112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 44 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 

2011, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public 

4 Law 111–242) is further amended— 
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1 (1) by striking the date specified in section 

2 106(3) and inserting ‘‘March 18, 2011’’; and 

3 (2) by adding after section 166, as added by 

4 the Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 

5 (section 1 of Public Law 111–322), the following 

6 new sections: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 167. The amounts described in paragraphs (1) 

8 and (2) of section 114 of this Act are designated as being 

9 for contingency operations directly related to the global 

10 war on terrorism pursuant to section 3(c)(2) of H. Res. 

11 5 (112th Congress) and as an emergency requirement pur12 suant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con13 gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

14 year 2010. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 168. Any language specifying an earmark in 

16 an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, or in a com17 mittee report or joint explanatory statement accom18 panying such an Act, shall have no legal effect with re19 spect to funds appropriated by this Act. For purposes of 

20 this section, the term ‘earmark’ means a congressional 

21 earmark or congressionally directed spending item, as de22 fined in clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

23 of Representatives and paragraph 5(a) of rule XLIV of 

24 the Standing Rules of the Senate. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 169. The first and third paragraphs under the 

2 heading ‘Rural Development Programs—Rural Utilities 

3 Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 

4 Broadband Program’ in Public Law 111–80 shall not 

5 apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

7 are provided for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Investiga8 tions’ at a rate for operations of $104,000,000. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 171. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

10 are provided for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’ 

11 at a rate for operations of $1,690,000,000: Provided, That 

12 all of the provisos under such heading in Public Law 111– 

13 85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 172. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

15 are provided for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Mississippi 

16 River and Tributaries’ at a rate for operations of 

17 $260,000,000: Provided, That the proviso under such 

18 heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds 

19 appropriated by this Act. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 173. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

21 are provided for ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and 

22 Maintenance’ at a rate for operations of $2,361,000,000. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 174. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

24 are provided for ‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of 

25 Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’ at a rate for 
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1 operations of $913,580,000: Provided, That the fifth pro2 viso (regarding the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund) 

3 and seventh proviso (regarding the Milk River Project) 

4 under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply 

5 to funds appropriated by this Act. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 175. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

7 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro8 grams—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’ at a 

9 rate for operations of $1,950,370,000: Provided, That all 

10 of the provisos under such heading in Public Law 111– 

11 85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 176. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

13 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro14 grams—Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability’ at a 

15 rate for operations of $158,910,000: Provided, That all 

16 of the provisos under such heading in Public Law 111– 

17 85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 177. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

19 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro20 grams—Nuclear Energy’ at a rate for operations of 

21 $784,140,000: Provided, That the proviso under such 

22 heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds 

23 appropriated by this Act. 

24 ‘‘SEC. 178. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

25 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-
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1 grams—Fossil Energy Research and Development’ at a 

2 rate for operations of $635,530,000: Provided, That the 

3 second proviso under such heading in Public Law 111– 

4 85 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 179. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

6 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro7 grams—Science’ at a rate for operations of 

8 $4,826,820,000: Provided, That all of the provisos under 

9 such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to 

10 funds appropriated by this Act. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 180. The last proviso under the heading ‘De12 partment of Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities— 

13 National Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons Ac14 tivities’ in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds 

15 appropriated by this Act. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 181. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

17 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy 

18 Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Adminis19 tration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’ at a rate for 

20 operations of $2,136,460,000: Provided, That the proviso 

21 under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply 

22 to funds appropriated by this Act. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 182. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

24 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Atomic Energy 

25 Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Adminis-
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1 tration—Office of the Administrator’ at a rate for oper2 ations of $407,750,000: Provided, That the last proviso 

3 under such heading in Public Law 111–85 shall not apply 

4 to funds appropriated by this Act. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 183. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

6 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Environmental 

7 and Other Defense Activities—Defense Environmental 

8 Cleanup’ at a rate for operations of $5,209,031,000, of 

9 which $33,700,000 shall be transferred to the ‘Uranium 

10 Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 

11 Fund’: Provided, That the proviso under such heading in 

12 Public Law 111–85 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

13 by this Act. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 184. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

15 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Environmental 

16 and Other Defense Activities—Other Defense Activities’ 

17 at a rate for operations of $844,470,000: Provided, That 

18 the proviso under such heading in Public Law 111–85 

19 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 185. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

21 are provided for ‘Independent Agencies—Election Assist22 ance Commission—Election Reform Programs’ at a rate 

23 for operations of $0. 

