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Union Calendar No. 73 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2847 

[Report No. 111–149] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2010, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2009 

Mr. MOLLOHAN, 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 the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 

purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 


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1 fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur2 poses, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

6 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

7 For necessary expenses for international trade activi8 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

9 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

10 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

11 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

12 firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full 

13 medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 

14 families of employees stationed overseas and employees 

15 temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of 

16 employees of the International Trade Administration be17 tween two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 

18 40118; employment of Americans and aliens by contract 

19 for services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceed20 ing 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or im21 provement; purchase or construction of temporary de22 mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 

23 of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para24 graph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign 

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1 tion expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehi2 cles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehi3 cle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 

4 rental of tie lines, $444,504,000, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2011, of which $9,439,000 is to be derived 

6 from fees to be retained and used by the International 

7 Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: 

8 Provided, That not less than $7,000,000 shall be for the 

9 Office of China Compliance, and not less than $4,400,000 

10 shall be for the China Countervailing Duty Group: Pro11 vided further, That the provisions of the first sentence of 

12 section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu13 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

14 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac15 tivities without regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus 

16 Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); 

17 and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under 

18 the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex19 change Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments 

20 for services provided as part of these activities: Provided 

21 further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the 

22 World Trade Organization to recognize the right of mem23 bers to distribute monies collected from antidumping and 

24 countervailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations 

25 shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization 


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1 consistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the 

2 Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210: Provided further, 

3 That within the amounts appropriated, $3,715,000 shall 

4 be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in 

5 the table titled ‘‘Congressionally-designated items’’ in the 

6 report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives to accompany this Act. 

8 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

9 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

11 national security activities of the Department of Com12 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

13 export administration field activities both domestically and 

14 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

15 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em16 ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 

17 abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 

18 in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims 

19 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for offi20 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa21 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

22 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and pur23 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and 

24 motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special re25 quirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to 


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1 any price limitation otherwise established by law, 

2 $100,342,000, to remain available until expended, of 

3 which $14,767,000 shall be for inspections and other ac4 tivities related to national security: Provided, That the 

5 provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all 

6 of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 

7 Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) 

8 shall apply in carrying out these activities: Provided fur9 ther, That payments and contributions collected and ac10 cepted for materials or services provided as part of such 

11 activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of 

12 such activities, and for providing information to the public 

13 with respect to the export administration and national se14 curity activities of the Department of Commerce and other 

15 export control programs of the United States and other 

16 governments. 

17 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

18 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

19 For grants for economic development assistance as 

20 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

21 Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, 

22 $255,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of administering the eco25 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 


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1 law, $38,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 

2 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

3 Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the 

4 Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency 

5 Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

6 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

7 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com9 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

10 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con11 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi12 zations, $31,000,000: Provided, That within the amounts 

13 appropriated, $900,000 shall be used for the projects, and 

14 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression15 ally-designated items’’ in the report of the Committee on 

16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accom17 pany this Act. 

18 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco21 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

22 of Commerce, $97,255,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2011. 


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1 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana4 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 

5 by law, $259,024,000. 

6 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

7 For necessary expenses to collect and publish statis8 tics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by 

9 law, $7,115,707,000, of which $206,000,000 shall be de10 rived from available unobligated balances previously ap11 propriated under this heading, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2011: Provided, That none of the funds 

13 provided in this or any other Act for any fiscal year may 

14 be used for the collection of census data on race identifica15 tion that does not include ‘‘some other race’’ as a category: 

16 Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, 

17 funds may be used for additional promotion, outreach, and 

18 marketing activities. 

19 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 

23 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad24 ministration (NTIA), $19,999,000, to remain available 

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1 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

2 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec3 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv4 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

5 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

6 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off8 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

9 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

10 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

11 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

12 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

13 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

14 Government agencies shall remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

17 AND CONSTRUCTION

18 For the administration of grants, authorized by sec19 tion 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

20 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended as au21 thorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, That not to 

22 exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program adminis23 tration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided 

24 further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 

25 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may 


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1 be made available for grants for projects for which appli2 cations have been submitted and approved during any fis3 cal year. 

4 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

7 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in8 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec9 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

10 of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 

11 $1,930,361,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 

13 fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed and 

14 collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 

15 and 376 are received during fiscal year 2010, so as to re16 sult in a fiscal year 2010 appropriation from the general 

17 fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal 

18 year 2010, should the total amount of offsetting fee collec19 tions be less than $1,930,361,000, this amount shall be 

20 reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount 

21 received in excess of $1,930,361,000 in fiscal year 2010, 

22 in an amount up to $100,000,000 shall remain available 

23 until expended: Provided further, That from amounts pro24 vided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available 

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1 tion expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2010 

2 and hereafter, from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala3 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec4 essary to pay: (1) the difference between the percentage 

5 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

6 under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and 

7 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

8 8331(17) of that title) of basic pay, of employees subject 

9 to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the 

10 present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, 

11 as determined by the Office of Personnel Management, of 

12 post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health 

13 benefits coverage for all USPTO employees, shall be trans14 ferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

15 Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Em16 ployees Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall 

17 be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

18 Provided further, That sections 801, 802, and 803 of divi19 sion B, Public Law 108–447 shall remain in effect during 

20 fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That the Director may, 

21 this year, reduce by regulation fees payable for documents 

22 in patent and trademark matters, in connection with the 

23 filing of documents filed electronically in a form prescribed 

24 by the Director: Provided further, That from the amounts 

25 provided herein, no less than $4,000,000 shall be available 


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1 only for the USPTO contribution in a cooperative or joint 

2 agreement or agreements with a non-profit organization 

3 or organizations, successfully audited within the previous 

4 year, and with previous experience in such programs, to 

5 conduct policy studies, including studies relating to activi6 ties of United Nations Specialized agencies and other 

7 international organizations, as well as conferences and 

8 other development programs, in support of fair inter9 national protection of intellectual property rights. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

11 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

13 Standards and Technology, $510,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

15 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

16 Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be for 

17 official reception and representation expenses. 

18 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

19 For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufac20 turing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of 

21 Standards and Technology, $124,700,000, to remain 

22 available until expended. In addition, for necessary ex23 penses of the Technology Innovation Program of the Na24 tional Institute of Standards and Technology, 

25 $69,900,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

2 For construction of new research facilities, including 

3 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

4 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro5 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech6 nology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, 

7 $76,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

8 $20,000,000 is for a competitive construction grant pro9 gram for research science buildings: Provided further, 

10 That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budg11 et justification materials that the Secretary submits to 

12 Congress in support of the Department of Commerce 

13 budget (as submitted with the budget of the President 

14 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an 

15 estimate for each National Institute of Standards and 

16 Technology construction project having a total multi-year 

17 program cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously 

18 the budget justification materials shall include an estimate 

19 of the budgetary requirements for each such project for 

20 each of the five subsequent fiscal years. 


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1 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

6 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

7 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

8 vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 

9 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

10 pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa11 cilities, $3,198,793,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2011, except for funds provided for cooperative 

13 enforcement, which shall remain available until September 

14 30, 2012: Provided, That fees and donations received by 

15 the National Ocean Service for the management of na16 tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 

17 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 

18 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That 

19 in addition, $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 

20 the fund entitled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’ and in ad21 dition $104,600,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

22 fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and 

23 Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided 

24 further, That of the $3,317,393,000 provided for in direct 

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1 priated from the general fund, $107,600,000 is provided 

2 by transfer, and $11,000,000 is derived from recoveries 

3 of prior year obligations: Provided further, That the total 

4 amount available for the National Oceanic and Atmos5 pheric Administration corporate services administrative 

6 support costs shall not exceed $228,549,000: Provided fur7 ther, That payments of funds made available under this 

8 heading to the Department of Commerce Working Capital 

9 Fund including Department of Commerce General Coun10 sel legal services shall not exceed $41,944,000: Provided 

11 further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 

12 for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 

13 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

14 this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro15 cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided fur16 ther, That in allocating grants under sections 306 and 

17 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as 

18 amended, no coastal State shall receive more than 5 per19 cent or less than 1 percent of increased funds appro20 priated over the previous fiscal year: Provided further, 

21 That within the amounts appropriated, $37,500,000 shall 

22 be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in 

23 the table titled ‘‘Congressionally-designated items’’ in the 

24 report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

25 of Representatives to accompany this Act. 


