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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4899 

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2010 

Mr. OBEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster 

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

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

2 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

3 DISASTER RELIEF

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, 

6 $5,100,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

7 which $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department 

8 of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General for 

9 audits and investigations related to disasters. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

11 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

12 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ14 ment Services’’ for activities under the Workforce Invest15 ment Act of 1998 (‘‘WIA’’), $600,000,000, which shall be 

16 available for obligation on the date of enactment of this 

17 Act, for grants to the States for youth activities: Provided, 

18 That such funds shall be used solely for summer employ19 ment programs for youth: Provided further, That no por20 tion of such funds shall be reserved to carry out section 

21 127(b)(1)(A) of the WIA: Provided further, That for pur22 poses of section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv) of the WIA, funds avail23 able for youth activities shall be allotted as if the total 

24 amount available for youth activities in the fiscal year does 

25 not exceed $1,000,000,000: Provided further, That the 


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1 work readiness performance indicator described in section 

2 136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the WIA shall be the only measure 

3 of performance used to assess the effectiveness of summer 

4 employment for youth provided with such funds. 

5 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

7 PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

8 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

9 For a payment to Joyce Murtha, widow of John P. 

10 Murtha, late a Representative from Pennsylvania, 

11 $174,000: Provided, That section 102 shall not apply to 

12 this appropriation. 

13 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

14 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

15 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Business Loans Pro17 gram Account’’ for fee reductions and eliminations under 

18 section 501 of title V of division A of the American Recov19 ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) 

20 and for the cost of guaranteed loans under section 502 

21 of such title, $20,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended: Provided, That such costs shall be as defined in 

23 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro24 vided further, That up to $40,000,000 of the amount made 

25 available under this heading in Public Law 111–117 also 


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1 may be utilized for the purposes specified in this para2 graph: Provided further, That section 502(f) of title V of 

3 division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 

4 Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘March 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010’’. 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

7 RESCISSIONS

8 SEC. 101. There are hereby rescinded the following 

9 amounts from the specified accounts: 

10 (1) ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Tele11 communications and Information Administration— 

12 Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program’’, 

13 $111,500,000, to be derived from unobligated bal14 ances made available under this heading in title II 

15 of division A of the American Recovery and Rein16 vestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 

17 128). 

18 (2) ‘‘Department of Transportation—National 

19 Highway Traffic Safety Administration—Consumer 

20 Assistance to Recycle and Save Program’’, 

21 $44,000,000, to be derived from unobligated bal22 ances made available in title XIII of Public Law 

23 111–32 and in Public Law 111–47. 

24 (3) ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nu25 trition Service—Special Supplemental Nutrition ProVerDate Nov 24 2008 03:09 Mar 22, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4899.IH H4899

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1 gram for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)’’, 

2 $361,825,000, to be derived from unobligated bal3 ances available from amounts placed in reserve in 

4 title I of division A of the American Recovery and 

5 Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 

6 Stat. 115). 

7 (4) Accounts under the heading ‘‘Department 

8 of Agriculture—Rural Development Programs’’, 

9 $102,675,000, to be derived from the unobligated 

10 balances of funds that were provided for such ac11 counts in prior appropriation Acts (other than Pub12 lic Law 111–5) and that were designated by the 

13 Congress in such Acts as an emergency requirement 

14 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 

15 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

16 Act of 1985. 

17 EMERGENCY DESIGNATION

18 SEC. 102. Each amount in this Act is designated as 

19 an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emer20 gency needs pursuant to sections 403 and 423(b) of S. 

21 Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution 

22 on the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

23 SHORT TITLE

24 SEC. 103. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster 

25 Relief and Summer Jobs Act of 2010’’. 

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