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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 235 

To reduce unsustainable spending. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2011 

Mr. BRADY of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Education and the Workforce, 

Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and 

Technology, Armed Services, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for 

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

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

A BILL 

To reduce unsustainable spending. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Cut Unsustainable and Top-Heavy Spending Act of 

6 2011’’ or the ‘‘CUTS Act’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

8 this title is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. 15-Percent reduction in appropriations to the Executive Office of the 

President and Congress. 

Sec. 3. No cost of living adjustment in pay of Members of Congress. 

Sec. 4. Freeze on cost of Federal employees (including civilian employees of the 

Department of Defense) salaries. 

Sec. 5. Reduction in the number of Federal employees. 

Sec. 6. Limitation on Government printing costs. 

Sec. 7. Limitation of Government travel costs. 

Sec. 8. Reduction in Federal vehicle costs. 

Sec. 9. Sale of excess Federal property. 

Sec. 10. Prohibition on use of Federal funds to pay unemployment compensation to millionaires. 

Sec. 11. Mandatory elimination of duplicative government programs. 

Sec. 12. Collection of unpaid taxes from employees of the Federal Government. 

Sec. 13. Ten percent reduction in voluntary contributions to the United Nations. 

Sec. 14. Low-priority construction projects of Corps of Engineers. 

Sec. 15. Ten percent reduction in international development and humanitarian 

assistance funding. 

Sec. 16. Elimination of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program. 

Sec. 17. Rescission of amounts for Economic Development Administration. 

Sec. 18. Department of Justice wasteful activities. 

Sec. 19. Rescission of amounts for Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program and Baldridge Performance Excellence Program. 

Sec. 20. Fossil fuel applied research. 

Sec. 21. Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

Sec. 22. Fifteen percent reduction in fiscal year 2011 funding for the Department of Defense for procurement. 

Sec. 23. Ten percent reduction in fiscal year 2011 funding for the Department 

of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation. 

Sec. 24. Reduction in Department of Defense spending in support of military 

installations. 

Sec. 25. Rescission of Diplomatic and Consular Programs funding. 

Sec. 26. Elimination of program to pay institutions of higher education for administrative expenses relating to student aid program. 

Sec. 27. Elimination of grants to large and medium hub airports under airport 

improvement program. 

Sec. 28. Consolidate all Federal Fire Management Programs and reducing 

funding by 10 percent. 

Sec. 29. High-energy cost grant program. 

Sec. 30. Resource conservation and development programs. 

Sec. 31. Repeal of LEAP. 

Sec. 32. Elimination of the B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships program. 

Sec. 33. Repeal of Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program. 

Sec. 34. Elimination of the Historic Whaling and Trading Partners program. 

Sec. 35. Elimination of the Underground Railroad educational and cultural program. 

Sec. 36. Brownfields economic development initiative. 

Sec. 37. Election reform grants. 

Sec. 38. Election Assistance Commission. 

Sec. 39. Emergency operations center grant program. 

Sec. 40. Elimination of health care facilities and construction program. 

Sec. 41. High priority surface transportation projects. 


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Sec. 42. Save America’s Treasures Program; Preserve America Program. 

Sec. 43. Targeted water infrastructure grants. 

Sec. 44. National Park Service Challenge Cost Share Program. 

Sec. 45. Delta health initiative. 

Sec. 46. Department of Agriculture health care services grant program. 

Sec. 47. Elimination of loan repayment for civil legal assistance attorneys. 

Sec. 48. Targeted air shed grant program. 

1 SEC. 2. 15-PERCENT REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS TO 

2 THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

3 AND CONGRESS. 

4 (a) RESCISSIONS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is rescinded an 

6 amount equal to 15 percent of the budget authority 

7 provided for any discretionary account in appropria8 tions to the Legislative Branch for fiscal year 2011. 

9 (2) PROPORTIONATE APPLICATION.—Any re10 scission made by paragraph (1) shall be applied pro11 portionately— 

12 (A) to each discretionary account and each 

13 item of budget authority described in such 

14 paragraph; and 

15 (B) within each such account and item, to 

16 each program, project, and activity (with pro17 grams, projects, and activities as delineated in 

18 the appropriation Act or accompanying reports 

19 for the relevant fiscal year covering such ac20 count or item, or for accounts and items not in21 cluded in appropriation Acts, as delineated in 


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1 the most recently submitted President’s budg2 et). 

3 (3) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not 

4 apply to appropriations under the heading ‘‘CAP5 ITOL POLICE’’. 

6 (4) ADMINISTRATION OF ACROSS-THE-BOARD

7 REDUCTIONS.—In the administration of paragraph 

8 (1), with respect to the budget authority provided 

9 under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in— 

10 (A) the percentage rescissions under para11 graph (1) shall apply to the total amount of all 

12 funds appropriated under that heading; and 

13 (B) the rescissions may be applied without 

14 regard to paragraph (2). 

