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Union Calendar No. 86 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2434 

[Report No. 112–136] 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 7, 2011 

Mrs. EMERSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices, 

6 except for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intel7 ligence, including operation and maintenance of the Treas8 ury Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

9 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 

10 of commercial insurance policies for real properties leased 

11 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 

12 of official business, $185,749,000; of which up to 

13 $1,000,000 may be contributed to the Global Tax Forum; 

14 of which not to exceed $7,000,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2013, is available for information 

16 technology modernization requirements, and the Office of 

17 Critical Infrasture Protection and Compliance Policy; of 

18 which $6,787,000 is for the Treasury-wide Financial 

19 Statement Audit and Internal Control Program; of which 

20 not to exceed $300,000 is for official reception and rep21 resentation expenses; and of which not to exceed $258,000 

22 is for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to 

23 be allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec24 retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on 

25 his certificate. 


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1 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

5 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys6 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter7 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

8 proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 

9 national security threats, $100,000,000, of which 

10 $1,000,000 is available until expended including $500,000 

11 for secure space requirements: Provided, That the unobli12 gated prior year balances associated with these activities 

13 under the heading ‘‘Departmental Offices – Salaries and 

14 Expenses’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this 

15 account. 

16 BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 101. (a) During fiscal year 2012, the Board of 

19 Governors of the Federal Reserve may not transfer more 

20 than $200,000,000 to the Bureau of Consumer Financial 

21 Protection for activities authorized to be carried out by 

22 the Bureau under title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

23 Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111- 

24 203). 


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1 (b) During fiscal year 2012, the Bureau of Consumer 

2 Financial Protection may not obligate more than 

3 $200,000,000 for such activities. 

4 SEC. 102. Effective October 1, 2012, notwithstanding 

5 section 1017 of Public Law 111–203— 

6 (1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re7 serve System shall not transfer amounts specified 

8 under such section to the Bureau of Consumer Fi9 nancial Protection; and 

10 (2) there are authorized to be appropriated to 

11 the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection such 

12 sums as may be necessary to carry out the authori13 ties of the Bureau under Federal consumer financial 

14 law. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

18 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

19 General Act of 1978, including hire of passenger motor 

20 vehicles, $29,641,000, of which not to exceed $100,000 

21 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 

22 allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspec23 tor General of the Treasury. 


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1 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

5 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In6 spector General Act of 1978, including purchase (not to 

7 exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), 

9 $151,696,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be 

10 available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na11 ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of 

12 the Inspector General for Tax Administration. 

13 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED

14 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 

17 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 

18 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

19 Law 110–343), $41,801,000. 

20 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En23 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve24 hicles; travel and training expenses, including for course 

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1 sonnel to attend meetings and training concerned with do2 mestic and foreign financial intelligence activities, law en3 forcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 

4 for official reception and representation expenses; and for 

5 assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or 

6 without reimbursement, $110,788,000, of which not to ex7 ceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 

8 30, 2014. 

9 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

10 (RESCISSION)

11 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

12 heading, $630,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 

13 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 

16 Service, $216,617,000, of which not to exceed $4,120,000 

17 shall remain available until September 30, 2014, for infor18 mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 

19 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

20 and representation expenses. 

21 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

24 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

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1 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex2 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

3 development programs for laboratory services; and provi4 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

5 with or without reimbursement. 

6 UNITED STATES MINT

7 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

8 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

9 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

10 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

11 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis12 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper13 ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 

14 amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 

15 fiscal year 2012 under such section 5136 for circulating 

16 coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

17 United States Mint shall not exceed $20,000,000. 

18 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

19 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

20 For necessary expenses connected with any public21 debt issues of the United States, $171,979,000, of which 

22 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep23 tion and representation expenses, and of which 

24 $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2013: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from 


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1 the general fund for fiscal year 2012 shall be reduced by 

2 not more than $8,000,000 as definitive security issue fees 

3 and Legacy Treasury Direct Investor Account Mainte4 nance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal 

5 year 2012 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

6 at $163,979,000. In addition, $165,000 to be derived from 

7 the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bu8 reau for administrative and personnel expenses for finan9 cial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 

10 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 

11 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

12 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 To carry out the Riegle Community Development 

14 Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public 

15 Law 103–325), $183,000,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2013; of which $12,000,000 shall be for 

17 financial assistance, technical assistance, training and out18 reach programs, designed to benefit Native communities, 

19 including Native Hawaiians and Alaskans, and provided 

20 primarily through qualified community development lender 

21 organizations with experience and expertise in community 

22 development banking and lending in Indian country, Na23 tive American organizations, tribes and tribal organiza24 tions and other suitable providers; of which $22,965,000 

25 may be for administrative expenses; and of which up to 


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1 $10,315,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans: Pro2 vided, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 

3 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

4 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur5 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli6 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex7 ceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That none of the 

8 funds provided under this heading shall be available for 

9 specialized programs, initiatives, or variations of financial 

10 or technical assistance unless the Department of Treasury 

11 demonstrates to the House and Senate Committees on Ap12 propriations, the House Committee on Financial Services, 

13 and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

14 Urban Development how the specialized programs, initia15 tives, or variations can effectively address the findings in 

16 the Riegle Community Development and Financial Institu17 tions Act (Public Law 103–325). 

18 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

19 TAXPAYER SERVICES

20 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv21 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist22 ance and education, filing and account services, and tax23 payer advocacy services, $2,165,756,000, of which not less 

24 than $5,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the 

25 Elderly Program, of which not less than $9,500,000 shall 


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1 be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which 

2 not less than $12,000,000, to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2013, shall be available for a Community Vol4 unteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants program 

5 for tax return preparation assistance, of which not less 

6 than $200,000,000 shall be available for operating ex7 penses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service, and of which 

8 not more than $15,481,000 shall be for expenses nec9 essary to implement the tax credit in title II of Division 

10 A of the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–210). 

11 ENFORCEMENT

12 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

13 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

14 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con15 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

16 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi17 nancial crimes, and to purchase (for police-type use, not 

18 to exceed 850) and hire passenger motor vehicles (31 

19 U.S.C. 1343(b)), $5,226,603,000, of which not less than 

20 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 

21 Enforcement program. 

22 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

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1 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

2 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

3 of income; telecommunications; information technology de4 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se5 curity; and the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

6 1343(b)); $3,793,379,000; of which up to $300,000,000 

7 shall remain available until September 30, 2013; of which 

8 not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for the Internal Revenue 

9 Service Oversight Board; and of which not to exceed 

10 $25,000 shall be for official reception and representation. 

11 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

12 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv13 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

14 $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2014, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech16 nology systems, including management and related con17 tractual costs of said acquisitions, and related Internal 

18 Revenue Service labor costs: Provided, That, with the ex19 ception of labor costs, none of these funds may be obli20 gated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the 

21 Committees on Appropriations a plan for expenditure that: 

22 (1) meets the capital planning and investment control re23 view requirements established by the Office of Manage24 ment and Budget, including Circular A-11; (2) complies 

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1 ture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms 

2 with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle 

3 methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue 

4 Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office 

5 of Management and Budget; (5) has been received by the 

6 Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies with 

7 the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and sys8 tems acquisition management practices of the Federal 

9 Government. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

11 SERVICE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

15 Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under 

16 the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any 

17 other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad18 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 SEC. 104. The Internal Revenue Service shall main20 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

21 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal22 ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela23 tions. 

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1 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro2 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

3 SEC. 106. Funds made available by this or any other 

4 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

5 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi6 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

7 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve8 ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv9 ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 

10 phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 

11 Service 1–800 help line service. 

12 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to imple14 ment or enforce section 5000A of the Internal Revenue 

15 Code of 1986, section 6055 of such Code, section 1502(c) 

16 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

17 Law 111–148), or any amendments made by section 

18 1502(b) of such Act. 

19 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in the 

20 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 

21 111–148) or the Health Care and Education Reconcili22 ation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152) may be trans23 ferred to the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of 

24 carrying out any provisions of, or amendments made by, 

25 such Acts. 


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1 SEC. 109. The Secretary shall report to the House 

2 and the Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House 

3 Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee 

4 on Finance every 30 days after enactment of this Act on 

5 the implementation, enforcement, administration, or final6 ization of regulations based on or pursuant to the Notice 

7 of Proposed Rulemaking published in the Federal Register 

8 on Friday, January 7, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 1105; REG9 146097-09), by the Internal Revenue Service of the De10 partment of the Treasury. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

12 TREASURY

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 110. Appropriations to the Department of the 

15 Treasury in this Act shall be available for services author16 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

17 SEC. 111. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria18 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of19 fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Terrorism and Fi20 nancial Intelligence, Office of Inspector General, Financial 

21 Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

22 Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and Bu23 reau of the Public Debt, may be transferred between such 

24 appropriations upon the advance approval of the Commit25 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That no transfer may 


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1 increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 

2 2 percent. 

