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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 336 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 19
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 336

                           [Report No. 111-3]

 Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, 
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to 
   the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 27, 2009

    Mr. Inouye, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
    following original bill, which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, 
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to 
   the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, 
                          AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                        Office of the Secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Secretary'', 
$300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 
That the Secretary may transfer these funds to agencies of the 
Department, other than the Forest Service, for necessary replacement, 
modernization, or upgrades of laboratories or other facilities to 
improve workplace safety and mission-area efficiencies as deemed 
appropriate by the Secretary: Provided further, that the Secretary 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate a plan on the allocation of these funds no later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.

                      office of inspector general

        For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for oversight 
and audit of programs, grants, and activities funded under this title.

       Cooperative State Research, Education and Economic Service

                   research and education activities

    For an additional amount for competitive grants authorized at 7 
U.S.C. 450(i)(b), $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
Expenses'', $171,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

           agricultural credit insurance fund progarm account

    For an additional amount for gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C 1922 et seq.) 
and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, to be available from funds 
in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account, as follows: 
farm ownership loans, $400,000,000 of which $100,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $300,000,000 shall be for direct 
loans; and operating loans, $250,000,000 of which $50,000,000 shall be 
for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $200,000,000 shall be for direct 
loans.
    For an additional amount for the cost of direct and guaranteed 
loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, as follows: farm ownership loans, $17,530,000 of 
which $330,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$17,200,000 shall be for direct loans; and operating loans, $24,900,000 
of which $1,300,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$23,600,000 shall be for direct loans.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Fund Program Account for farm ownership, operating, and emergency 
direct loans and unsubsidized guaranteed loans may be transferred among 
these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

               watershed and flood prevention operations

    For an additional amount for ``Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations'', $275,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

    For an additional amount for the ``Watershed Rehabilitation 
Program'', $120,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                rural development salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses'', $110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                         Rural Housing Service

                rural housing insurance program account

    For an additional amount for gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the Rural Housing 
Insurance Fund Program Account, as follows: $1,000,000,000 for section 
502 direct loans; and $10,472,000,000 for section 502 unsubsidized 
guaranteed loans.
    For an additional amount for the cost of direct and guaranteed 
loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, as follows: $67,000,000 for section 502 direct 
loans; and $133,000,000 for section 502 unsubsidized guaranteed loans.

               rural community facilities program account

    For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans, loan 
guarantees, and grants for rural community facilities programs as 
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $127,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

    For an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed loans and 
grants as authorized by sections 310B(a)(2)(A) and 310B(c) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), 
$150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                         biorefinery assistance

    For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, as authorized by 
section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8103), $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.

                    rural energy for america program

    For an additional amount for the cost of loan guarantees and 
grants, as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That these funds may be 
used by tribes, local units of government, and schools in rural areas, 
as defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)).

                        Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

    For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans, loan 
guarantees, and grants for the rural water, waste water, waste 
disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 
306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 
306D, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, $1,375,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

     distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program account

    For an additional amount for direct loans and grants for distance 
learning and telemedicine services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 950aaa, et seq., $200,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

    For additional amount for the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et. seq.), except section 21, and the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et. seq.), except sections 17 and 
21, $198,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, to 
carry out a grant program for National School Lunch Program equipment 
assistance: Provided, That such funds shall be provided to States 
administering a school lunch program through a formula based on the 
ratio that the total number of lunches served in the Program during the 
second preceding fiscal year bears to the total number of such lunches 
served in all States in such second preceding fiscal year: Provided 
further, That of such funds, the Secretary may approve the reserve by 
States of up to $20,000,000 for necessary enhancements to the State 
Distributing Agency's commodity ordering and management system to 
achieve compatibility with the Department's web-based supply chain 
management system: Provided further, That of the funds remaining, the 
State shall provide competitive grants to school food authorities based 
upon the need for equipment assistance in participating schools with 
priority given to schools in which not less than 50 percent of the 
students are eligible for free or reduced price meals under the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act and priority given to schools 
purchasing equipment for the purpose of offering more healthful foods 
and meals, in accordance with standards established by the Secretary.

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

    For an additional amount for the special supplemental nutrition 
program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1786), to remain available until September 30, 2010, 
$500,000,000, of which $380,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be 
allocated as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 
17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or 
participation exceed budget estimates, and of which $120,000,000 shall 
be for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided, 
That up to one percent of the funding provided for the purposes 
specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) may be reserved by the Secretary 
for Federal administrative activities in support of those purposes.

                      commodity assistance program

    For an additional amount for the ``Commodity Assistance Program'', 
to remain available until September 30, 2010, $150,000,000, which the 
Secretary shall use to purchase a variety of commodities as authorized 
by the Commodity Credit Corporation or under section 32 of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for 
other purposes'', approved August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, 
That the Secretary shall distribute the commodities to States for 
distribution in accordance with section 214 of the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983 (Public Law 98-8; 7 U.S.C. 612c note): Provided 
further, That of the funds made available, the Secretary may use up to 
$50,000,000 for costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 101. Funds appropriated by this Act and made available to the 
United States Department of Agriculture for broadband direct loans and 
loan guarantees, as authorized under title VI of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) and for grants, shall be 
available for broadband infrastructure in any area of the United States 
notwithstanding title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936: 
Provided, That at least 75 percent of the area served by the projects 
receiving funds from such grants, loans, or loan guarantees is in a 
rural area without sufficient access to high speed broadband service to 
facilitate rural economic development, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That priority for awarding funds made available under 
this paragraph shall be given to projects that provide service to the 
highest proportion of rural residents that do not have sufficient 
access to broadband service: Provided further, That priority for 
awarding such funds shall be given to project applications that 
demonstrate that, if the application is approved, all project elements 
will be fully funded: Provided further, That priority for awarding such 
funds shall be given to activities that can commence promptly following 
approval: Provided further, That the Department shall submit a report 
on planned spending and actual obligations describing the use of these 
funds not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and quarterly thereafter until all funds are obligated, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate.
    Sec. 102. Nutrition For Economic Recovery. (a) Maximum Benefit 
Increases.--
            (1) Economic recovery 1-month beginning stimulus payment.--
        For the first month that begins not less than 25 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
        (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall 
        increase the cost of the thrifty food plan for purposes of 
        section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2017(a)) by 85 percent.
            (2) Remainder of fiscal year 2009.--Beginning with the 
        second month that begins not less than 25 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, and for each subsequent month through 
        the month ending September 30, 2009, the Secretary shall 
        increase the cost of the thrifty food plan for purposes of 
        section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2017(a)) by 12 percent.
            (3) Subsequent increase for fiscal year 2010.--Beginning on 
        October 1, 2009, and for each subsequent month through the 
        month ending September 30, 2010, the Secretary shall increase 
        the cost of the thrifty food plan for purposes of section 8(a) 
        of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)) by an 
        amount equal to 12 percent, less the percentage by which the 
        Secretary determines the thrifty food plan would otherwise be 
        adjusted on October 1, 2009, as required under section 3(u) of 
        that Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(u)), if the percentage is less than 12 
        percent.
            (4) Subsequent increase for fiscal year 2011.--Beginning on 
        October 1, 2010, and for each subsequent month through the 
        month ending September 30, 2011, the Secretary shall increase 
        the cost of the thrifty food plan for purposes of section 8(a) 
        of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)) by an 
        amount equal to 12 percent, less the sum of the percentages by 
        which the Secretary determines the thrifty food plan would 
        otherwise be adjusted on October 1, 2009 and October 1, 2010, 
        as required under section 3(u) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(u)), 
        if the sum of such percentages is less than 12 percent.
            (5) Termination of effectiveness.--Effective beginning 
        October 1, 2011, the authority provided by this subsection 
        terminates and has no effect.
    (b) Administration.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) consider the benefit increases described in subsection 
        (a) to be a mass change;
            (2) require a simple process for States to notify 
        households of the changes in benefits;
            (3) consider section 16(c)(3)(A) of the Food and Nutrition 
        Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A)) to apply to any errors in 
        the implementation of this section, without regard to the 120-
        day limit described in section 16(c)(3)(A) of that Act;
            (4) disregard the additional amount of benefits that a 
        household receives as a result of this section in determining 
        the amount of overissuances under section 13 of the Food and 
        Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2022) and the hours of 
        participation in a program under section 6(d), 20, or 26 of 
        that Act (7 U.S.C. 2015(d), 2029, 2035); and
            (5) set the tolerance level for excluding small errors for 
        the purposes of section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
        2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)) at $50 for the period that the benefit 
        increase under subsection (a) is in effect.
    (c) Administrative Expenses.--
            (1) In general.--For the costs of State administrative 
        expenses associated with carrying out this section and 
        administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
        established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2011 et seq.) (referred to in this section as the 
        ``supplemental nutrition assistance program'') during a period 
        of rising program caseloads, and for the expenses of the 
        Secretary under paragraph (6), the Secretary shall make 
        available $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010, 
        to remain available through September 30, 2010.
            (2) Timing for fiscal year 2009.--Not later than 60 days 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
        make available to States amounts for fiscal year 2009 under 
        paragraph (1).
            (3) Allocation of funds.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (6), funds described in paragraph (1) shall be made available 
        to States that meet the requirements of paragraph (5) as grants 
        to State agencies for each fiscal year as follows:
                    (A) 75 percent of the amounts available for each 
                fiscal year shall be allocated to States based on the 
                share of each State of households that participate in 
                the supplemental nutrition assistance program as 
                reported to the Department of Agriculture for the most 
                recent 12-month period for which data are available, 
                adjusted by the Secretary (in the discretion of the 
                Secretary) for participation in disaster programs under 
                section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
                U.S.C. 2014(h)); and
                    (B) 25 percent of the amounts available for each 
                fiscal year shall be allocated to States based on the 
                increase in the number of households that participate 
                in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as 
                reported to the Department of Agriculture over the most 
                recent 12-month period for which data are available, 
                adjusted by the Secretary (in the discretion of the 
                Secretary) for participation in disaster programs under 
                section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
                U.S.C. 2014(h)).
            (4) Redistribution.--The Secretary shall determine an 
        appropriate procedure for redistribution of amounts allocated 
        to States that would otherwise be provided allocations under 
        paragraph (3) for a fiscal year but that do not meet the 
        requirements of paragraph (5).
            (5) Maintenance of effort.--
                    (A) Definition of specified state administrative 
                costs.--In this paragraph:
                            (i) In general.--The term ``specified State 
                        administrative costs'' includes all State 
                        administrative costs under the supplemental 
                        nutrition assistance program.
                            (ii) Exclusions.--The term ``specified 
                        State administrative costs'' does not include--
                                    (I) the costs of employment and 
                                training programs under section 6(d), 
                                20, or 26 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
                                of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d), 2029, 2035);
                                    (II) the costs of nutrition 
                                education under section 11(f) of that 
                                Act (7 U.S.C. 2020(f)); and
                                    (III) any other costs the Secretary 
                                determines should be excluded.
                    (B) Requirement.--The Secretary shall make funds 
                under this subsection available only to States that, as 
                determined by the Secretary, maintain State 
                expenditures on specified State administrative costs.
            (6) Monitoring and evaluation.--Of the amounts made 
        available under paragraph (1), the Secretary may retain up to 
        $5,000,000 for the costs incurred by the Secretary in 
        monitoring the integrity and evaluating the effects of the 
        payments made under this section.
    (d) Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.--For the 
costs of administrative expenses associated with the food distribution 
program on Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), the Secretary shall 
make available $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.
    (e) Consolidated Block Grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa.--
            (1) Fiscal year 2009.--
                    (A) In general.--For fiscal year 2009, the 
                Secretary shall increase by 12 percent the amount 
                available for nutrition assistance for eligible 
                households under the consolidated block grants for the 
                Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and American Samoa under 
                section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
                U.S.C. 2028).
                    (B) Availability of funds.--Funds made available 
                under subparagraph (A) shall remain available through 
                September 30, 2010.
            (2) Fiscal year 2010.--For fiscal year 2010, the Secretary 
        shall increase the amount available for nutrition assistance 
        for eligible households under the consolidated block grants for 
        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and American Samoa under 
        section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2028) by 12 percent, less the percentage by which the Secretary 
        determines the consolidated block grants would otherwise be 
        adjusted on October 1, 2009, as required by section 
        19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A)(ii)), if 
        the percentage is less than 12 percent.
            (3) Fiscal year 2011.--For fiscal year 2011, the Secretary 
        shall increase the amount available for nutrition assistance 
        for eligible households under the consolidated block grants for 
        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and American Samoa under 
        section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2028) by 12 percent, less the sum of the percentages by which 
        the Secretary determines the consolidated block grants would 
        otherwise be adjusted on October 1, 2009, and October 1, 2010, 
        as required by section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
        2028(a)(2)(A)(ii)), if the sum of the percentages is less than 
        12 percent.
    (f) Treatment of Jobless Workers.--
            (1) Remainder of fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 
        2011.--Beginning with the first month that begins not less than 
        25 days after the date of enactment of this Act and for each 
        subsequent month through September 30, 2011, eligibility for 
        supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits shall not be 
        limited under section 6(o)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
        2008 unless an individual does not comply with the requirements 
        of a program offered by the State agency that meets the 
        standards of subparagraphs (B) or (C) of that paragraph.
            (2) Fiscal year 2012 and thereafter.--Beginning on October 
        1, 2011, for the purposes of section 6(o) of the Food and 
        Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)), a State agency shall 
        disregard any period during which an individual received 
        benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
        prior to October 1, 2011.
    (g) Funding.--There are appropriated to the Secretary out of funds 
of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section.
    Sec. 103. Agricultural Disaster Assistance Transition. (a) Federal 
Crop Insurance Act.--Section 531(g) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1531(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) 2008 transition assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Eligible producers on a farm 
                described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) that 
                failed to timely pay the appropriate fee described in 
                that subparagraph shall be eligible for assistance 
                under this section in accordance with subparagraph (B) 
                if the eligible producers on the farm--
                            ``(i) pay the appropriate fee described in 
                        paragraph (4)(A) not later than 90 days after 
                        the date of enactment of this paragraph; and
                            ``(ii)(I) in the case of each insurable 
                        commodity of the eligible producers on the 
                        farm, excluding grazing land, agree to obtain a 
                        policy or plan of insurance under subtitle A 
                        (excluding a crop insurance pilot program under 
                        that subtitle) for the next insurance year for 
                        which crop insurance is available to the 
                        eligible producers on the farm at a level of 
                        coverage equal to 70 percent or more of the 
                        recorded or appraised average yield indemnified 
                        at 100 percent of the expected market price, or 
                        an equivalent coverage; and
                            ``(II) in the case of each noninsurable 
                        commodity of the eligible producers on the 
                        farm, agree to file the required paperwork, and 
                        pay the administrative fee by the applicable 
                        State filing deadline, for the noninsured crop 
                        assistance program for the 2009 crop year.
                    ``(B) Amount of assistance.--Eligible producers on 
                a farm that meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) 
                shall be eligible to receive assistance under this 
                section as if the eligible producers on the farm--
                            ``(i) in the case of each insurable 
                        commodity of the eligible producers on the 
                        farm, had obtained a policy or plan of 
                        insurance for the 2008 crop year at a level of 
                        coverage not to exceed 70 percent or more of 
                        the recorded or appraised average yield 
                        indemnified at 100 percent of the expected 
                        market price, or an equivalent coverage; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of each noninsurable 
                        commodity of the eligible producers on the 
                        farm, had filed the required paperwork, and 
                        paid the administrative fee by the applicable 
                        State filing deadline, for the noninsured crop 
                        assistance program for the 2008 crop year, 
                        except that in determining yield under that 
                        program, the Secretary shall use a percentage 
                        that is 70 percent.
                    ``(C) Equitable relief.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (D), eligible producers on a farm that met 
                the requirements of paragraph (1) before the deadline 
                described in paragraph (4)(A) and received, or are 
                eligible to receive, a disaster assistance payment 
                under this section for a production loss during the 
                2008 crop year shall be eligible to receive an 
                additional amount equal to the greater of--
                            ``(i) the amount that would have been 
                        calculated under subparagraph (B) if the 
                        eligible producers on the farm had paid the 
                        appropriate fee under that subparagraph; or
                            ``(ii) the amount that would have been 
                        calculated under subparagraph (A) of subsection 
                        (b)(3) if--
                                    ``(I) in clause (i) of that 
                                subparagraph, `120 percent' is 
                                substituted for `115 percent'; and
                                    ``(II) in clause (ii) of that 
                                subparagraph, `125' is substituted for 
                                `120 percent'.
                    ``(D) Limitation.--For amounts made available under 
                this paragraph, the Secretary may make such adjustments 
                as are necessary to ensure that no producer receives a 
                payment under this paragraph for an amount in excess of 
                the assistance received by a similarly situated 
                producer that had purchased the same or higher level of 
                crop insurance prior to the date of enactment of this 
                paragraph.
                    ``(E) Authority of the secretary.--The Secretary 
                may provide such additional assistance as the Secretary 
                considers appropriate to provide equitable treatment 
                for eligible producers on a farm that suffered 
                production losses in the 2008 crop year that result in 
                multiyear production losses, as determined by the 
                Secretary.
                    ``(F) Lack of access.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of this section, the Secretary may provide 
                assistance under this section to eligible producers on 
                a farm that--
                            ``(i) suffered a production loss due to a 
                        natural cause during the 2008 crop year; and
                            ``(ii) as determined by the Secretary--
                                    ``(I)(aa) except as provided in 
                                item (bb), lack access to a policy or 
                                plan of insurance under subtitle A; or
                                    ``(bb) do not qualify for a written 
                                agreement because 1 or more farming 
                                practices, which the Secretary has 
                                determined are good farming practices, 
                                of the eligible producers on the farm 
                                differ significantly from the farming 
                                practices used by producers of the same 
                                crop in other regions of the United 
                                States; and
                                    ``(II) are not eligible for the 
                                noninsured crop disaster assistance 
                                program established by section 196 of 
                                the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
                                Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).''.
    (b) Trade Act of 1974.--Section 901(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2497(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) 2008 transition assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Eligible producers on a farm 
                described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) that 
                failed to timely pay the appropriate fee described in 
                that subparagraph shall be eligible for assistance 
                under this section in accordance with subparagraph (B) 
                if the eligible producers on the farm--
                            ``(i) pay the appropriate fee described in 
                        paragraph (4)(A) not later than 90 days after 
                        the date of enactment of this paragraph; and
                            ``(ii)(I) in the case of each insurable 
                        commodity of the eligible producers on the 
                        farm, excluding grazing land, agree to obtain a 
                        policy or plan of insurance under the Federal 
                        Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) 
                        (excluding a crop insurance pilot program under 
                        that Act) for the next insurance year for which 
                        crop insurance is available to the eligible 
                        producers on the farm at a level of coverage 
                        equal to 70 percent or more of the recorded or 
                        appraised average yield indemnified at 100 
                        percent of the expected market price, or an 
                        equivalent coverage; and
                            ``(II) in the case of each noninsurable 
                        commodity of the eligible producers on the 
                        farm, agree to file the required paperwork, and 
                        pay the administrative fee by the applicable 
                        State filing deadline, for the noninsured crop 
                        assistance program for the 2009 crop year.
                    ``(B) Amount of assistance.--Eligible producers on 
                a farm that meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) 
                shall be eligible to receive assistance under this 
                section as if the eligible producers on the farm--
                            ``(i) in the case of each insurable 
                        commodity of the eligible producers on the 
                        farm, had obtained a policy or plan of 
                        insurance for the 2008 crop year at a level of 
                        coverage not to exceed 70 percent or more of 
                        the recorded or appraised average yield 
                        indemnified at 100 percent of the expected 
                        market price, or an equivalent coverage; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of each noninsurable 
                        commodity of the eligible producers on the 
                        farm, had filed the required paperwork, and 
                        paid the administrative fee by the applicable 
                        State filing deadline, for the noninsured crop 
                        assistance program for the 2008 crop year, 
                        except that in determining yield under that 
                        program, the Secretary shall use a percentage 
                        that is 70 percent.
                    ``(C) Equitable relief.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (D), eligible producers on a farm that met 
                the requirements of paragraph (1) before the deadline 
                described in paragraph (4)(A) and received, or are 
                eligible to receive, a disaster assistance payment 
                under this section for a production loss during the 
                2008 crop year shall be eligible to receive an 
                additional amount equal to the greater of--
                            ``(i) the amount that would have been 
                        calculated under subparagraph (B) if the 
                        eligible producers on the farm had paid the 
                        appropriate fee under that subparagraph; or
                            ``(ii) the amount that would have been 
                        calculated under subparagraph (A) of subsection 
                        (b)(3) if--
                                    ``(I) in clause (i) of that 
                                subparagraph, `120 percent' is 
                                substituted for `115 percent'; and
                                    ``(II) in clause (ii) of that 
                                subparagraph, `125' is substituted for 
                                `120 percent'.
                    ``(D) Limitation.--For amounts made available under 
                this paragraph, the Secretary may make such adjustments 
                as are necessary to ensure that no producer receives a 
                payment under this paragraph for an amount in excess of 
                the assistance received by a similarly situated 
                producer that had purchased the same or higher level of 
                crop insurance prior to the date of enactment of this 
                paragraph.
                    ``(E) Authority of the secretary.--The Secretary 
                may provide such additional assistance as the Secretary 
                considers appropriate to provide equitable treatment 
                for eligible producers on a farm that suffered 
                production losses in the 2008 crop year that result in 
                multiyear production losses, as determined by the 
                Secretary.
                    ``(F) Lack of access.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of this section, the Secretary may provide 
                assistance under this section to eligible producers on 
                a farm that--
                            ``(i) suffered a production loss due to a 
                        natural cause during the 2008 crop year; and
                            ``(ii) as determined by the Secretary--
                                    ``(I)(aa) except as provided in 
                                item (bb), lack access to a policy or 
                                plan of insurance under subtitle A; or
                                    ``(bb) do not qualify for a written 
                                agreement because 1 or more farming 
                                practices, which the Secretary has 
                                determined are good farming practices, 
                                of the eligible producers on the farm 
                                differ significantly from the farming 
                                practices used by producers of the same 
                                crop in other regions of the United 
                                States; and
                                    ``(II) are not eligible for the 
                                noninsured crop disaster assistance 
                                program established by section 196 of 
                                the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
                                Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).''.
    (c) Emergency Loans.--
            (1) In general.--For the principal amount of direct 
        emergency loans under section 321 of the Consolidated Farm and 
        Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961), $200,000,000.
            (2) Direct emergency loans.--For the cost of direct 
        emergency loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as 
        defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
        (2 U.S.C. 661a), $28,440,000, to remain available until 
        September 30, 2010.
    (d) 2008 Aquaculture Assistance.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) Eligible aquaculture producer.--The term 
                ``eligible aquaculture producer'' means an aquaculture 
                producer that during the 2008 calendar year, as 
                determined by the Secretary--
                            (i) produced an aquaculture species for 
                        which feed costs represented a substantial 
                        percentage of the input costs of the 
                        aquaculture operation; and
                            (ii) experienced a substantial price 
                        increase of feed costs above the previous 5-
                        year average.
                    (B) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
                Secretary of Agriculture.
            (2) Grant program.--
                    (A) In general.--Of the funds of the Commodity 
                Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use not more 
                than $100,000,000, to remain available until September 
                30, 2010, to carry out a program of grants to States to 
                assist eligible aquaculture producers for losses 
                associated with high feed input costs during the 2008 
                calendar year.
                    (B) Notification.--Not later than 60 days after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
                notify the State department of agriculture (or similar 
                entity) in each State of the availability of funds to 
                assist eligible aquaculture producers, including such 
                terms as determined by the Secretary to be necessary 
                for the equitable treatment of eligible aquaculture 
                producers.
                    (C) Provision of grants.--
                            (i) In general.--The Secretary shall make 
                        grants to States under this subsection on a pro 
                        rata basis based on the amount of aquaculture 
                        feed used in each State during the 2007 
                        calendar year, as determined by the Secretary.
                            (ii) Timing.--Not later than 120 days after 
                        the date of enactment of this Act, the 
                        Secretary shall make grants to States to 
                        provide assistance under this subsection.
                    (D) Requirements.--The Secretary shall make grants 
                under this subsection only to States that demonstrate 
                to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State 
                will--
                            (i) use grant funds to assist eligible 
                        aquaculture producers;
                            (ii) provide assistance to eligible 
                        aquaculture producers not later than 60 days 
                        after the date on which the State receives 
                        grant funds; and
                            (iii) not later than 30 days after the date 
                        on which the State provides assistance to 
                        eligible aquaculture producers, submit to the 
                        Secretary a report that describes--
                                    (I) the manner in which the State 
                                provided assistance;
                                    (II) the amounts of assistance 
                                provided per species of aquaculture; 
                                and
                                    (III) the process by which the 
                                State determined the levels of 
                                assistance to eligible aquaculture 
                                producers.
            (3) Reduction in payments.--An eligible aquaculture 
        producer that receives assistance under this subsection shall 
        not be eligible to receive any other assistance under the 
        supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program 
        established under section 531 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
        (7 U.S.C. 1531) and section 901 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
        U.S.C. 2497) for any losses in 2008 relating to the same 
        species of aquaculture.
            (4) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
        the appropriate committees of Congress a report that--
                    (A) describes in detail the manner in which this 
                subsection has been carried out; and
                    (B) includes the information reported to the 
                Secretary under paragraph (2)(D)(iii).
    Sec. 104. (a) Hereafter, in this section, the term ``nonambulatory 
disabled cattle'' means cattle, other than cattle that are less than 5 
months old or weigh less than 500 pounds, subject to inspection under 
section 3(b) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603(b)) that 
cannot rise from a recumbent position or walk, including cattle with a 
broken appendage, severed tendon or ligament, nerve paralysis, 
fractured vertebral column, or a metabolic condition.
    (b) Hereafter, none of the funds made available under this or any 
other Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any personnel 
of the Food Safety and Inspection Service to pass through inspection 
any nonambulatory disabled cattle for use as human food, regardless of 
the reason for the nonambulatory status of the cattle or the time at 
which the cattle became nonambulatory.
    Sec. 105. State and Local Governments. Section 1001(f)(6)(A) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(f)(6)(A)) is amended by 
inserting ``(other than the conservation reserve program established 
under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of this 
Act)'' before the period at the end.
    Sec. 106. Except for title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246), Commodity Credit Corporation funds 
provided in that Act shall be available for administrative expenses, 
including technical assistance, without regard to the limitation in 15 
U.S.C. 714i.

       TITLE II--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                    Bureau of Industry and Security

                     operations and administration

    For an additional amount for ``Operations and Administration'', 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                  Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

    For an additional amount for ``Economic Development Assistance 
Programs'', $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: 
Provided, That $50,000,000 shall be for economic adjustment assistance 
as authorized by section 209 of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3149): Provided further, 
That in allocating the funds provided in the previous proviso, the 
Secretary of Commerce shall give priority consideration to areas of the 
Nation that have experienced sudden and severe economic dislocation and 
job loss due to corporate restructuring.

                          Bureau of the Census

                     periodic censuses and programs

    For an additional amount for ``Periodic Censuses and Programs'', 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

               broadband technology opportunities program

    For an amount for ``Broadband Technology Opportunities Program'', 
$9,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 
That of the funds provided under this heading, $8,650,000,000 shall be 
expended pursuant to section 201 of this Act, of which: not less than 
$200,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants for expanding 
public computer center capacity, including at community colleges and 
public libraries; not less than $250,000,000 shall be available for 
competitive grants for innovative programs to encourage sustainable 
adoption of broadband service; and $10,000,000 shall be transferred to 
``Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General'' for the 
purposes of audits and oversight of funds provided under this heading 
and such funds shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That 50 percent of the funds provided in the previous proviso shall be 
used to support projects in rural communities, which in part may be 
transferred to the Department of Agriculture for administration through 
the Rural Utilities Service if deemed necessary and appropriate by the 
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and only if the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and the Senate are notified not less than 15 days in advance of the 
transfer of such funds: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, up to $350,000,000 may be expended pursuant to 
Public Law 110-385 (47 U.S.C. 1301 note) and for the purposes of 
developing and maintaining a broadband inventory map pursuant to 
section 201 of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, amounts deemed necessary and appropriate by the 
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC), may be transferred to the FCC for the purposes of 
developing a national broadband plan or for carrying out any other FCC 
responsibilities pursuant to section 201 of this Act, and only if the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate are notified 
not less than 15 days in advance of the transfer of such funds: 
Provided further, That not more than 3 percent of funds provided under 
this heading may be used for administrative costs, and this limitation 
shall apply to funds which may be transferred to the Department of 
Agriculture and the FCC.

                digital-to-analog converter box program

    For an amount for ``Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program'', 
$650,000,000, for additional coupons and related activities under the 
program implemented under section 3005 of the Digital Television 
Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, $90,000,000 may be for education and outreach, including 
grants to organizations for programs to educate vulnerable populations, 
including senior citizens, minority communities, people with 
disabilities, low-income individuals, and people living in rural areas, 
about the transition and to provide one-on-one assistance to vulnerable 
populations, including help with converter box installation: Provided 
further, That the amounts provided in the previous proviso may be 
transferred to the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) if 
deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary of Commerce in 
consultation with the Commission, and only if the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate are notified not less than 5 
days in advance of transfer of such funds: Provided further, That 
$2,000,000 of funds provided under this heading shall be transferred to 
``Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General'' for audits and 
oversight of funds provided under this heading.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             scientific and technical research and services

    For an additional amount for ``Scientific and Technical Research 
and Services'', $218,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.

                  construction of research facilities

    For an additional amount for ``Construction of Research 
Facilities'', $357,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

    For an additional amount for ``Operations, Research, and 
Facilities'', $427,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.

               procurement, acquisition and construction

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction'', $795,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.

                        Departmental Management

    For an additional amount for ``Departmental Management'', 
$34,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

            tactical law enforcement wireless communications

    For an additional amount for ``Tactical Law Enforcement Wireless 
Communications'', $200,000,000 for the costs of developing and 
implementing a nationwide Integrated Wireless network supporting 
Federal law enforcement, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                           Detention Trustee

    For an additional amount for ``Detention Trustee'', $150,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                     United States Marshals Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $125,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $400,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

                         Federal Prison System

                        buildings and facilities

    For an additional amount for ``Federal Prison System, Buildings and 
Facilities'', $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.

               State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

                    Office on Violence Against Women

       violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

    For an additional amount for ``Violence Against Women Prevention 
and Prosecution Programs'', $300,000,000 for grants to combat violence 
against women, as authorized by part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.): Provided, That, 
$50,000,000 shall be transitional housing assistance grants for victims 
of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault as authorized by 
section 40299 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103-322).

                       Office of Justice Programs

               state and local law enforcement assistance

    For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance'', $1,500,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (``1968 
Act''), (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto 
Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, shall not apply for 
purposes of this Act), to remain available until September 30, 2010.
    For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance'', $440,000,000 for competitive grants to improve the 
functioning of the criminal justice system, to assist victims of crime 
(other than compensation), and youth mentoring grants, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010.
    For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance'', $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for competitive grants to provide assistance and equipment to 
local law enforcement along the Southern border and in High-Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Areas to combat criminal narcotics activity stemming 
from the Southern border, of which $10,000,000 shall be transferred to 
``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and 
Expenses'' for the ATF Project Gunrunner.
    For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance'', $300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for assistance to Indian tribes, notwithstanding Public Law 108-
199, division B, title I, section 112(a)(1) (118 Stat. 62), of which--
            (1) $250,000,000 shall be available for grants under 
        section 20109 of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime 
        Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322);
            (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts 
        Initiative; and
            (3) $25,000,000 shall be available for tribal alcohol and 
        substance abuse drug reduction assistance grants.
    For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance'', $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, to be distributed by the Office for Victims of Crime in 
accordance with section 1402(d)(4) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(Public Law 98-473).
    For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance'', $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for assistance to law enforcement in rural areas, to prevent and 
combat crime, especially drug-related crime.
    For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance'', $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) initiatives.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

    For an additional amount for ``Community Oriented Policing 
Services'', for grants under section 1701 of title I of the 1968 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for 
hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under 
part Q of such title, and civilian public safety personnel, 
notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section and notwithstanding 42 
U.S.C. 3796dd-3(c), $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010.

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For an additional amount, not elsewhere specified in this title, 
for management and administration and oversight of programs within the 
Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs, and 
the Community Oriented Policing Services Office, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010.

                                SCIENCE

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                                science

    For an additional amount for ``Science'', $500,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010.

                              aeronautics

    For an additional amount for ``Aeronautics'', $250,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

                              exploration

    For an additional amount for ``Exploration'', $500,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

                          cross agency support

    For an additional amount for ``Cross Agency Support'', 
$250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                      office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

    For an additional amount for ``Research and Related Activities'', 
$1,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

          major research equipment and facilities construction

    For an additional amount for ``Major Research Equipment and 
Facilities Construction'', $150,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010.

                     education and human resources

    For an additional amount for ``Education and Human Resources'', 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                      office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 201. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information (Assistant Secretary), in consultation with the Federal 
Communications Commission (Commission) (and, with respect to rural 
areas, the Secretary of Agriculture), shall establish a national 
broadband service development and expansion program in conjunction with 
the technology opportunities program, which shall be referred to the 
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. The Assistant Secretary 
shall ensure that the program complements and enhances and does not 
conflict with other Federal broadband initiatives and programs.
            (1) The purposes of the program are to--
                    (A) provide access to broadband service to citizens 
                residing in unserved areas of the United States;
                    (B) provide improved access to broadband service to 
                citizens residing in underserved areas of the United 
                States;
                    (C) provide broadband education, awareness, 
                training, access, equipment, and support to--
                            (i) schools, libraries, medical and 
                        healthcare providers, community colleges and 
                        other institutions of higher education, and 
                        other community support organizations and 
                        entities to facilitate greater use of broadband 
                        service by or through these organizations;
                            (ii) organizations and agencies that 
                        provide outreach, access, equipment, and 
                        support services to facilitate greater use of 
                        broadband service by low-income, unemployed, 
                        aged, and otherwise vulnerable populations; and
                            (iii) job-creating strategic facilities 
                        located within a State-designated economic 
                        zone, Economic Development District designated 
                        by the Department of Commerce, Renewal 
                        Community or Empowerment Zone designated by the 
                        Department of Housing and Urban Development, or 
                        Enterprise Community designated by the 
                        Department of Agriculture.
                    (D) improve access to, and use of, broadband 
                service by public safety agencies; and
                    (E) stimulate the demand for broadband, economic 
                growth, and job creation.
            (2) The Assistant Secretary may consult with the chief 
        executive officer of any State with respect to--
                    (A) the identification of areas described in 
                subsection (1)(A) or (B) located in that State; and
                    (B) the allocation of grant funds within that State 
                for projects in or affecting the State.
            (3) The Assistant Secretary shall--
                    (A) establish and implement the grant program as 
                expeditiously as practicable;
                    (B) ensure that all awards are made before the end 
                of fiscal year 2010;
                    (C) seek such assurances as may be necessary or 
                appropriate from grantees under the program that they 
                will substantially complete projects supported by the 
                program in accordance with project timelines, not to 
                exceed 2 years following an award; and
                    (D) report on the status of the program to the 
                Committees on Appropriations of the House and the 
                Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate, every 90 days.
            (4) To be eligible for a grant under the program an 
        applicant shall--
                    (A) be a State or political subdivision thereof, a 
                nonprofit foundation, corporation, institution or 
                association, Indian tribe, Native Hawaiian 
                organization, or other non-governmental entity in 
                partnership with a State or political subdivision 
                thereof, Indian tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 
                if the Assistant Secretary determines the partnership 
                consistent with the purposes this section;
                    (B) submit an application, at such time, in such 
                form, and containing such information as the Assistant 
                Secretary may require;
                    (C) provide a detailed explanation of how any 
                amount received under the program will be used to carry 
                out the purposes of this section in an efficient and 
                expeditious manner, including a demonstration that the 
                project would not have been implemented during the 
                grant period without Federal grant assistance;
                    (D) demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the 
                Assistant Secretary, that it is capable of carrying out 
                the project or function to which the application 
                relates in a competent manner in compliance with all 
                applicable Federal, State, and local laws;
                    (E) demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the 
                Assistant Secretary, that it will appropriate (if the 
                applicant is a State or local government agency) or 
                otherwise unconditionally obligate, from non-Federal 
                sources, funds required to meet the requirements of 
                paragraph (5);
                    (F) disclose to the Assistant Secretary the source 
                and amount of other Federal or State funding sources 
                from which the applicant receives, or has applied for, 
                funding for activities or projects to which the 
                application relates; and
                    (G) provide such assurances and procedures as the 
                Assistant Secretary may require to ensure that grant 
                funds are used and accounted for in an appropriate 
                manner.
            (5) The Federal share of any project may not exceed 80 
        percent, except that the Assistant Secretary may increase the 
        Federal share of a project above 80 percent if--
                    (A) the applicant petitions the Assistant Secretary 
                for a waiver; and
                    (B) the Assistant Secretary determines that the 
                petition demonstrates financial need.
            (6) The Assistant Secretary may make competitive grants 
        under the program to--
                    (A) acquire equipment, instrumentation, networking 
                capability, hardware and software, digital network 
                technology, and infrastructure for broadband services;
                    (B) construct and deploy broadband service related 
                infrastructure;
                    (C) ensure access to broadband service by community 
                anchor institutions;
                    (D) facilitate access to broadband service by low-
                income, unemployed, aged, and otherwise vulnerable 
                populations in order to provide educational and 
                employment opportunities to members of such 
                populations;
                    (E) construct and deploy broadband facilities that 
                improve public safety broadband communications 
                services; and
                    (F) undertake such other projects and activities as 
                the Assistant Secretary finds to be consistent with the 
                purposes for which the program is established.
            (7) The Assistant Secretary--
                    (A) shall require any entity receiving a grant 
                pursuant to this section to report quarterly, in a 
                format specified by the Assistant Secretary, on such 
                entity's use of the assistance and progress fulfilling 
                the objectives for which such funds were granted, and 
                the Assistant Secretary shall make these reports 
                available to the public;
                    (B) may establish additional reporting and 
                information requirements for any recipient of any 
                assistance made available pursuant to this section;
                    (C) shall establish appropriate mechanisms to 
                ensure appropriate use and compliance with all terms of 
                any use of funds made available pursuant to this 
                section;
                    (D) may, in addition to other authority under 
                applicable law, deobligate awards to grantees that 
                demonstrate an insufficient level of performance, or 
                wasteful or fraudulent spending, as defined in advance 
                by the Assistant Secretary, and award these funds 
                competitively to new or existing applicants consistent 
                with this section; and
                    (E) shall create and maintain a fully searchable 
                database, accessible on the Internet at no cost to the 
                public, that contains at least the name of each entity 
                receiving funds made available pursuant to this 
                section, the purpose for which such entity is receiving 
                such funds, each quarterly report submitted by the 
                entity pursuant to this section, and such other 
                information sufficient to allow the public to 
                understand and monitor grants awarded under the 
                program.
            (8) Concurrent with the issuance of the Request for 
        Proposal for grant applications pursuant to this section, the 
        Assistant Secretary shall, in coordination with the Federal 
        Communications Commission, publish the non-discrimination and 
        network interconnection obligations that shall be contractual 
        conditions of grants awarded under this section.
            (9) Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        the Commission shall complete a rulemaking to develop a 
        national broadband plan. In developing the plan, the Commission 
        shall--
                    (A) consider the most effective and efficient 
                national strategy for ensuring that all Americans have 
                access to, and take advantage of, advanced broadband 
                services;
                    (B) have access to data provided to other 
                Government agencies under the Broadband Data 
                Improvement Act (47 U.S.C. 1301 note);
                    (C) evaluate the status of deployments of broadband 
                service, including the progress of projects supported 
                by the grants made pursuant to this section; and
                    (D) develop recommendations for achieving the goal 
                of nationally available broadband service for the 
                United States and for promoting broadband adoption 
                nationwide.
            (10) The Assistant Secretary shall develop and maintain a 
        comprehensive nationwide inventory map of existing broadband 
        service capability and availability in the United States that 
        entities and depicts the geographic extent to which broadband 
        service capability is deployed and available from a commercial 
        provider or public provider throughout each State: Provided, 
        That not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
        the Act, the Assistant Secretary shall make the broadband 
        inventory map developed and maintained pursuant to this section 
        accessible to the public.
    Sec. 202. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information may reissue any coupon issued under section 3005(a) of 
the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 that 
has expired before use, and shall cancel any unredeemed coupon reported 
as lost and may issue a replacement coupon for the lost coupon.

                    TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', 
$1,169,291,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2010.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', 
$571,843,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2010.

                Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
Corps'', $112,167,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force'', $927,113,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010.

                Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army 
Reserve'', $79,543,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010.

                Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy 
Reserve'', $44,586,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010.

            Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
Corps Reserve'', $32,304,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010.

              Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force 
Reserve'', $10,674,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010.

             Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army 
National Guard'', $215,557,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2010.

             Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
National Guard'', $20,922,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010.

                              PROCUREMENT

                    Defense Production Act Purchases

    For an additional amount for ``Defense Production Act Purchases'', 
$100,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2010.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $200,000,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2010.

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         Defense Health Program

    For an additional amount for ``Defense Health Program'', 
$250,000,000 for operation and maintenance, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2010.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For an additional amount for ``Office of the Inspector General'', 
$12,000,000 for operation and maintenance, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2010.

