IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2847 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur4 poses, namely: 

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

7 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary expenses for international trade activi10 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

11 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

12 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

13 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

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

15 medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 

16 families of employees stationed overseas and employees 

17 temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of 

18 employees of the International Trade Administration be19 tween two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 

20 40118; employment of Americans and aliens by contract 

21 for services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceed22 ing 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or im23 provement; purchase or construction of temporary de24 mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 

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1 graph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign 

2 countries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representa3 tion expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehi4 cles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehi5 cle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 

6 rental of tie lines, $444,504,000 (reduced by $100,000), 

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

8 $9,439,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 

9 used by the International Trade Administration, notwith10 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That not less than 

11 $7,000,000 shall be for the Office of China Compliance, 

12 and not less than $4,400,000 shall be for the China Coun13 tervailing Duty Group: Provided further, That the provi14 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec15 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex16 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 

17 apply in carrying out these activities without regard to 

18 section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness 

19 Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose 

20 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu21 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 

22 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

23 part of these activities: Provided further, That negotiations 

24 shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization 

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1 lected from antidumping and countervailing duties: Pro2 vided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within 

3 the World Trade Organization consistent with the negoti4 ating objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Pub5 lic Law 107–210: Provided further, That within the 

6 amounts appropriated, $3,715,000 shall be used for the 

7 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 

8 ‘‘Congressionally-designated items’’ in the report of the 

9 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa10 tives to accompany this Act. 

11 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

12 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

14 national security activities of the Department of Com15 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

16 export administration field activities both domestically and 

17 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

18 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em19 ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 

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

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

22 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for offi23 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa24 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

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1 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and 

2 motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special re3 quirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to 

4 any price limitation otherwise established by law, 

5 $100,342,000, to remain available until expended, of 

6 which $14,767,000 shall be for inspections and other ac7 tivities related to national security: Provided, That the 

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

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

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

11 shall apply in carrying out these activities: Provided fur12 ther, That payments and contributions collected and ac13 cepted for materials or services provided as part of such 

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

15 such activities, and for providing information to the public 

16 with respect to the export administration and national se17 curity activities of the Department of Commerce and other 

18 export control programs of the United States and other 

19 governments. 

20 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

21 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

22 For grants for economic development assistance as 

23 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

24 Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, 

25 $255,000,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of administering the eco3 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

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

5 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

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

7 Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency 

8 Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

9 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

10 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com12 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

13 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con14 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi15 zations, $31,000,000: Provided, That within the amounts 

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

17 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression18 ally-designated items’’ in the report of the Committee on 

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accom20 pany this Act. 

21 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco24 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 


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1 of Commerce, $97,255,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2011. 

3 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana6 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 

7 by law, $259,024,000. 

8 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

9 For necessary expenses to collect and publish statis10 tics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by 

11 law, $7,115,707,000, of which $206,000,000 shall be de12 rived from available unobligated balances previously ap13 propriated under this heading, to remain available until 

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

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

16 be used for the collection of census data on race identifica17 tion that does not include ‘‘some other race’’ as a category: 

18 Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, 

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

20 marketing activities. 

21 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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1 ministration (NTIA), $19,999,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2011: Provided, That, notwith3 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

4 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec5 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv6 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

7 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec9 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off10 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

11 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

12 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

13 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

14 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

15 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

16 Government agencies shall remain available until ex17 pended. 

18 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

19 AND CONSTRUCTION

20 For the administration of grants, authorized by sec21 tion 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

22 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended as au23 thorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, That not to 

24 exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program adminis25 tration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided 


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1 further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 

2 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may 

3 be made available for grants for projects for which appli4 cations have been submitted and approved during any fis5 cal year. 