3 SEC. 112. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria4 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

5 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen6 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad7 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro8 vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 

9 appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

10 SEC. 113. Of the funds available for the purchase of 

11 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

12 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 

13 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with de14 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 

15 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 

16 Secretary for Management. 

17 SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

18 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

19 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

20 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

21 SEC. 115. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans22 fer funds from Financial Management Service, Salaries 

23 and Expenses to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary 

24 to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 

25 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 


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1 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec2 tion Fund. 

3 SEC. 116. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 

4 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘12 

5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘14 years’’. 

6 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

8 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu9 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

12 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 

13 Affairs. 

14 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

16 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav17 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

18 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func19 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

20 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

21 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com22 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent24 atives and the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 119. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

2 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De3 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re4 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

5 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

6 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 

7 2012 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 

9 SEC. 120. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail10 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus11 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

12 representation expenses. 

13 SEC. 121. Section 5114(c) of Title 31, United States 

14 Code (relating to engraving and printing currency and se15 curity documents), is amended by striking ‘‘for a period 

16 of not more than 4 years’’. 

17 SEC. 122. In the current fiscal year and and each 

18 fiscal year hereafter, any person who forwards to the Bu19 reau of Engraving and Printing a mutilated paper cur20 rency claim equal to or exceeding $10,000 for redemption 

21 will be required to provide the Bureau their taxpayer iden22 tification number. 

23 SEC. 123. Section 310(b)(2)(E) of title 31, United 

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1 ment Network), is amended by inserting ‘‘and foreign’’ 

2 after ‘‘Federal’’ the first time that it appears. 

3 SEC. 124. Section 5318(g)(2)(A) of title 31, United 

4 States Code (relating to reporting of suspicious trans5 actions), is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i); 

7 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause 

8 (ii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(iii) no other person that the Sec11 retary may prescribe by regulation, who 

12 has knowledge that such report was made, 

13 may disclose to any person involved in the 

14 transaction that the transaction has been 

15 reported.’’. 

16 SEC. 125. Section 5319 of title 31, United States 

17 Code (relating to availability of reports), is amended by 

18 inserting after ‘‘title 5’’ the following: ‘‘, or under any 

19 State law having or intended to have a similar effect’’. 

20 SEC. 126. During fiscal year 2012, the Financial Re21 search Fund may not obligate more than $72,000,000 for 

22 activities authorized by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re23 form and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 

24 203), of which not more than $64,468,000 is for the Of25 fice of Financial Research. 


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1 SEC. 127. During fiscal year 2012, the Secretary of 

2 Treasury may not obligate more than $200,000,000 for 

3 the administrative expenses of the Office of Financial Sta4 bility for carrying out the Troubled Assets Relief Pro5 gram. 

6 SEC. 128. Section 5331(a) of title 31, United States 

7 Code, is amended— 

8 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(1)(A) who is engaged in a trade or business, 

11 and’’; 

12 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subpara13 graph (B); 

14 (3) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by 

15 adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 

16 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B), as so 

17 redesignated, the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(2) who is required to file a report under sec19 tion 6050I(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

20 1986,’’. 

21 SEC. 129. Section 120 of the Emergency Economic 

22 Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–343) is amend23 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE NEW

2 ASSISTANCE UNDER THE HOME AFFORDABLE MODIFICA3 TION PROGRAM.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 

5 paragraph (2), after the date of the enactment of 

6 this subsection the Secretary may not provide any 

7 assistance under the Home Affordable Modification 

8 Program under the Making Home Affordable initia9 tive of the Secretary, authorized under this Act, on 

10 behalf of any homeowner. 

11 ‘‘(2) PROTECTION OF EXISTING OBLIGATIONS

12 ON BEHALF OF HOMEOWNERS ALREADY EXTENDED

13 AN OFFER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.— 

14 Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to assist15 ance provided on behalf of a homeowner who, before 

16 the date of the enactment of this subsection, was ex17 tended an offer to participate in the Home Afford18 able Modification Program on a trial or permanent 

19 basis.’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

4 THE WHITE HOUSE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the White House as au7 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

8 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

9 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

10 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

11 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 

12 periodicals, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be ex13 pended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); 

14 and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment ex15 penses, to be available for allocation within the Executive 

16 Office of the President; and for necessary expenses of the 

17 Office of Policy Development, including services as author18 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,513,000. 

19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re22 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

23 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

24 the White House and official entertainment expenses of 


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1 the President, $12,989,000, to be expended and accounted 

2 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

3 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

4 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi5 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec6 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

7 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

8 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

9 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

10 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

11 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob12 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex13 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

14 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit15 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti16 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

17 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

18 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

19 shall require the national committee of the political party 

20 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

21 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat22 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

23 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

24 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

25 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 


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1 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

2 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in3 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

4 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

5 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

6 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

7 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

8 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out9 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

10 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 

11 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 

12 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella13 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi14 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap15 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

16 the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 

17 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res18 idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

19 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 

20 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

21 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 

22 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 

23 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 

24 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

25 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 


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1 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 

2 for the classification of any such expense as political or 

3 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 

4 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res5 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub6 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

7 Code. 

8 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

9 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

10 Executive Residence at the White House, $1,000,000, to 

11 remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 

12 resolution of safety and health issues, and continued pre13 ventative maintenance. 

14 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

17 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ18 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $3,982,000. 

19 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND

20 SECURITY COUNCIL

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

23 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 

24 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,396,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra4 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

6 $109,297,000, of which $10,670,000 shall remain avail7 able until expended for continued modernization of the in8 formation technology infrastructure within the Executive 

9 Office of the President. 

10 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

13 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

14 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 

15 out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

16 Code, $82,575,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall 

17 be available for official representation expenses: Provided, 

18 That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 

19 Office of Management and Budget may be used for the 

20 purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or 

21 any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 

22 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 

23 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds 

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1 script of actual testimony of witnesses, except for testi2 mony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, 

3 before the Committees on Appropriations or their Sub4 committees: Provided further, That none of the funds pro5 vided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indi6 rectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for eval7 uating or determining if water resource project or study 

8 reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 

9 through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 

10 all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 

11 to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro12 vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 

13 shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 

14 budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 

15 which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur16 ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

17 Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap18 propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi19 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 

20 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 

21 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 

22 the Office of Management and Budget review period based 

23 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as24 sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 

25 the report and act accordingly. 


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1 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

4 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

5 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 

7 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

8 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

9 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

10 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with11 out reimbursement, $23,000,000; of which $250,000 shall 

12 remain available until expended for policy research and 

13 evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to ac14 cept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and per15 sonal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 

16 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 

17 Office. 

18 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

19 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

22 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

23 Areas Program, $238,522,000, to remain available until 

24 September 30, 2013, for drug control activities consistent 

25 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 


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1 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 

2 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 

3 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

4 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

5 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans6 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 

7 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

8 Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used 

9 for auditing services and associated activities: Provided 

10 further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of Public 

11 Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis12 cal year 2008 may be used for any other approved activi13 ties of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming require14 ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as 

15 of September 30, 2011, shall be funded at not less than 

16 the fiscal year 2011 base level, unless the Director submits 

17 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to 

19 those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub20 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 

21 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di22 rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 the initial allocation of fiscal year 2012 funding among 

24 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

25 Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 


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1 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta2 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 

3 after enactment of this Act. 

4 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

7 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

8 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $101,978,000, to re9 main available until expended, which shall be available as 

10 follows: $88,600,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Pro11 gram, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as di12 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

13 by Public Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); 

14 $8,982,000 for anti-doping activities; $1,896,000 for the 

15 United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping 

16 Agency; and $2,500,000 for competitive grants authorized 

17 by Public Law 109-469: Provided, That amounts made 

18 available under this heading may be transferred to other 

19 Federal departments and agencies to carry out such activi20 ties. 

21 INTEGRATED, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE USES OF

22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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1 nology in the Federal Government, $5,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That the Director of 

3 the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these 

4 funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects 

5 to meet these purposes: Provided further, That the Direc6 tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 

7 monthly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House and the Senate identifying the savings achieved 

9 by the Office of Management and Budget’s government10 wide information technology reform efforts: Provided fur11 ther, That such report shall include savings identified by 

12 fiscal year, agency and appropriation. 

13 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

16 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

17 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

18 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex19 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex20 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

21 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,322,000. 


