a) of the National and Commu20 nity Service Act of 1990. 

21 SEC. 406. Organizations operating projects under the 

22 AmeriCorps Education Awards Program shall do so with23 out regard to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e), 

24 131(e), 132, and 140(a), (d), and (e) of the National and 

25 Community Service Act of 1990. 
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1 SEC. 407. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 

2 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 

3 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 

4 first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, 

5 and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share re6 quirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code 

7 of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 

8 costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member 

9 support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 

10 National and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject 

11 to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 

12 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 

13 SEC. 408. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, formula-based grants to States and territories under 

15 section 129(a)(1)–(2) of the National and Community 

16 Service Act of 1990 to operate AmeriCorps programs may 

17 be made if the application describes proposed positions 

18 into which participants will be placed, the proposed min19 imum qualifications of such participants, and includes an 

20 assurance that the State will select national service pro21 grams for subgrants on a competitive basis, and an assur22 ance that the aforementioned information will be provided 

23 for each subgrant awarded prior to the execution of such 

24 subgrants. 
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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 409. For fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, in ad3 dition to amounts otherwise provided to the National Serv4 ice Trust, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 

5 after the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated or 

6 otherwise made available, unobligated balances of appro7 priations available for grants under the National Service 

8 Trust Program under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act 

9 during such fiscal year may be transferred to the National 

10 Service Trust after notice is transmitted to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

12 and the Senate, if such funds are initially obligated before 

13 the expiration of their period of availability. 

14 SEC. 410. Of the amounts provided in this Act which 

15 the Corporation for National and Community Service 

16 (‘‘the Corporation’’) allocates for the provision of assist17 ance under subsections 129(a) and (b) of the National and 

18 Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), the Cor19 poration shall apply the formula in section 129(a)(1) of 

20 the 1990 Act in such a manner so as to ensure that each 

21 State shall receive a minimum of $500,000: Provided, 

22 That, in no event shall the total amount allotted under 

section 129(a)(1) exceed 331 23 ⁄3 percent of the funds allo24 cated by the Corporation for the provision of assistance 

25 under subsections 129(a) and (b) of the 1990 Act. 
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1 SEC. 411. Notwithstanding section 139(b) of the Na2 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 

3 an individual in an approved national service position per4 forming full-time or part-time national service directly re5 lated to disaster relief efforts may continue in that term 

6 of service for a period of 6 months beyond the periods 

7 otherwise specified in sections 139(b) and 153(e) of the 

8 1990 Act or section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

9 Act of 1973. Service in an extended term as provided 

10 under this section shall constitute a single term of service 

11 for purposes of sections 146(b) and (c) of the 1990 Act. 

12 SEC. 412. Donations made to the Corporation for Na13 tional and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) under 

14 section 196 of the National and Community Service Act 

15 of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’) for the purposes of financing pro16 grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 

17 Act or subtitles B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 

18 shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro19 grams and operations. 

20 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

21 For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad22 casting (‘‘Corporation’’), as authorized by the Commu23 nications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available 

24 within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 

25 2011, $430,000,000: Provided, That no funds made avail-
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1 able to the Corporation by this Act shall be used to pay 

2 for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 

3 for Government officials or employees: Provided further, 

4 That none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall 

5 be available or used to aid or support any program or ac6 tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben7 efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 

8 color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 

9 That no funds made available to the Corporation by this 

10 Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 

11 in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 

12 personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em13 ployees of the Corporation: Provided further, That for fis14 cal year 2009, in addition to the amounts provided above, 

15 $34,591,000 shall be for costs related to digital program 

16 production, development, and distribution, associated with 

17 the transition of public broadcasting to digital broad18 casting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation 

19 in consultation with public radio and television licensees 

20 or permittees, or their designated representatives: Pro21 vided further, That for fiscal year 2009, in addition to the 

22 amounts provided above, $26,642,000 is available pursu23 ant to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 

24 1934 for replacement and upgrade of the public radio 

25 interconnection system: Provided further, That none of the 
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1 funds made available to the Corporation by this Act, divi2 sion G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, or 

3 the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, shall be 

4 used to support the Television Future Fund or any similar 

5 purpose. 

6 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 

9 and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func10 tions vested in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 

11 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex12 penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 

13 Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 

14 to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 

15 Reform Act, $45,476,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

16 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 

17 special training activities and other conflict resolution 

18 services and technical assistance, including those provided 

19 to foreign governments and international organizations, 

20 and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 

21 merged with this account, and shall remain available until 

22 expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv23 ices shall be available only for education, training, and 

24 professional development of the agency workforce: Pro25 vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
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1 ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 

2 of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 

3 of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic4 tion. 

5 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

6 COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 

9 and Health Review Commission, $8,653,000. 

10 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

11 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS

12 AND ADMINISTRATION

13 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 

14 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer15 ican History and Culture Act, $274,840,000, of which 

16 $10,737,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 

17 amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Office of Museum 

18 and Library Services: Grants and Administration’’ in the 

19 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat20 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro21 vided, That funds may be made available for support 

22 through inter-agency agreement or grant to commemora23 tive Federal commissions that support museum and li24 brary activities, in partnership with libraries and museums 
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1 that are eligible for funding under programs carried out 

2 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

3 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 

6 the Social Security Act, $11,403,000, to be transferred to 

7 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

8 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In9 surance Trust Fund. 

10 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 

13 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 

14 Act of 1973, $3,206,000. 

15 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela18 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 

19 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 

20 $262,595,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria21 tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 

22 agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga23 tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 

24 units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 

25 section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 
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1 by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de2 fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 

3 including in said definition employees engaged in the 

4 maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 

5 and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 

6 nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 

7 or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 

8 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

11 of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap12 pointed by the President, $12,992,000. 

13 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

14 COMMISSION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 

17 and Health Review Commission, $11,186,000. 

18 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

19 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

20 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac21 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re22 tirement Act of 1974, $72,000,000, which shall include 

23 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2009 pursuant 

24 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi25 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
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1 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 

2 amount by which the product of recipients and the average 

3 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 

4 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 

5 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 

6 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 

7 year. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT

9 ACCOUNTS

10 For payment to the accounts established in the 

11 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 

12 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 

13 checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 

14 30, 2010, which shall be the maximum amount available 

15 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 

16 76. 

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 

19 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re20 tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

21 Act, $105,463,000, to be derived in such amounts as de22 termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac23 counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem24 ployment insurance administration fund. 
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1 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

3 General (‘‘Office’’) for audit, investigatory and review ac4 tivities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

5 1978, not more than $7,806,000, to be derived from the 

6 railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment 

7 insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds made 

8 available in any other paragraph of this Act may be trans9 ferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer; 

10 used to provide any office space, equipment, office sup11 plies, communications facilities or services, maintenance 

12 services, or administrative services for the Office; used to 

13 pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel of the 

14 Office; used to pay any other operating expense of the Of15 fice; or used to reimburse the Office for any service pro16 vided, or expense incurred, by the Office, except as per17 mitted pursuant to the last proviso under this heading in 

18 division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008. 

19 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

21 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

22 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur23 ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 

24 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 

25 $20,406,000. 
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1 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

2 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se3 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 

4 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 

5 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu6 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur7 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

8 $30,471,537,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 

10 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 

11 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury. 

12 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 

13 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So14 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 

15 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

16 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 

17 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 

18 2010, $15,400,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas22 senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for offi23 cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 

24 $10,067,500,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec25 tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 

26 or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That 
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1 not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Social Security 

2 Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal3 ances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 

4 of fiscal year 2009 not needed for fiscal year 2009 shall 

5 remain available until expended to invest in the Social Se6 curity Administration information technology and tele7 communications hardware and software infrastructure, in8 cluding related equipment and non-payroll administrative 

9 expenses associated solely with this information technology 

10 and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 

11 That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading 

12 for expenditures for official time for employees of the So13 cial Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, 

14 and for facilities or support services for labor organiza15 tions pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures re16 ferred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made 

17 by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 

18 amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, 

19 as soon as possible after such expenditures are made. 

20 From funds provided under the first paragraph, not 

21 less than $264,000,000 shall be available for the cost asso22 ciated with conducting continuing disability reviews under 

23 titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the 

24 cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi25 bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act. 
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1 In addition to the amounts made available above, and 

2 subject to the same terms and conditions, $240,000,000, 

3 for additional continuing disability reviews and redeter4 minations of eligibility: Provided, That the Commissioner 

5 shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fis6 cal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of 

7 these additional amounts, similar to the reports that were 

8 required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for 

9 fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 

10 In addition, $145,000,000 to be derived from admin11 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay12 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 

13 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 

14 which shall remain available until expended. To the extent 

15 that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in 

16 fiscal year 2009 exceed $145,000,000, the amounts shall 

17 be available in fiscal year 2010 only to the extent provided 

18 in advance in appropriations Acts. 

19 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 

20 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 

21 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex22 pended. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

5 General Act of 1978, $28,000,000, together with not to 

6 exceed $70,127,000, to be transferred and expended as 

7 authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 

8 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

9 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 

10 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 

11 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 

12 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 

13 Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 

14 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 

15 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans16 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Senate. 

19 TITLE V 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

21 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

22 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 

23 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 

24 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 

25 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
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1 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 

2 were originally appropriated. 

3 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

6 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 

7 in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog8 nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 

9 propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 

10 use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele11 vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat 

12 legislation pending before the Congress or any State legis13 lature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 

14 legislature itself. 

15 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

16 Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 

17 grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi18 ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation 

19 or appropriations pending before the Congress or any 

20 State legislature. 

21 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 

22 are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 

23 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala24 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 

25 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
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1 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 

2 authorized to make available for official reception and rep3 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 

4 available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 

5 Salaries and expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National 

6 Mediation Board is authorized to make available for offi7 cial reception and representation expenses not to exceed 

8 $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 

9 Board, Salaries and expenses’’. 

10 SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 

12 to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles 

13 or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal 

14 drug. 

15 SEC. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, 

16 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu17 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

18 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 

19 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 

20 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re21 search grants, shall clearly state— 

22 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro23 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

24 money; 
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1 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

2 project or program; and 

3 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

4 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

5 by non-governmental sources. 

6 SEC. 507. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

7 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

8 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 

9 any abortion. 

10 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

11 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 

12 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben13 efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 

14 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 

15 package of services covered by a managed care provider 

16 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange17 ment. 

18 SEC. 508. (a) The limitations established in the pre19 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 

20 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

21 rape or incest; or 

22 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

23 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 

24 including a life-endangering physical condition 

25 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
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1 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 

2 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

3 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con4 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 

5 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 

6 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 

7 matching funds). 

8 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con9 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro10 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 

11 State or locality to contract separately with such a pro12 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 

13 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

14 funds). 

15 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 

16 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 

17 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 

18 or government subjects any institutional or individual 

19 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 

20 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov21 erage of, or refer for abortions. 

22 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 

23 includes an individual physician or other health care pro24 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 

25 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
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1 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 

2 plan. 

3 SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used for— 

5 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 

6 for research purposes; or 

7 (2) research in which a human embryo or em8 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub9 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 

10 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 

11 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 

12 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 

13 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 

14 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 

15 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 

17 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 

18 more human gametes or human diploid cells. 

19 SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in 

20 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 

21 legalization of any drug or other substance included in 

22 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab23 lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 

24 except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 

25 communications. 
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1 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 

3 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 

4 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 

5 to determine therapeutic advantage. 

6 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand8 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro9 viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 

10 health identifier for an individual (except in an individ11 ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 

12 until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 

13 standard. 

14 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 

16 a contract with an entity if— 

17 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 

18 the United States and is subject to the requirement 

19 in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 

20 annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 

21 employment of certain veterans; and 

22 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 

23 required by that section for the most recent year for 

24 which such requirement was applicable to such enti25 ty. 
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1 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

4 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro5 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

6 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 

8 may be made available to any library covered by para9 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 

10 the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 

11 has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 

12 such section. 

13 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act to carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and 

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be made available 

16 to any elementary or secondary school covered by para17 graph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act, as amended by 

18 the Children’s Internet Protection Act and the No Child 

19 Left Behind Act, unless the local educational agency with 

20 responsibility for such covered school has made the certifi21 cations required by paragraph (2) of such section. 

22 SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

23 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

24 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli25 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from 
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1 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

2 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

3 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

4 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

5 (1) creates new programs; 

6 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

7 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

8 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

9 denied or restricted; 

10 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

11 (5) reorganizes or renames offices; 

12 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

13 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

14 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

15 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

16 Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in 

17 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 

18 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc19 curs earlier. 

20 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 

21 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen22 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

23 or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any 

24 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

25 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
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1 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

2 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 

3 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

4 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in5 cluding construction projects), or activities; 

6 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist7 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per8 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

9 (3) results from any general savings from a re10 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

11 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap12 proved by Congress; 

13 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

14 Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in 

15 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 

16 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc17 curs earlier. 

18 SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds made available in 

19 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap20 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis21 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can22 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re23 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec24 essary for the work of the committee involved. 
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1 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

2 be used to disseminate scientific information that is delib3 erately false or misleading. 

4 SEC. 518. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 

5 each department and related agency funded through this 

6 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro7 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 

8 for fiscal year 2009 that are different than those specified 

9 in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the explan10 atory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre11 ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or the fiscal 

12 year 2009 budget request. 

13 SEC. 519. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

14 to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 

15 Immigration and Nationality Act. 

16 SEC. 520. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

17 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 

18 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 

20 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree21 ments exceeding $100,000 in value and awarded by the 

22 Department on a non-competitive basis during each quar23 ter of fiscal year 2009, but not to include grants awarded 

24 on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall 

25 include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount 
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1 of funding, the governmental purpose, including a jus2 tification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. 

3 Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 

4 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report 

5 is submitted. 

6 SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

8 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

9 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro10 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

11 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

12 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

13 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

14 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

15 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

16 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi17 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

18 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as19 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

20 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter21 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess22 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

23 judicial proceeding. 

24 SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

25 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
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1 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 

2 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 

3 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 

4 based on work performed under a social security account 

5 number that is not the claimant’s number and the per6 formance of such work under such number has formed the 

7 basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec8 tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 

9 SEC. 523. (a) Section 14002(a)(2)(A)(i) of division 

10 A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

11 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is amended, in the matter pre12 ceding subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘education’’ after ‘‘sec13 ondary’’. 

14 (b) Section 14002(b)(1) of such division is amended 

15 by striking ‘‘14001’’ and inserting ‘‘14001(d)’’. 

16 (c) Section 14003(a) of such division is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘the Adult and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 

18 1400 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Adult Education and 

19 Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.)’’. 

20 (d) Section 14005(a) of such division is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘14001’’ and inserting ‘‘14001(d)’’. 

22 (e) Section 14005(d)(4)(C) of such division is amend23 ed by striking ‘‘6401(e)(1)(9)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘6401(e)(1)(A)(ii)’’. 
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1 (f) Section 14005(d)(5) of such division is amend2 ed— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘1116(a)(7)(C)(iv)’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘1116(b)(7)(C)(iv)’’; and 

5 (2) by striking ‘‘1116(a)(8)(B)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘1116(b)(8)(B)’’. 

7 (g) Section 14011 of such division is amended by in8 serting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, unless 

9 such funds are used to provide special education and re10 lated services to children with disabilities, as authorized 

11 by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

12 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.)’’. 

13 (h) Section 14012(c) of such division is amended to 

14 read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(c) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall not grant a 

16 waiver or modification under this section unless the Sec17 retary determines that the State receiving such waiver or 

18 modification will not provide for elementary, secondary, 

19 and public higher education, for the fiscal year under con20 sideration, a smaller percentage of the total revenues 

21 available to the State than the percentage provided for 

22 such purpose in the preceding fiscal year.’’. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 AFGHAN ALLIES PROTECTION ACT OF 2009 

3 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Afghan Allies Protec5 tion Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 602. PROTECTION FOR AFGHAN ALLIES. 

7 (a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit9 tees of Congress’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 

12 on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 

13 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

14 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 

15 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 

16 (b) SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN AF17 GHANS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

19 the Secretary of Homeland Security, or, notwith20 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

21 State in consultation with the Secretary of Home22 land Security, may provide an alien described in sub23 paragraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) with 

24 the status of a special immigrant under section 
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1 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

2 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), if the alien— 

3 (A) or an agent acting on behalf of the 

4 alien, submits a petition for classification under 

5 section 203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

6 1153(b)(4)); 

7 (B) is otherwise eligible to receive an im8 migrant visa; 

9 (C) is otherwise admissible to the United 

10 States for permanent residence (excluding the 

11 grounds for inadmissibility specified in section 

12 212(a)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)); 

13 and 

14 (D) clears a background check and appro15 priate screening, as determined by the Sec16 retary of Homeland Security. 

17 (2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 

18 (A) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien is de19 scribed in this subparagraph if the alien— 

20 (i) is a citizen or national of Afghani21 stan; 

22 (ii) was or is employed by or on behalf 

23 of the United States Government in Af24 ghanistan on or after October 7, 2001, for 

25 not less than one year; 
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1 (iii) provided faithful and valuable 

2 service to the United States Government, 

3 which is documented in a positive rec4 ommendation or evaluation, subject to sub5 paragraph (D), from the employee’s senior 

6 supervisor or the person currently occu7 pying that position, or a more senior per8 son, if the employee’s senior supervisor has 

9 left the employer or has left Afghanistan; 

10 and 

11 (iv) has experienced or is experiencing 

12 an ongoing serious threat as a consequence 

13 of the alien’s employment by the United 

14 States Government. 

15 (B) SPOUSE OR CHILD.—An alien is de16 scribed in this subparagraph if the alien— 

17 (i) is the spouse or child of a principal 

18 alien described in subparagraph (A); and 

19 (ii) is accompanying or following to 

20 join the principal alien in the United 

21 States. 

22 (C) SURVIVING SPOUSE OR CHILD.—An 

23 alien is described in this subparagraph if the 

24 alien— 
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1 (i) was the spouse or child of a prin2 cipal alien described in subparagraph (A) 

3 who had a petition for classification ap4 proved pursuant to this section or section 

5 1059 of the National Defense Authoriza6 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 

7 109–163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) which in8 cluded the alien as an accompanying 

9 spouse or child; and 

10 (ii) due to the death of the principal 

11 alien— 

12 (I) such petition was revoked or 

13 terminated (or otherwise rendered 

14 null); and 

15 (II) such petition would have 

16 been approved if the principal alien 

17 had survived. 

18 (D) APPROVAL BY CHIEF OF MISSION RE19 QUIRED.—A recommendation or evaluation re20 quired under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be ac21 companied by approval from the appropriate 

22 Chief of Mission, or the designee of the appro23 priate Chief of Mission, who shall conduct a 

24 risk assessment of the alien and an independent 

25 review of records maintained by the United 
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1 States Government or hiring organization or 

2 entity to confirm employment and faithful and 

3 valuable service to the United States Govern4 ment prior to approval of a petition under this 

5 section. 

6 (3) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

8 subparagraph (C), the total number of principal 

9 aliens who may be provided special immigrant 

10 status under this section may not exceed 1,500 

11 per year for each of the fiscal years 2009, 

12 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. 

13 (B) EXCLUSION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITA14 TIONS.—Aliens provided special immigrant sta15 tus under this subsection shall not be counted 

16 against any numerical limitation under sections 

17 201(d), 202(a), or 203(b)(4) of the Immigra18 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d), 

19 1152(a), and 1153(b)(4)). 

20 (C) CARRY FORWARD.— 

21 (i) FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH

22 2013.—If the numerical limitation specified 

23 in subparagraph (A) is not reached during 

24 a given fiscal year, with respect to fiscal 

25 year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, or 2013, the 
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1 numerical limitation specified in such sub2 paragraph for the following fiscal year 

3 shall be increased by a number equal to 

4 the difference between— 

5 (I) the numerical limitation spec6 ified in subparagraph (A) for the 

7 given fiscal year; and 

8 (II) the number of principal 

9 aliens provided special immigrant sta10 tus under this section during the 

11 given fiscal year. 

12 (ii) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—If the numer13 ical limitation determined under clause (i) 

14 is not reached in fiscal year 2013, the total 

15 number of principal aliens who may be 

16 provided special immigrant status under 

17 this subsection for fiscal year 2014 shall be 

18 equal to the difference between— 

19 (I) the numerical limitation de20 termined under clause (i) for fiscal 

21 year 2013; and 

22 (II) the number of principal 

23 aliens provided such status under this 

24 section during fiscal year 2013. 
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1 (4) PROHIBITION ON FEES.—The Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security or the Secretary of State may 

3 not charge an alien described in subparagraph (A), 

4 (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) any fee in connection 

5 with an application for, or issuance of, a special im6 migrant visa under this section. 

7 (5) ASSISTANCE WITH PASSPORT ISSUANCE.— 

8 The Secretary of State shall make a reasonable ef9 fort to ensure that an alien described in subpara10 graph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) who is 

11 issued a special immigrant visa pursuant to this sub12 section is provided with the appropriate series Af13 ghan passport necessary to enter the United States. 

14 (6) PROTECTION OF ALIENS.—The Secretary of 

15 State, in consultation with the heads of other appro16 priate Federal agencies, shall make a reasonable ef17 fort to provide an alien described in subparagraph 

18 (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) who is seeking spe19 cial immigrant status under this subsection protec20 tion or to immediately remove such alien from Af21 ghanistan, if possible, if the Secretary determines, 

22 after consultation, that such alien is in imminent 

23 danger. 

24 (7) OTHER ELIGIBILITY FOR IMMIGRANT STA25 TUS.—No alien shall be denied the opportunity to 
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1 apply for admission under this subsection solely be2 cause such alien qualifies as an immediate relative 

3 or is eligible for any other immigrant classification. 

4 (8) RESETTLEMENT SUPPORT.—A citizen or 

5 national of Afghanistan who is granted special immi6 grant status described in section 101(a)(27) of the 

7 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

8 1101(a)(27)) shall be eligible for resettlement assist9 ance, entitlement programs, and other benefits avail10 able to refugees admitted under section 207 of such 

11 Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) for a period not to exceed 8 

12 months. 

13 (9) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Notwith14 standing paragraph (2), (7), or (8) of subsection (c) 

15 of section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality 

16 Act (8 U.S.C. 1255), the Secretary of Homeland Se17 curity may adjust the status of an alien described in 

18 subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) of 

19 this subsection or in section 1244(b) of the Refugee 

20 Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–181; 

21 122 Stat. 397) to that of an alien lawfully admitted 

22 for permanent residence under subsection (a) of 

23 such section 245 if the alien— 

24 (A) was paroled or admitted as a non25 immigrant into the United States; and 
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1 (B) is otherwise eligible for special immi2 grant status under— 

3 (i)(I) this subsection; or 

4 (II) such section 1244(b); and 

5 (ii) the Immigration and Nationality 

6 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

7 (10) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND AU8 THORITY TO CARRY OUT ADMINISTRATIVE MEAS9 URES.— 

10 (A) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not 

11 later than one year after the date of the enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

13 Security and the Secretary of State, in con14 sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 

15 submit to the appropriate committees of Con16 gress a report on the implementation of this 

17 subsection. 

18 (B) CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report re19 quired by subparagraph (A) shall describe ac20 tions taken, and additional administrative 

21 measures that may be needed, to ensure the in22 tegrity of the program established under this 

23 subsection and the national security interests of 

24 the United States related to such program. 
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1 (C) AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ADMINIS2 TRATIVE MEASURES.—The Secretary of Home3 land Security and the Secretary of State shall 

4 implement any additional administrative meas5 ures described in subparagraph (B) as they 

6 may deem necessary and appropriate to ensure 

7 the integrity of the program established under 

8 this subsection and the national security inter9 ests of the United States related to such pro10 gram. 

11 (11) ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF SPECIAL IM12 MIGRANT STATUS.— 

13 (A) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 

14 days after the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security shall submit to the appro17 priate committees of Congress a report on the 

18 number of citizens or nationals of Afghanistan 

19 or Iraq who have applied for status as special 

20 immigrants under this subsection or section 

21 1244 of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 

22 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 396). 

23 (B) CONTENT.—Each report required by 

24 subparagraph (A) submitted in a fiscal year 
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1 shall include the following information for the 

2 previous fiscal year: 

3 (i) The number of citizens or nation4 als of Afghanistan or Iraq who submitted 

5 an application for status as a special immi6 grant pursuant to this section or section 

7 1244 of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 

8 2007 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 

9 396), disaggregated— 

10 (I) by the number of principal 

11 aliens applying for such status; and 

12 (II) by the number of spouses 

13 and children of principal aliens apply14 ing for such status. 

15 (ii) The number of applications re16 ferred to in clause (i) that— 

17 (I) were approved; or 

18 (II) were denied, including a de19 scription of the basis for each denial. 

20 (c) INFORMATION REGARDING CITIZENS OR NATION21 ALS OF AFGHANISTAN EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED

22 STATES OR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS IN AFGHANISTAN.— 

23 (1) REQUIREMENT TO COMPILE INFORMA24 TION.— 
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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 

2 days after the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act, the Administrator of the United States 

4 Agency for International Development, the Sec5 retary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland 

6 Security, the Secretary of State, and the Sec7 retary of the Treasury shall— 

8 (i) review internal records and data9 bases of their respective agencies for infor10 mation that can be used to verify employ11 ment of citizens or nationals of Afghani12 stan by the United States Government; 

13 and 

14 (ii) request from each prime con15 tractor or grantee that has performed work 

16 in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001, 

17 under a contract, grant, or cooperative 

18 agreement with their respective agencies 

19 that is valued in excess of $25,000, infor20 mation that may be used to verify the em21 ployment of such citizens or nationals by 

22 such contractor or grantee. 

23 (B) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—To the ex24 tent data is available, the information referred 

25 to in subparagraph (A) shall include the name 
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1 and dates of employment of, biometric data for, 

2 and other data that can be used to verify the 

3 employment of each citizen or national of Af4 ghanistan who has performed work in Afghani5 stan since October 7, 2001, under a contract, 

6 grant, or cooperative agreement with an execu7 tive agency. 

8 (2) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA9 BASE.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 

11 in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

12 States Agency for International Development, the 

13 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

14 State, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall sub15 mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re16 port examining the options for establishing a unified 

17 and classified database of information related to 

18 contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements entered 

19 into by executive agencies for the performance of 

20 work in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001, includ21 ing the information described and collected under 

22 paragraph (1), to be used by relevant Federal de23 partments and agencies to adjudicate refugee, asy24 lum, special immigrant visa, and other immigration 

25 claims and applications. 
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1 (3) REPORT ON NONCOMPLIANCE.—Not later 

2 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, the President shall submit to the appro4 priate committees of Congress a report that de5 scribes— 

6 (A) the inability or unwillingness of any 

7 contractor or grantee to provide the information 

8 requested under paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and 

9 (B) the reasons that such contractor or 

10 grantee provided for failing to provide such in11 formation. 

12 (4) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 

13 subsection, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 

14 meaning given that term in section 4 of the Office 

15 of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403). 

16 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec17 tion may be construed to affect the authority of the Sec18 retary of Homeland Security under section 1059 of the 

19 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 

20 (Public Law 109–163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note). 

21 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 

22 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 

23 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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1 DIVISION G—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

3 TITLE I 

4 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

5 SENATE 

6 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

7 For expense allowances of the Vice President, 

8 $20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 

9 $40,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minor10 ity Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the 

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

12 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com13 mittees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 

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

15 Chairman; in all, $180,000. 

16 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY

17 AND MINORITY LEADERS

18 For representation allowances of the Majority and 

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

20 Leader; in all, $30,000. 

21 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

22 For compensation of officers, employees, and others 

23 as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

24 $171,699,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

25 without regard to the following limitations: 
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1 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

2 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,413,000. 

3 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

4 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 

5 $720,000. 

6 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

7 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emer8 itus, $100,000. 

9 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

10 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

11 $4,998,000. 

12 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

13 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

14 $3,096,000. 

15 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

16 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

17 $15,200,000. 

18 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

19 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con20 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 

21 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 

22 $1,655,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,310,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

2 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 

4 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 

5 $814,000. 

6 POLICY COMMITTEES

7 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 

8 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,690,000 for each such 

9 committee; in all, $3,380,000. 

10 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

11 For Office of the Chaplain, $397,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

13 For Office of the Secretary, $24,020,000. 

14 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

15 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

16 $66,800,000. 

17 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

18 MINORITY

19 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

20 Secretary for the Minority, $1,758,000. 

21 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

22 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 

23 authorized by law, and related expenses, $44,693,000. 

24 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

25 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla26 tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,743,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 

3 Legal Counsel, $1,484,000. 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

5 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

6 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR7 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

8 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen9 ate, $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen10 ate, $7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 

11 $7,500; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; 

12 in all, $30,000. 

13 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

14 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

15 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

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

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

18 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 

19 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 

20 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $137,400,000. 

21 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

22 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

23 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

24 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 
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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 

3 Senate, $2,000,000. 

4 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

5 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

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

7 remain available until September 30, 2013. 

8 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

9 For miscellaneous items, $21,043,000, of which up 

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

11 for mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for 

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

13 Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local govern14 ment) at which the Senator will personally attend: Pro15 vided, That any amount allocated to a Senator for such 

16 mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mail17 ing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator 

18 from other funds available to the Senator. 

19 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

20 ACCOUNT

21 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

22 Account, $400,000,000. 

23 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

24 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

25 Senate, $300,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES

3 OF SENATORS. Effective on and after October 1, 2008, 

4 each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under 

5 section 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropria6 tions Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed 

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

8 and in effect on September 30, 2008, increased by an ad9 ditional $50,000 each. 

10 SEC. 2. CONSULTANTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— 

11 (1) The first sentence of section 101(a) of the 

12 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 

13 61h–6(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘eight individual 

14 consultants’’ and inserting ‘‘nine individual consult15 ants’’. 

16 (2) The second sentence of section 101(a) of 

17 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 

18 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘two indi19 vidual consultants’’ and inserting ‘‘three individual 

20 consultants’’. 

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

22 on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to 

23 fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent4 atives, $1,301,267,000, as follows: 

5 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

6 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

7 $25,113,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

8 $4,879,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

9 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,436,000, 

10 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

11 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,390,000, 

12 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 

13 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 

14 Deputy Majority Whip, $2,115,000, including $5,000 for 

15 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi16 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

17 $1,630,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

18 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac19 tivities, $501,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

20 $950,000; Republican Conference, $1,777,000; Repub21 lican Policy Committee, $337,000; Democratic Steering 

22 and Policy Committee, $1,315,000; Democratic Caucus, 

23 $1,749,000; nine minority employees, $1,502,000; train24 ing and program development—majority, $290,000; train25 ing and program development—minority, $290,000; 
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1 Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $476,000; and Cloak2 room Personnel—minority, $476,000. 

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES INCLUD4 ING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

5 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

6 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

7 Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 

8 $609,000,000. 

9 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

10 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

11 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

12 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

13 $154,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

14 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

15 31, 2010, except that $9,500,000 of such amount shall 

16 remain available until expended for committee room up17 grading. 

18 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

19 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap20 propriations, $31,300,000, including studies and examina21 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv22 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

23 section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

24 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

25 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
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1 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De2 cember 31, 2010. 

3 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

4 For compensation and expenses of officers and em5 ployees, as authorized by law, $187,954,000, including: 

6 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ7 ing not more than $23,000, of which not more than 

8 $20,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa9 tion and reception expenses, $27,457,000, of which 

10 $500,000 shall remain available until December 31, 2010 

11 and $2,060,000 shall remain available until expended; for 

12 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 

13 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Ga14 rages, and including not more than $3,000 for official rep15 resentation and reception expenses, $8,355,000; for sala16 ries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 

17 Officer, including not more than $3,000 for official rep18 resentation and reception expenses, $125,838,000, of 

19 which $7,057,000 shall remain available until expended; 

20 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

21 General, $4,945,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of22 fice of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Oper23 ations, $3,974,000, to remain available until expended; for 

24 salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

25 $1,357,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $173,000; for 
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1 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 

2 including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the 

3 Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep4 resentation and reception expenses, $2,007,000; for sala5 ries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Coun6 sel of the House, $3,057,000; for salaries and expenses 

7 of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 

8 $8,337,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

9 Interparliamentary Affairs, $777,000; for other author10 ized employees, $1,158,000; and for salaries and expenses 

11 of the Office of the Historian, including the costs of the 

12 House Fellows Program (including lodging and related ex13 penses for visiting Program participants), $519,000. 

14 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

15 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

16 resolution or law, $293,900,000, including: supplies, mate17 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

18 $11,656,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 

19 until expended; official mail for committees, leadership of20 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; 

21 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

22 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

23 $260,703,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 

24 to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 

25 Center, $1,900,000, to remain available until expended; 
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1 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $18,698,000, 

2 of which $6,260,000 shall remain available until expended; 

3 and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 

4 maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehi5 cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 

6 of deceased employees of the House, $742,000. 

7 CHILD CARE CENTER

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

10 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg11 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062), 

12 subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 

13 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN

17 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

18 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

19 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

21 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

22 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW23 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2009. Any 

24 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

25 allowances for fiscal year 2009 shall be deposited in the 
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1 Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

2 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

3 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

4 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

5 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad6 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

7 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

8 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

9 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep10 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

11 to, the Congress. 

12 SEC. 102. (a) The Chief Administrative Officer of the 

13 House of Representatives shall deposit all amounts re14 ceived as promotional rebates and incentives on credit card 

15 purchases, balances, and payments into the House Serv16 ices Revolving Fund under section 105 of the Legislative 

17 Branch Appropriations Act, 2005. 

18 (b) Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro19 priations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 117m(a)) is amended by 

20 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(6) The collection of promotional rebates and 

22 incentives on credit card purchases, balances, and 

23 payments.’’. 
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1 (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 

2 with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal 

3 year. 

4 SEC. 103. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 

5 Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(d) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the 

8 House of Representatives under the heading ‘Allowances 

9 and Expenses’ may be transferred to the Architect of the 

10 Capitol and made available under the heading ‘House Of11 fice Buildings’, subject to the approval of the Committee 

12 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.’’. 

13 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

14 apply with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding 

15 fiscal year. 

16 SEC. 104. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 

17 2008 and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate 

18 amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fis19 cal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the fol20 lowing offices is increased as follows: 

21 (1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 

22 Floor Leader is increased by $200,000. 

23 (2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 

24 Floor Leader is increased by $200,000. 
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1 (b) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2009 and 

2 each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount other3 wise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for 

4 the lump-sum allowance for each of the following offices 

5 is increased as follows: 

6 (1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 

7 Whip is increased by $72,000. 

8 (2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 

9 Whip is increased by $72,000. 

10 SEC. 105. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 

11 Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by 

12 striking ‘‘transferred among’’ each place it appears in sub13 sections (a), (b), and (c)(1) and inserting ‘‘transferred 

14 among and merged with’’. 

15 (b) Section 101(c)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)) 

16 is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(2) The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are 

18 ‘House Leadership Offices’, ‘Members’ Representational 

19 Allowances’, ‘Committee Employees’, ‘Salaries, Officers 

20 and Employees’, and ‘Allowances and Expenses’.’’. 

21 (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 

22 with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal 

23 year. 

24 SEC. 106. PERMITTING HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER

25 TO OFFER SERVICES FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.— 
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1 Section 312(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropria2 tions Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(a)(1)) is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘pre-school child care’’ and inserting the fol4 lowing: ‘‘pre-school child care and (subject to the approval 

5 of regulations by the Committee on House Administra6 tion) child care for school age children other than during 

7 the course of the ordinary school day’’. 

8 JOINT ITEMS 

9 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

10 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

11 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

12 Committee, $4,626,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

13 of the Senate. 

14 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

15 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

16 Taxation, $10,719,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad17 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

18 For other joint items, as follows: 

19 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

20 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex21 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

22 Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance 

23 of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 

24 allowance of $1,300 per month to one Senior Medical Offi25 cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 
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1 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend2 ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two 

3 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as4 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist5 ants; and (5) $2,223,000 for reimbursement to the De6 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

7 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi8 cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica9 ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala10 ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 

11 be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,105,000, to 

12 be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres17 sional Accessibility Services, $800,000, to be disbursed by 

18 the Secretary of the Senate. 

19 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL 

20 SERVICES OFFICE 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv23 ice, $9,940,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

24 Senate and Special Services Office. 
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1 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

2 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

4 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses5 sion of the 110th Congress, showing appropriations made, 

6 indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, to7 gether with a chronological history of the regular appro8 priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to 

9 the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit10 tees to supervise the work. 

11 CAPITOL POLICE 

12 SALARIES

13 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in14 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

15 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se16 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica17 ble employee benefits, $248,000,000, to be disbursed by 

18 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

19 GENERAL EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ21 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

22 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

23 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

24 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

25 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
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1 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

2 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed3 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

4 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

5 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep6 resentation and reception expenses, $57,750,000, to be 

7 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des8 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

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

10 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis11 cal year 2009 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

12 Security from funds available to the Department of Home13 land Security. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap17 propriated for fiscal year 2009 for the Capitol Police may 

18 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 

19 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

21 and the Senate. 

22 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli25 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 
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1 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,072,000, 

2 of which $800,000 shall remain available until September 

3 30, 2010: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

4 Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 

5 appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 

6 property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 

7 Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex8 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

9 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep10 resentation and reception expenses. 

11 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

14 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

15 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

16 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi17 cial representation and reception expenses, $44,082,000. 

18 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

19 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

20 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

22 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

24 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

25 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
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1 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen2 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

3 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

4 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

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

6 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap7 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper8 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $90,659,000, of which 

9 $1,505,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2013. 

11 CAPITOL BUILDING

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

13 and operation of the Capitol, $35,840,000, of which 

14 $10,681,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2013. 

16 CAPITOL GROUNDS

17 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

18 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

19 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $9,649,000, 

20 of which $340,000 shall remain available until September 

21 30, 2013. 

22 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

25 furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
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1 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $69,359,000, of 

2 which $9,743,000 shall remain available until September 

3 30, 2013. 

4 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

6 and operation of the House office buildings, $65,814,000, 

7 of which $19,603,000 shall remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2013. 

9 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat12 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

14 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

15 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga16 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

17 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

18 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

19 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su20 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

21 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

22 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

23 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

24 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

25 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 
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1 $149,042,000, of which $63,570,000 shall remain avail2 able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That not more 

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

4 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

5 for obligation during fiscal year 2009. 

6 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

7 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

8 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

9 buildings and grounds, $39,094,000, of which 

10 $13,640,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2013. 

12 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance15 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo16 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

17 operations, $18,996,000, of which $3,497,000 shall re18 main available until September 30, 2013. 

19 BOTANIC GARDEN

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

21 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

22 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex23 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

24 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com25 mittee on the Library, $10,906,000, of which $2,055,000 
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1 shall remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 

2 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

3 the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may 

4 be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 

5 the National Garden established under section 307E of 

6 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 

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

8 or a duly authorized designee. 

9 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

10 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen11 ter project, $31,124,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, and in addition, $9,103,000 for Capitol Visitor 

13 Center operations costs: Provided, That the Architect of 

14 the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which are 

15 made available for the Capitol Visitor Center project with16 out an obligation plan approved by the Committees on Ap17 propriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 SEC. 1101. (a) COLLECTION AND SALE OF RECYCLA20 BLE MATERIALS.— 

21 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Ar22 chitect of the Capitol shall establish a program for 

23 the collection and sale of recyclable materials col24 lected from or on the Capitol buildings and grounds, 

25 in accordance with the procedures applicable under 
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1 subchapter III of chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 

2 United States Code to the sale of surplus property 

3 by an executive agency. 

4 (2) EXCLUSION OF MATERIALS SUBJECT TO

5 OTHER PROGRAMS.—The program established under 

6 this section shall not apply with respect to any mate7 rials which are subject to collection and sale under— 

8 (A) the third undesignated paragraph 

9 under the center heading ‘‘MISCELLA10 NEOUS’’ in the first section of the Act entitled 

11 ‘‘An Act making appropriations for sundry civil 

12 expenses of the government for the fiscal year 

13 ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 

14 eighty-three, and for other purposes’’, approved 

15 August 7, 1882 (2 U.S.C. 117); 

16 (B) section 104(a) of the Legislative 

17 Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted 

18 by reference in identical form by section 101(j) 

19 of Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–591) 

20 (2 U.S.C. 117e); 

21 (C) the Senate waste recycling program re22 ferred to in section 4 of the Legislative Branch 

23 Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 121f); or 

24 (D) any other authorized program for the 

25 collection and sale of recyclable materials. 
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1 (b) REVOLVING FUND.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

3 Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Ar4 chitect of the Capitol, which shall consist of— 

5 (A) proceeds from the sale of recyclable 

6 materials under the program established under 

7 this section; and 

8 (B) such amounts as may be appropriated 

9 under law. 