15 (b) APPROPRIATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

16 THE PRESIDENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

17 of law, the total amount of funds appropriated to the ap18 propriations account under the heading ‘‘EXECUTIVE 

19 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS AP20 PROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT’’ for each of fis21 cal years 2012 and 2013 may not exceed the total amount 

22 of funds appropriated to that account for fiscal year 2011 

23 after application of the rescission under subsection (a). 

24 (c) APPROPRIATIONS TO CONGRESS.—Notwith25 standing any other provision of law, the total amount of 


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1 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘SENATE’’ and 

2 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ for each of fiscal 

3 years 2012 and 2013 may not exceed the total amount 

4 of funds appropriated under those headings for fiscal year 

5 2011 after application of the rescission under subsection 

6 (a). 

7 SEC. 3. NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IN PAY OF MEM8 BERS OF CONGRESS. 

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no ad10 justment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legis11 lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relating 

12 to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) 

13 during fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014. 

14 SEC. 4. FREEZE ON COST OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES (IN15 CLUDING CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DE16 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE) SALARIES. 

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total 

18 amount of funds expended on salaries for civilian employ19 ees of the Federal Government, including civilian employ20 ees of the Department of Defense, for fiscal year 2011, 

21 fiscal year 2012, and fiscal year 2013 shall not exceed the 

22 total costs for such salaries in fiscal year 2010: Provided, 

23 That the amounts spent on salaries of members of the 

24 armed forces are exempt from the provisions of this sub25 section: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection 


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1 prohibits an employee from receiving an increase in salary 

2 or other compensation so long as such an increase does 

3 not increase an agency’s net expenditures for employee 

4 salaries. 

5 SEC. 5. REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOY6 EES. 

7 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ 

8 means an executive agency as defined under section 105 

9 of title 5, United States Code. 

10 (b) DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.— 

11 Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

12 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

13 shall determine the number of full-time employees em14 ployed in each agency. The head of each agency shall co15 operate with the Director of the Office of Management 

16 and Budget in making the determinations. 

17 (c) REDUCTIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provi18 sion of law, the head of each agency shall take such ac19 tions as necessary, including a reduction in force under 

20 sections 3502 and 3595 of title 5, United States Code, 

21 to reduce the number of full-time employees employed in 

22 that agency as determined under subsection (b) by 10 per23 cent not later than October 1, 2020. 

24 (d) REPLACEMENT HIRE RATE.—In implementing 

25 subsection (c), the head of each agency may hire no more 


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1 than 2 employees in that agency for every 3 employees 

2 who leave employment in that agency during any fiscal 

3 year. 

4 SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENT PRINTING COSTS. 

5 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 

7 Budget shall coordinate with the heads of Federal depart8 ments and independent agencies to— 

9 (a) determine which Government publications could 

10 be available on Government websites and no longer printed 

11 and to devise a strategy to reduce overall Government 

12 printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with fiscal 

13 year 2011, except that the Director shall ensure that es14 sential printed documents prepared for social security re15 cipients, medicare beneficiaries, and other populations in 

16 areas with limited internet access or use continue to re17 main available; 

18 (b) establish government-wide Federal guidelines on 

19 employee printing; 

20 (c) issue on the Office of Management and Budget’s 

21 public website the results of a cost-benefit analysis on im22 plementing a digital signature system and on establishing 

23 employee printing identification systems, such as the use 

24 of individual employee cards or codes, to monitor the 

25 amount of printing done by Federal employees; except that 


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1 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

2 shall ensure that Federal employee printing costs unre3 lated to national defense, homeland security, border secu4 rity, national disasters, and other emergencies do not ex5 ceed $860,000,000 annually; and 

6 (d) issue guidelines requiring every department, 

7 agency, commission or office to list at a prominent place 

8 near the beginning of each publication distributed to the 

9 public and issued or paid for by the Federal Govern10 ment— 

11 (1) the name of the issuing agency, department, 

12 commission or office; 

13 (2) the total number of copies of the document 

14 printed; 

15 (3) the collective cost of producing and printing 

16 all of the copies of the document; and 

17 (4) the name of the firm publishing the docu18 ment. 

19 SEC. 7. LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT TRAVEL COSTS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within 60 days after the date of 

21 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man22 agement and Budget, in consultation with the heads of 

23 the Federal departments and agencies, shall establish a 

24 definition of ‘‘nonessential travel’’ and criteria to deter25 mine if travel-related expenses and requests by Federal 


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1 employees meet the definition of ‘‘nonessential travel’’. No 

2 travel expenses paid for, in whole or in part, with Federal 

3 funds shall be paid by the Federal Government unless a 

4 request is made prior to the travel and the requested trav5 el meets the criteria established by this section. Any travel 

6 request that does not meet the definition and criteria shall 

7 be disallowed, including reimbursement for air flights, 

8 automobile rentals, train tickets, lodging, per diem, and 

9 other travel-related costs. The definition established by the 

10 Director of the Office of Management and Budget may 

11 include exemptions in the definition, including travel re12 lated to national defense, homeland security, border secu13 rity, national disasters, and other emergencies. The Direc14 tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure 

15 that all travel costs paid for in part or whole by the Fed16 eral Government not related to national defense, homeland 

17 security, border security, national disasters, and other 

18 emergencies do not exceed $5,000,000,000 annually. 