                 TITLE IV--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         Department of the Army

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                             investigations

    For an additional amount for ``Investigations'' for expenses 
necessary where authorized by law for the collection and study of basic 
information pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects and related 
efforts prior to construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and 
for miscellaneous investigations and, when authorized by law, surveys 
and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior to 
construction, $25,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under this 
heading in this title shall only be used for programs, projects or 
activities that heretofore or hereafter receive funds provided in Acts 
making appropriations available for Energy and Water Development: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading in this title 
shall be used for programs, projects or activities or elements of 
programs, projects or activities that can be completed within the funds 
made available in that account and that will not require new budget 
authority to complete: Provided further, That for projects that are 
being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would 
otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this 
Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
over engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, 
if any: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have unlimited 
reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'' for expenses 
necessary for the construction of river and harbor, flood and storm 
damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 
related projects authorized by law, $2,000,000,000, of which such sums 
as are necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs for 
facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall 
be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by 
Public Law 104-303: Provided, That not less than $200,000,000 of the 
funds provided shall be for water-related environmental infrastructure 
assistance: Provided further, That section 102 of Public Law 109-103 
(33 U.S.C. 2221) shall not apply to funds provided in this title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds shall be drawn from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, as 
authorized in Public Law 99-662: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this heading in this title shall only be used for programs, 
projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive funds 
provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and Water 
Development: Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
in this title shall be used for programs, projects or activities or 
elements of programs, projects or activities that can be completed 
within the funds made available in that account and that will not 
require new budget authority to complete: Provided further, That the 
limitation concerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended (33 U.S.C. 2280), shall 
not apply during fiscal year 2009 to any project that received funds 
provided in this title: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used by the Secretary of the Army, acting through 
the Chief of Engineers, to undertake work authorized to be carried out 
in accordance with section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (33 
U.S.C. 701r); section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 
701s); section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 
U.S.C. 2330); or section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a), notwithstanding the program cost limitations 
set forth in those sections: Provided further, That for projects that 
are being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would 
otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this 
Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
over engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, 
if any: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have unlimited 
reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.

                   mississippi river and tributaries

    For an additional amount for ``Mississippi River and Tributaries'' 
for expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects and related 
efforts as authorized by law, $500,000,000, of which such sums as are 
necessary to cover the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs 
for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading in this title shall only be used for programs, 
projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive funds 
provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and Water 
Development: Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
in this title shall be used for programs, projects or activities or 
elements of programs, projects or activities that can be completed 
within the funds made available in that account and that will not 
require new budget authority to complete: Provided further, That the 
limitation concerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended (33 U.S.C. 2280), shall 
not apply during fiscal year 2009 to any project that received funds 
provided in this title: Provided further, That for projects that are 
being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would 
otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this 
Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
over engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, 
if any: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have unlimited 
reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.

                       operation and maintenance

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance'' for 
expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of existing 
river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem 
restoration, and related projects authorized by law, and for surveys 
and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, 
clearing and straightening channels, and removal of obstructions to 
navigation, $1,900,000,000, of which such sums as are necessary to 
cover the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for coastal 
harbors and channels, and inland harbors shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662; and of 
which such sums as become available under section 217 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996, Public Law 104-303, shall be used to 
cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material 
disposal facilities for which fees have been collected: Provided, That 
funds provided under this heading in this title shall only be used for 
programs, projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive 
funds provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and 
Water Development: Provided further, That funds provided under this 
heading in this title shall be used for programs, projects or 
activities or elements of programs, projects or activities that can be 
completed within the funds made available in that account and that will 
not require new budget authority to complete: Provided further, That 
$90,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 
activities described in section 9004 of Public Law 110-114: Provided 
further, That section 9006 of Public Law 110-114 shall not apply to 
funds provided in this title: Provided further, That for projects that 
are being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that would 
otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this 
Act may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
over engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, 
if any: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have unlimited 
reprogramming authority for these funds provided under this heading.

                           regulatory program

    For an additional amount for ``Regulatory Program'' for expenses 
necessary for administration of laws pertaining to regulation of 
navigable waters and wetlands, $25,000,000 is provided.

            formerly utilized sites remedial action program

    For an additional amount for ``Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 
Action Program'' for expenses necessary to clean up contamination from 
sites in the United States resulting from work performed as part of the 
Nation's early atomic energy program, $100,000,000: Provided further, 
That funds provided under this heading in this title shall be used for 
programs, projects or activities or elements of programs, projects or 
activities that can be completed within the funds made available in 
that account and that will not require new budget authority to 
complete: Provided further, That for projects that are being completed 
with funds appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for 
obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay 
the cost of associated supervision, inspection, over engineering and 
design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming 
authority for these funds provided under this heading.

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

    For an additional amount for ``Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies'' for expenses necessary for pre-placement of materials and 
equipment, advance measures and other activities authorized by law, 
$50,000,000 is provided.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation

                      water and related resources

    For an additional amount for management, development, and 
restoration of water and related natural resources and for related 
activities, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of 
reclamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling related 
Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and related grants to, 
and cooperative and other agreements with, State and local governments, 
federally recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,400,000,000; of 
which such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado 
River Dam Fund: Provided, That of the total appropriated, the amount 
for program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or 
the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 
460l-6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or account: Provided 
further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until 
expended for the purposes for which contributed: Provided further, That 
funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account 
and are available until expended for the same purposes as the sums 
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this heading in this title shall only be used for programs, 
projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive funds 
provided in Acts making appropriations available for Energy and Water 
Development: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act shall be 
used for elements of projects, programs or activities that can be 
completed within these funding amounts and not create budgetary 
obligations in future fiscal years: Provided further, That $50,000,000 
of the funds provided under this heading may be transferred to the 
Department of the Interior for programs, projects and activities 
authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act (titles II-V of 
Public Law 102-575): Provided further, That $50,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading may be used for programs, projects, and 
activities authorized by the California Bay-Delta Restoration Act 
(Public Law 108-361): Provided further, That not less than $60,000,000 
of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for rural water 
projects and shall be expended primarily on water intake and treatment 
facilities of such projects: Provided further, That not less than 
$10,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 
a bureau-wide inspection of canals program in urbanized areas: Provided 
further, That not less than $110,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading shall be used for water reclamation and reuse projects 
(title 16 of Public Law 102-575): Provided further, That the costs of 
reimbursable activities, other than for maintenance and rehabilitation, 
carried out with funds provided in this Act shall be repaid pursuant to 
existing authorities and agreements: Provided further, That the costs 
of maintenance and rehabilitation activities carried out with funds 
provided in this Act shall be repaid pursuant to existing authority, 
except the length of repayment period shall be determined on needs-
based criteria to be established and adopted by the Commissioner, but 
in no case shall the repayment period exceed 25 years: Provided 
further, That for projects that are being completed with funds 
appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for 
obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pay 
the cost of associated supervision, inspection, over engineering and 
design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming 
authority for these funds provided under this heading.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            Energy Programs

                 energy efficiency and renewable energy

    For an additional amount for ``Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy'', $14,398,000,000, for necessary expenses, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That $4,200,000,000 shall be 
available for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants for 
implementation of programs authorized under subtitle E of title V of 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17151 et 
seq.), of which $2,100,000,000 is available through the formula in 
subtitle E: Provided further, That the remaining $2,100,000,000 shall 
be awarded on a competitive basis only to competitive grant applicants 
from States in which the Governor certifies to the Secretary of Energy 
that the applicable State regulatory authority will implement the 
integrated resource planning and rate design modifications standards 
required to be considered under paragraphs (16) and (17) of section 
111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
2621(d)(16) and (17)); and the Governor will take all actions within 
his or her authority to ensure that the State, or the applicable units 
of local government that have authority to adopt building codes, will 
implement--
            (A) building energy codes for residential buildings that 
        the Secretary determines are likely to meet or exceed the 2009 
        International Energy Conservation Code;
            (B) building energy codes for commercial buildings that the 
        Secretary determines are likely to meet or exceed the ANSI/
        ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007; and
            (C) a plan for implementing and enforcing the building 
        energy codes described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) that is 
        likely to ensure that at least 90 percent of the new and 
        renovated residential and commercial building space will meet 
        the standards within 8 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act:
Provided further, That $2,000,000,000 shall be available for grants for 
the manufacturing of advanced batteries and components and the 
Secretary shall provide facility funding awards under this section to 
manufacturers of advanced battery systems and vehicle batteries that 
are produced in the United States, including advanced lithium ion 
batteries, hybrid electrical systems, component manufacturers, and 
software designers: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3304 
of title 5, United States Code, and without regard to the provisions of 
sections 3309 through 3318 of such title 5, the Secretary of Energy, 
upon a determination that there is a severe shortage of candidates or a 
critical hiring need for particular positions, may from within the 
funds provided, recruit and directly appoint highly qualified 
individuals into the competitive service: Provided further, That such 
authority shall not apply to positions in the Excepted Service or the 
Senior Executive Service: Provided further, That any action authorized 
herein shall be consistent with the merit principles of section 2301 of 
such title 5, and the Department shall comply with the public notice 
requirements of section 3327 of such title 5.

              Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

    For an additional amount for ``Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability'', $4,500,000,000, for necessary expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That $100,000,000 shall 
be available for worker training activities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 3304 of title 5, United States Code, and 
without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of such 
title 5, the Secretary of Energy, upon a determination that there is a 
severe shortage of candidates or a critical hiring need for particular 
positions, may from within the funds provided, recruit and directly 
appoint highly qualified individuals into the competitive service: 
Provided further, That such authority shall not apply to positions in 
the Excepted Service or the Senior Executive Service: Provided further, 
That any action authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit 
principles of section 2301 of such title 5, and the Department shall 
comply with the public notice requirements of section 3327 of such 
title 5: Provided, That for the purpose of facilitating the development 
of regional transmission plans, the Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability within the Department of Energy is provided 
$80,000,000 within the available funds to conduct a resource assessment 
and an analysis of future demand and transmission requirements: 
Provided further, That the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability will provide technical assistance to the North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation, the regional reliability entities, 
the States, and other transmission owners and operators for the 
formation of interconnection-based transmission plans for the Eastern 
and Western Interconnections and ERCOT: Provided further, That such 
assistance may include modeling, support to regions and States for the 
development of coordinated State electricity policies, programs, laws, 
and regulations: Provided further, That $10,000,000 is provided to 
implement section 1305 of Public Law 110-140.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

    For an additional amount for ``Fossil Energy Research and 
Development'', $4,600,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That $2,000,000,000 is available for one or more near 
zero emissions powerplant(s): Provided further, $1,000,000,000 is 
available for selections under the Department's Clean Coal Power 
Initiative Round III Funding Opportunity Announcement; notwithstanding 
the mandatory eligibility requirements of the Funding Opportunity 
Announcement, the Department shall consider applications that utilize 
petroleum coke for some or all of the project's fuel input: Provided 
further, $1,520,000,000 is available for a competitive solicitation 
pursuant to section 703 of Public Law 110-140 for projects that 
demonstrate carbon capture from industrial sources: Provided further, 
That awards for such projects may include plant efficiency improvements 
for integration with carbon capture technology.

                   Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup

    For an additional amount for ``Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup'', 
$483,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

    For an additional amount for ``Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
and Decommissioning Fund'', $390,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, of which $70,000,000 shall be available in 
accordance with title X, subtitle A of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

                                Science

    For an additional amount for ``Science'', $430,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010.

         Title 17--Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
commitments to guarantee loans under section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, shall not exceed a total principal amount of 
$50,000,000,000 for eligible projects, to remain available until 
committed: Provided, That these amounts are in addition to any 
authority provided elsewhere in this Act and this and previous fiscal 
years: Provided further, That such sums as are derived from amounts 
received from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in this and prior Acts, shall be 
collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That the source of such payment received 
from borrowers is not a loan or other debt obligation that is 
guaranteed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That pursuant 
to section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, no 
appropriations are available to pay the subsidy cost of such 
guarantees: Provided further, That none of the loan guarantee authority 
made available in this Act shall be available for commitments to 
guarantee loans under section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 for any projects where funds, personnel, or property (tangible or 
intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumentality, personnel or 
affiliated entity are expected to be used (directly or indirectly) 
through acquisitions, contracts, demonstrations, exchanges, grants, 
incentives, leases, procurements, sales, other transaction authority, 
or other arrangements, to support the project or to obtain goods or 
services from the project: Provided further, That none of the loan 
guarantee authority made available in this Act shall be available under 
section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 for any project 
unless the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has 
certified in advance in writing that the loan guarantee and the project 
comply with the provisions under this title: Provided further, That for 
an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed loans authorized by 
section 1702(b)(1) and section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
$9,500,000,000, available until expended, to pay the costs of 
guarantees made under this section: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided for Title XVII, $15,000,000 shall be used for 
administrative expenses in carrying out the guaranteed loan program.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                National Nuclear Security Administration

                           weapons activities

    For an additional amount for weapons activities, $1,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

               Environmental and Other Defense Activities

                     defense environmental cleanup

    For an additional amount for ``Defense Environmental Cleanup'', 
$5,527,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation, and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

    For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and other 
related activities including conservation and renewable resources 
programs as authorized, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Administrator shall establish such 
personnel staffing levels as he deems necessary to economically and 
efficiently complete the activities pursued under the authority granted 
by section 402 of this Act: Provided further, That this appropriation 
is non-reimbursable.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 401. Bonneville Power Administration Borrowing Authority. For 
the purposes of providing funds to assist in financing the 
construction, acquisition, and replacement of the transmission system 
of the Bonneville Power Administration and to implement the authority 
of the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration under the 
Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 839 et seq.), an additional $3,250,000,000 in borrowing 
authority is made available under the Federal Columbia River 
Transmission System Act (16 U.S.C. 838 et seq.), to remain outstanding 
at any time.
    Sec. 402. Western Area Power Administration Borrowing Authority. 
The Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-381) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

                    ``TITLE III--BORROWING AUTHORITY

``SEC. 301. WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION BORROWING AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration.
            ``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of the Treasury.
    ``(b) Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, subject to paragraphs (2) through (5)--
                    ``(A) the Western Area Power Administration may 
                borrow funds from the Treasury; and
                    ``(B) the Secretary shall, without further 
                appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, loan 
                to the Western Area Power Administration, on such terms 
                as may be fixed by the Administrator and the Secretary, 
                such sums (not to exceed, in the aggregate (including 
                deferred interest), $3,250,000,000 in outstanding 
                repayable balances at any one time) as, in the judgment 
                of the Administrator, are from time to time required 
                for the purpose of--
                            ``(i) constructing, financing, 
                        facilitating, planning, operating, maintaining, 
                        or studying construction of new or upgraded 
                        electric power transmission lines and related 
                        facilities with at least one terminus within 
                        the area served by the Western Area Power 
                        Administration; and
                            ``(ii) delivering or facilitating the 
                        delivery of power generated by renewable energy 
                        resources constructed or reasonably expected to 
                        be constructed after the date of enactment of 
                        this section.
            ``(2) Interest.--The rate of interest to be charged in 
        connection with any loan made pursuant to this subsection shall 
        be fixed by the Secretary, taking into consideration market 
        yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United 
        States of comparable maturities as of the date of the loan.
            ``(3) Refinancing.--The Western Area Power Administration 
        may refinance loans taken pursuant to this section within the 
        Treasury.
            ``(4) Participation.--The Administrator may permit other 
        entities to participate in the financing, construction and 
        ownership projects financed under this section.
            ``(5) Congressional review of disbursement.--Effective upon 
        the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall 
        have the authority to have utilized $1,750,000,000 at any one 
        time. If the Administrator seeks to borrow funds above 
        $1,750,000,000, the funds will be disbursed unless there is 
        enacted, within 90 calendar days of the first such request, a 
        joint resolution that rescinds the remainder of the balance of 
        the borrowing authority provided in this section.
    ``(c) Transmission Line and Related Facility Projects.--
            ``(1) In general.--For repayment purposes, each 
        transmission line and related facility project in which the 
        Western Area Power Administration participates pursuant to this 
        section shall be treated as separate and distinct from--
                    ``(A) each other such project; and
                    ``(B) all other Western Area Power Administration 
                power and transmission facilities.
            ``(2) Proceeds.--The Western Area Power Administration 
        shall apply the proceeds from the use of the transmission 
        capacity from an individual project under this section to the 
        repayment of the principal and interest of the loan from the 
        Treasury attributable to that project, after reserving such 
        funds as the Western Area Power Administration determines are 
        necessary--
                    ``(A) to pay for any ancillary services that are 
                provided; and
                    ``(B) to meet the costs of operating and 
                maintaining the new project from which the revenues are 
                derived.
            ``(3) Source of revenue.--Revenue from the use of projects 
        under this section shall be the only source of revenue for--
                    ``(A) repayment of the associated loan for the 
                project; and
                    ``(B) payment of expenses for ancillary services 
                and operation and maintenance.
            ``(4) Limitation on authority.--Nothing in this section 
        confers on the Administrator any additional authority or 
        obligation to provide ancillary services to users of 
        transmission facilities developed under this section.
            ``(5) Treatment of certain revenues.--Revenue from 
        ancillary services provided by existing Federal power systems 
        to users of transmission projects funded pursuant to this 
        section shall be treated as revenue to the existing power 
        system that provided the ancillary services.
    ``(d) Certification.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each project in which the Western 
        Area Power Administration participates pursuant to this 
        section, the Administrator shall certify, prior to committing 
        funds for any such project, that--
                    ``(A) the project is in the public interest;
                    ``(B) the project will not adversely impact system 
                reliability or operations, or other statutory 
                obligations; and
                    ``(C) it is reasonable to expect that the proceeds 
                from the project shall be adequate to make repayment of 
                the loan.
            ``(2) Forgiveness of balances.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If, at the end of the useful 
                life of a project, there is a remaining balance owed to 
                the Treasury under this section, the balance shall be 
                forgiven.
                    ``(B) Unconstructed projects.--Funds expended to 
                study projects that are considered pursuant to this 
                section but that are not constructed shall be forgiven.
                    ``(C) Notification.--The Administrator shall notify 
                the Secretary of such amounts as are to be forgiven 
                under this paragraph.
    ``(e) Public Processes.--
            ``(1) Policies and practices.--Prior to requesting any 
        loans under this section, the Administrator shall use a public 
        process to develop practices and policies that implement the 
        authority granted by this section.
            ``(2) Requests for interest.--In the course of selecting 
        potential projects to be funded under this section, the 
        Administrator shall seek Requests For Interest from entities 
        interested in identifying potential projects through one or 
        more notices published in the Federal Register.''
    Sec. 403. Technical Corrections to the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007. Title XIII of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (15 U.S.C. 17381 and following) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) By amending subparagraph (A) of section 1304(b)(3) to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--In carrying out the initiative, 
                the Secretary shall provide financial support to smart 
                grid demonstration projects including those in rural 
                areas and/or areas where the majority of generation and 
                transmission assets are controlled by a tax-exempt 
                entity.''.
            (2) By amending subparagraph (C) of section 1304(b)(3) to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(C) Federal share of cost of technology 
                investments.--The Secretary shall provide to an 
                electric utility described in subparagraph (B) or to 
                other parties financial assistance for use in paying an 
                amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the cost of 
                qualifying advanced grid technology investments made by 
                the electric utility or other party to carry out a 
                demonstration project. ''.
            (3) By inserting a new subparagraph (E) after 1304(b)(3)(D) 
        as follows:
                            ``(E) Availability of Data.--The Secretary 
                        shall establish and maintain a smart grid 
                        information clearinghouse in a timely manner 
                        which will make data from smart grid 
                        demonstration projects and other sources 
                        available to the public. As a condition of 
                        receiving financial assistance under this 
                        subsection, a utility or other participant in a 
                        smart grid demonstration project shall provide 
                        such information as the Secretary may require 
                        to become available through the smart grid 
                        information clearinghouse in the form and 
                        within the timeframes as directed by the 
                        Secretary. The Secretary shall assure that 
                        business proprietary information and individual 
                        customer information is not included in the 
                        information made available through the 
                        clearinghouse.''.
            (4) By amending paragraph (2) of section 1304(c) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) to carry out subsection (b), such sums as may be 
        necessary.''.
            (5) By amending subsection (a) of section 1306 by striking 
        ``reimbursement of one-fifth (20 percent)'' and inserting 
        ``grants of up to one-half (50 percent)''.
            (6) By striking the last sentence of subsection (b)(9) of 
        section 1306.
            (7) By striking ``are eligible for'' in subsection (c)(1) 
        of section 1306 and inserting ``utilize''.
            (8) By amending subsection (e) of section 1306 to read as 
        follows:
    ``(e) The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) establish within 60 days after the enactment of the 
        American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 procedures by 
        which applicants can obtain grants of not more than one-half of 
        their documented costs;
            ``(2) establish procedures to ensure that there is no 
        duplication or multiple payment for the same investment or 
        costs, that the grant goes to the party making the actual 
        expenditures for Qualifying Smart Grid Investments, and that 
        the grants made have significant effect in encouraging and 
        facilitating the development of a smart grid;
            ``(3) maintain public records of grants made, recipients, 
        and qualifying Smart Grid investments which have received 
        grants;
            ``(4) establish procedures to provide advance payment of 
        moneys up to the full amount of the grant award; and
            ``(5) have and exercise the discretion to deny grants for 
        investments that do not qualify in the reasonable judgment of 
        the Secretary.''.
    Sec. 404. Temporary Stimulus Loan Guarantee Program. (a) 
Amendment.--Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16511 et seq.) is amended by adding the following at the end:

``SEC. 1705. TEMPORARY PROGRAM FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY 
              AND ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.

    ``(a) In general.--Notwithstanding section 1703, the Secretary may 
make guarantees under this section only for commercial technology 
projects under subsection (b) that will reach financial close not later 
than September 30, 2012.
    ``(b) Categories.--Projects from only the following categories 
shall be eligible for support under this section:
            ``(1) Renewable energy systems.
            ``(2) Electric power transmission systems.
    ``(c) Authorization limit.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000,000 to the Secretary for fiscal years 2009 through 2012 to 
provide the cost of guarantees made under section.
    ``(d) Sunset.--The authority to enter into guarantees under this 
section shall expire on September 30, 2012.''.
    (b) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents for the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1704 the following new item:

``Sec. 1705. Temporary program for rapid deployment of renewable energy 
                            and electric power transmission 
                            projects.''.
    Sec. 405. Weatherization Program Amendments. (a) Income Level.--
Section 412(7) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 
6862(7)) is amended by striking ``150 percent'' both places it appears 
and inserting ``200 percent''.
    (b) Assistance Level Per Dwelling Unit.--Section 415(c)(1) of the 
Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``$2,500'' and inserting ``$5,000''.
    (c) Training and Technical Assistance.--Section 416 of the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6866) is amended by striking 
``10 percent'' and inserting ``up to 20 percent''.
    Sec. 406. Technical Corrections to Public Utility Regulatory 
Policies Act of 1978. (a) Section 111(d) of the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by 
redesignating paragraph (16) relating to consideration of smart grid 
investments (added by section 1307(a) of Public Law 110-140) as 
paragraph (18) and by redesignating paragraph (17) relating to smart 
grid information (added by section 1308(a) of Public Law 110-140) as 
paragraph (19).
    (b) Subsections (b) and (d) of section 112 of the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622) are each amended by 
striking ``(17) through (18)'' in each place it appears and inserting 
``(16) through (19)''.

           TITLE V--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

   Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account

    For an additional amount for ``Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund Program Account'', $250,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010, for qualified applicants under the fiscal 
year 2008 and 2009 funding rounds of the Community Development 
Financial Institutions Program, of which up to $20,000,000 may be for 
financial assistance, technical assistance, training and outreach 
programs, including up to $5,000 for subsistence expenses, designed to 
benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native 
communities and provided primarily through qualified community 
development lender organizations with experience and expertise in 
community development banking and lending in Indian country, Native 
American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations and other 
suitable providers and up to $5,000,000 may be used for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That for purposes of the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 
funding rounds, the following statutory provisions are hereby waived: 
12 U.S.C. 4707(e) and 12 U.S.C. 4707(d): Provided further, That no 
awardee, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, may be awarded 
more than 15 percent of the aggregate funds available during each of 
fiscal years 2008 and 2009 from the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Program: Provided further, That no later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Department of the Treasury 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this heading.

                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                            Federal Payments

 federal payment to the district of columbia water and sewer authority

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority, $125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, 
to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term 
Control Plan: Provided, That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority provide a 100 percent match for this payment: Provided 
further, That no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
heading: Provided further, That such expenditure plan shall include a 
description of each specific project, how specific projects will 
further the objectives of the Long-Term Control Plan, and all funding 
sources for each project.

                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

                        Real Property Activities

                         federal buildings fund

                 limitations on availability of revenue

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount to be deposited in the Federal Buildings 
Fund, $9,048,000,000, to carry out the purposes of the Fund, of which 
not less than $1,400,000,000 shall be available for Federal buildings 
and United States courthouses, not less than $1,200,000,000 shall be 
available for border stations, and not less than $6,000,000,000 shall 
be available for measures necessary to convert GSA facilities to High-
Performance Green Buildings, as defined in section 401 of Public Law 
110-140: Provided, That not to exceed $108,000,000 of the amounts 
provided under this heading may be expended for rental of space, 
related to leasing of temporary space in connection with projects 
funded under this heading: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$206,000,000 of the amounts provided under this heading may be expended 
for building operations, for the administrative costs of completing 
projects funded under this heading: Provided further, That (1) not less 
than $7,000,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be 
obligated by September 30, 2010, and (2) $1,600,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2011: Provided further, That the 
Administrator of General Services is authorized to initiate design, 
construction, repair, alteration, and other projects through existing 
authorities of the Administrator: Provided further, That the General 
Services Administration shall submit a detailed plan, by project, 
regarding the use of funds made available in this Act to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 
60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided for converting GSA facilities to High-Performance Green 
Buildings, $4,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
``Government-Wide Policy'', for carrying out the provisions of section 
436 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110-140), establishing an Office of Federal High-Performance Green 
Buildings, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided 
further, That within the overall amount to be deposited into the Fund, 
$448,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011, for the 
development and construction of the headquarters for the Department of 
Homeland Security, except that none of the preceding provisos shall 
apply to amounts made available under this proviso.

        Energy-Efficient Federal Motor Vehicle Fleet Procurement

    For capital expenditures and necessary expenses of acquiring motor 
vehicles with higher fuel economy, including: hybrid vehicles; 
neighborhood electric vehicles; electric vehicles; and commercially-
available, plug-in hybrid vehicles, $600,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For an additional amount for the Office of the Inspector General, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011, $2,000,000.

           RECOVERY ACT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD

    For necessary expenses of the Recovery Act Accountability and 
Transparency Board to carry out the provisions of title XV of this Act, 
$7,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                     SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For an additional amount, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, $84,000,000, of which $24,000,000 is for marketing, management, 
and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under the 
microloan program, of which $15,000,000 is for lender oversight 
activities as authorized in section 501(c) of this title, and of which 
$20,000,000 is for improving, streamlining, and automating information 
technology systems related to lender processes and lender oversight: 
Provided, That no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Small Business Administration shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under the heading 
``Small Business Administration'' in this Act.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For an additional amount for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011.

                 Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund

    For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving 
Fund, authorized by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Business Loans Program Account

    For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010, and for an additional 
amount for the cost of guaranteed loans, $615,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the amount for 
the cost of guaranteed loans, $515,000,000 shall be for loan subsidies 
and loan modifications for loans to small business concerns authorized 
in section 501(a) of this title; and $100,000,000 shall be for loan 
subsidies and loan modifications for loans to small business concerns 
authorized in section 501(b) of this title: Provided further, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

        Administrative Provisions--Small Business Administration

    Sec. 501. Economic Stimulus for Small Business Concerns. (a) 
Temporary Fee Elimination for the 7(a) Loan Program.--Until September 
30, 2010, and to the extent that the cost of such elimination of fees 
is offset by appropriations, with respect to each loan guaranteed under 
section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) for which the 
application is approved on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator shall--
            (1) in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under section 
        7(a)(23)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        636(a)(23)(A)), collect no fee; and
            (2) in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under section 
        7(a)(18)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        636(a)(18)(A)), collect no fee.
    (b) Temporary Fee Elimination for the 504 Loan Program.--
            (1) In general.--Until September 30, 2010, and to the 
        extent the cost of such elimination in fees is offset by 
        appropriations, with respect to each project or loan guaranteed 
        by the Administrator under title V of the Small Business 
        Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) for which an 
        application is approved or pending approval on or after the 
        date of enactment of this Act--
                    (A) the Administrator shall, in lieu of the fee 
                otherwise applicable under section 503(d)(2) of the 
                Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
                697(d)(2)), collect no fee;
                    (B) a development company shall, in lieu of the 
                processing fee under section 120.971(a)(1) of title 13, 
                Code of Federal Regulations (relating to fees paid by 
                borrowers), or any successor thereto, collect no fee.
            (2) Reimbursement for waived fees.--
                    (A) In general.--To the extent that the cost of 
                such payments is offset by appropriations, the 
                Administrator shall reimburse each development company 
                that does not collect a processing fee pursuant to 
                paragraph (1)(B).
                    (B) Amount.--The payment to a development company 
                under subparagraph (A) shall be in an amount equal to 
                1.5 percent of the net debenture proceeds for which the 
                development company does not collect a processing fee 
                pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).
    (c) Temporary Fee Elimination of Lender Oversight Fees.--Until 
September 30, 2010, and to the extent the cost of such elimination in 
fees is offset by appropriations, the Administrator shall, in lieu of 
the fee otherwise applicable under section 5(b)(14) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 634(b)(14)), collect no fee.
    (d) Application of Fee Eliminations.--The Administrator shall 
eliminate fees under subsections (a), (b), and (c) until the amount 
provided for such purposes, as applicable, under the headings 
``Salaries and Expenses'' and ``Business Loans Program Account'' under 
the heading ``Small Business Administration'' under this Act are 
expended.
    Sec. 502. Financial Assistance Program Improvements. (a) 7(a) Loan 
Maximum Amount.--Section 7(a)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``$1,500,000 (or if the 
gross loan amount would exceed $2,000,000)'' and inserting ``$2,250,000 
(or if the gross loan amount would exceed $3,000,000)''.
    (b) Small Business Investment Companies.--
            (1) Maximum leverage.--Section 303(b) of the Small Business 
        Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraphs 
                (A), (B), and (C) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The maximum amount of 
                outstanding leverage made available to any 1 company 
                licensed under section 301(c) may not exceed the lesser 
                of--
                            ``(i) 300 percent of the private capital of 
                        the company; or
                            ``(ii) $150,000,000.
                    ``(B) Multiple licenses under common control.--The 
                maximum amount of outstanding leverage made available 
                to 2 or more companies licensed under section 301(c) 
                that are commonly controlled (as determined by the 
                Administrator) may not exceed $225,000,000.
                    ``(C) Investments in low-income geographic areas.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The maximum amount of 
                        outstanding leverage made available to--
                                    ``(I) any 1 company described in 
                                clause (ii) may not exceed the lesser 
                                of--
                                            ``(aa) 300 percent of 
                                        private capital of the company; 
                                        or
                                            ``(bb) $175,000,000; and
                                    ``(II) 2 or more companies 
                                described in clause (ii) that are 
                                commonly controlled (as determined by 
                                the Administrator) may not exceed 
                                $250,000,000.
                            ``(ii) Applicability.--A company described 
                        in this clause is a company licensed under 
                        section 301(c) that certifies in writing that 
                        not less than 50 percent of the dollar amount 
                        of investments of that company shall be made in 
                        companies that are located in a low-income 
                        geographic area (as that term is defined in 
                        section 351).''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (4).
            (2) Investments in smaller enterprises.--Section 303(d) of 
        the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(d)) is 
        amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Investments in Smaller Enterprises.--The Administrator shall 
require each licensee, as a condition of approval of an application for 
leverage, to certify in writing that not less than 25 percent of the 
aggregate dollar amount of financings of that licensee shall be 
provided to smaller enterprises.''.
            (3) Maximum investment in a company.--Section 306(a) of the 
        Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 686(a)) is 
        amended by striking ``20 per centum'' and inserting ``30 
        percent''.
    (c) Maximum 504 Loan Size.--Section 502(2)(A) of the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``$1,500,000'' and inserting 
        ``$3,000,000'';
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``$2,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$3,500,000''; and
            (3) in clause (iii), by striking ``$4,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$5,500,000''.
    Sec. 503. Low-Interest Refinancing.  Section 502 of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(7) Permissible debt financing.--A financing under this 
        title may include refinancing of existing indebtedness, in an 
        amount not to exceed 50 percent of the projected cost of the 
        project financed under this title, if--
                    ``(A) the project financed under this title 
                involves the expansion of a small business concern;
                    ``(B) the existing indebtedness is collateralized 
                by fixed assets;
                    ``(C) the existing indebtedness was incurred for 
                the benefit of the small business concern;
                    ``(D) the proceeds of the existing indebtedness 
                were used to acquire land (including a building 
                situated thereon), to construct or expand a building 
                thereon, or to purchase equipment;
                    ``(E) the borrower has been current on all payments 
                due on the existing indebtedness for not less than 1 
                year preceding the proposed date of refinancing;
                    ``(F) the financing under this title will provide 
                better terms or a better rate of interest than exists 
                on the existing indebtedness on the proposed date of 
                refinancing;
                    ``(G) the financing under this title is not being 
                used to refinance any debt guaranteed by the 
                Government; and
                    ``(H) the financing under this title will be used 
                only for--
                            ``(i) refinancing existing indebtedness; or
                            ``(ii) costs relating to the project 
                        financed under this title.''.
    Sec. 504. Definitions. Under the heading ``Small Business 
Administration'' in this title--
            (1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean 
        the Small Business Administration and the Administrator 
        thereof, respectively;
            (2) the term ``development company'' has the meaning given 
        the term ``development companies'' in section 103 of the Small 
        Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 662); and
            (3) the term ``small business concern'' has the same 
        meaning as in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        632).

               TITLE VI--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

              Office of the Under Secretary for Management

    For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Under Secretary 
for Management'', $248,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011, solely for planning, design, and construction costs, including 
site security, information technology infrastructure, furniture, 
fixtures, and related costs to consolidate the Department of Homeland 
Security headquarters: Provided, That no later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds.

                      office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for the ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for oversight 
and audit of programs, grants, and projects funded under this title.

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$198,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 
$100,800,000 shall be for the procurement and deployment of non-
intrusive inspection systems to improve port security; and of which 
$97,200,000 shall be for procurement and deployment of tactical 
communications equipment and radios: Provided, That no later than 45 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a plan for expenditure of these funds.

        border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology

    For an additional amount for ``Border Security Fencing, 
Infrastructure, and Technology'', $200,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010, for expedited development and deployment of 
border security technology on the Southwest border: Provided, That no 
later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan 
for expenditure of these funds.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $800,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, solely for planning, management, 
design, alteration, and construction of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection owned land border ports of entry: Provided, That no later 
than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for expenditure of 
these funds.

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

                        automation modernization

    For an additional amount for ``Automation Modernization'', 
$27,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for the 
procurement and deployment of tactical communications equipment and 
radios: Provided, That no later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a plan for expenditure of these funds.

                 Transportation Security Administration

                           aviation security

    For an additional amount for ``Aviation Security'', $1,200,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010, for procurement and 
installation of checked baggage explosives detection systems and 
checkpoint explosives detection equipment: Provided, That no later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure 
of these funds.

                              Coast Guard

              acquisition, construction, and improvements

    For an additional amount for ``Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements'', $572,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, of which $255,000,000 shall be for shortfalls in priority 
procurements due to materials and labor cost increases; of which 
$195,000,000 shall be for shore facilities and aids to navigation 
facilities; of which $87,500,000 shall be for the design of a new polar 
icebreaker or the renovation of an existing polar icebreaker, and major 
repair and maintenance of existing polar icebreakers; and of which 
$35,000,000 shall be for emergency maintenance of the Coast Guard's 
high endurance cutters: Provided, That amounts made available for the 
activities under this heading shall be available for all necessary 
expenses related to the oversight and management of such activities: 
Provided further, That no later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds.

                         alteration of bridges

    For an additional amount for ``Alteration of Bridges'', 
$240,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for 
alteration or removal of obstructive bridges, as authorized by section 
6 of the Truman-Hobbs Act (33 U.S.C. 516): Provided, That no later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure 
of these funds.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                     management and administration

    For an additional amount for ``Management and Administration'', 
$6,000,000 for the acquisition of communications response vehicles to 
be deployed in response to a disaster or a national security event.

                        state and local programs

    For an additional amount for grants, $950,000,000, to be allocated 
as follows:
            (1) $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
        2010, for Public Transportation Security Assistance, Railroad 
        Security Assistance, and Systemwide Amtrak Security Upgrades 
        under sections 1406, 1513, and 1514 of the Implementing 
        Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 
        110-53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1164).
            (2) $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
        2010, for Port Security Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 
        70107, notwithstanding 46 U.S.C. 70107(c).
            (3) $250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
        2010, for upgrading, modifying, or constructing emergency 
        operations centers under section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, notwithstanding 
        section 614(c) of that Act or for upgrading, modifying, or 
        constructing State and local fusion centers as defined by 
        section 210A(j)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
        U.S.C. 124h(j)(1)).
            (4) $500,000,000 for construction to upgrade or modify 
        critical infrastructure, as defined in section 1016(e) of the 
        USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)), to mitigate 
        consequences related to potential damage from all-hazards: 
        Provided, That funds in this paragraph shall remain available 
        until September 30, 2011: Provided further, That 5 percent 
        shall be for program administration: Provided further, That no 
        later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees 
        on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
        Representatives a plan for expenditure of these funds.

                     firefighter assistance grants

    For an additional amount for competitive grants, $500,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010, for modifying, upgrading, or 
constructing State and local fire stations: Provided, That up to 5 
percent shall be for program administration: Provided further, That no 
grant shall exceed $15,000,000.

            disaster assistance direct loan program account

    Notwithstanding section 417(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the amount of any such loan issued 
pursuant to this section for major disasters occurring in calendar year 
2008 may exceed $5,000,000, and may be equal to not more than 50 
percent of the annual operating budget of the local government in any 
case in which that local government has suffered a loss of 25 percent 
or more in tax revenues: Provided, That the cost of modifying such 
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a).

                       emergency food and shelter

    For an additional amount to carry out the emergency food and 
shelter program pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $100,000,000: Provided, That 
total administrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 
amount made available under this heading.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Acquisition, Construction, 
Improvements, and Related Expenses'', $15,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010, for security systems and law enforcement 
upgrades for all Federal Law Enforcement Training Center facilities: 
Provided, That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds.

                         Science and Technology

           research, development, acquisition, and operations

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Acquisition, 
and Operations'', $14,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for cyber security research: Provided, That no later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these 
funds.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 601. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President 
shall establish an arbitration panel under the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency public assistance program to expedite the recovery 
efforts from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike within the Gulf 
Coast Region. The arbitration panel shall have sufficient authority 
regarding the award or denial of disputed public assistance 
applications for covered hurricane damage under section 403, 406, or 
407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5172, or 5173) for a project the total amount of 
which is more than $500,000.
    Sec. 602. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency may not prohibit or restrict the use of funds designated under 
the hazard mitigation grant program for damage caused by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita if the homeowner who is an applicant for assistance 
under such program commenced work otherwise eligible for hazard 
mitigation grant program assistance under section 404 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) 
without approval in writing from the Administrator.

         TITLE VII--INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

    For an additional amount for ``Management of Lands and Resources'', 
$135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $180,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

                        wildland fire management

    For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

    For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'', $190,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $110,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

    For an additional amount for ``Operation of the National Park 
System'', $158,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                       historic preservation fund

    For an additional amount for ``Historic Preservation Fund'', 
$55,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $589,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

    For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and 
Research'', $135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

    For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian Programs'', 
$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 
$20,000,000 shall be for the housing improvement program.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $522,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

    For an additional amount for ``Indian Guaranteed Loan Program 
Account'', $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                          DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

                            Insular Affairs

                       assistance to territories

    For an additional amount for ``Assistance to Territories'', 
$62,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$7,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                        Department-wide Programs

                    central hazardous materials fund

    For an additional amount for ``Central Hazardous Materials Fund'', 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                          working capital fund

    For an additional amount for ``Working Capital Fund'', $20,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                     ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                     Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Hazardous Substance Superfund'', 
$800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, as a 
payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund, to 
carry out remedial actions: Provided, That the Administrator may retain 
up to 2 percent of the funds appropriated herein for Superfund remedial 
actions for program oversight and support purposes, and may transfer 
those funds to other accounts as needed.

          Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

    For an additional amount for ``Leaking Underground Storage Tank 
Trust Fund Program'', $200,000,0000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, for cleanup activities: Provided, That none of 
these funds shall be subject to cost share requirements.

                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants'', $6,400,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, 
of which $4,000,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; of which $2,000,000,000 shall 
be for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended; of which $100,000,000 shall be available for Brownfields 
remediation grants pursuant to section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
amended; and of which $300,000,000 shall be for Diesel Emission 
Reduction Act grants pursuant to title VII, subtitle G of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, as amended: Provided, That notwithstanding the 
priority ranking they would otherwise receive under each program, 
priority for funds appropriated herein for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (Revolving 
Funds) shall be allocated to projects that are ready to proceed to 
construction within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(Administrator) may reallocate funds appropriated herein for the 
Revolving Funds that are not under binding commitments to proceed to 
construction within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, financial 
assistance provided from funds appropriated herein for the Revolving 
Funds may include additional subsidization, including forgiveness of 
principal and negative interest loans: Provided further, That not less 
than 15 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Revolving 
Funds shall be designated for green infrastructure, water efficiency 
improvements or other environmentally innovative projects: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the limitation on amounts specified in 
section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
total of 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Clean 
Water State Revolving Funds may be reserved by the Administrator for 
tribal grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That 
section 1452(k) of the Safe Drinking Water Act shall not apply to 
amounts appropriated herein for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds: Provided further, That the Administrator may exceed the 30 
percent limitation on State grants for funds appropriated herein for 
Diesel Emission Reduction Act grants if the Administrator determines 
such action will expedite allocation of funds: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated herein shall be subject to cost share 
requirements: Provided further, That the Administrator may retain up to 
0.25 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and up to 1.5 
percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Diesel Emission 
Reduction Act grants program for program oversight and support purposes 
and may transfer those funds to other accounts as needed.