24 ‘‘SEC. 186. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

25 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Of-
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1 fice of the Under Secretary for Management’ at a rate 

2 for operations of $253,190,000. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 187. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

4 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 

5 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex6 penses’ at a rate for operations of $8,063,913,000. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 188. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

8 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 

9 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Construction and 

10 Facilities Management’ at a rate for operations of 

11 $276,370,000. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 189. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

13 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 

14 Transportation Security Administration—Aviation Secu15 rity’ at a rate for operations of $5,212,790,000: Provided, 

16 That the amounts included under such heading in Public 

17 Law 111–83 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this 

18 Act as follows: by substituting ‘$5,212,790,000’ for 

19 ‘$5,214,040,000’; by substituting ‘$4,356,826,000’ for 

20 ‘$4,358,076,000’; by substituting ‘$1,115,156,000’ for 

21 ‘$1,116,406,000’; by substituting $777,050,000 for 

22 $778,300,000; and by substituting ‘$3,112,790,000’ for 

23 ‘$3,114,040,000’. 

24 ‘‘SEC. 190. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

25 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 
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1 Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’ at a rate for oper2 ations of $6,801,791,000: Provided, That section 157 of 

3 this Act shall be applied by substituting ‘$17,880,000’ for 

4 ‘$21,880,000’, and without regard to ‘and ‘‘Coast Guard, 

5 Alteration of Bridges’’ ’. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 191. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

7 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 

8 Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improve9 ments’ at a rate for operations of $1,519,980,000. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 192. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

11 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 

12 Coast Guard—Alteration of Bridges’ at a rate for oper13 ations of $0. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 193. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

15 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Na16 tional Protection and Programs Directorate—Infrastruc17 ture Protection and Information Security’ at a rate for 

18 operations of $879,816,000. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 194. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

20 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security—Of21 fice of Health Affairs’ at a rate for operations of 

22 $134,250,000. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 195. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

24 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 

25 Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and 
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1 Local Programs’ at a rate for operations of 

2 $2,912,558,000: Provided, That the amounts included 

3 under such heading in Public Law 111–83 shall be applied 

4 to funds appropriated by this Act as follows: in paragraph 

5 (12), by substituting ‘$12,554,000’ for ‘$60,000,000’ and 

6 by substituting ‘$0’ for each subsequent amount in such 

7 paragraph; in paragraph (13), by substituting 

8 ‘$212,500,000’ for ‘$267,200,000’; in paragraph (13)(A), 

9 by substituting ‘$114,000,000’ for ‘$164,500,000’; in 

10 paragraph (13)(B), by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,700,000’; 

11 and in paragraph (13)(C), by substituting ‘$0’ for 

12 ‘$3,000,000’: Provided further, That 4.5 percent of the 

13 amount provided for ‘Federal Emergency Management 

14 Agency—State and Local Programs’ by this Act shall be 

15 transferred to ‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 

16 Management and Administration’ for program administra17 tion. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 196. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

19 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 

20 Federal Emergency Management Agency—National 

21 Predisaster Mitigation Fund’ at a rate for operations of 

22 $75,364,000. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 197. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

24 are provided for ‘Department of Homeland Security— 

25 Science and Technology—Research, Development, Acqui-
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1 sition, and Operations’ at a rate for operations of 

2 $821,906,000. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 198. Sections 541 and 545 of Public Law 111– 

4 83 (123 Stat. 2176) shall have no force or effect. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 199. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

6 are provided for ‘Smithsonian Institution—Legacy Fund’ 

7 at a rate for operations of $0. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 200. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