19 (b) RESCISSIONS.— 

20 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

21 (A) the term ‘‘agency’’— 

22 (i) means an executive agency as de23 fined under section 105 of title 5, United 

24 States Code; and 


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1 (ii) does not include the Department 

2 of Defense; and 

3 (B) the term ‘‘travel expense amount’’ 

4 means, with respect to each agency, an amount 

5 equal to 20 percent of all funds expended by 

6 that agency on travel expenses during fiscal 

7 year 2010. 

8 (2) IN GENERAL.—There is rescinded a travel 

9 expense amount from appropriations made for fiscal 

10 year 2011 in each agency appropriations account 

11 providing for travel expenses. 

12 (3) FREEZE.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, the total amount of funds appropriated 

14 to the appropriations account providing for travel 

15 expenses for each agency for each of fiscal years 

16 2012 and 2013 may not exceed the total amount of 

17 funds appropriated to that account for fiscal year 

18 2011 after application of the rescission under para19 graph (2). 

20 SEC. 8. REDUCTION IN FEDERAL VEHICLE COSTS. 

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 

22 (a) of the amounts made available to the General 

23 Services Administration for the acquisition of new vehicles 

24 for the Federal fleet for fiscal year 2011 and remaining 

25 unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act, an 


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1 amount equal to 20 percent of all such amounts is re2 scinded; 

3 (b) for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year there4 after— 

5 (1) the amount made available to the General 

6 Services Administration for the acquisition of new 

7 vehicles for the Federal fleet shall not exceed an 

8 amount equal to 80 percent of the amount made 

9 available for the acquisition of those vehicles for fis10 cal year 2011 (before application of subsection (a)); 

11 and 

12 (2) the number of new vehicles acquired by the 

13 General Services Administration for the Federal 

14 fleet shall not exceed a number equal to 50 percent 

15 of the vehicles so acquired for fiscal year 2011; and 

16 (c) any amounts made available under Public Law 

17 111–5 for the acquisition of new vehicles for the Federal 

18 fleet shall be disregarded by for purposes of determining 

19 the baseline. 

20 SEC. 9. SALE OF EXCESS FEDERAL PROPERTY. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 

22 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

23 following: 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF 

2 REAL PROPERTY 

3 ‘‘§ 621. Definitions 

4 ‘‘In this subchapter: 

5 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

6 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg7 et. 

8 ‘‘(2) LANDHOLDING AGENCY.—The term ‘land9 holding agency’ means a landholding agency (as de10 fined in section 501(i) of the McKinney-Vento 

11 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411(i))). 

12 ‘‘(3) REAL PROPERTY.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘real prop14 erty’ means— 

15 ‘‘(i) a parcel of real property under 

16 the administrative jurisdiction of the Fed17 eral Government that is— 

18 ‘‘(I) excess; 

19 ‘‘(II) surplus; 

20 ‘‘(III) underperforming; or 

21 ‘‘(IV) otherwise not meeting the 

22 needs of the Federal Government, as 

23 determined by the Director; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) a building or other structure lo2 cated on real property described in clause 

3 (i). 

4 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘real prop5 erty’ excludes any parcel of real property, and 

6 any building or other structure located on real 

7 property, that is to be closed or realigned under 

8 the Defense Authorization Amendments and 

9 Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 U.S.C. 

10 2687 note; Public Law 100–526). 

11 ‘‘§ 622. Disposal program 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

13 (e), the Director shall, by sale or auction, dispose of a 

14 quantity of real property with an aggregate value of not 

15 less than $15,000,000,000 that, as determined by the Di16 rector, is not being used, and will not be used, to meet 

17 the needs of the Federal Government for the period of fis18 cal years 2010 through 2015. 

19 ‘‘(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The head of each land20 holding agency shall recommend to the Director real prop21 erty for disposal under subsection (a). 

22 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF PROPERTIES.—After receiving 

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1 ‘‘(1) with the concurrence of the head of each 

2 landholding agency, may select the real property for 

3 disposal under subsection (a); and 

4 ‘‘(2) shall notify the recommending landholding 

5 agency head of the selection of the real property. 

6 ‘‘(d) WEBSITE.—The Director shall ensure that all 

7 real properties selected for disposal under this section are 

8 listed on a website that shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) be updated routinely; and 

10 ‘‘(2) include the functionality to allow any 

11 member of the public, at the option of the member, 

12 to receive updates of the list through electronic mail. 

13 ‘‘(e) TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.—The Director may 

14 transfer real property selected for disposal under this sec15 tion to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop16 ment if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

17 determines that the real property is suitable for use in 

18 assisting the homeless.’’. 