10 (2) USE OF FUND.—Amounts in the revolving 

11 fund established under paragraph (1) shall be avail12 able without fiscal year limitation to the Architect of 

13 the Capitol, subject to the Architect providing prior 

14 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and Senate— 

16 (A) to carry out the program established 

17 under this section; 

18 (B) to carry out authorized programs and 

19 activities of the Architect to improve the envi20 ronment; and 

21 (C) to carry out authorized programs and 

22 activities of the Architect to promote energy 

23 savings. 

24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

25 respect to each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 
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1 SEC. 1102. (a) PERMITTING LEASING OF SPACE.— 

2 Subject to the availability of funds, the Architect of the 

3 Capitol may acquire real property by lease for the use of 

4 the Library of Congress in any State or the District of 

5 Columbia if— 

6 (1) the Architect of the Capitol and the Librar7 ian of Congress submit a joint request for the Archi8 tect to lease the property to the Joint Committee on 

9 the Library and to the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; 

11 and 

12 (2) the Joint Committee on the Library and the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and Senate each approve the request. 

15 (b) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subject to the approval 

16 of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

18 and the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol and the Li19 brarian of Congress may transfer between themselves ap20 propriations or other available funds to pay the costs in21 curred in acquiring real property pursuant to the author22 ity of this section and the costs of necessary expenses in23 curred in connection with the acquisition of the property. 
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1 (c) LIMIT ON OBLIGATIONS.—No obligation entered 

2 into pursuant to the authority of this section shall be in 

3 advance of, or in excess of, available appropriations. 

4 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

5 respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

9 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

10 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo11 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean12 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

13 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

14 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

15 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

16 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

17 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li18 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge19 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

20 $419,030,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

21 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

22 during fiscal year 2009, and shall remain available until 

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

24 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

25 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2009 
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1 and shall remain available until expended for the develop2 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa3 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

4 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

5 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

6 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga7 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur8 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

9 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

10 than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 

11 amount appropriated, $17,959,000 shall remain available 

12 until September 30, 2011 for the partial acquisition of 

13 books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials in14 cluding subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Li15 brary, including $40,000 to be available solely for the pur16 chase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of spe17 cial and unique materials for additions to the collections: 

18 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

19 not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certifi20 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

21 official representation and reception expenses for the 

22 Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

23 amount appropriated, $7,170,000 shall remain available 

24 until expended for the digital collections and educational 

25 curricula program: Provided further, That of the total 
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1 amount appropriated, $1,495,000 shall remain available 

2 until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 

3 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur4 poses of Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be 

5 used for official representation and reception expenses of 

6 the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided 

7 further, That of the total amount appropriated, $560,000 

8 shall be transferred to the Federal Library and Informa9 tion Center’s FEDLINK Program: Provided further, That 

10 of the total amount appropriated, $190,000 shall be used 

11 to provide a grant to the New York Historical Society for 

12 the digitization of its collection: Provided further, That of 

13 the total amount appropriated, $95,000 shall be used to 

14 provide a grant to the University of Florida for develop15 ment of a library of original case studies. 

16 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

19 $51,592,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re20 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec21 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2009 

22 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro23 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex24 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec25 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
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1 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

2 not more than $4,564,000 shall be derived from collections 

3 during fiscal year 2009 under sections 111(d)(2), 

4 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

5 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

6 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

7 less than $33,315,000: Provided further, That not more 

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

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

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

11 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

12 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

13 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer14 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

15 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

16 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

18 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

19 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

20 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

21 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

23 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

24 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
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1 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

2 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

3 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

7 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno8 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

9 $107,323,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

11 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

13 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

14 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

15 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

16 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

17 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

21 135a), $68,816,000, of which $30,155,000 shall remain 

22 available until expended: Provided, That of the total 

23 amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to con24 tract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handi25 capped residents at no cost to the individual. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 1201. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM.—Of the 

3 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

4 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer5 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

6 official representation and reception expenses for the in7 centive awards program. 

8 SEC. 1202. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

9 ACTIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2009, the 

10 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

11 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

12 $134,212,000. 

13 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub14 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

15 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

16 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

17 branch. 

18 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2009, 

19 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

21 Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and ex22 penses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program 

23 and the Federal Research Program established under sec24 tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im25 provement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 
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1 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

2 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap3 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li4 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

5 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

6 SEC. 1203. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. (a) IN GEN7 ERAL.—Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for the 

8 Library of Congress may be transferred during fiscal year 

9 2009 between any of the headings under the heading ‘‘Li10 brary of Congress’’ upon the approval of the Committees 

11 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep12 resentatives. 

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

14 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

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

16 fiscal year 2009 may be transferred from that account by 

17 all transfers made under subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 1204. ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL COM19 MISSION. Section 5(d) of the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten20 nial Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public 

21 Law 106–173) is amended by striking ‘‘that member may 

22 continue to serve on the Commission for not longer than 

23 the 30-day period beginning on the date that member 

24 ceases to be a Member of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘that 
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1 member may continue to serve on the Commission for the 

2 life of the Commission’’. 

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

4 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

7 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

8 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap9 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

10 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author11 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

12 printing and binding of Government publications author13 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

14 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica15 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

16 to the recipient, $96,828,000: Provided, That this appro17 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per18 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

19 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au20 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

21 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

22 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro23 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

24 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita25 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 
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1 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

3 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

5 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe6 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

7 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un8 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

10 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

11 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

12 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print13 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

14 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

16 Senate. 

17 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc21 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index22 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

23 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen24 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

25 libraries as authorized by law, $38,744,000: Provided, 

26 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 
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1 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis2 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

3 publications for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 to depository 

4 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

5 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac6 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

7 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv8 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

9 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

11 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

12 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re13 volving Fund, $4,995,000 for information technology de14 velopment and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov15 ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 

16 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 

17 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com18 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro19 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

20 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur21 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

22 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro23 vided further, That not more than $5,000 may be ex24 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec25 tion with official representation and reception expenses: 
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1 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 

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

3 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con4 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to 

5 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

7 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem8 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

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

10 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 

11 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec12 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities 

13 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa14 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving 

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

16 of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Ex17 penses’’ may not be used for contracted security services 

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

19 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Government Account22 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex23 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

24 the United States in connection with official representa25 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
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1 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

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

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

4 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

5 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

6 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

7 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay8 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

10 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen11 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for12 eign countries, $531,000,000: Provided, That not more 

13 than $5,375,000 of payments received under section 782 

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

15 in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That not more than 

16 $2,260,000 of reimbursements received under section 

17 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

18 for use in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That this 

19 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex20 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem21 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

22 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail23 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

24 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

25 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 
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1 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

2 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

3 from which costs involved are initially financed. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

5 SEC. 1301. REPEAL AND MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN

6 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) SPECTRUM RELOCATION

7 FUND TRANSFERS.—Section 118(e)(1)(B) of the National 

8 Telecommunications and Information Administration Or9 ganization Act (47 U.S.C. 928(e)(1)(B)) is amended— 

10 (1) in clause (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 

11 semicolon; 

12 (2) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in13 serting a period; and 

14 (3) by striking clause (iv). 

15 (b) USE OF FUNDS IN PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED

16 UNDER PROJECTED COST.—Section 211(d) of the Public 

17 Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 

18 U.S.C. 3151(d)) is amended by striking subsection (d) and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(d) REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The 

21 Comptroller General of the United States shall regularly 

22 review the implementation of this section.’’. 

23 (c) GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON IMPACT OF SAFE

24 HARBOR ON MEDIGAP POLICIES.—Section 5201(b)(2) of 

25 title V of division J of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
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1 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub2 lic Law 105–277; 42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a note) is repealed. 

3 (d) GAO REPORT ON DATE RAPE DRUG CAM4 PAIGN.—Section 7(b)(3) of the Hillary J. Farias and 

5 Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000 

6 (Public Law 106–172; 21 U.S.C. 801 note) is repealed. 

7 (e) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT AND GAO REPORT

8 ON ENROLLEES ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID.—Section 

9 2108(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397hh(d)) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) in the heading by striking ‘‘AND GAO RE12 PORT’’; and 

13 (2) by striking paragraph (3). 

14 (f) GAO REPORT ON MA REGIONAL PLAN STA15 BILIZATION FUND.—Section 1858(e)(7) of the Social Se16 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–27a(e)(7)) is repealed. 

17 (g) BREAST IMPLANTS; STUDY BY COMPTROLLER

18 GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Medical Device User Fee 

19 and Modernization Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–250; 42 

20 U.S.C. 289g–3 note) is repealed. 

21 (h) DISPOSITION OF RIGHTS.—Section 202(b) of title 

22 35, United States Code is amended— 

23 (1) by striking paragraph (3); and 

24 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para25 graph (3). 
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1 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

2 FUND 

3 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

4 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

5 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

7 $13,900,000. 

8 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

9 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

10 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub11 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

12 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv13 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

14 $430,000. 

15 TITLE II 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

17 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE

18 VEHICLES. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 

19 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi20 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 

21 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 

22 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 

23 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 

24 Committee on Rules and Administration. 
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1 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION. No part of the 

2 funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for 

3 obligation beyond fiscal year 2009 unless expressly so pro4 vided in this Act. 

5 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA6 TION. Whenever in this Act any office or position not spe7 cifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 

8 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 

9 compensation or designation of any office or position ap10 propriated for is different from that specifically estab11 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des12 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re13 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

14 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi15 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep16 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

17 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

18 with respect thereto. 

19 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure 

20 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 

21 service through procurement contract, under section 3109 

22 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 

23 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

24 record and available for public inspection, except where 
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1 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

2 Executive order issued under existing law. 

3 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums 

4 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de5 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres6 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 

7 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub8 section. 

9 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for 

10 administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

11 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

12 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

13 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro14 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 

15 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 

16 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 

17 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter18 mine) may not exceed $2,000. 

19 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. The Architect 

20 of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Colum21 bia, is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape 

22 features, excluding streets in the irregular shaped grassy 

23 areas bounded by Washington Avenue SW on the north24 east, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the 
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1 south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the south2 east. 

3 SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS. None of the 

4 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 

5 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

6 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

7 by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 

8 appropriation Act. 

9 SEC. 209. GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL. (a) Ex10 cept as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made 

11 available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may 

12 be used to eliminate guided tours of the United States 

13 Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices 

14 of Members of Congress and other offices of the House 

15 of Representatives and Senate. 

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

17 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

19 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in20 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo21 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re22 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

23 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

24 the Capitol. 
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1 SEC. 210. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN INSPECTORS

2 GENERAL AUTHORITY TO USE FIREARMS. None of the 

3 funds made available in this Act may be used by the In4 spector General of the Architect of the Capitol or the In5 spector General of the Library of Congress to purchase, 

6 maintain, or carry any firearm. 

7 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 

8 Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 

9 DIVISION H—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOR10 EIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PRO11 GRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 

12 TITLE I 

13 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

14 AGENCY 

15 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

16 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

17 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

20 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

21 $5,360,318,000, of which $1,117,000,000 is for World22 wide Security Protection (to remain available until ex23 pended), to be allocated as follows: 

24 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex25 penses for training, human resources management, 

26 and salaries, including employment without regard 
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1 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

2 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au3 thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor4 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 

5 $2,118,598,000 to remain available until September 

6 30, 2010, of which not less than $130,637,000 shall 

7 be available only for public diplomacy American sal8 aries. 

9 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex10 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 

11 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

12 $1,548,617,000, to remain available until September 

13 30, 2010, of which not less than $264,169,000 shall 

14 be available only for public diplomacy international 

15 information programs. 

16 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

17 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

18 Department of State including representation to cer19 tain international organizations in which the United 

20 States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur21 suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 

22 specific Acts of Congress, general administration, 

23 and arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament 

24 activities as authorized, $585,078,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2010. 
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1 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex2 penses for security activities, $1,108,025,000, to re3 main available until September 30, 2010. 

4 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad5 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 

6 this heading— 

7 (A) not to exceed $1,605,150 shall be de8 rived from fees collected from other executive 

9 agencies for lease or use of facilities located at 

10 the International Center in accordance with sec11 tion 4 of the International Center Act, and, in 

12 addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 

13 Act, $490,000, to be derived from the reserve 

14 authorized by that section, to be used for the 

15 purposes set out in that section; 

16 (B) as authorized by section 810 of the 

17 United States Information and Educational Ex18 change Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to re19 main available until expended, may be credited 

20 to this appropriation from fees or other pay21 ments received from English teaching, library, 

22 motion pictures, and publication programs and 

23 from fees from educational advising and coun24 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 
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1 (C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 

2 derived from reimbursements, surcharges and 

3 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 

4 (6) TRANSFER AND REPROGRAMMING.— 

5 (A) Notwithstanding any provision of this 

6 Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and 

7 between subsections under this heading subject 

8 to section 7015 of this Act. 

9 (B) Of the amount made available under 

10 this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 

11 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

12 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer13 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv14 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu15 ations and rewards, as authorized. 

16 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 

17 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur18 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

19 by law and, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for 

20 the field examination of programs and activities 

21 in the United States funded from any account 

22 contained in this title. 

23 CIVILIAN STABILIZATION INITIATIVE

24 For necessary expenses to establish, support, main25 tain, mobilize, and deploy a civilian response corps in co26 ordination with the United States Agency for Inter-
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1 national Development, and for related reconstruction and 

2 stabilization assistance to prevent or respond to conflict 

3 or civil strife in foreign countries or regions, or to enable 

4 transition from such strife, $45,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended: Provided, That up to $23,014,000 

6 may be made available in fiscal year 2009 to provide ad7 ministrative expenses for the Office of the Coordinator for 

8 Reconstruction and Stabilization: Provided further, That 

9 notwithstanding any other provision of law and following 

10 consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, the 

11 President may exercise transfer authorities contained in 

12 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for reconstruction and 

13 stabilization assistance managed by the Office of the Coor14 dinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, United 

15 States Department of State, only to support an actively 

16 deployed civilian response corps, subject to the regular no17 tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria18 tions: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

19 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Ad20 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 

21 Development shall submit a coordinated joint spending 

22 plan for funds made available under this heading and 

23 under the heading ‘‘Civilian Stabilization Initiative’’ in 

24 title II of this Act. 
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1 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

2 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

3 Fund, $71,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

4 as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public 

5 Law 103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this 

6 heading. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General, $37,000,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 

10 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), 

11 as it relates to post inspections. 

12 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

13 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

14 programs, as authorized, $538,000,000, to remain avail15 able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

16 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 

17 credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 

18 received from or in connection with English teaching, edu19 cational advising and counseling programs, and exchange 

20 visitor programs as authorized. 

21 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

22 For representation allowances as authorized, 

23 $8,175,000. 

24 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

25 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 

26 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
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1 services, as authorized, $22,814,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2010. 

3 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

4 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

5 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre6 serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 

7 that are owned or directly leased by the Department of 

8 State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, 

9 the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Dip10 lomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 

11 $801,344,000, to remain available until expended as au12 thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 

13 domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro14 vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para15 graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur16 nishings, or generators for other departments and agen17 cies. 

18 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up19 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

20 $770,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That funds made available by this paragraph may 

22 not be obligated until a plan is submitted to the Commit23 tees on Appropriations with the proposed allocation of 

24 funds made available by this Act and by proceeds of sales 

25 for all projects in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That 

26 the Under Secretary for Management, United States De-
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1 partment of State, shall consult with the Committees on 

2 Appropriations on a regular and ongoing basis on the de3 sign of any proposed self-financed New Embassy Com4 pound. 

5 In addition, for necessary expenses for overseas facil6 ity construction and related costs for the United States 

7 Agency for International Development, pursuant to sec8 tion 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

9 $135,225,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

11 SERVICE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 

14 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo15 matic and Consular Service, $9,000,000, to remain avail16 able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 

17 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

18 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 

19 Loans Program Account’’, subject to the same terms and 

20 conditions. 

21 BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT

22 To offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency ex23 change rates and/or overseas wage and price changes, as 

24 authorized by section 24(b) of the State Department Basic 

25 Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)), $5,000,000, 

26 to remain available until expended. 
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1 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct loans, $678,000, as authorized: 

4 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

5 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

8 carry out the direct loan program, $675,000, which may 

9 be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available 

10 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’. 

11 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela13 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $16,840,000. 

14 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

15 DISABILITY FUND

16 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

17 Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $157,100,000. 

18 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

19 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 

22 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

23 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven24 tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,529,400,000: Pro25 vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 

26 the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
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1 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

2 transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 

3 recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 

4 the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 

5 That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 

6 on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an 

7 emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 

8 United Nations action to increase funding for any United 

9 Nations program without identifying an offsetting de10 crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 

11 further, That any payment of arrearages under this title 

12 shall be directed toward activities that are mutually agreed 

13 upon by the United States and the respective international 

14 organization: Provided further, That none of the funds ap15 propriated in this paragraph shall be available for a 

16 United States contribution to an international organiza17 tion for the United States share of interest costs made 

18 known to the United States Government by such organiza19 tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 

20 through external borrowings. 

21 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

22 ACTIVITIES

23 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex24 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

25 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

26 security, $1,517,000,000, of which 15 percent shall re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 

2 none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli3 gated or expended for any new or expanded United Na4 tions peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in ad5 vance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the 

6 United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as 

7 far in advance as is practicable): (1) the Committees on 

8 Appropriations are notified of the estimated cost and 

9 length of the mission, the national interest that will be 

10 served, and the planned exit strategy; (2) the Committees 

11 on Appropriations are notified that the United Nations 

12 has taken appropriate measures to prevent United Nations 

13 employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces 

14 serving in any United Nations peacekeeping mission from 

15 trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or 

16 committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation, and to hold 

17 accountable individuals who engage in such acts while par18 ticipating in the peacekeeping mission, including the pros19 ecution in their home countries of such individuals in con20 nection with such acts; and (3) notification pursuant to 

21 section 7015 of this Act is submitted, and the procedures 

22 therein followed, setting forth the source of funds that will 

23 be used to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission: 

24 Provided further, That funds shall be available for peace25 keeping expenses only upon a certification by the Sec-
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1 retary of State to the Committees on Appropriations that 

2 American manufacturers and suppliers are being given op3 portunities to provide equipment, services, and material 

4 for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those 

5 being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers. 

6 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

9 treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 

10 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

11 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

12 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

13 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

14 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli15 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

16 $6,000 for representation; as follows: 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 $32,256,000. 

20 CONSTRUCTION

21 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au22 thorized projects, $43,250,000, to remain available until 

23 expended, as authorized. 

24 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

25 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, 

26 $11,649,000, of which $7,559,000 is for the International 
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1 Joint Commission and $1,970,000 is for the International 

2 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au3 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can4 ada or Great Britain, and $2,120,000 is for the Border 

5 Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by 

6 Public Law 103–182: Provided, That of the amount pro7 vided under this heading for the International Joint Com8 mission, $9,000 may be made available for representation 

9 expenses 45 days after submission to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of a report detailing obligations, expendi11 tures, and associated activities for fiscal years 2006, 2007, 

12 and 2008, including any unobligated funds which expired 

13 at the end of each fiscal year and the justification for why 

14 such funds were not obligated. 

15 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

16 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

17 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 

18 law, $29,925,000: Provided, That the United States share 

19 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com20 missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 

21 RELATED AGENCY 

22 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

23 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 

25 Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter-
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1 national communication activities, including the purchase, 

2 rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio 

3 and television transmission and reception and purchase, 

4 lease, and installation of necessary equipment for radio 

5 and television transmission and reception to Cuba, and to 

6 make and supervise grants for radio and television broad7 casting to the Middle East, $698,187,000: Provided, That 

8 of the total amount in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 

9 may be used for official receptions within the United 

10 States as authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used 

11 for representation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed 

12 $39,000 may be used for official reception and representa13 tion expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and 

14 in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 not to exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and 

16 revenue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 

17 in receipts from cooperating international organizations, 

18 and not to exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatiza19 tion efforts of the Voice of America and the International 

20 Broadcasting Bureau, to remain available until expended 

21 for carrying out authorized purposes. 

22 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

23 For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve24 ment of facilities for radio and television transmission and 

25 reception, and purchase and installation of necessary 

26 equipment for radio and television transmission and recep-
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1 tion as authorized, $11,296,000, to remain available until 

2 expended, as authorized. 

3 RELATED PROGRAMS 

4 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

5 For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized 

6 by the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 

7 $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au8 thorized. 

9 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

11 of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of 

12 Peace Act, $31,000,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2010. 

14 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

15 TRUST FUND

16 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 

17 Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount 

18 of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or 

19 before September 30, 2009, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel23 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 

24 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

25 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
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1 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

2 Fund on or before September 30, 2009, to remain avail3 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap4 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

5 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

6 the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 

7 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord8 ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative 

9 Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit 

10 Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 

11 for personal services. 

12 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar14 ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

15 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

16 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 

17 the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 

18 30, 2009, to remain available until expended. 

19 EAST-WEST CENTER

20 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car21 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 

22 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 

23 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 

24 Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha25 waii, $21,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
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1 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter 

2 into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in 

3 excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 

4 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

5 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

6 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

7 National Endowment for Democracy Act, $115,000,000, 

8 to remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 

9 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner 

10 among the core institutes and $15,000,000 shall be for 

11 democracy, human rights, and rule of law programs, of 

12 which $250,000 shall be for programs and activities in 

13 Tibet: Provided, That the President of the National En14 dowment for Democracy shall provide to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act a report on the proposed uses 

17 of funds under this heading on a regional and country 

18 basis: Provided further, That funds made available by this 

19 Act for the promotion of democracy may be made available 

20 for the National Endowment for Democracy notwith21 standing any other provision of law or regulation. 
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1 OTHER COMMISSIONS 

2 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

3 HERITAGE ABROAD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

6 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $599,000, as 

7 authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. 

8 COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for the United States Com11 mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 

12 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

13 1998 (Public Law 105–292), $4,000,000, to remain avail14 able until September 30, 2010. 

15 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

16 EUROPE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu19 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 

20 Law 94–304, $2,610,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2010. 
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1 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

2 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu5 tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au6 thorized, $2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for 

7 the purpose of official representation, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2010. 

9 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

10 REVIEW COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

13 Economic and Security Review Commission, $4,000,000, 

14 including not more than $4,000 for the purpose of official 

15 representation, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2010: Provided, That the Commission shall provide to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 

18 the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that 

19 were received by the Commission during any previous fis20 cal year: Provided further, That section 308(e) of the 

21 United States-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

22 6918(e)) (relating to the treatment of employees as Con23 gressional employees), and section 309 of such Act (22 

24 U.S.C. 6919) (relating to printing and binding costs), 

25 shall apply to the Commission in the same manner as such 
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1 section applies to the Congressional-Executive Commis2 sion on the People’s Republic of China: Provided further, 

3 That the Commission shall comply with chapter 43 of title 

4 5, United States Code, regarding the establishment and 

5 regular review of employee performance appraisals: Pro6 vided further, That the Commission shall comply with sec7 tion 4505a of title 5, United States Code, with respect 

8 to limitations on payment of performance-based cash 

9 awards: Provided further, That compensation for the exec10 utive director of the Commission may not exceed the rate 

11 payable for level II of the Executive Schedule under sec12 tion 5313 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, 

13 That travel by members of the Commission and its staff 

14 shall be arranged and conducted under the rules and pro15 cedures applying to travel by members of the House of 

16 Representatives and its staff. 

17 UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY

18 GROUP

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Senate21 China Interparliamentary Group, as authorized under sec22 tion 153 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 

23 U.S.C. 276n; Public Law 108–99; 118 Stat. 448), 

24 $150,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

9 $808,584,000, of which up to $85,000,000 may remain 

10 available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That none 

11 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

12 the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this Act may 

13 be made available to finance the construction (including 

14 architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 

15 lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for 

16 International Development (USAID), unless the USAID 

17 Administrator has identified such proposed construction 

18 (including architect and engineering services), purchase, 

19 or long-term lease of offices in a report submitted to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to 

21 the obligation of funds for such purposes: Provided fur22 ther, That the previous proviso shall not apply when the 

23 total cost of construction (including architect and engi24 neering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices 

25 does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That con26 tracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated 
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1 under this heading may entail commitments for the ex2 penditure of such funds through fiscal year 2010: Pro3 vided further, That any decision to open a new USAID 

4 overseas mission or office or, except where there is a sub5 stantial security risk to mission personnel, to close or sig6 nificantly reduce the number of personnel of any such mis7 sion or office, shall be subject to the regular notification 

8 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

9 further, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the 

10 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 

11 Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 

12 out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Ex13 penses’’ in accordance with the provisions of those sec14 tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated or 

15 made available under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 

16 shall be available for representation and entertainment al17 lowances, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 

18 for entertainment allowances, for USAID during the cur19 rent fiscal year: Provided further, That no such entertain20 ment funds may be used for the purposes listed in section 

21 7020 of this Act: Provided further, That appropriate steps 

22 shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent pos23 sible, United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized 

24 in lieu of dollars. 
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1 CIVILIAN STABILIZATION INITIATIVE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out section 667 of 

3 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the United States 

4 Agency for International Development (USAID) to estab5 lish, support, maintain, mobilize, and deploy a civilian re6 sponse corps in coordination with the Department of 

7 State, and for related reconstruction and stabilization as8 sistance to prevent or respond to conflict or civil strife in 

9 foreign countries or regions, or to enable transition from 

10 such strife, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That not later than 60 days after enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID 

13 Administrator shall submit a coordinated joint spending 

14 plan for funds made available under this heading and 

15 under the heading ‘‘Civilian Stabilization Initiative’’ in 

16 title I of this Act. 

17 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

18 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

19 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

20 of information technology and related capital investments, 

21 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

22 1961, $35,775,000, to remain available until expended: 

23 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other24 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

25 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
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1 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 

2 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

6 $42,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2010, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 

8 Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter9 national Development. 

10 TITLE III 

11 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

14 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

15 1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2009, unless otherwise specified herein, as 

17 follows: 

18 GLOBAL HEALTH AND CHILD SURVIVAL

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

22 Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to 

23 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

24 $1,955,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2010, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

26 United States Agency for International Development: Pro-
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1 vided, That this amount shall be made available for such 

2 activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health pro3 grams; (2) immunization and oral rehydration programs; 

4 (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs 

5 which directly address the needs of mothers and children, 

6 and related education programs; (4) assistance for chil7 dren displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 

8 (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 

9 research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 

10 other infectious diseases, and for assistance to commu11 nities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children 

12 infected or affected by AIDS; and (6) family planning/re13 productive health: Provided further, That none of the 

14 funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made 

15 available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may 

16 be made available for such assistance for ongoing health 

17 activities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

18 under this paragraph, not to exceed $400,000, in addition 

19 to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be 

20 used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, 

21 maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and in22 fectious disease programs: Provided further, That of the 

23 funds appropriated under this paragraph, $75,000,000 

24 should be made available for a United States contribution 

25 to The GAVI Fund, and up to $5,000,000 may be trans-
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1 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title II for 

3 costs directly related to global health, but funds made 

4 available for such costs may not be derived from amounts 

5 made available for contributions under this and preceding 

6 provisos: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

7 available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from 

8 prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any 

9 organization or program which, as determined by the 

10 President of the United States, supports or participates 

11 in the management of a program of coercive abortion or 

12 involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any deter13 mination made under the previous proviso must be made 

14 no later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 

15 Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence and criteria 

16 utilized to make the determination: Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds made available under this Act may be 

18 used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 

19 of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person 

20 to practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in 

21 this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing 

22 statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 

23 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 

24 That none of the funds made available under this Act may 

25 be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, 
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1 That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 

2 nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 

3 planning projects which offer, either directly or through 

4 referral to, or information about access to, a broad range 

5 of family planning methods and services, and that any 

6 such voluntary family planning project shall meet the fol7 lowing requirements: (1) service providers or referral 

8 agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 

9 to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of 

10 births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 

11 of a particular method of family planning (this provision 

12 shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 

13 estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur14 poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen15 tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi16 vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep17 tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 

18 target or quota of total number of births, number of fam19 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 

20 of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 

21 or benefit, including the right of access to participate in 

22 any program of general welfare or the right of access to 

23 health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision 

24 not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 

25 provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor-
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1 mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho2 sen, including those conditions that might render the use 

3 of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 

4 known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 

5 (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep6 tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro7 vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 

8 participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 

9 and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 

10 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter11 national Development determines that there has been a 

12 violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 

13 (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 

14 of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 

15 (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de17 scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 

18 by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants 

19 for natural family planning under section 104 of the For20 eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi21 nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con22 scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan23 ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 

24 with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 

25 further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author-
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1 izing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, 

2 foreign operations, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti3 vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not 

4 be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 

5 local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy 

6 options: Provided further, That information provided 

7 about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities 

8 that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act 

9 shall be medically accurate and shall include the public 

10 health benefits and failure rates of such use. 

11 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

12 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

13 prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 

14 HIV/AIDS, $5,159,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, and which shall be apportioned directly to the De16 partment of State: Provided, That of the funds appro17 priated under this paragraph, not less than $600,000,000 

18 shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law, except for the United States Leadership 

20 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 

21 (Public Law 108–25), as amended, for a United States 

22 contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuber23 culosis and Malaria, and shall be expended at the min24 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 

25 and activities: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of 
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1 the aggregate amount of funds made available to the Glob2 al Fund in fiscal year 2009 may be made available to the 

3 United States Agency for International Development for 

4 technical assistance related to the activities of the Global 

5 Fund: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

6 under this paragraph, up to $14,000,000 may be made 

7 available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 

8 such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office 

9 of the Global AIDS Coordinator. 

10 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

12 of sections 103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255, 

13 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

14 of 1961, $1,800,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds appro16 priated under this heading that are made available for as17 sistance programs for displaced and orphaned children 

18 and victims of war, not to exceed $44,000, in addition to 

19 funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used 

20 to monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Pro21 vided further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act 

22 and prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than 

23 $245,000,000 shall be made available for microenterprise 

24 and microfinance development programs for the poor, es25 pecially women: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
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1 priated under this heading, not less than $22,500,000 

2 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hos3 pitals Abroad program: Provided further, That of the 

4 funds appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 

5 be made available for cooperative development programs 

6 within the Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation: 

7 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by this 

8 Act and prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than 

9 $300,000,000 shall be made available for water and sani10 tation supply projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon 

11 Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), 

12 of which not less than $125,000,000 should be made avail13 able for such projects in Africa: Provided further, That of 

14 the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less 

15 than $375,000,000 shall be made available for agricultural 

16 development programs, of which not less than 

17 $29,000,000 shall be made available for Collaborative Re18 search Support Programs: Provided further, That of the 

19 funds appropriated under this heading, $75,000,000 shall 

20 be made available to enhance global food security, includ21 ing for local or regional purchase and distribution of food, 

22 in addition to funds otherwise made available for such pur23 poses, and notwithstanding any other provision of law: 

24 Provided further, That prior to the obligation of funds pur25 suant to the previous proviso and after consultation with 
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1 other relevant Federal departments and agencies, the 

2 Committees on Appropriations, and relevant nongovern3 mental organizations, the Administrator of the United 

4 States Agency for International Development shall submit 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations a strategy for 

6 achieving the goals of funding for global food security pro7 grams, specifying the intended country beneficiaries, 

8 amounts of funding, types of activities to be funded, and 

9 expected quantifiable results: Provided further, That of the 

10 funds appropriated under this heading for agricultural de11 velopment programs, not less than $7,000,000 shall be 

12 made available for a United States contribution to the en13 dowment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust pursuant to 

14 section 3202 of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, 

15 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

16 less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for pro17 grams to improve women’s leadership capacity in recipient 

18 countries. 

19 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 

22 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon23 struction assistance, $350,000,000, to remain available 

24 until expended. 
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1 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

2 For necessary expenses for international disaster re3 habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec4 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

5 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup6 port transition to democracy and to long-term develop7 ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 

8 may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

9 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in10 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

11 Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter12 national Development shall submit a report to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin14 ning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That 

15 if the President determines that it is important to the na16 tional interests of the United States to provide transition 

17 assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 

18 heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 

19 this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the For20 eign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of 

21 this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds 

22 appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

23 funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 

24 shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 

25 the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro4 vided by the United States Agency for International De5 velopment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the 

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $25,000,000 may 

7 be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act 

8 to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading 

9 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Pro10 vided, That funds provided under this paragraph and 

11 funds provided as a gift pursuant to section 635(d) of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available 

13 only for micro and small enterprise programs, urban pro14 grams, and other programs which further the purposes of 

15 part I of such Act: Provided further, That such costs, in16 cluding the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed 

17 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

19 That funds made available by this paragraph may be used 

20 for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

21 this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall 

22 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

23 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

24 provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provi25 sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 

26 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in sec-
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1 tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com2 mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall 

3 be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 

4 under this heading: Provided further, That these funds are 

5 available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of 

6 which is to be guaranteed, of up to $700,000,000. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

8 credit programs administered by the United States Agency 

9 for International Development, $8,000,000, which may be 

10 transferred to, and merged with, funds made available 

11 under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title II of this 

12 Act: Provided, That funds made available under this head13 ing shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 

14 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

18 1961, $3,007,000,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds appro20 priated under this heading, $200,000,000 shall be avail21 able only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a 

22 grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance 

23 shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will 

24 undertake significant economic and democratic reforms 

25 which are additional to those which were undertaken in 
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1 previous fiscal years: Provided further, That of the funds 

2 appropriated under this heading for assistance for Egypt, 

3 up to $20,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, 

4 human rights and governance programs, and not less than 

5 $35,000,000 shall be made available for education pro6 grams, of which not less than $10,000,000 is for scholar7 ships for Egyptian students with high financial need: Pro8 vided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated 

9 under this heading should be made available for Cyprus 

10 to be used only for scholarships, administrative support 

11 of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and 

12 measures aimed at reunification of the island and designed 

13 to reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation be14 tween the two communities on Cyprus: Provided further, 

15 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

16 less than $263,547,000 shall be made available for assist17 ance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds ap18 propriated under this heading not more than $75,000,000 

19 may be made available for assistance for the West Bank 

20 and Gaza, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used 

21 for administrative expenses of the United States Agency 

22 for International Development (USAID), in addition to 

23 funds otherwise available for such purposes, to carry out 

24 programs in the West Bank and Gaza: Provided further, 

25 That $67,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
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1 heading shall be made available for assistance for Leb2 anon, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 

3 available for educational scholarships for students in Leb4 anon with high financial need: Provided further, That 

5 $200,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 

6 for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 

7 such assistance only after the Secretary of State certifies 

8 to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

9 of Afghanistan at both the national and provincial level 

10 is cooperating fully with United States-funded poppy 

11 eradication and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Pro12 vided further, That the President may waive the previous 

13 proviso if the President determines and reports to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the na15 tional security interests of the United States: Provided fur16 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

17 $200,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to USAID for 

18 alternative development/institution building programs in 

19 Colombia: Provided further, That of the funds appro20 priated under this heading that are available for Colombia, 

21 not less than $3,500,000 shall be transferred to, and 

22 merged with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Mi23 gration and Refugee Assistance’’ and shall be made avail24 able only for assistance to nongovernmental organizations 
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1 that provide emergency relief aid to Colombian refugees 

2 in neighboring countries. 

3 DEMOCRACY FUND

4 (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

6 of democracy globally, $116,000,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2011, of which not less than 

8 $74,000,000 shall be made available for the Human 

9 Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, 

10 Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, and not 

11 less than $37,000,000 shall be made available for the Of12 fice of Democracy and Governance of the Bureau for De13 mocracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 

14 States Agency for International Development. 

15 (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 

16 are made available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

17 Rights and Labor, not less than $17,000,000 shall be 

18 made available for the promotion of democracy in the Peo19 ple’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and not 

20 less than $6,500,000 shall be made available for the pro21 motion of democracy in countries located outside the Mid22 dle East region with a significant Muslim population, and 

23 where such programs and activities would be important 

24 to respond to, deter, or prevent extremism: Provided, That 

25 assistance for Taiwan should be matched from sources 

26 other than the United States Government. 
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1 (c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 

2 are made available to the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, 

3 and Humanitarian Assistance, not less than $19,500,000 

4 shall be made available for the Elections and Political 

5 Process Fund, $7,500,000 shall be made available for 

6 international labor programs, and not less than 

7 $10,000,000 shall be made available to provide institu8 tional and core support for organizations that promote 

9 human rights, independent media and the rule of law. 

10 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

11 available for the promotion of democracy may be made 

12 available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

13 Funds appropriated under this heading are in addition to 

14 funds otherwise made available for such purposes. 

15 (e) For the purposes of funds appropriated by this 

16 Act, the term ‘‘promotion of democracy’’ means programs 

17 that support good governance, human rights, independent 

18 media, and the rule of law, and otherwise strengthen the 

19 capacity of democratic political parties, governments, non20 governmental organizations and institutions, and citizens 

21 to support the development of democratic states, institu22 tions, and practices that are responsive and accountable 

23 to citizens. 

24 (f) Any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement (or 

25 any amendment to any contract, grant, or cooperative 
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1 agreement) in excess of $1,000,000 of funds under this 

2 heading, and in excess of $2,500,000 under other headings 

3 in this Act, for the promotion of democracy, with the ex4 ception of programs and activities of the National Endow5 ment for Democracy, shall be subject to the regular notifi6 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

9 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

10 1961, $15,000,000, which shall be available for the United 

11 States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 

12 and shall be made available in accordance with the provi13 sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 

14 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall 

15 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time16 ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 

17 That funds made available under this heading shall re18 main available until September 30, 2010. 

19 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 

22 Support Act, and the Support for East European Democ23 racy (SEED) Act of 1989, $650,000,000, to remain avail24 able until September 30, 2010, which shall be available, 

25 notwithstanding any other provision of law, for assistance 

26 and for related programs for countries identified in section 
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1 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 3(c) of the 

2 SEED Act: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

3 heading shall be considered to be economic assistance 

4 under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes 

5 of making available the administrative authorities con6 tained in that Act for the use of economic assistance: Pro7 vided further, That notwithstanding any provision of this 

8 or any other Act, funds appropriated in prior years under 

9 the headings ‘‘Independent States of the Former Soviet 

10 Union’’ and similar headings and ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 

11 Europe and the Baltic States’’ and similar headings, and 

12 currencies generated by or converted from such funds, 

13 shall be available for use in any country for which funds 

14 are made available under this heading without regard to 

15 the geographic limitations of the heading under which 

16 such funds were originally appropriated: Provided further, 

17 That funds made available for the Southern Caucasus re18 gion may be used for confidence-building measures and 

19 other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution 

20 of conflicts, including in Nagorno-Karabagh. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

23 ENFORCEMENT

24 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

25 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $875,000,000, to re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 

2 during fiscal year 2009, the Department of State may also 

3 use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive 

5 excess property from an agency of the United States Gov6 ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun7 try or international organization under chapter 8 of part 

8 I of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures 

9 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

10 That the Secretary of State shall provide to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 

13 obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re14 port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 

15 on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 

16 project, or activity: Provided further, That none of the 

17 funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 

18 Afghanistan may be made available for eradication pro19 grams through the aerial spraying of herbicides unless the 

20 Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit21 tees on Appropriations that the President of Afghanistan 

22 has requested assistance for such aerial spraying pro23 grams for counternarcotics or counterterrorism purposes: 

24 Provided further, That in the event the Secretary of State 

25 makes a determination pursuant to the previous proviso, 
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1 the Secretary shall consult with the Committees on Appro2 priations prior to the obligation of funds for such eradi3 cation programs: Provided further, That of the funds ap4 propriated under this heading, $5,000,000 should be made 

5 available to combat piracy of United States copyrighted 

6 materials, consistent with the requirements of section 

7 688(a) and (b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper8 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 

9 (division J of Public Law 110–161): Provided further, 

10 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

11 for assistance for Colombia shall be made available for 

12 budget support or as cash payments: Provided further, 

13 That of the funds appropriated under this heading for ad14 ministrative expenses, ten percent shall be withheld from 

15 obligation until the Secretary of State submits a report 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations detailing all salaries 

17 funded under this heading in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, 

18 and such salaries proposed in fiscal year 2009. 

19 ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG PROGRAMS

20 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

21 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support 

22 counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South 

23 America, $315,000,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2010: Provided, That the Secretary of State, 

25 in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

26 States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
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1 shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations not 

2 later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro4 priated under this heading, a report on the proposed uses 

5 of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country 

6 basis for each proposed program, project, or activity: Pro7 vided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

9 under this heading: Provided further, That assistance pro10 vided with funds appropriated under this heading that is 

11 made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of the For12 eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available sub13 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit14 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds ap15 propriated under this heading that are made available for 

16 assistance for the Bolivian military and police may be 

17 made available for such purposes only if the Secretary of 

18 State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that 

19 the Bolivian military and police are respecting internation20 ally recognized human rights and cooperating fully with 

21 investigations and prosecutions by civilian judicial authori22 ties of military and police personnel who have been 

23 credibly alleged to have violated such rights: Provided fur24 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

25 not more than $16,730,000 may be available for adminis-
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1 trative expenses of the Department of State, and not more 

2 than $8,000,000 of the funds made available for alter3 native development/institution building programs under 

4 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act may 

5 be available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 

6 such purposes, for administrative expenses of USAID. 