6 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

9 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in10 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec11 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

12 of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 

13 $1,930,361,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 

15 fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed and 

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

17 and 376 are received during fiscal year 2010, so as to re18 sult in a fiscal year 2010 appropriation from the general 

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

20 year 2010, should the total amount of offsetting fee collec21 tions be less than $1,930,361,000, this amount shall be 

22 reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount 

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

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

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1 vided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available 

2 in fiscal year 2010 for official reception and representa3 tion expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2010 

4 and hereafter, from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala5 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec6 essary to pay: (1) the difference between the percentage 

7 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

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

9 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

10 8331(17) of that title) of basic pay, of employees subject 

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

12 present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, 

13 as determined by the Office of Personnel Management, of 

14 post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health 

15 benefits coverage for all USPTO employees, shall be trans16 ferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

17 Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Em18 ployees Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall 

19 be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

20 Provided further, That sections 801, 802, and 803 of divi21 sion B, Public Law 108–447 shall remain in effect during 

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

23 this year, reduce by regulation fees payable for documents 

24 in patent and trademark matters, in connection with the 

25 filing of documents filed electronically in a form prescribed 


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

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

3 only for the USPTO contribution in a cooperative or joint 

4 agreement or agreements with a non-profit organization 

5 or organizations, successfully audited within the previous 

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

7 conduct policy studies, including studies relating to activi8 ties of United Nations Specialized agencies and other 

9 international organizations, as well as conferences and 

10 other development programs, in support of fair inter11 national protection of intellectual property rights. 

12 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

13 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

14 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

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

16 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

17 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

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

19 official reception and representation expenses. 

20 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufac22 turing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of 

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

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1 tional Institute of Standards and Technology, 

2 $69,900,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

4 For construction of new research facilities, including 

5 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

6 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro7 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech8 nology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, 

9 $76,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

10 $20,000,000 is for a competitive construction grant pro11 gram for research science buildings: Provided further, 

12 That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budg13 et justification materials that the Secretary submits to 

14 Congress in support of the Department of Commerce 

15 budget (as submitted with the budget of the President 

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

17 estimate for each National Institute of Standards and 

18 Technology construction project having a total multi-year 

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

20 the budget justification materials shall include an estimate 

21 of the budgetary requirements for each such project for 

22 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 (increased by $500,000), to re12 main available until September 30, 2011, except for funds 

13 provided for cooperative enforcement, which shall remain 

14 available until September 30, 2012: Provided, That fees 

15 and donations received by the National Ocean Service for 

16 the management of national marine sanctuaries may be 

17 retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 

18 with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: 

19 Provided further, That in addition, $3,000,000 shall be de20 rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Coastal Zone 

21 Management’’ and in addition $104,600,000 shall be de22 rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De23 velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer24 ican Fisheries’’: Provided further, That of the 

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1 direct obligations under this heading $3,198,793,000 (in2 creased by $500,000) is appropriated from the general 

3 fund, $107,600,000 is provided by transfer, and 

4 $11,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli5 gations: Provided further, That the total amount available 

6 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

7 corporate services administrative support costs shall not 

8 exceed $228,549,000: Provided further, That payments of 

9 funds made available under this heading to the Depart10 ment of Commerce Working Capital Fund including De11 partment of Commerce General Counsel legal services 

12 shall not exceed $41,944,000: Provided further, That any 

13 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi14 ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

15 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

18 in allocating grants under sections 306 and 306A of the 

19 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, no 

20 coastal State shall receive more than 5 percent or less 

21 than 1 percent of increased funds appropriated over the 

22 previous fiscal year: Provided further, That within the 

23 amounts appropriated, $37,500,000 shall be used for the 

24 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 

25 ‘‘Congressionally-designated items’’ in the report of the 


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1 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa2 tives to accompany this Act. 

3 In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 

4 the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

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

6 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend7 ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may 

8 be necessary. 

9 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

10 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

11 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

12 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

13 $1,409,148,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2012, except funds provided for construction of facilities 

15 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

16 That of the $1,411,148,000 provided for in direct obliga17 tions under this heading $1,409,148,000 is appropriated 

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

19 recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 

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

21 the Department of Defense may delegate procurement 

22 functions related to the National Polar-orbiting Oper23 ational Environmental Satellite System to officials of the 

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1 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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

3 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

6 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus7 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

8 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

9 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

10 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

11 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

12 Procurement, Acquisition, or Construction project having 

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

14 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg15 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

16 five subsequent fiscal years. 

17 COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 

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

21 1456a), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to 

22 the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ account to off23 set the costs of implementing such Act. 


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1 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

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

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

6 direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act 

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

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

9 new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capac10 ity in any United States fishery. 