19 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

20 The table of sections for chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 

21 40, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 

22 item relating to section 611 the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY

‘‘Sec. 621. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 622. Disposal program.’’. 


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1 SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO PAY 

2 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TO MIL3 LIONAIRES. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, no Federal funds may be used to make pay6 ments of unemployment compensation (including such 

7 compensation under the Federal-State Extended Com8 pensation Act of 1970 and the emergency unemployment 

9 compensation program under title IV of the of the Supple10 mental Appropriations Act, 2008) in a year to an indi11 vidual whose resources in the preceding year was equal 

12 to or greater than $1,000,000. For purposes of the pre13 ceding sentence, with respect to a year, an individual’s re14 sources shall be determined in the same manner as a sub15 sidy eligible individual’s resources are determined for the 

16 year for purposes of the Medicare part D drug benefit 

17 under section 1860D–14(a)(3)(E) of the Social Security 

18 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–114(a)(3)(E)). 

19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition under sub20 section (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin21 ning on or after January 1, 2011. 

22 SEC. 11. MANDATORY ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE GOV23 ERNMENT PROGRAMS. 

24 (a) REDUCING DUPLICATION.—The Director of the 

25 Office of Management Budget and the Secretary of each 

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1 pendent agency) shall work with the Chairman and rank2 ing member of the relevant congressional appropriations 

3 subcommittees and the congressional authorizing commit4 tees to consolidate programs with duplicative goals, mis5 sions, and initiatives. 

6 (b) OMB REPORT.—Within 120 days after the date 

7 of enactment of this section, the Director of the Office 

8 of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a 

9 list of programs with duplicative goals, missions, and ini10 tiatives with recommendations for consolidation or elimi11 nation. 

12 (c) FAILURE TO ACT.—If Congress takes no action 

13 to address the recommendations submitted in subsection 

14 (b) within 60 days, Secretary of each Federal Government 

15 agency and the head of each independent agency shall 

16 carry out the recommendations as submitted to Congress. 

17 SEC. 12. COLLECTION OF UNPAID TAXES FROM EMPLOYEES 

18 OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 73 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VIII—COLLECTION OF UNPAID 

2 TAXES FROM EMPLOYEES OF THE FED3 ERAL GOVERNMENT 

4 ‘‘§ 7381. Collection of unpaid taxes from employees of 

5 the Federal Government 

6 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

7 ‘‘(1) the term ‘seriously delinquent tax debt’ 

8 means an outstanding debt under the Internal Rev9 enue Code of 1986 for which a notice of lien has 

10 been filed in public records pursuant to section 6323 

11 of such Code, except that such term does not in12 clude— 

13 ‘‘(A) a debt that is being paid in a timely 

14 manner pursuant to an agreement under sec15 tion 6159 or section 7122 of such Code; and 

16 ‘‘(B) a debt with respect to which a collec17 tion due process hearing under section 6330 of 

18 such Code, or relief under subsection (a), (b), 

19 or (f) of section 6015 of such Code, is re20 quested or pending; and 

21 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Federal employee’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) an employee, as defined by section 

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1 ‘‘(B) an employee of the United States 

2 Congress, including Members of the House of 

3 Representatives and Senators. 

4 ‘‘(b) COLLECTION OF UNPAID TAXES.—The Internal 

5 Revenue Service shall coordinate with the Department of 

6 Treasury and the hiring agency of a Federal employee who 

7 has a seriously delinquent tax debt to collect such taxes 

8 by withholding a portion of the employee’s salary over a 

9 period set by the hiring agency to ensure prompt pay10 ment.’’. 

11 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap12 ter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by add13 ing at the end the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VIII—COLLECTION OF UNPAID TAXES FROM EMPLOYEES OF

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

‘‘Sec. 7381. Collection of unpaid taxes from employees of the Federal Government.’’. 

14 SEC. 13. TEN PERCENT REDUCTION IN VOLUNTARY CON15 TRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS. 

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 

17 funds appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal 

18 year 2011, voluntary contributions to the United Nations 

19 paid by the United States shall not exceed an amount that 

20 is 10 percent less than the amount provided in fiscal year 

21 2010. 


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1 SEC. 14. LOW-PRIORITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF 

2 CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 

3 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

4 carry out low-priority construction projects of the Corps 

5 of Engineers is terminated. 

6 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law— 

8 (1) all amounts made available for low-priority 

9 construction projects of the Corps of Engineers that 

10 remain unobligated as of the date of enactment of 

11 this Act are rescinded; and 

12 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

13 enactment of this Act for the projects referred to in 

14 paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such 

15 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

16 terminating ongoing projects described in paragraph 

17 (1), as determined by the Secretary of the Army, in 

18 consultation with other appropriate Federal agen19 cies. 

20 SEC. 15. TEN PERCENT REDUCTION IN INTERNATIONAL DE21 VELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSIST22 ANCE FUNDING. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 

24 funds appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal 

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1 ceed an amount that is 10 percent less than the amount 

2 provided in fiscal year 2010. 