7 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

8 RELATED PROGRAMS

9 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter10 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

11 $525,000,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 

12 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti13 terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 

14 Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM 

15 Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

16 or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activi17 ties, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction 

18 of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law, including activities implemented 

20 through nongovernmental and international organizations, 

21 and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

22 for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic 

23 Energy Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribu24 tion to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre25 paratory Commission: Provided, That of this amount not 

26 to exceed $41,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
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1 may be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disar2 mament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat4 ing to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further, 

5 That such funds may also be used for such countries other 

6 than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 

7 and international organizations when it is in the national 

8 security interest of the United States to do so: Provided 

9 further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

10 be made available for IAEA only if the Secretary of State 

11 determines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel 

12 is not being denied its right to participate in the activities 

13 of that Agency: Provided further, That of the funds appro14 priated under this heading, not more than $750,000 may 

15 be made available for public-private partnerships for con16 ventional weapons and mine action by grant, cooperative 

17 agreement or contract: Provided further, That of the funds 

18 made available for demining and related activities, not to 

19 exceed $700,000, in addition to funds otherwise available 

20 for such purposes, may be used for administrative ex21 penses related to the operation and management of the 

22 demining program: Provided further, That funds appro23 priated under this heading that are available for ‘‘Anti24 terrorism Assistance’’ and ‘‘Export Control and Border 
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1 Security’’ shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2010. 

3 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

5 to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized 

6 by law, a contribution to the International Committee of 

7 the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu8 tions to the International Organization for Migration and 

9 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and 

10 other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala11 ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author12 ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as 

13 authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 

14 United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

15 vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 

16 5, United States Code, $931,000,000, to remain available 

17 until expended, of which not less than $30,000,000 shall 

18 be made available for refugees resettling in Israel. 

19 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

20 ASSISTANCE FUND

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 

23 Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), 

24 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 PEACE CORPS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the pur6 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 

7 administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

8 States, $340,000,000 to remain available until September 

9 30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

10 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro11 vided further, That the Director of the Peace Corps may 

12 transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, 

13 as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2515, an amount not to exceed 

14 $4,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur15 suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 

16 amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper17 ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

18 under this heading, not to exceed $4,000 shall be made 

19 available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, 

20 That any decision to open a new domestic office or to 

21 close, or significantly reduce the number of personnel of, 

22 any office, shall be subject to the regular notification pro23 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, $875,000,000 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

6 funds appropriated under this heading, up to $95,000,000 

7 may be available for administrative expenses of the Millen8 nium Challenge Corporation (the Corporation): Provided 

9 further, That up to 10 percent of the funds appropriated 

10 under this heading may be made available to carry out 

11 the purposes of section 616 of the Millennium Challenge 

12 Act of 2003 for candidate countries for fiscal year 2009: 

13 Provided further, That none of the funds available to carry 

14 out section 616 of such Act may be made available until 

15 the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation provides 

16 a report to the Committees on Appropriations listing the 

17 candidate countries that will be receiving assistance under 

18 section 616 of such Act, the level of assistance proposed 

19 for each such country, a description of the proposed pro20 grams, projects and activities, and the implementing agen21 cy or agencies of the United States Government: Provided 

22 further, That section 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Chal23 lenge Act of 2003 shall apply to funds appropriated under 

24 this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

25 under this heading may be made available for a Millen26 nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 
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1 609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such 

2 Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate 

3 subject to the availability of funds and the mutual agree4 ment of the parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire 

5 amount of the United States Government funding antici6 pated for the duration of the Compact: Provided further, 

7 That the Corporation should reimburse the United States 

8 Agency for International Development (USAID) for all ex9 penses incurred by USAID with funds appropriated under 

10 this heading in assisting the Corporation in carrying out 

11 the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 

12 et seq.), including administrative costs for compact devel13 opment, negotiation, and implementation: Provided fur14 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

15 not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for representa16 tion and entertainment allowances, of which not to exceed 

17 $5,000 shall be available for entertainment allowances. 

18 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

20 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

21 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

22 of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

24 this heading, not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for 

25 entertainment and representation allowances. 
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1 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

2 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

3 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

4 of 1980 (Public Law 96–533), $32,500,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds 

6 made available to grantees may be invested pending ex7 penditure for project purposes when authorized by the 

8 Board of Directors of the Foundation: Provided further, 

9 That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 

10 for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not11 withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop12 ment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the 

13 Board of Directors of the Foundation may waive the 

14 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

15 to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by 

16 up to $10,000 if the increase is due solely to foreign cur17 rency fluctuation: Provided further, That the Foundation 

18 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria19 tions after each time such waiver authority is exercised. 

20 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

21 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

24 $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2011, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law. 

3 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 

6 loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 

7 which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 

8 available for programs within the International Affairs 

9 Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc10 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 

11 a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 

12 pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act 

13 of 1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with 

14 least developed countries, as authorized under section 411 

15 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

16 of 1954, as amended, of concessional loans, guarantees 

17 and credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 

18 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

19 Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100– 

20 461), and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans 

21 or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 

22 Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduc23 tion pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law 

24 by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, 

25 $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

26 2011: Provided, That not less than $20,000,000 of the 
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1 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail2 able to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 

3 Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That amounts 

4 paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only to fund 

5 debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by— 

6 (1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 

7 (2) the African Development Fund; 

8 (3) the African Development Bank; and 

9 (4) the Central American Bank for Economic 

10 Integration: 

11 Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC 

12 Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary 

13 of State has credible evidence that the government of such 

14 country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola15 tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili16 tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 

17 and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 

18 adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro19 vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, 

20 the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Com21 mittees on Appropriations concerning which countries and 

22 international financial institutions are expected to benefit 

23 from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust 

24 Fund during the fiscal year: Provided further, That the 

25 Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the 

2 signature of an agreement by the United States to make 

3 payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such 

4 countries and institutions: Provided further, That the Sec5 retary of the Treasury may disburse funds designated for 

6 debt reduction through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the 

7 benefit of countries that— 

8 (1) have committed, for a period of 24 months, 

9 not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter10 national financial institution receiving debt repay11 ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 

12 loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 

13 commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 

14 which are generally referred to as ‘‘enclave’’ loans; 

15 and 

16 (2) have documented and demonstrated their 

17 commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 

18 from international debt repayments to programs to 

19 alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 

20 are additional to or expand upon those previously 

21 available for such purposes: 

22 Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of 

23 section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 

24 Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appro25 priated under this heading: Provided further, That none 
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1 of the funds made available under this heading in this or 

2 any other appropriations Act shall be made available for 

3 Sudan or Burma unless the Secretary of the Treasury de4 termines and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

5 that a democratically elected government has taken office. 

6 TITLE IV 

7 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

8 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

9 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

11 of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

12 $250,200,000: Provided, That of the funds made available 

13 under this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be 

14 made available for a United States contribution to the 

15 Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: 

16 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

17 under this heading shall be obligated or expended except 

18 as provided through the regular notification procedures of 

19 the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

23 $91,000,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain 

24 available until expended and may only be provided through 

25 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

26 Appropriations: Provided, That the civilian personnel for 
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1 whom military education and training may be provided 

2 under this heading may include civilians who are not mem3 bers of a government whose participation would contribute 

4 to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the 

5 military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, 

6 That funds made available under this heading for assist7 ance for Haiti, Guatemala, the Democratic Republic of the 

8 Congo, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, 

9 Libya, and Angola may only be provided through the reg10 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro11 priations and any such notification shall include a detailed 

12 description of proposed activities: Provided further, That 

13 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to ex14 ceed $55,000 shall be available for entertainment allow15 ances. 

16 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

18 President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the 

19 Arms Export Control Act, $4,635,000,000: Provided, 

20 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

21 less than $2,380,000,000 shall be available for grants only 

22 for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made 

23 available for grants only for Egypt, including for border 

24 security programs and activities in the Sinai: Provided fur25 ther, That the funds appropriated by this paragraph for 
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1 Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment 

2 of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that the 

3 Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 

4 purposes, grants made available for Israel by this para5 graph shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, 

6 be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not 

7 less than $670,650,000 shall be available for the procure8 ment in Israel of defense articles and defense services, in9 cluding research and development: Provided further, That 

10 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, 

11 $235,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 

12 Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

13 under this heading, not more than $53,000,000 shall be 

14 available for Colombia, of which $12,500,000 is available 

15 to support maritime interdiction: Provided further, That 

16 funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 

17 Pakistan may be made available only for border security, 

18 counter-terrorism and law enforcement activities directed 

19 against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated terrorist 

20 groups: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

21 available under this heading shall be made available to 

22 support or continue any program initially funded under 

23 the authority of section 1206 of the National Defense Au24 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 

25 163; 119 Stat. 3456) unless the Secretary of State has 
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1 previously justified such program to the Committees on 

2 Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

3 or otherwise made available by this paragraph shall be 

4 nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 

5 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That 

6 funds made available under this paragraph shall be obli7 gated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph 

8 (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, section 1501(a). 

9 None of the funds made available under this heading 

10 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

11 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv12 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

13 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

14 country proposing to make such procurements has first 

15 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

16 specifying the conditions under which such procurements 

17 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun18 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub19 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec20 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the 

21 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail22 able for assistance for Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ban23 gladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

24 Haiti, Guatemala, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic 

25 of the Congo except pursuant to the regular notification 
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1 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

2 further, That funds made available under this heading 

3 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and 

5 related activities, and may include activities implemented 

6 through nongovernmental and international organizations: 

7 Provided further, That only those countries for which as8 sistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Fi9 nancing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional 

10 presentation for security assistance programs may utilize 

11 funds made available under this heading for procurement 

12 of defense articles, defense services or design and con13 struction services that are not sold by the United States 

14 Government under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided 

15 further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

16 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time17 ly payment for defense articles and services: Provided fur18 ther, That not more than $51,420,000 of the funds appro19 priated under this heading may be obligated for necessary 

20 expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehi21 cles for replacement only for use outside of the United 

22 States, for the general costs of administering military as23 sistance and sales, except that this limitation may be ex24 ceeded only through the regular notification procedures of 

25 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
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1 of the funds appropriated under this heading for general 

2 costs of administering military assistance and sales, not 

3 to exceed $4,000 shall be available for entertainment ex4 penses and not to exceed $130,000 shall be available for 

5 representation allowances: Provided further, That not 

6 more than $470,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to 

7 section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may 

8 be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of 

9 Defense during fiscal year 2009 pursuant to section 43(b) 

10 of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this limita11 tion may be exceeded only through the regular notification 

12 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

13 further, That funds appropriated under this heading esti14 mated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2009 

15 shall be transferred to an interest bearing account for 

16 Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York within 

17 30 days of enactment of this Act. 

18 TITLE V 

19 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

20 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

21 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 

24 of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 

25 Participation Act of 1973, $352,500,000: Provided, That 
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1 section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

2 not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democ3 racy Fund. 

4 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

5 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

6 For the United States contribution for the Global En7 vironment Facility, $80,000,000, to the International 

8 Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for 

9 the Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury, to remain available until expended. 

11 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

12 ASSOCIATION

13 For payment to the International Development Asso14 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,115,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended. 

16 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS

17 MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

18 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul19 tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas20 ury, for the United States contribution to the fund, 

21 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

23 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

24 of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian 

25 Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
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1 ment Bank Act, as amended, $105,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

4 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

5 of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 

6 Development Fund, $150,000,000, to remain available 

7 until expended. 

8 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

9 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

10 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

11 of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter12 national Fund for Agricultural Development, 

13 $18,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 TITLE VI 

15 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

16 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

17 INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

20 General Act of 1978, as amended, $2,500,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2010. 

22 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au24 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

25 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora26 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
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1 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi2 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

3 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

4 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor5 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur6 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi7 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 

8 equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than 

9 a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the 

10 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi11 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 

12 Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not14 withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 

15 amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 

16 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2009: Provided 

17 further, That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate 

18 loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to the 

19 Export-Import Bank under this Act should be used for 

20 renewable energy technologies or energy efficient end-use 

21 technologies. 

22 SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

23 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur24 ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 

25 the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not 
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1 to exceed $41,000,000: Provided, That such costs, includ2 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

3 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 

4 Provided further, That such funds shall remain available 

5 until September 30, 2024, for the disbursement of direct 

6 loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obli7 gated in fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012: Pro8 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 

9 Act or any prior Acts appropriating funds for the Depart10 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 

11 for tied-aid credits or grants may be used for any other 

12 purpose except through the regular notification procedures 

13 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

14 That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 

15 available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export16 Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase 

17 or lease of any product by any Eastern European country, 

18 any Baltic State or any agency or national thereof. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

21 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

22 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

23 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 

24 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

25 Board of Directors, not to exceed $81,500,000: Provided, 

26 That the Export-Import Bank may accept, and use, pay-
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1 ment or services provided by transaction participants for 

2 legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 

3 any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar4 antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 

5 further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

6 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 

7 (a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 2009. 

8 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

9 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

10 Bank Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit 

11 Reform Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to 

12 exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 

13 as offsetting collections to this account: Provided, That the 

14 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

15 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col16 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 

17 from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 

18 That of amounts collected in fiscal year 2009 in excess 

19 of obligations, up to $75,000,000, shall become available 

20 on September 1, 2009 and shall remain available until 

21 September 30, 2012. 

22 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

23 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

24 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au25 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
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1 as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and 

2 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

3 in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, 

4 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

5 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

6 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

7 which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 

8 $50,600,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans9 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

10 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 

11 with services provided to specific investors or potential in12 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex14 penses for the purposes of this heading. 

15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

17 $29,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from 

19 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

20 Account: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

21 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

22 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur23 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli24 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

25 during fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011: Provided fur26 ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2009 remain 
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1 available for disbursement through 2017; funds obligated 

2 in fiscal year 2010 remain available for disbursement 

3 through 2018; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2011 re4 main available for disbursement through 2019: Provided 

5 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 

7 to undertake any program authorized by title IV of the 

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, 

9 That funds made available pursuant to the authority of 

10 the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notifi11 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad13 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

14 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex15 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

16 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

17 Account and merged with said account. 

18 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

19 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

22 $50,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2010. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

4 SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 

5 Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 

6 allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 

7 59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author8 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transpor9 tation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 

10 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

11 SEC. 7002. Any Department or Agency to which 

12 funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

13 Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a 

14 quarterly accounting of cumulative balances by program, 

15 project, and activity of the funds received by such Depart16 ment or Agency in this fiscal year or any previous fiscal 

17 year that remain unobligated and unexpended. 

18 CONSULTING SERVICES

19 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

20 under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 

21 procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall 

22 be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 

23 a matter of public record and available for public inspec24 tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, 

25 or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to exist26 ing law. 
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1 EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION

2 SEC. 7004. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this 

3 Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con4 struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 

5 include office space or other accommodations for an em6 ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 

7 of State determines that such department or agency has 

8 not provided to the Department of State the full amount 

9 of funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of 

10 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 

11 Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 

12 of Public Law 106-113 and contained in appendix G of 

13 that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A-453), as amended by section 

14 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 

15 the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

16 2005. 

17 (b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 

18 a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 

19 States may include office space or other accommodations 

20 for members of the United States Marine Corps. 

21 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

22 SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 

23 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per24 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in25 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg26 etary resources available under title I to such department 
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1 or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 

2 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

3 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

4 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

5 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

6 reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 

7 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex8 cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

9 section. 

10 CONSULAR AFFAIRS REFORM

11 SEC. 7006. Not later than 60 days after the enact12 ment of this Act the Secretary of State shall certify and 

13 report to the Committees on Appropriations that the De14 partment of State is implementing recommendations con15 tained in the Office of Inspector General audit ‘‘Review 

16 of Controls and Notification for Access to Passport 

17 Records in the Department of State’s Passport Informa18 tion Electronic Records System (PIERS)’’ (AUD/IP–08– 

19 29), July 2008. 

20 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

21 COUNTRIES

22 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

24 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

25 any assistance or reparations for the governments of 

26 Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 
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1 purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 

2 expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance 

3 and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 

4 MILITARY COUPS

5 SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

7 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

8 any assistance to the government of any country whose 

9 duly elected head of government is deposed by military 

10 coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be resumed 

11 to such government if the President determines and cer12 tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subse13 quent to the termination of assistance a democratically 

14 elected government has taken office: Provided further, 

15 That the provisions of this section shall not apply to as16 sistance to promote democratic elections or public partici17 pation in democratic processes: Provided further, That 

18 funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos 

19 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

20 the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

22 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD23 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—Not to exceed 5 per24 cent of any appropriation made available for the current 

25 fiscal year for the Department of State under title I of 

26 this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
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1 but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 

2 provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

3 any such transfers: Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent 

4 of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal 

5 year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title 

6 I of this Act may be transferred between such appropria7 tions, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise spe8 cifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 per9 cent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any 

10 transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re11 programming of funds under section 7015(a) and (b) of 

12 this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex13 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

14 forth in that section. 

15 (b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 

16 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 

17 for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 

18 2009, for programs under title VI of this Act may be 

19 transferred between such appropriations for use for any 

20 of the purposes, programs, and activities for which the 

21 funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such 

22 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

23 shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such 

24 transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority 
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1 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

2 the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 (c)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN4 CIES.—None of the funds made available under titles II 

5 through V of this Act may be transferred to any depart6 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

7 Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or 

8 transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other ap9 propriation Act. 

10 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to 

11 transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, 

12 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 

13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated 

14 or transferred to agencies of the United States Govern15 ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 

16 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

17 (d) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 

18 funds made available under titles II through V of this Act 

19 may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 

20 they were not appropriated, except for transfers specifi21 cally provided for in this Act, unless the President pro22 vides notification in accordance with the regular notifica23 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

24 (e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 

25 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro-
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1 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

2 the United States Agency for International Development 

3 and another agency of the United States Government 

4 under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As5 sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 

6 shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 

7 General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 

8 of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 

9 audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That funds 

10 transferred under such authority may be made available 

11 for the cost of such audits. 

12 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

13 SEC. 7010. The Secretary of State shall provide the 

14 Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 

15 2009, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 

16 the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For17 eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili18 tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper19 ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a de20 scription of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and 

21 the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose 

22 of the assistance provided by such funds. 

23 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

24 SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 

25 in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 

26 expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
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1 provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

2 for the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, 

3 section 661, section 667, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of 

4 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 

5 of the Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided under 

6 the headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

7 Asia’’ and ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’, shall remain 

8 available for an additional 4 years from the date on which 

9 the availability of such funds would otherwise have ex10 pired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expi11 ration of their respective periods of availability contained 

12 in this Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of this Act, any funds made available for 

14 the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 

15 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allo16 cated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to ad17 dress balance of payments or economic policy reform ob18 jectives, shall remain available until expended. 

19 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

20 SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 

21 under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 

22 furnish assistance to the government of any country which 

23 is in default during a period in excess of one calendar year 

24 in payment to the United States of principal or interest 

25 on any loan made to the government of such country by 

26 the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 
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1 are appropriated under this Act unless the President de2 termines, following consultations with the Committees on 

3 Appropriations, that assistance to such country is in the 

4 national interest of the United States. 

5 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

6 ASSISTANCE

7 SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 

8 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

9 this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 

10 a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov11 erning the terms and conditions under which such assist12 ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 

13 provision stating that assistance provided by the United 

14 States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 

15 the foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall 

16 expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bi17 lateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re18 quirement. 

19 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

20 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as21 sessed during fiscal year 2009 on funds appropriated by 

22 this Act by a foreign government or entity against com23 modities financed under United States assistance pro24 grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 

25 directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontrac26 tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro-
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1 priated for assistance for fiscal year 2010 and allocated 

2 for the central government of such country and for the 

3 West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that the Sec4 retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 

6 reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 

7 (c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 

8 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

9 subsection (b). 

10 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

11 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub12 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to coun13 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

14 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

15 substantial reimbursement of such taxes. 

16 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

17 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

18 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

19 determines— 

20 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

21 assistance or which has an effective arrange22 ment that is providing substantial reimburse23 ment of such taxes; or 

24 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

25 United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
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1 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

2 not subject to taxation. 

3 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

4 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

5 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

6 with regard to any country or entity. 

7 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

8 issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 

9 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist10 ance contained in this section. 

11 (g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 

12 (1) the terms ‘‘taxes’’ and ‘‘taxation’’ refer to 

13 value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 

14 commodities financed with United States assistance 

15 for programs for which funds are appropriated by 

16 this Act; and 

17 (2) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 

18 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern19 ment of the United States and the government of 

20 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

21 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

22 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

23 or an individual agreement between the Government 

24 of the United States and such government that de25 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 
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1 purposes that will be accorded the United States as2 sistance provided under that agreement. 

3 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

4 SEC. 7014. (a) Funds appropriated under titles II 

5 through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 

6 may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 

7 account notwithstanding the designation if compliance 

8 with the designation is made impossible by operation of 

9 any provision of this or any other Act: Provided, That any 

10 such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notifi11 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

12 Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 

13 pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under 

14 the same terms and conditions as originally provided. 

15 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub16 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap17 propriated by this Act and administered by the United 

18 States Agency for International Development that are spe19 cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 

20 this or any other Act shall be extended for an additional 

21 fiscal year if the Administrator of such agency determines 

22 and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropria23 tions that the termination of assistance to a country or 

24 a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely 

25 that such designated funds can be obligated during the 
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1 original period of availability: Provided, That such des2 ignated funds that continue to be available for an addi3 tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 

4 of such designation. 

5 (c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 

6 contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or 

7 authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 

8 any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 

9 Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 

10 minimum funding requirements contained in any other 

11 Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this 

12 Act. 

13 REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

14 SEC. 7015. (a) None of the funds made available in 

15 title I of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts to the 

16 agencies and departments funded by this Act that remain 

17 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, 

18 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

19 United States derived by the collection of fees or of cur20 rency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made avail21 able by transfer, to the agencies and departments funded 

22 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

23 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates new 

24 programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

25 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

26 project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
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1 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) closes 

2 or opens a mission or post; (6) reorganizes or renames 

3 offices; (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or (8) con4 tracts out or privatizes any functions or activities pres5 ently performed by Federal employees; unless the Commit6 tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

7 such reprogramming of funds. 

8 (b) For the purposes of providing the executive 

9 branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 

10 of the funds provided under title I of this Act, or provided 

11 under previous appropriations Acts to the agency or de12 partment funded under title I of this Act that remain 

13 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, 

14 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

15 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

16 to the agency or department funded by title I of this Act, 

17 shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi18 ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 

19 funds in excess of $750,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

20 less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac21 tivities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing 

22 program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 

23 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from 

24 any general savings, including savings from a reduction 

25 in personnel, which would result in a change in existing 
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1 programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 

2 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

3 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

4 (c) For the purposes of providing the executive 

5 branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 

6 of the funds made available under titles II through V in 

7 this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health and Child 

8 Survival’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Or9 ganizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development 

10 Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En11 forcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’, ‘‘Assist12 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Economic 

13 Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Op14 erations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex15 penses’’, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

16 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Mil17 lennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Fi18 nancing Program’’, ‘‘International Military Education and 

19 Training’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee 

20 Assistance’’, shall be available for obligation for activities, 

21 programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, 

22 or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount 

23 justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obliga24 tion under any of these specific headings unless the Com25 mittees on Appropriations are previously notified 15 days 
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1 in advance: Provided, That the President shall not enter 

2 into any commitment of funds appropriated for the pur3 poses of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for 

4 the provision of major defense equipment, other than con5 ventional ammunition, or other major defense items de6 fined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not 

7 previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 

8 of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit9 tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

10 such commitment: Provided further, That this subsection 

11 shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, pro12 gram, or project for which funds are appropriated under 

13 titles II through IV of this Act of less than 10 percent 

14 of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obli15 gation for such activity, program, or project for the cur16 rent fiscal year. 

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

18 transferred by the Department of Defense to the Depart19 ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter20 national Development, and funds made available for pro21 grams authorized by section 1206 of the National Defense 

22 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 

23 163), shall be subject to the regular notification proce24 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, and the agen25 cy receiving the transfer or allocation shall perform peri-
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1 odic program financial audits of the use of such funds and 

2 such funds may be made available for the cost of such 

3 audits. 

4 (e) The requirements of this section or any similar 

5 provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 

6 Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 

7 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria8 tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub9 stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 

10 in case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, 

11 or the appropriate congressional committees, shall be pro12 vided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 

13 3 days after taking the action to which such notification 

14 requirement was applicable, in the context of the cir15 cumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, 

16 That any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver 

17 shall contain an explanation of the emergency cir18 cumstances. 

19 (f) None of the funds appropriated under titles III 

20 through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended for 

21 assistance for Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Do22 minican Republic, Cuba, Iran, Haiti, Libya, Ethiopia, 

23 Nepal, Mexico, or Cambodia and countries listed in section 

24 7045(f)(4) of this Act except as provided through the reg-
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1 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro2 priations. 

3 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

4 SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 

5 Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De7 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 

8 same extent and under the same conditions as other com9 mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro10 vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 

11 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

12 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

13 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

14 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

15 significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 

16 of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 

17 of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 

18 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

19 of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re20 ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 

21 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac22 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

23 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

24 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

25 SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce26 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
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1 priated under titles III through VI of this Act or any pre2 viously enacted Act making appropriations for the Depart3 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

4 which are returned or not made available for organizations 

5 and programs because of the implementation of section 

6 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall re7 main available for obligation until September 30, 2010. 

8 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

9 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

10 SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 

11 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

12 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor13 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

14 coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 

15 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist16 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

17 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

18 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

19 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

20 the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 

21 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 

22 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

23 part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 

24 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

25 None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
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1 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 

2 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

3 the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 

4 such country or organization would violate any of the 

5 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri6 lizations. 

7 ALLOCATIONS

8 SEC. 7019. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the 

9 following accounts shall be made available for programs 

10 and countries in the amounts contained in the respective 

11 tables included in the explanatory statement described in 

12 section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con13 solidated Act): 

14 ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro15 grams’’. 

16 ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’. 

17 ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’. 

18 ‘‘Global Health and Child Survival’’. 

19 ‘‘Development Assistance’’. 

20 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. 

21 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

22 Asia’’. 

23 ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’. 

24 ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

25 and Related Programs’’. 

26 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
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1 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’. 

2 (b) For the purposes of implementing this section and 

3 only with respect to the tables included in the explanatory 

4 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

5 division A of this consolidated Act), the Secretary of State, 

6 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter7 national Development and the Broadcasting Board of Gov8 ernors, as appropriate, may propose deviations to the 

9 amounts referenced in subsection (a), subject to the reg10 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro11 priations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

12 of 1961. 

13 (c) The requirements contained in subsection (a) 

14 shall apply to the table under the headings ‘‘Bilateral Eco15 nomic Assistance’’ and ‘‘General Provisions’’ in such ex16 planatory statement. 

17 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

18 SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter20 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

21 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

22 activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health and Child 

23 Survival’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic 

24 Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 

25 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 
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1 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

2 are substantially of a recreational character, includ3 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

4 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

5 amusement parks. 

6 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERN7 MENTS THAT EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIP8 MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL

9 TERRORISM

10 SEC. 7021. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

11 otherwise made available by titles III through VI of this 

12 Act may be available to any foreign government which pro13 vides lethal military equipment to a country the govern14 ment of which the Secretary of State has determined is 

15 a government that supports international terrorism for 

16 purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act 

17 of 1979. The prohibition under this section with respect 

18 to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after 

19 that government ceases to provide such military equip20 ment. This section applies with respect to lethal military 

21 equipment provided under a contract entered into after 

22 October 1, 1997. 

23 (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any 

24 other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the 
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1 President determines that furnishing such assistance is 

2 important to the national interests of the United States. 

3 (c) Whenever the President makes a determination 

4 pursuant to subsection (b), the President shall submit to 

5 the appropriate congressional committees a report with re6 spect to the furnishing of such assistance. Any such report 

7 shall include a detailed explanation of the assistance to 

8 be provided, including the estimated dollar amount of such 

9 assistance, and an explanation of how the assistance fur10 thers United States national interests. 

11 PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST

12 COUNTRIES

13 SEC. 7022. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral as14 sistance under any heading in titles III through VI of this 

15 Act and funds appropriated under any such heading in 

16 a provision of law enacted prior to the enactment of this 

17 Act, shall not be made available to any country which the 

18 President determines— 

19 (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 

20 individual or group which has committed an act of 

21 international terrorism; or 

22 (2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 

23 (b) The President may waive the application of sub24 section (a) to a country if the President determines that 

25 national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 

26 waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the 
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1 Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 

2 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv4 er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 

5 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

7 SEC. 7023. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

8 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel9 opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith10 standing section 10 of Public Law 91-672, section 15 of 

11 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, sec12 tion 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis13 cal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), and sec14 tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

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

16 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

17 SEC. 7024. For the purpose of titles II through VI 

18 of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de19 fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in20 clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 

21 directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 

22 for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

23 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 

24 project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 

25 country, regional, and central program level funding with26 in each such account; for the development assistance ac-
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1 counts of the United States Agency for International De2 velopment ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be 

3 considered to include central, country, regional, and pro4 gram level funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; 

5 or (2) allocated by the executive branch in accordance with 

6 a report, to be provided to the Committees on Appropria7 tions within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as re8 quired by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

9 of 1961. 

10 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

11 FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

12 SEC. 7025. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

13 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

14 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria15 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

16 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi17 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 

18 Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 

19 Development Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly 

20 report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it 

21 is conducting activities or is proposing to conduct activi22 ties in a country for which assistance is prohibited. 

23 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

24 SEC. 7026. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

25 made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 

26 Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise 
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1 made available to the Export-Import Bank and the Over2 seas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or 

3 expended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 

4 financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro5 duction of any commodity for export by any country other 

6 than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 

7 in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro8 ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 

9 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

10 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: 

11 Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex12 port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc13 tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 

14 United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 

15 States producers of the same, similar, or competing com16 modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 

17 Committees on Appropriations. 

18 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 

19 other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 

20 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 

21 or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro22 duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 

23 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 

24 country of an agricultural commodity for export which 

25 would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
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1 duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 

2 shall not prohibit— 

3 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

4 in developing countries where such activities will not 

5 have a significant impact on the export of agricul6 tural commodities of the United States; or 

7 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

8 benefit American producers. 

9 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

10 United States Executive Directors of the International 

11 Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter12 national Development Association, the International Fi13 nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 

14 Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel15 opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora16 tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro17 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri18 can Development Bank, and the African Development 

19 Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 

20 oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 

21 appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III 

22 through VI of this Act, for the production or extraction 

23 of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus 

24 on world markets and if the assistance will cause substan-
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1 tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, 

2 or competing commodity. 

3 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

4 SEC. 7027. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL

5 CURRENCIES.— 

6 (1) If assistance is furnished to the government 

7 of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

8 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

9 Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the 

10 generation of local currencies of that country, the 

11 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

12 International Development shall— 

13 (A) require that local currencies be depos14 ited in a separate account established by that 

15 government; 

16 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov17 ernment which sets forth— 

18 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

19 to be generated; and 

20 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

21 which the currencies so deposited may be 

22 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

23 (C) establish by agreement with that gov24 ernment the responsibilities of the United 

25 States Agency for International Development 

26 and that government to monitor and account 
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1 for deposits into and disbursements from the 

2 separate account. 

3 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 

4 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur5 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

6 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur7 rencies, shall be used only— 

8 (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 

9 I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), 

10 for such purposes as— 

11 (i) project and sector assistance activi12 ties; or 

13 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

14 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

15 the United States Government. 

16 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 

17 United States Agency for International Development 

18 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 

19 equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 

20 to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 

21 established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 

22 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

23 (a)(2). 

24 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO25 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
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1 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

2 part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered bal3 ances of funds which remain in a separate account 

4 established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be dis5 posed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by 

6 the government of that country and the United 

7 States Government. 

8 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis9 trator of the United States Agency for International 

10 Development shall report on an annual basis as part 

11 of the justification documents submitted to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations on the use of local cur13 rencies for the administrative requirements of the 

14 United States Government as authorized in sub15 section (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 

16 amount of local currency (and United States dollar 

17 equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose 

18 in each applicable country. 

19 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

20 (1) If assistance is made available to the gov21 ernment of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 

22 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As23 sistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or 

24 as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be 

25 required to maintain such funds in a separate ac-
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1 count and not commingle them with any other 

2 funds. 

3 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

4 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

5 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon6 sistent with the nature of this assistance including 

7 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan8 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac9 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re10 port No. 98–1159). 

11 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 

12 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec13 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica14 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

15 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in16 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro17 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis18 cussion of the United States interests that will be 

19 served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, 

20 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

21 be promoted by such assistance). 

22 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

23 funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub24 section (b)(1) only through the notification proce25 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

2 SEC. 7028. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN3 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

4 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 

5 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

6 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

7 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

8 chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 

9 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from 

10 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu11 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 

12 using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 

13 in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 

14 the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria15 tions under the regular notification procedures of those 

16 committees, including a description of the program to be 

17 assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons 

18 for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 

19 nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 

20 existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun21 tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act. 

22 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2009, re23 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

24 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re25 strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
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1 ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none 

2 of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 

3 and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 

4 obligated or expended except as provided through the reg5 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro6 priations. 

7 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 

8 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 

9 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

10 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup11 port international terrorism; or 

12 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 

13 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

14 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

15 country that violates internationally recognized 

16 human rights. 

17 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

18 SEC. 7029. None of the funds appropriated under ti19 tles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex20 pended to provide— 

21 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter22 prise currently located in the United States for the 

23 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

24 outside the United States if such incentive or in25 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
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1 ees of such business enterprise in the United States 

2 because United States production is being replaced 

3 by such enterprise outside the United States; or 

4 (2) assistance for any program, project, or ac5 tivity that contributes to the violation of internation6 ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 

7 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 

8 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

9 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

10 of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 

11 commensurate with the level of development of the 

12 recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 

13 assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

14 micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 

15 agriculture. 

16 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

17 SEC. 7030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 

18 title V of this Act may be made as payment to any inter19 national financial institution while the United States Ex20 ecutive Director to such institution is compensated by the 

21 institution at a rate which, together with whatever com22 pensation such Director receives from the United States, 

23 is in excess of the rate provided for an individual occu24 pying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 

25 under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while 
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1 any alternate United States Director to such institution 

2 is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of 

3 the rate provided for an individual occupying a position 

4 at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

5 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

7 United States Executive Director at each international fi8 nancial institution to oppose any loan, grant, strategy or 

9 policy of these institutions that would require user fees 

10 or service charges on poor people for primary education 

11 or primary healthcare, including prevention, care and 

12 treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and in13 fant, child, and maternal well-being, in connection with the 

14 institutions’ financing programs. 

15 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

16 United States Executive Director at the International 

17 Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United 

18 States to oppose any loan, project, agreement, memo19 randum, instrument, or other program of the Inter20 national Monetary Fund that would not exempt increased 

21 government spending on health care or education from na22 tional budget caps or restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings 

23 or other limits imposed by the International Monetary 

24 Fund in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. 
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1 (d) For purposes of this section ‘‘international finan2 cial institutions’’ are the International Bank for Recon3 struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop4 ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De5 velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri6 can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, 

7 the North American Development Bank, and the Euro8 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

9 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

10 SEC. 7031. In order to enhance the continued partici11 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel12 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern13 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

14 the United States Agency for International Development 

15 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

16 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

17 assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 

18 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

19 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

20 shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 

21 provided to that organization. 

22 AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES

23 SEC. 7032. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC24 TION, OR CANCELLATION.— 

25 (1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL

26 CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
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1 sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 

2 this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 

3 concessional loan or portion thereof made before 

4 January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist5 ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible 

6 country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or 

7 on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re8 duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for 

9 the purpose of facilitating— 

10 (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop11 ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 

12 (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 

13 of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 

14 country uses an additional amount of the local 

15 currency of the eligible country, equal to not 

16 less than 40 percent of the price paid for such 

17 debt by such eligible country, or the difference 

18 between the price paid for such debt and the 

19 face value of such debt, to support activities 

20 that link conservation and sustainable use of 

21 natural resources with local community develop22 ment, and child survival and other child devel23 opment, in a manner consistent with sections 

24 707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

25 of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation 
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1 would not contravene any term or condition of 

2 any prior agreement relating to such loan. 

3 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 

4 any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac5 cordance with this section, establish the terms and 

6 conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, 

7 or canceled pursuant to this section. 

8 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 

9 in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

10 1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 

11 primarily responsible for administering part I of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that 

13 the President has determined to be eligible, and 

14 shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc15 tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec16 tion. Such agency shall make adjustment in its ac17 counts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 

18 (4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub19 section shall be available only to the extent that ap20 propriations for the cost of the modification, as de21 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

22 of 1974, are made in advance. 

23 (b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 

24 sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 

25 or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 
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1 the United States Government account or accounts estab2 lished for the repayment of such loan. 

3 (c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold 

4 pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who 

5 presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the 

6 loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, 

7 debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

8 (d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to 

9 any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation 

10 pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible 

11 country, the President should consult with the country 

12 concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 

13 canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt14 for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

15 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro16 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 

17 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt 

18 Restructuring’’. 

19 SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST

20 SEC. 7033. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 

21 President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 

22 (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 

23 as a result of— 

24 (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 

25 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
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1 (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 

2 the Arms Export Control Act; or 

3 (3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 

4 to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 

5 commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 

6 Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 

7 authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com8 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 

9 1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for 

10 Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89– 

11 808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act 

12 of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501). 

13 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

14 (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

15 may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi16 cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com17 monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 

18 (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

19 may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 

20 extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 

21 Acts. 

22 (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

23 may be exercised only with respect to countries with 

24 heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 

25 the International Development Association, but not 
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1 from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

2 Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 

3 countries. 

4 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub5 section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 

6 whose government— 

7 (1) does not have an excessive level of military 

8 expenditures; 

9 (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 

10 of international terrorism; 

11 (3) is not failing to cooperate on international 

12 narcotics control matters; 

13 (4) (including its military or other security 

14 forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 

15 gross violations of internationally recognized human 

16 rights; and 

17 (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 

18 application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 

19 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 

20 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro21 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 

22 the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

23 ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’. 

24 (e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re25 duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be 
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1 considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of 

2 law limiting assistance to a country. The authority pro3 vided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 

4 section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 

5 section 321 of the International Development and Food 

6 Assistance Act of 1975. 

7 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

8 SEC. 7034. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, 

9 LEBANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED

10 CHILDREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appro11 priated under titles III through VI of this Act that are 

12 made available for assistance for Afghanistan may be 

13 made available notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act 

14 or any similar provision of law and section 660 of the For15 eign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appropriated in 

16 titles III and VI of this Act that are made available for 

17 Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for victims of 

18 war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese, and to as19 sist victims of trafficking in persons and, subject to the 

20 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap21 propriations, to combat such trafficking, may be made 

22 available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

23 (b)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi24 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi25 dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker 

26 of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
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1 tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national 

2 security interests of the United States. 

3 (2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

4 waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no 

5 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

6 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

7 (c) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

8 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro9 priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter10 national Development may provide an exception to the fair 

11 opportunity process for placing task orders under such 

12 contracts when the order is placed with any category of 

13 small or small disadvantaged business. 

14 (d) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.—Section 594(a) of the 

15 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro16 grams Appropriations Act, 2005 (enacted as division D 

17 of Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3038) is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

19 (e) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR20 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

21 this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 

22 Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta23 bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis24 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 
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1 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta2 bility. 

3 (f) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Funds 

4 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

5 chapters 1 and 11 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of 

6 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Support for 

7 East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, shall be 

8 made available for assistance to address inhumane condi9 tions in prisons and other detention facilities administered 

10 by foreign governments that the Secretary of State deter11 mines are making efforts to address, among other things, 

12 prisoners’ health, sanitation, nutrition and other basic 

13 needs: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall des14 ignate a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bu15 reau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to have pri16 mary responsibility for diplomatic efforts related to inter17 national prison conditions. 

18 (g) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Oper19 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro20 priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 

21 (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 

22 (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 

23 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2008, and 2009’’; and 

24 (B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2008’’ 

25 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and 
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1 (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in 

2 subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘2009’’. 

4 (h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 

5 by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

6 Assistance of the United States Agency for International 

7 Development, from this or any other Act, not less than 

8 $10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu9 tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law. 

11 (i) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, of the funds appropriated under 

13 the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Main14 tenance’’, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available 

15 for the Capital Security Cost-Sharing fees of the Library 

16 of Congress. 