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1 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

5 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

6 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi7 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

8 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en9 tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac10 counted for solely on his certificate, $307,000: Provided, 

11 That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap12 propriation may be made to any department or agency for 

13 expenses of carrying out such activities. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

15 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

16 THE PRESIDENT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND RESCISSION)

18 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 

19 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi20 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

21 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 

22 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of23 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi24 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

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1 such other officer as the President may designate in writ2 ing), may, 15 days after giving notice to the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap5 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

6 with and available for the same time and for the same 

7 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro8 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

9 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro10 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

11 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi12 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

13 Vice President. 

14 SEC. 202. From the unobligated balances of prior 

15 year appropriations made available for the Counterdrug 

16 Technology Assessment Center, $11,328,000 are re17 scinded. 

18 SEC. 203. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any 

20 officer or employee of the Executive Office of the Presi21 dent to prepare, sign, or approve statements abrogating 

22 legislation passed by the House of Representatives and the 

23 Senate and signed by the President. 

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1 propriations of the House and the Senate a quarterly re2 port on the implementation of Executive Order 13563 (76 

3 Fed. Reg. 3821; relating to Improving Regulation and 

4 Regulatory Review). Each such report shall include infor5 mation on— 

6 (1) increasing public participation in the rule7 making process and reducing uncertainty; 

8 (2) improving coordination across Federal agen9 cies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and over10 lapping regulations; and 

11 (3) identifying existing regulations that have 

12 been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef13 fective, or excessively burdensome. 

14 (b) The reports required by subsection (a) shall be 

15 submited on January 2, 2012, April 2, 2012, July 2, 

16 2012, and October 1, 2012. 

17 SEC. 205. Within 30 days after the date of enactment 

18 of this section, the Director of the Office of Management 

19 and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of the House and the Senate on the costs 

21 of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

22 Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111–203). Such re23 port shall include— 


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1 (1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary 

2 obligations of funds through fiscal year 2016, by 

3 Federal agency and by fiscal year, including— 

4 (A) the estimated obligations by cost in5 puts such as rent, information technology, con6 tracts, and personnel; 

7 (B) the methodology and data sources used 

8 to calculate such estimated obligations; and 

9 (C) the specific section of such Act that re10 quires the obligation of funds; and 

11 (2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 

12 2016 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by 

13 the Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal 

14 year, including— 

15 (A) the methodology and data sources used 

16 to calculate such estimated collections; and 

17 (B) the specific section of such Act that 

18 authorizes the collection of funds. 

19 TITLE III 

20 THE JUDICIARY 

21 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su24 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

25 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 


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1 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

2 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans3 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor 

4 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

5 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

6 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

7 as the Chief Justice may approve, $74,819,000, of which 

8 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

9 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

10 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

11 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im12 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

13 $8,159,000, which shall remain available until expended. 

14 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

15 CIRCUIT

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi18 cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the 

19 court, as authorized by law, $31,472,000. 

20 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala23 ries of the officers and employees of the court, services, 

24 and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

25 $20,628,000. 


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1 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

2 JUDICIAL SERVICES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ5 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 

6 justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac7 tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal 

8 Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all 

9 other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not 

10 otherwise specifically provided for, necessary expenses of 

11 the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning 

12 of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office 

13 staff, as authorized by law, $4,790,855,000 (including the 

14 purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to 

15 exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended 

16 for space alteration projects and costs related to new space 

17 alteration and construction projects. 

18 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

19 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

20 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub21 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $4,775,000, to be appro22 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

23 Fund. 


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1 DEFENDER SERVICES

2 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

3 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor4 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 

5 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim6 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 

7 expert, and other services for such representations as au8 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 

9 maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 

10 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

11 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa12 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 

13 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 

14 actions for the protection of their employment, as author15 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim16 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 

17 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 

18 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse19 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 

20 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 

21 general administrative expenses, $1,050,000,000, to re22 main available until expended. 

23 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

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1 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa2 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

3 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro4 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $57,305,000, 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

6 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 

7 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 

8 5332. 

9 COURT SECURITY

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

12 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

13 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

14 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa15 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

16 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

17 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

18 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

19 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

20 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi21 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve22 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

23 $500,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

24 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

25 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 


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1 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

2 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

3 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

4 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen5 eral. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

7 COURTS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

10 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ11 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas12 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

13 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else14 where, $80,007,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au15 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

16 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen19 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $26,318,000; 

20 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep21 tember 30, 2013, to provide education and training to 

22 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

23 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa24 tion expenses. 


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1 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

4 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

5 Code, $16,215,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au6 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND RESCISSION)

9 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

10 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

11 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

12 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria13 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi14 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro15 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

16 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De17 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

18 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis19 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

20 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

21 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

22 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 

23 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

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1 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 

3 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 

4 shall be available for official reception and representation 

5 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

6 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

7 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

8 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

9 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

10 SEC. 304. Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States 

11 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec12 utive’’ each place it appears. 

13 SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 

14 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

15 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 

16 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

17 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

18 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 

19 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De20 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

21 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build22 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di23 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

24 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

25 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 


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1 SEC. 306. Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve2 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

3 note) is amended in the third sentence (relating to the 

4 District of Kansas) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘21 years’’. 

6 SEC. 307. From the unobligated balances of prior 

7 year appropriations made available for the United States 

8 Sentencing Commission, $100,000 is rescinded. 

9 SEC. 308. Section 1107 of title 31, United States 

10 Code, is amended by adding to the end the following: ‘‘The 

11 President shall submit to Congress, without change, pro12 posed deficiency and supplemental appropriations sub13 mitted to the President by the legislative branch and the 

14 judicial branch.’’. 

15 TITLE IV 

16 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

17 FEDERAL FUNDS

18 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

19 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

20 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

21 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

22 Columbia resident tuition support, $30,000,000, to remain 

23 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in24 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be25 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 


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1 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

2 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu3 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

4 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

5 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

6 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 

7 eligible students and such other factors as may be author8 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov9 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi10 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

11 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

12 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal13 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

14 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 

15 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

16 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

17 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup18 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

19 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

20 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

21 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show22 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur23 pose therefor. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

2 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

3 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de4 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ5 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 

6 of surrounding jurisdictions, $14,900,000, to remain 

7 available until expended and in addition any funds that 

8 remain available from prior year appropriations under this 

9 heading for the District of Columbia Government, for the 

10 costs of providing public safety at events related to the 

11 presence of the national capital in the District of Colum12 bia, including support requested by the Director of the 

13 United States Secret Service Division in carrying out pro14 tective duties under the direction of the Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support 

16 to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or 

17 attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding juris18 dictions. 

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

20 COURTS

21 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum22 bia Courts, $224,394,000 to be allocated as follows: for 

23 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $11,998,000, 

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1 perior Court, $109,307,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 

2 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 

3 the District of Columbia Court System, $64,984,000, of 

4 which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 

5 representation expenses; and $38,105,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2013, for capital improve7 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro8 vided, That funds made available for capital improvements 

9 shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia 

10 Courts master plan study and building evaluation report: 

11 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law, all amounts under this heading shall be appor13 tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 

14 and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 

15 appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 

16 agencies: Provided further, That 30 days after providing 

17 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate, the District of 

19 Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than 

20 $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading 

21 among the items and entities funded under this heading 

22 but no such allocation shall be increased by more than 

23 10 percent. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

5 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen6 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

7 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro8 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

9 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

10 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

11 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech12 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

13 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

14 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

15 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay16 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

17 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 

18 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du19 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $54,890,000, to 

20 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

21 provided under this heading shall be administered by the 

22 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis23 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

24 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap25 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 


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1 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

2 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen3 cies: Provided further, That not more than $10,000,000 

4 of the funds provided in this account may be transferred 

5 to, and merged with, funds made available under the head6 ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ 

7 for District of Columbia courthouse facilities. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF9 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

10 OF COLUMBIA

11 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

12 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

13 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au14 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self15 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $212,983,000, of 

16 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 

17 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

18 and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to 

19 exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 

20 the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

21 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 

22 of which $153,548,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 

23 Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to 

24 include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub25 ject to protection orders or the provision of services for 


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1 or related to such persons; of which $59,435,000 shall be 

2 available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That 

3 notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 

4 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 

5 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex6 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal7 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur8 ther, That not less than $1,500,000 shall be available for 

9 re-entrant housing in the District of Columbia: Provided 

10 further, That the Director is authorized to accept and use 

11 gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of space and hos12 pitality to support offender and defendant programs, and 

13 equipment and vocational training services to educate and 

14 train offenders and defendants: Provided further, That the 

15 Director shall keep accurate and detailed records of the 

16 acceptance and use of any gift or donation under the pre17 vious proviso, and shall make such records available for 

18 audit and public inspection: Provided further, That the 

19 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director 

20 is authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the 

21 District of Columbia Government for space and services 

22 provided on a cost reimbursable basis. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

3 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

4 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 

5 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

6 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

7 1997, $37,241,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

9 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

11 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

12 of Federal agencies. 