11 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the departmental manage14 ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

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

16 $60,000,000 (reduced by $500,000) (reduced by 

17 $4,000,000): Provided, That the Secretary, within 30 days 

18 of enactment of this Act, shall provide a report to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations that audits and evaluates 

20 all decision documents and expenditures by the Bureau 

21 of the Census as they relate to the 2010 Census: Provided 

22 further, That of the amounts provided to the Secretary 

23 within this account, $5,000,000 shall not become available 

24 for obligation until the Secretary certifies to the House 

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1 reau of the Census has followed and met all standards and 

2 best practices, and all Office of Management and Budget 

3 guidelines related to information technology projects and 

4 contract management. 

5 HERBERT C. HOOVER BUILDING RENOVATION AND

6 MODERNIZATION

7 For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for 

8 the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoo9 ver Building, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex10 pended. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

18 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart19 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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

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

23 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

24 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 


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1 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

2 public interest. 

3 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria4 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

5 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

6 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

8 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

9 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

10 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria11 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De12 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be13 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

14 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans15 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

16 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec17 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga18 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce19 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

20 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap21 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

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

23 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

24 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

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1 anic and Atmospheric Administration this section shall 

2 provide for transfers among appropriations made only to 

3 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

4 and such appropriations may not be transferred and re5 programmed to other Department of Commerce bureaus 

6 and appropriation accounts. 

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

8 agency funded under this title resulting from personnel 

9 actions taken in response to funding reductions included 

10 in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec11 tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 

12 within the total budgetary resources available to such de13 partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans14 fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec15 essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 

16 authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur17 ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 

18 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

19 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex20 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

21 forth in that section. 

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

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

24 by reference. 


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1 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other law, the Sec2 retary may furnish services (including but not limited to 

3 utilities, telecommunications, and security services) nec4 essary to support the operation, maintenance, and im5 provement of space that persons, firms or organizations 

6 are authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera7 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy 

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

9 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec10 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

11 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

12 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 

13 1949, as amended, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 

14 basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services 

15 provided under this section or the authority under which 

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

17 $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund 

18 which initially bears the costs of such services. 

19 SEC. 107. The Administration of the National Oce20 anic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, 

21 with their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the 

22 limits of available appropriations, the land, services, equip23 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency 

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

25 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory or 


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

2 any foreign government or international organization for 

3 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

4 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos5 pheric Administration. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com7 merce Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

8 TITLE II 

9 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

10 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

13 Department of Justice, $118,488,000 (reduced by 

14 $2,500,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 

15 $1,000,000) of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for secu16 rity and construction of Department of Justice facilities 

17 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

18 Attorney General is authorized to transfer funds appro19 priated within General Administration to any office in this 

20 account: Provided further, That $14,693,000 (increased by 

21 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) is for Department 

22 Leadership; $8,101,000 is for Intergovernmental Rela23 tions/External Affairs; $12,715,000 is for Executive Sup24 port/Professional Responsibility; and $82,979,000 is for 

25 the Justice Management Division: Provided further, That 


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1 any change in amounts specified in the preceding proviso 

2 greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to 

3 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations con4 sistent with the terms of section 505 of this Act: Provided 

5 further, That this transfer authority is in addition to 

6 transfers authorized under section 505 of this Act. 

7 NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER

8 For necessary expenses of the National Drug Intel9 ligence Center, $44,023,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be 

10 for reimbursement of Air Force personnel for the National 

11 Drug Intelligence Center to support the Department of 

12 Defense’s counter-drug intelligence responsibilities: Pro13 vided, That the National Drug Intelligence Center shall 

14 maintain the personnel and technical resources to provide 

15 timely support to law enforcement authorities and the in16 telligence community by conducting document and com17 puter exploitation of materials collected in Federal, State, 

18 and local law enforcement activity associated with counter19 drug, counterterrorism, and national security investiga20 tions and operations. 

21 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

22 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech23 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

24 departmental direction, $109,417,000 (reduced by 

25 $21,132,000), to remain available until expended, of which 


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1 not less than $21,132,000 (reduced by $21,132,000) is 

2 for the unified financial management system. 