17 (j) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND RE18 INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated by 

20 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De21 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro22 grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

23 ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Disaster As24 sistance’’, and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ should be made 

25 available to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and 
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1 reintegrate into civilian society former members of foreign 

2 terrorist organizations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

3 State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

4 prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this sub5 section: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 

6 subsection the term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ 

7 means an organization designated as a terrorist organiza8 tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

9 Act. 

10 (k) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—With re11 spect to the provision of assistance for democracy, human 

12 rights and governance activities, the organizations imple13 menting such assistance and the specific nature of that 

14 assistance shall not be subject to the prior approval by 

15 the government of any foreign country. 

16 (l) PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING ON

17 EASTERN EUROPE AND THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF

18 THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.—Of the funds appropriated 

19 by this Act under the heading, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

20 not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry 

21 out the Program for Research and Training on Eastern 

22 Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

23 Union (title VIII) as authorized by the Soviet-Eastern Eu24 ropean Research and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 

25 4501-4508, as amended). 
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1 (m) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by title III of the Department of State, 

3 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria4 tions Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110–161) under 

5 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are available 

6 for a competitively awarded grant for nuclear security ini7 tiatives relating to North Korea shall be made available 

8 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

9 (n) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Funds appro10 priated by this Act and prior Acts for a Middle East Foun11 dation shall be subject to the regular notification proce12 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

13 (o) GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY.—Notwithstanding any 

14 other provision of law, to include minimum funding re15 quirements or funding directives, funds made available 

16 under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Eco17 nomic Support Fund’’ in this Act and prior Acts making 

18 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper19 ations, and related programs may be made available to 

20 address critical food shortages, subject to prior consulta21 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

22 Committees on Appropriations. 

23 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

24 SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
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1 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

2 secondary boycott of American firms that have com3 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

4 in the region and to United States investment and 

5 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

6 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret7 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

8 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

9 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

10 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re11 lations with their neighbor Israel; 

12 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

13 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

14 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

15 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

16 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

17 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

18 weapons to said country; and 

19 (5) the President should report to Congress an20 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

21 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

22 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi23 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ24 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

25 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi-
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1 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal2 izing businesses that do comply. 

3 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

4 SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

5 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

6 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

7 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

8 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

9 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

10 state— 

11 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

12 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

13 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

14 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

15 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

16 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

17 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

18 security organizations; and 

19 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

20 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

21 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef22 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

23 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

24 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
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1 context of full and normal relationships, which 

2 should include— 

3 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

4 belligerency; 

5 (B) respect for and acknowledgement of 

6 the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and polit7 ical independence of every state in the area 

8 through measures including the establishment 

9 of demilitarized zones; 

10 (C) their right to live in peace within se11 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

12 threats or acts of force; 

13 (D) freedom of navigation through inter14 national waterways in the area; and 

15 (E) a framework for achieving a just set16 tlement of the refugee problem. 

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 

19 assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 

20 respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 

21 other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac22 countable governance. 

23 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

24 (a) if he determines that it is important to the national 

25 security interests of the United States to do so. 
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1 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

2 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

3 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

4 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 

5 of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 

6 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance to the Pales7 tinian Authority’’). 

8 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

9 AUTHORITY

10 SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti11 tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex12 pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 

13 of any department or agency of the United States Govern14 ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 

15 Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 

16 Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 

17 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin18 ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 

19 the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con20 sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet21 ings between officers and employees of the United States 

22 and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 

23 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel24 PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con25 ducting official United States Government business with 

26 such authority should continue to take place in locations 
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1 other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, offi2 cers and employees of the United States Government may 

3 continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Pal4 estinians (including those who now occupy positions in the 

5 Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have inci6 dental discussions. 

7 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

8 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

9 SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

11 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

12 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

13 Corporation. 

14 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

15 SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2009, 

16 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi17 lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 

18 State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

19 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp20 troller General of the United States will have access to 

21 appropriate United States financial information in order 

22 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro23 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

24 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

25 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap26 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
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1 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

2 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

3 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

4 any individual, private or government entity, or edu5 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

6 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

7 engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 

8 entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 

9 principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov10 erning board of trustees any individual that has been de11 termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 

12 or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter13 rorist organization. The Secretary of State shall, as appro14 priate, establish procedures specifying the steps to be 

15 taken in carrying out this subsection and shall terminate 

16 assistance to any individual, entity, or educational institu17 tion which she has determined to be involved in or advo18 cating terrorist activity. 

19 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

20 (1) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

21 III through VI of this Act for assistance under the 

22 West Bank and Gaza Program may be made avail23 able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon24 oring individuals who commit, or have committed 

25 acts of terrorism. 
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1 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 none of the funds made available by this or prior ap3 propriations act, including funds made available by 

4 transfer, may be made available for obligation for se5 curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 

6 the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 

8 established for security assistance for the West 

9 Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Pales10 tinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

11 (d) AUDITS.— 

12 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

13 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

14 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

15 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

16 sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro17 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

18 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

19 section. 

20 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

21 $500,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspector 

22 General of the United States Agency for Inter23 national Development for audits, inspections, and 

24 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
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1 this subsection. Such funds are in addition to funds 

2 otherwise available for such purposes. 

3 (e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub4 section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 

5 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat6 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

7 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro8 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2009 

9 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The audit 

10 shall address— 

11 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

12 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), 

13 and 

14 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

15 and activities carried out under such Program, in16 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

17 (f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank 

18 and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification proce19 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

21 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations updating the report con23 tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 

24 Law 109-13. 
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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

2 AUTHORITY

3 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

4 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi5 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

6 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

7 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

8 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

9 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

10 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi11 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

12 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

13 to the national security interests of the United States. 

14 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

15 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

16 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

17 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

18 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu19 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub20 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail21 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

22 the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 

23 place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed. The 

24 report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian Authority 
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1 has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and dis2 mantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

3 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

4 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

5 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap6 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal7 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac8 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi9 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

10 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au11 thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen12 sive civil service roster and payroll. 

13 (f) PROHIBITION.— 

14 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

15 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

16 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

17 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

18 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

19 Hamas or any power-sharing government of which 

20 Hamas is a member unless the President certifies in 

21 writing and reports to the Committees on Appropria22 tions that Hamas has accepted and is complying 

23 with the principles contained in section 

24 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance 

25 Act of 1961, as amended. 
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1 (2) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

2 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as3 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

4 BROADCASTING TRANSPARENCY

5 SEC. 7041. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper7 ations’’ for Middle East Broadcasting Networks, 10 per8 cent of the funds shall not be available for obligation until 

9 the Broadcasting Board of Governors reports to the Com10 mittee on Appropriations on— 

11 (1) The results of the independent outside eval12 uation of Alhurra programming to examine its jour13 nalistic integrity and adherence to standards and 

14 principles of the United States International Broad15 casting Act; and 

16 (2) Whether the directives in the explanatory 

17 statement accompanying the Department of State, 

18 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro19 priations Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110– 

20 161) regarding Alhurra have been implemented and 

21 are operational. 

22 (b) The Office of the Inspector General of the De23 partment of State and the Broadcasting Board of Gov24 ernors shall monitor adherence to the standards of the 

25 Journalistic Code of Ethics of the Middle East Broad26 casting Networks, as updated in May 2007. 
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1 IRAQ

2 SEC. 7042. (a) ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds ap3 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may 

4 be made available for assistance for Iraq, except funds ap5 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Nonprolifera6 tion, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ 

7 for the removal and disposal of landmines and other 

8 unexploded ordnance, small arms and light weapons in 

9 Iraq. 

10 (b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The terms and con11 ditions of section 1402(e)(1), (2), (3) and (4) of Public 

12 Law 110–252 shall apply to assistance for Iraq in fiscal 

13 year 2009. 

14 (c) TRANSITION PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in con16 sultation with relevant United States Government agen17 cies, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 

18 report, in classified form if necessary, that details the 

19 plans, costs and timelines associated with the transition 

20 of programs and activities funded under titles III through 

21 VI of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

22 the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

23 programs to the Government of Iraq. 

24 (d) BASE RIGHTS.—None of the funds made avail25 able in this Act may be used by the Government of the 
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1 United States to enter into a permanent basing rights 

2 agreement between the United States and Iraq. 

3 REPORT ON IRAN SANCTIONS

4 SEC. 7043. Not later than 180 days after enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of mul7 tilateral and bilateral United States sanctions against Iran 

8 and actions taken by the United States and the inter9 national community to enforce sanctions against Iran. The 

10 report, which may be submitted in classified form if nec11 essary, shall include the following: 

12 (1) A list of all current United States bilateral 

13 and multilateral sanctions against Iran; 

14 (2) A list of all United States and foreign reg15 istered entities which the Secretary of State has rea16 son to believe may be in violation of existing United 

17 States bilateral and multilateral sanctions; 

18 (3) A detailed description of United States ef19 forts to enforce sanctions, including a list of all in20 vestigations initiated in the 12 months preceeding 

21 the enactment of this Act that have resulted in a de22 termination that a sanctions violation has occurred 

23 and United States government actions taken pursu24 ant to the determination; 
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1 (4) In the instances when sanctions were 

2 waived or otherwise not imposed against entities 

3 that were determined to have violated United States 

4 bilateral or multilateral sanctions, the reason in each 

5 instance of why action was not taken to sanction the 

6 entity; and 

7 (5) A description of United States diplomatic 

8 efforts to expand bilateral and multilateral sanctions 

9 against Iran and strengthen international efforts to 

10 enforce existing sanctions. 

11 LEBANON

12 SEC. 7044. (a) Funds appropriated under the head13 ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in this Act for 

14 assistance for Lebanon shall be made available only to pro15 fessionalize the Lebanese Armed Forces and to strengthen 

16 border security and combat terrorism, including training 

17 and equipping the Lebanese Armed Forces to secure Leb18 anon’s borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing 

19 the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups 

20 and implementing United Nations Security Council Reso21 lution 1701. 

22 (b) None of the funds in subsection (a) may be made 

23 available for obligation until after the Secretary of State 

24 provides the Committees on Appropriations a detailed 

25 spending plan, which shall include a strategy for profes-
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1 sionalizing the Lebanese Armed Forces, strengthening 

2 border security and combating terrorism in Lebanon. 

3 WESTERN HEMISPHERE

4 SEC. 7045. (a) FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS.—Of the 

5 funds appropriated by this Act not less than $10,000,000 

6 from ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and not less than 

7 $10,000,000 from ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be 

8 made available for labor and environmental capacity build9 ing activities relating to the free trade agreements with 

10 countries of Central America, Peru and the Dominican 

11 Republic. 

12 (b) HAITI.— 

13 (1) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to 

14 purchase defense articles and services under the 

15 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), 

16 for the Coast Guard. 

17 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

18 titles III and IV, not less than $251,126,000 shall 

19 be made available for assistance for Haiti. 

20 (3) None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Con22 trol and Law Enforcement’’ may be used to transfer 

23 excess weapons, ammunition or other lethal property 

24 of an agency of the United States Government to 

25 the Government of Haiti for use by the Haitian Na26 tional Police until the Secretary of State reports to 
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1 the Committees on Appropriations that any mem2 bers of the Haitian National Police who have been 

3 credibly alleged to have committed serious crimes, 

4 including drug trafficking and violations of inter5 nationally recognized human rights, have been sus6 pended. 

7 (c) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds appro8 priated by this Act that are available for assistance for 

9 the Dominican Republic, not less than $5,000,000 shall 

10 be made available for basic health care, nutrition, sanita11 tion, education, and shelter for migrant workers and other 

12 residents of batey communities. 

13 (d) ASSISTANCE FOR GUATEMALA.— 

14 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

15 heading ‘‘International Military Education and 

16 Training’’ (IMET) that are available for assistance 

17 for Guatemala, other than for expanded IMET, may 

18 be made available only for the Guatemalan Air 

19 Force, Navy and Army Corps of Engineers: Pro20 vided, That assistance for the Army Corps of Engi21 neers shall only be available for training to improve 

22 disaster response capabilities and to participate in 

23 international peacekeeping operations: Provided fur24 ther, That such funds may be made available only if 

25 the Secretary of State certifies that the Air Force, 
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1 Navy and Army Corps of Engineers are respecting 

2 internationally recognized human rights and cooper3 ating with civilian judicial investigations and pros4 ecutions of current and retired military personnel 

5 who have been credibly alleged to have committed 

6 violations of such rights, and with the International 

7 Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala 

8 (CICIG) by granting access to CICIG personnel, 

9 providing evidence to CICIG, and allowing witness 

10 testimony. 

11 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

12 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 

13 not more than $500,000 may be made available for 

14 the Guatemalan Air Force, Navy and Army Corps of 

15 Engineers: Provided, That assistance for the Army 

16 Corps of Engineers shall only be available for train17 ing to improve disaster response capabilities and to 

18 participate in international peacekeeping operations: 

19 Provided further, That such funds may be made 

20 available only if the Secretary of State certifies that 

21 the Air Force, Navy and Army Corps of Engineers 

22 are respecting internationally recognized human 

23 rights and cooperating with civilian judicial inves24 tigations and prosecutions of current and retired 

25 military personnel who have been credibly alleged to 
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1 have committed violations of such rights, including 

2 protecting and providing to the Attorney General’s 

3 office all military archives pertaining to the internal 

4 armed conflict, and cooperating with the CICIG by 

5 granting access to CICIG personnel, providing evi6 dence to CICIG, and allowing witness testimony. 

7 (e) ASSISTANCE FOR MEXICO.—Of the funds appro8 priated under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Con9 trol and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

10 Program’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act, not 

11 more than $300,000,000 may be made available for assist12 ance for Mexico, only to combat drug trafficking and re13 lated violence and organized crime, and for judicial re14 form, institution building, anti-corruption, and rule of law 

15 activities, of which not less than $75,000,000 shall be used 

16 for judicial reform, institution building, anti-corruption, 

17 and rule of law activities: Provided, That none of the funds 

18 made available under this section shall be made available 

19 for budget support or as cash payments. 

20 (1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Fifteen percent 

21 of the funds made available under this section in 

22 this Act, for assistance for Mexico, not including as23 sistance for judicial reform, institution building, 

24 anti-corruption, and rule of law activities, may not 

25 be obligated until the Secretary of State reports in 
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1 writing to the Committees on Appropriations that 

2 the Government of Mexico is continuing to— 

3 (A) improve the transparency and account4 ability of Federal police forces and to work with 

5 State and municipal authorities to improve the 

6 transparency and accountability of State and 

7 municipal police forces through mechanisms in8 cluding police complaints commissions with au9 thority and independence to receive complaints 

10 and carry out effective investigations; 

11 (B) conduct regular consultations with 

12 Mexican human rights organizations and other 

13 relevant Mexican civil society organizations on 

14 recommendations for the implementation of the 

15 Merida Initiative in accordance with Mexican 

16 and international law; 

17 (C) ensure that civilian prosecutors and ju18 dicial authorities are investigating and pros19 ecuting, in accordance with Mexican and inter20 national law, members of the Federal police and 

21 military forces who have been credibly alleged 

22 to have violated internationally recognized 

23 human rights, and the Federal police and mili24 tary forces are fully cooperating with the inves25 tigations; and 
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1 (D) enforce the prohibition, in accordance 

2 with Mexican and international law, on the use 

3 of testimony obtained through torture or other 

4 ill-treatment. 

5 (2) REPORT.—The report required in para6 graph (1) shall include a description of actions taken 

7 with respect to each requirement. 

8 (3) SPENDING PLAN.—Not later than 45 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations a detailed spending plan, developed 

12 after consulting with relevant Mexican Government 

13 authorities, for funds made available for Mexico 

14 under this section, with concrete goals, programs 

15 and activities to be funded, and anticipated results. 

16 (4) ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES.—Prior to the 

17 obligation of funds for the procurement or lease of 

18 aircraft, the Director of the Defense Security Co19 operation Agency, in consultation with the Secretary 

20 of State, shall submit to the Committees on Appro21 priations an Analysis of Alternatives for the acquisi22 tion of all aircraft for the Merida Initiative. 

23 (f) ASSISTANCE FOR THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL

24 AMERICA.—Of the funds appropriated under the headings 

25 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
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1 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, and ‘‘Economic 

2 Support Fund’’, $105,000,000 may be made available for 

3 assistance for the countries of Central America only to 

4 combat drug trafficking and related violence and orga5 nized crime, and for judicial reform, institution building, 

6 anti-corruption, rule of law activities, and maritime secu7 rity, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 

8 available for judicial reform, institution building, anti-cor9 ruption, and rule of law activities: Provided, That of the 

10 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

11 Fund’’, $12,000,000 shall be made available through the 

12 United States Agency for International Development for 

13 an Economic and Social Development Fund for Central 

14 America: Provided further, That none of the funds shall 

15 be made available for budget support or as cash payments. 

16 (1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Fifteen percent 

17 of the funds made available by this Act for assist18 ance for the countries of Central America under the 

19 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

20 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro21 gram’’ may not be obligated until the Secretary of 

22 State reports in writing to the Committees on Ap23 propriations that the government of such country is 

24 continuing to— 
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1 (A) support police complaints commissions 

2 with authority and independence to receive com3 plaints and carry out effective investigations; 

4 (B) implement reforms to improve the ca5 pacity and ensure the independence of the judi6 ciary; and 

7 (C) investigate and prosecute members of 

8 the Federal police and military forces who have 

9 been credibly alleged to have committed viola10 tions of internationally recognized human 

11 rights. 

12 (2) REPORT.—The report required in para13 graph (1) shall include a description of actions taken 

14 with respect to each requirement. 

15 (3) SPENDING PLAN.—Not later than 45 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec17 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

18 Appropriations a detailed spending plan for funds 

19 appropriated or otherwise made available for the 

20 countries of Central America by this Act, with con21 crete goals, actions to be taken, budget proposals, 

22 and anticipated results. 

23 (4) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this sec24 tion, the term ‘‘countries of Central America’’ means 
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1 Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hon2 duras, Nicaragua, and Panama. 

3 (g) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 

4 To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper5 ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 

6 by this Act should be borne by the recipient country. 

7 COLOMBIA

8 SEC. 7046. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro9 priated in titles III and IV of this Act, not more than 

10 $545,050,000 shall be available for assistance for Colom11 bia. 

12 Funds appropriated by this Act and made available 

13 to the Department of State for assistance to the Govern14 ment of Colombia may be used to support a unified cam15 paign against narcotics trafficking and organizations des16 ignated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and successor 

17 organizations, and to take actions to protect human health 

18 and welfare in emergency circumstances, including under19 taking rescue operations: Provided, That assistance made 

20 available in prior Acts for the Government of Colombia 

21 to protect the Cano-Limon pipeline may also be used for 

22 purposes for which funds are made available under the 

23 heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’: Provided fur24 ther, That no United States Armed Forces personnel or 

25 United States civilian contractor employed by the United 
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1 States will participate in any combat operation in connec2 tion with assistance made available by this Act for Colom3 bia: Provided further, That rotary and fixed wing aircraft 

4 supported with funds appropriated under the heading 

5 ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ for assistance for Co6 lombia may be used for aerial or manual drug eradication 

7 and interdiction including to transport personnel and sup8 plies and to provide security for such operations, and to 

9 provide transport in support of alternative development 

10 programs and investigations of cases under the jurisdic11 tion of the Attorney General, the Procuraduria General 

12 de la Nacion, and the Defensoria del Pueblo: Provided fur13 ther, That the President shall ensure that if any helicopter 

14 procured with funds in this Act or prior Acts making ap15 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper16 ations, and related programs, is used to aid or abet the 

17 operations of any illegal self-defense group, paramilitary 

18 organization, illegal security cooperative or successor orga19 nizations in Colombia, such helicopter shall be imme20 diately returned to the United States. 

21 Of the funds available under the heading ‘‘Andean 

22 Counterdrug Programs’’ in this Act for the Colombian na23 tional police for the procurement of chemicals for aerial 

24 coca and poppy eradication programs, not more than 20 

25 percent of such funds may be made available for such 
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1 eradication programs unless the Secretary of State cer2 tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) the 

3 herbicide is being used in accordance with EPA label re4 quirements for comparable use in the United States and 

5 with Colombian laws; and (2) the herbicide, in the manner 

6 it is being used, does not pose unreasonable risks or ad7 verse effects to humans or the environment, including en8 demic species: Provided, That such funds may not be made 

9 available unless the Secretary of State certifies to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations that complaints of harm to 

11 health or licit crops caused by such aerial eradication are 

12 thoroughly evaluated and fair compensation is being paid 

13 in a timely manner for meritorious claims: Provided fur14 ther, That such funds may not be made available for such 

15 purposes unless programs are being implemented by the 

16 United States Agency for International Development, the 

17 Government of Colombia, or other organizations, in con18 sultation and coordination with local communities, to pro19 vide alternative sources of income in areas where security 

20 permits for small-acreage growers and communities whose 

21 illicit crops are targeted for aerial eradication: Provided 

22 further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 for assistance for Colombia shall be made available for the 

24 cultivation or processing of African oil palm, if doing so 

25 would contribute to significant loss of native species, dis-
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1 rupt or contaminate natural water sources, reduce local 

2 food security, or cause the forced displacement of local 

3 people: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this 

4 Act may be used for aerial eradication in Colombia’s na5 tional parks or reserves only if the Secretary of State cer6 tifies to the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by7 case basis that there are no effective alternatives and the 

8 eradication is conducted in accordance with Colombian 

9 laws. 

10 (b) ASSISTANCE FOR THE ARMED FORCES.— 

11 (1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

12 that are available for assistance for the Colombian 

13 Armed Forces, may be made available as follows: 

14 (A) Up to 70 percent of such funds may 

15 be obligated prior to the certification and report 

16 by the Secretary of State pursuant to subpara17 graph (B). 

18 (B) Up to 15 percent of such funds may 

19 be obligated only after the Secretary of State 

20 consults with, and subsequently certifies and 

21 submits a written report to, the Committees on 

22 Appropriations that— 

23 (i) The Government of Colombia is 

24 suspending, and investigating and pros25 ecuting in the civilian justice system, those 
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1 members of the Colombian Armed Forces, 

2 of whatever rank, who have been credibly 

3 alleged to have committed violations of 

4 internationally recognized human rights, 

5 including extra-judicial killings, or to have 

6 aided, abetted or benefitted from para7 military organizations or successor armed 

8 groups, and the Colombian Armed Forces 

9 are cooperating fully with civilian prosecu10 tors and judicial authorities in such cases. 

11 (ii) The Government of Colombia has 

12 taken all necessary steps to sever links 

13 with paramilitary organizations or suc14 cessor armed groups. 

15 (iii) The Government of Colombia is 

16 dismantling paramilitary networks, includ17 ing by arresting and prosecuting under ci18 vilian criminal law individuals who have 

19 provided financial, planning, or logistical 

20 support, or have otherwise aided, abetted 

21 or benefitted from paramilitary organiza22 tions or successor armed groups, and by 

23 returning land and other assets illegally 

24 acquired by such organizations or their as-
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1 sociates to their rightful occupants or own2 ers. 

3 (iv) The Government of Colombia is 

4 respecting the rights of Colombia’s indige5 nous and Afro-Colombian communities, 

6 and the Colombian Armed Forces are im7 plementing procedures to distinguish be8 tween civilians, including displaced per9 sons, and combatants in their operations. 

10 (2) The balance of such funds may be obligated 

11 after July 31, 2009, if, prior to such obligation, the 

12 Secretary of State consults with, and submits a writ13 ten certification to, the Committees on Appropria14 tions that the Government of Colombia is continuing 

15 to meet the requirements described in paragraph (1) 

16 and is conducting vigorous operations to strengthen 

17 civilian institutions and respect for internationally 

18 recognized human rights in areas under the influ19 ence of paramilitary organizations or successor 

20 armed groups and guerrilla organizations. 

21 (3) CERTAIN FUNDS EXEMPTED.—The require22 ment to withhold funds from obligation shall not 

23 apply with respect to funds made available under the 

24 heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ in this 

25 Act for continued support for the Critical Flight 
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1 Safety Program or for any alternative development 

2 programs in Colombia administered by the Bureau 

3 of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af4 fairs of the Department of State. 

5 (4) REPORT.—At the time the Secretary of 

6 State submits certifications pursuant to paragraphs 

7 (1)(B) and (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall 

8 also submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 

9 report that contains, with respect to each such para10 graph, a detailed description of the specific actions 

11 taken by the Government and Armed Forces of Co12 lombia which support each requirement of the cer13 tification, and the cases or issues brought to the at14 tention of the Secretary, including through the De15 partment of State’s annual Country Reports on 

16 Human Rights Practices, for which the actions 

17 taken by the Colombian Government or Armed 

18 Forces have been determined by the Secretary of 

19 State to be inadequate. 

20 (c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 

21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 

22 180 days thereafter until September 30, 2009, the Sec23 retary of State shall consult with Colombian and inter24 nationally recognized human rights organizations regard-
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1 ing progress in meeting the requirements contained in 

2 subsection (b)(1). 

3 (d) ASSISTANCE FOR REINTEGRATION OF FORMER

4 COMBATANTS.— 

5 (1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 

6 appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco7 nomic Support Fund’’, up to $16,769,000 may be 

8 made available in fiscal year 2009 for assistance for 

9 the reintegration of former members of foreign ter10 rorist organizations (FTOs) or other illegal armed 

11 groups in Colombia, if the Secretary of State 

12 consults with and makes a certification described in 

13 paragraph (2) to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 prior to the initial obligation of amounts for such as15 sistance for the fiscal year involved. 

16 (2) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described 

17 in this subsection is a certification that— 

18 (A) assistance for the fiscal year will be 

19 provided only for individuals who have: (i) 

20 verifiably renounced and terminated any affili21 ation or involvement with FTOs or other illegal 

22 armed groups; (ii) are meeting all the require23 ments of the Colombia demobilization program, 

24 including having disclosed their involvement in 

25 past crimes and their knowledge of the FTO’s 
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1 structure, financing sources, illegal assets, and 

2 the location of kidnapping victims and bodies of 

3 the disappeared; and (iii) are not involved in 

4 criminal activity; 

5 (B) the Government of Colombia is pro6 viding full cooperation to the Government of the 

7 United States to prosecute the extradited lead8 ers and members of FTOs who have been in9 dicted in the United States for murder, torture, 

10 kidnapping, narcotics trafficking, or other viola11 tions of United States law; 

12 (C) the Government of Colombia is not 

13 knowingly taking any steps to legalize the titles 

14 of land or other assets illegally obtained and 

15 held by FTOs, their associates, or successors, 

16 has established effective procedures to identify 

17 such land and other assets, and is seizing and 

18 returning such land and other assets to their 

19 rightful occupants or owners; 

20 (D) the Government of Colombia is dis21 mantling the organizational structures of FTOs 

22 and successor armed groups; and 

23 (E) funds shall not be made available as 

24 cash payments to individuals and are available 

25 only for activities under the following cat-
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1 egories: verification, reintegration (including 

2 training and education), vetting, recovery of as3 sets for reparations for victims, and investiga4 tions and prosecutions. 

5 (e) ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.— 

6 (1) DENIAL OF VISAS.—Subject to paragraph 

7 (2), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa to 

8 any alien who the Secretary determines, based on 

9 credible evidence— 

10 (A) has willfully provided any support to 

11 or benefitted from the Revolutionary Armed 

12 Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Lib13 eration Army (ELN), the United Self-Defense 

14 Forces of Colombia (AUC), or successor armed 

15 groups, including taking actions or failing to 

16 take actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise 

17 foster the activities of such groups; or 

18 (B) has committed, ordered, incited, as19 sisted, or otherwise participated in the commis20 sion of a violation of internationally recognized 

21 human rights, including extra-judicial killings, 

22 in Colombia. 

23 (2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply if 

24 the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 

25 Appropriations, on a case-by-case basis, that the 
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1 issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to sup2 port the peace process in Colombia or for urgent hu3 manitarian reasons. 

4 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 

6 abetted’’ means to provide any support to para7 military or successor armed groups, including taking 

8 actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster 

9 the activities of such groups. 

10 (2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para11 military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 

12 and illegal security cooperatives, including those 

13 groups and cooperatives that have formerly demobi14 lized but continue illegal operations, as well as parts 

15 thereof. 

16 (3) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

17 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or18 ganization designated as a terrorist organization 

19 under section 219 of the Immigration and Nation20 ality Act. 

21 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

22 SEC. 7047. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

23 by titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions 

24 of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II 

25 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, not26 withstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effec-
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1 tiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 

2 through training and technical assistance in human rights, 

3 the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and 

4 through assistance to foster civilian police roles that sup5 port democratic governance including assistance for pro6 grams to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address 

7 gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations 

8 with the communities they serve. 

9 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub10 section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

11 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

12 Appropriations. 

13 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

14 MEMBERS

15 SEC. 7048. None of the funds appropriated or made 

16 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 

17 carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 

18 used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear19 ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, 

20 from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 

21 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 

22 costs for participation of another country’s delegation at 

23 international conferences held under the auspices of multi24 lateral or international organizations. 
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1 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

2 SEC. 7049. If the President determines that doing so 

3 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

4 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

5 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec6 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

7 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

8 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

9 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

10 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

11 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola12 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

13 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina14 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de15 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro16 vided further, That funds made available for tribunals 

17 other than the International Criminal Tribunal for the 

18 former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal 

19 for Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall 

20 be made available subject to the regular notification proce21 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS

23 SEC. 7050. None of the funds made available under 

24 title I of this Act may be used for any United Nations 

25 undertaking when it is made known to the Federal official 

26 having authority to obligate or expend such funds that: 
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1 (1) the United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mis2 sion; (2) such undertaking will involve United States 

3 Armed Forces under the command or operational control 

4 of a foreign national; and (3) the President’s military advi5 sors have not submitted to the President a recommenda6 tion that such involvement is in the national interests of 

7 the United States and the President has not submitted 

8 to the Congress such a recommendation. 

9 PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENT

10 SEC. 7051. Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Re11 lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, 

12 (22 U.S.C. 287e note) is amended by deleting subsection 

13 (v) and inserting in lieu thereof: 

14 ‘‘(v) For assessments made during each of the cal15 endar years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, 27.1 per16 cent.’’. 

17 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

18 SEC. 7052. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

19 this Act may be made available for a United States con20 tribution to the United Nations Human Rights Council. 

21 (b) The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not 

22 apply if— 

23 (1) the Secretary of State certifies to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations that the provision of 

25 funds to support the United Nations Human Rights 
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1 Council is in the national interest of the United 

2 States; or 

3 (2) the United States is a member of the 

4 Human Rights Council. 

5 ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

6 SEC. 7053. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend8 ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart9 ments of the United States Government who are stationed 

10 in the United States, at any single international con11 ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

12 Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro13 priations that such attendance is in the national interest: 

14 Provided, That for purposes of this section the term 

15 ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference at16 tended by representatives of the United States Govern17 ment and of foreign governments, international organiza18 tions, or nongovernmental organizations. 

19 RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS

20 SEC. 7054. None of the funds made available under 

21 title I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 

22 United States delegation to any specialized agency, body, 

23 or commission of the United Nations if such commission 

24 is chaired or presided over by a country, the government 

25 of which the Secretary of State has determined, for pur26 poses of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act 
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1 of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), supports inter2 national terrorism. 

3 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

4 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

5 SEC. 7055. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 

6 appropriated under titles III through VI by this Act that 

7 are made available for assistance for a foreign country, 

8 an amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of 

9 the unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties 

10 and unpaid property taxes owed by the central government 

11 of such country shall be withheld from obligation for as12 sistance for the central government of such country until 

13 the Secretary of State submits a certification to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations stating that such parking fines 

15 and penalties and unpaid property taxes are fully paid. 

16 (b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub17 section (a) may be made available for other programs or 

18 activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 

19 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com20 mittees on Appropriations, provided that no such funds 

21 shall be made available for assistance for the central gov22 ernment of a foreign country that has not paid the total 

23 amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and pen24 alties and unpaid property taxes owed by such country. 

25 (c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that 

26 have been withheld under any other provision of law. 
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1 (d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require2 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 

3 fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 

5 a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 

6 is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 

7 (2) The Secretary of State may waive the require8 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the un9 paid property taxes if the Secretary of State determines 

10 that it is in the national interests of the United States 

11 to do so. 

12 (e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 

13 of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary 

14 of State, after consultations with the City of New York, 

15 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 describing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur17 rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and pen18 alties and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by na19 tions receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 

20 (f) In this section: 

21 (1) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir22 cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 

23 is registered— 

24 (A)(i) has not responded to the parking 

25 violation summons; or 
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1 (ii) has not followed the appropriate adju2 dication procedure to challenge the summons; 

3 and 

4 (B) the period of time for payment of or 

5 challenge to the summons has lapsed. 

6 (2) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 

7 means parking fines and penalties— 

8 (A) owed to— 

9 (i) the District of Columbia; or 

10 (ii) New York, New York; and 

11 (B) incurred during the period April 1, 

12 1997, through September 30, 2008. 

13 (3) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means 

14 the amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined 

15 to be owed by a foreign country on real property in 

16 the District of Columbia or New York, New York in 

17 a court order or judgment entered against such 

18 country by a court of the United States or any State 

19 or subdivision thereof. 

20 LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS

21 SEC. 7056. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, demining equipment available to 

23 the United States Agency for International Development 

24 and the Department of State and used in support of the 

25 clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for hu26 manitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis 
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1 in foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions 

2 as the President may prescribe. 

3 (b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance 

4 shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 

5 license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 

6 munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

7 transferred, unless— 

8 (1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions 

9 have a 99 percent or higher functioning rate; and 

10 (2) the agreement applicable to the assistance, 

11 transfer, or sale of the cluster munitions or cluster 

12 munitions technology specifies that the cluster muni13 tions will only be used against clearly defined mili14 tary targets and will not be used where civilians are 

15 known to be present. 

16 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

17 SEC. 7057. (a) The Chief Executive Officer of the 

18 Millennium Challenge Corporation shall, not later than 45 

19 days after enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee 

20 on Appropriations a report on the proposed uses, on a 

21 country-by-country basis, of all funds appropriated under 

22 the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ in this 

23 Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart24 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
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1 projected to be obligated and expended in fiscal year 2009 

2 and subsequent fiscal years. 

3 (b) The report required in paragraph (a) shall be up4 dated on a semi-annual basis and shall include, at a min5 imum, a description of— 

6 (1) compacts in development, including the sta7 tus of negotiations and the approximate range of 

8 value of the proposed compact; 

9 (2) compacts in implementation, including the 

10 projected expenditure and disbursement of compact 

11 funds during fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal 

12 years as determined by the country compact; 

13 (3) threshold country programs in development, 

14 including the approximate range of value of the 

15 threshold country agreement; 

16 (4) major programmatic changes to existing 

17 compacts funded by this Act or prior Acts making 

18 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

19 operations, and related programs; 

20 (5) threshold country programs in implementa21 tion; and 

22 (6) use of administrative funds. 

23 (c) The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium 

24 Challenge Corporation shall notify the Committees on Ap25 propriations not later than 15 days prior to signing any 
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1 new country compact or new threshold country program; 

2 terminating or suspending any country compact or thresh3 old country program; or commencing negotiations for any 

4 new compact or threshold country program. 

5 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

6 SEC. 7058. Of the funds appropriated or made avail7 able pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed 

8 $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses of the 

9 United States Agency for International Development dur10 ing the current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate 

11 steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent 

12 possible, United States-owned foreign currencies are uti13 lized in lieu of dollars. 

14 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

15 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 7059. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of 

18 the funds made available in title III of this Act to carry 

19 out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

20 of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 

21 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may 

22 be used by the United States Agency for International De23 velopment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the 

24 United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis 
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1 pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the 

2 Foreign Service Act of 1980. 

3 (b) RESTRICTIONS.— 

4 (1) The number of individuals hired in any fis5 cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub6 section (a) may not exceed 175. 

7 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

8 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

9 2010. 

10 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 

11 may only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 

12 of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 

13 or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are 

14 compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 

15 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 

16 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

17 Eurasia and Central Asia’’, are eliminated. 

18 (d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority 

19 of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on ena20 bling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill 

21 areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non22 direct hire personnel. 

23 (e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 

24 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at 
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1 least on a quarterly basis concerning the implementation 

2 of this section. 

3 (f) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

4 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

5 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

6 to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate. 

7 Funds made available to carry out this section may be 

8 transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 

9 this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Operating Ex10 penses’’. 

11 (g) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi12 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

13 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

14 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re15 lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 

16 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for 

17 a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation 

18 set forth in such section. 

19 (h) JUNIOR OFFICER PLACEMENT AUTHORITY.—Of 

20 the funds made available in subsection (a), USAID may 

21 use, in addition to funds otherwise available for such pur22 poses, up to $15,000,000 to fund overseas support costs 

23 of members of the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service 

24 rank of four or below: Provided, That such authority is 

25 only used to reduce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal 
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1 services contractors or other non-direct hire employees 

2 compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 

3 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 

4 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

5 Eurasia and Central Asia’’. 

6 (i) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro7 priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 

8 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap9 propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

10 Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition to 

11 funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 

12 (including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or 

13 employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to 

14 carry out programs in response to natural disasters. 

15 (j) TECHNICAL ADVISORS.—Up to $13,500,000 of 

16 the funds made available by this Act in title III for assist17 ance under the heading ‘‘Global Health and Child Sur18 vival’’, may be used to reimburse United States Govern19 ment agencies, agencies of State governments, institutions 

20 of higher learning, and private and voluntary organiza21 tions for the full cost of individuals (including for the per22 sonal services of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, 

23 or contracted by, as the case may be, USAID for the pur24 pose of carrying out activities under that heading: Pro25 vided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds made available 
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1 by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Develop2 ment Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agencies, 

3 institutions, and organizations for such costs of such indi4 viduals carrying out other development assistance activi5 ties. 

6 (k) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap7 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

8 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As9 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 

10 Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used 

11 by USAID to employ up to 25 personal services contrac12 tors in the United States, notwithstanding any other pro13 vision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim 

14 support for new or expanded overseas programs and ac15 tivities managed by the agency until permanent direct hire 

16 personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not more 

17 than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bu18 reau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro19 priated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade De20 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made avail21 able only for personal services contractors assigned to the 

22 Office of Food for Peace. 

23 (l) RECRUITMENT STRATEGY.—Not later than De24 cember 31, 2009, the USAID Administrator, after con25 sulting with the Secretaries of Defense, Treasury, Agri-
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1 culture, Interior, Energy, and Health and Human Serv2 ices, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 

3 Prevention, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro4 tection Agency, and the heads of other relevant Federal 

5 departments and agencies, shall submit to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations a recruitment strategy for current and 

7 former employees from such departments and agencies 

8 who possess skills and/or overseas experience which would 

9 enhance USAID’s capacity to carry out its mission: Pro10 vided, That funds made available under the heading ‘‘Op11 erating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act may be made 

12 available to implement the strategy described in the pre13 vious proviso, subject to the regular notification proce14 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (m) HIRING AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 

16 307 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, the USAID Ad17 ministrator may hire up to 30 individuals under the Devel18 opment Leadership Initiative: Provided, That the author19 ity contained in this subsection shall expire on September 

20 30, 2010. 

21 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

22 SEC. 7060. (a) Funds appropriated by titles III and 

23 IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assist24 ance for child survival activities or disease programs in25 cluding activities relating to research on, and the preven-
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1 tion, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 

2 available notwithstanding any other provision of law ex3 cept for the provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health 

4 and Child Survival’’ and the United States Leadership 

5 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 

6 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amend7 ed: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under title 

8 III of this Act, not less than $545,000,000 should be made 

9 available for family planning/reproductive health. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

11 10 percent of the funds that are appropriated by this Act 

12 for a contribution to support the Global Fund to Fight 

13 AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’) 

14 shall be withheld from obligation to the Global Fund until 

15 the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Ap16 propriations that the Global Fund— 

17 (1) is releasing incremental disbursements only 

18 if grantees demonstrate progress against clearly de19 fined performance indicators; and 

20 (2) is implementing a reporting system that 

21 breaks down grantee budget allocations by pro22 grammatic activity. 

23 DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM

24 SEC. 7061. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 

26 than $40,000,000 shall be made available for the Develop-
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1 ment Grants Program established pursuant to section 674 

2 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re3 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of 

4 Public Law 110–161): Provided, That funds made avail5 able under this section are in addition to other funds avail6 able for such purposes including funds designated by this 

7 Act by section 7065. 

8 WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT

9 SEC. 7062. (a) Programs funded under title III of 

10 this Act should include, where appropriate, gender consid11 erations in the planning, assessment, implementation, 

12 monitoring and evaluation of such programs. 

13 (b) Funds made available under title III of this Act 

14 should be made available to support programs to enhance 

15 economic opportunities for poor women in developing 

16 countries, including increasing the number and capacity 

17 of women-owned enterprises, improving property rights for 

18 women, increasing access to financial services, and im19 proving women’s ability to participate in the global econ20 omy. 

21 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

22 SEC. 7063. (a) Funds appropriated under the head23 ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 

24 Fund’’ in this Act shall be made available for programs 

25 to address sexual and gender-based violence. 
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1 (b) Programs and activities funded under titles III 

2 and IV of this Act that provide training for foreign police, 

3 judicial, and military officials shall address, where appro4 priate, gender-based violence. 