13 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

14 COORDINATING COUNCIL

15 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co16 ordinating Council, $1,796,000, to remain available until 

17 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

18 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis19 trict of Columbia. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

21 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2013, to the Commission on Judicial Dis23 abilities and Tenure, $294,000, and for the Judicial Nomi24 nation Commission, $205,000. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

2 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro3 gram in the District of Columbia, $60,000,000, to remain 

4 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

5 the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

6 C of Public Law 112–10). 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

8 NATIONAL GUARD

9 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

10 National Guard, $375,000, to remain available until ex11 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis12 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

13 Access Program. 

14 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

15 The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis16 trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the 

17 General Fund of the District of Columbia (‘‘General 

18 Fund’’), except as otherwise specifically provided: Pro19 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 except as provided in section 450A of the District of Co21 lumbia Home Rule Act (114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official 

22 Code § 1-204.50a), and provisions of this Act, the total 

23 amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses 

24 for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2012 under 

25 this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum of the 


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1 total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal 

2 year or $10,807,191,000 (of which $6,126,435,000 shall 

3 be from local funds (including $524,954,000 from dedi4 cated taxes), $1,015,449,000 shall be from Federal grant 

5 funds, $1,499,115,000 from Medicaid payments, 

6 $2,032,945,000 shall be from other funds, and 

7 $25,677,000 shall be from private funds, and 

8 $107,570,000 shall be from funds previously appropriated 

9 in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That 

10 of the local funds, such amounts as may be necessary may 

11 be derived from the District’s General Fund balance: Pro12 vided further, That of these funds the District’s intra-Dis13 trict authority shall be $619,632,000: in addition, for cap14 ital construction projects, an increase of $4,024,828,000, 

15 of which $2,934,012,000 shall be from local funds, 

16 $223,858,000 from the District of Columbia Highway 

17 Trust Fund, $50,466,000 from the Local Transportation 

18 Fund, $816,492,000 from Federal grant funds and a re19 scission of $2,835,689,000 of which $1,796,345,000 shall 

20 be from local funds, $749,426,000 from Federal grant 

21 funds, $252,694,000 from the District of Columbia High22 way Trust Fund, and $37,224,000 from the Local Trans23 portation Fund appropriated under this heading in prior 

24 fiscal years, for a net amount of $1,189,139,000, to re25 main available until expended: Provided further, That the 


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1 amounts provided under this heading are to be available, 

2 allocated, and expended as proposed under Title III of the 

3 Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request Act of 2011, at the rate 

4 set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds Division of 

5 Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2012 Proposed 

6 Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress by 

7 the District of Columbia: Provided further, That this 

8 amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans9 actions, which are expended for emergency or unantici10 pated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That 

11 such increases shall be approved by enactment of local 

12 District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements 

13 contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: 

14 Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 

15 District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 

16 to assure that the District of Columbia meets these re17 quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi18 nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 

19 available to the District during fiscal year 2012; except, 

20 that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 

21 operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 

22 or other obligations issued for capital projects. 


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1 TITLE V 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con6 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

7 et seq., $2,608,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 shall 

8 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

9 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

12 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve13 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

14 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv15 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

16 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi17 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

18 exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex19 penses, $111,288,000, of which $500,000 shall remain 

20 available until September 30, 2013, to implement the Vir21 ginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act grant pro22 gram as provided by section 1405 of Public Law 110–140 

23 (15 U.S.C. 8004). 


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1 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer5 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $6,858,000, 

6 of which $1,625,000 shall be transferred to the National 

7 Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform 

8 activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 

9 2002, and of which $1,500,000 shall be for the Office of 

10 Inspector General. 

11 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica14 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni15 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

16 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

17 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi18 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

19 5 U.S.C. 3109, $319,004,000: Provided, That 

20 $319,004,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed 

21 and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Com22 munications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for 

23 necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 

24 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

25 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 


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1 collections are received during fiscal year 2012 so as to 

2 result in a final fiscal year 2012 appropriation estimated 

3 at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re4 ceived in excess of $319,004,000 in fiscal year 2012 shall 

5 not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re6 maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 

7 excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 

8 year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2011, 

9 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, That 

10 notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from 

11 the use of a competitive bidding system that may be re12 tained and made available for obligation shall not exceed 

13 $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

14 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

15 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978, $45,261,000, to be derived from the 

19 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

20 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

21 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 


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1 $66,367,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail2 able for reception and representation expenses. 

3 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

6 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga7 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

8 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

9 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult10 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi11 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

12 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

13 Columbia and elsewhere, $24,105,000: Provided, That 

14 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 

15 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub16 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 

17 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 

18 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 

19 further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re20 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 

21 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 

22 to and merged with this account, to be available without 

23 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 

24 conferences. 


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1 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com4 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au5 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

6 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

7 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa8 tion expenses, $284,067,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

10 available for use to contract with a person or persons for 

11 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

12 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of law, not to exceed $108,000,000 of off14 setting collections derived from fees collected for 

15 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro16 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

17 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 

18 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

19 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law, not to exceed $21,000,000 in offsetting collec21 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 

22 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 

23 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven24 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 

25 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 


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1 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here2 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

3 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

4 year 2012, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2012 appro5 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

6 $155,067,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

7 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

8 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 

9 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 

10 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

11 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

12 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

13 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

14 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec15 tions deposited into the Fund shall be available for nec16 essary expenses of real property management and related 

17 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

18 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

19 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 

20 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen21 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 

22 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al23 location and transfer of space; contractual services inci24 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

25 and alteration of federally owned buildings including 


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1 grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safe2 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 

3 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur4 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

5 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con6 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre7 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

8 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip9 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter10 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

11 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag12 gregate amount of $7,223,801,000, of which: (1) $0 is 

13 available for construction and acquisition (including funds 

14 for sites and expenses and associated design and construc15 tion services); (2) $280,000,000 shall remain available 

16 until expended for repairs and alterations, which includes 

17 associated design and construction services: 

18 Special Emphasis Programs: 

19 Fire Prevention Program, $15,000,000. 

20 Courthouse Capital Security Program, 

21 $20,000,000. 

22 Basic Repairs and Alterations, 

23 $245,000,000: 

24 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 

25 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 


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1 and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited 

2 to the amount identified for each project, except each 

3 project in this or any previous Act may be increased by 

4 an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance ap5 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 

6 of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 

7 projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved 

8 may be funded under this category only if advance ap9 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria10 tions: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

11 or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 

12 used to fund costs associated with implementing security 

13 improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 

14 standards for security in accordance with current law and 

15 in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 

16 appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro17 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap18 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any 

19 prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 

20 may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 

21 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 

22 Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations 

23 prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2013 

24 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds 

25 for projects as to which funds for design or other funds 


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1 have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: 

2 Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 

3 prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 

4 to pay claims against the Government arising from any 

5 projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or 

6 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

7 (3) $126,801,000 for installment acquisition payments in8 cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall re9 main available until expended; (4) $4,700,000,000 for 

10 rental of space which shall remain available until ex11 pended; and (5) $2,117,000,000 for building operations 

12 which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur13 ther, That funds available to the General Services Admin14 istration shall not be available for expenses of any con15 struction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for 

16 which a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 

17 not been approved, except that necessary funds may be 

18 expended for each project for required expenses for the 

19 development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, 

20 That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may 

21 be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval 

22 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro23 vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim24 bursable special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 

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1 ing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 

2 or other property not in Government ownership or control 

3 as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret 

4 Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 

5 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues and 

6 collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections 

7 and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal 

8 year 2012, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 

9 592(b)(2) in excess of the aggregate new obligational au10 thority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed11 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund 

12 and shall not be available for expenditure except as au13 thorized in appropriations Acts. 

14 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

15 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

16 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro17 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac18 tivities associated with the management of real and per19 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

20 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

21 acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 

22 management, and related technology activities; and serv23 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $64,826,000. 