3 SEC. 16. ELIMINATION OF THE SAFE AND DRUG-FREE 

4 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. 

5 (a) REPEAL.—Part A of title IV of the Elementary 

6 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 

7 et seq.) is repealed. 

8 (b) RECISION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 

9 other provision of law, all unobligated balances held by 

10 the Secretary of Education for the Safe and Drug-Free 

11 Schools and Communities Program under part A of title 

12 IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

13 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), as in effect on the day 

14 before the date of enactment of this Act, are rescinded 

15 and no funds appropriated hereafter for such activities 

16 shall be expended, except as determined necessary or es17 sential by such Secretary, in consultation with the appro18 priate Federal agencies. 

19 SEC. 17. RESCISSION OF AMOUNTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVEL20 OPMENT ADMINISTRATION. 

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 

22 (1) all amounts made available for programs, 

23 activities, and grants of the Economic Development 

24 Administration that remain unobligated as of the 

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1 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

2 enactment of this Act for the programs, activities, 

3 and grants referred to in paragraph (1) shall be ex4 pended, other than such amounts as are necessary 

5 to cover costs incurred in terminating such pro6 grams, activities, and grants, as determined by the 

7 Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with other 

8 appropriate Federal agencies. 

9 SEC. 18. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASTEFUL ACTIVITIES. 

10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 5 percent 

11 of all unobligated balances held by the Attorney General 

12 as of the date of enactment of this Act are rescinded to 

13 eliminate wasteful activities of the Department of Justice. 

14 SEC. 19. RESCISSION OF AMOUNTS FOR HOLLINGS MANU15 FACTURING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND 

16 BALDRIDGE PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE 

17 PROGRAM. 

18 Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 

19 (1) all amounts made available for the Hollings 

20 Manufacturing Partnership Program and the 

21 Baldridge Performance Excellence Program that re22 main unobligated as of the date of enactment of this 

23 Act are rescinded; and 

24 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

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1 in paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such 

2 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

3 terminating ongoing projects and activities under 

4 such programs, as determined by the Secretary of 

5 Commerce, in consultation with other appropriate 

6 Federal agencies. 

7 SEC. 20. FOSSIL FUEL APPLIED RESEARCH. 

8 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of 

9 the Secretary of Energy to carry out fossil fuel applied 

10 research is terminated. 

11 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law— 

13 (1) all amounts made available for fossil fuel 

14 applied research described in subsection (a) that re15 main unobligated as of the date of enactment of this 

16 Act are rescinded; and 

17 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

18 enactment of this Act for research referred to in 

19 paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such 

20 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

21 terminating ongoing research described in paragraph 

22 (1), as determined by the Secretary of Energy, in 

23 consultation with other appropriate Federal agen24 cies. 


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1 SEC. 21. CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING. 

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the por3 tion of all unobligated balances held by the Corporation 

4 for Public Broadcasting that consists of Federal funds are 

5 rescinded and no Federal funds appropriated hereafter for 

6 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shall be obligated 

7 or expended by such Corporation. 

8 SEC. 22. FIFTEEN PERCENT REDUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 

9 2011 FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DE10 FENSE FOR PROCUREMENT. 

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

12 amount available to the Department of Defense for fiscal 

13 year 2011 for procurement is the amount equal to the ag14 gregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated 

15 to the Department for that fiscal year for procurement 

16 minus an amount equal to 15 percent of such aggregate 

17 amount. 

18 SEC. 23. TEN PERCENT REDUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2011 

19 FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DE20 FENSE FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 

21 TEST, AND EVALUATION. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

23 amount available to the Department of Defense for fiscal 

24 year 2011 for research, development, test, and evaluation 

25 is the amount equal to the aggregate amount otherwise 

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1 fiscal year for research, development, test, and evaluation 

2 minus an amount equal to 10 percent of such aggregate 

3 amount. 

4 SEC. 24. REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPEND5 ING IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY INSTALLA6 TIONS. 

7 The Secretary of Defense shall reduce the amount ob8 ligated or expended in support of military installations 

9 through the reduction or elimination of waste, fraud, and 

10 abuse attributable to programs and activities related to 

11 such support. 

12 SEC. 25. RESCISSION OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PRO13 GRAMS FUNDING. 

14 Ten percent of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

15 made available to the Secretary of State for diplomatic 

16 and consular programs and available for obligation as of 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act is hereby rescinded. 

18 SEC. 26. ELIMINATION OF PROGRAM TO PAY INSTITUTIONS 

19 OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ADMINISTRA20 TIVE EXPENSES RELATING TO STUDENT AID 

21 PROGRAM. 

22 (a) REPEAL.—Section 489 of the Higher Education 

23 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1096) is repealed. 