5 EDUCATION

6 SEC. 7064. (a) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

7 (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

8 this Act and by prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not 

9 less than $700,000,000 should be made available for 

10 assistance for basic education, of which not less than 

11 $400,000,000 shall be made available under the 

12 heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’. 

13 (2) There shall continue to be a Coordinator of 

14 United States government actions to provide basic 

15 education assistance in developing countries as es16 tablished in section 664 of division J of Public Law 

17 110–161. 

18 (3) Funds appropriated for basic education in 

19 this Act shall be made available for a pilot program 

20 in three countries to develop and evaluate the effec21 tiveness and implementation of a 5-year basic edu22 cation strategic plan. 

23 (b) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appropriated 

24 by title III of this Act and by prior Acts for fiscal year 
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1 2009, not less than $133,000,000 shall be made available 

2 for assistance for higher education. 

3 RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS

4 SEC. 7065. Of the funds appropriated under the 

5 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Sup6 port Fund’’ in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be made avail7 able for reconciliation programs which bring together and 

8 facilitate interaction between individuals of different eth9 nic, religious and political backgrounds from areas of civil 

10 conflict and war, of which $9,000,000 shall be made avail11 able for such programs in the Middle East: Provided, That 

12 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter13 national Development shall consult with the Committees 

14 on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, 

15 on the most effective uses of such funds. 

16 COMPREHENSIVE EXPENDITURES REPORT

17 SEC. 7066. Not later than 180 days after the date 

18 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub19 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail20 ing the total amount of United States Government ex21 penditures in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, by Federal 

22 agency, for assistance programs and activities in each for23 eign country, identifying the line item as presented in the 

24 President’s Budget Appendix and the purpose for which 

25 the funds were provided: Provided, That if required, infor26 mation may be submitted in classified form. 
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1 REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS

2 SEC. 7067. None of the funds appropriated or made 

3 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall 

4 be available to a nongovernmental organization, including 

5 any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 

6 any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing re7 quirements of the United States Agency for International 

8 Development. 

9 SENIOR POLICY OPERATING GROUP

10 SEC. 7068. (a) The Senior Policy Operating Group 

11 on Trafficking in Persons, established under section 

12 105(f) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protec13 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(f)) to coordinate agency 

14 activities regarding policies (including grants and grant 

15 policies) involving the international trafficking in persons, 

16 shall coordinate all such policies related to the activities 

17 of traffickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking. 

18 (b) None of the funds provided under title I of this 

19 or any other Act making appropriations for the Depart20 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 

21 shall be expended to perform functions that duplicate co22 ordinating responsibilities of the Operating Group. 

23 (c) The Operating Group shall continue to report only 

24 to the authorities that appointed them pursuant to section 

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1 PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE

2 SEC. 7069. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

4 justify the use of torture, cruel or inhumane treatment 

5 by any official or contract employee of the United States 

6 Government. 

7 AFRICA

8 SEC. 7070. (a) EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL MILI9 TARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING.— 

10 (1) Funds appropriated under the heading 

11 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ in 

12 this Act that are made available for assistance for 

13 Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, 

14 Cote D’Ivoire, and Guinea may be made available 

15 only for expanded international military education 

16 and training. 

17 (2) None of the funds appropriated under the 

18 heading ‘‘International Military Education and 

19 Training’’ in this Act may be made available for as20 sistance for Equatorial Guinea. 

21 (b)(1) SUDAN LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject 

22 to subsection (2): 

23 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
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1 made available for assistance for the Government of 

2 Sudan. 

3 (B) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

5 section 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 

6 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 

7 by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 

8 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

9 United States, and modifying concessional loans, 

10 guarantees, and credit agreements. 

11 (2) Subsection (b)(1) shall not apply if the Secretary 

12 of State determines and certifies to the Committees on Ap13 propriations that: 

14 (A) The Government of Sudan honors its 

15 pledges to cease attacks upon civilians and disarms 

16 and demobilizes the Janjaweed and other govern17 ment-supported militias. 

18 (B) The Government of Sudan and all govern19 ment-supported militia groups are honoring their 

20 commitments made in all previous cease-fire agree21 ments. 

22 (C) The Government of Sudan is allowing 

23 unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid or24 ganizations, the human rights investigation and hu25 manitarian teams of the United Nations, including 
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1 protection officers, and an international monitoring 

2 team that is based in Darfur and has the support 

3 of the United States. 

4 (3) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection 

5 (b)(1) shall not apply to— 

6 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

7 (B) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern 

8 Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, 

9 Blue Nile State, and Abyei; and 

10 (C) assistance to support implementation of the 

11 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur 

12 Peace Agreement or any other internationally-recog13 nized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 

14 (4) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 

15 term ‘‘Government of Sudan’’ shall not include the Gov16 ernment of Southern Sudan. 

17 (5) Notwithstanding any other law, assistance in this 

18 Act may be made available to the Government of Southern 

19 Sudan to provide non-lethal military assistance, military 

20 education and training, and defense services controlled 

21 under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 

22 CRF 120.1 et seq.) if the Secretary of State— 

23 (A) determines that the provision of such items 

24 is in the national interest of the United States; and 
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1 (B) not later than 15 days before the provision 

2 of any such assistance, notifies the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of such determination. 

4 (c) HORN OF AFRICA AND PAN SAHEL PROGRAM.— 

5 Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup6 port Fund’’ in this Act that are made available for pro7 grams and activities to counter extremism in the Horn of 

8 Africa and the Pan Sahel region of Africa, shall be admin9 istered by the United States Agency for International De10 velopment, and are in addition to funds otherwise made 

11 available for such purposes. 

12 (d) WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA.— 

13 (1) The Congress reaffirms its support for the 

14 efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for 

15 Rwanda (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra 

16 Leone (SCSL) to bring to justice individuals respon17 sible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in 

18 a timely manner. 

19 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act, including 

20 funds for debt restructuring, may be made available 

21 for assistance for the central government of a coun22 try in which individuals indicted by ICTR and SCSL 

23 are credibly alleged to be living, if the Secretary of 

24 State determines and reports to the Committees on 

25 Appropriations that such government is cooperating 
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1 with ICTR and SCSL, including the surrender and 

2 transfer of indictees in a timely manner: Provided, 

3 That this subsection shall not apply to assistance 

4 provided under section 551 of the Foreign Assist5 ance Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title 

6 VI of this Act: Provided further, That the United 

7 States shall use its voice and vote in the United Na8 tions Security Council to fully support efforts by 

9 ICTR and SCSL to bring to justice individuals in10 dicted by such tribunals in a timely manner. 

11 (3) The prohibition in subsection (2) may be 

12 waived on a country-by-country basis if the Presi13 dent determines that doing so is in the national se14 curity interest of the United States: Provided, That 

15 prior to exercising such waiver authority, the Presi16 dent shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap17 propriations, in classified form if necessary, on— 

18 (A) the steps being taken to obtain the co19 operation of the government in surrendering the 

20 indictee in question to the court of jurisdiction; 

21 (B) a strategy, including a timeline, for 

22 bringing the indictee before such court; and 

23 (C) the justification for exercising the 

24 waiver authority. 

25 (e) ZIMBABWE.— 
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1 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

2 the United States executive director to each inter3 national financial institution to vote against any ex4 tension by the respective institution of any loans to 

5 the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic 

6 human needs or to promote democracy, unless the 

7 Secretary of State determines and reports in writing 

8 to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 

9 of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including re10 spect for ownership and title to property, freedom of 

11 speech and association, and a transition government 

12 has been established that reflects the will of the peo13 ple as they voted in the March 2008 elections. 

14 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

15 shall be made available for assistance for the central 

16 government of Zimbabwe unless the Secretary of 

17 State makes the determination pursuant to sub18 section (e)(1). 

19 ASIA

20 SEC. 7071. (a) TIBET.— 

21 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury should in22 struct the United States executive director to each 

23 international financial institution to use the voice 

24 and vote of the United States to support projects in 

25 Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 
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1 the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into 

2 Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Ti3 betan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans; 

4 are based on a thorough needs-assessment; foster 

5 self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti6 betan culture and traditions; and are subject to ef7 fective monitoring. 

8 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 not less than $7,300,000 of the funds appropriated 

10 by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

11 Fund’’ should be made available to nongovernmental 

12 organizations to support activities which preserve 

13 cultural traditions and promote sustainable develop14 ment and environmental conservation in Tibetan 

15 communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and 

16 in other Tibetan communities in China. 

17 (b) BURMA.— 

18 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

19 the United States executive director to each appro20 priate international financial institution in which the 

21 United States participates, to oppose and vote 

22 against the extension by such institution any loan or 

23 financial or technical assistance or any other utiliza24 tion of funds of the respective bank to and for 

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1 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

2 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

3 than $15,000,000 shall be made available to support 

4 democracy activities in Burma, along the Burma5 Thailand border, for activities of Burmese student 

6 groups and other organizations located outside 

7 Burma, and for the purpose of supporting the provi8 sion of humanitarian assistance to displaced Bur9 mese along Burma’s borders: Provided, That such 

10 funds may be made available notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of law: Provided further, That in ad12 dition to assistance for Burmese refugees provided 

13 under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist14 ance’’ in this Act, not less than $4,000,000 shall be 

15 made available for community-based organizations 

16 operating in Thailand to provide food, medical and 

17 other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced 

18 persons in eastern Burma: Provided further, That 

19 funds made available under this paragraph shall be 

20 subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

21 Committees on Appropriations. 

22 (c) INDONESIA.— 

23 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

24 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 

25 not to exceed $15,700,000 shall be made available 
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1 for assistance for Indonesia, of which $2,000,000 

2 shall be made available only after the Secretary of 

3 State submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

4 the report on Indonesia detailed in the explanatory 

5 statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre6 ceding division A of this consolidated Act) under 

7 such heading. 

8 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

9 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 

10 available for assistance for Indonesia, not less than 

11 $300,000 should be made available for grants for ca12 pacity building of Indonesian human rights organi13 zations, including in Papua. 

14 (d) CAMBODIA.—Funds appropriated under the head15 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act for assistance 

16 for Cambodia may be used for an endowment, and shall 

17 be made available to strengthen the capacity of the Gov18 ernment of Cambodia to combat human trafficking, not19 withstanding any other provision of law. 

20 (e) NORTH KOREA.— 

21 (1) Funds made available under the heading 

22 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ in this Act 

23 shall be made available for assistance for refugees 

24 from North Korea. 
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1 (2) Of the funds made available under the 

2 heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ in 

3 title I of this Act, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 

4 made available for broadcasts into North Korea. 

5 (3) None of the funds made available under the 

6 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in fiscal year 

7 2009 may be made available for obligation for en8 ergy-related assistance for North Korea unless the 

9 Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations that North Korea is 

11 continuing to fulfill its commitments under the Six 

12 Party Talks agreements. 

13 (f) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

14 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

15 and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

16 the Committees on Appropriations, of the funds ap17 propriated under the heading ‘‘Development Assist18 ance’’ in this Act, not less than $11,000,000 shall 

19 be made available to United States educational insti20 tutions and nongovernmental organizations for pro21 grams and activities in the People’s Republic of 

22 China relating to the environment, governance and 

23 the rule of law. 

24 (2) None of the funds appropriated under the 

25 heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in 
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1 this Act may be obligated or expended for processing 

2 licenses for the export of satellites of United States 

3 origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 

4 components) to the People’s Republic of China un5 less, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on 

6 Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 

7 (3) Not later than 180 days after enactment of 

8 this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations detailing, to 

10 the extent practicable, the amount of assistance pro11 vided by the People’s Republic of China to govern12 ments and entities in Latin America and Africa dur13 ing the previous calendar year, and shall make such 

14 report publicly available in a timely manner on the 

15 website of the Department of State and the United 

16 States Agency for International Development in 

17 English and Mandarin. 

18 (4) Of the funds appropriated under the head19 ing ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in this 

20 Act, $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Bu21 reau of International Information Programs to dis22 seminate information, in Mandarin, in the People’s 

23 Republic of China: Provided, That such information 

24 shall include issues of governance, transparency, cor25 ruption, rule of law, and the environment, and the 
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1 findings of the report required by paragraph (3) of 

2 this subsection, and shall be disseminated through 

3 the Internet, text messaging or other means, and di4 rected to economically depressed areas of the Peo5 ple’s Republic of China: Provided further, That such 

6 funds are in addition to funds otherwise made avail7 able for such purposes: Provided further, That the 

8 Department of State shall consult with the Commit9 tees on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation 

10 of funds made available by this subsection. 

11 (5) The terms and requirements of section 

12 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

13 apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of 

14 the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s 

15 Republic of China, to include such projects or activi16 ties by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or 

17 an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 

18 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pur19 suant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 

20 contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or 

21 any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to 

22 believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, 

23 the PLA. 

24 (g) PHILIPPINES.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

25 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
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1 gram’’, not to exceed $30,000,000 may be made available 

2 for assistance for the Philippines, of which $2,000,000 

3 may not be obligated until the Secretary of State reports 

4 in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that— 

5 (1) the Government of the Philippines is taking 

6 effective steps to implement the recommendations of 

7 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-ju8 dicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, to include 

9 prosecutions and convictions for extrajudicial execu10 tions; sustaining the decline in the number of extra11 judicial executions; addressing allegations of a death 

12 squad in Davao City; and strengthening government 

13 institutions working to eliminate extra-judicial exe14 cutions; 

15 (2) the Government of the Philippines is imple16 menting a policy of promoting military personnel 

17 who demonstrate professionalism and respect for 

18 internationally recognized human rights, and is in19 vestigating and prosecuting military personnel and 

20 others who have been credibly alleged to have vio21 lated such rights; and 

22 (3) the Philippine Armed Forces do not have a 

23 policy of, and are not engaging in, acts of intimida24 tion or violence against members of legal organiza25 tions who advocate for human rights. 
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1 (h) VIETNAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Develop3 ment Assistance’’ in this Act may be made available for 

4 programs and activities in the central highlands of Viet5 nam, and shall be made available for environmental reme6 diation and related health activities in Vietnam. 

7 SERBIA

8 SEC. 7072. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

9 be made available for assistance for the central Govern10 ment of Serbia after May 31, 2009, if the President has 

11 made the determination and certification contained in sub12 section (c). 

13 (b) After May 31, 2009, the Secretary of the Treas14 ury should instruct the United States executive directors 

15 to the international financial institutions to support loans 

16 and assistance to the Government of Serbia subject to the 

17 conditions in subsection (c). 

18 (c) The determination and certification referred to in 

19 subsection (a) is a determination and a certification by 

20 the President to the Committees on Appropriations that 

21 the Government of Serbia is— 

22 (1) cooperating with the International Criminal 

23 Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 

24 for investigators, the provision of documents, timely 

25 information on the location, movement, and sources 

26 of financial support of indictees, and the surrender 
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1 and transfer of indictees or assistance in their ap2 prehension, including Ratko Mladic; 

3 (2) taking steps that are consistent with the 

4 Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 

5 security and other support which has served to 

6 maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; 

7 and 

8 (3) taking steps to implement policies which re9 flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 

10 law. 

11 (d) This section shall not apply humanitarian assist12 ance or assistance to promote democracy. 

13 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

14 SEC. 7073. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 

15 the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

16 Asia’’ shall be made available for assistance for a govern17 ment of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union 

18 if that government directs any action in violation of the 

19 territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 

20 Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as 

21 those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro22 vided, That such funds may be made available without re23 gard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 

24 determines that to do so is in the national security interest 

25 of the United States. 
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1 (b) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist2 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ for the Rus3 sian Federation, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan 

4 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

5 the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 (c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under the heading 

7 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that 

8 are allocated for assistance for the Government of the 

9 Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from ob10 ligation until the President determines and certifies in 

11 writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov12 ernment of the Russian Federation— 

13 (A) has terminated implementation of arrange14 ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train15 ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 

16 nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 

17 programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 

18 (B) is providing full access to international non19 government organizations providing humanitarian 

20 relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 

21 Chechnya. 

22 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 

23 (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, 

24 child survival activities, or assistance for victims of 

25 trafficking in persons; and 
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1 (B) activities authorized under title V (Non2 proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac3 tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act. 

4 (d) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

5 not apply to— 

6 (1) activities to support democracy or assist7 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

8 and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non9 proliferation assistance; 

10 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

11 Development Agency under section 661 of the For12 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 

13 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

14 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

15 acting within his or her official capacity; 

16 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or 

17 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

18 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

19 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

20 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

21 (5) any financing provided under the Export22 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

23 (6) humanitarian assistance. 
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1 REPRESSION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2 SEC. 7074. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 

3 the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

4 Asia’’ in this Act may be made available for the Govern5 ment of the Russian Federation, after 180 days from the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, unless the President 

7 determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on 

8 Appropriations that the Government of the Russian Fed9 eration: (1) has implemented no statute, Executive order, 

10 regulation or similar government action that would dis11 criminate, or which has as its principal effect discrimina12 tion, against religious groups or religious communities in 

13 the Russian Federation in violation of accepted inter14 national agreements on human rights and religious free15 doms to which the Russian Federation is a party; and (2) 

16 is (A) honoring its international obligations regarding 

17 freedom of expression, assembly, and press, as well as due 

18 process; (B) investigating and prosecuting law enforce19 ment personnel credibly alleged to have committed human 

20 rights abuses against political leaders, activists and jour21 nalists; and (C) immediately releasing political leaders, ac22 tivists and journalists who remain in detention. 

23 (b) The Secretary of State may waive the require24 ments of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that 
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1 to do so is important to the national interests of the 

2 United States. 

3 CENTRAL ASIA

4 SEC. 7075. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

5 be made available for assistance for the Government of 

6 Kazakhstan only if the Secretary of State determines and 

7 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov8 ernment of Kazakhstan has made significant improve9 ments in the protection of human rights and civil liberties 

10 during the preceding 6 month period, including by ful11 filling obligations recommended by the Organization for 

12 Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the areas 

13 of election procedures, media freedom, freedom of religion, 

14 free assembly and minority rights, and by meeting the 

15 commitments it made in connection with its assumption 

16 of the Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010. 

17 (b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) 

18 if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations that such a waiver is important to the 

20 national security of the United States. 

21 (c) Not later than October 1, 2009, the Secretary of 

22 State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro23 priations describing the following: 

24 (1) The defense articles, defense services, and 

25 financial assistance provided by the United States to 
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1 the countries of Central Asia during the 12-month 

2 period ending 30 days prior to submission of such 

3 report. 

4 (2) The use during such period of defense arti5 cles, defense services, and financial assistance pro6 vided by the United States by units of the armed 

7 forces, border guards, or other security forces of 

8 such countries. 

9 (d) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘countries 

10 of Central Asia’’ means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 

11 Republic, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. 

12 UZBEKISTAN

13 SEC. 7076. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

14 be made available for assistance for the central Govern15 ment of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State deter16 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

17 that the Government of Uzbekistan is making substantial 

18 and continuing progress— 

19 (1) in meeting its commitments under the 

20 ‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Co21 operation Framework Between the Republic of 

22 Uzbekistan and the United States of America’’, in23 cluding respect for internationally recognized human 

24 rights, establishing a genuine multi-party system, 
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1 and ensuring free and fair elections, freedom of ex2 pression, and the independence of the media; and 

3 (2) in investigating and prosecuting the individ4 uals responsible for the deliberate killings of civilians 

5 in Andijan in May 2005. 

6 (b) If the Secretary of State has credible evidence 

7 that any current or former official of the Government of 

8 Uzbekistan was responsible for the deliberate killings of 

9 civilians in Andijan in May 2005, or for other violations 

10 of internationally recognized human rights in Uzbekistan, 

11 not later than 6 months after enactment of this Act any 

12 person identified by the Secretary pursuant to this sub13 section shall be ineligible for admission to the United 

14 States. 

15 (c) The restriction in subsection (b) shall cease to 

16 apply if the Secretary determines and reports to the Com17 mittees on Appropriations that the Government of 

18 Uzbekistan has taken concrete and measurable steps to 

19 improve respect for internationally recognized human 

20 rights, including allowing peaceful political and religious 

21 expression, releasing imprisoned human rights defenders, 

22 and implementing recommendations made by the United 

23 Nations on torture. 

24 (d) The Secretary may waive the application of sub25 section (b) if the Secretary determines that admission to 
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1 the United States is necessary to attend the United Na2 tions or to further United States law enforcement objec3 tives. 

4 (e) For the purpose of this section ‘‘assistance’’ shall 

5 include excess defense articles. 

6 AFGHANISTAN

7 SEC. 7077. Of the funds appropriated under titles III 

8 and IV of this Act, not less than $1,041,950,000 should 

9 be made available for assistance for Afghanistan, of which 

10 not less than $100,000,000 shall be made available to sup11 port programs that directly address the needs of Afghan 

12 women and girls, including for the Afghan Independent 

13 Human Rights Commission, the Afghan Ministry of Wom14 en’s Affairs, and for women-led nonprofit organizations in 

15 Afghanistan. 

16 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

17 SEC. 7078. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 

18 resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 

19 of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 

20 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac21 cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 

22 Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 

23 of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

24 (b) Funds made available under titles III through VI 

25 of this Act for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the 
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1 minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for 

2 projects and activities and shall be subject to the regular 

3 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria4 tions. 

5 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

6 SEC. 7079. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made 

7 available under the headings ‘‘International Organizations 

8 and Programs’’ and ‘‘Global Health and Child Survival’’ 

9 in this Act for fiscal year 2009, $50,000,000 shall be 

10 made available for the United Nations Population Fund 

11 (UNFPA), of which not more than $30,000,000 shall be 

12 derived from funds appropriated under the heading 

13 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’. 

14 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

15 by this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available be16 cause of the operation of any provision of law, shall be 

17 made available to UNFPA notwithstanding any such pro18 vision of law, subject to the regular notification procedures 

19 of the Committees on Appropriations, only for the fol20 lowing purposes and subject to the provisions of this sec21 tion— 

22 (1) provide and distribute equipment, medicine, 

23 and supplies, including safe delivery kits and hygiene 

24 kits, to ensure safe childbirth and emergency obstet25 ric care; 
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1 (2) make available supplies of contraceptives for 

2 the prevention of unintended pregnancies and the 

3 spread of sexually transmitted infections, including 

4 HIV/AIDS; 

5 (3) prevent and treat cases of obstetric fistula; 

6 (4) reestablish maternal health services in areas 

7 where medical infrastructure and such services have 

8 been destroyed or limited by natural disasters, 

9 armed conflict, or other factors; 

10 (5) promote abandonment of female genital mu11 tilation and cutting and child marriage; and 

12 (6) promote access to basic services, including 

13 clean water, sanitation facilities, food, and health 

14 care, for poor women and girls. 

15 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 

16 None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

17 by UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub18 lic of China. 

19 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

20 Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA may be 

21 made available if— 

22 (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 

23 this Act in an account separate from other accounts 

24 of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 

25 other sums; and 
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1 (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

2 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND WITHOLDING OF

3 FUNDS.— 

4 (1) Not later than 60 days after the date of en5 actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub6 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

7 indicating the amount of funds that the UNFPA is 

8 budgeting for the year in which the report is sub9 mitted for a country program in the People’s Repub10 lic of China. 

11 (2) If the report under this subparagraph indi12 cates that the UNFPA plans to spend funds for a 

13 country program in the People’s Republic of China 

14 in the year covered by the report, then the amount 

15 of such funds the UNFPA plans to spend in the 

16 People’s Republic of China shall be deducted from 

17 the funds made available to the UNFPA after 

18 March 1 for obligation for the remainder of the fis19 cal year in which the report is submitted. 

20 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

21 SEC. 7080. No part of any appropriation contained 

22 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur23 poses within the United States not authorized before the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Pro25 vided, That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available 
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1 to carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 

2 96–533. 

3 OPIC

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 7081. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding sec6 tion 235(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

7 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)), the authority of subsections (a) 

8 through (c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain in 

9 effect through September 30, 2009. 

10 (b) FUNDING.—Whenever the President determines 

11 that it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign 

12 Assistance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of 

13 the funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be 

14 transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 

15 this Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 

16 Program Account, to be subject to the terms and condi17 tions of that account: Provided, That such funds shall not 

18 be available for administrative expenses of the Overseas 

19 Private Investment Corporation: Provided further, That 

20 designated funding levels in this Act shall not be trans21 ferred pursuant to this section: Provided further, That the 

22 exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 

23 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria24 tions. 
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1 EXTRADITION

2 SEC. 7082. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

3 Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 

4 provided under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 

5 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee 

6 Assistance’’, ‘‘Emergency Migration and Refugee Assist7 ance’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

8 and Related Assistance’’) for the central government of 

9 a country which has notified the Department of State of 

10 its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual 

11 indicted for a criminal offense for which the maximum 

12 penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of pa13 role or for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified 

14 in a United States extradition request. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central gov16 ernment of a country with which the United States main17 tains diplomatic relations and with which the United 

18 States has an extradition treaty and the government of 

19 that country is in violation of the terms and conditions 

20 of the treaty. 

21 (c) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

22 in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary 

23 certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

24 waiver is important to the national interests of the United 

25 States. 
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1 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

2 SEC. 7083. (a) CLEAN ENERGY.—Of the funds ap3 propriated by title III of this Act, not less than 

4 $100,000,000 shall be made available to the United States 

5 Agency for International Development (USAID), in addi6 tion to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, 

7 for programs and activities that reduce global warming by 

8 promoting the sustainable use of renewable energy tech9 nologies and energy efficient end-use technologies, carbon 

10 sequestration, and carbon accounting. 

11 (b) CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION.—Of the funds 

12 appropriated by this Act, up to $10,000,000 shall be made 

13 available for a United States contribution to the Least De14 veloped Countries Fund to support grants for climate 

15 change adaptation programs and activities, if the Global 

16 Environment Facility makes publicly available on its 

17 website an annual report detailing the criteria used to de18 termine which programs and activities receive funds, the 

19 manner in which such programs and activities meet such 

20 criteria, the extent of local involvement in such programs 

21 and activities, the amount of funds provided, and the re22 sults achieved. 

23 (c) BIODIVERSITY.—Of the funds appropriated by 

24 title III of this Act and by prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, 

25 not less than $195,000,000 shall be made available for 
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1 programs and activities which directly protect biodiversity, 

2 including tropical forests and wildlife, in developing coun3 tries, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 

4 available for USAID’s conservation programs in the Ama5 zon Basin: Provided, That of the funds made available 

6 under this paragraph, not less than $17,500,000 shall be 

7 made available for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership 

8 of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be made available 

9 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for con10 servation programs in Africa: Provided further, That funds 

11 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sec12 tions 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the 

13 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwith14 standing any other provision of law, for the purpose of 

15 supporting tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation 

16 activities and energy programs aimed at reducing green17 house gas emissions: Provided further, That funds appro18 priated under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ may 

19 be made available as a contribution to the Galapagos 

20 Invasive Species Fund. 

21 (d)(1) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—The 

22 Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the managements 

23 of the international financial institutions and the public 

24 that it is the policy of the United States to oppose any 

25 assistance by such institutions (including but not limited 
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1 to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction 

2 and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other natural re3 source unless the government of the country has in place 

4 functioning systems for: (i) accurately accounting for pay5 ments for companies involved in the extraction and export 

6 of natural resources; (ii) the independent auditing of ac7 counts receiving such payments and the widespread public 

8 dissemination of the findings of such audits; and (iii) 

9 verifying government receipts against company payments 

10 including widespread dissemination of such payment infor11 mation, and disclosing such documents as Host Govern12 ment Agreements, Concession Agreements, and bidding 

13 documents, allowing in any such dissemination or disclo14 sure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, information 

15 that is commercially proprietary or that would create com16 petitive disadvantage. 

17 (2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of 

18 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a re19 port to the Committees on Appropriations describing, for 

20 each international financial institution, the amount and 

21 type of assistance provided, by country, for the extraction 

22 and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other natural re23 sources in the preceeding 12 months, and whether each 

24 institution considered, in its proposal for such assistance, 
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1 the extent to which the country has functioning systems 

2 described in paragraph (1). 

3 PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO

4 SEC. 7084. None of the funds provided by this Act 

5 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

6 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

7 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

8 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

9 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

10 products of the same type. 

11 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

12 SEC. 7085. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

14 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec15 tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 

16 to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and 

17 major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing 

18 (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense 

19 articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in20 cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters 

21 and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica22 tion), if the President determines that there are compel23 ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 

24 defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather 

25 than by government-to-government sale under such Act. 
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1 ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY

2 SEC. 7086. (a) In furtherance of the National Strat3 egy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy and 

4 Presidential Proclamation 7750, the Secretary of State 

5 shall compile and maintain a list of officials of foreign gov6 ernments and their immediate family members who the 

7 Secretary has credible evidence have been involved in cor8 ruption relating to the extraction of natural resources in 

9 their countries. 

10 (b) Any individual on the list compiled under sub11 section (a) shall be ineligible for admission to the United 

12 States. 

13 (c) The Secretary may waive the application of sub14 section (b) if the Secretary determines that admission to 

15 the United States is necessary to attend the United Na16 tions or to further United States law enforcement objec17 tives, or that the circumstances which caused the indi18 vidual to be included on the list have changed sufficiently 

19 to justify the removal of the individual from the list. 

20 (d) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

21 Act and 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall 

22 report in writing, in classified form if necessary, to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations describing the evidence of 

24 corruption concerning individuals listed pursuant to sub25 section (a). 
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1 TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT REPORTS

2 SEC. 7087. (a) The annual foreign military training 

3 report required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of De5 fense and the Secretary of State to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations by the date specified in that section. 

7 (b) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

8 Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with other rel9 evant United States Government agencies, shall submit to 

10 the Committees on Appropriations a report detailing the 

11 equipment to be purchased with funds appropriated or 

12 otherwise made available under the headings ‘‘Andean 

13 Counterdrug Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

14 and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

15 Program’’ in this Act: Provided, That such report shall 

16 include a description of the anticipated costs associated 

17 with the operation and maintenance of such equipment in 

18 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That for the 

19 purposes of this subsection, ‘‘equipment’’ shall be defined 

20 as any aircraft, vessel, boat or vehicle. 

21 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

22 SEC. 7088. (a) UNITED NATIONS.—Funds made 

23 available by this Act shall be made available to continue 

24 reform efforts at the United Nations: Provided, That not 

25 later than September 30, 2009, the Secretary of State 

26 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 detailing actions taken by United Nations organizations 

2 under the headings ‘‘Contributions to International Orga3 nizations’’ and ‘‘International Organizations and Pro4 grams’’ to continue reform of United Nations financial 

5 management systems and program oversight. 

6 (b) WORLD BANK.—Section 668(c)(1) of the Consoli7 dated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘that’’ and inserting ‘‘on the extent 

9 to which’’. 

10 (c) NATIONAL BUDGET TRANSPARENCY.— 

11 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 may be made available for assistance for the central 

13 government of any country that fails to make pub14 licly available on an annual basis its national budget, 

15 to include income and expenditures. 

16 (2) The Secretary of State may waive the re17 quirements of paragraph (1) on a country-by-coun18 try basis if the Secretary reports to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations that to do so is important to the 

20 national interest of the United States. 

21 DISABILITY PROGRAMS

22 SEC. 7089. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

24 than $4,000,000 shall be made available for programs and 

25 activities administered by the United States Agency for 

26 International Development (USAID) to address the needs 
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1 and protect the rights of people with disabilities in devel2 oping countries, and for programs to make publicly avail3 able information on independent living, advocacy, edu4 cation, and transportation for people with disabilities and 

5 disability advocacy organizations in developing countries, 

6 including for the cost of translation. 

7 (b) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Oper8 ating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act shall be made avail9 able to develop and implement training for staff in over10 seas USAID missions to promote the full inclusion and 

11 equal participation of people with disabilities in developing 

12 countries. 

13 (c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 

14 Treasury, and the USAID Administrator shall seek to en15 sure that, where appropriate, construction projects funded 

16 by this Act are accessible to people with disabilities and 

17 in compliance with the USAID Policy on Standards for 

18 Accessibility for the Disabled, or other similar accessibility 

19 standards. 

20 (d) Of the funds made available pursuant to sub21 section (a), not more than 7 percent may be for manage22 ment, oversight and technical support. 

23 ORPHANS, DISPLACED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN

24 SEC. 7090. Of the funds appropriated under title III 

25 of this Act, $3,000,000 should be made available for ac26 tivities to improve the capacity of foreign government 
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1 agencies and nongovernmental organizations to prevent 

2 child abandonment, address the needs of orphans, dis3 placed and abandoned children and provide permanent 

4 homes through family reunification, guardianship and do5 mestic adoptions: Provided, That funds made available 

6 under title III of this Act should be made available, as 

7 appropriate, consistent with— 

8 (1) the goal of enabling children to remain in 

9 the care of their family of origin, but when not pos10 sible, placing children in permanent homes through 

11 adoption; 

12 (2) the principle that such placements should be 

13 based on informed consent which has not been in14 duced by payment or compensation; 

15 (3) the view that long-term foster care or insti16 tutionalization are not permanent options and 

17 should be used when no other suitable permanent 

18 options are available; and 

19 (4) the recognition that programs that protect 

20 and support families can reduce the abandonment 

21 and exploitation of children. 

22 SRI LANKA

23 SEC. 7091. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

24 this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

25 Program’’ may be made available for assistance for Sri 

26 Lanka, no defense export license may be issued, and no 
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1 military equipment or technology shall be sold or trans2 ferred to Sri Lanka pursuant to the authorities contained 

3 in this Act or any other Act, until the Secretary of State 

4 certifies to the Committee on Appropriations that— 

5 (1) the Sri Lankan military is suspending and 

6 the Government of Sri Lanka is bringing to justice 

7 members of the military who have been credibly al8 leged to have violated internationally recognized 

9 human rights or international humanitarian law, in10 cluding complicity in the recruitment of child sol11 diers; 

12 (2) the Government of Sri Lanka is providing 

13 access to humanitarian organizations and journalists 

14 throughout the country consistent with international 

15 humanitarian law; and 

16 (3) the Government of Sri Lanka has agreed to 

17 the establishment of a field presence of the Office of 

18 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human 

19 Rights in Sri Lanka with sufficient staff and man20 date to conduct full and unfettered monitoring 

21 throughout the country and to publicize its findings. 

22 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to technology or 

23 equipment made available for the limited purposes of mar24 itime and air surveillance, including communications 
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1 equipment previously committed or approved for the lim2 ited purposes of air and maritime surveillance. 

3 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK RESCISSION

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

5 SEC. 7092. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the 

6 heading ‘‘Subsidy Appropriation’’ for the Export-Import 

7 Bank of the United States that are available for tied-aid 

8 grants in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign op9 erations, export financing, and related programs, 

10 $17,000,000 are rescinded. 

11 (b) Of the unobligated balances available under the 

12 heading ‘‘Subsidy Appropriation’’ for the Export-Import 

13 Bank of the United States in Public Law 109–102, 

14 $27,000,000 are rescinded. 

15 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 

16 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro17 priations Act, 2009’’. 
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1 DIVISION I—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND 

2 URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 

3 AGENCIES APPROPRIATONS ACT, 2009 

4 TITLE I 

5 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $98,248,000, of which not to exceed $2,400,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

11 to exceed $759,000 shall be available for the immediate 

12 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,838,000 

13 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 

14 not to exceed $10,107,000 shall be available for the Office 

15 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 

16 to exceed $10,200,000 shall be available for the Office of 

17 the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 

18 exceed $2,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

19 Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex20 ceed $26,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

21 Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 

22 $2,020,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af23 fairs; not to exceed $1,595,000 shall be available for the 

24 Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 

25 $1,369,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and 
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1 Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 

2 $8,675,000 for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and 

3 Emergency Response; and not to exceed $12,885,000 shall 

4 be available for the Office of the Chief Information Offi5 cer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is au6 thorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of 

7 the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 

8 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

9 for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 

10 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That no11 tice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall 

12 be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Com13 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to 

14 exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Depart15 ment for official reception and representation expenses as 

16 the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not17 withstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees au18 thorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to 

19 this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 

20 user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds pro21 vided in this Act shall be available for the position of As22 sistant Secretary for Public Affairs: Provided further, That 

23 of the funds provided under this heading, $100,000 shall 

24 be provided through reimbursement to the Department of 
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1 Transportation’s Office of Inspector General to audit the 

2 Working Capital Fund’s financial statements. 

3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

4 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

5 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems, 

6 and reengineering business processes, $5,000,000, to re7 main available until expended. 

8 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

10 $9,384,000. 

11 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

12 DEVELOPMENT

13 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

14 planning, research, systems development, development ac15 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex16 pended, $18,300,000. 

17 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

18 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

19 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

20 $128,094,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

21 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

22 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

23 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro24 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex25 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur26 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
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1 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

2 Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 

3 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 

4 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 

5 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess6 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

7 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap8 proved by such Committees. 

9 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

10 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $353,000, as au11 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in12 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de13 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

14 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

15 subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 

16 guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for 

17 administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 

18 program, $559,000. 

19 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

20 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re21 source Center outreach activities, $3,056,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not23 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

24 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor25 tation. 
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1 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 In addition to funds made available from any other 

5 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

6 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $73,013,000, to be de7 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided, That, in determining 

9 between or among carriers competing to provide service 

10 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

11 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

12 That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to 

13 meet the costs of the essential air service program in the 

14 current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums 

15 as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service 

16 program from any available amounts appropriated to or 

17 directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for 

18 such fiscal year. 

19 COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS

20 (RESCISSION)

21 Of the amounts made available under this heading, 

22 all unobligated balances as of the date of enactment of 

23 this Act are hereby permanently rescinded. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE

2 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

3 SEC. 101. The Secretary of Transportation is author4 ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 

5 bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 

6 Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 

7 SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

9 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap10 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

11 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

12 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact13 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

14 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

15 Congressional notification. 

16 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available under 

17 this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im18 plement a program under which essential air service com19 munities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly 

20 referred to as the EAS local participation program. 

21 SEC. 104. The Secretary or his or her designee may 

22 engage in activities with States and State legislators to 

23 consider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle 

24 fatalities. 
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1 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

2 OPERATIONS

3 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad5 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper6 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

7 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

8 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

9 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

10 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

11 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi12 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

13 available by Public Law 108–176, $9,042,467,000, of 

14 which $5,238,005,000 shall be derived from the Airport 

15 and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 

16 $7,099,019,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza17 tion activities; not to exceed $1,164,597,000 shall be avail18 able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 

19 $14,094,000 shall be available for commercial space trans20 portation activities; not to exceed $111,004,000 shall be 

21 available for financial services activities; not to exceed 

22 $96,091,000 shall be available for human resources pro23 gram activities; not to exceed $331,000,000 shall be avail24 able for region and center operations and regional coordi25 nation activities; not to exceed $180,859,000 shall be 

26 available for staff offices; and not to exceed $46,500,000 
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1 shall be available for information services: Provided, That 

2 not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for 

3 aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to any 

4 budget activity under this heading: Provided further, That 

5 no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation 

6 by more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any trans7 fer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogram8 ming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not 

9 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli10 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro11 vided further, That the Secretary utilize not less than 

12 $10,000,000 of the funds provided for aviation safety ac13 tivities to pay for staff increases in the Office of Aviation 

14 Flight Standards and the Office of Aircraft Certification: 

15 Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each 

16 fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal 

17 Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an an18 nual update to the report submitted to Congress in De19 cember 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108– 

20 176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro21 priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 

22 March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 

23 Congress: Provided further, That funds may be used to 

24 enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard25 setting organization to assist in the development of avia-
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1 tion safety standards: Provided further, That none of the 

2 funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for 

3 the second career training program: Provided further, 

4 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

5 the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or imple6 ment any regulation that would promulgate new aviation 

7 user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 

9 may be credited to this appropriation funds received from 

10 States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 

11 public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in12 curred in the provision of agency services, including re13 ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 

14 facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer15 tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer16 tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 

17 major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That 

18 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

19 than $9,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-shar20 ing program: Provided further, That none of the funds in 

21 this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 

22 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 

23 employee unless such employee actually performed work 

24 during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro25 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act for aero-
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1 nautical charting and cartography are available for activi2 ties conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working 

3 Capital Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds 

4 in this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee 

5 of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store 

6 gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government7 issued credit card. 

8 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

9 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

11 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

12 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi13 gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au14 thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 

15 States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites 

16 by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ17 ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec18 essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 

19 of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 

20 employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta21 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

22 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air23 craft from funds available under this heading, including 

24 aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; to be de25 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

26 $2,742,095,000, of which $2,281,595,000 shall remain 
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1 available until September 30, 2011, and of which 

2 $460,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro4 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali5 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex6 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 

7 of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini8 tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2010 

9 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

10 transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest11 ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 

12 includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

13 2010 through 2014, with total funding for each year of 

14 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

15 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

16 and Budget: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

17 Transportation shall conduct an analysis that compares 

18 the current status of air traffic management and the na19 tional airspace system to the planned architecture of the 

20 ‘‘next generation’’ air transportation system: Provided fur21 ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the 

22 fiscal year 2010 President’s budget, the Secretary of 

23 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an interim 

24 architecture for the ‘‘next generation’’ air transportation 

25 system that establishes a list of priority capabilities to be 
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1 achieved by 2017 and provides an estimated cost for each 

2 of those priorities. 