3 TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS

4 COMMUNICATIONS

5 For the costs of developing and implementing a na6 tion-wide Integrated Wireless Network supporting Federal 

7 law enforcement communications, and for the costs of op8 erations and maintenance of existing Land Mobile Radio 

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

10 expended: Provided, That the Attorney General shall 

11 transfer to this account all funds made available to the 

12 Department of Justice for the purchase of portable and 

13 mobile radios: Provided further, That any transfer made 

14 under the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 505 

15 of this Act. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

17 For expenses necessary for the administration of par18 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi19 ties, $300,685,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived 

20 by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Re21 view fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 

22 Fee’’ account. 

23 DETENTION TRUSTEE

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention 

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1 pended: Provided, That the Trustee shall be responsible 

2 for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transpor3 tation System: Provided further, That not to exceed 

4 $5,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for 

5 State and local law enforcement assistance’’ pursuant to 

6 18 U.S.C. 4013(b). 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

10 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

11 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

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

15 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

17 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

18 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ19 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi20 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

21 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

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

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

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

25 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 


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

2 be available to the United States National Central Bu3 reau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representa4 tion expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec5 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

6 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

7 funding for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the 

8 Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries 

9 and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from available 

10 appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Depart11 ment of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 

12 circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu13 ant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a re14 programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

15 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli16 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro17 vided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums 

18 as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the 

19 Office of Personnel Management for salaries and expenses 

20 associated with the election monitoring program under 

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

22 1973f): Provided further, That of the amounts provided 

23 under this heading for the election monitoring program 

24 $3,390,000, shall remain available until expended. 


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1 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De2 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

3 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

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

5 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

7 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti8 trust and kindred laws, $163,170,000, to remain available 

9 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

11 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve12 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

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

14 year 2010), shall be retained and used for necessary ex15 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

16 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap17 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

18 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2010, 

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

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

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

22 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

23 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop24 erative agreements, $1,934,003,000: Provided, That of the 

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


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1 available for official reception and representation ex2 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

3 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

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

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

7 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

8 (Public Law 109–248) concerning the prosecution of of9 fenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children: Pro10 vided further, That of the amount provided under this 

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

12 assistant U.S. Attorneys to carry out additional prosecu13 tions of serious crimes in Indian Country. 

14 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

15 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

16 Program, as authorized, $224,488,000, to remain avail17 able until expended and to be derived from the United 

18 States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That notwith19 standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 

20 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

21 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not22 withstanding any other provision of law, $210,000,000 of 

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

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1 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 

2 Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 

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

4 fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the Fund estimated 

5 at $9,488,000. 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

7 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

8 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

9 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

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

11 States Code, $2,117,000. 

12 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

13 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

14 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

15 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad16 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $168,300,000, 

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

18 $10,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

19 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur20 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

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

22 may be made available for the purchase, installation, 

23 maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications 

24 equipment and a secure automated information network 


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1 to store and retrieve the identities and locations of pro2 tected witnesses. 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

4 SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

6 Service, $11,479,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec7 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

8 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

9 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac10 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

11 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re12 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur13 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

14 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur15 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

16 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

17 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex18 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

19 forth in that section. 

20 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

22 (F), and (G), $20,990,000, to be derived from the Depart23 ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 


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1 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar4 shals Service, $1,138,388,000; of which not to exceed 

5 $30,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $4,000,000 

7 shall remain available until expended for information tech8 nology systems; and of which not less than $12,625,000 

9 shall be available for the costs of courthouse security 

10 equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and tele11 phone systems and cabling, and shall remain available 

12 until expended. 

13 CONSTRUCTION

14 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti15 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

16 holding and related support, $14,000,000, to remain avail17 able until expended. 

18 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

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

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

23 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not24 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina25 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 


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1 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

2 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

3 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

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

5 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro6 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

7 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

8 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

9 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

10 set forth in that section. 

11 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

12 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

13 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves14 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

15 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

16 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in17 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 

18 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

19 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

20 trafficking, $528,569,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re21 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

22 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

23 may be used under authorities available to the organiza24 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 


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1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In4 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

5 crimes against the United States, $7,718,741,000 (in6 creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of which 

7 $101,066,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 

8 $1,000,000) is designated as being for overseas deploy9 ments and other activities pursuant to section 423(a)(1) 

10 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent reso11 lution on the budget for fiscal year 2010; and of which 

12 not to exceed $150,000,000 shall remain available until 

13 expended: Provided, That not to exceed $205,000 shall be 

14 available for official reception and representation ex15 penses. 