24 (b) RECESSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, all unobligated balances held by the Secretary 


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1 of Education for payments to institutions of higher edu2 cation under section 489 of the Higher Education Act of 

3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1096), as in effect on the day before the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, are rescinded and no funds 

5 appropriated hereafter for such payments shall be ex6 pended, except as determined necessary or essential by 

7 such Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate Fed8 eral agencies. 

9 SEC. 27. ELIMINATION OF GRANTS TO LARGE AND MEDIUM 

10 HUB AIRPORTS UNDER AIRPORT IMPROVE11 MENT PROGRAM. 

12 Notwithstanding any provision of subchapter I of 

13 chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, or any other 

14 provision of law— 

15 (1) no large hub airport or medium hub airport 

16 (as those terms are defined in section 47102 of such 

17 title) may receive a grant under the airport improve18 ment program under such subchapter; 

19 (2) all amounts made available for grants to 

20 large hub airports or medium hub airports under the 

21 airport improvement program that remain unobli22 gated as of the date of the enactment of this Act are 

23 rescinded; and 

24 (3) no amounts made available after the date of 

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1 airports or medium hub airports under the airport 

2 improvement program shall be obligated or ex3 pended, other than such amounts as are necessary 

4 to cover costs incurred in terminating ongoing 

5 projects and activities under that program, as deter6 mined by the Secretary of Transportation, in con7 sultation with other appropriate Federal agencies. 

8 SEC. 28. CONSOLIDATE ALL FEDERAL FIRE MANAGEMENT 

9 PROGRAMS AND REDUCING FUNDING BY 10 

10 PERCENT. 

11 (a) CONSOLIDATION.—Notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall consoli13 date all fire management programs carried out under laws 

14 administered by the Secretary. 

15 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law— 

17 (1) of amounts made available for programs 

18 consolidated under subsection (a), the lesser of 10 

19 percent of such amounts, on the one hand, and the 

20 amount of such amounts that remain unobligated as 

21 of the date of enactment of this Act, on the other 

22 hand, are rescinded; and 

23 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

24 enactment of this Act for the programs referred to 

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1 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

2 terminating or reducing ongoing projects and activi3 ties under such programs, as determined by the Sec4 retary of the Interior, in consultation with other ap5 propriate Federal agencies. 

6 SEC. 29. HIGH-ENERGY COST GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) REPEAL.—Section 19 of the Rural Electrification 

8 Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) is repealed. 

9 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi10 sion of law— 

11 (1) all amounts made available for the program 

12 carried out under section 19 of the Rural Elec13 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) (as in exist14 ence on the day before the date of enactment of this 

15 Act) that remain unobligated as of the date of enact16 ment of this Act are rescinded; and 

17 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

18 enactment of this Act for the program referred to in 

19 paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such 

20 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

21 terminating the program described in paragraph (1), 

22 as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, in 

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1 SEC. 30. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 

2 PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

4 carry out the resource conservation and development pro5 gram of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of 

6 the Department of Agriculture is terminated. 

7 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law— 

9 (1) all amounts made available for the resource 

10 conservation and development program of the Nat11 ural Resources Conservation Service of the Depart12 ment of Agriculture (as in existence on the day be13 fore the date of enactment of this Act) that remain 

14 unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act 

15 are rescinded; and 

16 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act for the program referred to in 

18 paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such 

19 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

20 terminating ongoing projects and activities under 

21 that program, as determined by the Secretary of Ag22 riculture, in consultation with other appropriate 

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1 SEC. 31. REPEAL OF LEAP. 

2 (a) REPEAL OF LEAP.—Subpart 4 of part A of title 

3 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1070c) is repealed. 

5 (b) RECESSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, all unobligated balances held by the Secretary 

7 of Education for the Leveraging Educational Assistance 

8 Partnership Program under subpart 4 of part A of title 

9 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 1070c), as in effect on the day before the date of enact11 ment of this Act, are rescinded and no funds appropriated 

12 hereafter for such program shall be expended, except as 

13 determined necessary or essential by such Secretary, in 

14 consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies. 

15 SEC. 32. ELIMINATION OF THE B.J. STUPAK OLYMPIC 

16 SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM. 

17 (a) REPEAL.—Section 1543 of the Higher Education 

18 Amendments of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note) is repealed. 

19 (b) ELIMINATION OF FUNDING.—Notwithstanding 

20 any other provision of law, all unobligated balances held 

21 by the Secretary of Education for the B.J. Stupak Olym22 pic Scholarships program under section 1543 of the High23 er Education Amendments of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note), 

24 as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

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1 mined necessary or essential by such Secretary, in con2 sultation with the appropriate Federal agencies. 

3 SEC. 33. REPEAL OF ROBERT C. BYRD HONORS SCHOLAR4 SHIP PROGRAM. 

5 (a) REPEAL OF LEAP.—Subpart 6 of part A of title 

6 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 1070c) is repealed. 