3 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

7 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

8 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

9 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

10 $171,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

11 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

12 2011: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro13 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

14 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

15 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

16 incurred for research, engineering, and development. 

17 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in22 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com23 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub24 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

25 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au26 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
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1 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

2 and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 

3 under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 

4 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe5 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

6 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

7 Code, $3,600,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and 

8 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head10 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro11 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 

12 $3,514,500,000 in fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding sec13 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

14 further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 

15 be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys16 tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 

17 airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex18 plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith19 standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 

20 this heading, not more than $87,454,000 shall be obli21 gated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall 

22 be available for the airport cooperative research program, 

23 not less than $19,348,000 shall be for Airport Technology 

24 Research, and $8,000,000, to remain available until ex25 pended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of 
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1 the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the 

2 Small Community Air Service Development Program. 

3 (RESCISSION)

4 Of the amounts authorized under sections 48103 and 

5 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $80,000,000 are 

6 permanently rescinded from amounts authorized for the 

7 fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

11 to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 

12 the federally funded research and development center con13 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

14 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur15 ing fiscal year 2009. 

16 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

17 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air18 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis19 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

20 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 

21 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

22 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro23 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia24 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

25 agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 

26 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
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1 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili2 ties. 

3 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

4 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

5 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 

6 49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2009, 

7 49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount re8 maining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 

9 may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for 

10 the subsequent fiscal year. 

11 SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 

12 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 

13 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

14 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

15 appropriation. 

16 SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

17 by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 

18 prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 

19 New Jersey. 

20 SEC. 115. (a) No funds provided in this Act may be 

21 used by the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate 

22 regulations or take any action regarding the scheduling 

23 of airline operations at any commercial airport in the 

24 United States if such regulation or action involves: 
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1 (1) the auctioning by the Secretary or the FAA 

2 Administrator of rights or permission to conduct air3 line operations at such an airport, 

4 (2) the implementation by said Secretary or Ad5 ministrator of peak-period or other forms of conges6 tion pricing at such an airport, 

7 (3) either: 

8 (A) withdrawal by the Secretary or Admin9 istrator of a right or permission to conduct op10 erations at such an airport (except when the 

11 withdrawal is for operational reasons or pursu12 ant to the terms or conditions of such operating 

13 right or permission), or 

14 (B) requiring a carrier to transfer involun15 tarily any such right or permission to another 

16 person, 

17 (4) the charging by the Secretary or Adminis18 trator of a fee for the right or permission to use 

19 navigable airspace at such an airport, or 

20 (5) requiring or providing incentives or dis21 incentives to airport proprietors to take such actions 

22 themselves. 

23 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to: 

24 (1) prohibit the Secretary or the Administrator 

25 from imposing per-operation limitations on airports 
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1 for the purpose of alleviating congestion at such air2 ports, 

3 (2) prohibit individual airports from imple4 menting peak-period or other congestion pricing at 

5 such airports, consistent with regulations pertaining 

6 to airport rates and charges, or 

7 (3) limit the ability of a State, political subdivi8 sion of a State, or political authority of at least two 

9 States that owns or operates a commercial airport 

10 from carrying out its proprietary powers and rights. 

11 SEC. 116. None of the funds limited by this Act for 

12 grants under the Airport Improvement Program shall be 

13 made available to the sponsor of a commercial service air14 port if such sponsor fails to agree to a request from the 

15 Secretary of Transportation for cost-free space in a non16 revenue producing, public use area of the airport terminal 

17 or other airport facilities for the purpose of carrying out 

18 a public service air passenger rights and consumer out19 reach campaign. 

20 SEC. 117. Within 60 days of the publication date of 

21 any Government Accountability Office report reviewing 

22 the Federal Aviation Administration’s project to redesign 

23 the airspace over the New York, New Jersey, and Phila24 delphia region, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

25 Administration shall report in writing to the Committee 
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1 on Appropriations and the Committee on Commerce, 

2 Science, and Transportation, on actions the agency in3 tends to take in order to address any concerns and rec4 ommendations identified in the Government Account5 ability Office report. 

6 SEC. 118. The Secretary shall apportion to the spon7 sor of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled 

8 air service from a large certified air carrier (as defined 

9 in part 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or 

10 such other regulations as may be issued by the Secretary 

11 under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal 

12 to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 

13 47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had 

14 more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding 

15 calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary 

16 under part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

18 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 Not to exceed $390,000,000, together with advances 

21 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad22 ministration, shall be paid in accordance with law from 

23 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 

24 Highway Administration for necessary expenses for ad25 ministration and operation. In addition, not to exceed 

26 $3,524,000 shall be paid from appropriations made avail-
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1 able by this Act and transferred to the Department of 

2 Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs as3 sociated with audits and investigations of projects and 

4 programs of the Federal Highway Administration, and not 

5 to exceed $300,000 shall be paid from appropriations 

6 made available by this Act and provided to that office 

7 through reimbursement to conduct the annual audits of 

8 financial statements in accordance with section 3521 of 

9 title 31, United States Code. In addition, not to exceed 

10 $3,124,000 shall be paid from appropriations made avail11 able by this Act and transferred to the Appalachian Re12 gional Commission in accordance with section 104 of title 

13 23, United States Code. 

14 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

15 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

16 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

17 None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

18 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga19 tions for which are in excess of $40,700,000,000 for Fed20 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro21 grams for fiscal year 2009: Provided, That within the 

22 $40,700,000,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid 

23 highways and highway safety construction programs, not 

24 more than $429,800,000 shall be available for the imple25 mentation or execution of programs for transportation re26 search (chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; sections 
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1 111, 5505, and 5506 of title 49, United States Code; and 

2 title 5 of Public Law 109–59) for fiscal year 2009: Pro3 vided further, That this limitation on transportation re4 search programs shall not apply to any authority pre5 viously made available for obligation: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary may, as authorized by section 605(b) 

7 of title 23, United States Code, collect and spend fees to 

8 cover the costs of services of expert firms, including coun9 sel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist 

10 in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instru11 ments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Gov12 ernment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided 

13 further, That such fees are available until expended to pay 

14 for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are 

15 in addition to administrative expenses that are also avail16 able for such purpose, and are not subject to any obliga17 tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 

18 under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United 

22 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high23 ways, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for 

24 sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 

25 308, $41,439,000,000 or so much thereof as may be avail26 able in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
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1 than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 

2 expended. 

3 (RESCISSION)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 

6 each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

7 Code, $3,150,000,000 are permanently rescinded: Pro8 vided, That such rescission shall not apply to the funds 

9 distributed in accordance with sections 130(f) and 

10 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code; sections 

11 133(d)(1) and 163 of such title, as in effect on the day 

12 before the date of enactment of Public Law 109–59; and 

13 the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title: 

14 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1132 of 

15 Public Law 110–140, in administering the rescission re16 quired under this heading, the Secretary of Transpor17 tation shall allow each State to determine the amount of 

18 the required rescission to be drawn from the programs to 

19 which the rescission applies. 

20 APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM

21 For necessary expenses for West Virginia corridor H 

22 of the Appalachian Development Highway System as au23 thorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, 

24 as amended, $9,500,000, to remain available until ex25 pended. 
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1 DENALI ACCESS SYSTEM PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses for the Denali Access System 

3 Program as authorized under section 1960 of Public Law 

4 109–59, $5,700,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

8 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2009, the Secretary of 

9 Transportation shall— 

10 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

11 for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad12 ministrative expenses and programs by section 

13 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; programs 

14 funded from the administrative takedown authorized 

15 by section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code 

16 (as in effect on the date before the date of enact17 ment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

18 Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users); the 

19 highway use tax evasion program; and the Bureau of 

20 Transportation Statistics; 

21 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga22 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 

23 to the unobligated balance of amounts made avail24 able from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 

25 Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and 
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1 highway safety programs for previous fiscal years 

2 the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; 

3 (3) determine the ratio that— 

4 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal5 aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 

6 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears 

7 to 

8 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

9 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 

10 highway safety construction programs (other 

11 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

12 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

13 through (9) of subsection (b) and sums author14 ized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 

15 23, United States Code, equal to the amount 

16 referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal 

17 year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 

18 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

19 this subsection; 

20 (4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for 

21 Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts 

22 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for 

23 sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Account24 able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

25 A Legacy for Users; sections 117 (but individually 
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1 for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in 

2 the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Ac3 countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

4 Act: A Legacy for Users) and section 144(g) of title 

5 23, United States Code; and section 14501 of title 

6 40, United States Code, so that the amount of obli7 gation authority available for each of such sections 

8 is equal to the amount determined by multiplying 

9 the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the 

10 sums authorized to be appropriated for that section 

11 for the fiscal year; and 

12 (B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 

13 of title 23, United States Code; 

14 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

15 for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate 

16 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and 

17 (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4), 

18 for each of the programs that are allocated by the 

19 Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef20 ficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

21 Users and title 23, United States Code (other than 

22 to programs to which paragraphs (1) and (4) apply), 

23 by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph 

24 (3) by the amounts authorized to be appropriated 

25 for each such program for such fiscal year; and 
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1 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

2 for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate 

3 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and 

4 (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) 

5 and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safe6 ty construction programs (other than the amounts 

7 apportioned for the equity bonus program, but only 

8 to the extent that the amounts apportioned for the 

9 equity bonus program for the fiscal year are greater 

10 than $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian develop11 ment highway system program) that are apportioned 

12 by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexi13 ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

14 for Users and title 23, United States Code, in the 

15 ratio that— 

16 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

17 for such programs that are apportioned to each 

18 State for such fiscal year, bear to 

19 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

20 be appropriated for such programs that are ap21 portioned to all States for such fiscal year. 

22 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

23 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

24 not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, 

25 United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface 
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1 Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 

2 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sub3 sections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Trans4 portation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections 

5 (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation 

6 and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under 

7 sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 

8 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 

9 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the 

10 day before the date of the enactment of the Transpor11 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) under section 

12 105 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect for fiscal 

13 years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal 

14 to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years; (9) for 

15 Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation au16 thority was made available under the Transportation Eq17 uity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws 

18 for multiple years or to remain available until used, but 

19 only to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

20 lapsed or been used; (10) under section 105 of title 23, 

21 United States Code, but only in an amount equal to 

22 $639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009; 

23 and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, 

24 Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

25 for Users, to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
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1 with that section were not subject to a limitation on obli2 gations at the time at which the funds were initially made 

3 available for obligation. 

4 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU5 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

6 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribu7 tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub8 section (a) if the amount distributed cannot be obligated 

9 during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts 

10 to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to 

11 those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 

12 priority to those States having large unobligated balances 

13 of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 

14 23, United States Code. 

15 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

16 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga17 tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro18 grams carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United 

19 States Code, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Ac20 countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

21 A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made 

22 available for such programs under such limitation shall re23 main available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be 

24 in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
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1 obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

2 construction programs for future fiscal years. 

3 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

4 FUNDS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

6 the date of the distribution of obligation limitation 

7 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 

8 to the States any funds that— 

9 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

10 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro11 grams; and 

12 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

13 allocated to the States, and will not be available 

14 for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the im15 position of any obligation limitation for such 

16 fiscal year. 

17 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

18 paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution 

19 of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). 

20 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under 

21 paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes de22 scribed in section 133(b) of title 23, United States 

23 Code. 

24 (f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obli25 gation limitation distributed for a fiscal year under sub-
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1 section (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection 

2 (a)(4) shall— 

3 (1) remain available until used for obligation of 

4 funds for that provision; and 

5 (2) be in addition to the amount of any limita6 tion imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 

7 and highway safety construction programs for future 

8 fiscal years. 

9 (g) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

11 obligation authority distributed for such fiscal year 

12 under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1 

13 through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 

14 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

15 Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may 

16 be obligated for any other project in such section in 

17 the same State. 

18 (2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used 

19 as described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to 

20 the original purpose on the date on which obligation 

21 authority is distributed under this section for the 

22 next fiscal year following obligation under paragraph 

23 (1). 

24 (h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 

25 Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the dis-
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1 tribution of obligation authority under subsection 

2 (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual projects numbered 

3 greater than 3676 listed in the table contained in section 

4 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans5 portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. 

6 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re7 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

8 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur9 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal10 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the 

11 Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall 

12 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

13 highways and highway safety construction. 

14 SEC. 122. In addition to amounts provided in this 

15 or any other Act for fiscal year 2009, $143,031,303, to 

16 be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 

17 Mass Transit Account), shall be available for the Trans18 portation, Community, and System Preservation Program 

19 under section 1117 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef20 ficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

21 (Pub. L. 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144, 1177–1179): Provided, 

22 That all funds made available under this section shall be 

23 subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid 

24 highways and highway safety construction programs set 

25 forth in this Act or any other Act: Provided further, That 
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1 such funds shall be administered in accordance with sec2 tion 1117(g)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi3 cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. 

4 SEC. 123. Of the amounts made available under sec5 tion 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, $33,401,492 

6 are permanently rescinded. 

7 SEC. 124. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 

8 available in fiscal year 2005 and prior fiscal years for the 

9 implementation or execution of programs for transpor10 tation research, training and education, and technology 

11 deployment including intelligent transportation systems, 

12 $11,756,527 are permanently rescinded. 

13 SEC. 125. There is hereby appropriated to the Sec14 retary of Transportation $161,326,625 for surface trans15 portation priorities: Provided, That the amount provided 

16 by this section shall be made available for the programs, 

17 projects and activities identified under this section in the 

18 explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided 

19 further, That funds provided by this section, at the request 

20 of a State, shall be transferred by the Secretary to another 

21 Federal agency: Provided further, That the Federal share 

22 payable on account of any program, project, or activity 

23 carried out with funds set aside by this section shall be 

24 100 percent: Provided further, That the sums set aside by 

25 this section shall remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided further, That none of the funds set aside by this 

2 section shall be subject to any limitation on obligations 

3 for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 

4 programs set forth in this Act or any other Act. 

5 SEC. 126. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 

6 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re7 quirement for Federal-aid highway projects, the Secretary 

8 of Transportation shall make an informal public notice 

9 and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiv10 er and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary 

11 shall provide an annual report to the Appropriations Com12 mittees of the Congress on any waivers granted under the 

13 Buy America requirements. 

14 SEC. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, funds made available in Public Law 110–161 for 

16 ‘‘Bridge over Broadway, Missoula to Rattlesnake National 

17 Recreation Area, MT’’ shall be available for a new pedes18 trian and bicycle-friendly at-grade crossing of East Broad19 way Street in Missoula, Montana. 

20 SEC. 128. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

21 subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, 

22 or otherwise affected by this Act shall be used to approve 

23 or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any 

24 segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in 

25 the State of Texas that— 
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1 (1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is 

2 not tolled; 

3 (2) is constructed with Federal assistance pro4 vided under title 23, United States Code; and 

5 (3) is in actual operation as of the date of en6 actment of this Act. 

7 (b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

8 (1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) 

9 shall not apply to any segment of highway on the 

10 Federal-aid system described in that subsection that, 

11 as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the seg12 ment, will have the same number of non-toll lanes as 

13 were in existence prior to that date. 

14 (2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.—A 

15 high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a 

16 toll lane shall not be subject to this section, and 

17 shall not be considered to be a non-toll lane for pur18 poses of determining whether a highway will have 

19 fewer non-toll lanes than prior to the date of imposi20 tion of the toll, if— 

21 (A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by 

22 the number of passengers specified by the enti23 ty operating the toll lane may use the toll lane 

24 without paying a toll, unless otherwise specified 

25 by the appropriate county, town, municipal or 
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1 other local government entity, or public toll 

2 road or transit authority; or 

3 (B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that 

4 was converted to a toll lane was constructed as 

5 a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane 

6 under a plan approved by the appropriate coun7 ty, town, municipal or other local government 

8 entity, or public toll road or transit authority. 

9 SEC. 129. (a) In the explanatory statement ref10 erenced in section 129 of division K of Public Law 110– 

11 161 (121 Stat. 2388), the item relating to ‘‘Route 116 

12 and Bay Road Intersection and Road Improvements, Am13 herst, MA’’ in the table of projects for such section 129 

14 is deemed to be amended by inserting ‘‘, including Bike, 

15 Pedestrian, or Other Off Road Paths’’ after ‘‘Improve16 ments’’. 

17 (b) In the explanatory statement referenced in section 

18 129 of division K of Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 

19 2388), the item relating to ‘‘Highway 77 Rail Grade Sepa20 ration, Marion, AR’’, in the table of projects for such sec21 tion 129 is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Highway 

22 77 Rail Grade Separation, Marion, AR’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘BNSF main line overpass within the Marion, Arkansas, 

24 planning jurisdiction’’. 
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1 (c) In the explanatory statement referenced in section 

2 186 of division K of Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 

3 2406), in the table of projects under the heading ‘‘Federal 

4 Highway Administration—Federal-Aid Highways (Limi5 tation on Obligations)—Federal Lands’’ in division K of 

6 such explanatory statement, the item relating to ‘‘U.S. 

7 Forest Highway 4, Winston County, Alabama’’ is deemed 

8 to be amended by striking ‘‘Highway 4’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘Highway 9’’. 

10 (d) In the explanatory statement referenced in section 

11 186 of division K of Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 

12 2406), the item relating to ‘‘Street Improvements in 

13 Burnham, IL’’ in the table of projects under the heading 

14 ‘‘Transportation, Community and System Preservation 

15 Program’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Street 

16 Improvements in Burnham, IL’’ and inserting ‘‘Repair of 

17 Side Streets and Relocation of Water Mains resulting 

18 from rerouting of traffic and reconstruction of 159th 

19 Street in Harvey, IL’’. 

20 (e) In the explanatory statement referenced in section 

21 186 of division K of Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 

22 2406), the item relating to ‘‘Street Improvements in 

23 Thornton, IL’’ in the table of projects under the heading 

24 ‘‘Transportation, Community and System Preservation 

25 Program’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Street 
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1 Improvements in Thornton, IL’’ and inserting ‘‘Engineer2 ing, Right-of-Way, and Construction of Joe Orr Road Ex3 tension and Main Street Project in Lynwood, IL’’. 

4 (f) Funds made available from the amount appro5 priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Administra6 tion—Highway Demonstration Projects’’ of title I of the 

7 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap8 propriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–143) for the Mil9 ler Highway from 59th Street to 72nd Street, west side 

10 of Manhattan, New York, and from the amount appro11 priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Administra12 tion—Highway Projects’’ of title I of the Department of 

13 Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

14 1993 (Public Law 102–388) for design improvements on 

15 Miller Highway, New York City, New York, shall be made 

16 available for the project specified in item 4599 of section 

17 1702 of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), as amend18 ed by the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 

19 2008 (Public Law 110–244). 

20 SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, any unexpended amounts available for obligation for 

22 item number 48 under section 1106(b) of Public Law 

23 102–240 (105 Stat. 2046) for the Southern State Park24 way Improvement project shall be available for obligation 

25 and expenditure on the I–90 connector, Rensselaer Coun-
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1 ty, New York, including reimbursement for expenses in2 curred on such connector prior to the date of enactment 

3 of this section. 

4 SEC. 131. (a) The table contained in section 1702 

5 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transpor6 tation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) 

7 is amended by striking the project description for item 

8 number 189 and inserting the following: ‘‘Planning, de9 sign, engineering, environmental analysis, acquisition of 

10 rights-of-way, and construction for the Long Valley By11 pass’’. 

12 (b) The table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, 

13 Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

14 Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) is amended by 

15 striking the project description for item number 3546 and 

16 inserting the following: ‘‘Port of Coos Bay to acquire and 

17 repair the Coos Bay Line’’. 

18 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

19 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

24 For payment of obligations incurred for administra25 tion of motor carrier safety operations and programs pur26 suant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, 
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1 and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, 

2 $234,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

3 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 

4 with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed5 eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

6 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

7 That none of the funds derived from the Highway Trust 

8 Fund in this Act shall be available for the implementation, 

9 execution or administration of programs, the obligations 

10 for which are in excess of $234,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Car11 rier Safety Operations and Programs’’, of which 

12 $8,500,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep13 tember 30, 2011, is for the research and technology pro14 gram and $1,000,000 shall be available for commercial 

15 motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry out section 4134 

16 of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That notwith17 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds 

18 under this heading for outreach and education shall be 

19 available for transfer: Provided further, That the Federal 

20 Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall transmit to 

21 Congress a report on March 30, 2009 and September 30, 

22 2009 on the agency’s ability to meet its requirement to 

23 conduct compliance reviews on high-risk carriers: Provided 

24 further, That $4,839,259 in unobligated balances are per25 manently rescinded. 
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1 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

6 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

7 sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 

8 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

9 and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, $307,000,000, to be de10 rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

11 Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail13 able for the implementation or execution of programs, the 

14 obligations for which are in excess of $307,000,000, for 

15 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $209,000,000 

16 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 

17 program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of title 

18 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for 

19 the commercial driver’s license improvements program to 

20 carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code; 

21 $32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement 

22 grants program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, 

23 United States Code; $5,000,000 shall be available for the 

24 performance and registration information system manage25 ment program to carry out sections 31106(b) and 31109 

26 of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be 
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1 available for the commercial vehicle information systems 

2 and networks deployment program to carry out section 

3 4126 of Public Law 109–59; $3,000,000 shall be available 

4 for the safety data improvement program to carry out sec5 tion 4128 of Public Law 109–59; and $8,000,000 shall 

6 be available for the commercial driver’s license information 

7 system modernization program to carry out section 

8 31309(e) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 

9 That of the funds made available for the motor carrier 

10 safety assistance program, $29,000,000 shall be available 

11 for audits of new entrant motor carriers: Provided further, 

12 That $6,502,558 in unobligated balances are permanently 

13 rescinded. 

14 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the amounts made available under this heading 

18 in prior appropriations Acts, $2,231,259 in unobligated 

19 balances are permanently rescinded. 

20 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 (RESCISSION)

23 Of the amounts made available under this heading 

24 in prior appropriations Acts, $19,571,910 in unobligated 

25 balances are permanently rescinded. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR

2 CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 135. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 

4 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

5 section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of 

6 Public Law 110–28, including that the Secretary submit 

7 a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Commit8 tees annually on the safety and security of transportation 

9 into the United States by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers. 

10 SEC. 136. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available under this Act may be used, directly 

12 or indirectly, to establish, implement, continue, promote, 

13 or in any way permit a cross-border motor carrier dem14 onstration program to allow Mexican-domiciled motor car15 riers to operate beyond the commercial zones along the 

16 international border between the United States and Mex17 ico, including continuing, in whole or in part, any such 

18 program that was initiated prior to the date of the enact19 ment of this Act. 

20 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

21 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

22 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

23 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

24 under subtitle C of title X of Public Law 109–59 and 

25 chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United 
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1 States Code, $127,000,000, of which $31,670,000 shall 

2 remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 

3 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

4 obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any 

5 rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the 

6 Code of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining 

7 to a grading standard that is different from the three 

8 grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature 

9 resistance) already in effect. 

10 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

14 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

15 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, $105,500,000 to be de16 rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

17 Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 

18 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able for the planning or execution of programs the total 

20 obligations for which, in fiscal year 2009, are in excess 

21 of $105,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 

22 403: Provided further, That within the $105,500,000 obli23 gation limitation for operations and research, $26,908,000 

24 shall remain available until September 30, 2010 and shall 

25 be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 

26 on obligations for future years. 
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1 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

6 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, 

7 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 

8 the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until 

9 expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 

10 shall be available for the implementation or execution of 

11 programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 

12 2009, are in excess of $4,000,000 for the National Driver 

13 Register authorized under such chapter. 

14 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

15 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

16 (LLIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

19 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 

20 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public 

21 Law 109–59, to remain available until expended, 

22 $619,500,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

23 (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That 

24 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 

25 planning or execution of programs the total obligations for 

26 which, in fiscal year 2009, are in excess of $619,500,000 
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1 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 

2 408, and 410 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 

3 2011 of Public Law 109–59, of which $235,000,000 shall 

4 be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 

5 $25,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive 

6 Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; $124,500,000 shall be for 

7 ‘‘Safety Belt Performance Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406, 

8 and such obligation limitation shall remain available until 

9 September 30, 2010 in accordance with subsection (f) of 

10 such section 406 and shall be in addition to the amount 

11 of any limitation imposed on obligations for such grants 

12 for future fiscal years; $34,500,000 shall be for ‘‘State 

13 Traffic Safety Information System Improvements’’ under 

14 23 U.S.C. 408; $139,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Im15 paired Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grant Pro16 gram’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410; $18,500,000 shall be for 

17 ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 2001(a)(11) of 

18 Public Law 109–59; $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visi19 bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 of Pub20 lic Law 109–59; $7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist 

21 Safety’’ under section 2010 of Public Law 109–59; and 

22 $7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Child Safety and Child Booster 

23 Seat Safety Incentive Grants’’ under section 2011 of Pub24 lic Law 109–59: Provided further, That none of these 

25 funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re-
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1 modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 

2 State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided 

3 further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 

4 available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun5 termeasures Grants’’ shall be available for technical assist6 ance to the States: Provided further, That not to exceed 

7 $750,000 of the funds made available for the ‘‘High Visi8 bility Enforcement Program’’ shall be available for the 

9 evaluation required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 

10 109–59. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

12 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

14 SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

15 or limitation on the use of funds made available under 

16 section 403 of title 23, United States Code, an additional 

17 $130,000 shall be made available to the National Highway 

18 Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited 

19 for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay 

20 for travel and related expenses for State management re21 views and to pay for core competency development train22 ing and related expenses for highway safety staff. 

23 SEC. 141. Of the amounts made available under the 

24 heading ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquidation of Con25 tract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (High26 way Trust Fund)’’ in prior appropriations Acts, 
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1 $10,900,000 in unobligated balances are permanently re2 scinded. 

3 SEC. 142. Of the amounts made available under the 

4 heading ‘‘National Driver Register (Liquidation of Con5 tract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (High6 way Trust Fund)’’ in prior appropriations Acts, $544,000 

7 in unobligated balances are permanently rescinded. 

8 SEC. 143. Of the amounts made available under the 

9 heading ‘‘Highway Traffic Safety Grants (Liquidation of 

10 Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) 

11 (Highway Trust Fund)’’ in prior appropriations Acts, 

12 $60,200,000 in unobligated balances are permanently re13 scinded. 

14 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

15 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

16 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad17 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $159,445,000, of 

18 which $12,268,890 shall remain available until expended. 

19 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

20 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de21 velopment, $33,950,000, to remain available until ex22 pended. 

23 CAPITAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES—INTERCITY

24 PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE

25 To enable the Federal Railroad Administrator to 

26 make grants to States for the capital costs of improving 
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1 existing intercity passenger rail service and providing new 

2 intercity passenger rail service, $90,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That grants shall be 

4 provided to a State only on a reimbursable basis: Provided 

5 further, That grants cover no more than 50 percent of the 

6 total capital cost of a project selected for funding: Pro7 vided further, That no more than 10 percent of funds 

8 made available under this program may be used for plan9 ning activities that lead directly to the development of a 

10 passenger rail corridor investment plan consistent with the 

11 requirements established by the Administrator: Provided 

12 further, That no later than eight months following enact13 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and publish 

14 criteria for project selection, set a deadline for grant appli15 cations, and provide a schedule for project selection: Pro16 vided further, That to be eligible for this assistance, States 

17 must include intercity passenger rail service as an integral 

18 part of statewide transportation planning as required 

19 under section 135 of title 23, United States Code: Pro20 vided further, That to be eligible for capital assistance the 

21 specific project must be on the Statewide Transportation 

22 Improvement Plan at the time of the application to qual23 ify: Provided further, That the Secretary give priority to 

24 capital and planning applications for projects that improve 

25 the safety and reliability of intercity passenger trains, in-
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1 volve a commitment by freight railroads to an enforceable 

2 on-time performance of passenger trains of 80 percent or 

3 greater, involve a commitment by freight railroads of fi4 nancial resources commensurate with the benefit expected 

5 to their operations, improve or extend service on a route 

6 that requires little or no Federal assistance for its oper7 ations, and involve a commitment by States or railroads 

8 of financial resources to improve the safety of highway/ 

9 rail grade crossings over which the passenger service oper10 ates: Provided further, That the Administrator is directed 

11 to report to the Committees on Appropriations not later 

12 than 180 days upon enactment of this Act detailing the 

13 recipients and outcomes of grants issued pursuant to Pub14 lic Law 110–116, under this heading, the Capital Assist15 ance to States Program, any and all usage and perform16 ance fees paid to a freight railroad for access to the right 

17 of way: Provided further, That the Administrator may re18 tain up to one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided 

19 under this heading to fund the award and oversight by 

20 the Administrator of grants made under this heading. 

21 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

22 FINANCING PROGRAM

23 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

24 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli25 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza26 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
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1 210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as 

2 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 

3 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 

4 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author5 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 

6 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 

7 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar8 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 

9 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2009. 

10 RAIL LINE RELOCATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 20154 

12 of title 49, United States Code, as authorized by section 

13 9002 of Public Law 109–59, $25,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

16 PASSENGER CORPORATION

17 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

18 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor19 poration for operation of intercity passenger rail, 

20 $550,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That the Secretary shall withhold such sums as 

22 shall be necessary for the costs associated with the second 

23 retroactive wage payment to Amtrak employees and shall 

24 transmit such funding to the corporation for the sole and 

25 exclusive purpose of making such payments only at such 

26 time as said payments are due: Provided further, That 
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1 such remaining amounts available under this paragraph 

2 shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to 

3 cover operating losses for the Corporation only after re4 ceiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific 

5 train route: Provided further, That each such grant re6 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed financial anal7 ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 

8 justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac9 tion: Provided further, That the Corporation is directed 

10 to achieve savings through operating efficiencies including, 

11 but not limited to, modifications to food and beverage 

12 service and first class service: Provided further, That the 

13 Inspector General of the Department of Transportation 

14 shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap15 propriations beginning 3 months after the date of the en16 actment of this Act and quarterly thereafter with esti17 mates of the savings accrued as a result of all operational 

18 reforms instituted by the Corporation: Provided further, 

19 That not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, 

20 the Corporation shall transmit to the House and Senate 

21 Committees on Appropriations the status of its plan to 

22 improve the financial performance of food and beverage 

23 service and its plan to improve the financial performance 

24 of first class service (including sleeping car service): Pro25 vided further, That the Corporation shall report quarterly 
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1 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

2 on its progress against the milestones and target dates 

3 contained in the plan provided in fiscal year 2008 and 

4 quantify savings realized to date on a monthly basis com5 pared to those projected in the plan, identify any changes 

6 in the plan or delays in implementing these plans, and 

7 identify the causes of delay and proposed corrective meas8 ures: Provided further, That not later than 90 days after 

9 enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in 

10 electronic format, to the Secretary, the House and Senate 

11 Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

12 Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Com13 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation a com14 prehensive business plan approved by the Board of Direc15 tors for fiscal year 2009 under section 24104(a) of title 

16 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the busi17 ness plan shall include, as applicable, targets for ridership, 

18 revenues, and capital and operating expenses: Provided 

19 further, That the plan shall also include a separate ac20 counting of such targets for the Northeast Corridor; com21 muter service; long-distance Amtrak service; State-sup22 ported service; each intercity train route, including Auto23 train; and commercial activities including contract oper24 ations: Provided further, That the business plan shall in25 clude a description of the work to be funded, along with 
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1 cost estimates and an estimated timetable for completion 

2 of the projects covered by this business plan: Provided fur3 ther, That the Corporation shall continue to provide 

4 monthly reports in electronic format regarding the pend5 ing business plan, which shall describe the work completed 

6 to date, any changes to the business plan, and the reasons 

7 for such changes, and shall identify all sole source contract 

8 awards which shall be accompanied by a justification as 

9 to why said contract was awarded on a sole source basis: 

10 Provided further, That the Corporation’s business plan 

11 and all subsequent supplemental plans shall be displayed 

12 on the Corporation’s website within a reasonable time13 frame following their submission to the appropriate enti14 ties: Provided further, That none of the funds under this 

15 heading may be obligated or expended until the Corpora16 tion agrees to continue abiding by the provisions of para17 graphs 1, 2, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions 

18 for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the 

19 same manner as in effect on the date of enactment of this 

20 Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 

21 this Act may be used after March 1, 2006, to support any 

22 route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more 

23 than 50 percent off the normal, peak fare: Provided fur24 ther, That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes 

25 where the operating loss as a result of the discount is cov-
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1 ered by a State and the State participates in the setting 

2 of fares: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

3 available under this heading not less than $18,500,000 

4 shall be available for the Amtrak Office of Inspector Gen5 eral. 

6 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

7 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

8 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

9 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor10 poration for the maintenance and repair of capital infra11 structure owned by the Corporation, including railroad 

12 equipment, rolling stock, legal mandates and other serv13 ices, $940,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

14 which not to exceed $285,000,000 shall be for debt service 

15 obligations: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up 

16 to one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds under this head17 ing to fund the oversight by the Federal Railroad Adminis18 tration of the design and implementation of capital 

19 projects funded by grants made under this heading: Pro20 vided further, That the Secretary shall approve funding 

21 for capital expenditures, including advance purchase or22 ders of materials, for the Corporation only after receiving 

23 and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital 

24 grant justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s 

25 satisfaction: Provided further, That none of the funds 

26 under this heading may be used to subsidize operating 
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1 losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That none of 

2 the funds under this heading may be used for capital 

3 projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation 

4 or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2009 business plan: 

5 Provided further, That, the business plan shall be accom6 panied by a comprehensive fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling 

7 stock which shall address the Corporation’s detailed plans 

8 and timeframes for the maintenance, refurbishment, re9 placement and expansion of the Amtrak fleet: Provided 

10 further, That said fleet plan shall establish year-specific 

11 goals and milestones and discuss potential, current, and 

12 preferred financing options for all such activities. 

13 EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

14 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

15 (RESCISSION)

16 Of the amounts made available under this heading 

17 in Public Laws 109–115 and 110–5, all unobligated bal18 ances as of the date of enactment of this provision are 

19 hereby rescinded. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 SEC. 151. The Secretary may purchase promotional 

23 items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities 

24 to accomplish the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, 

25 That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the ad26 ministration of such purchases and use. 
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1 SEC. 152. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro2 vision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National 

3 Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease 

4 to be available to said Corporation in the event that the 

5 Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from 

6 any location outside the United States. For purposes of 

7 this section, the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service 

8 that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time 

9 or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment 

10 is located within the United States. 

11 SEC. 153. The Secretary of Transportation may re12 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

13 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

14 sources to repair damages to or replace United States 

15 Government owned automated track inspection cars and 

16 equipment as a result of third party liability for such dam17 ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 

18 be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 

19 of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 

20 available until expended for the repair, operation and 

21 maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 

22 equipment in connection with the automated track inspec23 tion program. 

24 SEC. 154. The Federal Railroad Administrator shall 

25 submit a quarterly report on April 1, 2009, and quarterly 
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1 reports thereafter, to the House and Senate Committees 

2 on Appropriations detailing the Administrator’s efforts at 

3 improving the on-time performance of Amtrak intercity 

4 rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned property. 

5 Such reports shall compare the most recent actual on-time 

6 performance data to pre-established on-time performance 

7 goals that the Administrator shall set for each rail service, 

8 identified by route. Such reports shall also include what9 ever other information and data regarding the on-time 

10 performance of Amtrak trains the Administrator deems to 

11 be appropriate. The amounts made available in this title 

12 under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and 

13 Expenses’’ shall be reduced $100,000 for each day after 

14 the first day of each quarter that the quarterly reports 

15 required by this section are not submitted to the Congress. 

16 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

17 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

20 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

21 53 of title 49, United States Code, $94,413,000: Provided, 

22 That of the funds available under this heading, not to ex23 ceed $1,800,000 shall be available for travel and not to 

24 exceed $23,322,000 shall be available for the central ac25 count: Provided further, That any funding transferred 

26 from the central account shall be submitted for approval 
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1 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

2 Provided further, That none of the funds provided or lim3 ited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office 

4 of transit security under this heading: Provided further, 

5 That of the funds in this Act available for the execution 

6 of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United 

7 States Code, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the De8 partment of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General 

9 for costs associated with audits and investigations of tran10 sit-related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway 

11 systems: Provided further, That upon submission to the 

12 Congress of the fiscal year 2010 President’s budget, the 

13 Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 

14 the annual report on new starts, including proposed alloca15 tions of funds for fiscal year 2010. 

16 FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

21 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 

22 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and 

23 section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, 

24 $8,670,000,000 to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac25 count of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 

26 until expended: Provided, That funds available for the im-
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1 plementation or execution of programs authorized under 

2 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 

3 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of 

4 Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed total 

5 obligations of $8,260,565,000 in fiscal year 2009. 

6 RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 

8 5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $67,000,000, to remain 

9 available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000 is 

10 available to carry out the transit cooperative research pro11 gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, 

12 $4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute 

13 under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, and 

14 $7,000,000 is available for university transportation cen15 ters program under section 5506 of title 49, United States 

16 Code: Provided further, That $45,700,000 is available to 

17 carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 

18 5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. 

19 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

20 For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 

21 title 49, United States Code, $1,809,250,000, to remain 

22 available until expended, of which no less than 

23 $200,000,000 is for section 5309(e) of such title: Pro24 vided, That of the funds available under this heading, 

25 amounts are to be made available as follows: 
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1 AC Transit BRT Corridor, California, 

2 $4,000,000. 

3 Bellevue-Redmond BRT, King County, Wash4 ington, $10,952,330. 

5 BRT, Potomac Yard-Crystal City, City of Alex6 andria and Arlington County, Virginia, $1,000,000. 

7 BRT, State Avenue Corridor, Wyandotte Coun8 ty, Kansas, $1,500,000. 

9 Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Project, 

10 Minnesota, $20,000,000. 

11 Central Florida Commuter Rail, Florida, 

12 $13,000,000. 

13 Central Link Initial Segment, Seattle, Wash14 ington, $25,962,062. 

15 Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail, Ari16 zona, $91,800,000. 

17 Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension, North 

18 Carolina, $20,500,000. 

19 Commuter Rail Improvements, Fitchburg, Mas20 sachusetts, $30,000,000. 

21 Commuter Rail Study—Phoenix to Tucson, Ari22 zona, $3,500,000. 

23 CTA Brown Line (Ravenswood), Illinois, 

24 $30,474,404. 

25 CTA Circle Line, Illinois, $6,000,000. 
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1 Dallas Area Rapid Transit Northwest/Southeast 

2 Light Rail MOS, Texas, $87,974,716. 

3 Downtown Orlando East-West Circulator Sys4 tem, Florida, $8,000,000. 

5 Dulles Corridor Metrorail, Virginia, 

6 $29,100,000. 

7 Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor 

8 Project, Hawaii, $20,000,000. 

9 Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority Ad10 vanced Transit Program/METRO Solutions Phase 2, 

11 Texas, $15,000,000. 

12 Hudson-Bergen MOS–2, Northern, New Jersey, 

13 $1,103,860. 

14 I–69 HOV/BRT, Mississippi, $7,650,000. 

15 Improvements to the Rosslyn Metro Station, 

16 Virginia, $2,000,000. 

17 JTA BRT System, Jacksonville, Florida, 

18 $1,280,000. 

19 Largo Metrorail Extension, District of Colum20 bia/Maryland, $34,700,000. 

21 Livermore-Amador BRT, Livermore, California, 

22 $7,990,000. 

23 Long Island Rail Road East Side Access, New 

24 York, $209,623,898. 
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1 Mason Corridor BRT, Fort Collins, Colorado, 

2 $11,182,000. 

3 MARC Capacity Improvements, Maryland, 

4 $13,000,000. 

5 Metra, Illinois, $24,000,000. 

6 Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, Los Ange7 les, California, $81,600,000. 

8 Metrorail Orange Line Extension Project, Flor9 ida, $20,000,000. 

10 Metro Rapid Bus System Gap Closure, Los An11 geles, California, $332,620. 

12 Mid-City Rapid, San Diego, California, 

13 $19,485,000. 

14 Mid Jordan Light Rail Extension, Utah, 

15 $20,000,000. 

16 Mountain Links BRT, Flagstaff, Arizona, 

17 $5,614,200. 

18 Norfolk LRT, Virginia, $53,592,108. 

19 North Shore LRT Connector, Pennsylvania, 

20 $670,885. 

21 Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District, 

22 Indiana, $5,000,000. 

23 Northstar Corridor Rail, Minnesota, 

24 $71,166,060. 
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1 Pacific Highway South BRT, King County, 

2 Washington, $281,520. 

3 Perris Valley Line, Riverside, California, 

4 $45,000,000. 