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1 In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 

2 the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

3 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 

4 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend5 ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may 

6 be necessary. 

7 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

8 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

9 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

10 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

11 $1,409,148,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2012, except funds provided for construction of facilities 

13 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

14 That of the $1,411,148,000 provided for in direct obliga15 tions under this heading $1,409,148,000 is appropriated 

16 from the general fund and $2,000,000 is provided from 

17 recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 

18 except to the extent expressly prohibited by any other law, 

19 the Department of Defense may delegate procurement 

20 functions related to the National Polar-orbiting Oper21 ational Environmental Satellite System to officials of the 

22 Department of Commerce pursuant to section 2311 of title 

23 10, United States Code: Provided further, That any devi24 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

25 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 


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1 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

2 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 

3 forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 

4 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus5 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

6 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

7 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

8 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

9 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

10 Procurement, Acquistion, or Construction project having 

11 a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 

12 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg13 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

14 five subsequent fiscal years. 

15 COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 

18 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 

19 1456a), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to 

20 the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ account to off21 set the costs of implementing such Act. 

22 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

24 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2009, obligations of direct 

25 loans may not exceed $8,000,000 for Individual Fishing 


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1 Quota loans and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional 

2 direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act 

3 of 1936: Provided, That none of the funds made available 

4 under this heading may be used for direct loans for any 

5 new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capac6 ity in any United States fishery. 

7 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary for the departmental manage10 ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

11 including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 

12 $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary, within 30 

13 days of enactment of this Act, shall provide a report to 

14 the Committees on Appropriations that audits and evalu15 ates all decision documents and expenditures by the Bu16 reau of the Census as they relate to the 2010 Census: Pro17 vided further, That of the amounts provided to the Sec18 retary within this account, $5,000,000 shall not become 

19 available for obligation until the Secretary certifies to the 

20 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that the 

21 Bureau of the Census has followed and met all standards 

22 and best practices, and all Office of Management and 

23 Budget guidelines related to information technology 

24 projects and contract management. 


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1 HERBERT C. HOOVER BUILDING RENOVATION AND

2 MODERNIZATION

3 For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for 

4 the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoo5 ver Building, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

10 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $27,000,000. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

14 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart15 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

16 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 

17 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 

18 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 

19 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

20 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

21 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

22 public interest. 

23 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria24 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

25 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 


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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

2 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

4 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

5 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria6 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De7 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be8 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

9 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans10 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

11 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec12 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga13 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce14 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap16 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

17 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 

18 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

19 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

20 of Commerce: Provided further, That for the National Oce21 anic and Atmospheric Administration this section shall 

22 provide for transfers among appropriations made only to 

23 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

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1 programmed to other Department of Commerce bureaus 

2 and appropriation accounts. 

3 SEC. 104. Any costs incurred by a department or 

4 agency funded under this title resulting from personnel 

5 actions taken in response to funding reductions included 

6 in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec7 tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 

8 within the total budgetary resources available to such de9 partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans10 fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec11 essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 

12 authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur13 ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 

14 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

15 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex16 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

17 forth in that section. 

18 SEC. 105. The requirements set forth by section 112 

19 of division B of Public Law 110–161 are hereby adopted 

20 by reference. 

21 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other law, the Sec22 retary may furnish services (including but not limited to 

23 utilities, telecommunications, and security services) nec24 essary to support the operation, maintenance, and im25 provement of space that persons, firms or organizations 


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1 are authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera2 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy 

3 in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or 

4 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec5 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

6 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

7 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 

8 1949, as amended, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 

9 basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services 

10 provided under this section or the authority under which 

11 the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to 

12 $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund 

13 which initially bears the costs of such services. 

14 SEC. 107. The Administration of the National Oce15 anic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, 

16 with their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the 

17 limits of available appropriations, the land, services, equip18 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency 

19 or instrumentality of the United States, or of any state, 

20 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory or 

21 possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 

22 any foreign government or international organization for 

23 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

24 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos25 pheric Administration. 


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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com2 merce Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

3 TITLE II 

4 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

5 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

8 Department of Justice, $118,488,000 of which not to ex9 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart10 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That the Attorney General is authorized 

12 to transfer funds appropriated within General Administra13 tion to any office in this account: Provided further, That 

14 $14,693,000 is for Department Leadership; $8,101,000 is 

15 for Intergovernmental Relations/External Affairs; 

16 $12,715,000 is for Executive Support/Professional Re17 sponsibility; and $82,979,000 is for the Justice Manage18 ment Division: Provided further, That any change in 

19 amounts specified in the preceding proviso greater than 

20 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 

21 and Senate Committees on Appropriations consistent with 

22 the terms of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 

23 That this transfer authority is in addition to transfers au24 thorized under section 505 of this Act. 


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1 NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER

2 For necessary expenses of the National Drug Intel3 ligence Center, $44,023,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be 

4 for reimbursement of Air Force personnel for the National 

5 Drug Intelligence Center to support the Department of 

6 Defense’s counter-drug intelligence responsibilities: Pro7 vided, That the National Drug Intelligence Center shall 

8 maintain the personnel and technical resources to provide 

9 timely support to law enforcement authorities and the in10 telligence community by conducting document and com11 puter exploitation of materials collected in Federal, State, 

12 and local law enforcement activity associated with counter13 drug, counterterrorism, and national security investiga14 tions and operations. 

15 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

16 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech17 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

18 departmental direction, $109,417,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, of which not less than $21,132,000 is for 

20 the unified financial management system. 

21 TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS

22 COMMUNICATIONS

23 For the costs of developing and implementing a na24 tion-wide Integrated Wireless Network supporting Federal 

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1 erations and maintenance of existing Land Mobile Radio 

2 legacy systems, $205,143,000, to remain available until 

3 expended: Provided, That the Attorney General shall 

4 transfer to this account all funds made available to the 

5 Department of Justice for the purchase of portable and 

6 mobile radios: Provided further, That any transfer made 

7 under the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 505 

8 of this Act. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

10 For expenses necessary for the administration of par11 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi12 ties, $300,685,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived 

13 by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Re14 view fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 

15 Fee’’ account. 

16 DETENTION TRUSTEE

17 For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention 

18 Trustee, $1,438,663,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That the Trustee shall be responsible 

20 for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transpor21 tation System: Provided further, That not to exceed 

22 $5,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for 

23 State and local law enforcement assistance’’ pursuant to 

24 18 U.S.C. 4013(b). 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General, $84,368,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 

4 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

5 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

8 Commission as authorized, $12,859,000. 

9 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

11 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

12 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ13 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi14 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

15 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

16 General; and rent of private or Government-owned space 

17 in the District of Columbia, $875,097,000, of which not 

18 to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts 

19 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

20 the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $10,000 shall 

21 be available to the United States National Central Bu22 reau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representa23 tion expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec24 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

25 General that emergent circumstances require additional 


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1 funding for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the 

2 Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries 

3 and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from available 

4 appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Depart5 ment of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 

6 circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu7 ant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a re8 programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

9 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli10 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro11 vided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums 

12 as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the 

13 Office of Personnel Management for salaries and expenses 

14 associated with the election monitoring program under 

15 section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

16 1973f): Provided further, That of the amounts provided 

17 under this heading for the election monitoring program 

18 $3,390,000, shall remain available until expended. 

19 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De20 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

21 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

22 not to exceed $7,833,000, to be appropriated from the 

23 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

2 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti3 trust and kindred laws, $163,170,000, to remain available 

4 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

6 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve7 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

8 of collection (and estimated to be $102,000,000 in fiscal 

9 year 2010), shall be retained and used for necessary ex10 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

11 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap12 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

13 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2010, 

14 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2010 appropriation 

15 from the general fund estimated at $61,170,000. 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

17 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

18 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop19 erative agreements, $1,934,003,000: Provided, That of the 

20 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be 

21 available for official reception and representation ex22 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

23 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

24 That of the amount provided under this heading, not less 

25 than $36,980,000 shall be used for salaries and expenses 


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1 for assistant U.S. Attorneys to carry out section 704 of 

2 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

3 (Public Law 109–248) concerning the prosecution of of4 fenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children: Pro5 vided further, That of the amount provided under this 

6 heading, $6,000,000 is for salaries and expenses for new 

7 assistant U.S. Attorneys to carry out additional prosecu8 tions of serious crimes in Indian Country. 