9 are provided for ‘Department of Labor—Employment and 

10 Training Administration—Training and Employment 

11 Services’ at a rate for operations of $3,779,641,000, of 

12 which $340,154,000 shall be for national activities de13 scribed in paragraph (3) under such heading in division 

14 D of Public Law 111–117: Provided, That the amounts 

15 included for national activities under such heading in divi16 sion D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds 

17 appropriated by this Act as follows: by substituting 

18 ‘$44,561,000’ for ‘$93,450,000’ and by substituting ‘$0’ 

19 for ‘$48,889,000’. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 201. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

21 are provided for ‘Department of Labor—Mine Safety and 

22 Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’ at a rate 

23 for operations of $355,843,000: Provided, That the 

24 amounts included under such heading in division D of 
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1 Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds appro2 priated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,450,000’. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 202. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

4 are provided for ‘Department of Labor—Departmental 

5 Management’ at a rate for operations of $314,827,000: 

6 Provided, That the amounts included under such heading 

7 in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to 

8 funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for 

9 ‘$40,000,000’. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 203. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

11 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv12 ices—Health Resources and Services Administration— 

13 Health Resources and Services’ at a rate for operations 

14 of $7,076,520,000: Provided, That the eighteenth, nine15 teenth, and twenty-second provisos under such heading in 

16 division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds 

17 appropriated by this Act. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

19 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv20 ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Dis21 ease Control, Research, and Training’ at a rate for oper22 ations of $6,369,767,000: Provided, That the amount in23 cluded before the first proviso under such heading in divi24 sion D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to funds 
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1 appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for 

2 ‘$20,620,000’. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 205. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

4 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv5 ices—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad6 ministration—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv7 ices’ at a rate for operations of $3,417,106,000: Provided, 

8 That the amount included before the first proviso under 

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

10 be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by sub11 stituting ‘$0’ for ‘$14,518,000’. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 206. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

13 are transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

14 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In15 surance Trust Fund for ‘Department of Health and 

16 Human Services—Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

17 Services—Program Management’ at a rate for operations 

18 of $3,467,142,000: Provided, That the sixth proviso under 

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

20 not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 207. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

22 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv23 ices—Administration for Children and Families—Pay24 ments to States for the Child Care and Development Block 

25 Grant’ at a rate for operations of $2,126,081,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That the amount included in the first proviso under 

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

3 be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by sub4 stituting ‘$0’ for ‘$1,000,000’. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 208. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

6 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv7 ices—Administration for Children and Families—Children 

8 and Families Services Programs’ at a rate for operations 

9 of $9,293,747,000: Provided, That the fifteenth proviso 

10 under such heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 

11 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 209. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

13 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv14 ices—Administration on Aging, Aging Services Programs’ 

15 at a rate for operations of $1,510,323,000: Provided, That 

16 the first proviso under such heading in division D of Pub17 lic Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

18 by this Act. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 210. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

20 are provided for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv21 ices—Office of the Secretary—General Departmental 

22 Management’ at a rate for operations of $491,727,000: 

23 Provided, That the seventh proviso under such heading in 

24 division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds 

25 appropriated by this Act. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 211. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

2 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Education 

3 for the Disadvantaged’ at a rate for operations of 

4 $15,598,212,000, of which $4,638,056,000 shall become 

5 available on July 1, 2011, and remain available through 

6 September 30, 2012: Provided, That the tenth, eleventh 

7 and twelfth provisos under such heading in division D of 

8 Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

9 by this Act. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 212. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

11 are provided for ‘Department of Education—School Im12 provement Programs’ at a rate for operations of 

13 $5,223,444,000, of which $3,358,993,000 shall become 

14 available on July 1, 2011, and remain available through 

15 September 30, 2012: Provided, That of such amounts, no 

16 funds shall be available for activities authorized under 

17 part Z of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965: 

18 Provided further, That the second, third, and thirteenth 

19 provisos under such heading in division D of Public Law 

20 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 213. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

22 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Innovation 

23 and Improvement’ at a rate for operations of 

24 $1,160,480,000, of which no funds shall be available for 

25 activities authorized under subpart 5 of part A of title II, 
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1 section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