5 Pioneer Parkway EmX BRT, Springfield, Or6 egon, $296,000. 

7 San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail— 

8 Central Subway Project, California, $10,000,000. 

9 Second Avenue Subway Phase 1, New York, 

10 $277,697,000. 

11 South Corridor BRT, Kent County, Michigan, 

12 $600,000. 

13 South Corridor I–205/Portland Mall LRT, Or14 egon, $81,600,000. 

15 South County Commuter Rail, Wickford Junc16 tion Station, Rhode Island, $1,345,500. 

17 South Sacramento Light Rail Extension, Cali18 fornia, $7,000,000. 

19 Southeast Corridor, LRT, Colorado, 

20 $1,031,210. 

21 Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut, 

22 $3,650,000. 

23 Streetcar Loop, Portland, Oregon, $45,000,000. 

24 Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jersey, 

25 $48,000,000. 
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1 Troost Corridor BRT, Kansas City, Missouri, 

2 $125,200. 

3 Tucson Modern Streetcar/Light Rail Transit 

4 System, Tucson, Arizona, $2,000,000. 

5 University Link LRT Extension, Washington, 

6 $100,000,000. 

7 Van Ness BRT Project, San Francisco, Cali8 fornia, $400,000. 

9 VRE Rolling Stock, Virginia, $5,000,000. 

10 Weber County to Salt Lake City Commuter 

11 Rail, Utah, $81,600,000. 

12 West Corridor LRT, Colorado, $60,000,000. 

13 Wilshire Boulevard Bus-Only Lane, Los Ange14 les, California, $9,857,097. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

18 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro19 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

20 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

21 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

22 previously made available for obligation. 

23 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 

25 Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment 

26 Grants account and for bus and bus facilities under the 
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1 Federal Transit Administration, Formula and Bus Grants 

2 account for projects specified in this Act or identified in 

3 reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 

4 30, 2011, and other recoveries, shall be directed to 

5 projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for 

6 which they were originally provided. 

7 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2008, under 

9 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 

10 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

11 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

12 heading for any such section. 

13 SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, unobligated funds made available for new fixed guide15 way system projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit 

16 Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in any appro17 priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 

18 fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 

19 SEC. 164. During fiscal year 2009, each Federal 

20 Transit Administration grant for a project that involves 

21 the acquisition or rehabilitation of a bus to be used in pub22 lic transportation shall be funded for 90 percent of the 

23 net capital costs of a biodiesel bus or a factory-installed 

24 or retrofitted hybrid electric propulsion system and any 

25 equipment related to such a system: Provided, That the 
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1 Secretary shall have the discretion to determine, through 

2 practicable administrative procedures, the costs attrib3 utable to the system and related-equipment. 

4 SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, in regard to the Central Link Initial Segment Project, 

6 to the extent that Federal funds remain available within 

7 the current budget for the project, the Secretary shall, im8 mediately upon the date of enactment of this Act, amend 

9 the Full Funding Grant Agreement for said project to 

10 allow remaining Federal funds to be used to support com11 pletion of the Airport Link extension of said project. 

12 SEC. 166. Any unexpended funds in Federal Transit 

13 Administration grant numbers KS–03–0018 and KS–03– 

14 0032 shall be made available, at the request of the State, 

15 for a bus rapid transit project and related capital pur16 chases and facility improvements, in Johnson County, 

17 Kansas City, KS under the terms and conditions required 

18 to carry out section 5309(b)(3) of title 49, United States 

19 Code to the extent applicable. 

20 SEC. 167. Of the balances available for this fiscal 

21 year to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309(b) left to the discretion 

22 of the Secretary of Transportation, $100,000,000 are per23 manently rescinded. 

24 SEC. 168. None of the funds provided or limited 

25 under this Act may be used to issue a final regulation 
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1 under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, except 

2 that the Federal Transit Administration may continue to 

3 review comments received on the proposed rule (Docket 

4 No. FTA–2006–25737). 

5 SEC. 169. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii 

6 ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 

7 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new ves8 sels and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facili9 ties, including both the passenger and vehicle-related ele10 ments of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facili11 ties: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000 of the 

12 funds made available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

13 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by the City and County of 

14 Honolulu to operate a passenger ferry boat service dem15 onstration project to test the viability of different intra16 island ferry boat routes and technologies. 

17 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, unobligated funds or recoveries under section 5309 

19 of title 49, United States Code, that are available to the 

20 Secretary of Transportation for reallocation shall be di21 rected to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 

22 for which they were originally provided. 

23 SEC. 171. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, the $2,695,000 appropriated for the Charlotte Rapid 

25 Transit Extension—Northeast Corridor Light Rail 
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1 Project, North Carolina under the Alternatives Analysis 

2 Account in division K of the Consolidated Appropriations 

3 Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161) shall be used for the 

4 Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension—Northeast Corridor 

5 to carry out new fixed guideway or extension to existing 

6 fixed guideway activities described in section 5309 of title 

7 49, United States Code. 

8 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

9 CORPORATION

10 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora11 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with12 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

13 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 

14 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

15 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern16 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

17 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

18 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

19 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

20 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

21 For necessary expenses for operations, maintenance, 

22 and capital asset renewal of those portions of the Saint 

23 Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the 

24 Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 

25 $31,842,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 

26 Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
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1 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

5 needs of the United States, $174,000,000, to remain avail6 able until expended. 

7 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac9 tivities authorized by law, $123,360,000, of which 

10 $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for 

11 maintenance and repair of Schoolships at State Maritime 

12 Schools, of which $8,150,000 shall remain available until 

13 expended for capital improvements at the United States 

14 Merchant Marine Academy, and of which $53,208,000 

15 shall be available for operations at the United States Mer16 chant Marine Academy: Provided, That amounts appor17 tioned for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 

18 shall be available only upon allotments made personally 

19 by the Secretary of Transportation and not a designee: 

20 Provided further, That the Superintendent, Deputy Super21 intendent and the Director of the Office of Resource Man22 agement of the United States Merchant Marine Academy 

23 may not be allotment holders for the United States Mer24 chant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of Mari25 time Administration shall hold all allotments made by the 

26 Secretary of Transportation under the previous proviso: 
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1 Provided further, That 50 percent of the funding made 

2 available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 

3 under this heading shall be available only after the Sec4 retary, in consultation with the Maritime Administration, 

5 completes a plan detailing by program or activity and by 

6 object class how such funding will be expended at the 

7 Academy, and this plan is submitted to the House and 

8 Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

9 SHIP DISPOSAL

10 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob11 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

12 Maritime Administration, $15,000,000, to remain avail13 able until expended. 

14 ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

15 To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 

16 under section 3506 of Public Law 109–163 or section 

17 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $17,500,000, to 

18 remain available until expended: Provided, That to be con19 sidered for assistance, a qualified shipyard shall submit 

20 an application for assistance no later than 60 days after 

21 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That from appli22 cations submitted under the previous proviso, the Sec23 retary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 

24 120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as 

25 the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to 

26 exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
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1 heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant ad2 ministration. 

3 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran7 teed loan program, not to exceed $3,531,000, which shall 

8 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

9 ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 

10 SHIP CONSTRUCTION

11 (RESCISSION)

12 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

13 heading, $1,382,554 are rescinded. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 SEC. 175. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur18 nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 

19 connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 

20 Government property under control of the Maritime Ad21 ministration, and payments received therefor shall be cred22 ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 

23 Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, con24 tract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 

25 services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 

26 miscellaneous receipts. 
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1 SEC. 176. No obligations shall be incurred during the 

2 current fiscal year from the construction fund established 

3 by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note 

4 (cds)), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and 

5 limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropria6 tions Act. 

7 SEC. 177. Section 51509 of title 46, United States 

8 Code, is amended in subsection (b) by deleting ‘‘$4,000’’ 

9 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$8,000’’ and by inserting 

10 ‘‘tuition,’’ after ‘‘uniforms,’’. 

11 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

14 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

15 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

16 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

17 $19,130,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 

18 Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 

19 transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 

20 safety information grants to communities’’ as authorized 

21 in section 60130 of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

22 further, That grants described under the previous proviso 

23 shall be awarded within 120 days of enactment of this Act. 

24 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

25 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

26 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
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1 Materials Safety Administration, $32,000,000, of which 

2 $3,302,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2011: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 

4 under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 

5 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur6 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

7 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

8 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri9 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

10 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in11 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

12 and approvals functions. 

13 PIPELINE SAFETY

14 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

15 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

16 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

17 the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 

18 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 

19 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil20 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $93,291,000, of 

21 which $18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li22 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2011; and of which $74,481,000 shall be de24 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 

25 $40,081,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

26 2011: Provided, That not less than $1,043,000 of the 
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1 funds provided under this heading shall be for the one2 call State grant program. 

3 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

4 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 

6 5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 

7 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2010: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 

9 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2009 from 

10 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 

11 5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 

12 made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 

13 shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 

14 than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her des15 ignee. 

16 RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova20 tive Technology Administration, $12,900,000, of which 

21 $6,936,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2011: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro23 priation, to be available until expended, funds received 

24 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori25 ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train26 ing. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

4 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen5 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $71,400,000: Provided, 

6 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au7 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec8 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves9 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

10 the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 

11 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 

12 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

13 shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 

14 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac15 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 

16 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli17 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 

18 item (1) of this proviso. 

19 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor22 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

23 3109, $26,847,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 

25 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
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1 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off2 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

3 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

4 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

5 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col6 lections are received during fiscal year 2009, to result in 

7 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

8 no more than $25,597,000. 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

10 TRANSPORTATION

11 SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 

12 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

13 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 

14 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 

15 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

16 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

17 allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

18 5902). 

19 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

20 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

21 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 

22 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

23 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

24 SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
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1 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans2 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 

3 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out4 side the Department of Transportation. 

5 SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

6 to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 

7 SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available 

8 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de9 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart10 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

11 record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 

12 in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 

13 2721. 

14 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

15 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 

16 grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

17 SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

18 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed19 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu20 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

21 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec22 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal23 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra24 tion’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac25 count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
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1 ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 

2 safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 

3 U.S.C. 20105. 

4 SEC. 186. Funds provided or limited in this Act 

5 under the appropriate accounts within the Federal High6 way Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration 

7 and the Federal Transit Administration shall be for the 

8 eligible programs, projects and activities in the cor9 responding amounts identified in the explanatory state10 ment accompanying this Act for ‘‘Ferry Boats and Ferry 

11 Terminal Facilities’’, ‘‘Federal Lands’’, ‘‘Interstate Main12 tenance Discretionary’’, ‘‘Transportation, Community and 

13 System Preservation Program’’, ‘‘Delta Region Transpor14 tation Development Program’’, ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and 

15 Improvement Program’’, ‘‘Rail-highway crossing hazard 

16 eliminations’’, ‘‘Alternatives analysis’’, and ‘‘Bus and bus 

17 facilities’’. 

18 SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

19 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 

20 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 

21 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur22 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 

23 an amount determined by the Secretary. 

24 SEC. 188. None of the funds in this Act to the De25 partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 
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1 unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 

2 and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 

3 3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, 

4 letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling 

5 $500,000 or more is announced by the department or its 

6 modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary grant 

7 program of the Federal Highway Administration including 

8 the emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement 

9 program of the Federal Aviation Administration; (3) any 

10 grant from the Federal Railroad Administration; or (4) 

11 any program of the Federal Transit Administration other 

12 than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization 

13 programs: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent 

14 notification to the House and Senate Committees on Ap15 propriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the 

16 emergency relief program: Provided further, That no noti17 fication shall involve funds that are not available for obli18 gation. 

19 SEC. 189. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 

20 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 

21 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

22 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

23 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria24 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

25 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
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1 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail2 able until expended. 

3 SEC. 190. Amounts made available in this or any 

4 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im5 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 

6 a third party contractor under a financial assistance 

7 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail8 able— 

9 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

10 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

11 improper payments; and 

12 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

13 recovering improper payments or contractor support 

14 in the implementation of the Improper Payments In15 formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 

16 excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

17 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

18 the appropriation from which the improper pay19 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

20 purposes and period for which such appropria21 tions are available; or 

22 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail23 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis24 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

25 to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
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1 propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 

2 the House and Senate Committees on Appro3 priations of the amount and reasons for such 

4 transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 

5 this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, 

6 has the same meaning as that provided in sec7 tion 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

8 SEC. 191. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 

10 subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 

11 be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap12 propriations, said reprogramming action shall be approved 

13 or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 

14 Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 

15 congressional committees of the action of the Committees 

16 on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 

17 than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram18 ming action has been approved or denied by the House 

19 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

20 SEC. 192. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth21 erwise made available under this Act to the Surface Trans22 portation Board of the Department of Transportation may 

23 be used to take any action to allow any activity described 

24 in subsection (b) in a case, matter, or declaratory order 

25 involving a railroad, or an entity claiming or seeking au-
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1 thority to operate as a railroad, unless the Board receives 

2 written assurance from the Governor, or the Governor’s 

3 designee, of the State in which such activity will occur that 

4 such railroad or entity has agreed to comply with State 

5 and local regulations that establish public health, safety, 

6 and environmental standards for the activities described 

7 in subsection (b), other than zoning laws or regulations. 

8 (b) Activities referred to in subsection (a) are activi9 ties that occur at a solid waste rail transfer facility involv10 ing— 

11 (1) the collection, storage, or transfer of solid 

12 waste (as defined in section 1004 of the Solid Waste 

13 Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903)) outside of original 

14 shipping containers; or 

15 (2) the separation or processing of solid waste 

16 (including baling, crushing, compacting, and shred17 ding). 

18 SEC. 193. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

20 Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 

21 Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 

22 complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess 

23 of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing 

24 fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 194. Of the funds made available or limited by 

2 this Act, which are not otherwise allocated under this Act 

3 or under SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59) or nec4 essary to fulfill existing agreements between the Depart5 ment of Transportation and metropolitan areas under the 

6 ‘‘Urban Partnerships’’ and ‘‘Congestion-Reduction Dem7 onstration’’ programs, not more than 10 percent of such 

8 funds for any program that is allocated at the discretion 

9 of the Secretary may be expended in furtherance of the 

10 Department of Transportation’s ‘‘National Strategy to 

11 Reduce Congestion on America’s Transportation Net12 work’’ issued May 2006 by Secretary of Transportation, 

13 the Honorable Norman Mineta; also known as the ‘‘Con14 gestion Initiative’’ or any other new congestion initiative. 

15 SEC. 195. Of the funds available for Ferry Boats and 

16 Ferry Terminal Facilities, $950,000 shall be for Missouri 

17 River, Route 240, Saline and Howard Counties for ex18 penses, including reimbursement of previously incurred ex19 penses, for alternative transportation (including ferryboat 

20 service) during bridge replacement. 

21 SEC. 196. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, the State of New Mexico may use funds apportioned 

23 to the State under section 104(b)(2) of title 23, United 

24 States Code, for the congestion mitigation and air quality 

25 improvement program under section 149 of title 23, 
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1 United States Code, to support the operation of commuter 

2 rail service between Belen and Bernalillo, New Mexico. 

3 SEC. 197. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, funds made available in fiscal years 2006 through 

5 2009 for item number 598 in section 3044(a) of Public 

6 Law 109–59 that are unobligated or unexpended in a 

7 grant shall be made available to OATS, Incorporated for 

8 buses and bus-related facilities. 

9 SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, funds made available in fiscal years 2006 through 

11 2009 for item number 1152 in section 1702 of Public Law 

12 109–59 that are unobligated or unexpended shall be made 

13 available for maintenance, repair and reconstruction of the 

14 Tucker Bridge in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. 

15 SEC. 199. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, section 198 of division K of Public Law 110–161 shall 

17 continue in effect during fiscal year 2009. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans19 portation Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 EXECUTIVE DIRECTION

6 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Di7 rection, $23,799,456, of which not to exceed $3,885,581 

8 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary 

9 and Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $1,613,898 shall be 

10 available for the Office of Hearings and Appeals; not to 

11 exceed $544,552 shall be available for the Office of Small 

12 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 

13 $720,343 shall be available for the immediate Office of 

14 the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed $1,516,800 shall 

15 be available for the immediate Office of the General Coun16 sel; not to exceed $2,715,488 shall be available to the Of17 fice of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and 

18 Intergovernmental Relations; not to exceed $2,586,721 

19 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

20 for Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,005,120 shall be avail21 able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis22 tration; not to exceed $1,602,655 shall be available to the 

23 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

24 Housing; not to exceed $1,707,499 shall be available to 

25 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Plan-
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1 ning and Development; not to exceed $3,778,560 shall be 

2 available to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Hous3 ing, Federal Housing Commissioner; not to exceed 

4 $1,431,212 shall be available to the Office of the Assistant 

5 Secretary for Policy Development and Research; and not 

6 to exceed $691,027 shall be available to the Office of the 

7 Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Oppor8 tunity: Provided, That the Secretary of the Department 

9 of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to 

10 transfer funds appropriated for any office funded under 

11 this heading to any other office funded under this heading 

12 following the written notification to the House and Senate 

13 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 

14 appropriation for any office shall be increased or de15 creased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro16 vided further, That notice of any change in funding greater 

17 than 5 percent shall be submitted for prior approval to 

18 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

19 Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the 

20 Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notifica21 tion regarding the status of pending congressional reports: 

22 Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide all 

23 signed reports required by Congress electronically: Pro24 vided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount 

25 made available under this paragraph for the immediate 
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1 Office of the Secretary shall be available for official recep2 tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de3 termine. 

4 ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses for administra6 tion, operations and management for the Department of 

7 Housing and Urban Development, $527,433,640, of which 

8 not to exceed $75,510,000 shall be available for the per9 sonnel compensation and benefits of the Office of Adminis10 tration; not to exceed $11,003,940 shall be available for 

11 the personnel compensation and benefits of the Office of 

12 Departmental Operations and Coordination; not to exceed 

13 $48,817,430 shall be available for the personnel com14 pensation and benefits of the Office of Field Policy and 

15 Management; not to exceed $13,438,200 shall be available 

16 for the personnel compensation and benefits of the Office 

17 of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to exceed 

18 $34,028,820 shall be available for the personnel com19 pensation and benefits of the remaining staff in the Office 

20 of the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed $84,837,460 

21 shall be available for the personnel compensation and ben22 efits of the remaining staff in the Office of the General 

23 Counsel; not to exceed $3,085,120 shall be available for 

24 the personnel compensation and benefits of the Office of 

25 Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to ex26 ceed $1,215,280 shall be available for the personnel com-
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1 pensation and benefits for the Center for Faith-Based and 

2 Community Initiatives; and not to exceed $255,497,390 

3 shall be available for non-personnel expenses of the De4 partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided, 

5 That, funds provided under this heading may be used for 

6 necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses 

7 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 

8 not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uni9 forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

10 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 

11 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not12 withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro13 priated under this heading may be used for advertising 

14 and promotional activities that support the housing mis15 sion area: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing 

16 and Urban Development is authorized to transfer funds 

17 appropriated for any office included in Administration, 

18 Operations and Management to any other office included 

19 in Administration, Operations and Management only after 

20 such transfer has been submitted to, and received prior 

21 written approval by, the House and Senate Committees 

22 on Appropriations: Provided further, That no appropria23 tion for any office shall be increased or decreased by more 

24 than 10 percent by all such transfers. 
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1 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

2 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

3 For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 

4 expenses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, 

5 $190,390,100. 

6 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 

8 expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Devel9 opment mission area, $94,233,700. 

10 HOUSING

11 For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 

12 expenses of the Office of Housing, $363,198,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE

14 ASSOCIATION

15 For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 

16 expenses of the Office of the Government National Mort17 gage Association, $10,000,000, to be derived from the 

18 GNMA guarantees of mortgage backed securities guaran19 teed loan receipt account. 

20 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

21 For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 

22 expenses of the Office of Policy Development and Re23 search, $18,070,850. 
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1 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

2 For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 

3 expenses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor4 tunity, $69,020,990. 

5 OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD

6 CONTROL

7 For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 

8 expenses of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Haz9 ard Control, $6,727,950. 

10 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

11 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten14 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

15 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

16 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

17 $16,817,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

18 which $12,817,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 

19 2008, and $4,000,000,000 shall be available on October 

20 1, 2009: Provided, That the amounts made available under 

21 this heading are provided as follows: 

22 (1) $15,034,071,000 shall be available for re23 newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 

24 contributions contracts (including renewals of en25 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author26 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
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1 and including renewal of other designated housing 

2 vouchers initially funded in fiscal year 2008 (such as 

3 Family Unification, Veterans Affairs Supportive 

4 Housing Vouchers and Non-elderly Disabled Vouch5 ers): Provided, That notwithstanding any other pro6 vision of law, from amounts provided under this 

7 paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 

8 calendar year 2009 funding cycle shall provide re9 newal funding for each public housing agency based 

10 on voucher management system (VMS) leasing and 

11 cost data for the most recent Federal fiscal year and 

12 by applying the 2009 Annual Adjustment Factor as 

13 established by the Secretary, and by making any 

14 necessary adjustments for the costs associated with 

15 deposits to family self-sufficiency program escrow 

16 accounts or first-time renewals including tenant pro17 tection or HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, 

18 That none of the funds provided under this para19 graph may be used to fund a total number of unit 

20 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 

21 agency’s authorized level of units under contract: 

22 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex23 tent necessary to stay within the amount specified 

24 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 

25 under this Act), pro rate each public housing agen-
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1 cy’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to this 

2 paragraph: Provided further, That except as provided 

3 in the last two provisos, the entire amount specified 

4 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 

5 under this Act) shall be obligated to the public hous6 ing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 

7 method described above and the Secretary shall no8 tify public housing agencies of their annual budget 

9 not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: 

10 Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 

11 60-day notification period with the written approval 

12 of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria13 tions: Provided further, That public housing agencies 

14 participating in the Moving to Work demonstration 

15 shall be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work 

16 agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 

17 rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Pro18 vided further, That up to $100,000,000 shall be 

19 available only: (1) to adjust the allocations for public 

20 housing agencies, after application for an adjust21 ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 

22 significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 

23 in renewal costs of tenant-based rental assistance re24 sulting from unforeseen circumstances or from port25 ability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for adjust-
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1 ments for public housing agencies with voucher leas2 ing rates at the end of the calendar year that exceed 

3 the average leasing for the 12-month period used to 

4 establish the allocation; (3) for adjustments for the 

5 costs associated with VASH vouchers; and (4) for 

6 vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 

7 period in order to be available to meet a commit8 ment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act. 

9 (2) $150,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

10 for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

11 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni12 bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

13 of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 

14 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

15 unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 

16 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

17 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu18 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu19 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

20 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

21 of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol22 untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

23 including replacement and relocation assistance or 

24 for project based assistance to prevent the displace25 ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
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1 in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 

2 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 

3 106–569, as amended or under the authority as pro4 vided under this Act: Provided, That the Secretary 

5 shall provide replacement vouchers for all units that 

6 were occupied within the previous 24 months that 

7 cease to be available as assisted housing, subject 

8 only to the availability of funds. 

9 (3) Not to exceed $7,929,000 provided under 

10 this heading may be transferred to the Working 

11 Capital Fund: Provided, That funding made avail12 able under this section shall not be transferred to 

13 the Working Capital Fund until the voucher man14 agement system leasing and cost data is made avail15 able to the public on the Department of Housing 

16 and Urban Development website. 

17 (4) $1,500,000,000 for administrative and 

18 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin19 istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 

20 program and which up to $50,000,000 shall be 

21 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous22 ing agencies that need additional funds to admin23 ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ24 ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist25 ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
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1 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 

2 other incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 

3 than $1,400,000,000 of the amount provided in this 

4 paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agen5 cies for the calendar year 2009 funding cycle based 

6 on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropria7 tion Act provisions) as in effect immediately before 

8 the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re9 sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro10 vided further, That if the amounts made available 

11 under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 

12 amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 

13 Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 

14 agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 

15 agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 

16 may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 

17 of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 

18 utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 

19 and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 

20 to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop21 ment under this heading, for fiscal year 2008 and 

22 prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes for 

23 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 

24 further, That amounts provided under this para25 graph shall be only for activities related to the provi-
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1 sion of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 

2 under section 8, including related development ac3 tivities: Provided further, That of the total amount 

4 provided under this paragraph, $50,000,000 shall be 

5 made available for family self-sufficiency coordina6 tors under section 23 of the Act. 

7 (5) $20,000,000 for incremental voucher assist8 ance through the Family Unification Program: Pro9 vided, That the assistance made available under this 

10 paragraph shall continue to remain available for 

11 family unification upon turnover: Provided further, 

12 That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop13 ment shall make such funding available, notwith14 standing section 204 (competition provision) of this 

15 title, to entities with demonstrated experience and 

16 resources for supportive services. 

17 (6) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 

18 assistance for use through a supported housing pro19 gram administered in conjunction with the Depart20 ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 

21 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 

22 Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

23 Development shall make such funding available, not24 withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 

25 this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
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1 with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 

2 designated by the Secretary of the Department of 

3 Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 

4 such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 

5 Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 

6 agency administrative performance, and other fac7 tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 

8 Urban Development in consultation with the Sec9 retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro10 vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 

11 Urban Development may waive, or specify alter12 native requirements for (in consultation with the 

13 Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 

14 any provision of any statute or regulation that the 

15 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad16 ministers in connection with the use of funds made 

17 available under this paragraph (except for require18 ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 

19 labor standards, and the environment), upon a find20 ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter21 native requirements are necessary for the effective 

22 delivery and administration of such voucher assist23 ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail24 able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 

25 available for homeless veterans upon turn-over. 
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1 (7) $30,000,000 for incremental vouchers under 

2 section 8 of the Act for nonelderly disabled families: 

3 Provided, That assistance made available under this 

4 paragraph shall continue to remain available for the 

5 same population upon turnover: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop7 ment shall make such funding available, notwith8 standing section 204 (competition provision) of this 

9 title, to entities with demonstrated experience and 

10 resources for supportive services. 

11 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

12 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

13 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De14 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

15 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

16 Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist17 ance’’, for fiscal year 2009 and prior years may be used 

18 for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 

19 contracts and for performance-based contract administra20 tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

21 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

22 of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 

23 have been terminated shall be cancelled. 
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1 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

4 carry out capital and management activities for public 

5 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

6 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 

7 (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,450,000,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2012: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

9 other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

10 2009 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

11 may not delegate to any Department official other than 

12 the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 

13 Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 

14 (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri15 ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur16 poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 

17 respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 

18 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 

19 or in the future: Provided further, That of the total 

20 amount provided under this heading, up to $10,000,000 

21 shall be for carrying out activities under section 9(h) of 

22 such Act; not to exceed $14,577,000 may be transferred 

23 to the Working Capital Fund; and up to $15,345,000 shall 

24 be to support the ongoing Public Housing Financial and 

25 Physical Assessment activities of the Real Estate Assess-
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1 ment Center (REAC): Provided further, That no funds 

2 may be used under this heading for the purposes specified 

3 in section 9(k) of the Act: Provided further, That of the 

4 total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed 

5 $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 

6 grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public 

7 housing agencies for emergency capital needs including 

8 safety and security measures necessary to address crime 

9 and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting from 

10 unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis11 asters excluding Presidentially declared disasters occur12 ring in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That of the total 

13 amount provided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be 

14 for supportive services, service coordinators and con15 gregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 

17 Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

18 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 

19 provided under this heading up to $8,820,000 is to sup20 port the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships: 

21 Provided further, That from the funds made available 

22 under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus 

23 awards in fiscal year 2009 to public housing agencies that 

24 are designated high performers. 
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1 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

2 For 2009 payments to public housing agencies for the 

3 operation and management of public housing, as author4 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

5 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,455,000,000; of which 

6 $5,940,000 shall be for competitive grants and contracts 

7 to third parties for the provision of technical assistance 

8 to public housing agencies related to the transition and 

9 implementation of asset-based management in public 

10 housing: Provided, That, in fiscal year 2009 and all fiscal 

11 years hereafter, no amounts under this heading in any ap12 propriations Act may be used for payments to public hous13 ing agencies for the costs of operation and management 

14 of public housing for any year prior to the current year 

15 of such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be used 

16 under this heading for the purposes specified in section 

17 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. 

18 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

19 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

20 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 

21 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 

22 assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 

23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1437v), $120,000,000, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2010, of which the Secretary of Housing and 

26 Urban Development shall use $2,400,000 for technical as-
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1 sistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or 

2 indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, 

3 including training and cost of necessary travel for partici4 pants in such training, by or to officials and employees 

5 of the department and of public housing agencies and to 

6 residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall be used 

7 directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in 

8 awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless ex9 pressly permitted herein. 

10 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

11 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro12 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

13 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

14 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $645,000,000, to 

15 remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith16 standing the Native American Housing Assistance and 

17 Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount 

18 of the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian 

19 tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 

20 302 of such Act with the need component based on single21 race Census data and with the need component based on 

22 multi-race Census data, and the amount of the allocation 

23 for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two result24 ing allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the 

25 amounts made available under this heading, $3,500,000 

26 shall be contracted for assistance for a national organiza-
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1 tion representing Native American housing interests for 

2 providing training and technical assistance to Indian hous3 ing authorities and tribally designated housing entities as 

4 authorized under NAHASDA; and $4,250,000 shall be to 

5 support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 

6 expertise, training, and technical assistance in the train7 ing, oversight, and management of such Indian housing 

8 and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for 

9 related travel: Provided further, That of the amount pro10 vided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made avail11 able for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, 

12 as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, 

13 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 

14 notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 

15 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend16 ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub17 sidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 

18 obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 

19 exceed $17,000,000. 

20 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

21 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro22 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer23 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

24 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That of this amount, 

26 $299,211 shall be for training and technical assistance ac-
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1 tivities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by Ha2 waii-based HUD employees. 

3 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

6 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

7 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $9,000,000, to re8 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

9 including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 

10 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

11 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 

12 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

13 be guaranteed, up to $420,000,000: Provided further, 

14 That up to $750,000 shall be for administrative contract 

15 expenses including management processes and systems to 

16 carry out the loan guarantee program. 

17 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

20 section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop21 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,044,000, to 

22 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

23 costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall 

24 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

25 Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are avail-
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1 able to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which 

2 is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $41,504,255. 

3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

4 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per7 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

8 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

9 $310,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2010, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

11 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2011: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

13 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

14 that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 

15 meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 

16 new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 

17 Provided further, That the Secretary may use not to ex18 ceed $1,485,000 of the funds under this heading for train19 ing, oversight, and technical assistance activities; and not 

20 to exceed $1,750,000 may be transferred to the Working 

21 Capital Fund. 

22 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

23 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De24 velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De25 velopment, $26,000,000, to remain available until ex26 pended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by 
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1 September 1, 2009, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 

2 agencies, State community and/or economic development 

3 agencies, local rural nonprofits and community develop4 ment corporations to support innovative housing and eco5 nomic development activities in rural areas: Provided, 

6 That of the total amount made available under this head7 ing, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to 

8 promote economic development and entrepreneurship for 

9 federally recognized Indian Tribes, through activities in10 cluding the capitalization of revolving loan programs and 

11 business planning and development, funding is also made 

12 available for technical assistance to increase capacity 

13 through training and outreach activities. 

14 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For assistance to units of State and local govern17 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

18 development activities, and for other purposes, 

19 $3,900,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2011, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

21 total amount provided, $3,641,966,875 is for carrying out 

22 the community development block grant program under 

23 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

24 of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 

25 et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided 

26 for under this heading (except for planning grants pro-
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1 vided in the second paragraph and amounts made avail2 able under the third paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent 

3 of any grant made with funds appropriated under this 

4 heading shall be expended for planning and management 

5 development and administration: Provided further, That of 

6 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

7 to exceed $3,175,000 may be transferred to the Working 

8 Capital Fund: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is for 

9 technical assistance as authorized by section 107(b)(4) of 

10 such Act: Provided further, That $65,000,000 shall be for 

11 grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) 

12 of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law (including section 204 of this Act), up to 

14 $3,960,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute 

15 imminent threats to health and safety. 

16 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

17 $165,311,875 shall be available for grants for the Eco18 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 

19 of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 

20 terms and conditions specified in the explanatory state21 ment accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 

22 funds provided under this paragraph may be used for pro23 gram operations: Provided further, That, for fiscal years 

24 2007, 2008 and 2009, no unobligated funds for EDI 

25 grants may be used for any purpose except acquisition, 
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1 planning, design, purchase of equipment, revitalization, re2 development or construction. 

3 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

4 $19,546,250 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 

5 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed 

6 and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest7 ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza8 tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating 

9 or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous10 ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 

11 reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 

12 under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 

13 the terms and conditions specified in the explanatory 

14 statement accompanying this Act. 

15 The referenced statement of managers under this 

16 heading in title III of division A of Public Law 109–115 

17 is deemed to be amended with respect to item number 889 

18 by striking ‘‘Perry County, Pennsylvania to develop an in19 dustrial park in New Bloomfield’’ and inserting ‘‘Perry 

20 County, Pennsylvania to develop an industrial park in 

21 Penn Township/Duncannon’’. 

22 The referenced statement of managers under the 

23 heading ‘‘Community Planning and Development’’ in title 

24 II of division K of Public Law 110–161 is deemed to be 

25 amended by striking: ‘‘Golden Castings Foundry Demoli-
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1 tion and Site Remediation Project to raze and remediate 

2 the site of the former Golden Castings Foundry for the 

3 demolition and environmental remediation costs of the 

4 Golden Castings foundry site’’ and inserting ‘‘To reme5 diate the former site of the Columbus Wood Treating 

6 Plant in Columbus, Indiana’’. 

7 The referenced explanatory statement under this 

8 heading in Public Law 110–161 is deemed to be amended 

9 with respect to the fourth item included in the table found 

10 on page 2439 with respect to amounts made available for 

11 the Springfield Boys and Girls Club by striking ‘‘Spring12 field Boys and Girls Club; Community Center; Springfield, 

13 IL; Planning, development, land acquisition, and construc14 tion costs for a new community center in Springfield.’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘City of Springfield for capital costs associated 

16 with the Edwin Watts Southwind Park’’. 

17 The referenced statement of managers under the 

18 heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of di19 vision K of Public Law 110–161 is deemed to be amended 

20 by striking: ‘‘City of Charlotte, NC for land acquisition 

21 in the development of the Belvedere Business Park’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘City of Charlotte, NC for development of the 

23 Belvedere Business Park’’. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,000,000, to re4 main available until September 30, 2010, as authorized 

5 by section 108 of the Housing and Community Develop6 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308): Provided, That such 

7 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

8 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

9 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 

10 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

11 be guaranteed, not to exceed $275,000,000, notwith12 standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga13 tions guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and 

14 Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. 

15 BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

16 For competitive economic development grants, as au17 thorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 

18 Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields 

19 redevelopment projects, $10,000,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2010: Provided, That no funds made 

21 available under this heading may be used to establish loan 

22 loss reserves for the section 108 Community Development 

23 Loan Guarantee program. 
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1 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

4 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

6 $1,825,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2011, of which not to exceed $4,200,000 may be trans8 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That up 

9 to $12,000,000 shall be available for technical assistance: 

10 Provided further, That, in prior appropriations Acts for 

11 Community Housing Development Organizations technical 

12 assistance, and that still remain available, may be used 

13 for HOME technical assistance notwithstanding the pur14 poses for which such amounts were appropriated. 

15 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

16 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

17 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op18 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

19 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

20 amended, $64,000,000 to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2011: Provided, That of the total amount pro22 vided under this heading, $26,500,000 shall be made 

23 available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 

24 Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 

25 the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 

26 as amended: Provided further, That $34,000,000 shall be 
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1 made available for the second, third and fourth capacity 

2 building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the 

3 HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 

4 of which not less than $5,000,000 may be made available 

5 for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 

6 That $3,500,000 shall be made available for capacity 

7 building activities as authorized in sections 6301 through 

8 6305 of Public Law 110–246. 

9 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the emergency shelter grants program as author12 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

13 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 

14 housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 

15 IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin16 gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 

17 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist 

18 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 

19 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 

20 plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 

21 IV of such Act, $1,677,000,000, of which $1,672,000,000 

22 shall remain available until September 30, 2011, and of 

23 which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

24 for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms: Pro25 vided, That of the amount provided, $10,000,000 shall be 

26 made available to conduct a demonstration program on the 
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1 prevention of homelessness among the Nation’s veterans: 

2 Provided further, That the Secretary shall work in coordi3 nation with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the 

4 Department of Labor to select a limited number of urban 

5 and rural sites in which to carry out this demonstration: 

6 Provided further, That in selecting sites, the Secretary 

7 shall evaluate the rate of homelessness among veterans in 

8 the area, and the experience of the grantees in coordi9 nating with Department of Veterans Affairs and the De10 partment of Labor to enable veterans to access main11 stream programs: Provided further, That of the sites se12 lected, up to three shall have a high number of service 

13 members separating from the military and transitioning 

14 into civilian life: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

15 also select up to four sites located in rural areas to evalu16 ate how to effectively serve veterans in rural areas, many 

17 of whom may have been part of the National Guard, may 

18 have limited access to the Department of Veterans Affairs 

19 medical centers, and may have dependent family members: 

20 Provided further, That funding made available under this 

21 demonstration shall be available for housing and appro22 priate services to prevent veterans and their families from 

23 becoming homeless or reduce the length of time veterans 

24 and their families are homeless: Provided further, That of 

25 the amounts made available under this heading, not to ex-
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1 ceed $750,000 may be available for an evaluation of this 

2 demonstration: Provided further, That not less than 30 

3 percent of funds made available, excluding amounts pro4 vided for renewals under the shelter plus care program, 

5 shall be used for permanent housing for individuals and 

6 families: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 

7 services shall be matched by not less than 25 percent in 

8 funding by each grantee: Provided further, That for all 

9 match requirements applicable to funds made available 

10 under this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, 

11 a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of 

12 match funds other funds administered by the Secretary 

13 and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a spe14 cific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such 

15 funds: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 

16 on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 

17 contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 

18 the program is determined to be needed under the applica19 ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re20 quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 

21 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

22 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in23 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

24 social services, and employment programs for which home25 less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 
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1 Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist2 ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund3 ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

4 Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare5 to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to 

6 $8,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

7 shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 

8 project and technical assistance: Provided further, That of 

9 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

10 to exceed $2,675,000 may be transferred to the Working 

11 Capital Fund: Provided further, That $3,000,000 of the 

12 funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 

13 conduct research on homeless issues, including homeless 

14 prevention and youth homelessness: Provided further, That 

15 all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously 

16 funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and 

17 transferred to this account shall be available, if recap18 tured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 2009: 

19 Provided further, That this heading in the Department of 

20 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 

21 2008 is amended by inserting the following new proviso 

22 after the third proviso: ‘‘Provided further, That the Sec23 retary may renew grants made under this demonstration 

24 program and may treat such original grants and any such 
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1 renewal grants as if these grants were made under the 

2 supportive housing program:’’. 

3 HOUSING PROGRAMS

4 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

7 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

8 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 

9 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $7,100,000,000, to re10 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo11 ber 1, 2008, and $400,000,000, to remain available until 

12 expended, shall be available on October 1, 2009: Provided, 

13 That the amounts made available under this heading are 

14 provided as follows: 

15 (1) $6,868,000,000 shall be available for expir16 ing or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 

17 contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilita18 tion contracts), for amendments to section 8 project19 based subsidy contracts (including section 8 mod20 erate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 

21 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

22 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for re23 newal of section 8 contracts for units in projects 

24 that are subject to approved plans of action under 

25 the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 

26 Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preserva-
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1 tion and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and 

2 for administrative and other expenses associated 

3 with project-based activities and assistance funded 

4 under this paragraph. 

5 (2) Up to $232,000,000 shall be available for 

6 performance-based contract administrators for sec7 tion 8 project-based assistance: Provided, That the 

8 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 

9 also use such amounts for performance-based con10 tract administrators for the administration of: inter11 est reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) 

12 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

13 1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 

14 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

15 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental as16 sistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); 

17 project rental assistance contracts for the elderly 

18 under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 

19 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance con20 tracts for supportive housing for persons with dis21 abilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston22 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pur24 suant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 

25 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under 
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1 section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 

2 86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 

3 (3) Not to exceed $10,000,000 provided under 

4 this heading may be transferred to the Working 

5 Capital Fund. 

6 (4) Amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

7 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous8 ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

9 may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec10 tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance11 based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 

12 purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 

13 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For capital advances, including amendments to cap16 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au17 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

18 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

19 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend20 ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex21 piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 

22 term, and for supportive services associated with the hous23 ing, $765,000,000, to remain available until September 

24 30, 2012, of which up to $626,400,000 shall be for capital 

25 advance and project-based rental assistance awards: Pro26 vided, That, of the amount provided under this heading, 
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1 up to $90,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and 

2 the continuation of existing congregate service grants for 

3 residents of assisted housing projects, and of which up to 

4 $25,000,000 shall be for grants under section 202b of the 

5 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion 

6 of eligible projects under such section to assisted living 

7 or related use and for substantial and emergency capital 

8 repairs as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

9 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

10 $20,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing 

11 and Urban Development only for making competitive 

12 grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer 

13 cooperatives for covering costs of architectural and engi14 neering work, site control, and other planning relating to 

15 the development of supportive housing for the elderly that 

16 is eligible for assistance under section 202 of the Housing 

17 Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided further, That 

18 amounts under this heading shall be available for Real Es19 tate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related 

20 activities associated with section 202 capital advance 

21 projects: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 of the 

22 total amount made available under this heading shall be 

23 for technical assistance to improve grant applications and 

24 to facilitate the development of housing for the elderly 

25 under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, and sup-
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1 portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 

2 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Hous3 ing Act: Provided further, That of the total amount made 

4 available under this heading, not to exceed $1,600,000 

5 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Pro6 vided further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions 

7 of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of 

8 project rental assistance, except that the initial contract 

9 term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in dura10 tion. 