9 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

11 Program, as authorized, $224,488,000, to remain avail12 able until expended and to be derived from the United 

13 States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That notwith14 standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 

15 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

16 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not17 withstanding any other provision of law, $210,000,000 of 

18 offsetting collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall 

19 be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro20 priation and shall remain available until expended: Pro21 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 

22 Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 

23 received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a final 

24 fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the Fund estimated 

25 at $9,488,000. 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

2 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

4 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

5 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, $2,117,000. 

7 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

8 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

9 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

10 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad11 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $168,300,000, 

12 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

13 $10,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

14 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur15 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

16 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $11,000,000 

17 may be made available for the purchase, installation, 

18 maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications 

19 equipment and a secure automated information network 

20 to store and retrieve the identities and locations of pro21 tected witnesses. 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

23 SERVICE

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1 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

2 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

3 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac4 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

5 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re6 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur7 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

8 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur9 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

10 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

11 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex12 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

13 forth in that section. 

14 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

15 For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(B), 

16 (F), and (G), $20,990,000, to be derived from the Depart17 ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

18 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar21 shals Service, $1,138,388,000; of which not to exceed 

22 $30,000 shall be available for official reception and rep23 resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $4,000,000 

24 shall remain available until expended for information tech25 nology systems; and of which not less than $12,625,000 


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1 shall be available for the costs of courthouse security 

2 equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and tele3 phone systems and cabling, and shall remain available 

4 until expended. 

5 CONSTRUCTION

6 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti7 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

8 holding and related support, $14,000,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

13 the National Security Division, $87,938,000; of which not 

14 to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems 

15 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not16 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina17 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

18 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

19 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

20 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

21 the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 

22 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro23 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

24 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

25 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 


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1 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

2 set forth in that section. 

3 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

4 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

5 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves6 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

7 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

8 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in9 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 

10 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

11 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

12 trafficking, $528,569,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re13 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

14 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

15 may be used under authorities available to the organiza16 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 

17 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In20 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

21 crimes against the United States, $7,718,741,000, of 

22 which $101,066,000 is designated as being for overseas 

23 deployments and other activities pursuant to section 

24 423(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the con25 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010; and 


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1 of which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall remain avail2 able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

3 $205,000 shall be available for official reception and rep4 resentation expenses. 

5 CONSTRUCTION

6 For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build7 ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

8 law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion 

9 and extension of federally owned buildings; and prelimi10 nary planning and design of projects; $132,796,000, to 

11 remain available until expended. 

12 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad15 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un16 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

17 to 28 U.S.C. 530C; and expenses for conducting drug edu18 cation and training programs, including travel and related 

19 expenses for participants in such programs and the dis20 tribution of items of token value that promote the goals 

21 of such programs, $2,019,682,000; of which not to exceed 

22 $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and of 

23 which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for official 

24 reception and representation expenses. 


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1 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

2 EXPLOSIVES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To5 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, not to exceed $40,000 for 

6 official reception and representation expenses; for training 

7 of State and local law enforcement agencies with or with8 out reimbursement, including training in connection with 

9 the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and 

10 fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 

11 assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, 

12 with or without reimbursement, $1,105,772,000, of which 

13 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay14 ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) 

15 of title 18, United States Code; and of which not to exceed 

16 $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That no funds appropriated herein shall be available 

18 for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with 

19 consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of 

20 Justice, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition 

21 and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal fire22 arms licensees: Provided further, That no funds appro23 priated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses 

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1 ments to 27 CFR 478.118 or to change the definition of 

2 ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 478.11 or remove any item 

3 from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 

4 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appro5 priated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon 

6 applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities 

7 under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such funds 

8 shall be available to investigate and act upon applications 

9 filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms dis10 abilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States 

11 Code: Provided further, That no funds made available by 

12 this or any other Act may be used to transfer the func13 tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To14 bacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or De15 partments in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That, be16 ginning in fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, no funds ap17 propriated under this or any other Act may be used to 

18 disclose part or all of the contents of the Firearms Trace 

19 System database maintained by the National Trace Center 

20 of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo21 sives or any information required to be kept by licensees 

22 pursuant to section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, 

23 or required to be reported pursuant to paragraphs (3) and 

24 (7) of such section 923(g), except to: (1) a Federal, State, 

25 local, or tribal law enforcement agency, or a Federal, 


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1 State, or local prosecutor; or (2) a foreign law enforcement 

2 agency solely in connection with or for use in a criminal 

3 investigation or prosecution; or (3) a Federal agency for 

4 a national security or intelligence purpose; unless such dis5 closure of such data to any of the entities described in 

6 (1), (2) or (3) of this proviso would compromise the iden7 tity of any undercover law enforcement officer or confiden8 tial informant, or interfere with any case under investiga9 tion; and no person or entity described in (1), (2) or (3) 

10 shall knowingly and publicly disclose such data; and all 

11 such data shall be immune from legal process, shall not 

12 be subject to subpoena or other discovery, shall be inad13 missible in evidence, and shall not be used, relied on, or 

14 disclosed in any manner, nor shall testimony or other evi15 dence be permitted based on the data, in a civil action 

16 in any State (including the District of Columbia) or Fed17 eral court or in an administrative proceeding other than 

18 a proceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, To19 bacco, Firearms and Explosives to enforce the provisions 

20 of chapter 44 of such title, or a review of such an action 

21 or proceeding; except that this proviso shall not be con22 strued to prevent: (A) the disclosure of statistical informa23 tion concerning total production, importation, and expor24 tation by each licensed importer (as defined in section 

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1 fined in section 921(a)(10) of such title); (B) the sharing 

2 or exchange of such information among and between Fed3 eral, State, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies, 

4 Federal, State, or local prosecutors, and Federal national 

5 security, intelligence, or counterterrorism officials; or (C) 

6 the publication of annual statistical reports on products 

7 regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

8 and Explosives, including total production, importation, 

9 and exportation by each licensed importer (as so defined) 

10 and licensed manufacturer (as so defined), or statistical 

11 aggregate data regarding firearms traffickers and traf12 ficking channels, or firearms misuse, felons, and traf13 ficking investigations: Provided further, That no funds 

14 made available by this or any other Act shall be expended 

15 to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical 

16 inventory of any business licensed under section 923 of 

17 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no 

18 funds under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve 

19 information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by 

20 name or any personal identification code: Provided further, 

21 That no funds authorized or made available under this or 

22 any other Act may be used to deny any application for 

23 a license under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, 

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1 ceive such a license, and is eligible to report business in2 come or to claim an income tax deduction for business ex3 penses under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

4 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

7 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

8 Federal penal and correctional institutions, including pur9 chase (not to exceed 831, of which 743 are for replacement 

10 only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor 

11 vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and 

12 advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern13 ments, $6,077,231,000: Provided, That the Attorney Gen14 eral may transfer to the Health Resources and Services 

15 Administration such amounts as may be necessary for di16 rect expenditures by that Administration for medical relief 

17 for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: 

18 Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 

19 System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with 

20 a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to 

21 determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf 

22 of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to 

23 individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison 

24 System: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall 

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1 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 

2 shall remain available for necessary operations until Sep3 tember 30, 2011: Provided further, That, of the amounts 

4 provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 

5 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

6 make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim7 bursable agreements, and other expenses authorized by 

8 section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act 

9 of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), for the care and security 

10 in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Pro11 vided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison Sys12 tem may accept donated property and services relating to 

13 the operation of the prison card program from a not-for14 profit entity which has operated such program in the past 

15 notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity 

16 furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison 

17 System relating to the operation of pre-release services, 

18 halfway houses, or other custodial facilities. 

