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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 475 

To enact President Obama’s recommendations for program terminations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 3, 2011 

Mr. COBURN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

To enact President Obama’s recommendations for program 

terminations. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enacting President 

5 Obama’s Recommendations for Program Termination 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. OBAMA PROGRAM TERMINATIONS. 

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 

9 (1) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

10 Adolescent Family Life Program of the Department 

11 of Health and Human Services: Provided, That any 


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1 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

2 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

3 (2) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

4 Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishing Program of the 

5 Department of Health and Human Services: Pro6 vided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli7 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re8 turned to the Treasury; 

9 (3) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

10 B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarship of the Department 

11 of Education: Provided, That any funds appro12 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re13 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

14 (4) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

15 Brownfields Economic Development Initiative of the 

16 Department of Housing and Urban Development: 

17 Provided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli18 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re19 turned to the Treasury; 

20 (5) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

21 Bureau of Labor Statistics—International Labor 

22 Comparison Program of the Department of Labor: 

23 Provided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli24 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re25 turned to the Treasury; 


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1 (6) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

2 Byrd Honors Scholarship of the Department of Edu3 cation: Provided, That any funds appropriated to or 

4 unobligated by the program shall be rescinded and 

5 returned to the Treasury; 

6 (7) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

7 C–17 Transport Aircraft Production of the Depart8 ment of Defense: Provided, That any funds appro9 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re10 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

11 (8) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

12 Career Pathways Innovation Fund of the Depart13 ment of Labor: Provided, That any funds appro14 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re15 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

16 (9) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

17 Center for Excellence for Veterans Student Success 

18 of the Department of Education: Provided, That any 

19 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

20 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

21 (10) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

22 Children and Families Services’ Job Demonstration 

23 Program of the Department of Health and Human 

24 Services: Provided, That any funds appropriated to 


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1 or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

2 and returned to the Treasury; 

3 (11) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

4 Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education 

5 Payment Program of the Department of Health and 

6 Human Services: Provided, That any funds appro7 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re8 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

9 (12) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

10 Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: Pro11 vided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli12 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re13 turned to the Treasury; 

14 (13) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

15 College Textbook Rental Pilot Initiative of the De16 partment of Education: Provided, That any funds 

17 appropriated to or unobligated by the program shall 

18 be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

19 (14) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

20 Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab21 oratory of the National Science Foundation: Pro22 vided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli23 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re24 turned to the Treasury; 


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1 (15) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

2 Delta Health Initiative of the Department of Health 

3 and Human Services: Provided, That any funds ap4 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

5 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

6 (16) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

7 Denali Commission of the Department of Health 

8 and Human Services: Provided, That any funds ap9 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

10 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

11 (17) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

12 Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program of the 

13 Environmental Protection Agency: Provided, That 

14 any funds appropriated to or unobligated by the pro15 gram shall be rescinded and returned to the Treas16 ury; 

17 (18) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

18 Economic Action Program of the Department of Ag19 riculture: Provided, That any funds appropriated to 

20 or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

21 and returned to the Treasury; 

22 (19) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

23 Education Research Centers of the Department of 

24 Health and Human Services: Provided, That any 


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1 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

2 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

3 (20) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

4 Election Reform Grants of the Election Assistance 

5 Commission: Provided, That any funds appropriated 

6 to or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

7 and returned to the Treasury; 

8 (21) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

9 Emergency Operations Center Grant Program of the 

10 Department of Homeland Security: Provided, That 

11 any funds appropriated to or unobligated by the pro12 gram shall be rescinded and returned to the Treas13 ury; 

14 (22) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

15 EP–X Manned Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, 

16 and Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Department of 

17 Defense: Provided, That any funds appropriated to 

18 or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

19 and returned to the Treasury; 

20 (23) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

21 Erma Byrd Scholarship Program of the Department 

22 of Education: Provided, That any funds appro23 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re24 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 


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1 (24) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

2 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle of the Department 

3 of Defense: Provided, That any funds appropriated 

4 to or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

5 and returned to the Treasury; 

6 (25) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

7 Farm Service Agency Loan Programs—Direct Con8 servation Loans of the Department of Agriculture: 

9 Provided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli10 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re11 turned to the Treasury; 

12 (26) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

13 Farm Service Agency Loan Programs—Guaranteed 

14 Farm Operating Subsidized Loans of the Depart15 ment of Agriculture: Provided, That any funds ap16 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

17 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

18 (27) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

19 Forest Resources Information and Analysis of the 

20 Department of Agriculture: Provided, That any 

21 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

22 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

23 (28) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

24 Graduate STEM Fellows in K–12 Education of the 

25 National Science Foundation: Provided, That any 


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1 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

2 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury. 