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                  capital improvement and maintenance

    For an additional amount for ``Capital Improvement and 
Maintenance'', $650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, which shall include remediation of abandoned mine sites and 
support costs necessary to carry out this work.

                        wildland fire management

    For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
$650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for 
hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation activities in areas at 
high risk of catastrophic wildfire, of which $350,000,000 is available 
for work on State and private lands using all the authorities available 
to the Forest Service: Provided, That of the funds provided for State 
and private land fuels reduction activities, up to $50,000,000 may be 
used to make grants for the purpose of creating incentives for 
increased use of biomass from national forest lands.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

    For an additional amount for ``Indian Health Services'', 
$135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 
$50,000,000 is for contract health services; and of which $85,000,000 
is for health information technology: Provided, That the amount made 
available for health information technology activities may be used for 
both telehealth services development and related infrastructure 
requirements that are typically funded through the ``Indian Health 
Facilities'' account: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, health information technology funds provided within 
this title shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the 
Indian Health Service.

                        indian health facilities

    For an additional amount for ``Indian Health Facilities'', 
$410,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, 
That for the purposes of this Act, spending caps included within the 
annual appropriation for ``Indian Health Facilities'' for the purchase 
of medical equipment shall not apply.

                        SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

                           Facilities Capital

    For an additional amount for ``Facilities Capital'', $150,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 701. (a) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, each agency 
receiving funds under this title shall submit a general plan for the 
expenditure of such funds to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    (b) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, each agency receiving 
funds under this title shall submit to the Committees a report 
containing detailed project level information associated with the 
general plan submitted pursuant to subsection (a).
    Sec. 702. In carrying out the work for which funds in this title 
are being made available, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture may utilize the Public Lands Corps, Youth 
Conservation Corps, Job Corps and other related partnerships with 
Federal, State, local, tribal or non-profit groups that serve young 
adults.

   TITLE VIII--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
                    EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

    For an additional amount for ``Training and Employment Services'' 
for activities authorized by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(``WIA''), $3,250,000,000, which shall be available on the date of 
enactment of this Act, as follows:
            (1) $500,000,000 for adult employment and training 
        activities, including supportive services and needs-related 
        payments described in section 134(e)(2) and (3) of the WIA: 
        Provided, That a priority use of these funds shall be services 
        to individuals described in 134(d)(4)(E) of the WIA;
            (2) $1,200,000,000 for grants to the States for youth 
        activities, including summer employment for youth: Provided, 
        That no portion of such funds shall be reserved to carry out 
        section 127(b)(1)(A) of the WIA: Provided further, That for 
        purposes of section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv) of the WIA, funds 
        available for youth activities shall be allotted as if the 
        total amount available for youth activities in the fiscal year 
        does not exceed $1,000,000,000: Provided further, That, with 
        respect to the youth activities provided with such funds, 
        section 101(13)(A) of the WIA shall be applied by substituting 
        ``age 24'' for ``age 21'': Provided further, That the work 
        readiness performance indicator described in section 
        136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the WIA shall be the only measure of 
        performance used to assess the effectiveness of youth 
        activities provided with such funds;
            (3) $1,000,000,000 for grants to the States for dislocated 
        worker employment and training activities;
            (4) $200,000,000 for national emergency grants;
            (5) $250,000,000 under the dislocated worker national 
        reserve for a program of competitive grants for worker training 
        in high growth and emerging industry sectors and assistance 
        under 132(b)(2)(A) of the WIA: Provided, That the Secretary of 
        Labor shall give priority when awarding such grants to projects 
        that prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and 
        renewable energy as described in section 171(e)(1)(B) of the 
        WIA and for careers in the health care sector; and
            (6) $100,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in 
        section 173A of the WIA: Provided, That for program years 2008 
        and 2009, the YouthBuild program may serve an individual who 
        has dropped out of high school and re-enrolled in an 
        alternative school, if that re-enrollment is part of a 
        sequential service strategy:
Provided, That funds made available in this paragraph shall remain 
available through June 30, 2010: Provided further, That a local board 
may award a contract to an institution of higher education if the local 
board determines that it would facilitate the training of multiple 
individuals in high-demand occupations, if such contract does not limit 
customer choice.

            community service employment for older americans

    For an additional amount for ``Community Service Employment for 
Older Americans'' for carrying out title V of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965, $120,000,000, which shall be available on the date of 
enactment of this Act and shall remain available through June 30, 2010: 
Provided, That funds shall be allotted within 30 days of such enactment 
to current grantees in proportion to their allotment in program year 
2008: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading in 
this Act may, in accordance with section 517(c) of the Older Americans 
Act of 1965, be recaptured and reobligated.

     state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

    For an additional amount for ``State Unemployment Insurance and 
Employment Service Operations'' for grants to States in accordance with 
section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, $400,000,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund: Provided, That such funds shall be available on the date of 
enactment of this Act and remain available to the States through 
September 30, 2010: Provided further, That $250,000,000 of such funds 
shall be used by States for reemployment services for unemployment 
insurance claimants (including the integrated Employment Service and 
Unemployment Insurance information technology required to identify and 
serve the needs of such claimants): Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Labor shall establish planning and reporting procedures 
necessary to provide oversight of funds used for reemployment services.

                        Departmental Management

                          office of job corps

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Job Corps'' for 
construction, alteration and repairs of buildings and other facilities, 
$160,000,000, which shall remain available through June 30, 2010: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Labor may transfer up to 15 percent of 
such funds to meet the operational needs of Job Corps Centers, which 
may include training for careers in the energy efficiency, renewable 
energy, and environmental protection industries: Provided further, That 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate an operating plan describing the 
planned uses of funds available in this paragraph.

                      office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for the ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$3,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2010, 
for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight and audit of 
programs, grants, and projects funded in this Act and administered by 
the Department of Labor.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                     health resources and services

    For an additional amount for ``Health Resources and Services'', 
$1,088,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 
2010, of which $88,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses related to 
leasing and renovating a headquarters building for Public Health 
Service agencies and other components of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, including renovation and fit-out costs, and of which 
$1,000,000,000 shall be for grants for construction, renovation and 
equipment for health centers receiving operating grants under section 
330 of the Public Health Service Act, notwithstanding the limitation in 
section 330(e)(3).

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                disease control, research, and training

    For an additional amount for ``Disease Control, Research, and 
Training'' for acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, 
and renovation of facilities, including necessary repairs and 
improvements to leased laboratories, $412,000,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2010: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention may award a single contract or related contracts for 
development and construction of facilities that collectively include 
the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation 
and contract shall contain the clause ``availability of funds'' found 
at 48 CFR 52.232-18.

                     National Institutes of Health

                 national center for research resources

    For an additional amount for ``National Center for Research 
Resources'', $300,000,000, which shall be available through September 
30, 2010, for shared instrumentation and other capital research 
equipment.

                         office of the director

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Office of the Director'', 
$2,700,000,000, which shall be available through September 30, 2010: 
Provided, That $1,350,000,000 shall be transferred to the Institutes 
and Centers of the National Institutes of Health and to the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act 
in proportion to the appropriations otherwise made to such Institutes, 
Centers, and Common Fund for fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That 
these funds shall be used to support additional scientific research and 
shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the 
appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the National Institutes of Health: Provided further, That 
none of these funds may be transferred to ``National Institutes of 
Health--Buildings and Facilities'', the Center for Scientific Review, 
the Center for Information Technology, the Clinical Center, the Global 
Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, or the Office of the 
Director (except for the transfer to the Common Fund).

                        buildings and facilities

    For an additional amount for ``Buildings and Facilities'', 
$500,000,000, which shall be available through September 30, 2010, to 
fund high-priority repair, construction and improvement projects for 
National Institutes of Health facilities on the Bethesda, Maryland 
campus and other agency locations.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                    healthcare research and quality

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Healthcare Research and Quality'' to 
carry out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service Act, part A of 
title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, 
$700,000,000 for comparative clinical effectiveness research, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2010: Provided, That of 
the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $400,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of 
Health (``Office of the Director'') to conduct or support comparative 
clinical effectiveness research under section 301 and title IV of the 
Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That funds transferred to 
the Office of the Director may be transferred to the Institutes and 
Centers of the National Institutes of Health and to the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority available to the National Institutes of 
Health: Provided further, That within the amount available in this 
paragraph for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, not more 
than 1 percent shall be made available for additional full-time 
equivalents.
    In addition, $400,000,000 shall be available for comparative 
clinical effectiveness research to be allocated at the discretion of 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (``Secretary'') and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2010: Provided, That the funding 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to accelerate the 
development and dissemination of research assessing the comparative 
clinical effectiveness of health care treatments and strategies, 
including through efforts that: (1) conduct, support, or synthesize 
research that compares the clinical outcomes, effectiveness, and 
appropriateness of items, services, and procedures that are used to 
prevent, diagnose, or treat diseases, disorders, and other health 
conditions and (2) encourage the development and use of clinical 
registries, clinical data networks, and other forms of electronic 
health data that can be used to generate or obtain outcomes data: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall enter into a contract with 
the Institute of Medicine, for which no more than $1,500,000 shall be 
made available from funds provided in this paragraph, to produce and 
submit a report to the Congress and the Secretary by not later than 
June 30, 2009 that includes recommendations on the national priorities 
for comparative clinical effectiveness research to be conducted or 
supported with the funds provided in this paragraph and that considers 
input from stakeholders: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
consider any recommendations of the Federal Coordinating Council for 
Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research established by section 802 
of this Act and any recommendations included in the Institute of 
Medicine report pursuant to the preceding proviso in designating 
activities to receive funds provided in this paragraph and may make 
grants and contracts with appropriate entities, which may include 
agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services and other 
governmental agencies, as well as private sector entities, that have 
demonstrated experience and capacity to achieve the goals of 
comparative clinical effectiveness research: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall publish information on grants and contracts awarded 
with the funds provided under this heading within a reasonable time of 
the obligation of funds for such grants and contracts and shall 
disseminate research findings from such grants and contracts to 
clinicians, patients, and the general public, as appropriate: Provided 
further, That, to the extent feasible, the Secretary shall ensure that 
the recipients of the funds provided by this paragraph offer an 
opportunity for public comment on the research: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate with an annual 
report on the research conducted or supported through the funds 
provided under this heading.

                Administration for Children and Families

   payments to states for the child care and development block grant

    For an additional amount for ``Payments to States for the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant'' for carrying out the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990, $2,000,000,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading shall be used to supplement, not supplant State 
general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income 
families: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts required 
to be reserved by the States under section 658G of such Act, 
$255,186,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized 
under section 658G, of which $93,587,000 shall be for activities that 
improve the quality of infant and toddler care.

                      social services block grant

    For an additional amount for ``Social Services Block Grant,'' 
$400,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 2003 of the Social 
Security Act, funds shall be allocated to States on the basis of 
unemployment: Provided further, That these funds shall be obligated to 
States within 60 calendar days from the date they become available for 
obligation.

                children and families services programs

    For an additional amount for ``Children and Families Services 
Programs'' for carrying out activities under the Head Start Act, 
$1,000,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 
2010. In addition, $1,100,000,000, which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2010, is hereby appropriated for expansion of Early Head 
Start programs, as described in section 645A of such Act: Provided, 
That of the funds provided in this sentence, up to 10 percent shall be 
available for the provision of training and technical assistance to 
such programs consistent with section 645A(g)(2) of such Act, and up to 
3 percent shall be available for monitoring the operation of such 
programs consistent with section 641A of such Act.
    For an additional amount for ``Children and Families Services 
Programs'' for carrying out activities under sections 674 through 679 
of the Community Services Block Grant Act, $200,000,000, which shall 
remain available through September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the 
funds provided under this paragraph, no part shall be subject to 
paragraph (3) of section 674(b) of such Act: Provided further, That not 
less than 5 percent of the funds allotted to a State from the 
appropriation under this paragraph shall be used under section 
675C(b)(1) for benefits enrollment coordination activities relating to 
the identification and enrollment of eligible individuals and families 
in Federal, State and local benefit programs.

                        Administration on Aging

                        aging services programs

    For an additional amount for ``Aging Services Programs,'' 
$100,000,000, of which $67,000,000 shall be for Congregate Nutrition 
Services and $33,000,000 shall be for Home-Delivered Nutrition 
Services: Provided, That these funds shall remain available through 
September 30, 2010.

                        Office of the Secretary

  office of the national coordinator for health information technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology'', $5,000,000,000, to carry out title 
XIII of this Act which shall be available until expended: Provided, 
That of this amount, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
transfer $20,000,000 to the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology in the Department of Commerce for continued 
work on advancing health care information enterprise integration 
through activities such as technical standards analysis and 
establishment of conformance testing infrastructure so long as such 
activities are coordinated with the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology: Provided further, That funds 
available under this heading shall become available for obligation only 
upon submission of an annual operating plan by the Secretary to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and 
unobligated balances for each major set of activities not later than 
November 1, 2009 and every 6 months thereafter as long as funding under 
this heading is available for obligation or expenditure.

                    office of the inspector general

    For an additional amount for the Office of the Inspector General, 
$4,000,000 which shall remain available until September 30, 2011.

            public health and social services emergency fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for the ``Public Health and Social 
Services Emergency Fund'' to carry out a program of grants, contracts, 
and cooperative agreements to fund projects and activities to reduce 
the incidence or severity of preventable disabilities, diseases and 
conditions and to invest in health workforce training, $5,800,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2011: Provided, That the 
amount made available in this paragraph may be transferred to another 
appropriation account of the Department of Health and Human Services 
(``HHS''), as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to be appropriate and upon notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, to be 
used for the purposes specified in this paragraph, and the provisos of 
this paragraph shall apply to any funds so transferred: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided in this paragraph, not less than 
$1,000,000,000 shall be transferred to the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (``CDC'') as an additional amount for screening 
activities related to preventable disabilities and chronic diseases and 
conditions, including counseling to prevent and mitigate the precursors 
of those disorders: Provided further, That of the amount provided in 
this paragraph, not less than $750,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
CDC as an additional amount to carry out the immunization program 
authorized by section 317(a), (j), and (k)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act (``PHS Act''): Provided further, That of the amount 
provided in this paragraph, not less than $600,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Health Resources and Services Administration as an 
additional amount to address health professions workforce shortages 
through scholarships, loan repayment, grants to training programs for 
equipment and activities to foster cross-state licensure agreements, 
authorized under sections 330 through 338, 737, 738, and 846 of the PHS 
Act, of which $200,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
extending service contracts and the recapture and reallocation of funds 
in the event that a participant fails to fulfill their term of service: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided in this paragraph, 
$400,000,000 shall be transferred to the CDC as an additional amount 
for the Healthy Communities program, which shall be used for multi-year 
awards: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, not less than $400,000,000 shall be transferred to the CDC for 
an additional amount for the screening and prevention of sexually-
transmitted diseases, including HIV: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided in this paragraph, not less than $75,000,000 shall be 
for smoking cessation activities, including laboratory testing and 
equipment: Provided further, That of the amount provided in this 
paragraph, not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available for 
additional research, data collection and surveys relating to prevention 
science and the current state of health, including equipment: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided in this paragraph, $40,000,000 
shall be transferred to the CDC for information technology improvements 
to vital statistics record systems, including grants to State health 
departments for equipment: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided in this paragraph, $15,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants to States for equipment and maintenance related to newborn 
screening: Provided further, That not less than 1 percent of the amount 
provided in this paragraph shall be available for evaluation of the 
activities supported by the amounts provided in this paragraph: 
Provided further, That up to 1 percent of amounts made available in 
this paragraph may be used for administrative expenses in the office or 
division of HHS administering the funds: Provided further, That the 
transfers required by this paragraph shall be completed within 30 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
submit reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate detailing the following information on 
the amounts appropriated in this paragraph: (1) an operating plan 
detailing activities to be supported and timelines for expenditure, to 
be submitted no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act; 
(2) 15 day prior notification of any funds to be obligated prior to the 
submission of the operating plan; (3) an obligation and expenditure 
report to be submitted quarterly until all funds are fully expended; 
(4) a briefing 15 days prior to any new grant solicitation; (5) an 
evaluation plan that details the manner in which the Secretary intends 
to evaluate the outcomes of activities supported, to be submitted 120 
days after enactment of this Act; (6) an outcomes report on all 
activities supported, to be submitted 1 year after enactment and every 
6 months thereafter until all funds have been expended; and (7) a 
report on best practices to be submitted 18 months after enactment and 
every 6 months thereafter until all funds have been expended.
    For an additional amount for the ``Public Health and Social 
Services Emergency Fund'' to prepare for and respond to an influenza 
pandemic, $870,000,000, for activities including the development and 
purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools which shall be available 
until expended: Provided, That products purchased with these funds may, 
at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 
National Stockpile: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
496(b) of the Public Health Service Act, funds may be used for the 
construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the 
production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, where 
the Secretary finds such a contract necessary to secure sufficient 
supplies of such vaccines or biologics: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated herein may be transferred to other appropriation accounts 
of the Department of Health and Human Services, as determined by the 
Secretary to be appropriate, to be used for the purposes specified in 
this sentence.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

    For an additional amount for carrying out title I of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $13,000,000,000, which shall be 
available through September 30, 2010: Provided, That $5,500,000,000 
shall be for targeted grants under section 1125, $5,500,000,000 shall 
be for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A, and 
$2,000,000,000 shall be for school improvement grants under section 
1003(g): Provided further, That each local educational agency receiving 
funds available under this paragraph for sections 1125 and 1125A shall 
use not less than 15 percent of such funds for activities serving 
children who are eligible pursuant to section 1115(b)(1)(A)(ii) and 
programs in section 1112(b)(1)(K): Provided further, That each local 
educational agency receiving funds available under this paragraph shall 
be required to file with the State educational agency, no later than 
December 1, 2009, a school-by-school listing of per-pupil educational 
expenditures from State and local sources during the 2008-2009 academic 
year.

                      School Improvement Programs

    For an additional amount for ``School Improvement Programs,'' 
$17,070,000,000, which shall be available through September 30, 2010, 
for carrying out activities authorized by part D of title II of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, subtitle B of title VII 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (``McKinney-Vento''), and 
section 804 of this Act: Provided, That the Secretary shall allot 
$70,000,000 for grants under McKinney-Vento to each State in proportion 
to the number of homeless students identified by the State during the 
2007-2008 school year relative to the number of such children 
identified nationally during that school year: Provided further, That 
State educational agencies shall subgrant the McKinney-Vento funds to 
local educational agencies on a competitive basis or according to a 
formula based on the number of homeless students identified by the 
local educational agencies in the State: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall distribute the McKinney-Vento funds to the States not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That each State shall subgrant the McKinney-Vento 
funds to local educational agencies not later than 120 days after 
receiving its grant from the Secretary.

                           Special Education

    For an additional amount for ``Special Education'' for carrying out 
parts B and C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(``IDEA''), $13,500,000,000, which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That if every State, as defined by 
section 602(31) of the IDEA, reaches its maximum allocation under 
section 611(d)(3)(B)(iii) of the IDEA, and there are remaining funds, 
such funds shall be proportionally allocated to each State subject to 
the maximum amounts contained in section 611(a)(2) of the IDEA: 
Provided further, That by July 1, 2009, the Secretary of Education 
shall reserve the amount needed for grants under section 643(e) of the 
IDEA, with any remaining funds to be allocated in accordance with 
section 643(c) of the IDEA: Provided further, That the amount for 
section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of the 
amount available for that activity during fiscal year 2008, increased 
by the amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B), or the 
percentage increase in the funds appropriated under section 611(i): 
Provided further, That each local educational agency receiving funds 
available under this paragraph for part B shall use not less than 15 
percent for special education and related services to children 
described in section 619(a) of the IDEA.

            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

    For an additional amount for ``Rehabilitation Services and 
Disability Research'' for providing grants to States to carry out the 
Vocational Rehabilitation Services program under part B of title I and 
parts B and C of chapter 1 and chapter 2 of title VII of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $610,000,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010: Provided, That $500,000,000 shall be 
available for part B of title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided 
further, That funds provided herein shall not be considered in 
determining the amount required to be appropriated under section 
100(b)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in any fiscal year: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 7(14)(A), the Federal 
share of the costs of vocational rehabilitation services provided with 
the funds provided herein shall be 100 percent.

                      Student Financial Assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Student Financial Assistance'' to 
carry out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, $13,869,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall be used to 
increase the maximum Pell Grant by $281 for award year 2009-2010, to 
increase the maximum Pell Grant by $400 for the award year 2010-2011, 
and to reduce or eliminate the Pell Grant shortfall: Provided further, 
That these funds shall remain available through September 30, 2011.
    For an additional amount for ``Student Financial Assistance'' to 
carry out part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
$61,000,000: Provided, That these funds shall remain available through 
September 30, 2010.

                            Higher Education

    For an additional amount for ``Higher Education'' for carrying out 
activities under part A of title II of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, $100,000,000: Provided, That these funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010.

                      Higher Education Facilities

    For carrying out activities authorized under section 803 of this 
Act, $3,500,000,000: Provided, That these funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010.

                        Departmental Management

                    office of the inspector general

    For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Inspector 
General'', $4,000,000, which shall remain available through September 
30, 2012, for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight and audit 
of programs, grants, and projects funded in this Act and administered 
by the Department of Education.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

             CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

                           Operating Expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses'' to carry out 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (``1973 Act'') and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (``1990 Act''), 
$160,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2010: Provided, 
That funds made available in this paragraph may be used to provide 
adjustments to awards under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act made 
prior to September 30, 2010 for which the Chief Executive Officer of 
the Corporation for National and Community Service (``CEO'') determines 
that a waiver of the Federal share limitation is warranted under 
section 2521.70 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available in this paragraph, 
not less than $6,000,000 shall be transferred to ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' for necessary expenses relating to information technology 
upgrades: Provided further, That of the amount provided in this 
paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be available for additional members in the 
Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the 
1990 Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided in this 
paragraph, $1,000,000 shall be made available for a one-time supplement 
grant to State commissions on national and community service under 
section 126(a) of the 1990 Act without regard to the limitation on 
Federal share under section 126(a)(2) of the 1990 Act: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available in this paragraph, not less 
than $13,000,000 shall be for research activities authorized under 
subtitle H of title I of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available in this paragraph, not less than $65,000,000 
shall be for programs under title I, part A of the 1973 Act: Provided 
further, That funds provided in the previous proviso shall not be made 
available in connection with cost-share agreements authorized under 
section 192A(g)(10) of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That of the 
funds available under this heading, up to 20 percent of funds allocated 
to grants authorized under section 124(b) of title I, subtitle C of the 
1990 Act may be used to administer, reimburse, or support any national 
service program under section 129(d)(2) of the 1990 Act: Provided 
further, That, except as provided herein and in addition to 
requirements identified herein, funds provided in this paragraph shall 
be subject to the terms and conditions under which funds were 
appropriated in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That the CEO shall 
provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a fiscal year 2009 operating plan for 
the funds appropriated in this paragraph prior to making any Federal 
obligations of such funds in fiscal year 2009, but not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and a fiscal year 2010 
operating plan for such funds prior to making any Federal obligations 
of such funds in fiscal year 2010, but not later than November 1, 2009, 
that detail the allocation of resources and the increased number of 
members supported by the AmeriCorps programs: Provided further, That 
the CEO shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the actual obligations, 
expenditures, and unobligated balances for each activity funded under 
this heading not later than November 1, 2009, and every 6 months 
thereafter as long as funding provided under this heading is available 
for obligation or expenditure.

                         National Service Trust

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``National Service Trust'' established 
under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (``1990 Act''), $40,000,000, which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Corporation for National and Community 
Service may transfer additional funds from the amount provided within 
``Operating Expenses'' for grants made under subtitle C of title I of 
the 1990 Act to this appropriation upon determination that such 
transfer is necessary to support the activities of national service 
participants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That the amount appropriated for or transferred to the 
National Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 
Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under 31 
U.S.C. 1513(b).

                     SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Limitation on Administrative 
Expenses'', $890,000,000 shall be available as follows:
            (1) $750,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        necessary expenses of the replacement of the National Computer 
        Center and the information technology costs associated with 
        such Center: Provided, That the Commissioner of Social Security 
        shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate not later than 10 days prior to 
        each public notice soliciting bids related to site selection 
        and construction: Provided further, That unobligated balances 
        of funds not needed for this purpose may be used as described 
        in subparagraph (2); and
            (2) $140,000,000 shall be available through September 30, 
        2010 for information technology acquisitions and research, 
        which may include research and activities to facilitate the 
        adoption of electronic medical records in disability claims and 
        the transfer of funds to ``Supplemental Security Income'' to 
        carry out activities under section 1110 of the Social Security 
        Act: Provided further, That not later than 10 days prior to the 
        obligation of such funds, the Commissioner shall provide to the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
        and the Senate an operating plan describing the planned uses of 
        such funds.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For an additional amount for the ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$3,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2012, 
for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight and audit of 
programs, projects, and activities funded in this Act and administered 
by the Social Security Administration.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 801. Report on the Impact of Past and Future Minimum Wage 
Increases. (a) In General.--Section 8104 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, 
Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability 
Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110-28; 121 Stat. 189) is amended 
to read as follows:

``SEC. 8104. REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF PAST AND FUTURE MINIMUM WAGE 
              INCREASES.

    ``(a) Study.--Beginning on the date that is 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter until the minimum 
wage in the respective territory is $7.25 per hour, the Government 
Accountability Office shall conduct a study to--
            ``(1) assess the impact of the minimum wage increases that 
        occurred in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands in 2007 and 2008, as required under Public Law 
        110-28, on the rates of employment and the living standards of 
        workers, with full consideration of the other factors that 
        impact rates of employment and the living standards of workers 
        such as inflation in the cost of food, energy, and other 
        commodities; and
            ``(2) estimate the impact of any further wage increases on 
        rates of employment and the living standards of workers in 
        American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, with full consideration of the other factors that may 
        impact the rates of employment and the living standards of 
        workers, including assessing how the profitability of major 
        private sector firms may be impacted by wage increases in 
        comparison to other factors such as energy costs and the value 
        of tax benefits.
    ``(b) Report.--No earlier than March 15, 2009, and not later than 
April 15, 2009, the Government Accountability Office shall transmit its 
first report to Congress concerning the findings of the study required 
under subsection (a). The Government Accountability Office shall 
transmit any subsequent reports to Congress concerning the findings of 
a study required by subsection (a) between March 15 and April 15 of 
each year.
    ``(c) Economic Information.--To provide sufficient economic data 
for the conduct of the study under subsection (a)--
            ``(1) the Department of Labor shall include and separately 
        report on American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands in its household surveys and establishment 
        surveys;
            ``(2) the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of 
        Commerce shall include and separately report on American Samoa 
        and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in its 
        gross domestic product data; and
            ``(3) the Bureau of the Census of the Department of 
        Commerce shall include and separately report on American Samoa 
        and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in its 
        population estimates and demographic profiles from the American 
        Community Survey,
with the same regularity and to the same extent as the Department or 
each Bureau collects and reports such data for the 50 States. In the 
event that the inclusion of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in such surveys and data compilations requires 
time to structure and implement, the Department of Labor, the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis, and the Bureau of the Census (as the case may be) 
shall in the interim annually report the best available data that can 
feasibly be secured with respect to such territories. Such interim 
reports shall describe the steps the Department or the respective 
Bureau will take to improve future data collection in the territories 
to achieve comparability with the data collected in the United States. 
The Department of Labor, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the 
Bureau of the Census, together with the Department of the Interior, 
shall coordinate their efforts to achieve such improvements.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 802. Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Clinical 
Effectiveness Research. (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established 
a Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Clinical Effectiveness 
Research (in this section referred to as the ``Council'').
    (b) Purpose; Duties.--The Council shall--
            (1) assist the offices and agencies of the Federal 
        Government, including the Departments of Health and Human 
        Services, Veterans Affairs, and Defense, and other Federal 
        departments or agencies, to coordinate the conduct or support 
        of comparative clinical effectiveness and related health 
        services research; and
            (2) advise the President and Congress on--
                    (A) strategies with respect to the infrastructure 
                needs of comparative clinical effectiveness research 
                within the Federal Government;
                    (B) appropriate organizational expenditures for 
                comparative clinical effectiveness research by relevant 
                Federal departments and agencies; and
                    (C) opportunities to assure optimum coordination of 
                comparative clinical effectiveness and related health 
                services research conducted or supported by relevant 
                Federal departments and agencies, with the goal of 
                reducing duplicative efforts and encouraging 
                coordinated and complementary use of resources.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Council shall be composed 
        of not more than 15 members, all of whom are senior Federal 
        officers or employees with responsibility for health-related 
        programs, appointed by the President, acting through the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section 
        referred to as the ``Secretary''). Members shall first be 
        appointed to the Council not later than 30 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Members.--
                    (A) In general.--The members of the Council shall 
                include one senior officer or employee from each of the 
                following agencies:
                            (i) The Agency for Healthcare Research and 
                        Quality.
                            (ii) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
                        Services.
                            (iii) The National Institutes of Health.
                            (iv) The Office of the National Coordinator 
                        for Health Information Technology.
                            (v) The Food and Drug Administration.
                            (vi) The Veterans Health Administration 
                        within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
                            (vii) The office within the Department of 
                        Defense responsible for management of the 
                        Department of Defense Military Health Care 
                        System.
                    (B) Qualifications.--At least half of the members 
                of the Council shall be physicians or other experts 
                with clinical expertise.
            (3) Chairman; vice chairman.--The Secretary shall serve as 
        Chairman of the Council and shall designate a member to serve 
        as Vice Chairman.
    (d) Reports.--
            (1) Initial report.--Not later than June 30, 2009, the 
        Council shall submit to the President and the Congress a report 
        containing information describing Federal activities on 
        comparative clinical effectiveness research and recommendations 
        for additional investments in such research conducted or 
        supported from funds made available for allotment by the 
        Secretary for comparative clinical effectiveness research in 
        this Act.
            (2) Annual report.--The Council shall submit to the 
        President and Congress an annual report regarding its 
        activities and recommendations concerning the infrastructure 
        needs, appropriate organizational expenditures and 
        opportunities for better coordination of comparative clinical 
        effectiveness research by relevant Federal departments and 
        agencies.
    (e) Staffing; Support.--From funds made available for allotment by 
the Secretary for comparative clinical effectiveness research in this 
Act, the Secretary shall make available not more than 1 percent to the 
Council for staff and administrative support.
    Sec. 803. Higher Education Modernization, Renovation, and Repair. 
(a) Purpose.--Grants awarded under this section shall be for the 
purpose of modernizing, renovating, and repairing institution of higher 
education facilities that are primarily used for instruction and 
research.
    Funds may also be used for leasing, purchasing or upgrading 
equipment, designed to strengthen and support academic and technical 
skill achievement.
    (b) Grants to State Higher Education Agencies.--
            (1) Formula.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out 
        this section, the Secretary of Education shall allocate funds 
        to State higher education agencies based on the number of 
        students attending institutions of higher education, with the 
        State higher education agency in each State receiving an amount 
        that is in proportion to the number of full-time equivalent 
        undergraduate students attending institutions of higher 
        education in such State for the most recent fiscal year for 
        which there are data available, relative to the total number of 
        full-time equivalent undergraduate students attending 
        institutions of higher education in all States for such fiscal 
        year.
            (2) Application.--To be eligible to receive an allocation 
        from the Secretary under paragraph (1), a State higher 
        education agency shall submit an application to the Secretary 
        at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably 
        require.
            (3) Reallocation.--Amounts allocated to a State higher 
        education agency under this section that are not obligated by 
        such agency within 12 months of the date the agency receives 
        such amounts shall be returned to the Secretary, and the 
        Secretary shall reallocate such amounts to State higher 
        education agencies in other States on the same basis as the 
        original allocations under paragraph (1).
            (4) Administration and oversight expenses.--From the 
        amounts appropriated to carry out this section, not more than 
        $3,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary for 
        administrative and oversight expenses related to carrying out 
        this section.
    (c) Use of Grants by State Higher Education Agencies.--
            (1) Subgrants to institutions of higher education.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph 
                (2), each State higher education agency receiving an 
                allocation under subsection (b)(1) shall use the amount 
                allocated to award subgrants to institutions of higher 
                education within the State to carry out projects in 
                accordance with subsection (d)(1).
                    (B) Subgrant award allocation.--A State higher 
                education agency shall award subgrants to institutions 
                of higher education under this section based on the 
                demonstrated need of each institution for facility 
                modernization, renovation, repair, and equipment.
                    (C) Community colleges.--Notwithstanding, 
                subparagraph (B), the percentage of funds allocated to 
                community colleges in each State shall be no less than 
                the percentage of full-time equivalent students 
                attending community colleges relative to the total 
                number of full-time equivalent undergraduate students 
                attending public institutions of higher education in 
                the State.
                    (D) Priority considerations.--In awarding subgrants 
                under this section, each State higher education agency 
                shall give priority consideration to institutions of 
                higher education with any of the following 
                characteristics:
                            (i) The institution is eligible for Federal 
                        assistance under title III or title V of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965.
                            (ii) The institution was impacted by a 
                        major disaster or emergency declared by the 
                        President (as defined in section 102(2) of the 
                        Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
                        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2))), 
                        including an institution affected by a Gulf 
                        hurricane disaster, as such term is defined in 
                        section 824(g)(1) of the Higher Education Act 
                        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 11611-3(g)(1)).
                            (iii) The institution demonstrates that the 
                        proposed project or projects to be carried out 
                        with a subgrant under this section will 
                        increase the energy efficiency of the 
                        institution's facilities and comply with the 
                        LEED Green Building Rating System.
            (2) Administrative and oversight expenses.--Of the 
        allocation amount received under subsection (b)(1), a State 
        higher education agency may reserve not more than 5 percent of 
        such amount, or $500,000, whichever is less, for administrative 
        and oversight expenses related to carrying out this section.
    (d) Use of Subgrants by Institutions of Higher Education.--
            (1) Permissible uses of funds.--An institution of higher 
        education receiving a subgrant under this section shall use 
        such subgrant to modernize, renovate, or repair facilities of 
        the institution that are primarily used for instruction, 
        research, or student housing, which may include any of the 
        following:
                    (A) Repair, replacement, or installation of roofs, 
                electrical wiring, plumbing systems, sewage systems, or 
                lighting systems.
                    (B) Repair, replacement, or installation of 
                heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems 
                (including insulation).
                    (C) Compliance with fire and safety codes, 
                including--
                            (i) professional installation of fire or 
                        life safety alarms; and
                            (ii) modernizations, renovations, and 
                        repairs that ensure that the institution's 
                        facilities are prepared for emergencies, such 
                        as improving building infrastructure to 
                        accommodate security measures.
                    (D) Retrofitting necessary to increase the energy 
                efficiency of the institution's facilities.
                    (E) Renovations to the institution's facilities 
                necessary to comply with accessibility requirements in 
                the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
                12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
                Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).
                    (F) Abatement or removal of asbestos from the 
                institution's facilities.
                    (G) Modernization, renovation, and repair relating 
                to improving science and engineering laboratories, 
                libraries, and instructional facilities.
                    (H) Upgrading or installation of educational 
                technology infrastructure.
                    (I) Installation or upgrading of renewable energy 
                generation and heating systems, including solar, 
                photovoltaic, wind, biomass (including wood pellet), or 
                geothermal systems, or components of such systems.
                    (J) Other modernization, renovation, or repair 
                projects or purchase of equipment that are primarily 
                for instruction or research.
            (2) Prohibited uses of funds.--No funds awarded under this 
        section may be used for--
                    (A) the maintenance of systems, equipment, or 
                facilities, including maintenance associated with any 
                permissible uses of funds described in paragraph (1);
                    (B) modernization, renovation, or repair of 
                stadiums or other facilities primarily used for 
                athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for 
                which admission is charged to the general public;
                    (C) modernization, renovation, or repair of 
                facilities--
                            (i) used for sectarian instruction, 
                        religious worship, or a school or department of 
                        divinity; or
                            (ii) in which a substantial portion of the 
                        functions of the facilities are subsumed in a 
                        religious mission; or
                    (D) construction of new facilities.
    (e) Application of GEPA.--The grant program authorized in this 
section is an applicable program (as that term is defined in section 
400 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221)) subject 
to section 439 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1232b). The Secretary shall, 
notwithstanding section 437 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 
553 of title 5, United States Code, establish such program rules as may 
be necessary to implement such grant program by notice in the Federal 
Register.
    (f) Reporting.--
            (1) Reports by institutions.--Not later than September 30, 
        2011, each institution of higher education receiving a subgrant 
        under this section shall submit to the State higher education 
        agency awarding such subgrant a report describing the projects 
        for which such subgrant was received, including--
                    (A) a description of each project carried out, or 
                planned to be carried out, with such subgrant, 
                including the types of modernization, renovation, and 
                repair to be completed by each such project;
                    (B) the total amount of funds received by the 
                institution under this section and the amount of such 
                funds expended, as of the date of the report, on the 
                such projects;
                    (C) the actual or planned cost of each such project 
                and any demonstrable or expected academic, energy, or 
                environmental benefits resulting from such project; and
                    (D) the total number of contracts, and amount of 
                funding for such contracts, awarded by the institution 
                to carry out such projects, as of the date of such 
                report, including the number of contracts, and amount 
                of funding for such contracts, awarded to local, small, 
                minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned 
                businesses, as such terms are defined by the Small 
                Business Act.
            (2) Reports by states.--Not later than December 31, 2011, 
        each State higher education agency receiving a grant under this 
        section shall submit to the Secretary a report containing a 
        compilation of all of the reports under paragraph (1) submitted 
        to the agency by institutions of higher education.
            (3) Reports by the secretary.--Not later than March 31, 
        2012, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education 
        and Labor in the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Senate and 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
        and the Senate a report on grants and subgrants made under this 
        section, including the information described in paragraph (1).
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
            (2) LEED green building rating system.--The term ``LEED 
        Green Building Rating System'' means the United States Green 
        Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 
        green building rating standard referred to as the LEED Green 
        Building Rating System.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Education.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1003).
            (5) State higher education agency.--The term ``State higher 
        education agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 
        103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).
            (6) Community college.--The term ``Community College'' 
        means a public non-profit institution of higher education as 
        defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act, whose 
        highest degree offered is predominantly the associate degree.
    Sec. 804. Grants for School Renovation, Repair, and Construction. 
(a) Allocation of Funds.--
            (1) Reservations.--
                    (A) Outlying areas and bureau of indian 
                education.--From the funds appropriated to carry out 
                this section, the Secretary shall reserve 1 percent to 
                provide assistance under this section to the outlying 
                areas and for payments to the Secretary of the Interior 
                to provide assistance consistent with this section to 
                schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education. Funds 
                reserved under this subparagraph shall be distributed 
                by the Secretary among the outlying areas and the 
                Secretary of the Interior on the basis of relative 
                need, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance 
                with the purposes of this section.
                    (B) Impact aid schools.--
                            (i) In general.--From the funds 
                        appropriated to carry out this section, the 
                        Secretary shall reserve 2 percent to make 
                        payments and award grants to local educational 
                        agencies under section 8007 of the Elementary 
                        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        7707).
                            (ii) Construction payments authorized.--
                                    (I) In general.--From 40 percent of 
                                the amount reserved under clause (i), 
                                the Secretary shall make payments in 
                                accordance with section 8007(a) of the 
                                Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(a)), except 
                                that the amount of such payments shall 
                                be determined in accordance with 
                                subclause (II).
                                    (II) Amount of payments.--The 
                                Secretary shall make a payment to each 
                                local educational agency eligible for a 
                                payment under section 8007(a) of the 
                                Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(a)) in an 
                                amount that bears the same relationship 
                                to the funds made available under 
                                subclause (I) as the number of children 
                                determined under subparagraphs (B), 
                                (C), and (D)(i) of section 8003(a)(1) 
                                of the Elementary and Secondary 
                                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                                7703(a)(1)(B), (C), and (D)(i)) who 
                                were in average daily attendance in the 
                                local educational agency for the most 
                                recent year for which such information 
                                is available bears to the number of 
                                such children in all the local 
                                educational agencies eligible for a 
                                payment under section 8007(a) of the 
                                Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(a)).
                            (iii) School facility emergency and 
                        modernization grants authorized.--
                                    (I) In general.--From 60 percent of 
                                the amount reserved under clause (i), 
                                the Secretary--
                                            (aa) shall award emergency 
                                        grants in accordance with 
                                        section 8007(b) of the 
                                        Elementary and Secondary 
                                        Education Act of 1965 (20 
                                        U.S.C. 7703(b)) to eligible 
                                        local educational agencies to 
                                        enable the agencies to carry 
                                        out emergency repairs of school 
                                        facilities; and
                                            (bb) may award 
                                        modernization grants in 
                                        accordance with section 8007(b) 
                                        of the Elementary and Secondary 
                                        Education Act of 1965 (20 
                                        U.S.C. 7703(b)) to eligible 
                                        local educational agencies to 
                                        enable the agencies to carry 
                                        out the modernization of school 
                                        facilities.
                                    (II) Provisions not to apply.--
                                Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5)(A)(i), 
                                and (5)(A)(vi) of section 8007(b) of 
                                the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2), (3), 
                                (4), (5)(A)(i), and (5)(A)(vi)) shall 
                                not apply to grants made under this 
                                clause.
                                    (III) Eligibility.--A local 
                                educational agency is eligible to 
                                receive a grant under this clause if 
                                the local educational agency--
                                            (aa) is eligible to receive 
                                        a payment under section 8002 or 
                                        8003 of the Elementary and 
                                        Secondary Education Act of 1965 
                                        (20 U.S.C. 7702 and 7703) for 
                                        fiscal year 2008; and
                                            (bb) has--

                                                    (AA) a total 
                                                taxable assessed value 
                                                of real property that 
                                                may be taxed for school 
                                                purposes of less than 
                                                $100,000,000; or

                                                    (BB) an assessed 
                                                value of real property 
                                                per student that may be 
                                                taxed for school 
                                                purposes that is less 
                                                than the average of the 
                                                assessed value of real 
                                                property per student 
                                                that may be taxed for 
                                                school purposes in the 
                                                State in which the 
                                                local educational 
                                                agency is located.