19 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

20 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

21 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re22 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

23 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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1 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ2 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

3 force account, $96,744,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, of which not less than $71,358,000 shall be avail5 able only for modernization, maintenance and repair, and 

6 of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to 

7 construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That 

8 labor of United States prisoners may be used for work 

9 performed under this appropriation. 

10 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

11 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here12 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

13 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

14 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit15 ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro16 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

17 may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth 

18 in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora19 tion, including purchase (not to exceed five for replace20 ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

21 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

22 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

23 Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 

24 Prison Industries, Incorporated shall be available for its 

25 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 


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1 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com2 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

3 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys4 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

5 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account6 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

7 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

8 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui9 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

10 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

11 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 

12 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

13 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

14 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

15 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

16 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

17 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio18 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

19 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 

20 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and 

21 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

22 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

23 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu24 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

25 of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the 


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1 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

2 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

3 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

4 Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); and the Violence 

5 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

7 and for related victims services, $400,000,000, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided, That except as other9 wise provided by law, not to exceed 3 percent of funds 

10 made available under this heading may be used for ex11 penses related to evaluation, training, and technical assist12 ance: Provided further, That of the amount provided 

13 (1) $200,000,000 for grants to combat violence 

14 against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 

15 Act, of which— 

16 (A) $18,000,000 shall be for transitional 

17 housing assistance grants for victims of domes18 tic violence, stalking or sexual assault as au19 thorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; and 

20 (B) $3,000,000 shall be for the National 

21 Institute of Justice for research and evaluation 

22 of violence against women and related issues 

23 addressed by grant programs of the Office on 

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1 (2) $60,000,000 for grants to encourage arrest 

2 policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act; 

3 (3) $13,000,000 for sexual assault victims as4 sistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 

5 Act; 

6 (4) $41,000,000 for rural domestic violence and 

7 child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as au8 thorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

9 (5) $9,500,000 for grants to reduce violent 

10 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

11 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

12 (6) $37,000,000 for legal assistance for victims, 

13 as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

14 (7) $4,250,000 for enhanced training and serv15 ices to end violence against and abuse of women in 

16 later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 

17 1994 Act; 

18 (8) $14,000,000 for the safe havens for chil19 dren program, as authorized by section 1301 of the 

20 2000 Act; 

21 (9) $6,750,000 for education and training to 

22 end violence against and abuse of women with dis23 abilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 

24 Act; 


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1 (10) $3,000,000 for an engaging men and 

2 youth in prevention program, as authorized by sec3 tion 41305 of the 1994 Act; 

4 (11) $1,000,000 for tracking of violence against 

5 Indian women, as authorized by section 905 of the 

6 2005 Act; 

7 (12) $3,500,000 for services to advocate and 

8 respond to youth, as authorized by section 41201 of 

9 the 1994 Act; 

10 (13) $3,000,000 for grants to assist children 

11 and youth exposed to violence, as authorized by sec12 tion 41303 of the 1994 Act; 

13 (14) $3,000,000 for the court training and im14 provements program, as authorized by section 41002 

15 of the 1994 Act; 

16 (15) $1,000,000 for the National Resource 

17 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

18 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

19 the 1994 Act. 

20 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses, not elsewhere specified in 

23 this title, for management and administration of programs 

24 within the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office 

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1 ing Services Office, $192,388,000, of which not to exceed 

2 $15,708,000 shall be available for transfer to the Office 

3 on Violence Against Women; of which not to exceed 

4 $139,218,000 shall be available for the Office of Justice 

5 Programs; and of which not to exceed $37,462,000 shall 

6 be available for transfer to the Community Oriented Polic7 ing Services Office: Provided, That, notwithstanding sec8 tion 109 of title I of Public Law 90–351, an additional 

9 amount, not to exceed $21,000,000 shall be available for 

10 authorized activities of the Office of Audit, Assessment, 

11 and Management: Provided further, That the total amount 

12 available for management and administration of such pro13 grams shall not exceed $213,388,000. 

14 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

15 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

16 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

17 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ‘‘the 1968 

18 Act’’; the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

19 Act of 1974 ‘‘the 1974 Act’’; the Missing Children’s As20 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

21 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil22 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 

23 for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence 

24 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza25 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Victims of 


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1 Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Sec2 ond Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Vic3 tims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the 

4 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

5 (Public Law 109–248); the PROTECT Our Children Act 

6 of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D of title II of 

7 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 

8 296), which may include research and development; and 

9 other programs (including the Statewide Automated Vic10 tim Notification Program); $226,000,000, to remain avail11 able until expended, of which: 

12 (1) $60,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

13 programs, and other activities, as authorized by title 

14 I of part C of the 1968 Act, of which $41,000,000 

15 is for the National Crime Victimization Survey; and 

16 (2) $48,000,000 is for research, development, 

17 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au18 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act; 

19 (3) 12,000,000 is for the Statewide Victim No20 tification System of the Bureau of Justice Assist21 ance; 

22 (4) $45,000,000 is for the Regional Informa23 tion Sharing System, as authorized by part M of 

24 title I of the 1968 Act; and 


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1 (5) $61,000,000 is for the Missing Children’s 

2 Program, as authorized by sections 404(b) and 

3 405(a) of the 1974 Act. 

4 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

5 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

6 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

7 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

8 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 

10 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 

11 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 

12 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

13 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against 

14 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

15 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Adam Walsh Child 

16 Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); 

17 and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

18 Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); the Second Chance 

19 Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Re20 sources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 

21 2008 (Public Law 110–403); and other programs; 

22 $1,312,500,000, to remain available until expended as fol23 lows: 

24 (1) $529,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo25 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 


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1 by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act, 

2 (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules 

3 for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 

4 Act, as amended, shall not apply for purposes of this 

5 Act), of which $5,000,000 is for use by the National 

6 Institute of Justice in assisting units of local govern7 ment to identify, select, develop, modernize, and pur8 chase new technologies for use by law enforcement, 

9 $2,000,000 is for a program to improve State and 

10 local law enforcement intelligence capabilities includ11 ing antiterrorism training and training to ensure 

12 that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, 

13 and privacy interests are protected throughout the 

14 intelligence process, and $10,000,000 is for activities 

15 related to comprehensive criminal justice reform and 

16 recidivism reduction efforts by States: 

17 (2) $300,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

18 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

19 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

20 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)); 

21 (3) $30,000,000 for the Southwest Border 

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1 clined by local offices of the United States Attor2 neys; 

3 (4) $124,000,000 for discretionary grants to 

4 improve the functioning of the criminal justice sys5 tem, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and 

6 to assist victims of crime (other than compensation) 

7 which shall be used for the projects, and in the 

8 amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression9 ally-designated Items’’ in the report of the Com10 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives to accompany this Act ; 

12 (5) $40,000,000 for competitive grants to im13 prove the functioning of the criminal justice system, 

14 to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to as15 sist victims of crime (other than compensation); 

16 (6) $2,000,000 for the purposes described in 

17 the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro18 gram (section 240001 of the 1994 Act); 

19 (7) $10,000,000 for victim services programs 

20 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

21 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386 and for programs 

22 authorized under Public Law 109–164; 

23 (8) $45,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 

24 by section 1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act; 


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1 (9) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor pre2 scription drugs and scheduled listed chemical prod3 ucts; 

4 (10) $15,000,000 for prison rape prevention 

5 and prosecution and other programs, as authorized 

6 by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

7 Law 108–79); 

8 (11) $30,000,000 for grants for Residential 

9 Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as 

10 authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 

11 (12) $5,500,000 for the Capital Litigation Im12 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

13 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

14 wrongful conviction review; 

15 (13) $12,000,000 for mental health courts and 

16 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 

17 authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 

18 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

19 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

20 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

21 (14) $47,000,000 for assistance to Indian 

22 tribes, of which— 

23 (A) $10,000,000 shall be available for 

24 grants under section 20109 of subtitle A of title 

25 II of the 1994 Act; 


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1 (B) $25,000,000 shall be available for the 

2 Tribal Courts Initiative; and 

3 (C) $12,000,000 shall be available for trib4 al alcohol and substance abuse reduction assist5 ance grants; 