2 Act of 1965 (‘ESEA’), or part F of title VIII of the High3 er Education Act of 1965, and $499,222,000 shall be for 

4 part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided, That the first, 

5 fourth, and fifth provisos under such heading in division 

6 D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appro7 priated by this Act. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 214. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

9 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Safe Schools 

10 and Citizenship Education’ at a rate for operations of 

11 $361,398,000, of which, notwithstanding section 2343(b) 

12 of the ESEA, $2,578,000 is for the continuation costs of 

13 awards made on a competitive basis under section 2345 

14 of the ESEA: Provided, That the third proviso under such 

15 heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not 

16 apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 215. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

18 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Special Edu19 cation’ at a rate for operations of $12,564,953,000, of 

20 which $3,726,354,000 shall become available on July 1, 

21 2011, and remain available through September 30, 2012: 

22 Provided, That the first and second provisos under such 

23 heading in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not 

24 apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 216. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

2 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Rehabilita3 tion Services and Disability Research’ at a rate for oper4 ations of $3,501,766,000: Provided, That the second pro5 viso under such heading in division D of Public Law 111– 

6 117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 217. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

8 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Career, 

9 Technical, and Adult Education’ at a rate for operations 

10 of $1,928,447,000, of which $1,137,447,000 shall become 

11 available on July 1, 2011, and remain available through 

12 September 30, 2012 and no funds shall be available for 

13 activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title 

14 V of the ESEA: Provided, That the seventh and eighth 

15 provisos under such heading in division D of Public Law 

16 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 218. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 164, 

18 amounts are provided for ‘Department of Education— 

19 Student Financial Assistance’ at a rate for operations of 

20 $24,899,957,000, of which $23,162,000,000 shall be 

21 available to carry out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of 

22 the Higher Education Act of 1965 and no funds shall be 

23 available for activities authorized under subpart 4 of part 

24 A of title IV of such Act: Provided, That the maximum 
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1 Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during 

2 award year 2011–2012 shall be $4,860. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 219. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

4 are provided for ‘Department of Education—Higher Edu5 cation’ at a rate for operations of $2,126,935,000, of 

6 which no funds shall be available for activities authorized 

7 under section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments 

8 of 1992 or section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

9 Technical Education Act of 2006: Provided, That the thir10 teenth proviso under such heading in division D of Public 

11 Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by 

12 this Act. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 220. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

14 are provided for ‘Institute of Museum and Library Serv15 ices—Office of Museum and Library Services: Grants and 

16 Administration’ at a rate for operations of $265,869,000: 

17 Provided, That the amounts included under such heading 

18 in division D of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to 

19 funds appropriated by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for 

20 ‘$16,382,000’. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 221. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

22 are provided for ‘Library of Congress—Salaries and Ex23 penses’ at a rate for operations of $445,951,000, of which 

24 $0 shall be for the operations described in the seventh pro25 viso under this heading in Public Law 111–68. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 222. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

2 are provided for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal 

3 Highway Administration—Surface Transportation Prior4 ities’ at a rate for operations of $0. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 223. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds 

6 are provided for activities described in section 122 of title 

7 I of division A of Public Law 111–117. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 224. Notwithstanding section 101, section 186 

9 of title I of division A of Public Law 111–117 shall not 

10 apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 225. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

12 are provided for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal 

13 Railroad Administration—Rail Line Relocation and Im14 provement Program’ at a rate for operations of 

15 $10,012,800. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 226. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

17 are provided for ‘Department of Housing and Urban De18 velopment—Community Planning and Development— 

19 Community Development Fund’ at a rate for operations 

20 of $4,255,068,480, of which $0 shall be for grants for the 

21 Economic Development Initiative (EDI), and $0 shall be 

22 for neighborhood initiatives: Provided, That the second 

23 and third paragraphs under such heading in title II of di24 vision A of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply to funds 

25 appropriated by this Act.’’. 
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1 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Further 

2 Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 1, 

2011. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 44 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal 

year 2011, and for other purposes.