                                    (IV) Criteria for grants.--In 
                                awarding grants under this clause, the 
                                Secretary shall consider the following 
                                criteria:
                                            (aa) Whether the facility 
                                        poses a health or safety threat 
                                        to students and school 
                                        personnel, including 
                                        noncompliance with building 
                                        codes and inaccessibility for 
                                        persons with disabilities, or 
                                        whether the existing building 
                                        capacity meets the needs of the 
                                        current enrollment and supports 
                                        the provision of comprehensive 
                                        educational services to meet 
                                        current standards in the State 
                                        in which the local educational 
                                        agency is located.
                                            (bb) The extent to which 
                                        the new design and proposed 
                                        construction utilize energy 
                                        efficient and recyclable 
                                        materials.
                                            (cc) The extent to which 
                                        the new design and proposed 
                                        construction utilizes non-
                                        traditional or alternative 
                                        building methods to expedite 
                                        construction and project 
                                        completion and maximize cost 
                                        efficiency.
                                            (dd) The feasibility of 
                                        project completion within 24 
                                        months from award.
                                            (ee) The availability of 
                                        other resources for the 
                                        proposed project.
                    (C) Administration and oversight.--The Secretary 
                may, in addition, reserve up to $5,000,000 of the 
                amount appropriated to carry out this section for 
                administration and oversight of this section.
            (2) Allocation to state educational agencies.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), after making the reservations described in 
                paragraph (1), from the remainder of the appropriated 
                funds described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
                allocate to each State educational agency serving a 
                State an amount that bears the same relation to the 
                remainder as the amount the State received under part A 
                of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for fiscal year 
                2008 bears to the amount all States received under such 
                part for fiscal year 2008.
                    (B) Minimum amount.--No State educational agency 
                shall receive less than 0.5 percent of the amount 
                allocated under this paragraph.
            (3) Special rule.--The Secretary shall make and distribute 
        the reservations and allocations described in paragraphs (1) 
        and (2) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act.
    (b) Within-State Allotments.--
            (1) Administrative costs.--
                    (A) State educational agency administration.--
                Except as provided in subparagraph (C), each State 
                educational agency may reserve not more than 1 percent 
                of its allocation under subsection (a)(2) or 
                $2,000,000, whichever is less, for the purpose of 
                administering the distribution of grants under this 
                subsection.
                    (B) Required uses.--Each State educational agency 
                shall use a portion of the reserved funds under 
                subparagraph (A) to establish or support a State-level 
                database of public school facility inventory, 
                condition, design, and utilization.
                    (C) State entity administration.--If a State 
                educational agency transfers funds to a State entity 
                described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), the State 
                educational agency shall transfer to such entity 0.75 
                percent of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) 
                for the purpose of administering the distribution of 
                grants under this subsection.
            (2) Allotments to the local educational agencies with the 
        most poor children.--
                    (A) In general.--
                            (i) Eligible local educational agency.--In 
                        this subparagraph, the term ``eligible local 
                        educational agency'' means a local educational 
                        agency that is 1 of the 100 local educational 
                        agencies in the United States that serve the 
                        most students who are poor children.
                            (ii) Allotment.--Not later than 60 days 
                        after the date a State educational agency 
                        receives an allocation from the Secretary under 
                        this section, the State educational agency 
                        shall allot to each eligible local educational 
                        agency in the State an amount determined under 
                        clause (iii) to be used consistent with 
                        subsection (c) for school repair, renovation, 
                        and construction.
                            (iii) Determination of amount.--An 
                        allotment under this subparagraph to an 
                        eligible local educational agency shall be in 
                        an amount that bears the same relation to the 
                        amount allocated to the State under this 
                        section and not reserved under paragraph (1), 
                        as the amount of funds under part A of title I 
                        of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) that the 
                        eligible local educational agency received from 
                        the State for the most recent fiscal year for 
                        which data is available bears to the total 
                        amount of such funds received by all local 
                        educational agencies in the State under such 
                        part for the most recent fiscal year for which 
                        data is available.
                    (B) No eligibility for competitive grants.--No 
                local educational agency receiving funding under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be eligible for funding under 
                paragraph (3).
                    (C) Priority in funding green projects.--A local 
                educational agency that receives funding under 
                subparagraph (A) shall give priority to funding school 
                repair, renovation, or construction projects that are 
                certified, verified, or consistent with any applicable 
                provisions of--
                            (i) the LEED Green Building Rating System;
                            (ii) Energy Star;
                            (iii) the CHPS Criteria;
                            (iv) Green Globes; or
                            (v) an equivalent program adopted by the 
                        State or another jurisdiction with authority 
                        over the local educational agency.
            (3) Reservation for competitive school renovation, repair, 
        and construction grants to local educational agencies.--
                    (A) In general.--After making the reservation 
                described in paragraph (1), from the remainder of the 
                funds allocated to a State educational agency under 
                this section, the State educational agency shall--
                            (i) award grants to local educational 
                        agencies to be used, consistent with subsection 
                        (c), for school renovation, repair, and 
                        construction; or
                            (ii) if such State educational agency is 
                        not responsible for the financing of education 
                        facilities, transfer such funds to the State 
                        entity responsible for the financing of 
                        education facilities (referred to in this 
                        section as the ``State entity'') to award 
                        grants to local educational agencies to be used 
                        as described in clause (i).
                    (B) Competitive grants to local educational 
                agencies.--The State educational agency or State entity 
                shall carry out a program awarding grants, on a 
                competitive basis, to local educational agencies for 
                the purpose described in subparagraph (A). Of the total 
                amount allocated to the State under this section and 
                not reserved under paragraph (1), the State educational 
                agency or State entity, shall carry out the following:
                            (i) Award to high-need local educational 
                        agencies, in the aggregate, not less than an 
                        amount which bears the same relationship to 
                        such total amount as the aggregate amount such 
                        high-need local educational agencies received 
                        under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
                        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 
                        et seq.) for fiscal year 2008 bears to the 
                        aggregate amount received for such fiscal year 
                        under such part by all local educational 
                        agencies in the State, reduced by the total 
                        amount the State educational agency has 
                        allotted under paragraph (2).
                            (ii) Award to rural local educational 
                        agencies, in the aggregate, not less than an 
                        amount which bears the same relationship to 
                        such total amount as the aggregate amount such 
                        rural local educational agencies received under 
                        such part for fiscal year 2008 bears to the 
                        aggregate amount received for such fiscal year 
                        under such part by all local educational 
                        agencies in the State.
                            (iii) Award the remaining funds to local 
                        educational agencies not receiving an award 
                        under clause (i) or (ii), including high-need 
                        local educational agencies and rural local 
                        educational agencies that did not receive such 
                        an award.
                    (C) Criteria for awarding competitive grants.--In 
                awarding competitive grants under this paragraph, a 
                State educational agency or State entity shall take 
                into account the following criteria:
                            (i) Percentage of poor children.--The 
                        percentage of poor children in a local 
                        educational agency.
                            (ii) Need for school renovation, repair, 
                        and construction.--The need of a local 
                        educational agency for school renovation, 
                        repair, and construction, as demonstrated by 
                        the condition of the public school facilities 
                        of the local educational agency.
                            (iii) Green schools.--The extent to which 
                        the local educational agency will make use of 
                        green practices that are certified, verified, 
                        or consistent with any applicable provisions 
                        of--
                                    (I) the LEED Green Building Rating 
                                System;
                                    (II) Energy Star;
                                    (III) the CHPS Criteria;
                                    (IV) Green Globes; or
                                    (V) an equivalent program adopted 
                                by the State or another jurisdiction 
                                with authority over the local 
                                educational agency.
                            (iv) Capability to implement projects 
                        expeditiously.--The capability of the local 
                        educational agency to implement school 
                        renovation, repair, or construction projects 
                        expeditiously.
                            (v) Fiscal capacity.--The fiscal capacity 
                        of a local educational agency to meet the needs 
                        of the local educational agency for renovation, 
                        repair, and construction of public school 
                        facilities without assistance under this 
                        section, including the ability of the local 
                        educational agency to raise funds through the 
                        use of local bonding capacity and otherwise.
                            (vi) Likelihood of maintaining the 
                        facility.--The likelihood that the local 
                        educational agency will maintain, in good 
                        condition, any facility whose renovation, 
                        repair, or construction is assisted under this 
                        section.
                            (vii) Charter school access to funding.--In 
                        the case of a local educational agency that 
                        proposes to fund a renovation, repair, or 
                        construction project for a charter school, the 
                        extent to which the school has access to 
                        funding for the project through the financing 
                        methods available to other public schools or 
                        local educational agencies in the State.
                    (D) Possible matching requirement.--
                            (i) In general.--A State educational agency 
                        or State entity may require local educational 
                        agencies to match competitive grant funds 
                        awarded under this section.
                            (ii) Match amount.--The amount of a match 
                        described in clause (i) may be established by 
                        using a sliding scale that takes into account 
                        the relative poverty of the population served 
                        by the local educational agency.
    (c) Rules Applicable to School Renovation, Repair, and 
Construction.--With respect to funds made available under this section 
that are used for school renovation, repair, and construction, the 
following rules shall apply:
            (1) Permissible uses of funds.--School renovation, repair, 
        and construction shall be limited to 1 or more of the 
        following:
                    (A) Upgrade, repair, construct, or replace existing 
                or planned public school building systems and 
                components to improve the quality of education and 
                ensure the health and safety of students and staff, 
                including--
                            (i) repairing, replacing, or constructing 
                        early learning facilities (including renovation 
                        of existing facilities to serve children under 
                        5 years of age);
                            (ii) repairing, replacing, or installing 
                        roofs, windows, doors, electrical wiring, 
                        plumbing systems, or sewage systems;
                            (iii) repairing, replacing, or installing 
                        heating, ventilation, or air conditioning 
                        systems (including insulation); and
                            (iv) bringing public schools into 
                        compliance with fire and safety codes.
                    (B) Modifications necessary to reduce the 
                consumption of electricity, natural gas, oil, water, 
                coal, or land.
                    (C) Modifications necessary to make public school 
                facilities accessible to comply with the Americans with 
                Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and 
                section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
                U.S.C. 794).
                    (D) Improve environmental conditions of school 
                sites, including asbestos abatement or removal, and the 
                reduction or elimination of human exposure to lead-
                based paint, mold, or mildew.
                    (E) Upgrade or install educational technology 
                infrastructure to ensure that students have access to 
                up-to-date educational technology.
                    (F) Broaden or improve the use of school buildings 
                and grounds to the community to improve educational 
                outcomes.
            (2) Impermissible uses of funds.--No funds received under 
        this section may be used for--
                    (A) payment of maintenance costs in connection with 
                any projects constructed in whole or part with Federal 
                funds provided under this section;
                    (B) purchase or upgrade of vehicles;
                    (C) stadiums or other facilities primarily used for 
                athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for 
                which admission is charged to the general public;
                    (D) improvement or construction of stand-alone 
                facilities whose purpose is not the education of 
                children, including central office administration or 
                operations or logistical support facilities; or
                    (E) purchase of information technology hardware, 
                including computers, monitors, or printers.
            (3) Supplement, not supplant.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B) and excluding the uses described in paragraph 
                (1)(C), a local educational agency shall use Federal 
                funds received under this section only to supplement 
                the amount of funds that would, in the absence of such 
                Federal funds, be made available from non-Federal 
                sources for school renovation, repair, and 
                construction.
                    (B) Exception.--A local educational agency that is 
                located in a State that is under a court order to 
                finance school facilities shall not be subject to the 
                requirement under subparagraph (A).
    (d) Qualified Bidders; Competition.--Each local educational agency 
that receives funds under this section shall ensure that, if the local 
educational agency carries out renovation, repair, or construction 
through a contract, any such contract process ensures the maximum 
number of qualified bidders, including small, minority, and women-owned 
businesses, through full and open competition.
    (e) Reporting.--
            (1) Local reporting.--Each local educational agency 
        receiving funds made available under this section shall submit 
        a report to the State educational agency, at such time as the 
        State educational agency may require describing the use of such 
        funds for school renovation, repair, and construction, 
        including the following:
                    (A) Type and description of work completed.
                    (B) The source of any non-federal funds used to 
                complete the project.
                    (C) Person hours needed at various wage levels to 
                complete the project.
                    (D) Anticipated energy or natural resource savings.
            (2) State reporting.--Each State educational agency 
        receiving funds made available under this section shall submit 
        to the Secretary, not later than December 31, 2010, a report on 
        the use of funds received under subsection (a)(2) and made 
        available to local educational agencies for school renovation, 
        repair, and construction.
    (f) Administrative Costs.--Each local educational agency that 
receives funds under this section may reserve not more than 1 percent 
of the funds or $750,000, whichever amount is less, for the purpose 
of--
            (1) administering school renovation, repair, and 
        construction projects; and
            (2) reporting under subsection (e).
    (g) Reallocation.--If a State educational agency does not apply for 
an allocation of funds under subsection (a)(2), or does not use its 
entire allocation, then the Secretary may reallocate the amount of the 
State educational agency's allocation (or the remainder thereof, as the 
case may be) to the remaining State educational agencies in accordance 
with subsection (a)(2).
    (h) Application of GEPA.--The grant program under this section is 
an applicable program (as that term is defined in section 400 of the 
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221)) subject to section 
439 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1232b).
    (i) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) In general.--The terms ``local educational agency'', 
        ``Secretary'', and ``State educational agency'' have the 
        meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (2) Charter school.--The term ``charter school'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 5210 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i).
            (3) CHPS criteria.--The term ``CHPS Criteria'' means the 
        green building rating program developed by the Collaborative 
        for High Performance Schools.
            (4) Energy star.--The term ``Energy Star'' means the Energy 
        Star program of the Department of Energy and the Environmental 
        Protection Agency.
            (5) Green globes.--The term ``Green Globes'' means the 
        Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating 
        system.
            (6) High-need local educational agency.--The term ``high-
        need local educational agency'' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 2102(3)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6602(3)(A)).
            (7) Leed green building rating system.--The term ``LEED 
        Green Building Rating System'' means the United States Green 
        Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 
        green building rating standard.
            (8) Outlying area.--The term ``outlying area'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 1121(c) of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331(c)).
            (9) Poor children.--The term ``poor children'' refers to 
        children 5 to 17 years of age, inclusive, who are from families 
        with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office 
        of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance 
        with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved 
        for the most recent fiscal year for which data satisfactory to 
        the Secretary are available.
            (10) Rural local educational agency.--The term ``rural 
        local educational agency'' means a local educational agency 
        that the State determines is located in a rural area using 
        objective data and a commonly employed definition of the term 
        ``rural''.
            (11) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 805. (a) Not more than 1 percent of the funds made available 
to the Department of Labor in this title may be transferred by the 
Secretary of Labor to ``Employment and Training Administration--Program 
Administration'', ``Employment Standards Administration--Salaries and 
Expenses'', ``Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Salaries 
and Expenses'' and ``Departmental Management--Salaries and Expenses'' 
for expenses necessary to administer and coordinate funds made 
available to the Department of Labor in this title; oversee and 
evaluate the use of such funds; and enforce applicable laws and 
regulations governing worker rights and protections associated with the 
funds made available in this Act.
    (b) Not later than 10 days prior to obligating any funds proposed 
to be transferred under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate an operating plan describing the planned uses of each amount 
proposed to be transferred.
    (c) Funds transferred under this section may be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2010.
    Sec. 806. Eligible Employees in the Recreational Marine Industry. 
Section 2(3)(F) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act 
(33 U.S.C. 902(3)(F)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, repair or dismantle''; and
            (2) by striking the semicolon and inserting ``, or 
        individuals employed to repair any recreational vessel, or to 
        dismantle any part of a recreational vessel in connection with 
        the repair of such vessel;''.

                      TITLE IX--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLIITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' of the 
Government Accountability Office, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 901. Government Accountability Office Reviews and Reports. (a) 
Reviews and Reports.--
            (1) In general.--The Comptroller General shall conduct 
        bimonthly reviews and prepare reports on such reviews on the 
        use by selected State and localities of funds made available in 
        this Act. Such reports, along with any audits conducted by the 
        Comptroller General of such funds, shall be posted on the 
        Internet and linked to the website established under this Act 
        by the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
            (2) Redactions.--Any portion of a report or audit under 
        this subsection may be redacted when made publicly available, 
        if that portion would disclose information that is not subject 
        to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
        (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act).
    (b) Examination of Records.--The Comptroller General may examine 
any records related to obligations of funds made available in this Act.
    Sec. 902. Access of Government Accountability Office. Each contract 
awarded using funds made available in this Act shall provide that the 
Comptroller General and his representatives are authorized--
            (1) to examine any records of the contractor or any of its 
        subcontractors, or any State or local agency administering such 
        contract, that directly pertain to, and involve transactions 
        relating to, the contract or subcontract; and
            (2) to interview any current employee regarding such 
        transactions.

   TITLE X--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                      Military Construction, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Army'', 
$637,875,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, of which 
$84,100,000 shall be for child development centers; $481,000,000 shall 
be for warrior transition complexes; and $42,400,000 shall be for 
health and dental clinics (including acquisition, construction, 
installation, and equipment): Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out 
planning and design and military construction projects in the United 
States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, not to exceed $30,375,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services: Provided further, That within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this heading prior to obligation.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Navy and 
Marine Corps'', $990,092,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013, of which $172,820,000 shall be for child development centers; 
$174,304,000 shall be for barracks; $125,000,000 shall be for health 
clinic replacement, and $494,362,000 shall be for energy conservation 
and alternative energy projects (including acquisition, construction, 
installation, and equipment): Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out 
planning and design and military construction projects in the United 
States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, not to exceed $23,606,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services: Provided further, That within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this heading prior to obligation.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Air Force'', 
$871,332,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, of which 
$80,100,000 shall be for child development centers; $612,246,000 shall 
be for dormitories; and $138,100,000 shall be for health clinics 
(including acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment): 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds 
may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and 
military construction projects in the United States not otherwise 
authorized by law: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, not to exceed $40,886,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services: Provided 
further, That within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
heading prior to obligation.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Defense-
Wide'', $118,560,000 for the Energy Conservation Investment Program, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated 
and expended to carry out planning and design and military construction 
projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided 
further, That within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading 
prior to obligation.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Army National 
Guard'', $150,000,000 for readiness centers (including construction, 
acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion), to remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to 
carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the 
United States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Director of the Army 
National Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
heading prior to obligation.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Air National 
Guard'', $110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds 
may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and 
military construction projects in the United States not otherwise 
authorized by law: Provided further, That within 30 days of enactment 
of this Act the Director of the Air National Guard shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this heading prior to obligation.

                   Family Housing Construction, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Family Housing Construction, Army'', 
$34,570,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be 
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and military 
construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by 
law: Provided further, That within 30 days of enactment of this Act the 
Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this heading prior to obligation.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Family Housing Operation and 
Maintenance, Army'', $3,932,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended for 
operation and maintenance and minor construction projects in the United 
States not otherwise authorized by law.

                 Family Housing Construction, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Family Housing Construction, Air 
Force'', $80,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds 
may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and design and 
military construction projects in the United States not otherwise 
authorized by law: Provided further, That within 30 days of enactment 
of this Act the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this heading prior to obligation.

          Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Family Housing Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force'', $16,461,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended 
for operation and maintenance and minor construction projects in the 
United States not otherwise authorized by law.

                       Homeowners Assistance Fund

    For an additional amount for ``Homeowners Assistance Fund'', 
established by section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities and 
Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3374), 
$410,973,000, to remain available until expended.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1001. (a) Temporary Expansion of Homeowners Assistance Plan to 
Respond to Mortgage Foreclosure and Credit Crisis.--Section 1013 of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 3374) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
                as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and 
                indenting such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 6 ems 
                from the left margin;
                    (B) by striking ``Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Acquisition of property at or near military 
        installations that have been ordered to be closed.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law'';
                    (C) by striking ``if he determines'' and inserting 
                ``if--
                    ``(A) the Secretary determines--'';
                    (D) in clause (iii), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) the Secretary determines--
                            ``(i) that the conditions in clauses (i) 
                        and (ii) of subparagraph (A) have been met;
                            ``(ii) that the closing or realignment of 
                        the base or installation resulted from a 
                        realignment or closure carried out under the 
                        2005 round of defense base closure and 
                        realignment under the Defense Base Closure and 
                        Realignment Act of 1990 (part XXIX of Public 
                        Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note);
                            ``(iii) that the property was purchased by 
                        the owner before July 1, 2006;
                            ``(iv) that the property was sold by the 
                        owner between July 1, 2006, and September 30, 
                        2012, or an earlier end date designated by the 
                        Secretary;
                            ``(v) that the property is the primary 
                        residence of the owner; and
                            ``(vi) that the owner has not previously 
                        received benefit payments authorized under this 
                        subsection.
            ``(2) Homeowner assistance for wounded members of the armed 
        forces, department of defense and united states coast guard 
        civilian employees, and their spouses.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized 
        to acquire title to, hold, manage, and dispose of, or, in lieu 
        thereof, to reimburse for certain losses upon private sale of, 
        or foreclosure against, any property improved with a one- or 
        two-family dwelling which was at the time of the relevant 
        wound, injury, or illness, the primary residence of--
                    ``(A) any member of the Armed Forces in medical 
                transition who--
                            ``(i) incurred a wound, injury, or illness 
                        in the line of duty during a deployment in 
                        support of the Armed Forces;
                            ``(ii) is disabled to a degree of 30 
                        percent or more as a result of such wound, 
                        injury, or illness, as determined by the 
                        Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
                        Veterans Affairs; and
                            ``(iii) is reassigned in furtherance of 
                        medical treatment or rehabilitation, or due to 
                        medical retirement in connection with such 
                        disability;
                    ``(B) any civilian employee of the Department of 
                Defense or the United States Coast Guard who--
                            ``(i) was wounded, injured, or became ill 
                        in the line of duty during a forward deployment 
                        in support of the Armed Forces; and
                            ``(ii) is reassigned in furtherance of 
                        medical treatment, rehabilitation, or due to 
                        medical retirement resulting from the sustained 
                        disability; or
                    ``(C) the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces or 
                a civilian employee of the Department of Defense or the 
                United States Coast Guard if--
                            ``(i) the member or employee was killed in 
                        the line of duty during a deployment in support 
                        of the Armed Forces or died from a wound, 
                        injury, or illness incurred in the line of duty 
                        during such a deployment; and
                            ``(ii) the spouse relocates from such 
                        residence within 2 years after the death of 
                        such member or employee.
            ``(3) Temporary homeowner assistance for members of the 
        armed forces permanently reassigned during specified mortgage 
        crisis.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
        Secretary of Defense is authorized to acquire title to, hold, 
        manage, and dispose of, or, in lieu thereof, to reimburse for 
        certain losses upon private sale of, or foreclosure against, 
        any property improved with a one- or two-family dwelling 
        situated at or near a military base or installation, if the 
        Secretary determines--
                    ``(A) that the owner is a member of the Armed 
                Forces serving on permanent assignment;
                    ``(B) that the owner is permanently reassigned by 
                order of the United States Government to a duty station 
                or home port outside a 50-mile radius of the base or 
                installation;
                    ``(C) that the reassignment was ordered between 
                February 1, 2006, and September 30, 2012, or an earlier 
                end date designated by the Secretary;
                    ``(D) that the property was purchased by the owner 
                before July 1, 2006;
                    ``(E) that the property was sold by the owner 
                between July 1, 2006, and September 30, 2012, or an 
                earlier end date designated by the Secretary;
                    ``(F) that the property is the primary residence of 
                the owner; and
                    ``(G) that the owner has not previously received 
                benefit payments authorized under this subsection.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``this section'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``Such persons'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) Homeowner assistance related to closed military 
        installations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Such persons'';
                    (B) by striking ``set forth above shall elect 
                either (1) to receive'' and inserting the following: 
                ``set forth in subsection (a)(1) shall elect either--
                            ``(i) to receive'';
                    (C) by striking ``difference between (A) 95 per 
                centum'' and all that follows through ``(B) the fair 
                market value'' and inserting the following: 
                ``difference between--
                                    ``(I) 95 per centum of the fair 
                                market value of their property (as such 
                                value is determined by the Secretary of 
                                Defense) prior to public announcement 
                                of intention to close all or part of 
                                the military base or installation; and
                                    ``(II) the fair market value'';
                    (D) by striking ``time of the sale, or (2) to 
                receive'' and inserting the following: ``time of the 
                sale; or
                            ``(ii) to receive'';
                    (E) by striking ``outstanding mortgages. The 
                Secretary may also pay a person who elects to receive a 
                cash payment under clause (1) of the preceding sentence 
                an amount'' and inserting ``outstanding mortgages.
                    ``(B) Reimbursement of expenses.--The Secretary may 
                also pay a person who elects to receive a cash payment 
                under subparagraph (A) an amount''; and
                    (F) by striking ``best interest of the Federal 
                Government. Cash payment'' and inserting the following: 
                ``best interest of the United States.
            ``(2) Homeowner assistance for wounded individuals and 
        their spouses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Persons eligible under the 
                criteria set forth in subsection (a)(2) may elect 
                either--
                            ``(i) to receive a cash payment as 
                        compensation for losses which may be or have 
                        been sustained in a private sale, in an amount 
                        not to exceed the difference between--
                                    ``(I) 95 per centum of prior fair 
                                market value of their property (as such 
                                value is determined by the Secretary of 
                                Defense); and
                                    ``(II) the fair market value of 
                                such property (as such value is so 
                                determined) at the time of the wound, 
                                injury, or illness qualifying the 
                                individual for benefits under 
                                subsection (a)(2); or
                            ``(ii) to receive, as purchase price for 
                        their property an amount not to exceed 90 per 
                        centum of prior fair market value as such value 
                        is determined by the Secretary of Defense, or 
                        the amount of the outstanding mortgages.
                    ``(B) Determination of benefits.--The Secretary may 
                also pay a person who elects to receive a cash payment 
                under subparagraph (A) an amount that the Secretary 
                determines appropriate to reimburse the person for the 
                costs incurred by the person in the sale of the 
                property if the Secretary determines that such payment 
                will benefit the person and is in the best interest of 
                the United States.
            ``(3) Homeowner assistance for permanently reassigned 
        individuals.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Persons eligible under the 
                criteria set forth in subsection (a)(3) may elect 
                either--
                            ``(i) to receive a cash payment as 
                        compensation for losses which may be or have 
                        been sustained in a private sale, in an amount 
                        not to exceed the difference between--
                                    ``(I) 95 per centum of prior fair 
                                market value of their property (as such 
                                value is determined by the Secretary of 
                                Defense); and
                                    ``(II) the fair market value of 
                                such property (as such value is so 
                                determined) at the time the person 
                                received change of permanent station 
                                orders; or
                            ``(ii) to receive, as purchase price for 
                        their property an amount not to exceed 90 per 
                        centum of prior fair market value as such value 
                        is determined by the Secretary of Defense, or 
                        the amount of the outstanding mortgages.
                    ``(B) Determination of benefits.--The Secretary may 
                also pay a person who elects to receive a cash payment 
                under subparagraph (A) an amount that the Secretary 
                determines appropriate to reimburse the person for the 
                costs incurred by the person in the sale of the 
                property if the Secretary determines that such payment 
                will benefit the person and is in the best interest of 
                the United States.
            ``(4) Compensation and limitations related to foreclosures 
        and encumbrances.--Cash payment'';
            (4) by striking subsection (g);
            (5) in subsection (l), by striking ``(a)(2)'' and inserting 
        ``(a)(1)(A)(ii)'';
            (6) in subsection (m), by striking ``this section'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'';
            (7) in subsection (n)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``this section'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``this section'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'';
            (8) in subsection (o)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``this section'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``this section'' 
                and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (4); and
            (9) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(p) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) the term `Armed Forces' has the meaning given the 
        term `armed forces' in section 101(a) of title 10, United 
        States Code;
            ``(2) the term `civilian employee' has the meaning given 
        the term `employee' in section 2105(a) of title 5, United 
        States Code;
            ``(3) the term `medical transition', in the case of a 
        member of the Armed Forces, means a member who--
                    ``(A) is in Medical Holdover status;
                    ``(B) is in Active Duty Medical Extension status;
                    ``(C) is in Medical Hold status;
                    ``(D) is in a status pending an evaluation by a 
                medical evaluation board;
                    ``(E) has a complex medical need requiring six or 
                more months of medical treatment; or
                    ``(F) is assigned or attached to an Army Warrior 
                Transition Unit, an Air Force Patient Squadron, a Navy 
                Patient Multidisciplinary Care Team, or a Marine 
                Patient Affairs Team/Wounded Warrior Regiment; and
            ``(4) the term `nonappropriated fund instrumentality 
        employee' means a civilian employee who--
                    ``(A) is a citizen of the United States; and
                    ``(B) is paid from nonappropriated funds of Army 
                and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Resale and 
                Services Support Office, Marine Corps exchanges, or any 
                other instrumentality of the United States under the 
                jurisdiction of the Armed Forces which is conducted for 
                the comfort, pleasure, contentment, or physical or 
                mental improvement of members of the Armed Forces.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--Such section is further amended in the 
section heading by inserting ``and certain property owned by members of 
the armed forces, department of defense and united states coast guard 
civilian employees, and surviving spouses'' after ``ordered to be 
closed''.
    (c) Authority to Use Appropriated Funds.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (i) of such section, amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this title under the heading ``Homeowners Assistance 
Fund'' may be used for the Homeowners Assistance Fund established under 
such section.

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                     Veterans Health Administration

                     medical support and compliance

    For an additional amount for ``Medical Support and Compliance'', 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, to support 
contract administration and energy initiative execution at the Veterans 
Health Administration.

                           medical facilities

    For an additional amount for ``Medical Facilities'', 
$1,370,459,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 
$1,047,313,000 shall be for facility condition assessment deficiencies 
and non-recurring maintenance at existing medical facilities; and 
$323,146,000 shall be for energy efficiency initiatives.

                    National Cemetery Administration

    For an additional amount for ``National Cemetery Administration'', 
$64,961,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 
$59,476,000 shall be for capital infrastructure and memorial and 
monument repairs; and $5,485,000 shall be for energy efficiency 
initiatives.

                      Departmental Administration

                       general operating expenses

    For an additional amount for ``General Operating Expenses'', 
$1,125,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for 
additional Full Time Equivalent salary and expenses for major 
construction project administration and execution and energy initiative 
execution.

                     information technology systems

    For an additional amount for ``Information Technology Systems'', 
$195,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 
$145,000,000 shall be for the Veterans Benefits Administration's 
development of paperless claims processing; and $50,000,000 shall be 
for the development of systems required to implement chapter 33 of 
title 38, United States Code.

                      office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$4,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for oversight 
and audit of programs, grants and projects funded under this title.

                      construction, major projects

    For an additional amount for ``Construction, Major Projects'', 
$1,105,333,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, which 
shall be for acceleration and construction of ongoing and planned 
construction, including physical security construction, of major 
medical facilities and National Cemeteries consistent with the 
Department of Veterans Affairs' Five Year Capital Plan: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated 
and expended to carry out planning and design and major medical 
facility construction not otherwise authorized by law: Provided 
further, That within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this heading prior to obligation.

                      construction, minor projects

    For an additional amount for ``Construction, Minor Projects'', 
$939,836,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 
$860,742,000 shall be for Veterans Health Administration minor 
construction; $20,300,000 shall be for Veterans Benefits Administration 
minor construction, including $300,000 for energy efficiency 
initiatives; and $29,012,000 shall be for National Cemetery 
Administration minor construction.

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

    For an additional amount for ``Grants for Construction of State 
Extended Care Facilities'', $257,986,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, for grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, 
or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in 
State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 
8131 through 8137 of title 38, United States Code.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1002. Payments to Eligible Persons who Served in the United 
States Armed Forces in the Far East During World War II. (a) 
Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Philippine islands became a United States 
        possession in 1898 when they were ceded from Spain following 
        the Spanish-American War.
            (2) During World War II, Filipinos served in a variety of 
        units, some of which came under the direct control of the 
        United States Armed Forces.
            (3) The regular Philippine Scouts, the new Philippine 
        Scouts, the Guerilla Services, and more than 100,000 members of 
        the Philippine Commonwealth Army were called into the service 
        of the United States Armed Forces of the Far East on July 26, 
        1941, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
            (4) Even after hostilities had ceased, wartime service of 
        the new Philippine Scouts continued as a matter of law until 
        the end of 1946, and the force gradually disbanded and was 
        disestablished in 1950.
            (5) Filipino veterans who were granted benefits prior to 
        the enactment of the so-called Rescissions Acts of 1946 (Public 
        Laws 79-301 and 79-391) currently receive full benefits under 
        laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, but 
        under section 107 of title 38, United States Code, the service 
        of certain other Filipino veterans is deemed not to be active 
        service for purposes of such laws.
            (6) These other Filipino veterans only receive certain 
        benefits under title 38, United States Code, and, depending on 
        where they legally reside, are paid such benefit amounts at 
        reduced rates.
            (7) The benefits such veterans receive include service-
        connected compensation benefits paid under chapter 11 of title 
        38, United States Code, dependency indemnity compensation 
        survivor benefits paid under chapter 13 of title 38, United 
        States Code, and burial benefits under chapters 23 and 24 of 
        title 38, United States Code, and such benefits are paid to 
        beneficiaries at the rate of $0.50 per dollar authorized, 
        unless they lawfully reside in the United States.
            (8) Dependents' educational assistance under chapter 35 of 
        title 38, United States Code, is also payable for the 
        dependents of such veterans at the rate of $0.50 per dollar 
        authorized, regardless of the veterans' residency.
    (b) Compensation Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is in the general fund of the 
        Treasury a fund to be known as the ``Filipino Veterans Equity 
        Compensation Fund'' (in this section referred to as the 
        ``compensation fund'').
            (2) Availability of funds.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations for such purpose, amounts in the fund shall be 
        available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without fiscal 
        year limitation to make payments to eligible persons in 
        accordance with this section.
    (c) Payments.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may make a payment from the 
        compensation fund to an eligible person who, during the one-
        year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        submits to the Secretary a claim for benefits under this 
        section. The application for the claim shall contain such 
        information and evidence as the Secretary may require.
            (2) Payment to surviving spouse.--If an eligible person who 
        has filed a claim for benefits under this section dies before 
        payment is made under this section, the payment under this 
        section shall be made instead to the surviving spouse, if any, 
        of the eligible person.
    (d) Eligible Persons.--An eligible person is any person who--
            (1) served--
                    (A) before July 1, 1946, in the organized military 
                forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
                Philippines, while such forces were in the service of 
                the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to the 
                military order of the President dated July 26, 1941, 
                including among such military forces organized 
                guerrilla forces under commanders appointed, 
                designated, or subsequently recognized by the Commander 
                in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area, or other competent 
                authority in the Army of the United States; or
                    (B) in the Philippine Scouts under section 14 of 
                the Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945 (59 
                Stat. 538); and
            (2) was discharged or released from service described in 
        paragraph (1) under conditions other than dishonorable.
    (e) Payment Amounts.--Each payment under this section shall be--
            (1) in the case of an eligible person who is not a citizen 
        of the United States, in the amount of $9,000; and
            (2) in the case of an eligible person who is a citizen of 
        the United States, in the amount of $15,000.
    (f) Limitation.--The Secretary may not make more than one payment 
under this section for each eligible person described in subsection 
(d).
    (g) Clarification of Treatment of Payments Under Certain Laws.--
Amounts paid to a person under this section--
            (1) shall be treated for purposes of the internal revenue 
        laws of the United States as damages for human suffering; and
            (2) shall not be included in income or resources for 
        purposes of determining--
                    (A) eligibility of an individual to receive 
                benefits described in section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 
                31, United States Code, or the amount of such benefits;
                    (B) eligibility of an individual to receive 
                benefits under title VIII of the Social Security Act, 
                or the amount of such benefits; or
                    (C) eligibility of an individual for, or the amount 
                of benefits under, any other Federal or federally 
                assisted program.
    (h) Release.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        acceptance by an eligible person or surviving spouse, as 
        applicable, of a payment under this section shall be final, and 
        shall constitute a complete release of any claim against the 
        United States by reason of any service described in subsection 
        (d).
            (2) Payment of prior eligibility status.--Nothing in this 
        section shall prohibit a person from receiving any benefit 
        (including health care, survivor, or burial benefits) which the 
        person would have been eligible to receive based on laws in 
        effect as of the day before the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
    (i) Recognition of Service.--The service of a person as described 
in subsection (d) is hereby recognized as active military service in 
the Armed Forces for purposes of, and to the extent provided in, this 
section.
    (j) Administration.--
            (1) The Secretary shall promptly issue application forms 
        and instructions to ensure the prompt and efficient 
        administration of the provisions of this section.
            (2) The Secretary shall administer the provisions of this 
        section in a manner consistent with applicable provisions of 
        title 38, United States Code, and other provisions of law, and 
        shall apply the definitions in section 101 of such title in the 
        administration of such provisions, except to the extent 
        otherwise provided in this section.
    (k) Reports.--The Secretary shall include, in documents submitted 
to Congress by the Secretary in support of the President's budget for 
each fiscal year, detailed information on the operation of the 
compensation fund, including the number of applicants, the number of 
eligible persons receiving benefits, the amounts paid out of the 
compensation fund, and the administration of the compensation fund for 
the most recent fiscal year for which such data is available.
    (l) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the compensation fund $198,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to make payments under this section.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                          salary and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Cemeterial Expenses, Army'', 
$60,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for land 
development, columbarium construction, and relocation of utilities at 
Arlington National Cemetery.

       TITLE XI--STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

    For an additional amount for ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' 
for urgent domestic facilities requirements, $180,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010, of which up to $45,000,000 shall be 
available for passport and visa facilities and systems, and up to 
$75,000,000 shall be available for a consolidated security training 
facility in the United States: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act a detailed spending plan for funds appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That with respect to the funds 
made available for passport facilities and systems, such plan shall be 
developed in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security and 
the General Services Administration and shall coordinate and co-locate, 
to the extent feasible, the construction of passport agencies with 
other Federal facilities.

                        capital investment fund

    For an additional amount for ``Capital Investment Fund'', 
$524,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which up 
to $120,000,000 shall be available for the design and construction of a 
backup information management facility in the United States to support 
continuity of critical mission operations and programs, and up to 
$98,527,000 shall be available to carry out the Department of State's 
responsibilities under the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity 
Initiative: Provided, That the Secretary of State and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development shall 
coordinate information technology systems, where appropriate, to 
increase efficiencies and eliminate redundancies, to include co-
location of backup information management facilities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations within 90 days of enactment of this Act a detailed 
spending plan for funds appropriated under this heading.

                      office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'' for 
oversight requirements, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010.

                       INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

 International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

                              construction

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'' for the water 
quantity program to meet immediate repair and rehabilitation 
requirements, $224,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That up to $2,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds available under the heading ``International Boundary and 
Water Commission, United States and Mexico--Salaries and Expenses'': 
Provided, That the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations within 90 days of enactment of this Act a detailed 
spending plan for funds appropriated under this heading.

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                        capital investment fund

    For an additional amount for ``Capital Investment Fund'', 
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which 
$34,000,000 shall be available for information technology modernization 
programs and of which up to $35,000,000 shall be available for 
implementation of the Global Acquisition System: Provided, That the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act a detailed spending plan for funds appropriated 
under this heading.

   operating expenses of the united states agency for international 
                development office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses of the United 
States Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 
General'' for oversight requirements, $500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010.