8 (b) RECESSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law, all unobligated balances held by the Secretary 

10 of Education for the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship 

11 Program under subpart 6 of part A of title IV of the High12 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c), as in effect 

13 on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, are 

14 rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for such 

15 program shall be expended, except as determined nec16 essary or essential by such Secretary, in consultation with 

17 the appropriate Federal agencies. 

18 SEC. 34. ELIMINATION OF THE HISTORIC WHALING AND 

19 TRADING PARTNERS PROGRAM. 

20 (a) REPEAL.—Subpart 12 of part D of title V of the 

21 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

22 U.S.C. 7265 et seq.) is repealed. 

23 (b) RECISION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law, all unobligated balances held by 

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1 Apprenticeship, and Exchange Programs for Alaska Na2 tives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Whaling 

3 and Trading Partners in Massachusetts under subpart 12 

4 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7265 et seq.), as in effect 

6 on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, are 

7 rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for such 

8 activities shall be expended, except as determined nec9 essary or essential by such Secretary, in consultation with 

10 the appropriate Federal agencies. 

11 SEC. 35. ELIMINATION OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 

12 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAM. 

13 (a) REPEAL.—Section 841 of the Higher Education 

14 Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1153) is repealed. 

15 (b) ELIMINATION OF FUNDING.—Notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law, all unobligated balances held 

17 by the Secretary of Education for the Underground Rail18 road educational and cultural program under section 841 

19 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 

20 1153), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, are rescinded and no funds appropriated here22 after for such activities shall be expended, except as deter23 mined necessary or essential by such Secretary, in con24 sultation with the appropriate Federal agencies. 


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1 SEC. 36. BROWNFIELDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIA2 TIVE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 108(q) 

4 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

5 (42 U.S.C. 5309(q)) or any other provision of law, the 

6 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not 

7 make any competitive economic development grants, as 

8 otherwise authorized by section 108(q) of that Act, for 

9 Brownfields redevelopment projects. 

10 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law— 

12 (1) all amounts made available for grants de13 scribed in subsection (a) that remain unobligated as 

14 of the date of enactment of this Act are rescinded; 

15 and 

16 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act for grants described in sub18 section (a) shall be expended, other than such 

19 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

20 terminating ongoing projects and activities under 

21 those grants, as determined by the Secretary of 

22 Housing and Urban Development, in consultation 

23 with other appropriate Federal agencies. 

24 SEC. 37. ELECTION REFORM GRANTS. 

25 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

26 make requirements payments to States under part 1 of 


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1 subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 

2 (42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.) is terminated. 

3 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law— 

5 (1) all amounts made available for such require6 ments payments (as of the day before the date of en7 actment of this Act) that remain unobligated as of 

8 the date of enactment of this Act are rescinded; and 

9 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

10 enactment of this Act for such requirements pay11 ments shall be expended, other than such amounts 

12 as are necessary to cover costs incurred in termi13 nating ongoing projects and activities using such re14 quirements payments, as determined by the Admin15 istrator of General Services, in consultation with 

16 other appropriate Federal agencies. 

17 SEC. 38. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION. 

18 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Election As19 sistance Commission established under section 201 of the 

20 Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15321) is ter21 minated. 

22 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law— 

24 (1) all amounts made available for the Election 

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1 before the date of enactment of this Act) that re2 main unobligated as of the date of enactment of this 

3 Act are rescinded; and 

4 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act for the Commission described 

6 in paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such 

7 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

8 terminating ongoing projects and activities of the 

9 Commission, as determined by the Administrator of 

10 General Services, in consultation with other appro11 priate Federal agencies. 

12 SEC. 39. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER GRANT PRO13 GRAM. 

14 (a) TERMINATION.—Section 614 of the Robert T. 

15 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 5196c) is repealed. 

17 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi18 sion of law, all unobligated balances held by the Secretary 

19 of Homeland Security for the emergency operations center 

20 grant program under section 614 of the Robert T. Staf21 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 5196c), as in effect on the day before the date of 

23 enactment of this Act, are rescinded and no funds appro24 priated hereafter for such activities shall be expended, ex25 cept as determined necessary or essential by the Secretary 


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1 of Homeland Security, in consultation with the appro2 priate Federal agencies. 

3 SEC. 40. ELIMINATION OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND 

4 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. 

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unob6 ligated balances held by the Secretary of Health and 

7 Human Services for health care facilities and construction 

8 are rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for 

9 such activities shall be expended, except as determined 

10 necessary or essential by such Secretary, in consultation 

11 with the appropriate Federal agencies. 

12 SEC. 41. HIGH PRIORITY SURFACE TRANSPORTATION 

13 PROJECTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1702 of the Safe, Ac15 countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

16 A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1256) 

17 is repealed. 

18 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law— 

20 (1) all amounts made available for high priority 

21 projects under section 1702 of the Safe, Account22 able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

23 A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 

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1 (a)) that remain unobligated as of the date of enact2 ment of this Act are rescinded; and 

3 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act for high priority projects de5 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be expended, other 

6 than such amounts as are necessary to cover costs 

7 incurred in terminating ongoing projects and activi8 ties under those projects, as determined by the Sec9 retary of Transportation, in consultation with other 

10 appropriate Federal agencies. 