3 Provided further, That $27,000,000 shall remain 

4 available for purposes of fulfilling obligations or 

5 commitments identified as essential by the Director; 

6 (29) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

7 Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation: Provided, 

8 That any funds appropriated to or unobligated by 

9 the program shall be rescinded and returned to the 

10 Treasury; 

11 (30) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

12 Health Care Facilities and Construction of the De13 partment of Health and Human Services: Provided, 

14 That any funds appropriated to or unobligated by 

15 the program shall be rescinded and returned to the 

16 Treasury; 

17 (31) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

18 Health Care Services Grant Program of the Depart19 ment of Agriculture: Provided, That any funds ap20 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

21 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

22 (32) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

23 Health Workforce Activities Including Allied Health 

24 and Other Disciplines of the Department of Health 

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1 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

2 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

3 (33) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

4 Healthy Communities of the Department of Health 

5 and Human Services: Provided, That any funds ap6 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

7 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

8 (34) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

9 High Energy Cost Grants of the Department of Ag10 riculture: Provided, That any funds appropriated to 

11 or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

12 and returned to the Treasury; 

13 (35) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

14 Historic Whaling and Trading Partners of the De15 partment of Education: Provided, That any funds 

16 appropriated to or unobligated by the program shall 

17 be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

18 (36) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

19 Inter-City Bus Security Grant Program of the De20 partment of Homeland Security: Provided, That any 

21 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

22 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

23 (37) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

24 International Forestry of the Department of Agri25 culture: Provided, That any funds appropriated to or 


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1 unobligated by the program shall be rescinded and 

2 returned to the Treasury; 

3 (38) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

4 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine of the De5 partment of Defense: Provided, That any funds ap6 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

7 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

8 (39) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

9 LANSCE Refurbishment of the Department of En10 ergy: Provided, That any funds appropriated to or 

11 unobligated by the program shall be rescinded and 

12 returned to the Treasury; 

13 (40) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

14 Legal Assistance Loan Repayment of the Depart15 ment of Education: Provided, That any funds appro16 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re17 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

18 (41) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

19 Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships 

20 Program of the Department of Education: Provided, 

21 That any funds appropriated to or unobligated by 

22 the program shall be rescinded and returned to the 

23 Treasury; 

24 (42) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

25 Local Government Climate Change Grants of the 


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1 Environmental Protection Agency: Provided, That 

2 any funds appropriated to or unobligated by the pro3 gram shall be rescinded and returned to the Treas4 ury; 

5 (43) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

6 Management of National Forest Lands for Subsist7 ence Uses of the Department of Agriculture: Pro8 vided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli9 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re10 turned to the Treasury; 

11 (44) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

12 Mobile Enforcement Team of the Department of 

13 Justice: Provided, That any funds appropriated to or 

14 unobligated by the program shall be rescinded and 

15 returned to the Treasury; 

16 (45) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

17 Multifamily Housing and Community Facilities 

18 Loan Guarantees of the Department of Agriculture: 

19 Provided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli20 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re21 turned to the Treasury; 

22 (46) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

23 Multifamily Housing Revitalization Demonstration 

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1 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re2 turned to the Treasury; 

3 (47) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

4 National Biological Information Infrastructure of 

5 the Department of the Interior: Provided, That any 

6 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

7 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

8 (48) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

9 National STEM Distributed Learning (Digital Li10 brary) of the National Science Foundation: Pro11 vided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli12 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re13 turned to the Treasury; 

14 (49) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

15 National Wildlife Refuge Fund of the Department of 

16 the Interior: Provided, That any funds appropriated 

17 to or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

18 and returned to the Treasury; 

19 (50) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

20 Non-Line of Sight Launch Systems of the Depart21 ment of Defense: Provided, That any funds appro22 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re23 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

24 (51) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

25 Off-Campus Community Service of the Department 


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1 of Education: Provided, That any funds appro2 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re3 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

4 (52) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

5 Park Partnership Project Grants of the Department 

6 of the Interior: Provided, That any funds appro7 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re8 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

9 (53) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

10 Patient Navigators of the Department of Health and 

11 Human Services: Provided, That any funds appro12 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re13 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

14 (54) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

15 Preventative Health and Health Services Block 

16 Grant of the Department of Health and Human 

17 Services: Provided, That any funds appropriated to 

18 or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

19 and returned to the Treasury; 

20 (55) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

21 Public Broadcasting Grants of the Department of 

22 Agriculture: Provided, That any funds appropriated 

23 to or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

24 and returned to the Treasury; 


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1 (56) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

2 Pubic Telecommunications Facilities Grants of the 

3 Department of Commerce: Provided, That any funds 

4 appropriated to or unobligated by the program shall 

5 be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

6 (57) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

7 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health 

8 of the Department of Health and Human Services: 

9 Provided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli10 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re11 turned to the Treasury; 

12 (58) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

13 Research Initiation Grants to Broad Participation in 

14 Biology of the National Science Foundation: Pro15 vided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli16 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re17 turned to the Treasury; 