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1 OPERATING EXPENSES

2 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro3 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

4 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis5 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man6 agement, and communications; the Civilian Board of Con7 tract Appeals; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

8 and not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and rep9 resentation expenses; $68,135,000. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

13 $58,882,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 

14 be available for payment for information and detection of 

15 fraud against the Government, including payment for re16 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

17 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

18 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

19 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en20 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

21 INFORMATION AND ENGAGEMENT FOR CITIZENS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Serv23 ices, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 

24 to carry out the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 

25 107–347), $50,000,000: Provided, That the revenues and 


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1 collections deposited into the Federal Citizen Services 

2 Fund shall only be available for necessary expenses of 

3 Federal Citizen Services activities in the aggregate 

4 amount not to exceed $60,000,000: Provided further, That 

5 revenues and collections accruing to the Fund during fis6 cal year 2012 in excess of such amount shall remain in 

7 the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except 

8 as authorized in appropriations Acts. 

9 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

10 PRESIDENTS

11 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

12 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

13 $3,671,000. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS AND RESCISSION)

17 SEC. 501. Funds available to the General Services 

18 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

19 motor vehicles. 

20 SEC. 502. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

21 made available for fiscal year 2012 for Federal Buildings 

22 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

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1 proved in advance to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

3 SEC. 503. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

4 it is the sense of Congress that projects to be included 

5 in the fiscal year 2013 request for United States Court6 house construction will: (1) meet the design guide stand7 ards for construction as established and approved by the 

8 General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference 

9 of the United States, and the Office of Management and 

10 Budget; (2) reflect the priorities of the Judicial Con11 ference of the United States as set out in its approved 

12 5-year construction plan; and (3) include a standardized 

13 courtroom utilization study of each facility to be con14 structed, replaced, or expanded. 

15 SEC. 504. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

16 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

17 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

18 other service usually provided through the Federal Build19 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

20 square foot assessment for space and services as deter21 mined by the General Services Administration in consider22 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

23 (Public Law 92–313). 

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1 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

2 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

3 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav4 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti5 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Senate. 

7 SEC. 506. In any case in which the Committee on 

8 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub10 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

11 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con12 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin13 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

14 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

15 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

16 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter17 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

18 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro19 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

20 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

23 the resolution. 

24 SEC. 507. Within 120 days of enactment, the General 

25 Services Administration shall submit a detailed report to 


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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate that describes each program, 

3 project, or activity that is funded by appropriations to 

4 General Services Administration but is not under the con5 trol or direction, in statute or in practice, of the Adminis6 trator of General Services. 

7 SEC. 508. Of the amounts made available under the 

8 heading ‘‘Policy and Operations’’ for the maintenance, 

9 protection, and disposal of the U.S. Coast Guard Service 

10 Center at Governor’s Island, NY and the Lorton Correc11 tional Facility in Lorton, VA in prior years whether appro12 priated directly to the General Services Administration 

13 (GSA) or to any other agency of the Government and re14 ceived by GSA for such purpose, $4,600,000 is rescinded. 

15 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

18 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub19 lic Law 93–642, $748,000, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

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1 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

2 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

3 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author4 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

5 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

6 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

7 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa8 tion expenses, $39,416,000 together with not to exceed 

9 $2,345,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate re10 tirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 

11 Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined 

12 by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

13 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL

14 FOUNDATION

15 For payments to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 

16 L. Udall Foundation to carry out tribal leadership and 

17 management training activities authorized by 20 U.S.C. 

18 5604(7), to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 

19 Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 

20 L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), and 

21 to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry 

22 out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and 

23 Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $3,000,000 to remain 

24 available until expended: Provided, That up to $50,000 

25 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant to the 


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1 Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 

2 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of Public Law 

3 102–259. 

4 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin7 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis8 tration (including the Information Security Oversight Of9 fice) and archived Federal records and related activities, 

10 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re11 view and declassification of documents and the activities 

12 of the Public Interest Declassification Board, and for nec13 essary expenses in connection with the operations and 

14 maintenance of the electronic records archives to include 

15 all direct project costs associated with research, program 

16 management, and corrective and adaptive software main17 tenance, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and 

18 for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 

19 (5 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.), including maintenance, repairs, 

20 and cleaning, $360,969,000. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

24 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 

25 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 


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1 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

2 vehicles, $4,100,000. 

3 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

4 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar5 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold6 ings, $8,693,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That from amounts made available for the Military 

8 Personnel Records Center requirement study under this 

9 heading in Public Law 108–199, the remaining unobli10 gated balances shall be available to implement the Na11 tional Archives and Records Administration Capital Im12 provement Plan: Provided further, That from amounts 

13 made available under this heading in Public Law 111–8 

14 for construction costs and related services for building the 

15 addition to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and 

16 Museum and other necessary expenses, including ren17 ovating the Library as needed in constructing the addi18 tion, the remaining unobligated balances shall be available 

19 to implement the National Archives and Records Adminis20 tration Capital Improvement Plan. 

21 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

22 COMMISSION

23 GRANTS PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

25 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 


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1 U.S.C. 2504, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

5 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

6 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

7 and 9910, $500,000 shall be available until September 30, 

8 2013 for technical assistance to low-income designated 

9 credit unions. 

10 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

13 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

14 Government Act of 1978, and the Ethics Reform Act of 

15 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

16 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

17 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex18 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex19 penses, $13,483,000. 

20 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

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1 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 

2 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 

3 by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 

4 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 

5 passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 

6 reception and representation expenses; advances for reim7 bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel 

8 Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 

9 expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of 

10 January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 

11 and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 

12 Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over13 night at his or her post of duty, $97,774,000, of which 

14 $6,004,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

15 Enterprise Human Resources Integration project, and of 

16 which $1,416,000 shall remain available until expended 

17 for the Human Resources Line of Business project; and 

18 in addition $112,516,000 for administrative expenses, to 

19 be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Of20 fice of Personnel Management without regard to other 

21 statutes, including direct procurement of printed mate22 rials, for the retirement and insurance programs: Pro23 vided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not 

24 affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as pro25 vided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of 


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1 title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part 

2 of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex3 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per4 sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive 

5 Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit 

6 of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s 

7 Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec8 utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 

9 fiscal year 2012, accept donations of money, property, and 

10 personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 

11 including those from prior years, may be used for the de12 velopment of publicity materials to provide information 

13 about the White House Fellows, except that no such dona14 tions shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of trav15 el expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Com16 mission. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

22 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

23 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

24 $3,142,000, and in addition, not to exceed $21,174,000 

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1 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage2 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans3 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

4 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

5 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author6 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

7 and elsewhere. 

8 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

11 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

12 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 

13 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 

14 Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 107–304, 

15 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy16 ment Rights Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including 

17 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees 

18 and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in 

19 the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of pas20 senger motor vehicles; $17,997,000. 

21 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

25 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 


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1 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

2 435), $13,946,000, to be derived by transfer from the 

3 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec4 tion 603(a) of such Act. 

5 RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY

6 BOARD

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Recovery Account9 ability and Transparency Board to carry out the provi10 sions of title XV of the American Recovery and Reinvest11 ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), $25,000,000. 

12 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex15 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

16 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

17 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

18 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa19 tion expenses, $1,185,000,000, to remain available until 

20 expended; of which not less than $6,790,000 shall be for 

21 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 

22 $45,000 shall be for a permanent secretariat for the Inter23 national Organization of Securities Commissions; and of 

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1 mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 

2 officials, members of their delegations and staffs to ex3 change views concerning securities matters, such expenses 

4 to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 

5 and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees 

6 in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as 

7 meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodg8 ing or subsistence: Provided, That fees and charges au9 thorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 

10 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account 

11 as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to ex12 ceed $1,185,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 

13 available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac14 count: Provided further, That the total amount appro15 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 

16 year 2012 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re17 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2012 ap18 propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

19 than $0. 

20 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys23 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

24 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

25 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 


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1 civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 

2 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of 

3 passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 

4 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

5 and representation expenses; $23,620,000: Provided, That 

6 during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 

7 this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 

8 whenever the President deems such action to be necessary 

9 in the interest of national defense: Provided further, That 

10 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex11 pended for or in connection with the induction of any per12 son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 

13 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

16 of the Small Business Administration as authorized by 

17 Public Law 108–447, including hire of passenger motor 

18 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and 

19 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa20 tion expenses, $422,296,000: Provided, That the Adminis21 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub22 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

23 and certain loan program activities, including fees author24 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

25 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 


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1 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

2 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

3 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro4 vided further, That $112,000,000 shall be available until 

5 September 30, 2013 for grants as authorized by section 

6 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That 

7 $14,480,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2013 for marketing, management, and technical assist9 ance under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 

10 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make 

11 microloans under the microloan program: Provided fur12 ther, That $7,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Mod13 ernization and Accounting System, to be available until 

14 September 30, 2013. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978, $16,267,000. 

19 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

22 carrying out the provisions of Title II of Public Law 94– 

23 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi24 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to 

25 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 


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1 may be transferred from Salaries and Expenses to cover 

2 required administrative and facilities related costs as nec3 essary. 