11 SEC. 42. SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES PROGRAM; PRE12 SERVE AMERICA PROGRAM. 

13 (a) REPEALS.—Sections 7302 and 7303 of the Omni14 bus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 

15 469n, 469o) are repealed. 

16 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law— 

18 (1) all amounts made available for the Save 

19 America’s Treasures Program or Preserve America 

20 Program that remain unobligated as of the date of 

21 enactment of this Act are rescinded; and 

22 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

23 enactment of this Act for the programs referred to 

24 in paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such 

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1 terminating ongoing projects and activities under 

2 those programs, as determined by the Secretary of 

3 the Interior in consultation with other appropriate 

4 Federal agencies. 

5 SEC. 43. TARGETED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. 

6 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Targeted 

7 Watershed Grants Program and the U.S.–Mexico Border 

8 Water Infrastructure Program of the Environmental Pro9 tection Agency are terminated. 

10 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law— 

12 (1) all amounts made available for the Targeted 

13 Watershed Grants Program and the U.S.–Mexico 

14 Border Water Infrastructure Program of the Envi15 ronmental Protection Agency (as in existence on the 

16 day before the date of enactment of this Act) that 

17 remain unobligated as of the date of enactment of 

18 this Act are rescinded; and 

19 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

20 enactment of this Act for the programs referred to 

21 in paragraph (1) (as so in existence) shall be ex22 pended, other than such amounts as are necessary 

23 to cover costs incurred in terminating ongoing 

24 projects and activities under those programs, as de25 termined by the Administrator of the Environmental 


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1 Protection Agency, in consultation with other appro2 priate Federal agencies. 

3 SEC. 44. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CHALLENGE COST 

4 SHARE PROGRAM. 

5 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

6 provide Department of the Interior Challenge Cost Share 

7 Program grants is terminated. 

8 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law— 

10 (1) all amounts made available for the Depart11 ment of the Interior Challenge Cost Share Program 

12 (as in existence on the day before the date of enact13 ment of this Act) that remain unobligated as of the 

14 date of enactment of this Act are rescinded; and 

15 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act for the Department of the In17 terior Challenge Cost Share Program shall be ex18 pended, other than such amounts as are necessary 

19 to cover costs incurred in terminating ongoing 

20 projects and activities under the program, as deter21 mined by the Secretary of the Interior in consulta22 tion with other appropriate Federal agencies. 

23 SEC. 45. DELTA HEALTH INITIATIVE. 

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unob25 ligated balances held by the Secretary of Health and 


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1 Human Services to carry out the Delta Health Initiative 

2 are rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for 

3 such Initiative shall be expended, except as determined 

4 necessary or essential by such Secretary, in consultation 

5 with the appropriate Federal agencies. 

6 SEC. 46. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HEALTH CARE 

7 SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM. 

8 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

9 carry out any health care services grant program of the 

10 Department of Agriculture is terminated. 

11 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law— 

13 (1) all amounts made available for any health 

14 care services grant program of the Department of 

15 Agriculture (as in existence on the day before the 

16 date of enactment of this Act) that remain unobli17 gated as of the date of enactment of this Act are re18 scinded; and 

19 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

20 enactment of this Act for the program referred to in 

21 paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such 

22 amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred in 

23 terminating ongoing projects and activities under 

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1 riculture, in consultation with other appropriate 

2 Federal agencies. 

3 SEC. 47. ELIMINATION OF LOAN REPAYMENT FOR CIVIL 

4 LEGAL ASSISTANCE ATTORNEYS. 

5 (a) REPEAL.—Section 428L of the Higher Education 

6 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–12) is repealed. 

7 (b) ELIMINATION OF FUNDING.—Notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of law, all unobligated balances held 

9 by the Secretary of Education for the Repayment for Civil 

10 Legal Assistance Attorneys program under section 428L 

11 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078– 

12 12), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, are rescinded and no funds appropriated here14 after for such activities shall be expended, except as deter15 mined necessary or essential by such Secretary, in con16 sultation with the appropriate Federal agencies. 

17 SEC. 48. TARGETED AIR SHED GRANT PROGRAM. 

18 (a) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Targeted 

19 Air Shed Grant Program of the Environmental Protection 

20 Agency is terminated. 

21 (b) RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi22 sion of law— 

23 (1) all amounts made available for the Targeted 

24 Air Shed Grant Program of the Environmental Pro25 tection Agency (as in existence on the day before the 


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1 date of enactment of this Act) that remain unobli2 gated as of the date of enactment of this Act are re3 scinded; and 

4 (2) no amounts made available after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act for the program referred to in 

6 paragraph (1) (as so in existence) shall be expended, 

7 other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 

8 costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects and 

9 activities under that program, as determined by the 

10 Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

11 Agency, in consultation with other appropriate Fed12 eral agencies. 

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