6 (15) $20,000,000 for economic, high technology 

7 and Internet crime prevention grants, as authorized 

8 by Section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 

9 (16) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed spe10 cial advocate program, as authorized by section 217 

11 of the 1990 Act; 

12 (17) $2,500,000 for child abuse training pro13 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

14 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 

15 (18) $3,000,000 for grants to improve the 

16 stalking and domestic violence database, as author17 ized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act; 

18 (19) $1,000,000 for analysis and research on 

19 violence against Indian women, as authorized by sec20 tion 904 of the 2005 Act; 

21 (20) $3,500,000 for training programs as au22 thorized by section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for 

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1 (21) $1,000,000 for grants for televised testi2 mony, as authorized by part N of title I of the 1968 

3 Act; 

4 (22) $15,000,000 for programs to reduce gun 

5 crime and gang violence; 

6 (23) $25,000,000 for the matching grant pro7 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 

8 by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, 

9 That $1,500,000 is for related research, testing, and 

10 evaluation programs; 

11 (24) $20,000,000 for grants to assist State and 

12 tribal governments as authorized by the NICS im13 provement Amendment Act of 2007 (Public Law 

14 110–180); and 

15 (25) $10,000,000 for the National Criminal 

16 History Improvment program for grants to upgrade 

17 criminal records: 

18 Provided, That if a unit of local government uses any of 

19 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

20 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 

21 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 

22 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub23 lic sector safety service. 


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1 WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND

2 For necessary expenses, including salaries and re3 lated expenses of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, 

4 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au5 thorized by section 103 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

6 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

7 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

8 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

9 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

10 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’), the 

11 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

12 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’), the Violence Against Women and De13 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

14 Law 109–162), the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 

16 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

17 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse 

18 Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Adam Walsh 

19 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 

20 109–248); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 

21 (Public Law 110–401), and other juvenile justice pro22 grams, $385,000,000, to remain available until expended 

23 as follows: 

24 (1) $75,000,000 for programs authorized by 

25 section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and 


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1 technical assistance to assist small, non-profit orga2 nizations with the Federal grants process; 

3 (2) $68,000,000 for grants and projects, as au4 thorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act 

5 which shall be used for the projects, and in the 

6 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression7 ally-designated items’’ in the report of the Com8 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent9 atives to accompany this Act; 

10 (3) $80,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

11 (4) $62,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

12 authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, 

13 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 

14 (A) $25,000,000 shall be for the Tribal 

15 Youth Program; 

16 (B) $10,000,000 shall be for a gang edu17 cation initiative; and 

18 (C) $25,000,000 shall be for grants of 

19 $360,000 to each State and $4,840,000 shall be 

20 available for discretionary grants, for programs 

21 and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting 

22 the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the 

23 purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages 

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1 sumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and 

2 for technical assistance and training; 

3 (5) $20,000,000 for programs authorized by 

4 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; and 

5 (6) $55,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability 

6 Block Grants program as authorized by part R of 

7 title I of the 1968 Act and Guam shall be considered 

8 a State: 

9 (7) $18,000,000 for Community-based violence 

10 prevention initiatives; and— 

11 (8) $7,000,000 for the Safe Start Program, as 

12 authorized by the 1974 Act: 

13 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

14 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi15 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author16 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

17 each amount may be used for training and technical as18 sistance: Provided further, That the previous two provisos 

19 shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sec20 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act. 

21 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

22 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

23 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

24 Safe Streets Act of 1968 , such sums as are necessary 

25 (including amounts for administrative costs, which 


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1 amounts shall be paid to the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac2 count), to remain available until expended; and 

3 $5,000,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) 

4 of such Act to remain available until expended; and 

5 $4,100,000 for educational assistance, as authorized by 

6 section 1218 of such Act to remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

9 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con10 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

11 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

12 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 

13 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

14 (Public Law 109–162); subtitle D of title II of the Home15 land Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), which 

16 may include research and development; and the USA PA17 TRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 

18 (Public Law 109–177); the Second Chance Act of 2007 

19 (Public Law 110–199); the NICS Improvement Amend20 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Adam 

21 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 

22 Law 109–248) (the ‘‘Adam Walsh Act’’); and the Justice 

23 for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405), $802,000,000, 

24 to remain available until expended: Provided, That any 

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1 shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of 

2 this Act. Of the amount provided (which shall be by trans3 fer, for programs administered by the Office of Justice 

4 Programs)— 

5 (1) $32,000,000 for grants to entities described 

6 in section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act, to address 

7 public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, 

8 sale, and use in hot spots, and for other anti-meth9 amphetamine-related activities: Provided, That with10 in the amounts appropriated, $17,900,000 shall be 

11 used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 

12 in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally-designated 

13 Items’’ in the report of Committee on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives to accompany 

15 this Act: Provided further That within the amounts 

16 appropriated, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to 

17 the Drug Enforcement Administration upon enact18 ment of this Act: Provided further, That within the 

19 amounts appropriated, $5,000,000 is for anti-meth20 amphetamine-related activities in Indian Country; 

21 (2) $123,000,000 is for a law enforcement tech22 nologies and interoperable communications program, 

23 and related law enforcement and public safety equip24 ment which shall be used for the projects, and in the 

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1 ally-designated items’’ in the report of the Com2 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent3 atives to accompany this Act; 

4 (3) $100,000,000 for offender re-entry pro5 grams, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 

6 2007 (Public Law 110–199), of which $37,000,000 

7 is for grants for adult and juvenile offender state 

8 and local re-entry demonstration projects, 

9 $15,000,000 is for grants for mentoring and transi10 tional services, $10,000,000 is for re-entry courts, 

11 $7,500,000 is for family-based substance abuse 

12 treatment, $2,500,000 is for evaluation and im13 provement of education at prisons, jails, and juvenile 

14 facilities, $5,000,000 is for technology careers train15 ing demonstration grants, $13,000,000 is for of16 fender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice 

17 collaboration, and $10,000,000 is for prisoner re18 entry research; 

19 (4) $151,000,000 for DNA related and forensic 

20 programs and activities as follows: 

21 (A) $146,000,000 for a DNA analysis and 

22 capacity enhancement program and for other 

23 local, state, and Federal forensic activities in24 cluding the purposes of section 2 of the DNA 

25 Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (the 


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1 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program); 

2 and 

3 (B) $5,000,000 for the purposes described 

4 in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA 

5 Testing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 

6 412); 

7 (5) $40,000,000 for improving tribal law en8 forcement, including equipment and training; 

9 (6) $14,000,000 for Community Policing Devel10 opment activities; 

11 (7) $28,000,000 for a national grant program 

12 the purpose of which is to assist State and local law 

13 enforcement to locate, arrest and prosecute child 

14 sexual predators and exploiters, and to enforce sex 

15 offender registration laws described in section 

16 1701(b) of the 1968 Act, of which: 

17 (A) $15,000,000 is for sex offender man18 agement assistance as authorized by the Adam 

19 Walsh Act and the Violent Crime Control Act 

20 of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); and 

21 (B) $1,000,000 is for the National Sex Of22 fender Public Registry; 

23 (8) $16,000,000 for expenses authorized by 

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1 (9) $298,000,000 for grants under section 1701 

2 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for 

3 the hiring and rehiring of additional career law en4 forcement officers under part Q of such title 

5 nothwithstanding subsection (g) and (i) of such sec6 tion and notwitstanding 42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c). 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

8 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

9 available in this title for official reception and representa10 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $75,000 from funds 

11 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

12 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re13 ception and representation expenses. 

14 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 

15 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 

16 the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 

17 were carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, 

18 That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional 

19 by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be 

20 null and void. 

21 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 

22 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 

23 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 

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1 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in2 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

3 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin4 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil5 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

6 Prisons. 

7 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria8 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De9 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be10 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex11 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

12 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 

13 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

14 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

15 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com16 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

17 SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to ex18 tend through September 30, 2011, the Personnel Manage19 ment Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney 

20 General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Secu21 rity Act of 2002, Public Law 107–296 (6 U.S.C. 533) 

22 without limitation on the number of employees or the posi23 tions covered. 