4 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For the cost of direct loans, $3,765,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 

8 loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business 

9 Act (Public Law 85–536) and section 503 of the Small 

10 Business Investment Act of 1958 (Public Law 85–699), 

11 $211,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

13 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con14 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

15 subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

16 of 1974, during fiscal year 2012 commitments to guar17 antee loans under section 503 of the Small Business In18 vestment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: 

19 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2012 commit20 ments for general business loans authorized under section 

21 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 

22 $17,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 

23 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 

24 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 

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1 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 

2 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: Provided 

3 further, That during fiscal year 2012, guarantees of trust 

4 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi5 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

6 $12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 

7 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

8 $147,958,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

9 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 

10 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

13 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 

14 Business Act, $167,300,000, to be available until ex15 pended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector 

16 General of the Small Business Administration for audits 

17 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro18 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

19 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 

20 which $157,300,000 is for direct administrative expenses 

21 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 

22 program, which may be transferred to and merged with 

23 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 

24 which $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 

25 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 


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1 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex2 penses. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 509. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

8 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans9 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro10 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

11 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

12 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

13 funds. 

14 SEC. 510. Section 7(d)(5)(D) of the Small Business 

15 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(d)(5)(D)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘three years’’ and inserting ‘‘7 years’’. 

17 SEC. 511. Beginning in fiscal year 2013 and each fis18 cal year thereafter, the budget request for the Small Busi19 ness Administration shall provided a detailed justification 

20 of any proposed changes from the enacted level by indi21 vidual appropriation. The detailed justification shall in22 clude at a minimum a description of each credit and non23 credit program including amount of funding and costs by 

24 appropriation account and fiscal year. For activities fund25 ed in multiple appropriations, the budget justification 


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1 shall specify the amount included in each enacted appro2 priation, the amount proposed in the budget year and a 

3 justification for any proposed changes. 

4 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

5 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

6 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

7 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub8 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

9 States Code, $78,153,000, which shall not be available for 

10 obligation until October 1, 2012: Provided, That mail for 

11 overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to 

12 be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural 

13 delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 

14 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail15 able to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to im16 plement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any of17 ficer or employee of any State or local child support en18 forcement agency, or any individual participating in a 

19 State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee 

20 for information requested or provided concerning an ad21 dress of a postal customer: Provided further, That none 

22 of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli23 date or close small rural and other small post offices in 

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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $237,810,000, to be derived by 

7 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

8 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account9 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

10 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

13 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

14 $50,689,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

15 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

16 TITLE VI 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

18 (RESCISSION)

19 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

20 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

21 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

22 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

23 funded in this Act. 

24 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

25 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 


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1 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria2 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

3 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

4 under this Act for any consulting service through procure5 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

6 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

7 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

8 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex9 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

10 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in12 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

13 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro14 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

15 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

17 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac18 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

19 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol20 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

21 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

22 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

23 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

24 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

25 with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c). 


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1 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

2 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

3 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

4 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c). 

5 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

6 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre7 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund8 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex9 penditure in fiscal year 2012, or provided from any ac10 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

11 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

12 available for obligation or expenditure through a re13 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

14 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

15 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

16 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con17 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac18 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

19 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

20 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac21 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

22 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi23 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

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1 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen2 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 

3 or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 

4 agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 

7 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

8 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica11 tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

12 current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 

13 the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 

14 with a separate column to display the President’s budget 

15 request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 

16 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

17 enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro18 priation both by object class and program, project, and 

19 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec20 tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 

21 special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 

22 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 

23 for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 

24 each day after the required date that the report has not 

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1 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

2 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

3 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2012 from 

4 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

5 for fiscal year 2012 in this Act, shall remain available 

6 through September 30, 2013, for each such account for 

7 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

8 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

10 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

11 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re12 programming guidelines. 

13 SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 

15 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any 

16 official background investigation report on any individual, 

17 except when— 

18 (1) such individual has given his or her express 

19 written consent for such request not more than 6 

20 months prior to the date of such request and during 

21 the same presidential administration; or 

22 (2) such request is required due to extraor23 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

24 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul25 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 


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1 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed2 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

3 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

5 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

6 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of7 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

8 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

9 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

10 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

11 to court approval. 

12 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

13 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

14 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

15 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

16 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

17 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

18 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

19 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

20 result of an act of rape or incest. 

21 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

22 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur23 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

24 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu25 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 


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1 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa2 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

3 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

4 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

5 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

6 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu7 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac8 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

9 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

10 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex11 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

12 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func13 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em14 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

15 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

16 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

17 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

18 person or entity is an organization described in section 

19 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex20 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

21 SEC. 617. From the unobligated balances of prior 

22 year appropriations made available for the Privacy and 

23 Civil Liberties Oversight Board, $998,000 is rescinded. 

24 SEC. 618. During fiscal year 2012, for purposes of 

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1 port Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(b)(1)), 

2 the term ‘‘payment of cash in advance’’ shall be inter3 preted as payment before the transfer of title to, and con4 trol of, the exported items to the Cuban purchaser. 

5 SEC. 619. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 

6 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 

7 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 

8 by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 

9 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 

10 advise on emerging regulatory issues. 

11 SEC. 620. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to carry out chapter 95 or chapter 96 

13 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

14 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to implement the Report and Order of 

16 the Federal Communications Commission relating to the 

17 matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband in18 dustry practices (FCC 10-201, adopted by the Commis19 sion on December 21, 2010). 

20 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to carry out any of the activities de22 scribed in section 6A of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

23 (15 U.S.C. 2055a). 

24 SEC. 623. During fiscal year 2012, no funds shall be 

25 obligated from the Securities and Exchange Commission 


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1 Reserve Fund established by section 991 of the Dodd2 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

3 (Public Law 111–203). 

4 SEC. 624. Within 270 days after the date of enact5 ment of this section, the Comptroller General of the 

6 United States shall conduct an analysis of the benefits and 

7 costs of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 

8 of 2008 (Public Law 110–314) including both quantitative 

9 and qualitative measures, both market and nonmarket, 

10 and report to Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 and the Senate on its findings. 

12 SEC. 625. Sections 73.1910, 76.209, 76.1612, and 

13 76.1613 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, shall 

14 have no force or effect after the date of the enactment 

15 of this Act, and the Federal Communications Commission 

16 shall, by notice in the Federal Register, take such action 

17 as is necessary to remove such sections from the Code of 

18 Federal Regulations. 

19 SEC. 626. The Department of Treasury, the Execu20 tive Office of the President, the Judiciary, the Federal 

21 Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commis22 sion, the General Services Administration, the National 

23 Archives and Records Administration, the Securities and 

24 Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Adminis25 tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 


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1 the House and the Senate a quarterly accounting of the 

2 cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were 

3 received by such agency during any previous fiscal year. 

4 SEC. 627. (a) Within 180 days after the date of en5 actment of this section, the agencies specified in sub6 section (b) shall report to the Committees on Appropria7 tions of the House and Senate on— 

8 (1) increasing public participation in the rule9 making process and reducing uncertainty; 

10 (2) improving coordination with other Federal 

11 agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and 

12 overlapping regulations; and 

13 (3) identifying existing regulations that have 

14 been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef15 fective, or excessively burdensome. 

16 (b) Agencies required to submit the report specified 

17 in subsection (a) shall include— 

18 (1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 

19 (2) the Federal Communications Commission; 

20 (3) the Federal Trade Commission; and 

21 (4) the Securities and Exchange Commission 

22 SEC. 628. (a) There are appropriated for the fol23 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

24 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

25 102). 


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1 (2) Payments to— 

2 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

3 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

4 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

5 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

6 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

7 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

8 178(l)). 

9 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

10 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

11 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

12 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

13 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

14 Stat. 849); and 

15 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene16 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

17 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

18 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

19 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

20 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

21 8348). 

22 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

23 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

24 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 


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1 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

2 States Code. 

3 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex4 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

5 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con6 tained in this Act. 

7 SEC. 629. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

8 of law, in the current fiscal year and any fiscal year there9 after, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

10 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

11 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet12 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

13 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of14 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

15 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

16 with the current lessor. 

17 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

18 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

19 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

20 respect to such agency. 