   TITLE XII--TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

supplemental discretionary grants for a national surface transportation 
                                 system

    For an additional amount for capital investments in surface 
transportation infrastructure, $5,500,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this heading as 
discretionary grants to be awarded to State and local governments on a 
competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on 
the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region: Provided further, That 
projects eligible for funding provided under this heading shall 
include, but not be limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible 
under title 23, United States Code, including interstate 
rehabilitation, improvements to the rural collector road system, the 
reconstruction of overpasses and interchanges, bridge replacements, 
seismic retrofit projects for bridges, and road realignments; public 
transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, including investments in projects participating in the New 
Starts or Small Starts programs that will expedite the completion of 
those projects and their entry into revenue service; passenger and 
freight rail transportation projects; and port infrastructure 
investments, including projects that connect ports to other modes of 
transportation and improve the efficiency of freight movement: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this paragraph, the 
Secretary may use an amount not to exceed $200,000,000 for the purpose 
of paying the subsidy costs of projects eligible for federal credit 
assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the 
Secretary finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes 
of this paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing funds 
provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so 
as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds and an 
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural 
communities: Provided further, That a grant funded under this heading 
shall be not less than $20,000,000 and not greater than $500,000,000: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 
expenditure is made under this heading may be up to 100 percent: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
that require an additional share of Federal funds in order to complete 
an overall financing package, and to projects that are expected to be 
completed within 3 years of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall publish criteria on which to base the 
competition for any grants awarded under this heading not later than 75 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall require applications for funding provided under this heading to 
be submitted not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, and 
announce all projects selected to be funded from such funds not later 
than 1 year after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall require all additional applications to be submitted not 
later than 1 year after enactment of this Act, and announce not later 
than 180 days following such 1-year period all additional projects 
selected to be funded with funds withdrawn from States and grantees and 
transferred from ``Supplemental Grants for Highway Investments'' and 
``Supplemental Grants for Public Transit Investment'': Provided 
further, That projects conducted using funds provided under this 
heading must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 
31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may retain up to $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading, and may transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators 
of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit 
Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime 
Administration, to fund the award and oversight of grants made under 
this heading.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

           supplemental funding for facilities and equipment

    For an additional amount for necessary investments in Federal 
Aviation Administration infrastructure, $200,000,000: Provided, That 
funding provided under this heading shall be used to make improvements 
to power systems, air route traffic control centers, air traffic 
control towers, terminal radar approach control facilities, and 
navigation and landing equipment: Provided further, That priority be 
given to such projects or activities that will be completed within 2 
years of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading may be provided through grants in addition 
to the other instruments authorized under section 106(l)(6) of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That the Federal share of the 
costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be 100 
percent: Provided further, That amounts provided under this heading may 
be used for expenses the agency incurs in administering this program: 
Provided further, That not more than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall establish a process for applying, 
reviewing and awarding grants and cooperative and other transaction 
agreements, including the form and content of an application, and 
requirements for the maintenance of records that are necessary to 
facilitate an effective audit of the use of the funding provided: 
Provided further, That section 50101 of title 49, United States Code, 
shall apply to funds provided under this heading.

        supplemental discretionary grants for airport investment

    For an additional amount for capital expenditures authorized under 
sections 47102(3) and 47504(c) of title 49, United States Code, and for 
the procurement, installation and commissioning of runway incursion 
prevention devices and systems at airports of such title, 
$1,100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall 
distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to 
airports, with priority given to those projects that demonstrate to his 
or her satisfaction their ability to be completed within 2 years of 
enactment of this Act, and serve to supplement and not supplant planned 
expenditures from airport-generated revenues or from other State and 
local sources on such activities: Provided further, That the Federal 
share payable of the costs for which a grant is made under this heading 
shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That the amount made available 
under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on 
obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any 
Act: Provided further, That section 50101 of title 49, United States 
Code, shall apply to funds provided under this heading: Provided 
further, That projects conducted using funds provided under this 
heading must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 
31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may retain and 
transfer to ``Federal Aviation Administration, Operations'' up to one-
quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund 
the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this 
heading.

                     Federal Highway Administration

               supplemental grants for highway investment

    For an additional amount for restoration, repair, construction and 
other activities eligible under paragraph (b) of section 133 of title 
23, United States Code, $27,060,000,000: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading shall be apportioned to States using the formula set 
forth in section 104(b)(3) of such title: Provided further, That 180 
days following the date of such apportionment, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall withdraw from each State an amount equal to 50 
percent of the funds awarded to that grantee less the amount of funding 
obligated, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other 
States that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso in the 
manner described in section 120(c) of division K of Public Law 110-161: 
Provided further, That 1 year following the date of such apportionment, 
the Secretary shall withdraw from each recipient of funds apportioned 
under this heading any unobligated funds and transfer such funds to 
``Supplemental Discretionary Grants for a National Surface 
Transportation System'': Provided further, That at the request of a 
State, the Secretary of Transportation may provide an extension of such 
1-year period only to the extent that he or she feels satisfied that 
the State has encountered extreme conditions that create an unworkable 
bidding environment or other extenuating circumstances: Provided 
further, That before granting a such an extension, the Secretary shall 
send a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 
provides a thorough justification for the extension: Provided further, 
That the provisions of subsections 133(d)(3) and 133(d)(4) of title 23, 
United States Code, shall apply to funds apportioned under this 
heading, except that the percentage of funds to be allocated to local 
jurisdictions shall be 40 percent and such allocation, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, shall be conducted in all states within the 
United States: Provided further, That funds allocated to such urbanized 
areas and other areas shall not be subject to the redistribution of 
amounts required 180 days following the date of apportionment of funds 
provided under this heading: Provided further, That funds apportioned 
under this heading may be used for, but not be limited to, projects 
that address stormwater runoff, investments in passenger and freight 
rail transportation, and investments in port infrastructure: Provided 
further, that each State shall use not less than 5 percent of funds 
apportioned to it for activities eligible under subsections 149(b) and 
(c) of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, $60,000,000 shall be for capital 
expenditures eligible under section 147 of title 23, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation shall 
distribute such $60,000,000 as competitive discretionary grants to 
States, with priority given to those projects that demonstrate to his 
or her satisfaction their ability to be completed within 2 years of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, $500,000,000 shall be for investments in 
transportation at Indian reservations and Federal lands, and 
administered in accordance with chapter 2 of title 23, United States 
Code: Provided further, That of the funds identified in the preceding 
proviso, $320,000,000 shall be for the Indian Reservation Roads 
program, $100,000,000 shall be for the Park Roads and Parkways program, 
$70,000,000 shall be for the Forest Highway Program, and $10,000,000 
shall be for the Refuge Roads program: Provided further, That for 
investments at Indian reservations and Federal lands, priority shall be 
given to capital investments, and to projects and activities that can 
be completed within 2 years of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That 1 year following the enactment of this Act, to ensure the prompt 
use of the $500,000,000 provided for investments at Indian reservations 
and Federal lands, the Secretary shall have the authority to 
redistribute unobligated funds within the respective program for which 
the funds were appropriated: Provided further, That up to 4 percent of 
the funding provided for Indian Reservation Roads may be used by the 
Secretary of the Interior for program management and oversight and 
project-related administrative expenses: Provided further, That section 
134(f)(3)(C)(ii)(II) of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply 
to funds provided under this heading: Provided further, That the 
Federal share payable on account of any project or activity carried out 
with funds made available under this heading shall be at the option of 
the recipient, and may be up to 100 percent of the total cost thereof: 
Provided further, That funding provided under this heading shall be in 
addition to any and all funds provided for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 
in any other Act for ``Federal-aid Highways'' and shall not affect the 
distribution of funds provided for ``Federal-aid Highways'' in any 
other Act: Provided further, That the amount made available under this 
heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for 
Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction programs set forth 
in any Act: Provided further, That projects conducted using funds 
provided under this heading must comply with the requirements of 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided 
further, That section 313 of title 23, United States Code, shall apply 
to funds provided under this heading: Provided further, That section 
1101(b) of Public Law 109-59 shall apply to funds apportioned under 
this heading: Provided further, That for the purposes of the definition 
of States for this paragraph, sections 101(a)(32) of title 23, United 
States Code, shall apply: Provided further, That the Administrator of 
the Federal Highway Administration may retain up to $12,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading to carry out the function of the 
``Federal Highway Administration, Limitation on Administrative 
Expenses'' and to fund the oversight by the Administrator of projects 
and activities carried out with funds made available to the Federal 
Highway Administration in this Act.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

   supplemental grants to states for intercity passenger rail service

    For an additional amount for discretionary grants to States to pay 
for the cost of projects described in paragraphs (2)(A) and (2)(B) of 
section 24401 of title 49, United States Code, and subsection (b) of 
section 24105 of such title, $250,000,000: Provided, That to be 
eligible for assistance under this paragraph, the specific project must 
be on a Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan at the time of the 
application to qualify: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall give priority to projects that demonstrate an 
ability to be completed within 2 years of enactment of this Act, and to 
projects that improve the safety and reliability of intercity passenger 
trains: Provided further, That the Federal share payable of the costs 
for which a grant is made under this heading shall be 100 percent: 
Provided further, That projects conducted using funds provided under 
this heading must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That 
section 24405(a) of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to funds 
provided under this heading: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the Federal Railroad Administration may retain and transfer to 
``Federal Railroad Administration, Safety and Operations'' up to one-
quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund 
the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this 
heading.

    supplemental capital grants to the national railroad passenger 
                              corporation

    For an additional amount for the immediate investment in capital 
projects necessary to maintain and improve national intercity passenger 
rail service, including the rehabilitation of rolling stock, 
$850,000,000: Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
shall be allocated directly to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation: Provided further, That the Board of Directors of the 
corporation shall take measures to ensure that priority is given to 
capital projects that expand passenger rail capacity: Provided further, 
That the Board of Directors shall take measures to ensure that projects 
funded under this heading shall be completed within 2 years of 
enactment of this Act, and shall serve to supplement and not supplant 
planned expenditures for such activities from other Federal, State, 
local and corporate sources: Provided further, That said Board of 
Directors shall certify to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in writing their compliance with the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That section 24305(f) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall apply to funds provided under this heading: Provided 
further, That not more than 50 percent of the funds provided under this 
heading may be used for capital projects along the Northeast Corridor.

                    high-speed rail corridor program

    To make grants for high-speed rail projects under the provisions of 
section 26106 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That the Federal 
share payable of the costs for which a grant is made under this heading 
shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Railroad Administration may retain and transfer to ``Federal 
Railroad Administration, Safety and Operations'' up to one-quarter of 1 
percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund the award and 
oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this paragraph.

                     Federal Transit Administration

           supplemental grants for public transit investment

    For an additional amount for capital expenditures authorized under 
section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, $8,400,000,000: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall apportion 71 
percent of the funds apportioned under this heading using the formula 
set forth in subsections (a) through (c) of section 5336 of title 49, 
United States Code, 19 percent of the funds apportioned under this 
heading using the formula set forth in section 5340 of such title, and 
10 percent of the funding apportioned under this heading using the 
formula set forth in subsection 5311(c) of such title: Provided 
further, That 180 days following the date of such apportionment, the 
Secretary shall withdraw from each grantee an amount equal to 50 
percent of the funds awarded to that grantee less the amount of funding 
obligated, and the Secretary shall redistribute such amounts to other 
grantees that have had no funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing 
whatever method he or she deems appropriate to ensure that all funds 
provided under this paragraph shall be utilized promptly: Provided 
further, That 1 year following the date of such apportionment, the 
Secretary shall withdraw from each grantee any unobligated funds and 
transfer such funds to ``Supplemental Discretionary Grants for a 
National Surface Transportation System'': Provided further, That at the 
request of a grantee, the Secretary of Transportation may provide an 
extension of such 1-year periods if he or she feels satisfied that the 
grantee has encountered an unworkable bidding environment or other 
extenuating circumstances: Provided further, That before granting such 
an extension, the Secretary shall send a letter to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that provides a thorough justification for 
the extension: Provided further, That of the funds apportioned using 
the formula set forth in subsection 5311(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, 2 percent shall be made available for section 5311(c)(1): 
Provided further, That of the funding provided under this heading, 
$200,000,000 shall be distributed as discretionary grants to public 
transit agencies for capital investments that will assist in reducing 
the energy consumption or greenhouse gas emissions of their public 
transportation systems: Provided further, That for such grants on 
energy-related investments, priority shall be given to projects based 
on the total energy savings that are projected to result from the 
investment, and projected energy savings as a percentage of the total 
energy usage of the public transit agency: Provided further, That the 
Federal share of the costs for which any grant is made under this 
heading shall be at the option of the recipient, and may be up to 100 
percent: Provided further, That the amount made available under this 
heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for 
transit programs set forth in any Act: Provided further, That section 
1101(b) of Public Law 109-59 shall apply to funds apportioned under 
this heading: Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be subject to subsection 5323(j) and section 5333 of 
title 49, United States Code as well as sections 5304 and 5305 of said 
title, as appropriate, but shall not be comingled with funds available 
under the Formula and Bus Grants account: Provided further, That the 
Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration may retain up to 
$3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to carry out the 
function of ``Federal Transit Administration, Administrative Expenses'' 
and to fund the oversight of grants made under this heading by the 
Administrator.

                        Maritime Administration

         supplemental grants for assistance to small shipyards

    To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under section 
3506 of Public Law 109-163 or section 54101 of title 46, United States 
Code, $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation 
shall institute measures to ensure that funds provided under this 
heading shall be obligated within 180 days of the date of their 
distribution: Provided further, That the Maritime Administrator may 
retain and transfer to ``Maritime Administration, Operations and 
Training'' up to 2 percent of the funds provided under this heading to 
fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under 
this heading.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for necessary expenses of the Office of 
Inspector General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $7,750,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That the funding made available under 
this heading shall be used for conducting audits and investigations of 
projects and activities carried out with funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation and to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties 
specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), 
to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the 
Government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the Department.

            GENERAL PROVISION--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

    Sec. 1201. Section 5309(g)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``or an amount equivalent to the last 3 fiscal 
years of funding allocated under subsections (m)(1)(A) and 
(m)(2)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``or the sum of the funds available for 
the next 3 fiscal years beyond the current fiscal year, assuming an 
annual growth of the program of 10 percent''.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                  Native American Housing Block Grants

    For an additional amount for ``Native American Housing Block 
Grants'', as authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (``NAHASDA'') (25 U.S.C. 
4111 et seq.), $510,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011: Provided, That $255,000,000 of the amount provided under this 
heading shall be distributed according to the same funding formula used 
in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That in selecting projects to be 
funded, recipients shall give priority to projects that can award 
contracts based on bids within 180 days from the date that funds are 
available to recipients: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
obligate $255,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading for 
competitive grants to eligible entities that apply for funds authorized 
under NAHASDA: Provided further, That in awarding competitive funds, 
the Secretary shall give priority to projects that will spur 
construction and rehabilitation and will create employment 
opportunities for low-income and unemployed persons: Provided further, 
That recipients of funds under this heading shall obligate 100 percent 
of such funds within 1 year of the date of enactment of this Act, 
expend at least 50 percent of such funds within 2 years of the date on 
which funds become available to such jurisdictions for obligation, and 
expend 100 percent of such funds within 3 years of such date: Provided 
further, That if a recipient fails to comply with either the 1-year 
obligation requirement or the 2-year expenditure requirement, the 
Secretary shall recapture all remaining funds awarded to the recipient 
and reallocate such funds to recipients that are in compliance with 
those requirements: Provided further, That if a recipient fails to 
comply with the 3-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall 
recapture the balance of the funds awarded to the recipient: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, 
the Secretary may institute measures to ensure participation in the 
formula and competitive allocation of funds provided under this 
paragraph by any housing entity eligible to receive funding under title 
VIII of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.): Provided further, That in 
administering funds provided in this heading, the Secretary may waive 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
administers in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the 
use by the recipient of these funds except for requirements imposed by 
this heading and requirements related to fair housing, 
nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment, upon a finding 
that such waiver is required to facilitate the timely use of such funds 
and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of the statute 
or regulation: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 
under this heading, up to 1 percent shall be available for staffing, 
training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, research and 
evaluation activities: Provided further, That any funds made available 
under this heading used by the Secretary for personnel expenses shall 
be transferred to and merged with funding provided to ``Personnel 
Compensation and Benefits, Office of Public and Indian Housing'': 
Provided further, That any funds made available under this heading used 
by the Secretary for training or other administrative expenses shall be 
transferred to and merged with funding provided to ``Administration, 
Operations, and Management'', for non-personnel expenses of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That any 
funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for 
technology shall be transferred to and merged with the funding provided 
to ``Working Capital Fund''.

                      Public Housing Capital Fund

    For an additional amount for the ``Public Housing Capital Fund'' to 
carry out capital and management activities for public housing 
agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ``Act''), $5,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall allocate $3,000,000,000 of this 
amount by the formula authorized under section 9(d)(2) of the Act, 
except that the Secretary may determine not to allocate funding to 
public housing agencies currently designated as troubled or to public 
housing agencies that elect not to accept such funding: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall make available $2,000,000,000 by 
competition for priority investments, including investments that 
leverage private sector funding or financing for renovations and energy 
conservation retrofit investments: Provided further, That public 
housing agencies shall prioritize capital projects that are already 
underway or included in the 5-year capital fund plans required by the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437c-1(a)): Provided further, That in allocating 
competitive grants under this heading, the Secretary shall give 
priority consideration to the rehabilitation of vacant rental units: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) 
funding provided herein may not be used for operating or rental 
assistance activities, and (2) any restriction of funding to 
replacement housing uses shall be inapplicable: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
institute measures to ensure that funds provided under this heading 
shall serve to supplement and not supplant expenditures from other 
Federal, State, or local sources or funds independently generated by 
the grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9(j), 
public housing agencies shall obligate 100 percent of the funds within 
1 year of the date of enactment of this Act, shall expend at least 60 
percent of funds within 2 years of the date on which funds become 
available to the agency for obligation, and shall expend 100 percent of 
the funds within 3 years of such date: Provided further, That if a 
public housing agency fails to comply with either the 1-year obligation 
requirement or the 2-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall 
recapture all remaining funds awarded to the public housing agency and 
reallocate such funds to agencies that are in compliance with those 
requirements: Provided further, That if a public housing agency fails 
to comply with the 3-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall 
recapture the balance of the funds awarded to the public housing 
agency: Provided further, That in administering funds provided in this 
heading, the Secretary may waive any provision of any statute or 
regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the 
obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds 
except for requirements imposed by this heading and requirements 
related to conditions on use of funds for development and 
modernization, fair housing, non-discrimination, labor standards, and 
the environment, upon a finding that such waiver is required to 
facilitate the timely use of such funds and would not be inconsistent 
with the overall purpose of the statute or regulation: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, up to 1 
percent shall be available for staffing, training, technical 
assistance, technology, monitoring, research and evaluation activities: 
Provided further, That any funds made available under this heading used 
by the Secretary for personnel expenses shall be transferred to and 
merged with funding provided to ``Personnel Compensation and Benefits, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing'': Provided further, That any funds 
made available under this heading used by the Secretary for training or 
other administrative expenses shall be transferred to and merged with 
funding provided to ``Administration, Operations, and Management'', for 
non-personnel expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That any funds made available under this 
heading used by the Secretary for technology shall be transferred to 
and merged with the funding provided to ``Working Capital Fund''.

                   Neighborhood Stabilization Program

    For the provision of emergency assistance for the redevelopment of 
abandoned and foreclosed homes, as authorized by title III of division 
B of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (the ``Act'') (42 
U.S.C. 5301 note), $2,250,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011: Provided, That funding shall be allocated by a competition 
for which eligible entities shall be States, units of general local 
government, and nonprofit entities or consortia of nonprofit entities, 
which may submit proposals in partnership with for-profit entities: 
Provided further, That in selecting grantees the Secretary shall ensure 
that the grantee can expend funding within the period allowed under 
this heading: Provided further, That additional award criteria for such 
competition shall include demonstrated grantee capacity to execute 
projects, leveraging potential, targeted impact of foreclosure 
prevention, neighborhood stabilization, and any additional factors 
determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may establish a minimum grant size: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish criteria on which to 
base the competition for any grants awarded under this heading not 
later than 75 days after the enactment of this Act and applications 
shall be due not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall award all funding within 1 
year of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That grantees shall 
expend at least 75 percent of allocated funds within 2 years of the 
date funds become available to the grantees for obligation and 100 
percent of such funds within 3 years of such date: Provided further, 
That funding used for section 2301(c)(3)(E) of the Act shall be 
available only for the redevelopment of demolished or vacant properties 
as housing: Provided further, That in addition to the eligible uses in 
section 2301, the Secretary may also use up to 10 percent of the funds 
provided under this heading for grantees for the provision of capacity 
building of and support for local communities receiving funding under 
section 2301 of the Act or under this heading: Provided further, That 
the construction or rehabilitation of early childhood and development 
centers serving households that qualify as low income shall also be an 
eligible use of funding: Provided further, That in addition to the 
allowable uses of revenues provided in section 2301 of the Act, any 
revenues generated in the first 5 years using the funds provided under 
this heading may be used by the State or applicable unit of general 
local government for maintenance associated with property acquisition 
and holding and with land banking activities: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, up to 1.5 percent shall be 
available for staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, 
monitoring, research and evaluation activities: Provided further, That 
any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for 
personnel expense shall be transferred to and merged with funding 
provided to ``Community Planning and Development Personnel Compensation 
and Benefits'': Provided further, That any funds made available under 
this heading used by the Secretary for training or other administrative 
expenses shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided to 
``Administration, Operations, and Management'' for non-personnel 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
further, That any funding made available under this heading used by the 
Secretary for technology shall be transferred to and merged with the 
funding provided to ``Working Capital Fund.''

                  Home Investment Partnerships Program

    For an additional amount for the ``HOME Investment Partnerships 
Program'' as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (the ``Act''), $2,250,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That except as 
specifically provided herein, funds provided under this heading shall 
be distributed pursuant to the formula authorized by section 217 of the 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may establish a minimum grant 
size: Provided further, That participating jurisdictions shall obligate 
100 percent of the funds within 1 year of the date of enactment of this 
Act, shall expend at least 60 percent of funds within 2 years of the 
date on which funds become available to the participating jurisdiction 
for obligation and shall expend 100 percent of the funds within 3 years 
of such date: Provided further, That if a participating jurisdiction 
fails to comply with either the 1-year obligation requirement or the 2-
year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall recapture all 
remaining funds awarded to the participating jurisdiction and 
reallocate such funds to participating jurisdictions that are in 
compliance with those requirements: Provided further, That if a 
participating jurisdiction fails to comply with the 3-year expenditure 
requirement, the Secretary shall recapture the balance of the funds 
awarded to the participating jurisdiction: Provided further, That in 
administering funds under this heading, the Secretary may waive any 
provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the 
recipient of these funds except for requirements imposed by this 
heading and requirements related to fair housing, non-discrimination, 
labor standards and the environment, upon a finding that such waiver is 
required to facilitate the timely use of such funds and would not be 
inconsistent with the overall purpose of the statute or regulation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds provided under this 
heading to provide incentives to grantees to use funding for 
investments in energy efficiency and green building technology: 
Provided further, That such incentives may include allocation of up to 
20 percent of funds made available under this heading other than 
pursuant to the formula authorized by section 217 of the Act: Provided 
further, That, of the funds made available under this heading, up to 1 
percent shall be available for staffing, training, technical 
assistance, technology, monitoring, research and evaluation activities: 
Provided further, That any funds made available under this heading used 
by the Secretary for personnel expenses shall be transferred to and 
merged with funding provided to ``Personnel Compensation and Benefits, 
Office of Community Planning and Development'': Provided further, That 
any funds made available under this heading used by the Secretary for 
training or other administrative expenses shall be transferred to and 
merged with funding provided to ``Administration, Operations, and 
Management'', for non-personnel expenses of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development: Provided further, That any funds made available 
under this heading used by the Secretary for technology shall be 
transferred to and merged with the funding provided to ``Working 
Capital Fund''.

                      Homelessness Prevention Fund

    For homelessness prevention activities, $1,500,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That funds provided under 
this heading shall be used for the provision of short-term or medium-
term rental assistance; housing relocation and stabilization services 
including housing search, mediation or outreach to property owners, 
credit repair, security or utility deposits, utility payments, rental 
assistance for a final month at a location, and moving cost assistance; 
or other appropriate homelessness prevention activities: Provided 
further, That grantees receiving such assistance shall collect data on 
the use of the funds awarded and persons served with this assistance in 
the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) or other comparable 
database: Provided further, That grantees may use up to 5 percent of 
any grant for administrative costs: Provided further, That funding made 
available under this heading shall be allocated to eligible grantees 
(as defined and designated in sections 411 and 412 of subtitle B of 
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, (the ``Act'')) 
pursuant to the formula authorized by section 413 of the Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may establish a minimum grant size: 
Provided further, That grantees shall expend at least 75 percent of 
funds within 2 years of the date that funds became available to them 
for obligation, and 100 percent of funds within 3 years of such date, 
and the Secretary may recapture unexpended funds in violation of the 2-
year expenditure requirement and reallocate such funds to grantees in 
compliance with that requirement: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may waive statutory or regulatory provisions (except provisions for 
fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment) 
necessary to facilitate the timely expenditure of funds: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall publish a notice to establish such 
requirements as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
section within 30 days of enactment of the Act and that this notice 
shall take effect upon issuance: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, up to 1.5 percent shall be available for 
staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, 
research and evaluation activities: Provided further, That any funds 
made available under this heading used by the Secretary for personnel 
expense shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided to 
``Community Planning and Development Personnel Compensation and 
Benefits'': Provided further, That any funds made available under this 
heading used by the Secretary for training or other administrative 
expenses shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided to 
``Administration, Operations, and Management'' for non-personnel 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
further, That any funding made available under this heading used by the 
Secretary for technology shall be transferred to and merged with the 
funding provided to ``Working Capital Fund.''

  Assisted Housing Stability and Energy and Green Retrofit Investments

    For assistance to owners of properties receiving project-based 
assistance pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 17012), section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), or section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f), $3,500,000,000, of which 
$2,132,000,000 shall be for an additional amount for paragraph (1) 
under the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'' in Public Law 
110-161 for payments to owners for 12-month periods, and of which 
$1,368,000,000 shall be for grants or loans for energy retrofit and 
green investments in such assisted housing: Provided, That projects 
funded with grants or loans provided under this heading must comply 
with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
United States Code: Provided further, That such grants or loans shall 
be provided through the existing policies, procedures, contracts, and 
transactional infrastructure of the authorized programs administered by 
the Office of Affordable Housing Preservation of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, on such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development deems appropriate to ensure 
the maintenance and preservation of the property, the continued 
operation and maintenance of energy efficiency technologies, and the 
timely expenditure of funds: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
provide incentives to owners to undertake energy or green retrofits as 
a part of such grant or loan terms, including, but not limited to, 
investment fees to cover oversight and implementation costs incurred by 
said owner, or to encourage job creation for low-income or very low-
income individuals: Provided further, That the grants or loans shall 
include a financial assessment and physical inspection of such 
property: Provided further, That eligible owners must have at least a 
satisfactory management review rating, be in substantial compliance 
with applicable performance standards and legal requirements, and 
commit to an additional period of affordability determined by the 
Secretary, but of not fewer than 15 years: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall undertake appropriate underwriting and oversight with 
respect to grant and loan transactions and may set aside up to 5 
percent of the funds made available under this heading for grants or 
loans for such purpose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall take 
steps necessary to ensure that owners receiving funding for energy and 
green retrofit investments under this heading shall expend such funding 
within 2 years of the date they received the funding: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive or modify statutory or regulatory 
requirements with respect to any existing grant, loan, or insurance 
mechanism authorized to be used by the Secretary to enable or 
facilitate the accomplishment of investments supported with funds made 
available under this heading for grants or loans: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this heading, up to 1.5 percent shall 
be available for staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, 
monitoring, research and evaluation activities: Provided further, That 
funding made available under this heading and used by the Secretary for 
personnel expenses shall be transferred to and merged with funding 
provided to ``Housing Compensation and Benefits'': Provided further, 
That any funding made available under this heading used by the 
Secretary for training and other administrative expenses shall be 
transferred to and merged with funding provided to ``Administration, 
Operations and Management'' for non-personnel expenses of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That any 
funding made available under this heading used by the Secretary for 
technology shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided to 
``Working Capital Fund.''

            Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

    For an additional amount for the ``Lead Hazard Reduction'', as 
authorized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992, $100,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That funds shall be awarded first to 
applicant jurisdictions which had applied under the Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Control Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability for fiscal 
year 2008, and were found in the application review to be qualified for 
award, but were not awarded because of funding limitations, and that 
any funds which remain after reservation of funds for such grants shall 
be added to the amount of funds to be awarded under the Lead-Based 
Paint Hazard Control Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability for 
fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That each applicant jurisdiction 
for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard control Grant Program Notice of Funding 
Availability for fiscal year 2009 shall submit a detailed plan and 
strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable to the 
Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds: Provided further, 
That recipients of funds under this heading shall obligate 100 percent 
of such funds within 1 year of the date of enactment of this Act, 
expend at least 75 percent of such funds within 2 years of the date on 
which funds become available to such jurisdictions for obligation, and 
expend 100 percent of such funds within 3 years of such date: Provided 
further, That if a recipient fails to comply with either the 1-year 
obligation requirement or the 2-year expenditure requirement, the 
Secretary shall recapture all remaining funds awarded to the recipient 
and reallocate such funds to recipients that are in compliance with 
those requirements: Provided further, That if a recipient fails to 
comply with the 3-year expenditure requirement, the Secretary shall 
recapture the balance of the funds awarded to the recipient: Provided 
further, That in administering funds provided in this heading, the 
Secretary may waive any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by the 
Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds except for 
requirements imposed by this heading and requirements related to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment, upon 
a finding that such waiver is required to facilitate the timely use of 
such funds and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of 
the statute or regulation: Provided further, That, of the funds made 
available under this heading, up to 1 percent shall be available for 
staffing, training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, 
research and evaluation activities: Provided further, That any funds 
made available under this heading used by the Secretary for personnel 
expenses shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided to 
``Personnel Compensation and Benefits, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead 
Hazard Control'': Provided further, That any funds made available under 
this heading used by the Secretary for training or other administrative 
expenses shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided to 
``Administration, Operations, and Management'', for non-personnel 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
further, That any funds made available under this heading used by the 
Secretary for technology shall be transferred to and merged with the 
funding provided to ``Working Capital Fund''.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For an additional amount for the necessary salaries and expenses of 
the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $2,750,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
independent authority over all personnel issues within this office.

               TITLE XIII--HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Health Information Technology for 
Economic and Clinical Health Act'' or the ``HITECH Act''.

         Subtitle A--Promotion of Health Information Technology

     PART I--IMPROVING HEALTH CARE QUALITY, SAFETY, AND EFFICIENCY

SEC. 13101. ONCHIT; STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION.

    The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

         ``TITLE XXX--HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY

``SEC. 3000. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Certified ehr technology.--The term `certified EHR 
        technology' means a qualified electronic health record and that 
        is certified pursuant to section 3001(c)(5) as meeting 
        standards adopted under section 3004 that are applicable to the 
        type of record involved (as determined by the Secretary, such 
        as an ambulatory electronic health record for office-based 
        physicians or an inpatient hospital electronic health record 
        for hospitals).
            ``(2) Enterprise integration.--The term `enterprise 
        integration' means the electronic linkage of health care 
        providers, health plans, the government, and other interested 
        parties, to enable the electronic exchange and use of health 
        information among all the components in the health care 
        infrastructure in accordance with applicable law, and such term 
        includes related application protocols and other related 
        standards.
            ``(3) Health care provider.--The term `health care 
        provider' means a hospital, skilled nursing facility, nursing 
        facility, home health entity, or other long-term care facility, 
        health care clinic, emergency medical services provider, 
        Federally qualified health center, group practice (as defined 
        in section 1877(h)(4) of the Social Security Act), a 
        pharmacist, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a physician (as defined 
        in section 1861(r) of the Social Security Act), a practitioner 
        (as described in section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the Social Security 
        Act), a provider operated by, or under contract with, the 
        Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe (as defined in the 
        Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), tribal 
        organization, or urban Indian organization (as defined in 
        section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), a rural 
        health clinic, a covered entity under section 340B, and any 
        other category of facility or clinician determined appropriate 
        by the Secretary.
            ``(4) Health information.--The term `health information' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 1171(4) of the 
        Social Security Act.
            ``(5) Health information technology.--The term `health 
        information technology' means hardware, software, integrated 
        technologies and related licenses, intellectual property, 
        upgrades, and packaged solutions sold as services for use by 
        health care entities for the electronic creation, maintenance, 
        or exchange of health information.
            ``(6) Health plan.--The term `health plan' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 1171(5) of the Social Security Act.
            ``(7) HIT policy committee.--The term `HIT Policy 
        Committee' means such Committee established under section 
        3002(a).
            ``(8) HIT standards committee.--The term `HIT Standards 
        Committee' means such Committee established under section 
        3003(a).
            ``(9) Individually identifiable health information.--The 
        term `individually identifiable health information' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 1171(6) of the Social 
        Security Act.
            ``(10) Laboratory.--The term `laboratory' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 353(a).
            ``(11) National coordinator.--The term `National 
        Coordinator' means the head of the Office of the National 
        Coordinator for Health Information Technology established under 
        section 3001(a).
            ``(12) Pharmacist.--The term `pharmacist' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 804(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
        and Cosmetic Act.
            ``(13) Qualified electronic health record.--The term 
        `qualified electronic health record' means an electronic record 
        of health-related information on an individual that--
                    ``(A) includes patient demographic and clinical 
                health information, such as medical history and problem 
                lists; and
                    ``(B) has the capacity--
                            ``(i) to provide clinical decision support;
                            ``(ii) to support physician order entry;
                            ``(iii) to capture and query information 
                        relevant to health care quality; and
                            ``(iv) to exchange electronic health 
                        information with, and integrate such 
                        information from other sources.
            ``(14) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
        Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana 
        Islands.

        ``Subtitle A--Promotion of Health Information Technology

``SEC. 3001. OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION 
              TECHNOLOGY.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the Department of 
Health and Human Services an Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology (referred to in this section as the 
`Office'). The Office shall be headed by a National Coordinator who 
shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall report directly to the 
Secretary.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The National Coordinator shall perform the duties 
under subsection (c) in a manner consistent with the development of a 
nationwide health information technology infrastructure that allows for 
the electronic use and exchange of information and that--
            ``(1) ensures that each patient's health information is 
        secure and protected, in accordance with applicable law;
            ``(2) improves health care quality, reduces medical errors, 
        and advances the delivery of patient-centered medical care;
            ``(3) reduces health care costs resulting from 
        inefficiency, medical errors, inappropriate care, duplicative 
        care, and incomplete information;
            ``(4) provides appropriate information to help guide 
        medical decisions at the time and place of care;
            ``(5) ensures the inclusion of meaningful public input in 
        such development of such infrastructure;
            ``(6) improves the coordination of care and information 
        among hospitals, laboratories, physician offices, and other 
        entities through an effective infrastructure for the secure and 
        authorized exchange of health care information;
            ``(7) improves public health activities and facilitates the 
        early identification and rapid response to public health 
        threats and emergencies, including bioterror events and 
        infectious disease outbreaks;
            ``(8) facilitates health and clinical research and health 
        care quality;
            ``(9) promotes early detection, prevention, and management 
        of chronic diseases;
            ``(10) promotes a more effective marketplace, greater 
        competition, greater systems analysis, increased consumer 
        choice, and improved outcomes in health care services; and
            ``(11) improves efforts to reduce health disparities.
    ``(c) Duties of the National Coordinator.--
            ``(1) Standards.--The National Coordinator shall review and 
        determine whether to endorse each standard, implementation 
        specification, and certification criterion for the electronic 
        exchange and use of health information that is recommended by 
        the HIT Standards Committee under section 3003 for purposes of 
        adoption under section 3004. The Coordinator shall make such 
        determination, and report to the Secretary such determination, 
        not later than 45 days after the date the recommendation is 
        received by the Coordinator.
            ``(2) HIT policy coordination.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The National Coordinator shall 
                coordinate health information technology policy and 
                programs of the Department with those of other relevant 
                executive branch agencies with a goal of avoiding 
                duplication of efforts and of helping to ensure that 
                each agency undertakes health information technology 
                activities primarily within the areas of its greatest 
                expertise and technical capability and in a manner 
                towards a coordinated national goal.
                    ``(B) HIT policy and standards committees.--The 
                National Coordinator shall be a leading member in the 
                establishment and operations of the HIT Policy 
                Committee and the HIT Standards Committee and shall 
                serve as a liaison among those two Committees and the 
                Federal Government.
            ``(3) Strategic plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The National Coordinator shall, 
                in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies 
                (including the National Institute of Standards and 
                Technology), update the Federal Health IT Strategic 
                Plan (developed as of June 3, 2008) to include specific 
                objectives, milestones, and metrics with respect to the 
                following:
                            ``(i) The electronic exchange and use of 
                        health information and the enterprise 
                        integration of such information.
                            ``(ii) The utilization of an electronic 
                        health record for each person in the United 
                        States by 2014.
                            ``(iii) The incorporation of privacy and 
                        security protections for the electronic 
                        exchange of an individual's individually 
                        identifiable health information.
                            ``(iv) Ensuring security methods to ensure 
                        appropriate authorization and electronic 
                        authentication of health information and 
                        specifying technologies or methodologies for 
                        rendering health information unusable, 
                        unreadable, or indecipherable.
                            ``(v) Specifying a framework for 
                        coordination and flow of recommendations and 
                        policies under this subtitle among the 
                        Secretary, the National Coordinator, the HIT 
                        Policy Committee, the HIT Standards Committee, 
                        and other health information exchanges and 
                        other relevant entities.
                            ``(vi) Methods to foster the public 
                        understanding of health information technology.
                            ``(vii) Strategies to enhance the use of 
                        health information technology in improving the 
                        quality of health care, reducing medical 
                        errors, reducing health disparities, improving 
                        public health, increasing prevention and 
                        coordination with community resources, and 
                        improving the continuity of care among health 
                        care settings.
                            ``(viii) Specific plans for ensuring that 
                        populations with unique needs, such as 
                        children, are appropriately addressed in the 
                        technology design, as appropriate, which may 
                        include technology that automates enrollment 
                        and retention for eligible individuals.
                    ``(B) Collaboration.--The strategic plan shall be 
                updated through collaboration of public and private 
                entities.
                    ``(C) Measurable outcome goals.--The strategic plan 
                update shall include measurable outcome goals.
                    ``(D) Publication.--The National Coordinator shall 
                republish the strategic plan, including all updates.
            ``(4) Website.--The National Coordinator shall maintain and 
        frequently update an Internet website on which there is posted 
        information on the work, schedules, reports, recommendations, 
        and other information to ensure transparency in promotion of a 
        nationwide health information technology infrastructure.
            ``(5) Certification.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The National Coordinator, in 
                consultation with the Director of the National 
                Institute of Standards and Technology, shall develop a 
                program (either directly or by contract) for the 
                voluntary certification of health information 
                technology as being in compliance with applicable 
                certification criteria adopted under this subtitle. 
                Such program shall include testing of the technology in 
                accordance with section 14201(b) of the Health 
                Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health 
                Act.
                    ``(B) Certification criteria described.--In this 
                title, the term `certification criteria' means, with 
                respect to standards and implementation specifications 
                for health information technology, criteria to 
                establish that the technology meets such standards and 
                implementation specifications.
            ``(6) Reports and publications.--
                    ``(A) Report on additional funding or authority 
                needed.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
                enactment of this title, the National Coordinator shall 
                submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of 
                the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on 
                any additional funding or authority the Coordinator or 
                the HIT Policy Committee or HIT Standards Committee 
                requires to evaluate and develop standards, 
                implementation specifications, and certification 
                criteria, or to achieve full participation of 
                stakeholders in the adoption of a nationwide health 
                information technology infrastructure that allows for 
                the electronic use and exchange of health information.
                    ``(B) Implementation report.--The National 
                Coordinator shall prepare a report that identifies 
                lessons learned from major public and private health 
                care systems in their implementation of health 
                information technology, including information on 
                whether the technologies and practices developed by 
                such systems may be applicable to and usable in whole 
                or in part by other health care providers.
                    ``(C) Assessment of impact of hit on communities 
                with health disparities and uninsured, underinsured, 
                and medically underserved areas.--The National 
                Coordinator shall assess and publish the impact of 
                health information technology in communities with 
                health disparities and in areas with a high proportion 
                of individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, and 
                medically underserved individuals (including urban and 
                rural areas) and identify practices to increase the 
                adoption of such technology by health care providers in 
                such communities, and the use of health information 
                technology to reduce and better manage chronic 
                diseases.
                    ``(D) Evaluation of benefits and costs of the 
                electronic use and exchange of health information.--The 
                National Coordinator shall evaluate and publish 
                evidence on the benefits and costs of the electronic 
                use and exchange of health information and assess to 
                whom these benefits and costs accrue.
                    ``(E) Resource requirements.--The National 
                Coordinator shall estimate and publish resources 
                required annually to reach the goal of utilization of 
                an electronic health record for each person in the 
                United States by 2014, including the required level of 
                Federal funding, expectations for regional, State, and 
                private investment, and the expected contributions by 
                volunteers to activities for the utilization of such 
                records.
            ``(7) Assistance.--The National Coordinator may provide 
        financial assistance to consumer advocacy groups and not-for-
        profit entities that work in the public interest for purposes 
        of defraying the cost to such groups and entities to 
        participate under, whether in whole or in part, the National 
        Technology Transfer Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note).
            ``(8) Governance for Nationwide Health Information 
        Network.--The National Coordinator shall establish a governance 
        mechanism for the nationwide health information network.
    ``(d) Detail of Federal Employees.--
            ``(1) In general.--Upon the request of the National 
        Coordinator, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to 
        detail, with or without reimbursement from the Office, any of 
        the personnel of such agency to the Office to assist it in 
        carrying out its duties under this section.
            ``(2) Effect of detail.--Any detail of personnel under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil 
                service status or privileges of the Federal employee; 
                and
                    ``(B) be in addition to any other staff of the 
                Department employed by the National Coordinator.
            ``(3) Acceptance of detailees.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the Office may accept detailed personnel from 
        other Federal agencies without regard to whether the agency 
        described under paragraph (1) is reimbursed.
    ``(e) Chief Privacy Officer of the Office of the National 
Coordinator.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment 
of this title, the Secretary shall appoint a Chief Privacy Officer of 
the Office of the National Coordinator, whose duty it shall be to 
advise the National Coordinator on privacy, security, and data 
stewardship of electronic health information and to coordinate with 
other Federal agencies (and similar privacy officers in such agencies), 
with State and regional efforts, and with foreign countries with regard 
to the privacy, security, and data stewardship of electronic 
individually identifiable health information.