24 SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, Public Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to 


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1 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

2 in the conduct of undercover investigative operations and 

3 shall apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to 

4 any undercover investigative operation by the Bureau of 

5 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is nec6 essary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against 

7 the United States. 

8 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the 

9 Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the 

10 purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner 

11 pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal 

12 law and is classified as a maximum or high security pris13 oner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by 

14 the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for 

15 housing such a prisoner. 

16 SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

17 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele18 vision services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, video19 cassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equip20 ment used primarily for recreational purposes. 

21 (b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the 

22 renting, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or elec23 tronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or edu24 cational programs. 


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1 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available under 

2 this title shall be obligated or expended for Sentinel, or 

3 for any other major new or enhanced information tech4 nology program having total estimated development costs 

5 in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney 

6 General and the investment review board certify to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations that the information tech8 nology program has appropriate program management 

9 and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that 

10 the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture 

11 of the Department of Justice. 

12 SEC. 211. The notification thresholds and procedures 

13 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi14 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

15 in this Act and accompanying statement, and to any use 

16 of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title 

17 in previous years. 

18 SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 

20 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

21 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc22 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

23 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

24 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 


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1 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 

3 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

4 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

5 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

6 from the residency requirements of 28 U.S.C. 545. 

7 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

8 any other Act shall be obligated for the initiation of a fu9 ture phase of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sen10 tinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations that existing phases cur12 rently under contract for development or fielding have 

13 completed a majority of the work for that phase under 

14 the performance measurement baseline validated by the 

15 integrated baseline review conducted in 2008: Provided, 

16 That this restriction does not apply to planning and design 

17 activities for future phases: Provided further, That the Bu18 reau will notify the Committees on Appropriations of any 

19 significant changes to the baseline. 

20 SEC. 215. In addition to any amounts that otherwise 

21 may be available (or authorized to be made available) by 

22 law, with respect to funds appropriated by this Act under 

23 the headings for ‘‘Justice Assistance’’, ‘‘State and Local 

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1 nile Justice Programs’’, and ‘‘Community Oriented Polic2 ing Services’’— 

3 (a) Up to three percent of funds made available 

4 to the office of Justice Programs for grants or reim5 bursement may be used to provide training and tech6 nical assistance; and 

7 (b) Up to one percent of funds made available 

8 to such Office for formula grants under such head9 ings may be used for research or statistical purposes 

10 by the National Institute of Justice or the Bureau 

11 of Justice Statistics, pursuant to, respectively, sec12 tions 201 and 202, and sections 301 and 302 of title 

13 I of Public Law 90–351. 

14 SEC. 216. The Attorney General may, upon request 

15 by a grantee, waive the requirements of paragraph (1) of 

16 section 2976(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

17 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1)) with respect 

18 to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making ap19 propriations for fiscal year 2009 and 2010 for Adult and 

20 Juvenile Offender State and Local Reentry Demonstration 

21 Projects authorized under part FF of such Act of 1968. 

22 SEC. 217. Section 5759 of title 5, United States 

23 Code, is amended by striking subsection (e). 


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1 SEC. 218. (a) Subchapter IV of chapter 57 of title 

2 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘§ 5761. Foreign language proficiency pay awards for 

5 the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

6 ‘‘The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

7 may, under regulations prescribed by the Director, pay a 

8 cash award of up to 10 percent of basic pay to any Bureau 

9 employee who maintains proficiency in a language or lan10 guages critical to the mission or who uses one or more 

11 foreign languages in the performance of official duties.’’. 

12 (b) The analysis for chapter 57 of title 5, United 

13 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

‘‘5761. Foreign language proficiency pay awards for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.’’. 

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 

16 Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

17 TITLE III 

18 SCIENCE 

19 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

21 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na22 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

23 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601–6671), hire of 

24 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 


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1 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,800 for official reception 

2 and representation expenses, and rental of conference 

3 rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,154,000. 

4 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

5 SCIENCE

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 in the conduct and support of science research and devel8 opment activities, including research, development, oper9 ations, support, and services; maintenance; space flight, 

10 spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro11 gram management; personnel and related costs, including 

12 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

13 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas14 senger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, main15 tenance, and operation of mission and administrative air16 craft, $4,496,100,000, of which not to exceed 

17 $450,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2011. 

19 AERONAUTICS

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

22 development activities, including research, development, 

23 operations, support, and services; maintenance; space 

24 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

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1 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

2 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of 

3 passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 

4 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

5 aircraft, $501,000,000, of which not to exceed 

6 $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2011. 

8 EXPLORATION

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

11 development activities, including research, development, 

12 operations, support, and services; maintenance; space 

13 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

14 program management, personnel and related costs, includ15 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

16 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of 

17 passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 

18 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

19 aircraft, $3,293,200,000, of which not to exceed 

20 $330,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2011. 

22 SPACE OPERATIONS

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

24 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

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1 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space2 craft control and communications activities including oper3 ations, production, and services; maintenance; program 

4 management; personnel and related costs, including uni5 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, main8 tenance and operation of mission and administrative air9 craft, $6,097,300,000, of which not to exceed 

10 $610,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2011: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 

12 heading, $3,157,100,000 shall be for Space Shuttle oper13 ations, production, research, development, and support, 

14 $2,267,000,000 shall be for International Space Station 

15 operations, production, research, development, and sup16 port, and $496,500,000 shall be for Space and Flight Sup17 port. 

18 EDUCATION

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 in carrying out aerospace and aeronautical education re21 search and development activities, including research, de22 velopment, operations, support, and services; program 

23 management; personnel and related costs, uniforms or al24 lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

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1 hicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and op2 eration of mission and administrative aircraft, 

3 $175,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2011. 

5 CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, explo8 ration, space operations and education research and devel9 opment activities, including research, development, oper10 ations, support, and services; maintenance; space flight, 

11 spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro12 gram management; personnel and related costs, including 

13 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

14 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas15 senger motor vehicles; not to exceed $70,000 for official 

16 reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 

17 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

18 administrative aircraft, $3,164,000,000: Provided, That 

19 $2,182,900,000 shall be available for center management 

20 and operations: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 

21 U.S.C. 2459j, proceeds from enhanced use leases that may 

22 be made available for obligation for fiscal year 2010 shall 

23 not exceed $0: Provided further, That each annual budget 

24 request shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts 

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1 suant to 42 U.S.C. 2459j: Provided further, That not less 

2 than $50,000,000 shall be available for independent 

3 verification and validation activities: Provided further, 

4 That within the amounts appropriated $15,700,000 shall 

5 be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in 

6 the table titled ‘‘Congressionally-designated Items’’ in the 

7 report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

8 of Representatives to accompany this Act. 

9 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

10 REMEDIATION

11 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

12 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi13 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad14 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

15 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

16 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli17 ance and restoration, $441,700,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That within the 

19 funds provided, $12,600,000 shall be available to support 

20 science research and development activities; $69,900,000 

21 shall be available to support exploration research and de22 velopment activities; $26,800,000 shall be available to 

23 support space operations research and development activi24 ties; and $332,400,000 shall be available for cross agency 

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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

4 $35,000,000. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 

7 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

8 the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

9 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

10 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero11 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

12 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap13 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

14 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans15 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treat16 ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

17 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com18 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

19 Nothwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

20 funds shall be used to implement by Reduction in Force 

21 or other involuntary separations (except for cause) by the 

22 National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to 

23 September 30, 2010. 

24 The unexpired balances of the Science, Aeronautics, 

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1 provided under this Act, may be transferred to the new 

2 accounts established in this Act that provide such activity. 

3 Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds 

4 in the newly established accounts, but shall be available 

5 under the same terms, conditions and period of time as 

6 previously appropriated. 