21 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

22 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

23 provided funds by this Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance 

24 Corporation, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec25 tion, the Office of Financial Research, and Office of the 


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1 Comptroller of the Currency, but does not include the 

2 General Services Administration or the United States 

3 Postal Service. 

4 SEC. 630. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used to implement or enforce section 101(a) 

6 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 

7 with respect to off-highway vehicles or to implement or 

8 enforce section 101(a)(2)(C) of such Act with respect to 

9 bicycles. For purposes of this section the term ‘‘off-high10 way vehicles’’ means motorized vehicle designed to travel 

11 on 2, 3, or 4 wheels, having a seat designed to be straddled 

12 by the operator and handlebars for steering control, and 

13 such term includes snowmobiles, and the term ‘‘bicycle’’ 

14 has the meaning given such term in section 1512.2(a) of 

15 title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on June 

16 15, 2011. 

17 SEC. 631. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

19 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

20 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro21 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu22 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 

23 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

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1 SEC. 632. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 

3 expenses for the following positions: 

4 (1) White House Director of the Office of 

5 Health Reform, or any substantially similar position. 

6 (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 

7 Climate Change, or any substantially similar posi8 tion. 

9 (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on 

11 the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manu12 facturing Policy, or any substantially similar posi13 tion. 

14 (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs, or 

15 any substantially similar position. 

16 SEC. 633. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commis18 sion to remove the conditions imposed on commercial ter19 restrial operations in the Order and Authorization adopted 

20 by the Commission on January 26, 2011 (DA 11–133), 

21 or otherwise permit such operations, until the Commission 

22 has resolved concerns of potential widespread harmful in23 terference by such commercial terrestrial operations to 

24 commercially available Global Positioning System devices. 


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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

3 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

4 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

5 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

6 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2012 shall obligate 

7 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen8 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

9 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en10 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

11 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

12 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

13 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

14 agency, or instrumentality. 

15 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

16 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

17 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

18 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve19 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, 

20 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at 

21 $13,197 except station wagons for which the maximum 

22 shall be $13,631: Provided, That these limits may be ex23 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 

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1 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec2 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 

3 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re4 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 

5 Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 

6 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter7 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 

8 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 

9 vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this 

10 section shall not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial 

11 item and which operates on emerging motor vehicle tech12 nology, including but not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid 

13 electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

14 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart15 ments and independent establishments for the current fis16 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex17 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

18 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

19 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

20 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified during the cur21 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 

22 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa23 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 

24 United States (including any agency the majority of the 

25 stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 


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1 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 

2 States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 

3 States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for perma4 nent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 

5 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted 

6 as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum 

7 under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of inten8 tion to become a lawful permanent resident and then a 

9 citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes alle10 giance to the United States: Provided, That for purposes 

11 of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall 

12 be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements 

13 of this section with respect to his or her status are being 

14 complied with: Provided further, That any person making 

15 a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon con16 viction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned 

17 for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That 

18 the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in 

19 substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro20 vided further, That any payment made to any officer or 

21 employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall 

22 be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Pro23 vided further, That this section shall not apply to any per24 son who is an officer or employee of the Government of 

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1 or to international broadcasters employed by the Broad2 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 

3 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 

4 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 

5 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 

6 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 

7 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart8 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 

9 to an agreement with another country. 

10 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart11 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec12 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex13 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

14 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

15 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build16 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

17 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

18 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

19 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

20 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

21 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re22 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

23 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

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1 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex2 pended for the following purposes: 

3 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

4 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

5 Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any 

6 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

7 the Executive order. 

8 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man9 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

10 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

11 management and pollution prevention programs. 

12 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

13 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

14 Federal agency. 

15 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

16 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

17 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

18 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

19 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

20 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

21 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

22 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

23 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

24 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

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1 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

2 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

3 correspondingly reduced. 

4 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

5 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

6 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

7 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

8 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

9 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

10 financial support from more than one agency or instru11 mentality. 

12 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

13 to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 

14 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis15 approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 

16 accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 

17 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

18 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

19 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

20 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

21 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

22 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

23 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

24 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec3 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of4 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

5 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

6 directly controlled by the individual. 

7 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding section 31 U.S.C. 1346, 

8 or section 708 of this Act, funds made available for the 

9 current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be avail10 able for the interagency funding of national security and 

11 emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives 

12 which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or 

13 entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 

14 3, 1984). 

15 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

16 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any 

17 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for 

18 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a 

19 position of a confidential or policy-determining character 

20 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to 5 

21 U.S.C. 3302, without a certification to the Office of Per22 sonnel Management from the head of the Federal depart23 ment, agency, or other instrumentality employing the 

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1 not created solely or primarily in order to detail the em2 ployee to the White House. 

3 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

4 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de5 tailed to or from— 

6 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

7 (2) the National Security Agency; 

8 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 

9 (4) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; 

10 (5) the offices within the Department of De11 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign 

12 intelligence through reconnaissance programs; 

13 (6) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 

14 the Department of State; 

15 (7) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 

16 Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the Department 

17 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves18 tigation or the Drug Enforcement Administration of 

19 the Department of Justice, the Department of 

20 Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, or 

21 the Department of Energy performing intelligence 

22 functions; or 

23 (8) the Director of National Intelligence or the 

24 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 


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1 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

3 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

4 Government, who— 

5 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat6 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em7 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

8 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

9 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

10 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

11 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

12 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

13 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

14 whether such communication or contact is at the ini15 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re16 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

17 committee, or subcommittee; or 

18 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

19 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

20 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

21 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis22 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti23 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em24 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

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1 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

2 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

3 communication or contact of such other officer or 

4 employee with any Member, committee, or sub5 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

6 (1). 

7 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

9 any employee training that— 

10 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl11 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

12 performance of official duties; 

13 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev14 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

15 some participants; 

16 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

17 of the content and methods to be used in the train18 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

19 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

20 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

21 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em22 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

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1 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par2 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

3 workplace. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

5 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

6 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

7 SEC. 715. No funds appropriated in this or any other 

8 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 

9 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 

10 any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 

11 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 

12 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 

13 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em14 ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu15 tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United 

16 States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 

17 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the 

18 Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclo19 sure to Congress by members of the military); section 

20 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 

21 the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (governing dis22 closures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health 

23 or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection 

24 Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures 

25 that could expose confidential Government agents); and 


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1 the statutes which protect against disclosure that may 

2 compromise the national security, including sections 641, 

3 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, 

4 and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 

5 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obliga6 tions, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Ex7 ecutive order and listed statutes are incorporated into this 

8 agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith9 standing the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy 

10 form or agreement that is to be executed by a person con11 nected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence12 related activity, other than an employee or officer of the 

13 United States Government, may contain provisions appro14 priate to the particular activity for which such document 

15 is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a min16 imum, require that the person will not disclose any classi17 fied information received in the course of such activity un18 less specifically authorized to do so by the United States 

19 Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it 

20 clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, or to 

21 an authorized official of an executive agency or the De22 partment of Justice, that are essential to reporting a sub23 stantial violation of law. 

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1 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu2 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

3 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

4 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

5 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla6 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

7 to the Congress itself. 

8 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

9 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed10 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

11 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

12 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

13 competent jurisdiction. 

14 SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non16 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to 

17 any person or any organization outside of the Federal 

18 Government without the approval of the Committees on 

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate. 

21 SEC. 719. No part of any appropriation contained in 

22 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

23 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa24 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

25 authorized by the Congress. 


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1 SEC. 720. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

2 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

3 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

4 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

5 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 

6 and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 

7 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu8 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

9 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

10 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

11 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

12 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

13 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

14 in the performance of official duties. 

15 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec16 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

17 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

18 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

19 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

20 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

21 costs. 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec24 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart25 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 


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1 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government2 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of3 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

4 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

5 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

6 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis7 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

8 and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 

9 procurement, and other management innovations, initia10 tives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the 

11 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

12 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des13 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man14 agement Council for overall management improvement ini15 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

16 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

17 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 

18 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia19 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure20 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun21 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur22 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

23 not exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, 

24 initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the funds 

25 transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 


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1 Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during fiscal 

2 year 2012 shall remain available for obligation through 

3 September 30, 2013: Provided further, That such trans4 fers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days 

5 following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 

6 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

7 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

9 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

10 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

11 the location. 

12 SEC. 724. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec13 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

14 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

15 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

16 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

17 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

18 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

19 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

20 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re21 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

22 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com23 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

24 Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 


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1 Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en2 actment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 725. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

4 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

5 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

6 funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 

7 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli8 cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this provi9 sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 

10 grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 

11 SEC. 726. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

12 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

13 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

14 be used by any Federal agency— 

15 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

16 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

17 personally identifiable information relating to an in18 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern19 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

20 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

21 party (including another government agency) to col22 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de23 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

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1 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

2 site. 