11 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

14 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 

15 persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 

16 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

17 (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for sup18 portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 

19 811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts 

20 for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 

21 such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive 

22 services associated with the housing for persons with dis23 abilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 

24 and for tenant-based rental assistance contracts entered 

25 into pursuant to section 811 of such Act, $250,000,000, 

26 of which up to $161,300,000 shall be for capital advances 
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1 and project-based rental assistance contracts, to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2012: Provided, That of the 

3 total amount made available under this heading, not to 

4 exceed $1,600,000 may be transferred to the Working 

5 Capital Fund: Provided further, That, of the amount pro6 vided under this heading, $87,100,000 shall be for amend7 ments or renewal of tenant-based assistance contracts en8 tered into prior to fiscal year 2005 (only one amendment 

9 authorized for any such contract): Provided further, That 

10 all tenant-based assistance made available under this 

11 heading shall continue to remain available only to persons 

12 with disabilities: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

13 waive the provisions of section 811 governing the terms 

14 and conditions of project rental assistance and tenant15 based assistance, except that the initial contract term for 

16 such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Pro17 vided further, That amounts made available under this 

18 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

19 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ20 ated with section 811 Capital Advance Projects. 

21 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

22 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

23 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

24 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 

25 $65,000,000, including up to $2,000,000 for administra26 tive contract services, to remain available until September 
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1 30, 2010: Provided, That funds shall be used for providing 

2 counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both 

3 current and prospective, with respect to property mainte4 nance, financial management/literacy, and such other mat5 ters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving 

6 their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, 

7 and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeowner8 ship; for program administration; and for housing coun9 selor training. 

10 OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS

11 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

12 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

13 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

14 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

15 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-in16 sured rental housing projects, $27,600,000, to remain 

17 available until expended. 

18 RENT SUPPLEMENT

19 (RESCISSION)

20 Of the amounts recaptured from terminated con21 tracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Devel22 opment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 

23 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) 

24 $37,600,000 are rescinded. 
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1 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

2 FUND

3 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

4 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand5 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

6 $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

7 $10,600,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 

8 Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 

9 the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 

10 available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex11 tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 

12 pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant 

13 to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the 

14 amount made available under this heading from the gen15 eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 

16 during fiscal year 2009 so as to result in a final fiscal 

17 year 2009 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

18 at not more than $5,400,000 and fees pursuant to such 

19 section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such 

20 a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation: Provided further, 

21 That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, 

22 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 

23 assess and collect fees from any program participant: Pro24 vided further, That such collections shall be deposited into 

25 the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use 
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1 such collections, as well as fees collected under section 

2 620, for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, 

3 That notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of 

4 such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of 

5 the Secretary under such Act through the use of approved 

6 service providers that are paid directly by the recipients 

7 of their services. 

8 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

9 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 During fiscal year 2009, commitments to guarantee 

12 single family loans insured under the Mutual Mortgage In13 surance Fund shall not exceed a loan principal of 

14 $315,000,000,000. During fiscal year 2009, obligations to 

15 make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 

16 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall 

17 not exceed $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing 

18 amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental 

19 entities in connection with sales of single family real prop20 erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 

21 the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. For administrative 

22 contract expenses, $116,000,000, of which at least 

23 $46,794,000 shall, and up to $58,492,500 may, be trans24 ferred to the Working Capital Fund, and of which up to 

25 $7,500,000 shall be for education and outreach of FHA 

26 single family loan products: Provided further, That to the 
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1 extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

2 $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 2009, an additional 

3 $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be avail4 able for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 

5 commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 

6 amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

7 made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 

8 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

10 sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 

11 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan 

12 guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 

13 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend14 ed, $8,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall not ex16 ceed $45,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of 

17 which is to be guaranteed. Gross obligations for the prin18 cipal amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 

19 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing 

20 Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000, of which not to exceed 

21 $30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection 

22 with the sale of multifamily real properties owned by the 

23 Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; and of 

24 which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to non25 profit and governmental entities in connection with the 

26 sale of single-family real properties owned by the Sec-
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1 retary and formerly insured under such Act. For adminis2 trative contract expenses necessary to carry out the guar3 anteed and direct loan programs, $48,871,000, of which 

4 at least $47,871,000 shall be for administrative contracts 

5 and up to $1,000,000 shall be for consumer education and 

6 outreach for FHA loan products. 

7 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

8 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

9 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

11 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

12 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

13 $300,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

14 30, 2010: Provided, That to the extent new guarantees 

15 of mortgage-backed securities exceed $75,000,000,000 on 

16 or before April 1, 2009, an additional $1,000 for adminis17 trative contract expenses shall be available for each 

18 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 

19 (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 

20 $1,000,000) but in no case shall funds made available by 

21 this proviso exceed $14,000,000. 

22 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

23 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

24 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro25 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
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1 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

2 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

3 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

4 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

6 Plan No. 2 of 1968, $58,000,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds 

8 made available under this heading, $23,000,000 is for 

9 grants pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Com10 munity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): Pro11 vided further, That at least $1,000,000 shall be available 

12 for the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive study to be 

13 managed by the Office of Policy Development and Re14 search, to analyze the administrative costs necessary to 

15 carry-out the tenant-based voucher program: Provided fur16 ther, That of the total amount made available, $2,000,000 

17 may be made available for technology directly related to 

18 disaster prone areas. 

19 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

20 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

21 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth22 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

23 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

24 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

25 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
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1 $53,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2010, of which $27,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 

3 pursuant to such section 561 of which up to $2,000,000 

4 shall be made available to carryout authorized activities 

5 to protect the public from mortgage rescue scams: Pro6 vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec7 retary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of 

8 the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such 

9 funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 

10 funds made available under this heading shall be used to 

11 lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 

12 Government in connection with a specific contract, grant 

13 or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

14 under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to the Sec15 retary of Housing and Urban Development for the cre16 ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro17 grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 

18 English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 

19 the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

20 OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD

21 CONTROL

22 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

23 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author24 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

25 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $140,000,000, to remain 
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1 available until September 30, 2010, of which not less than 

2 $14,600,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, 

3 pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and 

4 Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include re5 search, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, includ6 ing education and outreach concerning lead-based paint 

7 poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: 

8 Provided, That for purposes of environmental review, pur9 suant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

10 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law that 

11 further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 

12 Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination 

13 Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies pro14 gram under this heading or under prior appropriations 

15 Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid16 ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of sec17 tion 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposi18 tion Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the 

19 total amount made available under this heading, 

20 $48,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive 

21 basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement 

22 needs: Provided further, That each recipient of funds pro23 vided under the second proviso shall make a matching con24 tribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided 

25 further, That the Secretary may waive the matching re-
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1 quirement cited in the preceding proviso on a case by case 

2 basis if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is nec3 essary to advance the purposes of this program: Provided 

4 further, That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan 

5 and strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is 

6 acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use 

7 of funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability: Pro8 vided further, That amounts made available under this 

9 heading in prior appropriations Acts, and that still remain 

10 available, may be used for any purpose under this heading 

11 notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were 

12 appropriated: Provided further, That of the total amount 

13 made available under this heading, $250,000 shall be allo14 cated through the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead 

15 Hazard Control to conduct communications and outreach 

16 to potential applicants to the Lead Hazard Reduction 

17 Demonstration Grant program. 

18 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

19 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

20 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

21 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 

22 to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 

23 technology systems, for the continuing operation and 

24 maintenance of both Department-wide and program-spe25 cific information systems, and for program-related devel-
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1 opment activities, $224,000,000, to remain available until 

2 September 30, 2010, of which not less than $4,000,000 

3 shall be used for planning for modernizing, improving and 

4 maintaining information technology applications and in5 frastructure supporting the FHA: Provided, That any 

6 amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall re7 main available until expended: Provided further, That any 

8 amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro9 priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts or from 

10 within this Act may be used only for the purposes specified 

11 under this Fund, in addition to the purposes for which 

12 such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That 

13 up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to this account 

14 from all other accounts in this title (except for the Office 

15 of the Inspector General account) that make funds avail16 able for salaries and expenses. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

19 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 

20 Act of 1978, as amended, $120,000,000: Provided, That 

21 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

22 over all personnel issues within this office. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

2 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au5 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

6 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

7 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

8 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

9 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the 

10 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

11 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

12 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

13 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

14 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec15 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set16 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

17 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

18 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

19 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

20 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

21 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

22 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 

23 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2009 to investigate 

24 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

25 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
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1 ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac2 tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 

3 or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 

4 or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

5 SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 

6 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

8 this title for fiscal year 2009 that are allocated under such 

9 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

10 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

11 under subsection (b), for any State that— 

12 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

13 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

14 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

15 fiscal year 2009 under such clause (ii) because the 

16 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis17 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 

18 2009 do not have the number of cases of acquired 

19 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

20 such clause. 

21 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

22 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

23 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

24 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 

25 areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 
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1 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2009, in proportion to AIDS 

2 cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 

3 (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 

4 under subsection (a). 

5 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

6 amount allocated for fiscal year 2009 under section 854(c) 

7 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 

9 of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 

10 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di11 vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 

12 Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 

13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo14 cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor15 tion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 

16 is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 

17 portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 

18 in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the pro19 portion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus 

20 if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average 

21 per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the 

22 City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metro23 politan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the 

24 number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

25 metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen 
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1 County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 

2 for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci3 dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 

4 than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 

5 cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 

6 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

7 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 

8 their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 

9 is located in New Jersey. 

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

11 amount allocated for fiscal year 2009 under section 854(c) 

12 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita 

14 incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on 

15 the basis of area incidence reported over a 3 year period. 

16 SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

17 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

18 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi19 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De20 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

21 of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

22 SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

23 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora24 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

25 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
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1 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

2 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

3 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

4 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi6 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

7 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

8 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor9 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 

10 SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

11 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap12 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

13 Development shall be available for any program, project 

14 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

15 estimates submitted to Congress. 

16 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart17 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub18 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, are here19 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

20 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

21 corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

22 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

23 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

24 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

25 forth in the budget for 2009 for such corporation or agen-
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1 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec2 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 

3 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

4 extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 

5 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

6 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro7 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

8 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort9 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in10 terest of the United States Government. 

11 SEC. 208. None of the funds provided in this title 

12 for technical assistance, training, or management improve13 ments may be obligated or expended unless the Secretary 

14 of Housing and Urban Development provides to the Com15 mittees on Appropriations a description of each proposed 

16 activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs associ17 ated with each program, project or activity as part of the 

18 Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2009, the Secretary 

19 shall transmit this information to the Committees by 

20 March 15, 2009 for 30 days of review. 

21 SEC. 209. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De22 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

23 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

24 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

25 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
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1 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

2 information to these Committees upon request. 

3 SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2009 under 

5 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 

7 on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 

8 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di9 vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 

10 and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 

11 Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

12 amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 

13 reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 

14 is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 

15 of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if this 

16 area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per 

17 capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall 

18 use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 

19 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

20 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 

21 portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 

22 Jersey. 

23 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

24 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo25 cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 
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1 otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2009 under 

2 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 

4 on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli5 tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 

6 County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 

7 section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 

8 metropolitan statistical area. 

9 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 

10 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec11 retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 

12 allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo13 cated for fiscal year 2009 under section 854(c) of such 

14 Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc15 tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 

16 of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 

17 or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo18 cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 

19 case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 

20 than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 

21 be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 

22 in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 

23 in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 

24 section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 
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1 the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 

2 that State. 

3 SEC. 211. The President’s formal budget request for 

4 fiscal year 2010, as well as the Department of Housing 

5 and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica6 tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

7 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 

8 the identical account and sub-account structure provided 

9 under this Act. 

10 SEC. 212. A public housing agency or such other enti11 ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 

12 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali13 fornia, the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall 

14 not be required to include a resident of public housing or 

15 a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the 

16 United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of direc17 tors or a similar governing board of such agency or entity 

18 as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public 

19 housing agency or other entity that administers Federal 

20 housing assistance under section 8 for the Housing Au21 thority of the county of Los Angeles, California and the 

22 States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that chooses not 

23 to include a resident of Public Housing or a recipient of 

24 section 8 assistance on the board of directors or a similar 

25 governing board shall establish an advisory board of not 
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1 less than six residents of public housing or recipients of 

2 section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the 

3 public housing agency or other administering entity on 

4 issues related to public housing and section 8. Such advi5 sory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

6 SEC. 213. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

7 of law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), 

8 for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary of Housing 

9 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

10 some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily 

11 required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, 

12 associated with one or more multifamily housing project 

13 to another multifamily housing project or projects. 

14 (b) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub15 ject to the following conditions: 

16 (1) The number of low-income and very low-in17 come units and the net dollar amount of Federal as18 sistance provided by the transferring project shall 

19 remain the same in the receiving project or projects. 

20 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter21 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

22 or economically non-viable. 

23 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

24 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

25 by the Secretary. 
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1 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

2 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re3 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer4 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern5 mental officials. 

6 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

7 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 

8 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

9 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

10 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

11 available for occupancy. 

12 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

13 is in the best interest of the tenants. 

14 (7) If either the transferring project or the re15 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci16 fied in subsection (c)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 

17 project resulting from additional financing obtained 

18 by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in19 sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, 

20 such project by the Secretary. 

21 (8) If the transferring project meets the re22 quirements of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or 

23 mortgagor of the receiving project or projects shall 

24 execute and record either a continuation of the exist25 ing use agreement or a new use agreement for the 
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1 project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 

2 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

3 existing use restrictions. 

4 (9) Any financial risk to the FHA General and 

5 Special Risk Insurance Fund, as determined by the 

6 Secretary, would be reduced as a result of a transfer 

7 completed under this section. 

8 (10) The Secretary determines that Federal li9 ability with regard to this project will not be in10 creased. 

11 (c) For purposes of this section— 

12 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in13 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat14 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

15 which the project is insured or assisted; 

16 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

17 means housing that meets one of the following con18 ditions— 

19 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

20 insured under the National Housing Act; 

21 (B) housing that has project-based assist22 ance attached to the structure including 

23 projects undergoing mark to market debt re24 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

25 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 
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1 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

2 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by 

3 section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 

4 Affordable Housing Act; 

5 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

6 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec7 tion existed before the enactment of the Cran8 ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

9 or 

10 (E) housing or vacant land that is subject 

11 to a use agreement; 

12 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

13 means— 

14 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

15 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

16 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

17 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist18 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

19 (as such section existed immediately before Oc20 tober 1, 1983); 

21 (C) rent supplement payments under sec22 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop23 ment Act of 1965; 

24 (D) interest reduction payments under sec25 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
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1 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous2 ing Act; and 

3 (E) assistance payments made under sec4 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; 

5 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

6 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

7 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

8 debt, and statutorily required use low-income and 

9 very low-income restrictions are to be transferred; 

10 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

11 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

12 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt and 

13 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in14 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

15 projects; and 

16 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

17 of Housing and Urban Development. 

18 SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas19 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

20 Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the 

21 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

22 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

23 SEC. 215. No funds provided under this title may be 

24 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
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1 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

2 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 216. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

4 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

5 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

6 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

7 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

8 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

9 1002)); 

10 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

11 (3) is not a veteran; 

12 (4) is unmarried; 

13 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

14 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

15 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

16 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

17 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

18 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

19 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

20 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

21 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

22 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

23 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

24 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

25 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-
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1 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) 

2 that an individual receives under the Higher Education 

3 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private 

4 sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined 

5 under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, ex7 cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil8 dren. 

9 SEC. 217. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

10 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

11 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

12 Urban Development may, until September 30, 2009, in13 sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 

14 under section 255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

15 1715z–20). 

16 SEC. 218. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, in fiscal year 2009, in managing and disposing of any 

18 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

19 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the 

20 Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments 

21 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

22 and other programs that are attached to any dwelling 

23 units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter24 mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov25 ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 
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1 by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist2 ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

3 based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating 

4 and operating the property and all available Federal, 

5 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

6 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

7 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and 

8 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

9 a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 

10 with the tenants of that property, contract for project11 based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

12 of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent13 al assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate 

14 steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in ef15 fect prior to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contrac16 tual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for 

17 imminent major threats to health and safety. After dis18 position of any multifamily property described under this 

19 section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such 

20 properties shall be subject to the requirements under sec21 tion 524 of MAHRAA. 

22 SEC. 219. During fiscal year 2009, in the provision 

23 of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

24 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con25 nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 
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1 effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as2 sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 

3 of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 

4 and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 

5 an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 

6 of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur7 suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 

8 at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 

9 to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 

10 monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent11 age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

12 Development determines to be appropriate. 

13 SEC. 220. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De14 velopment shall report quarterly to the House of Rep15 resentatives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 

16 HUD’s use of all sole source contracts, including terms 

17 of the contracts, cost, and a substantive rationale for 

18 using a sole source contract. 

19 SEC. 221. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 

21 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) after Decem22 ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para23 graph at the end of section 202(b) of such Act, may, at 

24 its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own 

25 the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, 
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1 which may be a private nonprofit organization described 

2 in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Eco3 nomic Opportunity Act of 2000. 

4 SEC. 222. (a) The amounts provided under the sub5 heading ‘‘Program Account’’ under the heading ‘‘Commu6 nity Development Loan Guarantees’’ may be used to guar7 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 

8 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle9 ment communities in the State in accordance with the re10 quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 

11 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That, any State re12 ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 

13 all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 

14 local government in non-entitlement areas that received 

15 the commitment. 

16 (b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact17 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

18 Development shall promulgate regulations governing the 

19 administration of the funds described under subsection 

20 (a). 

21 SEC. 223. Section 24 of the United States Housing 

22 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘2003’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September 

2 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

3 SEC. 224. (a) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS FOR FISCAL

4 YEARS 2008 AND 2009.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

6 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

7 Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the 

8 relevant authorizing committees and to the Commit9 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

10 of Representatives for fiscal years 2008 and 2009— 

11 (A) a complete and accurate accounting of 

12 the actual project-based renewal costs for 

13 project-based assistance under section 8 of the 

14 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1437f); 

16 (B) revised estimates of the funding need17 ed to fully fund all 12 months of all project18 based contracts under such section 8, including 

19 project-based contracts that expire in fiscal year 

20 2008 and fiscal year 2009; and 

21 (C) all sources of funding that will be used 

22 to fully fund all 12 months of the project-based 

23 contracts for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

24 (2) UPDATED INFORMATION.—At any time 

25 after the expiration of the 60-day period described 
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1 in paragraph (1), the Secretary may submit correc2 tions or updates to the information required under 

3 paragraph (1), if upon completion of an audit of the 

4 project-based assistance program under section 8 of 

5 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

6 1437f), such audit reveals additional information 

7 that may provide Congress a more complete under8 standing of the Secretary’s implementation of the 

9 project-based assistance program under such section 

10 8. 

11 (b) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR

12 2010.—As part of the Department of Housing and Urban 

13 Development’s budget request for fiscal year 2010, the 

14 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall sub15 mit to the relevant authorizing committees and to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

17 House of Representatives complete and detailed informa18 tion, including a project-by-project analysis, that verifies 

19 that such budget request will fully fund all project-based 

20 contracts under section 8 of the United States Housing 

21 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) in fiscal year 2010, includ22 ing expiring project-based contracts. 

23 SEC. 225. Public housing agencies that own and oper24 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex25 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 
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1 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con2 nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 

3 agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 

4 under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 

5 from asset management requirements. 

6 SEC. 226. With respect to the use of amounts pro7 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap8 ital improvement and management of public housing as 

9 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

10 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 

11 Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 

12 relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 

13 any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 

14 pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 

15 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro16 vided, however, that a public housing agency may not use 

17 capital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities 

18 that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with 

19 amounts from the operating fund in excess of the amounts 

20 permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

21 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De22 velopment shall report quarterly to the House of Rep23 resentatives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 

24 the status of all section 8 project-based housing, including 

25 the number of all project-based units by region as well 
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1 as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being re2 financed under the Mark-to-Market program. The Sec3 retary shall in the report identify all existing units main4 tained by region as section 8 project-based units and all 

5 project-based units that have opted out of section 8 or 

6 have otherwise been eliminated as section 8 project-based 

7 units. The Secretary shall identify in detail and by project 

8 all the efforts made by the Department to preserve all sec9 tion 8 project-based housing units and all the reasons for 

10 any units which opted out or otherwise were lost as section 

11 8 project-based units. Such analysis shall include a review 

12 of the impact of the loss of any subsidized units in that 

13 housing marketplace, such as the impact of cost and the 

14 loss of available subsidized, low-income housing in areas 

15 with scarce housing resources for low-income families. 

16 SEC. 228. Section 683(2) of the Housing and Com17 munity Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13641(2)) 

18 is amended— 

19 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

20 (2) in subparagraph (G) by striking the period 

21 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (3) by adding a new subparagraph (H) as fol23 lows: 
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1 ‘‘(H) housing that is assisted under section 

2 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Affording Hous3 ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013).’’. 

4 SEC. 229. The Home Investment Partnerships Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.) is amended— 

6 (1) in section 233(d)(1) by striking ‘‘20’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘40’’; 

8 (2) in section 233(e) by striking ‘‘40’’ and in9 serting ‘‘25’’; 

10 (3) in section 243(b), in the second sentence, by 

11 striking ‘‘20’’ and inserting ‘‘40’’; and 

12 (4) in section 271(i) by striking ‘‘Act after De13 cember 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘section after De14 cember 31, 2011’’. 

15 SEC. 230. No official or employee of the Department 

16 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 

17 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi18 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

19 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

20 has received training in funds control procedures and di21 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that, not 

22 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

23 a trained allotment holder shall be designated for each 

24 HUD subaccount under the headings ‘‘Executive Direc25 tion’’ and ‘‘Administration, Operations, and Management’’ 
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1 as well as each account receiving appropriations for ‘‘per2 sonnel compensation and benefits’’ within the Department 

3 of Housing and Urban Development. 

4 SEC. 231. Payment of attorney fees in program-re5 lated litigation must be paid from individual program of6 fice personnel benefits and compensation funding. The an7 nual budget submission for program office personnel ben8 efit and compensation funding must include program-re9 lated litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line 

10 item request. 

11 SEC. 232. Of the unobligated balances remaining 

12 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Tenant13 Based Rental Assistance’’ under the Department of Hous14 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008, 

15 $750,000,000 are rescinded from the $4,158,000,000 

16 which are available on October 1, 2008. Such amount shall 

17 be derived from reductions to public housing agencies’ cal18 endar year 2009 allocations based on amounts in public 

19 housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts (in ac20 cordance with VMS data in calendar year 2008 that is 

21 verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary. 

22 SEC. 233. The Secretary of the Department of Hous23 ing and Urban Development shall for Fiscal Year 2009 

24 and thereafter, notify the public through the Federal Reg25 ister and other means, as determined appropriate, of the 
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1 issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or no2 tice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or 

3 discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is 

4 to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, for Fiscal Year 2009 and thereafter, the 

6 Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the 

7 Internet at the appropriate government website or 

8 websites or through other electronic media, as determined 

9 by the Secretary. 

10 SEC. 234. PREPAYMENT AND REFINANCING. (a) AP11 PROVAL OF PREPAYMENT OF DEBT.—Upon request of the 

12 project sponsor of a project assisted with a loan under 

13 section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as in effect before 

14 the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford15 able Housing Act), for which the Secretary’s consent to 

16 prepayment is required, the Secretary shall approve the 

17 prepayment of any indebtedness to the Secretary relating 

18 to any remaining principal and interest under the loan as 

19 part of a prepayment plan under which— 

20 (1) the project sponsor agrees to operate the 

21 project until the maturity date of the original loan 

22 under terms at least as advantageous to existing and 

23 future tenants as the terms required by the original 

24 loan agreement or any project-based rental assist25 ance payments contract under section 8 of the 
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1 United States Housing Act of 1937 (or any other 

2 project-based rental housing assistance programs of 

3 the Department of Housing and Urban Develop4 ment, including the rent supplement program under 

5 section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 

6 Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s)) or any successor 

7 project-based rental assistance program, except as 

8 provided by subsection (a)(2)(B); and 

9 (2) the prepayment may involve refinancing of 

10 the loan if such refinancing results — 

11 (A) in a lower interest rate on the prin12 cipal of the loan for the project and in reduc13 tions in debt service related to such loan; or 

14 (B) in the case of a project that is assisted 

15 with a loan under such section 202 carrying an 

16 interest rate of 6 percent or lower, a trans17 action under which 

18 (i) the project owner shall address the 

19 physical needs of the project; 

20 (ii) the prepayment plan for the trans21 action, including the refinancing, shall 

22 meet a cost benefit analysis, as established 

23 by the Secretary, that the benefit of the 

24 transaction outweighs the cost of the 
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1 transaction including any increases in rent 

2 charged to unassisted tenants; 

3 (iii) the overall cost for providing 

4 rental assistance under section 8 for the 

5 project (if any) is not increased, except, 

6 upon approval by the Secretary to— 

7 (I) mark-up-to-market contracts 

8 pursuant to section 524(a)(3) of the 

9 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

10 and Affordability Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 1437f note), as such section is carried 

12 out by the Secretary for properties 

13 owned by nonprofit organizations; or 

14 (II) mark-up-to-budget contracts 

15 pursuant to section 524(a)(4) of the 

16 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

17 and Affordability Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 1437f note), as such section is carried 

19 out by the Secretary for properties 

20 owned by eligible owners ( as such 

21 term is defined in section 202(k) of 

22 the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

23 1701q(k)); 

24 (iv) the project owner may charge ten25 ants rent sufficient to meet debt service 
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1 payments and operating cost requirements, 

2 as approved by the Secretary, if project3 based rental assistance is not available or 

4 is insufficient for the debt service and op5 erating cost of the project after refi6 nancing. Such approval by the Secretary— 

7 (I) shall be the basis for the 

8 owner to agree to terminate the 

9 project-based rental assistance con10 tract that is insufficient for the debt 

11 service and operating cost of the 

12 project after refinancing; and 

13 (II) shall be an eligibility event 

14 for the project for purposes of section 

15 8(t) of the United States Housing Act 

16 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)); 

17 (v) units to be occupied by tenants as18 sisted under section 8(t) of the United 

19 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1437f(t)) shall, upon termination of the oc21 cupancy of such tenants, become eligible 

22 for project-based assistance under section 

23 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act 

24 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) without 
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1 regard to the percentage limitations pro2 vided in such section; and 

3 (vi) there shall be a use agreement of 

4 20 years from the date of the maturity 

5 date of the original 202 loan for all units, 

6 including units to be occupied by tenants 

7 assisted under section 8(t) of the United 

8 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

9 1437f(t)). 

10 SEC. 235. USE OF SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY

11 FOR THE HOMELESS. No property identified by the Sec12 retary of Housing and Urban Development as surplus 

13 Federal property for use to assist the homeless shall be 

14 made available to any homeless group unless the group 

15 is a member in good standing under any of HUD’s home16 less assistance programs or is in good standing with any 

17 other program which receives funds from any other Fed18 eral or State agency or entity: Provided, That an exception 

19 may be made for an entity not involved with Federal 

20 homeless programs to use surplus Federal property for the 

21 homeless only after the Secretary or another responsible 

22 Federal agency has fully and comprehensively reviewed all 

23 relevant finances of the entity, the track record of the enti24 ty in assisting the homeless, the ability of the entity to 

25 manage the property, including all costs, the ability of the 
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1 entity to administer homeless programs in a manner that 

2 is effective to meet the needs of the homeless population 

3 that is expected to use the property and any other related 

4 issues that demonstrate a commitment to assist the home5 less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not require 

6 the entity to have cash in hand in order to demonstrate 

7 financial ability but may rely on the entity’s prior dem8 onstrated fundraising ability or commitments for in-kind 

9 donations of goods and services: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary shall make all such information and its decision 

11 regarding the award of the surplus property available to 

12 the committees of jurisdiction, including a full justification 

13 of the appropriateness of the use of the property to assist 

14 the homeless as well as the appropriateness of the group 

15 seeking to obtain the property to use such property to as16 sist the homeless: Provided further, That, this section shall 

17 apply to properties in fiscal year 2008 and 2009 made 

18 available as surplus Federal property for use to assist the 

19 homeless. 

20 SEC. 236. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De21 velopment shall increase, pursuant to this section, the 

22 number of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under sec23 tion 204, title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 

24 and Housing and Urban Development and Independent 

25 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 
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1 110 Stat. 1321–281) by adding to the program three Pub2 lic Housing Agencies that meet the following require3 ments: is a High Performing Agency under the Public 

4 Housing Assessment System (PHAS) and is a HOPE VI 

5 agency. No PHA shall be granted this designation through 

6 this section that administers in excess of 5,000 aggregate 

7 housing vouchers and public housing units. No PHA 

8 granted this designation through this section shall receive 

9 more funding than they otherwise would have received ab10 sent this designation. 

11 SEC. 237. Of the unobligated balances remaining 

12 from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 

13 and Urban Development under the fourth paragraph 

14 under the heading ‘‘General and Special Risk Program 

15 Account’’ in the Department of Housing and Urban De16 velopment Appropriations Act, 2008, $5,000,000 are re17 scinded: Provided, That with respect to such discount sales 

18 referenced under such paragraph, notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law, in determining the market value 

20 of any multifamily real property or multifamily loan for 

21 any noncompetitive sale to a State or local government, 

22 the Secretary shall in fiscal year 2009 consider, but not 

23 be limited to, industry standard appraisal practices, in24 cluding the cost of repairs needed to bring the property 

25 into such condition as to satisfy minimum State and local 
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1 code standards and the cost of maintaining the afford2 ability restrictions imposed by the Secretary on the multi3 family real property or multifamily loan. 

4 SEC. 238. The Secretary of the Department of Hous5 ing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up 

6 to 5 percent of funds appropriated for any account under 

7 this title under the heading ‘‘Personnel Compensation and 

8 Benefits’’ to any other account under this title under the 

9 heading ‘‘Personnel Compensation and Benefits’’ only 

10 after such transfer has been submitted to, and received 

11 prior written approval by, the House and Senate Commit12 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That, no appropriation 

13 for any such account shall be increased or decreased by 

14 more than 10 percent by all such transfers. 

15 SEC. 239. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro16 grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 

17 Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 

18 the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 

19 under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 

20 of income verifications and matching. 

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous22 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

4 COMPLIANCE BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 

7 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 

8 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

9 amended, $6,550,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

10 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

11 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

12 expenses. 

13 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

16 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer17 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 

18 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

19 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

20 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

21 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $22,800,000: Pro22 vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi23 cial reception and representation expenses. 
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1 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor4 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

7 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

8 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

9 5901–5902) $91,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

10 may be used for official reception and representation ex11 penses. The amounts made available to the National 

12 Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 

13 necessary to make lease payments due in fiscal year 2009 

14 only, on an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a 

15 capital lease. Of the funds provided, up to $100,000 shall 

16 be provided through reimbursement to the Department of 

17 Transportation’s Office of Inspector General to audit the 

18 National Transportation Safety Board’s financial state19 ments. 

20 (RESCISSION)

21 Of the available unobligated balances made available 

22 under this heading in Public Law 106–246, $671,275 are 

23 rescinded. 
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

6 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora7 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $131,000,000, of which 

8 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro9 gram: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

10 under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available 

11 to conduct a consumer mortgage public education cam12 paign: Provided further, That funding amounts provided 

13 under the previous proviso shall be available for campaign 

14 development, production, and outreach activities. 

15 For an additional amount, $50,000,000 shall be 

16 made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein17 vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

18 activities, under the following terms and conditions: 

19 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora20 tion (‘‘NRC’’), shall make grants to counseling inter21 mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 

22 and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 

23 determined by the NRC based on affordability and 

24 the economic conditions of an area; a match also 

25 may be waived by the NRC based on the aforemen-
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1 tioned conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure 

2 mitigation assistance primarily to States and areas 

3 with high rates of defaults and foreclosures pri4 marily in the subprime housing market to help elimi5 nate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of 

6 owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk 

7 of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates 

8 of defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be pro9 vided to approved counseling intermediaries based on 

10 a geographic analysis of the Nation by the NRC 

11 which determines where there is a prevalence of 

12 subprime mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, 

13 including any trends for mortgages that are likely to 

14 default and face foreclosure. A State Housing Fi15 nance Agency may also be eligible where the State 

16 Housing Finance Agency meets all the requirements 

17 under this paragraph. A HUD-approved counseling 

18 intermediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure 

19 mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as de20 termined by the NRC, and shall be approved by 

21 HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements. 

22 (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

23 shall only be made available to homeowners of 

24 owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 

25 in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 
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1 subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 

2 be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac3 tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re4 sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 

5 retained pursuant to such activity or another posi6 tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 

7 available under this paragraph may be provided di8 rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out9 standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 

10 debt reduction payments. 

11 (3) The use of Mortgage Foreclosure Mitigation 

12 Assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 

13 and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 

14 reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa15 tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop16 erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re17 garding the assumption of the mortgage by another 

18 non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 

19 purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 

20 party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc21 turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 

22 a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 

23 (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 

24 total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 

25 members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 
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1 counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC 

2 that the procedures for selection do not consist of 

3 any procedures or activities that could be construed 

4 as an unacceptable conflict of interest or have the 

5 appearance of impropriety. 

6 (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and 

7 State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 

8 under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe9 rience in successfully working with financial institu10 tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin11 quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun12 seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 

13 performance and positive outcomes with documented 

14 counseling plans (including post mortgage fore15 closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree16 ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may 

17 use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under18 served areas. 

19 (6) Of the total amount made available under 

20 this paragraph, up to $5,000,000 may be made 

21 available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de22 fault mitigation counseling capacity of counseling 

23 intermediaries through NRC training courses with 

24 HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 

25 partners, except that private financial institutions 
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1 that participate in NRC training shall pay market 

2 rates for such training. 

3 (7) Of the total amount made available under 

4 this paragraph, up to 4 percent may be used for as5 sociated administrative expenses for the NRC to 

6 carry out activities provided under this section. 

7 (8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

8 grants may include a budget for outreach and adver9 tising, and training, as determined by the NRC. 

10 (9) The NRC shall report bi-annually to the 

11 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as 

12 well as the Senate Banking Committee and House 

13 Financial Services Committee on its efforts to miti14 gate mortgage default. Such reports shall identify 

15 successful strategies and methods for preserving 

16 homeownership and the long-term affordability of at17 risk mortgages and shall include recommended ef18 forts that will or likely can assist in the success of 

19 this program as well as an analysis of any policy and 

20 procedures that failed to result in successful mort21 gage foreclosure mitigation. The report shall include 

22 an analysis of the details and use of any post mitiga23 tion counseling of assisted borrowers designed to en24 sure the continued long-term affordability of the 
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1 mortgages which were the subject of the mortgage 

2 foreclosure mitigation assistance. 

3 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

4 HOMELESSNESS

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala7 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

8 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex9 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

10 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

11 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

12 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

13 as amended, $2,333,000: Provided, That no funds may be 

14 used to pay the salaries and benefits of any employee of 

15 the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness 

16 that spends more than 10 days outside of the United 

17 States while not on annual leave. 

18 Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

19 Act, as amended, is amended in section 209 by striking 

20 ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

21 TITLE IV 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

23 SEC. 401. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

24 year 2009 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
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1 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 

2 previous appropriations Acts. 

3 SEC. 402. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

4 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

5 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

6 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

7 funded in this Act. 

8 SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

9 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

10 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria11 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

12 SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation 

13 under this Act for any consulting service through procure14 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

15 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

16 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

17 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

18 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

19 issued pursuant to existing law. 

20 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

21 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre22 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund23 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex24 penditure in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any ac25 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
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1 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

2 available for obligation or expenditure through a re3 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

4 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

5 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

6 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con7 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac8 tivity by either the House or Senate Committees on Ap9 propriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing 

10 programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 

11 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing pro12 grams, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 

13 whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restruc14 tures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, commis15 sion, agency, administration, or department different from 

16 the budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 

17 Appropriations or the table accompanying the explanatory 

18 statement accompanying this Act, whichever is more de19 tailed, unless prior approval is received from the House 

20 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 

21 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

22 Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

24 of the House of Representatives to establish the baseline 

25 for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities 
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1 for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the re2 port shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with 

3 a separate column to display the President’s budget re4 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 

5 enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en6 acted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro7 priation both by object class and program, project, and 

8 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec9 tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 

10 special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 

11 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 

12 for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 

13 each day after the required date that the report has not 

14 been submitted to the Congress. 

15 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

16 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

17 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2009 from 

18 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

19 for fiscal year 2009 in this Act, shall remain available 

20 through September 30, 2010, for each such account for 

21 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

22 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap23 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 

24 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
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1 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec2 tion 405 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 407. All Federal agencies and departments that 

4 are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 

5 and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole 

6 source contracts by no later than July 31, 2009. Such re7 port shall include the contractor, the amount of the con8 tract and the rationale for using a sole source contract. 

9 SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

11 training that— 

12 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl13 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

14 performance of official duties; 

15 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev16 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

17 some participants; 

18 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

19 of the content and methods to be used in the train20 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

21 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

22 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

23 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em24 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

25 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
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1 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par2 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

3 workplace. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

5 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

6 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

7 SEC. 409. No funds in this Act may be used to sup8 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

9 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

10 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur11 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

12 include economic development that primarily benefits pri13 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

14 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects 

15 as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the gen16 eral public (including energy-related, communication-re17 lated, water-related and wastewater-related infrastruc18 ture), other structures designated for use by the general 

19 public or which have other common-carrier or public-util20 ity functions that serve the general public and are subject 

21 to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

22 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

23 health and safety or brownsfield as defined in the Small 

24 Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization 
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1 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

2 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

3 SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in5 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

6 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro7 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

8 SEC. 411. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

10 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for11 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

12 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com13 pleted his period of active military or naval service, and 

14 has within 90 days after his release from such service or 

15 from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe16 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora17 tion to his former position and has been certified by the 

18 Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per19 form the duties of his former position and has not been 

20 restored thereto. 

21 SEC. 412. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

22 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

23 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

24 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
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1 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer2 ican Act’’). 

3 SEC. 413. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

4 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

5 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

6 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

7 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 

8 Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

9 Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 

10 DIVISION J—FURTHER PROVISIONS RELATING 

11 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE12 CURITY AND OTHER MATTERS 

13 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

14 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex18 penses’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, to address additional requirements related to the 

20 protection mission: Provided, That of this amount, not to 

21 exceed $12,730,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Acquisition, 

22 Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses’’ to 

23 address the deferred maintenance backlog: Provided fur24 ther, That the amount under this heading is designated 

25 as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emer26 gency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 
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1 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 

2 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the 

3 budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS DIVISION 

5 SEC. 101. Sections 143, 144, and 145 of division A 

6 of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and 

7 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110– 

8 329; 122 Stat. 3580 et seq.) are each amended by striking 

9 ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolu10 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

11 SEC. 102. (a) EXTENSION OF COMMISSION ON THE

12 PREVENTION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PRO13 LIFERATION AND TERRORISM.—Effective as of February 

14 1, 2009, section 1858 of the Implementing Recommenda15 tions of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 

16 110–53; 121 Stat. 504) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘60 days 

18 after’’ and all that follows through the end of the 

19 subsection and inserting ‘‘on March 1, 2010.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the 60-day 

21 period referred to in subsection (a)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘the period beginning on February 2, 2009, and 

23 ending on February 28, 2010,’’. 

24 (b) FUNDING.—Of the funds provided under the 

25 heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense–Wide’’ in 
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1 the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2009 (di2 vision C of Public Law 110–329; 122 Stat. 3606), 

3 $1,100,000 shall be made available only for purposes of 

4 the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass 

5 Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. 

6 SEC. 103. Notwithstanding any provision of section 

7 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

8 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)), the percentage adjustment scheduled to 

9 take effect under any such provision in calendar year 2010 

10 shall not take effect. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 25, 

2009. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1105 

AN ACT 

Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year 

poses. ending September 30, 2009, and for other pur-