7 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

8 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

9 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

10 Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

11 1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal 

12 of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized 

13 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft 

14 and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui15 sition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,642,110,000, 

16 to remain available until September 30, 2011, of which 

17 not to exceed $570,000,000 shall remain available until 

18 expended for polar research and operations support, and 

19 for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper20 ational and science support and logistical and other re21 lated activities for the United States Antarctic program: 

22 Provided, That from funds specified in the fiscal year 

23 2010 budget request for icebreaking services, up to 

24 $54,000,000 shall be available for the procurement of 

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1 tional Science Foundation shall only reimburse the Coast 

2 Guard for such sums as are agreed to according to the 

3 existing memorandum of agreement: Provided further, 

4 That receipts for scientific support services and materials 

5 furnished by the National Research Centers and other Na6 tional Science Foundation supported research facilities 

7 may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, 

8 That not less than $147,120,000 shall be available for ac9 tivities authorized by section 7002(b)(2)(A)(iv) of Public 

10 Law 110–69. 

11 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

12 CONSTRUCTION

13 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc14 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

15 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu16 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 

17 amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including authorized 

18 travel, $114,290,000, to remain available until expended: 

19 Provided, That none of the funds may be used to reim20 burse the Judgment fund. 

21 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

22 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math23 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

24 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

25 Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861– 


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1 1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

2 authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the 

3 District of Columbia, $862,900,000, to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2011: Provided further, That not less 

5 than $65,000,000 shall be available until expended for ac6 tivities authorized by section 7030 of Public Law 110– 

7 69. 

8 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

9 For agency operations and award management nec10 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

11 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services 

12 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor ve13 hicles; not to exceed $9,200 for official reception and rep14 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

15 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of conference 

16 rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of 

17 the Department of Homeland Security for security guard 

18 services; $299,870,000: Provided, That contracts may be 

19 entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2010 for 

20 maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other serv21 ices, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 

22 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

23 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala24 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

25 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 


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1 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec2 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car3 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

4 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public 

5 Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,340,000: Pro6 vided, That not to exceed $2,800 shall be available for offi7 cial reception and representation expenses. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

10 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

11 1978, as amended, $13,000,000. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria13 tions Act, 2010’’. 

14 TITLE IV 

15 RELATED AGENCIES 

16 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

19 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

20 $9,400,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro21 priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 

22 of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex23 cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 

24 Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 

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1 Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 

2 exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

3 days. 

4 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

7 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

8 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em9 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

10 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights 

11 Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination 

12 Act (GINA) of 2008 (P.L. 110–233), the ADA Amend13 ments Act of 2008 (P.L. 110–325), and the Lilly 

14 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (P.L. 111–2), including 

15 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 

16 motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non17 monetary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed 

18 $26,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

19 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

20 $367,303,000: Provided, That the Commission is author21 ized to make available for official reception and represen22 tation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds: 

23 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 

24 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 

25 or reorganization until such time as the House and Senate 


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1 Committees on Appropriations have been notified of such 

2 proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming require3 ments of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 

4 the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or dona5 tion to carry out the work of the Commission. 

6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

9 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

10 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 

11 exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex12 penses, $82,700,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

14 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

15 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

16 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

17 Act of 1974, $440,000,000, of which $414,400,000 is for 

18 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

19 $4,200,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

20 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 

21 additional audits of recipients; $17,000,000 is for manage22 ment and grants oversight; $3,400,000 is for client self23 help and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for 

24 loan repayment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Serv25 ices Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to 


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1 officers and employees at a rate no greater than that pro2 vided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC3 based employees as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5304, notwith4 standing section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corpora5 tion Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996(d). 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

7 CORPORATION

8 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

9 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur10 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

11 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

12 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

13 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

14 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

15 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 

16 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2009 and 

17 2010, respectively. 

18 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com21 mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, 

22 $3,300,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

2 REPRESENTATIVE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

5 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

7 consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $48,326,000, 

8 of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

9 Provided, That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available 

10 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro11 vided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within 

12 the World Trade Organization to recognize the right of 

13 members to distribute monies collected from antidumping 

14 and countervailing duties: Provided further, That negotia15 tions shall be conducted within the World Trade Organiza16 tion consistent with the negotiating objectives contained 

17 in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210. 

18 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

21 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

22 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,131,000, of 

23 which $250,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2011: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be avail25 able for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

5 not authorized by the Congress. 

6 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

7 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

8 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

9 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

10 under this Act for any consulting service through procure11 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

12 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

13 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

14 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex15 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

16 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica17 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

18 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica19 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

20 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af21 fected thereby. 

22 SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

23 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

24 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli25 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2010, or provided from 


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1 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

2 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

3 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

4 through the reprogramming of funds that: 

5 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project or ac6 tivity; 

7 (2) eliminates a program, project or activity, unless 

8 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are 

9 notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

10 funds; 

11 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for 

12 any project or activity for which funds have been denied 

13 or restricted by this Act, unless the House and Senate 

14 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad15 vance of such reprogramming of funds; 

16 (4) relocates an office or employees, unless the House 

17 and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

18 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 

19 (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs or ac20 tivities, unless the House and Senate Committees on Ap21 propriations are notified 15 days in advance of such re22 programming of funds; 

23 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activi24 ties presently performed by Federal employees, unless the 


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1 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti2 fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 

3 (7) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activ4 ity by either the House or Senate Committee on Appro5 priations for a different purpose, unless the House and 

6 Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 

7 in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 

8 (8) augments funds for existing programs, projects 

9 or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which10 ever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any pro11 gram, project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 

12 percent as approved by Congress, unless the House and 

13 Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 

14 in advance of such reprogramming of funds; or 

15 (9) results from any general savings, including sav16 ings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in 

17 a change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap18 proved by Congress, unless the House and Senate Com19 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

20 of such reprogramming of funds. 

21 (b) None of the funds in provided under this Act, or 

22 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen23 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

24 or expenditure in fiscal year 2010, or provided from any 

25 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 


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1 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

2 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

3 through the reprogramming of funds after August 1, ex4 cept in extraordinary circumstances, and only after the 

5 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti6 fied 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

7 SEC. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail8 able in this or any other Act may be used to implement, 

9 administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Em10 ployment Opportunity Commission covering harassment 

11 based on religion, when it is made known to the Federal 

12 entity or official to which such funds are made available 

13 that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the 

14 proposed guidelines published by the Commission on Octo15 ber 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266). 

16 SEC. 507. If it has been finally determined by a court 

17 or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a 

18 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in19 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 

20 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 

21 United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 

22 contract or subcontract made with funds made available 

23 in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 

24 ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 

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1 SEC. 508. The Departments of Commerce and Jus2 tice, the National Science Foundation, and the National 

3 Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall provide to 

4 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 

5 quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any un6 obligated funds that were received by such agency during 

7 any previous fiscal year. 

8 SEC. 509. Any costs incurred by a department or 

9 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre10 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re11 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

12 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

13 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be14 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

15 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

16 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

17 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

18 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

19 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

20 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

21 SEC. 510. None of the funds provided by this Act 

22 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

23 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

24 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

25 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 


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1 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

2 products of the same type. 

3 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated pursuant 

4 to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for— 

5 (1) the implementation of any tax or fee in con6 nection with the implementation of subsection 922(t) 

7 of title 18, United States Code; and 

8 (2) any system to implement subsection 922(t) 

9 of title 18, United States Code, that does not re10 quire and result in the destruction of any identifying 

11 information submitted by or on behalf of any person 

12 who has been determined not to be prohibited from 

13 possessing or receiving a firearm no more than 24 

14 hours after the system advises a Federal firearms li15 censee that possession or receipt of a firearm by the 

16 prospective transferee would not violate subsection 

17 (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States 

18 Code, or State law. 

19 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per21 sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 

22 $700,000,000 during fiscal year 2010 from the fund es23 tablished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of 

24 Public Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601). 


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1 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available to the 

2 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi3 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

4 students who participate in programs for which financial 

5 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

6 or legal guardians of such students. 

7 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in9 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

10 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro11 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

12 SEC. 515. Any funds provided in this Act used to im13 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

14 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 

15 SEC. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bu16 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are re17 leased without adequate disclaimers regarding the limita18 tions of the data. 

19 (b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 

20 Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language 

21 similar to the following that would make clear that trace 

22 data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about fire23 arms-related crime: 

24 (1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law 

25 enforcement authorities in conducting investigations 


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1 by tracking the sale and possession of specific fire2 arms. Law enforcement agencies may request fire3 arms traces for any reason, and those reasons are 

4 not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. 