3 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

4 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

5 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

6 identify particular persons; 

7 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden8 tifiable information; 

9 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu10 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

11 applicable law; or 

12 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

13 that is a system security action taken by the oper14 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

15 to providing the Internet site services or to pro16 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

17 Internet site. 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac20 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

21 provided in law. 

22 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina23 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ24 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

25 condition, management practices and policies and 


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1 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

2 law. 

3 SEC. 727. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

4 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

5 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

6 except where the contract also includes a provision for con7 traceptive coverage. 

8 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

9 with— 

10 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

11 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

12 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

13 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

14 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

15 religious beliefs. 

16 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

17 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub18 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

19 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

20 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

21 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

22 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re23 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

24 SEC. 728. The United States is committed to ensur25 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 


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1 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

2 antidoping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu3 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

4 oversight authorities. 

5 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de7 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

8 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

9 Budget Circular A-126 regarding official travel for Gov10 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

11 ownership pilot program. 

12 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

14 under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be 

15 used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on 

16 the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 

17 implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per18 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

19 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg20 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

21 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

22 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

23 SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 

2 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without 

3 advance notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the 

5 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized 

6 to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by 

7 lease, contract, or other agreement for training which can8 not be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

9 SEC. 732. (a) For fiscal year 2012, no funds shall 

10 be available for transfers or reimbursements to the E-Gov11 ernment initiatives sponsored by the Office of Manage12 ment and Budget prior to 15 days following submission 

13 of a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate by the Director 

15 of the Office of Management and Budget and receipt of 

16 approval to transfer funds by the Committees on Appro17 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

18 (b) The report in subsection (a) and other required 

19 justification materials shall include at a minimum— 

20 (1) a description of each initiative including but 

21 not limited to its objectives, benefits, development 

22 status, risks, cost effectiveness (including estimated 

23 net costs or savings to the government), and the es24 timated date of full operational capability; 


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1 (2) the total development cost of each initiative 

2 by fiscal year including costs to date, the estimated 

3 costs to complete its development to full operational 

4 capability, and estimated annual operations and 

5 maintenance costs; and 

6 (3) the sources and distribution of funding by 

7 fiscal year and by agency and bureau for each initia8 tive including agency contributions to date and esti9 mated future contributions by agency. 

10 (c) No funds shall be available for obligation or ex11 penditure for new E-Government initiatives without the 

12 explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

13 the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

14 SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

16 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

17 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

18 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of19 fice of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any 

20 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

21 SEC. 734. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

22 law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 

23 Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

24 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis25 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 


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1 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre2 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

3 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

4 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

6 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

7 Act) and regulations implementing that section. 

8 SEC. 736. Each executive department and agency 

9 shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 

10 issuing the individual a government travel charge card. 

11 Such evaluations for individually billed travel charge cards 

12 shall include an assessment of the individual’s consumer 

13 report from a consumer reporting agency as those terms 

14 are defined in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting 

15 Act (Public Law 91–508): Provided, That the department 

16 or agency may not issue a government travel charge card 

17 to an individual that either lacks a credit history or is 

18 found to have an unsatisfactory credit history as a result 

19 of this evaluation: Provided further, That this restriction 

20 shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use charge, 

21 debit, or stored value card made in accordance with agency 

22 procedures to: (1) an individual with an unsatisfactory 

23 credit history where such card is used to pay travel ex24 penses and the agency determines there is no suitable al25 ternative payment mechanism available before issuing the 


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1 card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit history. Each 

2 executive department and agency shall establish guidelines 

3 and procedures for disciplinary actions to be taken against 

4 agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, or abusive use 

5 of government charge cards, which shall include appro6 priate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for pur7 poses, and at establishments, that are inconsistent with 

8 the official business of the Department or agency or with 

9 applicable standards of conduct. 

10 SEC. 737. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap11 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

12 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con13 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

14 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

15 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

16 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

17 (b) WAIVERS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

19 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern20 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

21 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re22 quired in the interest of national security. 

23 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

24 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

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1 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

2 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

3 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

4 pursuant to such contract. 

5 SEC. 738. (a) None of the funds made available in 

6 this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re7 quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 

8 or otherwise participating in acquisition (as defined in sec9 tion 131 of title 41, United States Code) of property or 

10 services by the Federal Government to disclose any of the 

11 following information as a condition of submitting the 

12 offer or otherwise participating in such acquisition: 

13 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 

14 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse15 ment for an electioneering communication that is 

16 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 

17 of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 

18 election for Federal office or to a political com19 mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 

20 election for Federal office. 

21 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 

22 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 

23 entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 

24 or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 

25 reasonable expectation that the person will use the 


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1 funds to make a payment described in paragraph 

2 (1). 

3 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 

4 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election5 eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 

6 ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 

7 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 

8 et seq.). 

9 SEC. 739. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

10 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

11 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

12 VIII. 

13 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

15 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

16 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor17 poration with an unpaid Federal tax liability that has been 

18 assessed, for which all judicial and administrative rem19 edies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not 

20 being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement 

21 with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liabil22 ity. 

23 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

25 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 


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1 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor2 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

3 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months. 

4 SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be expended for any new hire by any Federal 

6 agency funded in this Act that is not verified through the 

7 E–Verify Program established under section 403(a) of the 

8 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 

9 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 

10 TITLE VIII 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

12 COLUMBIA 

13 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

14 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

15 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

16 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

17 the District of Columbia government. 

18 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

19 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

20 implementation of any policy including boycott designed 

21 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

22 or any State legislature. 

23 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

24 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 

25 Federal and District government agencies, that remain 


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1 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, 

2 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

3 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

4 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

5 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re6 programming of funds which— 

7 (1) creates new programs; 

8 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi9 bility center; 

10 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi11 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

12 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

13 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

14 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

15 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre16 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

17 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

18 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

19 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which20 ever is less; or 

21 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

22 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi23 bility center, 

24 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 

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1 President are notified in writing 15 days in advance 

2 of the reprogramming. 

3 (b) The District of Columbia government is author4 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

5 requests of local funds under this title through November 

6 1, 2012. 

7 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

8 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

9 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

10 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep11 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

12 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

13 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

14 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec15 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

16 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em17 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

18 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

19 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

20 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 

21 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

22 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

23 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

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1 ployee as may otherwise be designated by the Chief 

2 of the Department; 

3 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi4 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

5 Emergency Medical Services Department who re6 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

7 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 

8 Chief; 

9 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De10 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

11 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 

12 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

13 call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 

14 Director; 

15 (4) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

16 (5) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

17 of Columbia. 

18 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

19 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor20 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 

21 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

22 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

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1 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co2 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 

3 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi4 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

5 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 

6 this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster7 ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 

8 illegal drug. 

9 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

10 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

11 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

12 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

13 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

14 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep15 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

16 SEC. 809. None of the Federal funds contained in 

17 this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, 

18 or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties asso19 ciated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 

20 schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 

21 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de22 rivative. 

23 SEC. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this 

24 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 

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1 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 

2 an act of rape or incest. 

3 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

5 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 

6 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

7 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 

8 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

9 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

10 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

11 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

12 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2012 that 

13 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

14 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

15 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 

16 actual expenditures. 

17 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

18 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co19 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 

20 unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

21 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi23 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro24 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

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1 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

2 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 

3 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for4 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern5 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 

6 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec.1– 

7 204.42). 

8 SEC. 813. Amounts appropriated in this Act as oper9 ating funds may be transferred to the District of Colum10 bia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, once 

11 transferred, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

12 with the provisions of this Act. 

13 SEC. 814. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

14 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

15 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

16 of this title or of title IV. 

17 TITLE IX—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 

18 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

19 SEC. 901. Any amendments made after January 19, 

20 2009, to the regulations set forth in sections 

21 515.560(a)(1), 515.560(c)(4)(i), 515.561, and 515.570 of 

22 title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, are hereby repealed, 

23 and such regulations are restored and shall be carried out 

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1 tices relating to such regulations issued or carried out 

2 after such date: Provided, That any references in such sec3 tion 515.561 to the regulations set forth in section 

4 515.560(c) of such Code shall be considered to be ref5 erences to such regulations as in effect on January 19, 

6 2009. 

7 SEC. 902. The amount by which the applicable alloca8 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec10 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex11 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

13 General Government Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 86 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2434 

[Report No. 112–136] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and 

September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. general government for the fiscal year ending 

JULY 7, 2011 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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