``SEC. 3002. HIT POLICY COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established a HIT Policy Committee 
to make policy recommendations to the National Coordinator relating to 
the implementation of a nationwide health information technology 
infrastructure, including implementation of the strategic plan 
described in section 3001(c)(3).
    ``(b) Duties.--
            ``(1) Recommendations on health information technology 
        infrastructure.--The HIT Policy Committee shall recommend a 
        policy framework for the development and adoption of a 
        nationwide health information technology infrastructure that 
        permits the electronic exchange and use of health information 
        as is consistent with the strategic plan under section 
        3001(c)(3) and that includes the recommendations under 
        paragraph (2). The Committee shall update such recommendations 
        and make new recommendations as appropriate.
            ``(2) Specific areas of standard development.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The HIT Policy Committee shall 
                recommend the areas in which standards, implementation 
                specifications, and certification criteria are needed 
                for the electronic exchange and use of health 
                information for purposes of adoption under section 3004 
                and shall recommend an order of priority for the 
                development, harmonization, and recognition of such 
                standards, specifications, and certification criteria 
                among the areas so recommended. Such standards and 
                implementation specifications shall include named 
                standards, architectures, and software schemes for the 
                authentication and security of individually 
                identifiable health information and other information 
                as needed to ensure the reproducible development of 
                common solutions across disparate entities.
                    ``(B) Areas required for consideration.--For 
                purposes of subparagraph (A), the HIT Policy Committee 
                shall make recommendations for at least the following 
                areas:
                            ``(i) Technologies that protect the privacy 
                        of health information and promote security in a 
                        qualified electronic health record, including 
                        for the segmentation and protection from 
                        disclosure of specific and sensitive 
                        individually identifiable health information 
                        with the goal of minimizing the reluctance of 
                        patients to seek care (or disclose information 
                        about a condition) because of privacy concerns, 
                        in accordance with applicable law, and for the 
                        use and disclosure of limited data sets of such 
                        information.
                            ``(ii) A nationwide health information 
                        technology infrastructure that allows for the 
                        electronic use and accurate exchange of health 
                        information.
                            ``(iii) The utilization of a certified 
                        electronic health record for each person in the 
                        United States by 2014.
                            ``(iv) Technologies that as a part of a 
                        qualified electronic health record allow for an 
                        accounting of disclosures made by a covered 
                        entity (as defined for purposes of regulations 
                        promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health 
                        Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 
                        1996) for purposes of treatment, payment, and 
                        health care operations (as such terms are 
                        defined for purposes of such regulations).
                            ``(v) The use of certified electronic 
                        health records to improve the quality of health 
                        care, such as by promoting the coordination of 
                        health care and improving continuity of health 
                        care among health care providers, by reducing 
                        medical errors, by improving population health, 
                        reducing chronic disease, and by advancing 
                        research and education.
                    ``(C) Other areas for consideration.--In making 
                recommendations under subparagraph (A), the HIT Policy 
                Committee may consider the following additional areas:
                            ``(i) The appropriate uses of a nationwide 
                        health information infrastructure, including 
                        for purposes of--
                                    ``(I) the collection of quality 
                                data and public reporting;
                                    ``(II) biosurveillance and public 
                                health;
                                    ``(III) medical and clinical 
                                research; and
                                    ``(IV) drug safety.
                            ``(ii) Self-service technologies that 
                        facilitate the use and exchange of patient 
                        information and reduce wait times.
                            ``(iii) Telemedicine technologies, in order 
                        to reduce travel requirements for patients in 
                        remote areas.
                            ``(iv) Technologies that facilitate home 
                        health care and the monitoring of patients 
                        recuperating at home.
                            ``(v) Technologies that help reduce medical 
                        errors.
                            ``(vi) Technologies that facilitate the 
                        continuity of care among health settings.
                            ``(vii) Technologies that meet the needs of 
                        diverse populations.
                            ``(viii) Technologies and design features 
                        that address the needs of children and other 
                        vulnerable populations.
                            ``(ix) Any other technology that the HIT 
                        Policy Committee finds to be among the 
                        technologies with the greatest potential to 
                        improve the quality and efficiency of health 
                        care.
            ``(3) Forum.--The HIT Policy Committee shall serve as a 
        forum for broad stakeholder input with specific expertise in 
        policies relating to the matters described in paragraphs (1) 
        and (2).
    ``(c) Membership and Operations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The National Coordinator shall provide 
        leadership in the establishment and operations of the HIT 
        Policy Committee.
            ``(2) Membership.--The membership of the HIT Policy 
        Committee shall at least reflect providers, ancillary 
        healthcare workers, consumers, purchasers, health plans, 
        technology vendors, researchers, relevant Federal agencies, and 
        individuals with technical expertise on health care quality, 
        privacy and security, and on the electronic exchange and use of 
        health information.
            ``(3) Consideration.--The National Coordinator shall ensure 
        that the relevant recommendations and comments from the 
        National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics are 
        considered in the development of policies.
    ``(d) Application of FACA.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.), other than section 14 of such Act, shall apply to the HIT 
Policy Committee.
    ``(e) Publication.--The Secretary shall provide for publication in 
the Federal Register and the posting on the Internet website of the 
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of 
all policy recommendations made by the HIT Policy Committee under this 
section.

``SEC. 3003. HIT STANDARDS COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established a committee to be known 
as the HIT Standards Committee to recommend to the National Coordinator 
standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria 
for the electronic exchange and use of health information for purposes 
of adoption under section 3004, consistent with the implementation of 
the strategic plan described in section 3001(c)(3) and beginning with 
the areas listed in section 3002(b)(2)(B) in accordance with policies 
developed by the HIT Policy Committee.
    ``(b) Duties.--
            ``(1) Standard development.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The HIT Standards Committee 
                shall recommend to the National Coordinator standards, 
                implementation specifications, and certification 
                criteria described in subsection (a) that have been 
                developed, harmonized, or recognized by the HIT 
                Standards Committee. The HIT Standards Committee shall 
                update such recommendations and make new 
                recommendations as appropriate, including in response 
                to a notification sent under section 3004(b)(2). Such 
                recommendations shall be consistent with the latest 
                recommendations made by the HIT Policy Committee.
                    ``(B) Pilot testing of standards and implementation 
                specifications.--In the development, harmonization, or 
                recognition of standards and implementation 
                specifications, the HIT Standards Committee shall, as 
                appropriate, provide for the testing of such standards 
                and specifications by the National Institute for 
                Standards and Technology under section 14201 of the 
                Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical 
                Health Act.
                    ``(C) Consistency.--The standards, implementation 
                specifications, and certification criteria recommended 
                under this subsection shall be consistent with the 
                standards for information transactions and data 
                elements adopted pursuant to section 1173 of the Social 
                Security Act.
            ``(2) Forum.--The HIT Standards Committee shall serve as a 
        forum for the participation of a broad range of stakeholders to 
        provide input on the development, harmonization, and 
        recognition of standards, implementation specifications, and 
        certification criteria necessary for the development and 
        adoption of a nationwide health information technology 
        infrastructure that allows for the electronic use and exchange 
        of health information.
            ``(3) Schedule.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this title, the HIT Standards Committee shall 
        develop a schedule for the assessment of policy recommendations 
        developed by the HIT Policy Committee under section 3002. The 
        HIT Standards Committee shall update such schedule annually. 
        The Secretary shall publish such schedule in the Federal 
        Register.
            ``(4) Public input.--The HIT Standards Committee shall 
        conduct open public meetings and develop a process to allow for 
        public comment on the schedule described in paragraph (3) and 
        recommendations described in this subsection. Under such 
        process comments shall be submitted in a timely manner after 
        the date of publication of a recommendation under this 
        subsection.
    ``(c) Membership and Operations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The National Coordinator shall provide 
        leadership in the establishment and operations of the HIT 
        Standards Committee.
            ``(2) Membership.--The membership of the HIT Standards 
        Committee shall at least reflect providers, ancillary 
        healthcare workers, consumers, purchasers, health plans, 
        technology vendors, researchers, relevant Federal agencies, and 
        individuals with technical expertise on health care quality, 
        privacy and security, and on the electronic exchange and use of 
        health information.
            ``(3) Consideration.--The National Coordinator shall ensure 
        that the relevant recommendations and comments from the 
        National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics are 
        considered in the development of standards.
            ``(4) Assistance.--For the purposes of carrying out this 
        section, the Secretary may provide or ensure that financial 
        assistance is provided by the HIT Standards Committee to defray 
        in whole or in part any membership fees or dues charged by such 
        Committee to those consumer advocacy groups and not for profit 
        entities that work in the public interest as a part of their 
        mission.
    ``(d) Application of FACA.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.), other than section 14, shall apply to the HIT Standards 
Committee.
    ``(e) Publication.--The Secretary shall provide for publication in 
the Federal Register and the posting on the Internet website of the 
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of 
all recommendations made by the HIT Standards Committee under this 
section.

``SEC. 3004. PROCESS FOR ADOPTION OF ENDORSED RECOMMENDATIONS; ADOPTION 
              OF INITIAL SET OF STANDARDS, IMPLEMENTATION 
              SPECIFICATIONS, AND CERTIFICATION CRITERIA.

    ``(a) Process for Adoption of Endorsed Recommendations.--
            ``(1) Review of endorsed standards, implementation 
        specifications, and certification criteria.--Not later than 90 
        days after the date of receipt of standards, implementation 
        specifications, or certification criteria endorsed under 
        section 3001(c), the Secretary, in consultation with 
        representatives of other relevant Federal agencies, shall 
        jointly review such standards, implementation specifications, 
        or certification criteria and shall determine whether or not to 
        propose adoption of such standards, implementation 
        specifications, or certification criteria.
            ``(2) Determination to adopt standards, implementation 
        specifications, and certification criteria.--If the Secretary 
        determines--
                    ``(A) to propose adoption of any grouping of such 
                standards, implementation specifications, or 
                certification criteria, the Secretary shall, by 
                regulation, determine whether or not to adopt such 
                grouping of standards, implementation specifications, 
                or certification criteria; or
                    ``(B) not to propose adoption of any grouping of 
                standards, implementation specifications, or 
                certification criteria, the Secretary shall notify the 
                National Coordinator and the HIT Standards Committee in 
                writing of such determination and the reasons for not 
                proposing the adoption of such recommendation.
            ``(3) Publication.--The Secretary shall provide for 
        publication in the Federal Register of all determinations made 
        by the Secretary under paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Adoption of Initial Set of Standards, Implementation 
Specifications, and Certification Criteria.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2009, the 
        Secretary shall, through the rulemaking process described in 
        section 3003, adopt an initial set of standards, implementation 
        specifications, and certification criteria for the areas 
        required for consideration under section 3002(b)(2)(B).
            ``(2) Application of current standards, implementation 
        specifications, and certification criteria.--The standards, 
        implementation specifications, and certification criteria 
        adopted before the date of the enactment of this title through 
        the process existing through the Office of the National 
        Coordinator for Health Information Technology may be applied 
        towards meeting the requirement of paragraph (1).

``SEC. 3005. APPLICATION AND USE OF ADOPTED STANDARDS AND 
              IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    ``For requirements relating to the application and use by Federal 
agencies of the standards and implementation specifications adopted 
under section 3004, see section 13111 of the Health Information 
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.

``SEC. 3006. VOLUNTARY APPLICATION AND USE OF ADOPTED STANDARDS AND 
              IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS BY PRIVATE ENTITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided under section 13112 of the 
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, any 
standard or implementation specification adopted under section 3004 
shall be voluntary with respect to private entities.
    ``(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
construed to require that a private entity that enters into a contract 
with the Federal Government apply or use the standards and 
implementation specifications adopted under section 3004 with respect 
to activities not related to the contract.

``SEC. 3007. FEDERAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

    ``(a) In General.--The National Coordinator shall support the 
development, routine updating and provision of qualified EHR technology 
(as defined in section 3000) consistent with subsections (b) and (c) 
unless the Secretary determines that the needs and demands of providers 
are being substantially and adequately met through the marketplace.
    ``(b) Certification.--In making such EHR technology publicly 
available, the National Coordinator shall ensure that the qualified EHR 
technology described in subsection (a) is certified under the program 
developed under section 3001(c)(3) to be in compliance with applicable 
standards adopted under section 3003(a).
    ``(c) Authorization to Charge a Nominal Fee.--The National 
Coordinator may impose a nominal fee for the adoption by a health care 
provider of the health information technology system developed or 
approved under subsection (a) and (b). Such fee shall take into account 
the financial circumstances of smaller providers, low income providers, 
and providers located in rural or other medically underserved areas.
    ``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require that a private or government entity adopt or use 
the technology provided under this section.

``SEC. 3008. TRANSITIONS.

    ``(a) ONCHIT.--To the extent consistent with section 3001, all 
functions, personnel, assets, liabilities, and administrative actions 
applicable to the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology appointed under Executive Order 13335 or the Office of such 
National Coordinator on the date before the date of the enactment of 
this title shall be transferred to the National Coordinator appointed 
under section 3001(a) and the Office of such National Coordinator as of 
the date of the enactment of this title.
    ``(b) AHIC.--
            ``(1) To the extent consistent with sections 3002 and 3003, 
        all functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities applicable to 
        the AHIC Successor, Inc. doing business as the National eHealth 
        Collaborative as of the day before the date of the enactment of 
        this title shall be transferred to the HIT Policy Committee or 
        the HIT Standards Committee, established under section 3002(a) 
        or 3003(a), as appropriate, as of the date of the enactment of 
        this title.
            ``(2) In carrying out section 3003(b)(1)(A), until 
        recommendations are made by the HIT Policy Committee, 
        recommendations of the HIT Standards Committee shall be 
        consistent with the most recent recommendations made by such 
        AHIC Successor, Inc.
    ``(c) Rules of Construction.--
            ``(1) ONCHIT.--Nothing in section 3001 or subsection (a) 
        shall be construed as requiring the creation of a new entity to 
        the extent that the Office of the National Coordinator for 
        Health Information Technology established pursuant to Executive 
        Order 13335 is consistent with the provisions of section 3001.
            ``(2) AHIC.--Nothing in sections 3002 or 3003 or subsection 
        (b) shall be construed as prohibiting the AHIC Successor, Inc. 
        doing business as the National eHealth Collaborative from 
        modifying its charter, duties, membership, and any other 
        structure or function required to be consistent with section 
        3002 and 3003 in a manner that would permit the Secretary to 
        choose to recognize such AHIC Successor, Inc. as the HIT Policy 
        Committee or the HIT Standards Committee.

``SEC. 3009. RELATION TO HIPAA PRIVACY AND SECURITY LAW.

    ``(a) In General.--With respect to the relation of this title to 
HIPAA privacy and security law:
            ``(1) This title may not be construed as having any effect 
        on the authorities of the Secretary under HIPAA privacy and 
        security law.
            ``(2) The purposes of this title include ensuring that the 
        health information technology standards and implementation 
        specifications adopted under section 3004 take into account the 
        requirements of HIPAA privacy and security law.
    ``(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term `HIPAA 
privacy and security law' means--
            ``(1) the provisions of part C of title XI of the Social 
        Security Act, section 264 of the Health Insurance Portability 
        and Accountability Act of 1996, and subtitle D of the Health 
        Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; 
        and
            ``(2) regulations under such provisions.''.

SEC. 13102. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Section 1171(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d) is 
amended by striking ``or C'' and inserting ``C, or D''.

 PART II--APPLICATION AND USE OF ADOPTED HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
                           STANDARDS; REPORTS

SEC. 13111. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES WITH ADOPTED STANDARDS 
              AND IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) Spending on Health Information Technology Systems.--As each 
agency (as defined in the Executive Order issued on August 22, 2006, 
relating to promoting quality and efficient health care in Federal 
government administered or sponsored health care programs) implements, 
acquires, or upgrades health information technology systems used for 
the direct exchange of individually identifiable health information 
between agencies and with non-Federal entities, it shall utilize, where 
available, health information technology systems and products that meet 
standards and implementation specifications adopted under section 
3004(b) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101.
    (b) Federal Information Collection Activities.--With respect to a 
standard or implementation specification adopted under section 3004(b) 
of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101, the 
President shall take measures to ensure that Federal activities 
involving the broad collection and submission of health information are 
consistent with such standard or implementation specification, 
respectively, within three years after the date of such adoption.
    (c) Application of Definitions.--The definitions contained in 
section 3000 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 
13101, shall apply for purposes of this part.

SEC. 13112. APPLICATION TO PRIVATE ENTITIES.

    Each agency (as defined in such Executive Order issued on August 
22, 2006, relating to promoting quality and efficient health care in 
Federal government administered or sponsored health care programs) 
shall require in contracts or agreements with health care providers, 
health plans, or health insurance issuers that as each provider, plan, 
or issuer implements, acquires, or upgrades health information 
technology systems, it shall utilize, where available, health 
information technology systems and products that meet standards and 
implementation specifications adopted under section 3004(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act, as added by section 13101.

SEC. 13113. STUDY AND REPORTS.

    (a) Report on Adoption of Nationwide System.--Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report that--
            (1) describes the specific actions that have been taken by 
        the Federal Government and private entities to facilitate the 
        adoption of a nationwide system for the electronic use and 
        exchange of health information;
            (2) describes barriers to the adoption of such a nationwide 
        system; and
            (3) contains recommendations to achieve full implementation 
        of such a nationwide system.
    (b) Reimbursement Incentive Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        shall carry out, or contract with a private entity to carry 
        out, a study that examines methods to create efficient 
        reimbursement incentives for improving health care quality in 
        Federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and 
        free clinics.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
        jurisdiction of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
        report on the study carried out under paragraph (1).
    (c) Aging Services Technology Study and Report.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        shall carry out, or contract with a private entity to carry 
        out, a study of matters relating to the potential use of new 
        aging services technology to assist seniors, individuals with 
        disabilities, and their caregivers throughout the aging 
        process.
            (2) Matters to be studied.--The study under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) an evaluation of--
                            (i) methods for identifying current, 
                        emerging, and future health technology that can 
                        be used to meet the needs of seniors and 
                        individuals with disabilities and their 
                        caregivers across all aging services settings, 
                        as specified by the Secretary;
                            (ii) methods for fostering scientific 
                        innovation with respect to aging services 
                        technology within the business and academic 
                        communities; and
                            (iii) developments in aging services 
                        technology in other countries that may be 
                        applied in the United States; and
                    (B) identification of--
                            (i) barriers to innovation in aging 
                        services technology and devising strategies for 
                        removing such barriers; and
                            (ii) barriers to the adoption of aging 
                        services technology by health care providers 
                        and consumers and devising strategies to 
                        removing such barriers.
            (3) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the House of 
        Representatives and of the Senate a report on the study carried 
        out under paragraph (1).
            (4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    (A) Aging services technology.--The term ``aging 
                services technology'' means health technology that 
                meets the health care needs of seniors, individuals 
                with disabilities, and the caregivers of such seniors 
                and individuals.
                    (B) Senior.--The term ``senior'' has such meaning 
                as specified by the Secretary.

          Subtitle B--Testing of Health Information Technology

SEC. 13201. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY TESTING.

    (a) Pilot Testing of Standards and Implementation Specifications.--
In coordination with the HIT Standards Committee established under 
section 3003 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 
13101, with respect to the development of standards and implementation 
specifications under such section, the Director of the National 
Institute for Standards and Technology shall test such standards and 
implementation specifications, as appropriate, in order to assure the 
efficient implementation and use of such standards and implementation 
specifications.
    (b) Voluntary Testing Program.--In coordination with the HIT 
Standards Committee established under section 3003 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as added by section 13101, with respect to the development 
of standards and implementation specifications under such section, the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall 
support the establishment of a conformance testing infrastructure, 
including the development of technical test beds. The development of 
this conformance testing infrastructure may include a program to 
accredit independent, non-Federal laboratories to perform testing.

SEC. 13202. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Health Care Information Enterprise Integration Research 
Centers.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the National Institute of 
        Standards and Technology, in consultation with the Director of 
        the National Science Foundation and other appropriate Federal 
        agencies, shall establish a program of assistance to 
        institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof which 
        may include nonprofit entities and Federal Government 
        laboratories) to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Health 
        Care Information Enterprise Integration.
            (2) Review; competition.--Grants shall be awarded under 
        this subsection on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis.
            (3) Purpose.--The purposes of the Centers described in 
        paragraph (1) shall be--
                    (A) to generate innovative approaches to health 
                care information enterprise integration by conducting 
                cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on the systems 
                challenges to health care delivery; and
                    (B) the development and use of health information 
                technologies and other complementary fields.
            (4) Research areas.--Research areas may include--
                    (A) interfaces between human information and 
                communications technology systems;
                    (B) voice-recognition systems;
                    (C) software that improves interoperability and 
                connectivity among health information systems;
                    (D) software dependability in systems critical to 
                health care delivery;
                    (E) measurement of the impact of information 
                technologies on the quality and productivity of health 
                care;
                    (F) health information enterprise management;
                    (G) health information technology security and 
                integrity; and
                    (H) relevant health information technology to 
                reduce medical errors.
            (5) Applications.--An institution of higher education (or a 
        consortium thereof) seeking funding under this subsection shall 
        submit an application to the Director of the National Institute 
        of Standards and Technology at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Director may require. The 
        application shall include, at a minimum, a description of--
                    (A) the research projects that will be undertaken 
                by the Center established pursuant to assistance under 
                paragraph (1) and the respective contributions of the 
                participating entities;
                    (B) how the Center will promote active 
                collaboration among scientists and engineers from 
                different disciplines, such as information technology, 
                biologic sciences, management, social sciences, and 
                other appropriate disciplines;
                    (C) technology transfer activities to demonstrate 
                and diffuse the research results, technologies, and 
                knowledge; and
                    (D) how the Center will contribute to the education 
                and training of researchers and other professionals in 
                fields relevant to health information enterprise 
                integration.
    (b) National Information Technology Research and Development 
Program.--The National High-Performance Computing Program established 
by section 101 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 
5511) shall coordinate Federal research and development programs 
related to the development and deployment of health information 
technology, including activities related to--
            (1) computer infrastructure;
            (2) data security;
            (3) development of large-scale, distributed, reliable 
        computing systems;
            (4) wired, wireless, and hybrid high-speed networking;
            (5) development of software and software-intensive systems;
            (6) human-computer interaction and information management 
        technologies; and
            (7) the social and economic implications of information 
        technology.

  Subtitle C--Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology

                    PART I--GRANTS AND LOANS FUNDING

SEC. 13301. GRANT, LOAN, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

    Title XXX of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 
13101, is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:

 ``Subtitle B--Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology

``SEC. 3011. IMMEDIATE FUNDING TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH INFORMATION 
              TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall, using amounts appropriated under section 3018, invest in the 
infrastructure necessary to allow for and promote the electronic 
exchange and use of health information for each individual in the 
United States consistent with the goals outlined in the strategic plan 
developed by the National Coordinator (and, as available) under section 
3001. To the greatest extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure 
that any funds so appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of 
health information technology that meets standards and certification 
criteria adopted before the date of the enactment of this title until 
such date as the standards are adopted under section 3004. The 
Secretary shall invest funds through the different agencies with 
expertise in such goals, such as the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology, the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the 
Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, and the Indian Health Service to support the 
following:
            ``(1) Health information technology architecture that will 
        support the nationwide electronic exchange and use of health 
        information in a secure, private, and accurate manner, 
        including connecting health information exchanges, and which 
        may include updating and implementing the infrastructure 
        necessary within different agencies of the Department of Health 
        and Human Services to support the electronic use and exchange 
        of health information.
            ``(2) Development and adoption of appropriate certified 
        electronic health records for categories of providers not 
        eligible for support under title XVIII or XIX of the Social 
        Security Act for the adoption of such records.
            ``(3) Training on and dissemination of information on best 
        practices to integrate health information technology, including 
        electronic health records, into a provider's delivery of care, 
        consistent with best practices learned from the Health 
        Information Technology Research Center developed under section 
        3012, including community health centers receiving assistance 
        under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, covered 
        entities under section 340B of such Act, and providers 
        participating in one or more of the programs under titles 
        XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act (relating to 
        Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance 
        Program).
            ``(4) Infrastructure and tools for the promotion of 
        telemedicine, including coordination among Federal agencies in 
        the promotion of telemedicine.
            ``(5) Promotion of the interoperability of clinical data 
        repositories or registries.
            ``(6) Promotion of technologies and best practices that 
        enhance the protection of health information by all holders of 
        individually identifiable health information.
            ``(7) Improve and expand the use of health information 
        technology by public health departments.
            ``(8) Provide $300,000,000 to support regional or sub-
        national efforts towards health information exchange.
    ``(b) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure funds under this 
section are used in a coordinated manner with other health information 
promotion activities.
    ``(c) Additional Use of Funds.--In addition to using funds as 
provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may use amounts appropriated 
under section 3018 to carry out activities that are provided for under 
laws in effect on the date of enactment of this title.

``SEC. 3012. HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Health Information Technology Extension Program.--To assist 
health care providers to adopt, implement, and effectively use 
certified EHR technology that allows for the electronic exchange and 
use of health information, the Secretary, acting through the Office of 
the National Coordinator, shall establish a health information 
technology extension program to provide health information technology 
assistance services to be carried out through the Department of Health 
and Human Services. The National Coordinator shall consult with other 
Federal agencies with demonstrated experience and expertise in 
information technology services, such as the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, in developing and implementing this program.
    ``(b) Health Information Technology Research Center.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall create a Health 
        Information Technology Research Center (in this section 
        referred to as the `Center') to provide technical assistance 
        and develop or recognize best practices to support and 
        accelerate efforts to adopt, implement, and effectively utilize 
        health information technology that allows for the electronic 
        exchange and use of information in compliance with standards, 
        implementation specifications, and certification criteria 
        adopted under section 3004(b).
            ``(2) Input.--The Center shall incorporate input from--
                    ``(A) other Federal agencies with demonstrated 
                experience and expertise in information technology 
                services such as the National Institute of Standards 
                and Technology;
                    ``(B) users of health information technology, such 
                as providers and their support and clerical staff and 
                others involved in the care and care coordination of 
                patients, from the health care and health information 
                technology industry; and
                    ``(C) others as appropriate.
            ``(3) Purposes.--The purposes of the Center are to--
                    ``(A) provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge 
                and experience;
                    ``(B) accelerate the transfer of lessons learned 
                from existing public and private sector initiatives, 
                including those currently receiving Federal financial 
                support;
                    ``(C) assemble, analyze, and widely disseminate 
                evidence and experience related to the adoption, 
                implementation, and effective use of health information 
                technology that allows for the electronic exchange and 
                use of information including through the regional 
                centers described in subsection (c);
                    ``(D) provide technical assistance for the 
                establishment and evaluation of regional and local 
                health information networks to facilitate the 
                electronic exchange of information across health care 
                settings and improve the quality of health care;
                    ``(E) provide technical assistance for the 
                development and dissemination of solutions to barriers 
                to the exchange of electronic health information; and
                    ``(F) learn about effective strategies to adopt and 
                utilize health information technology in medically 
                underserved communities.
    ``(c) Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide assistance 
        for the creation and support of regional centers (in this 
        subsection referred to as `regional centers') to provide 
        technical assistance and disseminate best practices and other 
        information learned from the Center to support and accelerate 
        efforts to adopt, implement, and effectively utilize health 
        information technology that allows for the electronic exchange 
        and use of information in compliance with standards, 
        implementation specifications, and certification criteria 
        adopted under section 3004. Activities conducted under this 
        subsection shall be consistent with the strategic plan 
        developed by the National Coordinator (and, as available) under 
        section 3001.
            ``(2) Affiliation.--Regional centers shall be affiliated 
        with any United States-based nonprofit institution or 
        organization, or group thereof, that applies and is awarded 
        financial assistance under this section. Individual awards 
        shall be decided on the basis of merit.
            ``(3) Objective.--The objective of the regional centers is 
        to enhance and promote the adoption of health information 
        technology through--
                    ``(A) assistance with the implementation, effective 
                use, upgrading, and ongoing maintenance of health 
                information technology, including electronic health 
                records, to healthcare providers nationwide;
                    ``(B) broad participation of individuals from 
                industry, universities, and State governments;
                    ``(C) active dissemination of best practices and 
                research on the implementation, effective use, 
                upgrading, and ongoing maintenance of health 
                information technology, including electronic health 
                records, to health care providers in order to improve 
                the quality of healthcare and protect the privacy and 
                security of health information;
                    ``(D) participation, to the extent practicable, in 
                health information exchanges;
                    ``(E) utilization, when appropriate, of the 
                expertise and capability that exists in federal 
                agencies other than the Department; and
                    ``(F) integration of health information technology, 
                including electronic health records, into the initial 
                and ongoing training of health professionals and others 
                in the healthcare industry that would be instrumental 
                to improving the quality of healthcare through the 
                smooth and accurate electronic use and exchange of 
                health information.
            ``(4) Regional assistance.--Each regional center shall aim 
        to provide assistance and education to all providers in a 
        region, but shall prioritize any direct assistance first to the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Public or not-for-profit hospitals or 
                critical access hospitals.
                    ``(B) Federally qualified health centers (as 
                defined in section 1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security 
                Act).
                    ``(C) Entities that are located in rural and other 
                areas that serve uninsured, underinsured, and medically 
                underserved individuals (regardless of whether such 
                area is urban or rural).
                    ``(D) Individual or small group practices (or a 
                consortium thereof) that are primarily focused on 
                primary care.
            ``(5) Financial support.--The Secretary may provide 
        financial support to any regional center created under this 
        subsection for a period not to exceed four years. The Secretary 
        may not provide more than 50 percent of the capital and annual 
        operating and maintenance funds required to create and maintain 
        such a center, except in an instance of national economic 
        conditions which would render this cost-share requirement 
        detrimental to the program and upon notification to Congress as 
        to the justification to waive the cost-share requirement.
            ``(6) Notice of program description and availability of 
        funds.--The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, 
        not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, a draft description of the program for establishing 
        regional centers under this subsection. Such description shall 
        include the following:
                    ``(A) A detailed explanation of the program and the 
                programs goals.
                    ``(B) Procedures to be followed by the applicants.
                    ``(C) Criteria for determining qualified 
                applicants.
                    ``(D) Maximum support levels expected to be 
                available to centers under the program.
            ``(7) Application review.--The Secretary shall subject each 
        application under this subsection to merit review. In making a 
        decision whether to approve such application and provide 
        financial support, the Secretary shall consider at a minimum 
        the merits of the application, including those portions of the 
        application regarding--
                    ``(A) the ability of the applicant to provide 
                assistance under this subsection and utilization of 
                health information technology appropriate to the needs 
                of particular categories of health care providers;
                    ``(B) the types of service to be provided to health 
                care providers;
                    ``(C) geographical diversity and extent of service 
                area; and
                    ``(D) the percentage of funding and amount of in-
                kind commitment from other sources.
            ``(8) Biennial evaluation.--Each regional center which 
        receives financial assistance under this subsection shall be 
        evaluated biennially by an evaluation panel appointed by the 
        Secretary. Each evaluation panel shall be composed of private 
        experts, none of whom shall be connected with the center 
        involved, and of Federal officials. Each evaluation panel shall 
        measure the involved center's performance against the objective 
        specified in paragraph (3). The Secretary shall not continue to 
        provide funding to a regional center unless its evaluation is 
        overall positive.
            ``(9) Continuing support.--After the second year of 
        assistance under this subsection a regional center may receive 
        additional support under this subsection if it has received 
        positive evaluations and a finding by the Secretary that 
        continuation of Federal funding to the center was in the best 
        interest of provision of health information technology 
        extension services.

``SEC. 3013. STATE GRANTS TO PROMOTE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the National 
Coordinator, shall establish a program in accordance with this section 
to facilitate and expand the electronic movement and use of health 
information among organizations according to nationally recognized 
standards.
    ``(b) Planning Grants.--The Secretary may award a grant to a State 
or qualified State-designated entity (as described in subsection (d)) 
that submits an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may specify, 
for the purpose of planning activities described in subsection (b).
    ``(c) Implementation Grants.--The Secretary may award a grant to a 
State or qualified State designated entity that--
            ``(1) has submitted, and the Secretary has approved, a plan 
        described in subsection (c) (regardless of whether such plan 
        was prepared using amounts awarded under paragraph (1)); and
            ``(2) submits an application at such time, in such manner, 
        and containing such information as the Secretary may specify.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--Amounts received under a grant under 
subsection (a)(3) shall be used to conduct activities to facilitate and 
expand the electronic movement and use of health information among 
organizations according to nationally recognized standards through 
activities that include--
            ``(1) enhancing broad and varied participation in the 
        authorized and secure nationwide electronic use and exchange of 
        health information;
            ``(2) identifying State or local resources available 
        towards a nationwide effort to promote health information 
        technology;
            ``(3) complementing other Federal grants, programs, and 
        efforts towards the promotion of health information technology;
            ``(4) providing technical assistance for the development 
        and dissemination of solutions to barriers to the exchange of 
        electronic health information;
            ``(5) promoting effective strategies to adopt and utilize 
        health information technology in medically underserved 
        communities;
            ``(6) assisting patients in utilizing health information 
        technology;
            ``(7) encouraging clinicians to work with Health 
        Information Technology Regional Extension Centers as described 
        in section 3012, to the extent they are available and valuable;
            ``(8) supporting public health agencies' authorized use of 
        and access to electronic health information;
            ``(9) promoting the use of electronic health records for 
        quality improvement including through quality measures 
        reporting; and
            ``(10) such other activities as the Secretary may specify.
    ``(e) Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--A plan described in this subsection is a 
        plan that describes the activities to be carried out by a State 
        or by the qualified State-designated entity within such State 
        to facilitate and expand the electronic movement and use of 
        health information among organizations according to nationally 
        recognized standards and implementation specifications.
            ``(2) Required elements.--A plan described in paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    ``(A) be pursued in the public interest;
                    ``(B) be consistent with the strategic plan 
                developed by the National Coordinator (and, as 
                available) under section 3001;
                    ``(C) include a description of the ways the State 
                or qualified State-designated entity will carry out the 
                activities described in subsection (b); and
                    ``(D) contain such elements as the Secretary may 
                require.
    ``(f) Qualified State-Designated Entity.--For purposes of this 
section, to be a qualified State-designated entity, with respect to a 
State, an entity shall--
            ``(1) be designated by the State as eligible to receive 
        awards under this section;
            ``(2) be a not-for-profit entity with broad stakeholder 
        representation on its governing board;
            ``(3) demonstrate that one of its principal goals is to use 
        information technology to improve health care quality and 
        efficiency through the authorized and secure electronic 
        exchange and use of health information;
            ``(4) adopt nondiscrimination and conflict of interest 
        policies that demonstrate a commitment to open, fair, and 
        nondiscriminatory participation by stakeholders; and
            ``(5) conform to such other requirements as the Secretary 
        may establish.
    ``(g) Required Consultation.--In carrying out activities described 
in subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3), a State or qualified State-designated 
entity shall consult with and consider the recommendations of--
            ``(1) health care providers (including providers that 
        provide services to low income and underserved populations);
            ``(2) health plans;
            ``(3) patient or consumer organizations that represent the 
        population to be served;
            ``(4) health information technology vendors;
            ``(5) health care purchasers and employers;
            ``(6) public health agencies;
            ``(7) health professions schools, universities and 
        colleges;
            ``(8) clinical researchers;
            ``(9) other users of health information technology such as 
        the support and clerical staff of providers and others involved 
        in the care and care coordination of patients; and
            ``(10) such other entities, as may be determined 
        appropriate by the Secretary.
    ``(h) Continuous Improvement.--The Secretary shall annually 
evaluate the activities conducted under this section and shall, in 
awarding grants under this section, implement the lessons learned from 
such evaluation in a manner so that awards made subsequent to each such 
evaluation are made in a manner that, in the determination of the 
Secretary, will lead towards the greatest improvement in quality of 
care, decrease in costs, and the most effective authorized and secure 
electronic exchange of health information.
    ``(i) Required Match.--
            ``(1) In general.--For a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal 
        year 2011), the Secretary may not make a grant under subsection 
        (a) to a State unless the State agrees to make available non-
        Federal contributions (which may include in-kind contributions) 
        toward the costs of a grant awarded under subsection (a)(3) in 
        an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) for fiscal year 2011, not less than $1 for 
                each $10 of Federal funds provided under the grant;
                    ``(B) for fiscal year 2012, not less than $1 for 
                each $7 of Federal funds provided under the grant; and
                    ``(C) for fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent 
                fiscal year, not less than $1 for each $3 of Federal 
                funds provided under the grant.
            ``(2) Authority to require state match for fiscal years 
        before fiscal year 2011.--For any fiscal year during the grant 
        program under this section before fiscal year 2011, the 
        Secretary may determine the extent to which there shall be 
        required a non-Federal contribution from a State receiving a 
        grant under this section.

``SEC. 3014. COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES FOR THE 
              DEVELOPMENT OF LOAN PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE THE WIDESPREAD 
              ADOPTION OF CERTIFIED EHR TECHNOLOGY.

    ``(a) In General.--The National Coordinator may award competitive 
grants to eligible entities for the establishment of programs for loans 
to health care providers to conduct the activities described in 
subsection (e).
    ``(b) Eligible Entity Defined.--For purposes of this subsection, 
the term `eligible entity' means a State or Indian tribe (as defined in 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act) that--
            ``(1) submits to the National Coordinator an application at 
        such time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
        the National Coordinator may require;
            ``(2) submits to the National Coordinator a strategic plan 
        in accordance with subsection (d) and provides to the National 
        Coordinator assurances that the entity will update such plan 
        annually in accordance with such subsection;
            ``(3) provides assurances to the National Coordinator that 
        the entity will establish a Loan Fund in accordance with 
        subsection (c);
            ``(4) provides assurances to the National Coordinator that 
        the entity will not provide a loan from the Loan Fund to a 
        health care provider unless the provider agrees to--
                    ``(A) submit reports on quality measures adopted by 
                the Federal Government (by not later than 90 days after 
                the date on which such measures are adopted), to--
                            ``(i) the Director of the Centers for 
                        Medicare & Medicaid Services (or his or her 
                        designee), in the case of an entity 
                        participating in the Medicare program under 
                        title XVIII of the Social Security Act or the 
                        Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) the Secretary in the case of other 
                        entities;
                    ``(B) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the 
                Secretary (through criteria established by the 
                Secretary) that any certified EHR technology purchased, 
                improved, or otherwise financially supported under a 
                loan under this section is used to exchange health 
                information in a manner that, in accordance with law 
                and standards (as adopted under section 3005) 
                applicable to the exchange of information, improves the 
                quality of health care, such as promoting care 
                coordination;
                    ``(C) comply with such other requirements as the 
                entity or the Secretary may require;
                    ``(D) include a plan on how healthcare providers 
                involved intend to maintain and support the certified 
                EHR technology over time; and
                    ``(E) include a plan on how the healthcare 
                providers involved intend to maintain and support the 
                certified EHR technology that would be purchased with 
                such loan, including the type of resources expected to 
                be involved and any such other information as the State 
                or Indian tribe, respectively, may require; and
            ``(5) agrees to provide matching funds in accordance with 
        subsection (i).
    ``(c) Establishment of Fund.--For purposes of subsection (b)(3), an 
eligible entity shall establish a certified EHR technology loan fund 
(referred to in this subsection as a `Loan Fund') and comply with the 
other requirements contained in this section. A grant to an eligible 
entity under this section shall be deposited in the Loan Fund 
established by the eligible entity. No funds authorized by other 
provisions of this title to be used for other purposes specified in 
this title shall be deposited in any Loan Fund.
    ``(d) Strategic Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (b)(2), a 
        strategic plan of an eligible entity under this subsection 
        shall identify the intended uses of amounts available to the 
        Loan Fund of such entity.
            ``(2) Contents.--A strategic plan under paragraph (1), with 
        respect to a Loan Fund of an eligible entity, shall include for 
        a year the following:
                    ``(A) A list of the projects to be assisted through 
                the Loan Fund during such year.
                    ``(B) A description of the criteria and methods 
                established for the distribution of funds from the Loan 
                Fund during the year.
                    ``(C) A description of the financial status of the 
                Loan Fund as of the date of submission of the plan.
                    ``(D) The short-term and long-term goals of the 
                Loan Fund.
    ``(e) Use of Funds.--Amounts deposited in a Loan Fund, including 
loan repayments and interest earned on such amounts, shall be used only 
for awarding loans or loan guarantees, making reimbursements described 
in subsection (g)(4)(A), or as a source of reserve and security for 
leveraged loans, the proceeds of which are deposited in the Loan Fund 
established under subsection (a). Loans under this section may be used 
by a health care provider to--
            ``(1) facilitate the purchase of certified EHR technology;
            ``(2) enhance the utilization of certified EHR technology 
        (which may include costs associated with upgrading health 
        information technology so that it meets criteria necessary to 
        be a certified EHR technology);
            ``(3) train personnel in the use of such technology; or
            ``(4) improve the secure electronic exchange of health 
        information.
    ``(f) Types of Assistance.--Except as otherwise limited by 
applicable State law, amounts deposited into a Loan Fund under this 
subsection may only be used for the following:
            ``(1) To award loans that comply with the following:
                    ``(A) The interest rate for each loan shall not 
                exceed the market interest rate.
                    ``(B) The principal and interest payments on each 
                loan shall commence not later than 1 year after the 
                date the loan was awarded, and each loan shall be fully 
                amortized not later than 10 years after the date of the 
                loan.
                    ``(C) The Loan Fund shall be credited with all 
                payments of principal and interest on each loan awarded 
                from the Loan Fund.
            ``(2) To guarantee, or purchase insurance for, a local 
        obligation (all of the proceeds of which finance a project 
        eligible for assistance under this subsection) if the guarantee 
        or purchase would improve credit market access or reduce the 
        interest rate applicable to the obligation involved.
            ``(3) As a source of revenue or security for the payment of 
        principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds 
        issued by the eligible entity if the proceeds of the sale of 
        the bonds will be deposited into the Loan Fund.
            ``(4) To earn interest on the amounts deposited into the 
        Loan Fund.
            ``(5) To make reimbursements described in subsection 
        (g)(4)(A).
    ``(g) Administration of Loan Funds.--
            ``(1) Combined financial administration.--An eligible 
        entity may (as a convenience and to avoid unnecessary 
        administrative costs) combine, in accordance with applicable 
        State law, the financial administration of a Loan Fund 
        established under this subsection with the financial 
        administration of any other revolving fund established by the 
        entity if otherwise not prohibited by the law under which the 
        Loan Fund was established.
            ``(2) Cost of administering fund.--Each eligible entity may 
        annually use not to exceed 4 percent of the funds provided to 
        the entity under a grant under this subsection to pay the 
        reasonable costs of the administration of the programs under 
        this section, including the recovery of reasonable costs 
        expended to establish a Loan Fund which are incurred after the 
        date of the enactment of this title.
            ``(3) Guidance and regulations.--The National Coordinator 
        shall publish guidance and promulgate regulations as may be 
        necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, 
        including--
                    ``(A) provisions to ensure that each eligible 
                entity commits and expends funds allotted to the entity 
                under this subsection as efficiently as possible in 
                accordance with this title and applicable State laws; 
                and
                    ``(B) guidance to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
            ``(4) Private sector contributions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A Loan Fund established under 
                this subsection may accept contributions from private 
                sector entities, except that such entities may not 
                specify the recipient or recipients of any loan issued 
                under this subsection. An eligible entity may agree to 
                reimburse a private sector entity for any contribution 
                made under this subparagraph, except that the amount of 
                such reimbursement may not be greater than the 
                principal amount of the contribution made.
                    ``(B) Availability of information.--An eligible 
                entity shall make publicly available the identity of, 
                and amount contributed by, any private sector entity 
                under subparagraph (A) and may issue letters of 
                commendation or make other awards (that have no 
                financial value) to any such entity.
    ``(h) Matching Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--The National Coordinator may not make a 
        grant under subsection (a) to an eligible entity unless the 
        entity agrees to make available (directly or through donations 
        from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions in 
        cash to the costs of carrying out the activities for which the 
        grant is awarded in an amount equal to not less than $1 for 
        each $5 of Federal funds provided under the grant.
            ``(2) Determination of amount of non-federal 
        contribution.--In determining the amount of non-Federal 
        contributions that an eligible entity has provided pursuant to 
        subparagraph (A), the National Coordinator may not include any 
        amounts provided to the entity by the Federal Government.
    ``(i) Effective Date.--The Secretary may not make an award under 
this section prior to January 1, 2010.