5 Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all 

6 firearms traced are used in crime. 

7 (2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen 

8 for purposes of determining which types, makes, or 

9 models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The 

10 firearms selected do not constitute a random sample 

11 and should not be considered representative of the 

12 larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or 

13 any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally 

14 traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported 

15 for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the 

16 sources or methods by which firearms in general are 

17 acquired for use in crime. 

18 SEC. 517. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart19 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na20 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na21 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor22 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

23 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

24 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

25 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 


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1 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

2 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi3 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

4 any such audit is completed. 

5 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

6 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

7 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis8 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

9 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter10 net website maintained by the Department, Administra11 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

12 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

13 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

14 title 5, United States Code; and 

15 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi16 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

17 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

18 unlawful purposes. 

19 (c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro20 priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of 

21 defraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not 

22 directly and programmatically related to the purpose for 

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1 ing, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related 

2 to a project funded by the grant or contract. 

3 (d) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

4 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state5 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

6 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

7 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

8 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

9 other manner to another person who has a financial inter10 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

11 (e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 

12 section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which 

13 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 

14 consultation with the Director of the Office of Government 

15 Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and require16 ments, substantially similar to the requirements in such 

17 subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch 

18 ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and 

19 entities. 

20 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available under this Act may be used to issue 

22 patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human 

23 organism. 

24 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 


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1 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em2 ployee of the United States Government. 

3 SEC. 520. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

6 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in7 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

8 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

9 United States in connection with requiring an export li10 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac11 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

12 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

13 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

14 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

15 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

16 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

17 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

18 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex19 port license— 

20 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

21 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

22 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

23 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

24 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub25 section (a); and 


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1 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

2 of— 

3 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo4 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

5 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

6 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

7 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

8 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

9 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

10 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu11 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

12 (C) articles for export from Canada to an13 other foreign destination. 

14 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di15 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per16 manent or temporary export without a license of any un17 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

18 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem19 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

20 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

21 Canadian citizen. 

22 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

23 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter24 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

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1 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

2 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

3 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter4 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an5 other nation. The President shall terminate the require6 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require7 ments have ceased. 

8 SEC. 521. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

10 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

11 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

12 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

13 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 

14 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 

15 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 

16 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori17 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

18 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi20 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

21 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

22 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

23 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

24 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 


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1 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

2 States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

3 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

5 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author6 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

7 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 

8 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

9 Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 

10 PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

11 SEC. 524. If at any time during any quarter, the pro12 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

13 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero14 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

15 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason16 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in17 creased by 10 percent, the program manager shall imme18 diately inform the Secretary, Administrator, or Director. 

19 The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the 

20 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 

21 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall include in 

22 such notice: the date on which such determination was 

23 made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the 

24 action taken and proposed to be taken to control future 

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1 ance or schedule milestones and the degree to which such 

2 changes have contributed to the increase in total program 

3 costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total 

4 project or procurement costs; and a statement validating 

5 that the project’s management structure is adequate to 

6 control total project or procurement costs. 

7 SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

8 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel9 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

10 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec11 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

12 414) during fiscal year 2010 until the enactment of the 

13 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010. 

14 SEC. 526. The Departments, agencies, and commis15 sions funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain 

16 on the homepages of their Internet websites— 

17 (1) a direct link to the Internet websites of 

18 their Offices of Inspectors General; and 

19 (2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors 

20 General website by which individuals may anony21 mously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with 

22 respect to those Departments, agencies, and commis23 sions. 

24 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 


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1 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

2 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro3 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

4 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

5 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

6 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

7 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

8 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

9 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi10 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

11 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as12 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

13 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter14 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess15 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

16 judicial proceeding. 

17 SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available in this Act may be used in a manner 

19 that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective 

20 of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws 

21 to preserve the ability of the United States— 

22 (1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, includ23 ing antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard 

24 laws; 

25 (2) to avoid agreements that— 


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1 (A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

2 and international disciplines on unfair trade, es3 pecially dumping and subsidies; or 

4 (B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

5 and international safeguard provisions, in order 

6 to ensure that United States workers, agricul7 tural producers, and firms can compete fully on 

8 fair terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal 

9 trade concessions; and 

10 (3) to address and remedy market distortions 

11 that lead to dumping and subsidization, including 

12 overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access bar13 riers. 

14 (RESCISSIONS)

15 SEC. 529. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

16 to the Department of Justice from prior appropriations, 

17 the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than 

18 September 30, 2010, from the following accounts in the 

19 specified amounts: 

20 (1) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

21 $285,000,000; 

22 (2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

23 and Expenses’’, $50,000,000; 

24 (3) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Construc25 tion’’, $80,822,000; 


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1 (4) ‘‘Office of Justice Programs’’, $42,000,000; 

2 and 

3 (5) ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

4 $40,000,000. 

5 (b) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the De6 partment of Justice shall submit to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

8 Senate a report specifying the amount of each rescission 

9 made pursuant to this section. 

10 (c) The recissions contained in this section shall not 

11 apply to funds provided in this Act. 

12 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

14 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

15 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

16 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend18 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart19 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

20 the United States. 

21 SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 this or any prior Act may be used to release an individual 

23 who is detained, as of April 30, 2009, at Naval Station, 

24 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United 

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1 (b) None of the funds made available in this or any 

2 prior Act may be used to transfer an individual who is 

3 detained, as of April 30, 2009, at the Naval Station, 

4 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United 

5 States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, for 

6 the purposes of detaining or prosecuting such individual 

7 until 2 months after the plan detailed in subsection (c) 

8 is received. 

9 (c) The President shall submit to the Congress, in 

10 writing, a comprehensive plan regarding the proposed dis11 position of each individual who is detained, as of April 30, 

12 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is 

13 not covered under subsection (d). Such plan shall include, 

14 at a minimum, each of the following for each such indi15 vidual: 

16 (1) The findings of an analysis regarding any 

17 risk to the national security of the United States 

18 that is posed by the transfer of the individual. 

19 (2) The costs associated with not transferring 

20 the individual in question. 

21 (3) The legal rationale and associated court de22 mands for transfer. 

23 (4) A certification by the President that any 

24 risk described in paragraph (1) has been mitigated, 


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1 together with a full description of the plan for such 

2 mitigation. 

3 (5) A certification by the President that the 

4 President has submitted to the Governor and legisla5 ture of the State to which the President intends to 

6 transfer the individual a certification in writing at 

7 least 30 days prior to such transfer (together with 

8 supporting documentation and justification) that the 

9 individual does not pose a security risk tot he United 

10 States. 

11 (d) None of the funds made available in this or any 

12 prior Act may be used to transfer or release an individual 

13 detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

14 April 30, 2009, to the country of such individual’s nation15 ality or last habitual residence or to any other country 

16 other than the United States, unless the President submits 

17 to the Congress, in writing, at least 30 days prior to such 

18 transfer or release, the following information: 

19 (1) The name of any individual to be trans20 ferred or released and the country to which such in21 dividual is to be transferred or released. 

22 (2) An assessment of any risk to the national 

23 security of the United States or its citizens, includ24 ing members of the Armed Services or the United 


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1 States, that is posed by such transfer or released 

2 and the actions taken to mitigate such risk 

3 (3) The terms of any agreement with another 

4 country for acceptance of such individual, including 

5 the amount of any financial assistance related to 

6 such agreement. 

7 SEC. 533. Section 504(a) of the Departments of 

8 Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in Public 

10 Law 104–134) is amended by striking paragraph (13). 

11 SEC. 534. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, to the extent that the Attorney General (or a des13 ignee) authorizes or approves, if a law enforcement or cor14 rections officer employed by the Department of Justice 

15 dies while performing official duties or as a result of the 

16 performance of official duties, the Department of Justice 

17 may pay from Government funds the qualified relocation 

18 expenses of the immediate dependent family of the em19 ployee, and the expenses of preparing and transporting the 

20 remains of the deceased. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

22 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 73 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2847 

[Report No. 111–149] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

2010, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related 

JUNE 12, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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