18 (59) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

19 Resource Conservation and Development Program of 

20 the Department of Agriculture: Provided, That any 

21 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

22 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

23 (60) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

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1 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re2 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

3 (61) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

4 Rural Access to Emergency Devices of the Depart5 ment of Health and Human Services: Provided, That 

6 any funds appropriated to or unobligated by the pro7 gram shall be rescinded and returned to the Treas8 ury; 

9 (62) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

10 Rural Community Facilities of the Department of 

11 Health and Human Services: Provided, That any 

12 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

13 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

14 (63) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

15 Rural Fire Assistance of the Department of the In16 terior: Provided, That any funds appropriated to or 

17 unobligated by the program shall be rescinded and 

18 returned to the Treasury; 

19 (64) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

20 Rural Housing Service—Small Loan and Grant Pro21 grams of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, 

22 That any funds appropriated to or unobligated by 

23 the program shall be rescinded and returned to the 

24 Treasury; 


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1 (65) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

2 Save America’s Treasures and Preserve America of 

3 the Department of the Interior: Provided, That any 

4 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

5 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

6 (66) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

7 Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 

8 Programs (SHOP) of the Department of Housing 

9 and Urban Development: Provided, That any funds 

10 appropriated to or unobligated by the program shall 

11 be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

12 (67) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

13 SM–2 Block IIIB Missile of the Department of De14 fense: Provided, That any funds appropriated to or 

15 unobligated by the program shall be rescinded and 

16 returned to the Treasury; 

17 (68) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

18 State Health Access Grants of the Department of 

19 Health and Human Services: Provided, That any 

20 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

21 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

22 (69) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

23 Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to24 Air Missile Program of the Department of Defense: 

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1 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re2 turned to the Treasury. Provided further, 

3 $19,000,000 shall remain available for purposes of 

4 fulfilling obligations or commitments identified as 

5 essential by the Secretary; 

6 (70) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

7 Synchrotron Radiation Center of the National 

8 Science Foundation: Provided, That any funds ap9 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

10 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

11 (71) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

12 Targeted Airshed Grants of the Environmental Pro13 tection Agency: Provided, That any funds appro14 priated to or unobligated by the program shall be re15 scinded and returned to the Treasury; 

16 (72) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

17 Targeted Water Infrastructure Grants of the Envi18 ronmental Protection Agency: Provided, That any 

19 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

20 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

21 (73) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

22 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms of the De23 partment of Commerce: Provided, That any funds 

24 appropriated to or unobligated by the program shall 

25 be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 


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1 (74) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

2 Training for Realtime Writers of the Department of 

3 Education: Provided, That any funds appropriated 

4 to or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

5 and returned to the Treasury; 

6 (75) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

7 Transitional Job Demonstration of the Department 

8 of Labor: Provided, That any funds appropriated to 

9 or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

10 and returned to the Treasury; 

11 (76) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

12 Underground Railroad Educational and Culture of 

13 the Department of Education: Provided, That any 

14 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

15 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

16 (77) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

17 University Community Fund of the Department of 

18 Housing and Urban Development: Provided, That 

19 any funds appropriated to or unobligated by the pro20 gram shall be rescinded and returned to the Treas21 ury; 

22 (78) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

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1 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re2 turned to the Treasury; 

3 (79) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

4 Vocational Rehabilitation Recreational Program of 

5 the Department of Education: Provided, That any 

6 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

7 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

8 (80) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

9 Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities of the 

10 Department of Health and Human Services: Pro11 vided, That any funds appropriated to or unobli12 gated by the program shall be rescinded and re13 turned to the Treasury; 

14 (81) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

15 Water and Wastewater Treatment of the Corps of 

16 Engineer: Provided, That any funds appropriated to 

17 or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

18 and returned to the Treasury; 

19 (82) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

20 Water Resources Research Act Program of the De21 partment of the Interior: Provided, That any funds 

22 appropriated to or unobligated by the program shall 

23 be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

24 (83) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

25 Watershed and Flood Prevention Program of the 


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1 Department of Agriculture: Provided, That any 

2 funds appropriated to or unobligated by the program 

3 shall be rescinded and returned to the Treasury; 

4 (84) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

5 Watershed Rehabilitation Program of the Depart6 ment of Agriculture: Provided, That any funds ap7 propriated to or unobligated by the program shall be 

8 rescinded and returned to the Treasury; and 

9 (85) no Federal funds may be expended for the 

10 Women’s Education Equity of the Department of 

11 Education: Provided, That any funds appropriated 

12 to or unobligated by the program shall be rescinded 

13 and returned to the Treasury. 

14 SEC. 3. REPEAL. 

15 Any authorization in law for a program described in 

16 paragraphs (1) through (85) of section 2 shall be deemed 

17 to be repealed. 

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