``SEC. 3015. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO INTEGRATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
              INTO CLINICAL EDUCATION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award grants under this 
section to carry out demonstration projects to develop academic 
curricula integrating certified EHR technology in the clinical 
education of health professionals. Such awards shall be made on a 
competitive basis and pursuant to peer review.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a), an entity shall--
            ``(1) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 
        in such manner, and containing such information as the 
        Secretary may require;
            ``(2) submit to the Secretary a strategic plan for 
        integrating certified EHR technology in the clinical education 
        of health professionals to reduce medical errors, increase 
        access to prevention, reduce chronic diseases, and enhance 
        health care quality;
            ``(3) be--
                    ``(A) a school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, 
                dentistry, or pharmacy, a graduate program in 
                behavioral or mental health, or any other graduate 
                health professions school;
                    ``(B) a graduate school of nursing or physician 
                assistant studies;
                    ``(C) a consortium of two or more schools described 
                in subparagraph (A) or (B); or
                    ``(D) an institution with a graduate medical 
                education program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, 
                dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, or physician assistance 
                studies.
            ``(4) provide for the collection of data regarding the 
        effectiveness of the demonstration project to be funded under 
        the grant in improving the safety of patients, the efficiency 
        of health care delivery, and in increasing the likelihood that 
        graduates of the grantee will adopt and incorporate certified 
        EHR technology, in the delivery of health care services; and
            ``(5) provide matching funds in accordance with subsection 
        (d).
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--With respect to a grant under subsection 
        (a), an eligible entity shall--
                    ``(A) use grant funds in collaboration with 2 or 
                more disciplines; and
                    ``(B) use grant funds to integrate certified EHR 
                technology into community-based clinical education.
            ``(2) Limitation.--An eligible entity shall not use amounts 
        received under a grant under subsection (a) to purchase 
        hardware, software, or services.
    ``(d) Financial Support.--The Secretary may not provide more than 
50 percent of the costs of any activity for which assistance is 
provided under subsection (a), except in an instance of national 
economic conditions which would render the cost-share requirement under 
this subsection detrimental to the program and upon notification to 
Congress as to the justification to waive the cost-share requirement.
    ``(e) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall take such action as may be 
necessary to evaluate the projects funded under this section and 
publish, make available, and disseminate the results of such 
evaluations on as wide a basis as is practicable.
    ``(f) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this title, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that--
            ``(1) describes the specific projects established under 
        this section; and
            ``(2) contains recommendations for Congress based on the 
        evaluation conducted under subsection (e).

``SEC. 3016. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS ON HEALTH CARE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Director 
of the National Science Foundation, shall provide assistance to 
institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to establish or 
expand medical health informatics education programs, including 
certification, undergraduate, and masters degree programs, for both 
health care and information technology students to ensure the rapid and 
effective utilization and development of health information 
technologies (in the United States health care infrastructure).
    ``(b) Activities.--Activities for which assistance may be provided 
under subsection (a) may include the following:
            ``(1) Developing and revising curricula in medical health 
        informatics and related disciplines.
            ``(2) Recruiting and retaining students to the program 
        involved.
            ``(3) Acquiring equipment necessary for student instruction 
        in these programs, including the installation of testbed 
        networks for student use.
            ``(4) Establishing or enhancing bridge programs in the 
        health informatics fields between community colleges and 
        universities.
    ``(c) Priority.--In providing assistance under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall give preference to the following:
            ``(1) Existing education and training programs.
            ``(2) Programs designed to be completed in less than six 
        months.
    ``(d) Financial Support.--The Secretary may not provide more than 
50 percent of the costs of any activity for which assistance is 
provided under subsection (a), except in an instance of national 
economic conditions which would render the cost-share requirement under 
this subsection detrimental to the program and upon notification to 
Congress as to the justification to waive the cost-share requirement.

``SEC. 3017. GENERAL GRANT AND LOAN PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Reports.--The Secretary may require that an entity receiving 
assistance under this title shall submit to the Secretary, not later 
than the date that is 1 year after the date of receipt of such 
assistance, a report that includes--
            ``(1) an analysis of the effectiveness of such activities 
        for which the entity receives such assistance, as compared to 
        the goals for such activities; and
            ``(2) an analysis of the impact of the project on 
        healthcare quality and safety.
    ``(b) Requirement to Improve Quality of Care and Decrease in 
Costs.--The National Coordinator shall annually evaluate the activities 
conducted under this title and shall, in awarding grants, implement the 
lessons learned from such evaluation in a manner so that awards made 
subsequent to each such evaluation are made in a manner that, in the 
determination of the National Coordinator, will result in the greatest 
improvement in the quality and efficiency of health care.

``SEC. 3018. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``For the purposes of carrying out this subtitle, there is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the fiscal years 2009 through 2013. Amounts so appropriated shall 
remain available until expended.''.

                          Subtitle D--Privacy

SEC. 13400. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subtitle, except as specified otherwise:
            (1) Breach.--The term ``breach'' means the unauthorized 
        acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of protected health 
        information which compromises the security, privacy, or 
        integrity of protected health information maintained by or on 
        behalf of a person. Such term does not include any 
        unintentional acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of such 
        information by an employee or agent of the covered entity or 
        business associate involved if such acquisition, access, use, 
        or disclosure, respectively, was made in good faith and within 
        the course and scope of the employment or other contractual 
        relationship of such employee or agent, respectively, with the 
        covered entity or business associate and if such information is 
        not further acquired, accessed, used, or disclosed by such 
        employee or agent.
            (2) Business associate.--The term ``business associate'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, 
        Code of Federal Regulations.
            (3) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of 
        Federal Regulations.
            (4) Disclose.--The terms ``disclose'' and ``disclosure'' 
        have the meaning given the term ``disclosure'' in section 
        160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (5) Electronic health record.--The term ``electronic health 
        record'' means an electronic record of health-related 
        information on an individual that is created, gathered, 
        managed, and consulted by authorized health care clinicians and 
        staff.
            (6) Health care operations.--The term ``health care 
        operation'' has the meaning given such term in section 164.501 
        of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (7) Health care provider.--The term ``health care 
        provider'' has the meaning given such term in section 160.103 
        of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (8) Health plan.--The term ``health plan'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 1171(5) of the Social Security Act.
            (9) National coordinator.--The term ``National 
        Coordinator'' means the head of the Office of the National 
        Coordinator for Health Information Technology established under 
        section 3001(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by 
        section 13101.
            (10) Payment.--The term ``payment'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
            (11) Personal health record.--The term ``personal health 
        record'' means an electronic record of individually 
        identifiable health information on an individual that can be 
        drawn from multiple sources and that is managed, shared, and 
        controlled by or for the individual.
            (12) Protected health information.--The term ``protected 
        health information'' has the meaning given such term in section 
        160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (13) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.
            (14) Security.--The term ``security'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 164.304 of title 45, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
            (15) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
        Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana 
        Islands.
            (16) Treatment.--The term ``treatment'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
            (17) Use.--The term ``use'' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (18) Vendor of personal health records.--The term ``vendor 
        of personal health records'' means an entity, other than a 
        covered entity (as defined in paragraph (3)), that offers or 
        maintains a personal health record.

      PART I--IMPROVED PRIVACY PROVISIONS AND SECURITY PROVISIONS

SEC. 13401. APPLICATION OF SECURITY PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES TO 
              BUSINESS ASSOCIATES OF COVERED ENTITIES; ANNUAL GUIDANCE 
              ON SECURITY PROVISIONS.

    (a) Application of Security Provisions.--Sections 164.308, 164.310, 
164.312, and 164.316 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, shall 
apply to a business associate of a covered entity in the same manner 
that such sections apply to the covered entity. The additional 
requirements of this title that relate to security and that are made 
applicable with respect to covered entities shall also be applicable to 
such a business associate and shall be incorporated into the business 
associate agreement between the business associate and the covered 
entity.
    (b) Application of Civil and Criminal Penalties.--In the case of a 
business associate that violates any security provision specified in 
subsection (a), sections 1176 and 1177 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320d-5, 1320d-6) shall apply to the business associate with 
respect to such violation in the same manner such sections apply to a 
covered entity that violates such security provision.
    (c) Annual Guidance.--For the first year beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall, in consultation with industry 
stakeholders, annually issue guidance on the most effective and 
appropriate technical safeguards for use in carrying out the sections 
referred to in subsection (a) and the security standards in subpart C 
of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as such 
provisions are in effect as of the date before the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 13402. NOTIFICATION IN THE CASE OF BREACH.

    (a) In General.--A covered entity that accesses, maintains, 
retains, modifies, records, stores, destroys, or otherwise holds, uses, 
or discloses unsecured protected health information (as defined in 
subsection (h)(1)) shall, in the case of a breach of such information 
that is discovered by the covered entity, notify each individual whose 
unsecured protected health information has been, or is reasonably 
believed by the covered entity to have been, accessed, acquired, or 
disclosed as a result of such breach.
    (b) Notification of Covered Entity by Business Associate.--A 
business associate of a covered entity that accesses, maintains, 
retains, modifies, records, stores, destroys, or otherwise holds, uses, 
or discloses unsecured protected health information shall, following 
the discovery of a breach of such information, notify the covered 
entity of such breach. Such notice shall include the identification of 
each individual whose unsecured protected health information has been, 
or is reasonably believed by the business associate to have been, 
accessed, acquired, or disclosed during such breach.
    (c) Breaches Treated as Discovered.--For purposes of this section, 
a breach shall be treated as discovered by a covered entity or by a 
business associate as of the first day on which such breach is known to 
such entity or associate, respectively, (including any person, other 
than the individual committing the breach, that is an employee, 
officer, or other agent of such entity or associate, respectively) or 
should reasonably have been known to such entity or associate (or 
person) to have occurred.
    (d) Timeliness of Notification.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (g), all 
        notifications required under this section shall be made without 
        unreasonable delay and in no case later than 60 calendar days 
        after the discovery of a breach by the covered entity involved 
        (or business associate involved in the case of a notification 
        required under subsection (b)).
            (2) Burden of proof.--The covered entity involved (or 
        business associate involved in the case of a notification 
        required under subsection (b)), shall have the burden of 
        demonstrating that all notifications were made as required 
        under this part, including evidence demonstrating the necessity 
        of any delay.
    (e) Methods of Notice.--
            (1) Individual notice.--Notice required under this section 
        to be provided to an individual, with respect to a breach, 
        shall be provided promptly and in the following form:
                    (A) Written notification by first-class mail to the 
                individual (or the next of kin of the individual if the 
                individual is deceased) at the last known address of 
                the individual or the next of kin, respectively, or, if 
                specified as a preference by the individual, by 
                electronic mail. The notification may be provided in 
                one or more mailings as information is available.
                    (B) In the case in which there is insufficient, or 
                out-of-date contact information (including a phone 
                number, email address, or any other form of appropriate 
                communication) that precludes direct written (or, if 
                specified by the individual under subparagraph (A), 
                electronic) notification to the individual, a 
                substitute form of notice shall be provided, including, 
                in the case that there are 10 or more individuals for 
                which there is insufficient or out-of-date contact 
                information, a conspicuous posting for a period 
                determined by the Secretary on the home page of the Web 
                site of the covered entity involved or notice in major 
                print or broadcast media, including major media in 
                geographic areas where the individuals affected by the 
                breach likely reside. Such a notice in media or web 
                posting will include a toll-free phone number where an 
                individual can learn whether or not the individual's 
                unsecured protected health information is possibly 
                included in the breach.
                    (C) In any case deemed by the covered entity 
                involved to require urgency because of possible 
                imminent misuse of unsecured protected health 
                information, the covered entity, in addition to notice 
                provided under subparagraph (A), may provide 
                information to individuals by telephone or other means, 
                as appropriate.
            (2) Media notice.--Notice shall be provided to prominent 
        media outlets serving a State or jurisdiction, following the 
        discovery of a breach described in subsection (a), if the 
        unsecured protected health information of more than 500 
        residents of such State or jurisdiction is, or is reasonably 
        believed to have been, accessed, acquired, or disclosed during 
        such breach.
            (3) Notice to secretary.--Notice shall be provided to the 
        Secretary by covered entities of unsecured protected health 
        information that has been acquired or disclosed in a breach. If 
        the breach was with respect to 500 or more individuals than 
        such notice must be provided immediately. If the breach was 
        with respect to less than 500 individuals, the covered entity 
        may maintain a log of any such breach occurring and annually 
        submit such a log to the Secretary documenting such breaches 
        occurring during the year involved.
            (4) Posting on hhs public website.--The Secretary shall 
        make available to the public on the Internet website of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services a list that identifies 
        each covered entity involved in a breach described in 
        subsection (a) in which the unsecured protected health 
        information of more than 500 individuals is acquired or 
        disclosed.
    (f) Content of Notification.--Regardless of the method by which 
notice is provided to individuals under this section, notice of a 
breach shall include, to the extent possible, the following:
            (1) A brief description of what happened, including the 
        date of the breach and the date of the discovery of the breach, 
        if known.
            (2) A description of the types of unsecured protected 
        health information that were involved in the breach (such as 
        full name, Social Security number, date of birth, home address, 
        account number, or disability code).
            (3) The steps individuals should take to protect themselves 
        from potential harm resulting from the breach.
            (4) A brief description of what the covered entity involved 
        is doing to investigate the breach, to mitigate losses, and to 
        protect against any further breaches.
            (5) Contact procedures for individuals to ask questions or 
        learn additional information, which shall include a toll-free 
        telephone number, an e-mail address, Web site, or postal 
        address.
    (g) Delay of Notification Authorized for Law Enforcement 
Purposes.--If a law enforcement official determines that a 
notification, notice, or posting required under this section would 
impede a criminal investigation or cause damage to national security, 
such notification, notice, or posting shall be delayed in the same 
manner as provided under section 164.528(a)(2) of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, in the case of a disclosure covered under such 
section.
    (h) Unsecured Protected Health Information.--
            (1) Definition.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), for 
                purposes of this section, the term ``unsecured 
                protected health information'' means protected health 
                information that is not secured through the use of a 
                technology or methodology specified by the Secretary in 
                the guidance issued under paragraph (2).
                    (B) Exception in case timely guidance not issued.--
                In the case that the Secretary does not issue guidance 
                under paragraph (2) by the date specified in such 
                paragraph, for purposes of this section, the term 
                ``unsecured protected health information'' shall mean 
                protected health information that is not secured by a 
                technology standard that renders protected health 
                information unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to 
                unauthorized individuals and is developed or endorsed 
                by a standards developing organization that is 
                accredited by the American National Standards 
                Institute.
            (2) Guidance.--For purposes of paragraph (1) and section 
        13407(f)(3), not later than the date that is 60 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, after 
        consultation with stakeholders, issue (and annually update) 
        guidance specifying the technologies and methodologies that 
        render protected health information unusable, unreadable, or 
        indecipherable to unauthorized individuals.
    (i) Report to Congress on Breaches.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 
        Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Finance 
        and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
        the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives a report containing the information described 
        in paragraph (2) regarding breaches for which notice was 
        provided to the Secretary under subsection (e)(3).
            (2) Information.--The information described in this 
        paragraph regarding breaches specified in paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                    (A) the number and nature of such breaches; and
                    (B) actions taken in response to such breaches.
    (j) Regulations; Effective Date.--To carry out this section, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate interim final 
regulations by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this title. The provisions of this section shall 
apply to breaches that are discovered on or after the date that is 30 
days after the date of publication of such interim final regulations.

SEC. 13403. EDUCATION ON HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY.

    (a) Regional Office Privacy Advisors.--Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
designate an individual in each regional office of the Department of 
Health and Human Services to offer guidance and education to covered 
entities, business associates, and individuals on their rights and 
responsibilities related to Federal privacy and security requirements 
for protected health information.
    (b) Education Initiative on Uses of Health Information.--Not later 
than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office 
for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services 
shall develop and maintain a multi-faceted national education 
initiative to enhance public transparency regarding the uses of 
protected health information, including programs to educate individuals 
about the potential uses of their protected health information, the 
effects of such uses, and the rights of individuals with respect to 
such uses. Such programs shall be conducted in a variety of languages 
and present information in a clear and understandable manner.

SEC. 13404. APPLICATION OF PRIVACY PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES TO BUSINESS 
              ASSOCIATES OF COVERED ENTITIES.

    (a) Application of Contract Requirements.--In the case of a 
business associate of a covered entity that obtains or creates 
protected health information pursuant to a written contract (or other 
written arrangement) described in section 164.502(e)(2) of title 45, 
Code of Federal Regulations, with such covered entity, the business 
associate may use and disclose such protected health information only 
if such use or disclosure, respectively, is in compliance with each 
applicable requirement of section 164.504(e) of such title. The 
additional requirements of this subtitle that relate to privacy and 
that are made applicable with respect to covered entities shall also be 
applicable to such a business associate and shall be incorporated into 
the business associate agreement between the business associate and the 
covered entity.
    (b) Application of Knowledge Elements Associated With Contracts.--
Section 164.504(e)(1)(ii) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, 
shall apply to a business associate described in subsection (a), with 
respect to compliance with such subsection, in the same manner that 
such section applies to a covered entity, with respect to compliance 
with the standards in sections 164.502(e) and 164.504(e) of such title, 
except that in applying such section 164.504(e)(1)(ii) each reference 
to the business associate, with respect to a contract, shall be treated 
as a reference to the covered entity involved in such contract.
    (c) Application of Civil and Criminal Penalties.--In the case of a 
business associate that violates any provision of subsection (a) or 
(b), the provisions of sections 1176 and 1177 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-5, 1320d-6) shall apply to the business associate 
with respect to such violation in the same manner as such provisions 
apply to a person who violates a provision of part C of title XI of 
such Act.

SEC. 13405. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN DISCLOSURES AND SALES OF HEALTH 
              INFORMATION; ACCOUNTING OF CERTAIN PROTECTED HEALTH 
              INFORMATION DISCLOSURES; ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION IN 
              ELECTRONIC FORMAT.

    (a) Requested Restrictions on Certain Disclosures of Health 
Information.--In the case that an individual requests under paragraph 
(a)(1)(i)(A) of section 164.522 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations, that a covered entity restrict the disclosure of the 
protected health information of the individual, notwithstanding 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of such section, the covered entity must comply 
with the requested restriction if--
            (1) except as otherwise required by law, the disclosure is 
        to a health plan for purposes of carrying out payment or health 
        care operations (and is not for purposes of carrying out 
        treatment); and
            (2) the protected health information pertains solely to a 
        health care item or service for which the health care provider 
        involved has been paid out of pocket in full.
    (b) Disclosures Required to Be Limited to the Limited Data Set or 
the Minimum Necessary.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), a 
                covered entity shall be treated as being in compliance 
                with section 164.502(b)(1) of title 45, Code of Federal 
                Regulations, with respect to the use, disclosure, or 
                request of protected health information described in 
                such section, only if the covered entity limits such 
                protected health information, to the extent 
                practicable, to the limited data set (as defined in 
                section 164.514(e)(2) of such title) or, if needed by 
                such entity, to the minimum necessary to accomplish the 
                intended purpose of such use, disclosure, or request, 
                respectively.
                    (B) Guidance.--Not later than 18 months after the 
                date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
                shall issue guidance on what constitutes ``minimum 
                necessary'' for purposes of subpart E of part 164 of 
                title 45, Code of Federal Regulation. In issuing such 
                guidance the Secretary shall take into consideration 
                the guidance under section 13424(c).
                    (C) Sunset.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply on 
                and after the effective date on which the Secretary 
                issues the guidance under subparagraph (B).
            (2) Determination of minimum necessary.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (1), in the case of the disclosure of protected 
        health information, the covered entity or business associate 
        disclosing such information shall determine what constitutes 
        the minimum necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of 
        such disclosure.
            (3) Application of exceptions.--The exceptions described in 
        section 164.502(b)(2) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, 
        shall apply to the requirement under paragraph (1) as of the 
        effective date described in section 13423 in the same manner 
        that such exceptions apply to section 164.502(b)(1) of such 
        title before such date.
            (4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall 
        be construed as affecting the use, disclosure, or request of 
        protected health information that has been de-identified.
    (c) Accounting of Certain Protected Health Information Disclosures 
Required if Covered Entity Uses Electronic Health Record.--
            (1) In general.--In applying section 164.528 of title 45, 
        Code of Federal Regulations, in the case that a covered entity 
        uses or maintains an electronic health record with respect to 
        protected health information--
                    (A) the exception under paragraph (a)(1)(i) of such 
                section shall not apply to disclosures through an 
                electronic health record made by such entity of such 
                information; and
                    (B) an individual shall have a right to receive an 
                accounting of disclosures described in such paragraph 
                of such information made by such covered entity during 
                only the three years prior to the date on which the 
                accounting is requested.
            (2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations on what information shall be collected about each 
        disclosure referred to in paragraph (1)(A) not later than 18 
        months after the date on which the Secretary adopts standards 
        on accounting for disclosure described in the section 
        3002(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by 
        section 13101. Such regulations shall only require such 
        information to be collected through an electronic health record 
        in a manner that takes into account the interests of 
        individuals in learning the circumstances under which their 
        protected health information is being disclosed and takes into 
        account the administrative burden of accounting for such 
        disclosures.
            (3) Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        construed as--
                    (A) requiring a covered entity to account for 
                disclosures of protected health information that are 
                not made by such covered entity; or
                    (B) requiring a business associate of a covered 
                entity to account for disclosures of protected health 
                information that are not made by such business 
                associate.
            (4) Reasonable fee.--A covered entity may impose a 
        reasonable fee on an individual for an accounting performed 
        under paragraph (1)(B). Any such fee shall not be greater than 
        the entity's labor costs in responding to the request.
            (5) Effective date.--
                    (A) Current users of electronic records.--In the 
                case of a covered entity insofar as it acquired an 
                electronic health record as of January 1, 2009, 
                paragraph (1) shall apply to disclosures, with respect 
                to protected health information, made by the covered 
                entity from such a record on and after January 1, 2014.
                    (B) Others.--In the case of a covered entity 
                insofar as it acquires an electronic health record 
                after January 1, 2010, paragraph (1) shall apply to 
                disclosures, with respect to protected health 
                information, made by the covered entity from such 
                record on and after the later of the following:
                            (i) January 1, 2011; or
                            (ii) the date that it acquires an 
                        electronic health record.
    (d) Review of Health Care Operations.--Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall 
promulgate regulations to eliminate from the definition of health care 
operations under section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations, those activities that can reasonably and efficiently be 
conducted through the use of information that is de-identified (in 
accordance with the requirements of section 164.514(b) of such title) 
or that should require a valid authorization for use or disclosure. In 
promulgating such regulations, the Secretary may choose to narrow or 
clarify activities that the Secretary chooses to retain in the 
definition of health care operations and the Secretary shall take into 
account the report under section 13424(d). In such regulations the 
Secretary shall specify the date on which such regulations shall apply 
to disclosures made by a covered entity, but in no case would such date 
be sooner than the date that is 24 months after the date of the 
enactment of this section.
    (e) Prohibition on Sale of Electronic Health Records or Protected 
Health Information Obtained From Electronic Health Records.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
        covered entity or business associate shall not directly or 
        indirectly receive remuneration in exchange for any protected 
        health information of an individual unless the covered entity 
        obtained from the individual, in accordance with section 
        164.508 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, a valid 
        authorization that includes, in accordance with such section, a 
        specification of whether the protected health information can 
        be further exchanged for remuneration by the entity receiving 
        protected health information of that individual.
            (2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the 
        following cases:
                    (A) The purpose of the exchange is for research or 
                public health activities (as described in sections 
                164.501, 164.512(i), and 164.512(b) of title 45, Code 
                of Federal Regulations) and the price charged reflects 
                the costs of preparation and transmittal of the data 
                for such purpose.
                    (B) The purpose of the exchange is for the 
                treatment of the individual and the price charges 
                reflects not more than the costs of preparation and 
                transmittal of the data for such purpose.
                    (C) The purpose of the exchange is the health care 
                operation specifically described in subparagraph (iv) 
                of paragraph (6) of the definition of healthcare 
                operations in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of 
                Federal Regulations.
                    (D) The purpose of the exchange is for remuneration 
                that is provided by a covered entity to a business 
                associate for activities involving the exchange of 
                protected health information that the business 
                associate undertakes on behalf of and at the specific 
                request of the covered entity pursuant to a business 
                associate agreement.
                    (E) The purpose of the exchange is to provide an 
                individual with a copy of the individual's protected 
                health information pursuant to section 164.524 of title 
                45, Code of Federal Regulations.
                    (F) The purpose of the exchange is otherwise 
                determined by the Secretary in regulations to be 
                similarly necessary and appropriate as the exceptions 
                provided in subparagraphs (A) through (E).
            (3) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations to carry out this subsection, including exceptions 
        described in paragraph (2), not later than 18 months after the 
        date of the enactment of this title.
            (4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to exchanges 
        occurring on or after the date that is 6 months after the date 
        of the promulgation of final regulations implementing this 
        subsection.
    (f) Access to Certain Information in Electronic Format.--In 
applying section 164.524 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, in 
the case that a covered entity uses or maintains an electronic health 
record with respect to protected health information of an individual--
            (1) the individual shall have a right to obtain from such 
        covered entity a copy of such information in an electronic 
        format; and
            (2) notwithstanding paragraph (c)(4) of such section, any 
        fee that the covered entity may impose for providing such 
        individual with a copy of such information (or a summary or 
        explanation of such information) if such copy (or summary or 
        explanation) is in an electronic form shall not be greater than 
        the entity's labor costs in responding to the request for the 
        copy (or summary or explanation).

SEC. 13406. CONDITIONS ON CERTAIN CONTACTS AS PART OF HEALTH CARE 
              OPERATIONS.

    (a) Marketing.--
            (1) In general.--A communication by a covered entity or 
        business associate that is about a product or service and that 
        encourages recipients of the communication to purchase or use 
        the product or service shall not be considered a health care 
        operation for purposes of subpart E of part 164 of title 45, 
        Code of Federal Regulations, unless the communication is made 
        as described in subparagraph (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph 
        (1) of the definition of marketing in section 164.501 of such 
        title.
            (2) Payment for certain communications.--A covered entity 
        or business associate may not receive direct or indirect 
        payment in exchange for making any communication described in 
        subparagraph (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (1) of the 
        definition of marketing in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, except--
                    (A) a business associate of a covered entity may 
                receive payment from the covered entity for making any 
                such communication on behalf of the covered entity that 
                is consistent with the written contract (or other 
                written arrangement) described in section 164.502(e)(2) 
                of such title between such business associate and 
                covered entity;
                    (B) a covered entity may receive payment in 
                exchange for making any such communication if the 
                entity obtains from the recipient of the communication, 
                in accordance with section 164.508 of title 45, Code of 
                Federal Regulations, a valid authorization (as 
                described in paragraph (b) of such section) with 
                respect to such communication; and
                    (C) where such communication describes only a 
                health care item or service that has previously been 
                prescribed for or administered to the recipient of the 
                communication, or a family member of such recipient.
    (b) Fundraising.--Fundraising for the benefit of a covered entity 
shall not be considered a health care operation for purposes of section 
164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to contracting 
occurring on or after the effective date specified under section 13423.

SEC. 13407. TEMPORARY BREACH NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR VENDORS OF 
              PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS AND OTHER NON-HIPAA COVERED 
              ENTITIES.

    (a) In General.--In accordance with subsection (c), each vendor of 
personal health records, following the discovery of a breach of 
security of unsecured PHR identifiable health information that is in a 
personal health record maintained or offered by such vendor, and each 
entity described in clause (ii) or (iii) of section 13424(b)(1)(A), 
following the discovery of a breach of security of such information 
that is obtained through a product or service provided by such entity, 
shall--
            (1) notify each individual who is a citizen or resident of 
        the United States whose unsecured PHR identifiable health 
        information was acquired by an unauthorized person as a result 
        of such a breach of security; and
            (2) notify the Federal Trade Commission.
    (b) Notification by Third Party Service Providers.--A third party 
service provider that provides services to a vendor of personal health 
records or to an entity described in clause (ii) or (iii) of section 
13424(b)(1)(A) in connection with the offering or maintenance of a 
personal health record or a related product or service and that 
accesses, maintains, retains, modifies, records, stores, destroys, or 
otherwise holds, uses, or discloses unsecured PHR identifiable health 
information in such a record as a result of such services shall, 
following the discovery of a breach of security of such information, 
notify such vendor or entity, respectively, of such breach. Such notice 
shall include the identification of each individual whose unsecured PHR 
identifiable health information has been, or is reasonably believed to 
have been, accessed, acquired, or disclosed during such breach.
    (c) Application of Requirements for Timeliness, Method, and Content 
of Notifications.--Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 13402 
shall apply to a notification required under subsection (a) and a 
vendor of personal health records, an entity described in subsection 
(a) and a third party service provider described in subsection (b), 
with respect to a breach of security under subsection (a) of unsecured 
PHR identifiable health information in such records maintained or 
offered by such vendor, in a manner specified by the Federal Trade 
Commission.
    (d) Notification of the Secretary.--Upon receipt of a notification 
of a breach of security under subsection (a)(2), the Federal Trade 
Commission shall notify the Secretary of such breach.
    (e) Enforcement.--A violation of subsection (a) or (b) shall be 
treated as an unfair and deceptive act or practice in violation of a 
regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission 
Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or 
practices.
    (f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Breach of security.--The term ``breach of security'' 
        means, with respect to unsecured PHR identifiable health 
        information of an individual in a personal health record, 
        acquisition of such information without the authorization of 
        the individual.
            (2) PHR identifiable health information.--The term ``PHR 
        identifiable health information'' means individually 
        identifiable health information, as defined in section 1171(6) 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d(6)), and includes, 
        with respect to an individual, information--
                    (A) that is provided by or on behalf of the 
                individual; and
                    (B) that identifies the individual or with respect 
                to which there is a reasonable basis to believe that 
                the information can be used to identify the individual.
            (3) Unsecured phr identifiable health information.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                term ``unsecured PHR identifiable health information'' 
                means PHR identifiable health information that is not 
                protected through the use of a technology or 
                methodology specified by the Secretary in the guidance 
                issued under section 13402(h)(2).
                    (B) Exception in case timely guidance not issued.--
                In the case that the Secretary does not issue guidance 
                under section 13402(h)(2) by the date specified in such 
                section, for purposes of this section, the term 
                ``unsecured PHR identifiable health information'' shall 
                mean PHR identifiable health information that is not 
                secured by a technology standard that renders protected 
                health information unusable, unreadable, or 
                indecipherable to unauthorized individuals and that is 
                developed or endorsed by a standards developing 
                organization that is accredited by the American 
                National Standards Institute.
    (g) Regulations; Effective Date; Sunset.--
            (1) Regulations; effective date.--To carry out this 
        section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
        promulgate interim final regulations by not later than the date 
        that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        section. The provisions of this section shall apply to breaches 
        of security that are discovered on or after the date that is 30 
        days after the date of publication of such interim final 
        regulations.
            (2) Sunset.--The provisions of this section shall not apply 
        to breaches of security occurring on or after the earlier of 
        the following the dates:
                    (A) The date on which a standard relating to 
                requirements for entities that are not covered entities 
                that includes requirements relating to breach 
                notification has been promulgated by the Secretary.
                    (B) The date on which a standard relating to 
                requirements for entities that are not covered entities 
                that includes requirements relating to breach 
                notification has been promulgated by the Federal Trade 
                Commission and has taken effect.

SEC. 13408. BUSINESS ASSOCIATE CONTRACTS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ENTITIES.

    Each organization, with respect to a covered entity, that provides 
data transmission of protected health information to such entity (or 
its business associate) and that requires access on a routine basis to 
such protected health information, such as a Health Information 
Exchange Organization, Regional Health Information Organization, E-
prescribing Gateway, or each vendor that contracts with a covered 
entity to allow that covered entity to offer a personal health record 
to patients as part of its electronic health record, is required to 
enter into a written contract (or other written arrangement) described 
in section 164.502(e)(2) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations and a 
written contract (or other arrangement) described in section 164.308(b) 
of such title, with such entity and shall be treated as a business 
associate of the covered entity for purposes of the provisions of this 
subtitle and subparts C and E of part 164 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as such provisions are in effect as of the date of 
enactment of this title.

SEC. 13409. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF WRONGFUL DISCLOSURES 
              CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

    Section 1177(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-6(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``For 
purposes of the previous sentence, a person (including an employee or 
other individual) shall be considered to have obtained or disclosed 
individually identifiable health information in violation of this part 
if the information is maintained by a covered entity (as defined in the 
HIPAA privacy regulation described in section 1180(b)(3)) and the 
individual obtained or disclosed such information without 
authorization.''.

SEC. 13410. IMPROVED ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1176 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320d-5) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``the act constitutes 
        an offense punishable under section 1177'' and inserting ``a 
        penalty has been imposed under section 1177 with respect to 
        such act''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Noncompliance Due to Willful Neglect.--
            ``(1) In general.--A violation of a provision of this part 
        due to willful neglect is a violation for which the Secretary 
        is required to impose a penalty under subsection (a)(1).
            ``(2) Required investigation.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary shall formally investigate any complaint of 
        a violation of a provision of this part if a preliminary 
        investigation of the facts of the complaint indicate such a 
        possible violation due to willful neglect.''.
    (b) Effective Date; Regulations.--
            (1) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to 
        penalties imposed on or after the date that is 24 months after 
        the date of the enactment of this title.
            (2) Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this title, the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services shall promulgate regulations to implement such 
        amendments.
    (c) Distribution of Certain Civil Monetary Penalties Collected.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to the regulation promulgated 
        pursuant to paragraph (3), any civil monetary penalty or 
        monetary settlement collected with respect to an offense 
        punishable under this subtitle or section 1176 of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-5) insofar as such section 
        relates to privacy or security shall be transferred to the 
        Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human 
        Services to be used for purposes of enforcing the provisions of 
        this subtitle and subparts C and E of part 164 of title 45, 
        Code of Federal Regulations, as such provisions are in effect 
        as of the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) GAO report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this title, the Comptroller General shall 
        submit to the Secretary a report including recommendations for 
        a methodology under which an individual who is harmed by an act 
        that constitutes an offense referred to in paragraph (1) may 
        receive a percentage of any civil monetary penalty or monetary 
        settlement collected with respect to such offense.
            (3) Establishment of methodology to distribute percentage 
        of cmps collected to harmed individuals.--Not later than 3 
        years after the date of the enactment of this title, the 
        Secretary shall establish by regulation and based on the 
        recommendations submitted under paragraph (2), a methodology 
        under which an individual who is harmed by an act that 
        constitutes an offense referred to in paragraph (1) may receive 
        a percentage of any civil monetary penalty or monetary 
        settlement collected with respect to such offense.
            (4) Application of methodology.--The methodology under 
        paragraph (3) shall be applied with respect to civil monetary 
        penalties or monetary settlements imposed on or after the 
        effective date of the regulation.
    (d) Tiered Increase in Amount of Civil Monetary Penalties.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1176(a)(1) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-5(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``who 
        violates a provision of this part a penalty of not more than'' 
        and all that follows and inserting the following: ``who 
        violates a provision of this part--
                    ``(A) in the case of a violation of such provision 
                in which it is established that the person did not know 
                (and by exercising reasonable diligence would not have 
                known) that such person violated such provision, a 
                penalty for each such violation of an amount that is at 
                least the amount described in paragraph (3)(A) but not 
                to exceed the amount described in paragraph (3)(D);
                    ``(B) in the case of a violation of such provision 
                in which it is established that the violation was due 
                to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, a 
                penalty for each such violation of an amount that is at 
                least the amount described in paragraph (3)(B) but not 
                to exceed the amount described in paragraph (3)(D); and
                    ``(C) in the case of a violation of such provision 
                in which it is established that the violation was due 
                to willful neglect--
                            ``(i) if the violation is corrected as 
                        described in subsection (b)(3)(A), a penalty in 
                        an amount that is at least the amount described 
                        in paragraph (3)(C) but not to exceed the 
                        amount described in paragraph (3)(D); and
                            ``(ii) if the violation is not corrected as 
                        described in such subsection, a penalty in an 
                        amount that is at least the amount described in 
                        paragraph (3)(D).
                ``In determining the amount of a penalty under this 
                section for a violation, the Secretary shall base such 
                determination on the nature and extent of the violation 
                and the nature and extent of the harm resulting from 
                such violation.''.
            (2) Tiers of penalties described.--Section 1176(a) of such 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-5(a)) is further amended by adding at the 
        end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Tiers of penalties described.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (1), with respect to a violation by a person of a 
        provision of this part--
                    ``(A) the amount described in this subparagraph is 
                $100 for each such violation, except that the total 
                amount imposed on the person for all such violations of 
                an identical requirement or prohibition during a 
                calendar year may not exceed $25,000;
                    ``(B) the amount described in this subparagraph is 
                $1,000 for each such violation, except that the total 
                amount imposed on the person for all such violations of 
                an identical requirement or prohibition during a 
                calendar year may not exceed $100,000;
                    ``(C) the amount described in this subparagraph is 
                $10,000 for each such violation, except that the total 
                amount imposed on the person for all such violations of 
                an identical requirement or prohibition during a 
                calendar year may not exceed $250,000; and
                    ``(D) the amount described in this subparagraph is 
                $50,000 for each such violation, except that the total 
                amount imposed on the person for all such violations of 
                an identical requirement or prohibition during a 
                calendar year may not exceed $1,500,000.''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--Section 1176(b) of such Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1320d-5(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
                paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), 
                respectively; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``in 
                        subparagraph (B), a penalty may not be imposed 
                        under subsection (a) if'' and all that follows 
                        through ``the failure to comply is corrected'' 
                        and inserting ``in subparagraph (B) or 
                        subsection (a)(1)(C), a penalty may not be 
                        imposed under subsection (a) if the failure to 
                        comply is corrected''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``(A)'' each place it 
                        appears.
            (4) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to violations occurring after the date of the 
        enactment of this title.
    (e) Enforcement Through State Attorneys General.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1176 of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1320d-5) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(d) Enforcement by State Attorneys General.--
            ``(1) Civil action.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
        in any case in which the attorney general of a State has reason 
        to believe that an interest of one or more of the residents of 
        that State has been or is threatened or adversely affected by 
        any person who violates a provision of this part, the attorney 
        general of the State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil 
        action on behalf of such residents of the State in a district 
        court of the United States of appropriate jurisdiction--
                    ``(A) to enjoin further such violation by the 
                defendant; or
                    ``(B) to obtain damages on behalf of such residents 
                of the State, in an amount equal to the amount 
                determined under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Statutory damages.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph 
                (1)(B), the amount determined under this paragraph is 
                the amount calculated by multiplying the number of 
                violations by up to $100. For purposes of the preceding 
                sentence, in the case of a continuing violation, the 
                number of violations shall be determined consistent 
                with the HIPAA privacy regulations (as defined in 
                section 1180(b)(3)) for violations of subsection (a).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The total amount of damages 
                imposed on the person for all violations of an 
                identical requirement or prohibition during a calendar 
                year may not exceed $25,000.
                    ``(C) Reduction of damages.--In assessing damages 
                under subparagraph (A), the court may consider the 
                factors the Secretary may consider in determining the 
                amount of a civil money penalty under subsection (a) 
                under the HIPAA privacy regulations.
            ``(3) Attorney fees.--In the case of any successful action 
        under paragraph (1), the court, in its discretion, may award 
        the costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees to the 
        State.
            ``(4) Notice to secretary.--The State shall serve prior 
        written notice of any action under paragraph (1) upon the 
        Secretary and provide the Secretary with a copy of its 
        complaint, except in any case in which such prior notice is not 
        feasible, in which case the State shall serve such notice 
        immediately upon instituting such action. The Secretary shall 
        have the right--
                    ``(A) to intervene in the action;
                    ``(B) upon so intervening, to be heard on all 
                matters arising therein; and
                    ``(C) to file petitions for appeal.
            ``(5) Construction.--For purposes of bringing any civil 
        action under paragraph (1), nothing in this section shall be 
        construed to prevent an attorney general of a State from 
        exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by the 
        laws of that State.
            ``(6) Venue; service of process.--
                    ``(A) Venue.--Any action brought under paragraph 
                (1) may be brought in the district court of the United 
                States that meets applicable requirements relating to 
                venue under section 1391 of title 28, United States 
                Code.
                    ``(B) Service of process.--In an action brought 
                under paragraph (1), process may be served in any 
                district in which the defendant--
                            ``(i) is an inhabitant; or
                            ``(ii) maintains a physical place of 
                        business.
            ``(7) Limitation on state action while federal action is 
        pending.--If the Secretary has instituted an action against a 
        person under subsection (a) with respect to a specific 
        violation of this part, no State attorney general may bring an 
        action under this subsection against the person with respect to 
        such violation during the pendency of that action.
            ``(8) Application of cmp statute of limitation.--A civil 
        action may not be instituted with respect to a violation of 
        this part unless an action to impose a civil money penalty may 
        be instituted under subsection (a) with respect to such 
        violation consistent with the second sentence of section 
        1128A(c)(1).''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Subsection (b) of such section, 
        as amended by subsection (d)(3), is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``A penalty may 
                not be imposed under subsection (a)'' and inserting 
                ``No penalty may be imposed under subsection (a) and no 
                damages obtained under subsection (d)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                            (i) after ``subsection (a)(1)(C),'', by 
                        striking ``a penalty may not be imposed under 
                        subsection (a)'' and inserting ``no penalty may 
                        be imposed under subsection (a) and no damages 
                        obtained under subsection (d)''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``or 
                        damages'' after ``the penalty'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking ``The 
                period'' and inserting ``With respect to the imposition 
                of a penalty by the Secretary under subsection (a), the 
                period''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``and any 
                damages under subsection (d)'' after ``any penalty 
                under subsection (a)''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to violations occurring after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (f) Allowing Continued Use of Corrective Action.--Such section is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Allowing Continued Use of Corrective Action.--Nothing in this 
section shall be construed as preventing the Office of Civil Rights of 
the Department of Health and Human Services from continuing, in its 
discretion, to use corrective action without a penalty in cases where 
the person did not know (and by exercising reasonable diligence would 
not have known) of the violation involved.''.

SEC. 13411. AUDITS.

    The Secretary shall provide for periodic audits to ensure that 
covered entities and business associates that are subject to the 
requirements of this subtitle and subparts C and E of part 164 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations, as such provisions are in effect as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, comply with such requirements.

 PART II--RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS; REGULATORY REFERENCES; EFFECTIVE 
                             DATE; REPORTS

SEC. 13421. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

    (a) Application of HIPAA State Preemption.--Section 1178 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-7) shall apply to a provision or 
requirement under this subtitle in the same manner that such section 
applies to a provision or requirement under part C of title XI of such 
Act or a standard or implementation specification adopted or 
established under sections 1172 through 1174 of such Act.
    (b) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.--The 
standards governing the privacy and security of individually 
identifiable health information promulgated by the Secretary under 
sections 262(a) and 264 of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996 shall remain in effect to the extent that 
they are consistent with this subtitle. The Secretary shall by rule 
amend such Federal regulations as required to make such regulations 
consistent with this subtitle. In carrying out the preceding sentence, 
the Secretary shall revise the definition of ``psychotherapy notes'' in 
section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, to include 
test data that is related to direct responses, scores, items, forms, 
protocols, manuals, or other materials that are part of a mental health 
evaluation, as determined by the mental health professional providing 
treatment or evaluation.

SEC. 13422. REGULATORY REFERENCES.

    Each reference in this subtitle to a provision of the Code of 
Federal Regulations refers to such provision as in effect on the date 
of the enactment of this title (or to the most recent update of such 
provision).

SEC. 13423. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of part I 
shall take effect on the date that is 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this title.

SEC. 13424. STUDIES, REPORTS, GUIDANCE.

    (a) Report on Compliance.--
            (1) In general.--For the first year beginning after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 
        Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee 
        on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
        the House of Representatives a report concerning complaints of 
        alleged violations of law, including the provisions of this 
        subtitle as well as the provisions of subparts C and E of part 
        164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, (as such 
        provisions are in effect as of the date of enactment of this 
        Act) relating to privacy and security of health information 
        that are received by the Secretary during the year for which 
        the report is being prepared. Each such report shall include, 
        with respect to such complaints received during the year--
                    (A) the number of such complaints;
                    (B) the number of such complaints resolved 
                informally, a summary of the types of such complaints 
                so resolved, and the number of covered entities that 
                received technical assistance from the Secretary during 
                such year in order to achieve compliance with such 
                provisions and the types of such technical assistance 
                provided;
                    (C) the number of such complaints that have 
                resulted in the imposition of civil monetary penalties 
                or have been resolved through monetary settlements, 
                including the nature of the complaints involved and the 
                amount paid in each penalty or settlement;
                    (D) the number of compliance reviews conducted and 
                the outcome of each such review;
                    (E) the number of subpoenas or inquiries issued;
                    (F) the Secretary's plan for improving compliance 
                with and enforcement of such provisions for the 
                following year; and
                    (G) the number of audits performed and a summary of 
                audit findings pursuant to section 13411.
            (2) Availability to public.--Each report under paragraph 
        (1) shall be made available to the public on the Internet 
        website of the Department of Health and Human Services.
    (b) Study and Report on Application of Privacy and Security 
Requirements to Non-HIPAA Covered Entities.--
            (1) Study.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
        enactment of this title, the Secretary, in consultation with 
        the Federal Trade Commission, shall conduct a study, and submit 
        a report under paragraph (2), on privacy and security 
        requirements for entities that are not covered entities or 
        business associates as of the date of the enactment of this 
        title, including--
                    (A) requirements relating to security, privacy, and 
                notification in the case of a breach of security or 
                privacy (including the applicability of an exemption to 
                notification in the case of individually identifiable 
                health information that has been rendered unusable, 
                unreadable, or indecipherable through technologies or 
                methodologies recognized by appropriate professional 
                organization or standard setting bodies to provide 
                effective security for the information) that should be 
                applied to--
                            (i) vendors of personal health records;
                            (ii) entities that offer products or 
                        services through the website of a vendor of 
                        personal health records;
                            (iii) entities that are not covered 
                        entities and that offer products or services 
                        through the websites of covered entities that 
                        offer individuals personal health records;
                            (iv) entities that are not covered entities 
                        and that access information in a personal 
                        health record or send information to a personal 
                        health record; and
                            (v) third party service providers used by a 
                        vendor or entity described in clause (i), (ii), 
                        (iii), or (iv) to assist in providing personal 
                        health record products or services;
                    (B) a determination of which Federal government 
                agency is best equipped to enforce such requirements 
                recommended to be applied to such vendors, entities, 
                and service providers under subparagraph (A); and
                    (C) a timeframe for implementing regulations based 
                on such findings.
            (2) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
        Finance, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
        Pensions, and the Committee on Commerce of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and 
        Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the 
        findings of the study under paragraph (1) and shall include in 
        such report recommendations on the privacy and security 
        requirements described in such paragraph.
    (c) Guidance on Implementation Specification to De-Identify 
Protected Health Information.--Not later than 12 months after the date 
of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall, in consultation 
with stakeholders, issue guidance on how best to implement the 
requirements for the de-identification of protected health information 
under section 164.514(b) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (d) GAO Report on Treatment Disclosures.--Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this title, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Ways 
and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives a report on the best practices related to the 
disclosure among health care providers of protected health information 
of an individual for purposes of treatment of such individual. Such 
report shall include an examination of the best practices implemented 
by States and by other entities, such as health information exchanges 
and regional health information organizations, an examination of the 
extent to which such best practices are successful with respect to the 
quality of the resulting health care provided to the individual and 
with respect to the ability of the health care provider to manage such 
best practices, and an examination of the use of electronic informed 
consent for disclosing protected health information for treatment, 
payment, and health care operations.

                 TITLE XIV--STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

    For necessary expenses for a State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, 
$79,000,000,000, which shall be administered by the Department of 
Education, and shall be available through September 30, 2010.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

SEC. 1401. ALLOCATIONS.

    (a) Outlying Areas.--The Secretary of Education shall first 
allocate one-half of 1 percent to the outlying areas on the basis of 
their respective needs, as determined by the Secretary, for activities 
consistent with this title under such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary may determine.
    (b) Administration and Oversight.--The Secretary may reserve up to 
$25,000,000 for administration and oversight of this title, including 
for program evaluation.
    (c) Reservation for Additional Programs.--After reserving funds 
under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall reserve 
$15,000,000,000 for grants under sections 1406 and 1407.
    (d) State Allocations.--After carrying out subsections (a), (b), 
and (c), the Secretary shall allocate the remaining funds made 
available to carry out this title to the States as follows:
            (1) 61 percent on the basis of their relative population of 
        individuals aged 5 through 24.
            (2) 39 percent on the basis of their relative total 
        population.
    (e) State Grants.--From funds allocated under subsection (d), the 
Secretary shall make grants to the Governor of each State.
    (f) Reallocation.--The Governor shall return to the Secretary any 
funds received under subsection (e) that the Governor does not obligate 
within 1 year of receiving a grant, and the Secretary shall reallocate 
such funds to the remaining States in accordance with subsection (d).

SEC. 1402. STATE USES OF FUNDS.

    (a) Education Fund.--
            (1) In general.--The Governor shall use at least 61 percent 
        of the State's allocation under section 1401 for the support of 
        elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as 
        applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
            (2) Restoring 2008 state support for education.--
                    (A) In general.--The Governor shall first use the 
                funds described in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) to provide the amount of funds, through 
                        the State's principal elementary and secondary 
                        funding formula, that is needed to restore 
                        State support for elementary and secondary 
                        education to the fiscal year 2008 level; and 
                        where applicable, to allow existing State 
                        formula increases for fiscal years 2009, 2010, 
                        and 2011 to be implemented and allow funding 
                        for phasing in State equity and adequacy 
                        adjustments that were enacted prior to July 1, 
                        2008; and
                            (ii) to provide the amount of funds to 
                        public institutions of higher education in the 
                        State that is needed to restore State support 
                        for postsecondary education to the fiscal year 
                        2008 level.
                    (B) Shortfall.--If the Governor determines that the 
                amount of funds available under paragraph (1) is 
                insufficient to restore State support for education to 
                the levels described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
                subparagraph (A), the Governor shall allocate those 
                funds between those clauses in proportion to the 
                relative shortfall in State support for the education 
                sectors described in those clauses.
            (3) Subgrants to improve basic programs operated by local 
        educational agencies.--After carrying out paragraph (2), the 
        Governor shall use any funds remaining under paragraph (1) to 
        provide local educational agencies in the State with subgrants 
        based on their relative shares of funding under part A of title 
        I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the most recent year for which data 
        are available.
    (b) Other Government Services.--The Governor may use up to 39 
percent of the State's allocation under section 1401 for public safety 
and other government services, which may include assistance for 
elementary and secondary education and public institutions of higher 
education.

SEC. 1403. USES OF FUNDS BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--A local educational agency that receives funds 
under this title may use the funds for any activity authorized by the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) 
(``ESEA''), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1400 et seq.) (``IDEA''), or the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) (``the Perkins Act'').
    (b) Prohibition.--A local educational agency may not use funds 
received under this title for capital projects unless authorized by 
ESEA, IDEA, or the Perkins Act.

SEC. 1404. USES OF FUNDS BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--A public institution of higher education that 
receives funds under this title shall use the funds for education and 
general expenditures, and in such a way as to mitigate the need to 
raise tuition and fees for in-State students.
    (b) Prohibition.--An institution of higher education may not use 
funds received under this title to increase its endowment.
    (c) Additional Prohibition.--An institution of higher education may 
not use funds received under this title for construction, renovation, 
or facility repair.

SEC. 1405. STATE APPLICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Governor of a State desiring to receive an 
allocation under section 1401 shall submit an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require.
    (b) Application.--The Governor shall--
            (1) include the assurances described in subsection (d);
            (2) provide baseline data that demonstrates the State's 
        current status in each of the areas described in such 
        assurances; and
            (3) describe how the State intends to use its allocation.
    (c) Incentive Grant Application.--The Governor of a State seeking a 
grant under section 1406 shall--
            (1) submit an application for consideration;
            (2) describe the status of the State's progress in each of 
        the areas described in subsection (d);
            (3) describe the achievement and graduation rates of public 
        elementary and secondary school students in the State, and the 
        strategies the State is employing to help ensure that all 
        subgroups of students identified in 1111(b)(2) of ESEA in the 
        State continue making progress toward meeting the State's 
        student academic achievement standards;
            (4) describe how the State would use its grant funding to 
        improve student academic achievement in the State, including 
        how it will allocate the funds to give priority to high-need 
        schools and local educational agencies; and
            (5) include a plan for evaluating its progress in closing 
        achievement gaps.
    (d) Assurances.--An application under subsection (b) shall include 
the following assurances:
            (1) Maintenance of effort.--
                    (A) Elementary and secondary education.--The State 
                will, in each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010, maintain 
                State support for elementary and secondary education at 
                least at the level of such support in fiscal year 2006.
                    (B) Higher education.--The State will, in each of 
                fiscal years 2009 and 2010, maintain State support for 
                public institutions of higher education (not including 
                support for capital projects or for research and 
                development) at least at the level of such support in 
                fiscal year 2006.
            (2) Achieving equity in teacher distribution.--The State 
        will take action, including activities outlined in section 
        2113(c) of ESEA, to increase the number, and improve the 
        distribution, of effective teachers and principals in high-
        poverty schools and local educational agencies throughout the 
        State.
            (3) Improving collection and use of data.--The State will 
        establish a longitudinal data system that includes the elements 
        described in section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the America COMPETES Act 
        (20 U.S.C. 9871).
            (4) Standards and assessments.--The State--
                    (A) will enhance the quality of academic 
                assessments described in section 1111(b)(3) of ESEA (20 
                U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)) through activities such as those 
                described in section 6112(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                7301a(a));
                    (B) will comply with the requirements of paragraphs 
                (3)(C)(ix) and (6) of section 1111(b) of ESEA (20 
                U.S.C. 6311(b)) and section 612(a)(16) of IDEA (20 
                U.S.C. 1412(a)(16)) related to the inclusion of 
                children with disabilities and limited English 
                proficient students in State assessments, the 
                development of valid and reliable assessments for those 
                students, and the provision of accommodations that 
                enable their participation in State assessments; and
                    (C) will take steps to improve State academic 
                content standards and student academic achievement 
                standards consistent with 6401(e)(1)(A)(ii) of the 
                America COMPETES Act.
            (5) will ensure compliance with the requirements of section 
        1116(a)(7)(C)(iv) and section 1116(a)(8)(B) with respect to 
        schools identified under such sections.

SEC. 1406. STATE INCENTIVE GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--From the total amount reserved under section 
1401(c) that is not used for section 1407, the Secretary shall, in 
fiscal year 2010, make grants to States that have made significant 
progress in meeting the objectives of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) 
of section 1405(d).
    (b) Basis for Grants.--The Secretary shall determine which States 
receive grants under this section, and the amount of those grants, on 
the basis of information provided in State applications under section 
1405 and such other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate.
    (c) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--Each State receiving 
a grant under this section shall use at least 50 percent of the grant 
to provide local educational agencies in the State with subgrants based 
on their relative shares of funding under part A of title I of ESEA (20 
U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the most recent year.

SEC. 1407. INNOVATION FUND.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Eligible entity.--For the purposes of this section, the 
        term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) A local educational agency; or
                    (B) a partnership between a nonprofit organization 
                and--
                            (i) one or more local educational agencies;
                            (ii) or a consortium of schools.
            (2) Program established.--From the total amount reserved 
        under section 1401(c), the Secretary may reserve up to 
        $650,000,000 to establish an Innovation Fund, which shall 
        consist of academic achievement awards that recognize eligible 
        entities that meet the requirements described in subsection 
        (b).
            (3) Basis for awards.--The Secretary shall make awards to 
        eligible entities that have made significant gains in closing 
        the achievement gap as described in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) to allow such eligible entities to expand their 
                work and serve as models for best practices;
                    (B) to allow such eligible entities to work in 
                partnership with the private sector and the 
                philanthropic community; and
                    (C) to identify and document best practices that 
                can be shared, and taken to scale based on demonstrated 
                success.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for such an award, an eligible 
entity shall--
            (1) have significantly closed the achievement gaps between 
        groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2) of ESEA (20 
        U.S.C. 6311(b)(2));
            (2) have exceeded the State's annual measurable objectives 
        consistent with such section 1111(b)(2) for 2 or more 
        consecutive years or have demonstrated success in significantly 
        increasing student academic achievement for all groups of 
        students described in such section through another measure, 
        such as measures described in section 1111(c)(2) of ESEA;
            (3) have made significant improvement in other areas, such 
        as graduation rates or increased recruitment and placement of 
        high-quality teachers and school leaders, as demonstrated with 
        meaningful data; and
            (4) demonstrate that they have established partnerships 
        with the private sector, which may include philanthropic 
        organizations, and that the private sector will provide 
        matching funds in order to help bring results to scale.

SEC. 1408. STATE REPORTS.

    A State receiving funds under this title shall submit a report to 
the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 
require, that describes--
            (1) the uses of funds provided under this title within the 
        State;
            (2) how the State distributed the funds it received under 
        this title;
            (3) the number of jobs that the Governor estimates were 
        saved or created with funds the State received under this 
        title;
            (4) tax increases that the Governor estimates were averted 
        because of the availability of funds from this title;
            (5) the State's progress in reducing inequities in the 
        distribution of teachers, in implementing a State student 
        longitudinal data system, and in developing and implementing 
        valid and reliable assessments for limited English proficient 
        students and children with disabilities;
            (6) the tuition and fee increases for in-State students 
        imposed by public institutions of higher education in the State 
        during the period of availability of funds under this title, 
        and a description of any actions taken by the State to limit 
        those increases; and
            (7) the extent to which public institutions of higher 
        education maintained, increased, or decreased enrollment of in-
        State students, including students eligible for Pell Grants or 
        other need-based financial assistance.

SEC. 1409. EVALUATION.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct 
evaluations of the programs under sections 1406 and 1407 which shall 
include, but not be limited to, the criteria used for the awards made, 
the States selected for awards, award amounts, how each State used the 
award received, and the impact of this funding on the progress made 
toward closing achievement gaps.

SEC. 1410. SECRETARY'S REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    The Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, not 
less than 6 months following the submission of the State reports, that 
evaluates the information provided in the State reports under section 
1408.

SEC. 1411. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF CERTAIN ASSISTANCE.

    No recipient of funds under this title shall use such funds to 
provide financial assistance to students to attend private elementary 
or secondary schools, unless such funds are used to provide special 
education and related services to children with disabilities, as 
authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).

SEC. 1412. DEFINITIONS.

    Except as otherwise provided in this title, as used in this title--
            (1) the term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001);
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        Education;
            (3) the term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
            (4) any other term that is defined in section 9101 of ESEA 
        (20 U.S.C. 7801) shall have the meaning given the term in such 
        section.

SEC. 1413. REGULATORY RELIEF.

    (a) Waiver Authority.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the 
Secretary of Education may, as applicable, waive or modify, in order to 
ease fiscal burdens, any requirement relating to the following:
            (1) Maintenance of effort.
            (2) The use of Federal funds to supplement, not supplant, 
        non-Federal funds.
    (b) Duration.--A waiver under this section shall be for fiscal 
years 2009 and 2010.
    (c) Limitations.--
            (1) Relation to idea.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        construed to permit the Secretary to waive or modify any 
        provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
        (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), except as described in a(1) and a(2).
            (2) Maintenance of effort.--If the Secretary grants a 
        waiver or modification under this section waiving or modifying 
        a requirement relating to maintenance of effort for fiscal 
        years 2009 and 2010, the level of effort required for fiscal 
        year 2011 shall not be reduced because of the waiver or 
        modification.

 TITLE XV--RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD AND RECOVERY 
                       INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL

SEC. 1501. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given 
        under section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Recovery 
        Accountability and Transparency Board established in section 
        1511.
            (3) Chairperson.--The term ``Chairperson'' means the 
        Chairperson of the Board.
            (4) Covered funds.--The term ``covered funds'' means any 
        funds that are expended or obligated--
                    (A) from appropriations made under this Act; and
                    (B) under any other authorities provided under this 
                Act.
            (5) Panel.--The term ``Panel'' means the Recovery 
        Independent Advisory Panel established in section 1531.

       Subtitle A--Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

SEC. 1511. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
              TRANSPARENCY BOARD.

    There is established the Recovery Accountability and Transparency 
Board to coordinate and conduct oversight of covered funds to prevent 
fraud, waste, and abuse.

SEC. 1512. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.

    (a) Chairperson.--
            (1) Designation or appointment.--The President shall--
                    (A) designate the Deputy Director for Management of 
                the Office of Management and Budget to serve as 
                Chairperson of the Board;
                    (B) designate another Federal officer who was 
                appointed by the President to a position that required 
                the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve as 
                Chairperson of the Board; or
                    (C) appoint an individual as the Chairperson of the 
                Board, by and with the advice and consent of the 
                Senate.
            (2) Compensation.--
                    (A) Designation of federal officer.--If the 
                President designates a Federal officer under paragraph 
                (1)(A) or (B) to serve as Chairperson, that Federal 
                officer may not receive additional compensation for 
                services performed as Chairperson.
                    (B) Appointment of non-federal officer.--If the 
                President appoints an individual as Chairperson under 
                paragraph (1)(C), that individual shall be compensated 
                at the rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the 
                Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
                United States Code.
    (b) Members.--The members of the Board shall include--
            (1) the Inspectors General of the Departments of 
        Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human 
        Services, Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation, Treasury, 
        and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; and
            (2) any other Inspector General as designated by the 
        President from any agency that expends or obligates covered 
        funds.

SEC. 1513. FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD.

    (a) Functions.--
            (1) In general.--The Board shall coordinate and conduct 
        oversight of covered funds in order to prevent fraud, waste, 
        and abuse.
            (2) Specific functions.--The functions of the Board shall 
        include--
                    (A) reviewing whether the reporting of contracts 
                and grants using covered funds meets applicable 
                standards and specifies the purpose of the contract or 
                grant and measures of performance;
                    (B) reviewing whether competition requirements 
                applicable to contracts and grants using covered funds 
                have been satisfied;
                    (C) auditing and investigating covered funds to 
                determine whether wasteful spending, poor contract or 
                grant management, or other abuses are occurring;
                    (D) reviewing whether there are sufficient 
                qualified acquisition and grant personnel overseeing 
                covered funds;
                    (E) reviewing whether personnel whose duties 
                involve acquisitions or grants made with covered funds 
                receive adequate training; and
                    (F) reviewing whether there are appropriate 
                mechanisms for interagency collaboration relating to 
                covered funds.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) Quarterly reports.--The Board shall submit quarterly 
        reports to the President and Congress, including the Committees 
        on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
        summarizing the findings of the Board and the findings of 
        inspectors general of agencies. The Board may submit additional 
        reports as appropriate.
            (2) Annual reports.--The Board shall submit annual reports 
        to the President and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
        Senate and House of Representatives, consolidating applicable 
        quarterly reports on the use of covered funds.
            (3) Public availability.--
                    (A) In general.--All reports submitted under this 
                subsection shall be made publicly available and posted 
                on a website established by the Board.
                    (B) Redactions.--Any portion of a report submitted 
                under this subsection may be redacted when made 
                publicly available, if that portion would disclose 
                information that is not subject to disclosure under 
                section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
                known as the Freedom of Information Act).
    (c) Recommendations.--
            (1) In general.--The Board shall make recommendations to 
        agencies on measures to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse 
        relating to covered funds.
            (2) Responsive reports.--Not later than 30 days after 
        receipt of a recommendation under paragraph (1), an agency 
        shall submit a report to the President, the congressional 
        committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, and 
        the Board on--
                    (A) whether the agency agrees or disagrees with the 
                recommendations; and
                    (B) any actions the agency will take to implement 
                the recommendations.

SEC. 1514. POWERS OF THE BOARD.

    (a) In General.--The Board shall conduct, supervise, and coordinate 
audits and investigations by inspectors general of agencies relating to 
covered funds.
    (b) Audits and Investigations.--The Board may--
            (1) conduct its own independent audits and investigations 
        relating to covered funds; and
            (2) collaborate on audits and investigations relating to 
        covered funds with any inspector general of an agency.
    (c) Authorities.--
            (1) Audits and investigations.--In conducting audits and 
        investigations, the Board shall have the authorities provided 
        under section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
        App.).
            (2) Standards and guidelines.--The Board shall carry out 
        the powers under subsections (a) and (b) in accordance with 
        section 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
        App.).
    (d) Public Hearings.--The Board may hold public hearings and Board 
personnel may conduct investigative depositions. The head of each 
agency shall make all officers and employees of that agency available 
to provide testimony to the Board and Board personnel. The Board may 
issue subpoenas to compel the testimony of persons who are not Federal 
officers or employees. Any such subpoenas may be enforced as provided 
under section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (e) Contracts.--The Board may enter into contracts to enable the 
Board to discharge its duties under this subtitle, including contracts 
and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other 
services with public agencies and with private persons, and make such 
payments as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the Board.
    (f) Transfer of Funds.--The Board may transfer funds appropriated 
to the Board for expenses to support administrative support services 
and audits or investigations of covered funds to any office of 
inspector general, the Office of Management and Budget, the General 
Services Administration, and the Panel.

SEC. 1515. EMPLOYMENT, PERSONNEL, AND RELATED AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Employment and Personnel Authorities.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Authorities.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
                Board may exercise the authorities of subsections (b) 
                through (i) of section 3161 of title 5, United States 
                Code (without regard to subsection (a) of that 
                section).
                    (B) Application.--For purposes of exercising the 
                authorities described under subparagraph (A), the term 
                ``Chairperson of the Board'' shall be substituted for 
                the term ``head of a temporary organization''.
                    (C) Consultation.--In exercising the authorities 
                described under subparagraph (A), the Chairperson shall 
                consult with members of the Board.
            (2) Employment authorities.--In exercising the employment 
        authorities under subsection (b) of section 3161 of title 5, 
        United States Code, as provided under paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection--
                    (A) paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 3161 
                of that title (relating to periods of appointments) 
                shall not apply; and
                    (B) no period of appointment may exceed the date on 
                which the Board terminates under section 1521.
    (b) Information and Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Upon request of the Board for information 
        or assistance from any agency or other entity of the Federal 
        Government, the head of such entity shall, insofar as is 
        practicable and not in contravention of any existing law, 
        furnish such information or assistance to the Board, or an 
        authorized designee.
            (2) Report of refusals.--Whenever information or assistance 
        requested by the Board is, in the judgment of the Board, 
        unreasonably refused or not provided, the Board shall report 
        the circumstances to the congressional committees of 
        jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the 
        Senate and House of Representatives, without delay.
    (c) Administrative Support.--The General Services Administration 
shall provide the Board with administrative support services, including 
the provision of office space and facilities.

SEC. 1516. INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.

    (a) Independent Authority.--Nothing in this subtitle shall affect 
the independent authority of an inspector general to determine whether 
to conduct an audit or investigation of covered funds.
    (b) Requests by Board.--If the Board requests that an inspector 
general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation 
and the inspector general rejects the request in whole or in part, the 
inspector general shall, not later than 30 days after rejecting the 
request, submit a report to the Board, the head of the applicable 
agency, and the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives. The report shall state the reasons that the inspector 
general has rejected the request in whole or in part.

SEC. 1517. COORDINATION WITH THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL AND STATE 
              AUDITORS.

    The Board shall coordinate its oversight activities with the 
Comptroller General of the United States and State auditor generals.

SEC. 1518. PROTECTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CONTRACTOR 
              WHISTLEBLOWERS.

    (a) Prohibition of Reprisals.--An employee of any non-Federal 
employer receiving covered funds may not be discharged, demoted, or 
otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing to the 
Board, an inspector general, the Comptroller General, a member of 
Congress, or a the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives, 
information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of--
            (1) gross mismanagement of an agency contract or grant 
        relating to covered funds;
            (2) a gross waste of covered funds;
            (3) a substantial and specific danger to public health or 
        safety; or
            (4) a violation of law related to an agency contract 
        (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or 
        grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.
    (b) Investigation of Complaints.--
            (1) In general.--A person who believes that the person has 
        been subjected to a reprisal prohibited by subsection (a) may 
        submit a complaint to the appropriate inspector general. Unless 
        the inspector general determines that the complaint is 
        frivolous, the inspector general shall investigate the 
        complaint and, upon completion of such investigation, submit a 
        report of the findings of the investigation to the person, the 
        person's employer, the head of the appropriate agency, and the 
        Board.
            (2) Time limitations for actions.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided under 
                subparagraph (B), the inspector general shall make a 
                determination that a complaint is frivolous or submit a 
                report under paragraph (1) within 180 days after 
                receiving the complaint.
                    (B) Extension.--If the inspector general is unable 
                to complete an investigation in time to submit a report 
                within the 180-day period specified under subparagraph 
                (A) and the person submitting the complaint agrees to 
                an extension of time, the inspector general shall 
                submit a report under paragraph (1) within such 
                additional period of time as shall be agreed upon 
                between the inspector general and the person submitting 
                the complaint.
    (c) Remedy and Enforcement Authority.--
            (1) Agency action.--Not later than 30 days after receiving 
        an inspector general report under subsection (b), the head of 
        the agency concerned shall determine whether there is 
        sufficient basis to conclude that the non-Federal employer has 
        subjected the complainant to a reprisal prohibited by 
        subsection (a) and shall either issue an order denying relief 
        or shall take 1 or more of the following actions:
                    (A) Order the employer to take affirmative action 
                to abate the reprisal.
                    (B) Order the employer to reinstate the person to 
                the position that the person held before the reprisal, 
                together with the compensation (including back pay), 
                employment benefits, and other terms and conditions of 
                employment that would apply to the person in that 
                position if the reprisal had not been taken.
                    (C) Order the employer to pay the complainant an 
                amount equal to the aggregate amount of all costs and 
                expenses (including attorneys' fees and expert 
                witnesses' fees) that were reasonably incurred by the 
                complainant for, or in connection with, bringing the 
                complaint regarding the reprisal, as determined by the 
                head of the agency.
            (2) Civil action.--If the head of an agency issues an order 
        denying relief under paragraph (1) or has not issued an order 
        within 210 days after the submission of a complaint under 
        subsection (b), or in the case of an extension of time under 
        subsection (b)(2)(B), not later than 30 days after the 
        expiration of the extension of time, and there is no showing 
        that such delay is due to the bad faith of the complainant, the 
        complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted all 
        administrative remedies with respect to the complaint, and the 
        complainant may bring a de novo action at law or equity against 
        the employer to seek compensatory damages and other relief 
        available under this section in the appropriate district court 
        of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such 
        an action without regard to the amount in controversy. Such an 
        action shall, at the request of either party to the action, be 
        tried by the court with a jury.
            (3) Evidence.--An inspector general determination and an 
        agency head order denying relief under paragraph (2) shall be 
        admissible in evidence in any de novo action at law or equity 
        brought in accordance with this subsection.
            (4) Judicial enforcement of order.--Whenever a person fails 
        to comply with an order issued under paragraph (1), the head of 
        the agency shall file an action for enforcement of such order 
        in the United States district court for a district in which the 
        reprisal was found to have occurred. In any action brought 
        under this paragraph, the court may grant appropriate relief, 
        including injunctive relief and compensatory and exemplary 
        damages.
            (5) Judicial review.--Any person adversely affected or 
        aggrieved by an order issued under paragraph (1) may obtain 
        review of the order's conformance with this subsection, and any 
        regulations issued to carry out this section, in the United 
        States court of appeals for a circuit in which the reprisal is 
        alleged in the order to have occurred. No petition seeking such 
        review may be filed more than 60 days after issuance of the 
        order by the head of the agency. Review shall conform to 
        chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to authorize the discharge of, demotion of, or discrimination against 
an employee for a disclosure other than a disclosure protected by 
subsection (a) or to modify or derogate from a right or remedy 
otherwise available to the employee.

SEC. 1519. BOARD WEBSITE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Board shall establish and maintain a user-
friendly, public-facing website to foster greater accountability and 
transparency in the use of covered funds.
    (b) Purpose.--The website established and maintained under 
subsection (a) shall be a portal or gateway to key information relating 
to this Act and provide connections to other Government websites with 
related information.
    (c) Content and Function.--In establishing the website established 
and maintained under subsection (a), the Board shall ensure the 
following:
            (1) The website shall provide materials explaining what 
        this Act means for citizens. The materials shall be easy to 
        understand and regularly updated.
            (2) The website shall provide accountability information, 
        including a database of findings from audits, inspectors 
        general, and the Government Accountability Office.
            (3) The website shall provide data on relevant economic, 
        financial, grant, and contract information in user-friendly 
        visual presentations to enhance public awareness of the use of 
        covered funds.
            (4) The website shall provide detailed data on contracts 
        awarded by the Government that expend covered funds, including 
        information about the competitiveness of the contracting 
        process, notification of solicitations for contracts to be 
        awarded, and information about the process that was used for 
        the award of contracts.
            (5) The website shall include printable reports on covered 
        funds obligated by month to each State and congressional 
        district.
            (6) The website shall provide a means for the public to 
        give feedback on the performance of contracts that expend 
        covered funds.
            (7) The website shall be enhanced and updated as necessary 
        to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.
    (d) Waiver.--The Board may exclude posting contractual or other 
information on the website on a case-by-case basis when necessary to 
protect national security.

SEC. 1520. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to 
carry out this subtitle.

SEC. 1521. TERMINATION OF THE BOARD.

    The Board shall terminate on September 30, 2012.

            Subtitle B--Recovery Independent Advisory Panel

SEC. 1531. ESTABLISHMENT OF RECOVERY INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Recovery Independent 
Advisory Panel.
    (b) Membership.--The Panel shall be composed of 5 members who shall 
be appointed by the President.
    (c) Qualifications.--Members shall be appointed on the basis of 
expertise in economics, public finance, contracting, accounting, or any 
other relevant field.
    (d) Initial Meeting.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which all members of the Panel have been appointed, the Panel shall 
hold its first meeting.
    (e) Meetings.--The Panel shall meet at the call of the Chairperson 
of the Panel.
    (f) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Panel shall 
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.
    (g) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.--The Panel shall select a 
Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among its members.

SEC. 1532. DUTIES OF THE PANEL.

    The Panel shall make recommendations to the Board on actions the 
Board could take to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse relating to covered 
funds.

SEC. 1533. POWERS OF THE PANEL.

    (a) Hearings.--The Panel may hold such hearings, sit and act at 
such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence 
as the Panel considers advisable to carry out this subtitle.
    (b) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Panel may secure 
directly from any agency such information as the Panel considers 
necessary to carry out this subtitle. Upon request of the Chairperson 
of the Panel, the head of such agency shall furnish such information to 
the Panel.
    (c) Postal Services.--The Panel may use the United States mails in 
the same manner and under the same conditions as agencies of the 
Federal Government.
    (d) Gifts.--The Panel may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
donations of services or property.

SEC. 1534. PANEL PERSONNEL MATTERS.

    (a) Compensation of Members.--Each member of the Panel who is not 
an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall be compensated 
at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) 
during which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of 
the Panel. All members of the Panel who are officers or employees of 
the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to that 
received for their services as officers or employees of the United 
States.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Panel shall be allowed 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates 
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 
of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular 
places of business in the performance of services for the Panel.
    (c) Staff.--
            (1) In general.--The Chairperson of the Panel may, without 
        regard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and 
        terminate an executive director and such other additional 
        personnel as may be necessary to enable the Panel to perform 
        its duties. The employment of an executive director shall be 
        subject to confirmation by the Panel.
            (2) Compensation.--The Chairperson of the Panel may fix the 
        compensation of the executive director and other personnel 
        without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 
        of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of 
        positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate 
        of pay for the executive director and other personnel may not 
        exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 
        under section 5316 of such title.
            (3) Personnel as federal employees.--
                    (A) In general.--The executive director and any 
                personnel of the Panel who are employees shall be 
                employees under section 2105 of title 5, United States 
                Code, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 
                89, 89A, 89B, and 90 of that title.
                    (B) Members of panel.--Subparagraph (A) shall not 
                be construed to apply to members of the Panel.
    (d) Detail of Government Employees.--Any Federal Government 
employee may be detailed to the Panel without reimbursement, and such 
detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege.
    (e) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The 
Chairperson of the Panel may procure temporary and intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates 
for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title.
    (f) Administrative Support.--The General Services Administration 
shall provide the Board with administrative support services, including 
the provision of office space and facilities.

SEC. 1535. TERMINATION OF THE PANEL.

    The Panel shall terminate on September 30, 2012.

SEC. 1536. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to 
carry out this subtitle.

        Subtitle C--Reports of the Council of Economic Advisers

SEC. 1541. REPORTS OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS.

    (a) In General.--In consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers shall submit quarterly 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives that detail the estimated impact of programs funded 
through covered funds on employment, economic growth, and other key 
economic indicators.
    (b) Submission.--The first report under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted not later than 15 days after the end of the first full 
quarter following the date of enactment of this Act. The last report 
required to be submitted under subsection (a) shall apply to the 
quarter in which the Board terminates under section 1521.

                TITLE XVI--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

                         emergency designation

    Sec. 1601. Each amount in this Act is designated as an emergency 
requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 
204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. 
Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget 
for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

                              availability

    Sec. 1602. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.

                  relationship to other appropriations

    Sec. 1603. Each amount appropriated or made available in this Act 
is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 
involved. Enactment of this Act shall have no effect on the 
availability of amounts under the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2009 (division A of Public Law 110-329).

                              buy american

    Sec. 1604. Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods. (a) 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, 
maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all 
of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are 
produced in the United States.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case in which the head of 
the Federal department or agency involved finds that--
            (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
        public interest;
            (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are 
        not produced in the United States if sufficient and reasonably 
        available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or
            (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods 
        produced in the United States will increase the cost of the 
        overall project by more than 25 percent.
    (c) If the head of a Federal department or agency determines that 
it is necessary to waive the application of subsection (a) based on a 
finding under subsection (b), the head of the department or agency 
shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed written jurisdiction 
as to why the provision is being waived.
    (d) In this section, the terms ``public building'' and ``public 
work'' have the meanings given such terms in section 1 of the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10c) and include airports, bridges, canals, 
dams, dikes, pipelines, railroads, multiline mass transit systems, 
roads, tunnels, harbors, and piers.

                             certification

    Sec. 1605. With respect to funds in titles I though XVI of this Act 
made available to State, or local government agencies, the Governor, 
mayor, or other chief executive, as appropriate, shall certify that the 
infrastructure investment has received the full review and vetting 
required by law and that the chief executive accepts responsibility 
that the infrastructure investment is an appropriate use of taxpayer 
dollars. A State or local agency may not receive infrastructure 
investment funding from funds made available in this Act unless this 
certification is made.

                   economic stabilization contracting

    Sec. 1606. Reform of Contracting Procedures Under EESA. Section 
107(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 
5217(b)) is amended by inserting ``and individuals with disabilities 
and businesses owned by individuals with disabilities (for purposes of 
this subsection the term `individual with disability' has the same 
meaning as the term `handicapped individual' as that term is defined in 
section 3(f) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(f)),'' after 
``(12 U.S.C. 1441a(r)(4)),''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009''.
                                                        Calendar No. 19

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 336

                           [Report No. 111-3]

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                                 A BILL

 Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, 
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to 
   the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

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                            Janaury 27, 2009

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar
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