16 CONSTRUCTION

17 For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build18 ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

19 law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion 

20 and extension of federally owned buildings; and prelimi21 nary planning and design of projects; $132,796,000, to 

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1 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad4 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un5 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

6 to 28 U.S.C. 530C; and expenses for conducting drug edu7 cation and training programs, including travel and related 

8 expenses for participants in such programs and the dis9 tribution of items of token value that promote the goals 

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

11 $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and of 

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

13 reception and representation expenses. 

14 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

15 EXPLOSIVES

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To18 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, not to exceed $40,000 for 

19 official reception and representation expenses; for training 

20 of State and local law enforcement agencies with or with21 out reimbursement, including training in connection with 

22 the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and 

23 fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 

24 assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, 

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1 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay2 ment of attorneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) 

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

4 $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That no funds appropriated herein shall be available 

6 for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with 

7 consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of 

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

9 and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal fire10 arms licensees: Provided further, That no funds appro11 priated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses 

12 or the compensation of any officer or employee of the 

13 United States to implement an amendment or amend14 ments to 27 CFR 478.118 or to change the definition of 

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

16 from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 

17 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appro18 priated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon 

19 applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities 

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

21 shall be available to investigate and act upon applications 

22 filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms dis23 abilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States 

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1 tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To2 bacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or De3 partments in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That, be4 ginning in fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, no funds ap5 propriated under this or any other Act may be used to 

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

7 System database maintained by the National Trace Center 

8 of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo9 sives or any information required to be kept by licensees 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 a national security or intelligence purpose; unless such dis18 closure of such data to any of the entities described in 

19 (1), (2) or (3) of this proviso would compromise the iden20 tity of any undercover law enforcement officer or confiden21 tial informant, or interfere with any case under investiga22 tion; and no person or entity described in (1), (2) or (3) 

23 shall knowingly and publicly disclose such data; and all 

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1 missible in evidence, and shall not be used, relied on, or 

2 disclosed in any manner, nor shall testimony or other evi3 dence be permitted based on the data, in a civil action 

4 in any State (including the District of Columbia) or Fed5 eral court or in an administrative proceeding other than 

6 a proceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, To7 bacco, Firearms and Explosives to enforce the provisions 

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

9 or proceeding; except that this proviso shall not be con10 strued to prevent: (A) the disclosure of statistical informa11 tion concerning total production, importation, and expor12 tation by each licensed importer (as defined in section 

13 921(a)(9) of such title) and licensed manufacturer (as de14 fined in section 921(a)(10) of such title); (B) the sharing 

15 or exchange of such information among and between Fed16 eral, State, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies, 

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

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

19 the publication of annual statistical reports on products 

20 regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

21 and Explosives, including total production, importation, 

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

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

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1 ficking investigations: Provided further, That no funds 

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

3 to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical 

4 inventory of any business licensed under section 923 of 

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

6 funds under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve 

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

8 name or any personal identification code: Provided further, 

9 That no funds authorized or made available under this or 

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

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

12 or renewal of such a license due to a lack of business activ13 ity, provided that the applicant is otherwise eligible to re14 ceive such a license, and is eligible to report business in15 come or to claim an income tax deduction for business ex16 penses under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

17 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

20 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

21 Federal penal and correctional institutions, including pur22 chase (not to exceed 831, of which 743 are for replacement 

23 only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor 

24 vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and 

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1 ments, $6,077,231,000: Provided, That the Attorney Gen2 eral may transfer to the Health Resources and Services 

3 Administration such amounts as may be necessary for di4 rect expenditures by that Administration for medical relief 

5 for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: 

6 Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 

7 System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with 

8 a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to 

9 determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf 

10 of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to 

11 individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison 

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

13 be available for official reception and representation ex14 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 

15 shall remain available for necessary operations until Sep16 tember 30, 2011: Provided further, That, of the amounts 

17 provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 

18 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 

19 make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim20 bursable agreements, and other expenses authorized by 

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

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

23 in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Pro24 vided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison Sys25 tem may accept donated property and services relating to 


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1 the operation of the prison card program from a not-for2 profit entity which has operated such program in the past 

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

4 furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison 

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

6 halfway houses, or other custodial facilities. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

9 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re10 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

11 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

12 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 

13 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili14 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ15 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

16 force account, $96,744,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, of which not less than $71,358,000 shall be avail18 able only for modernization, maintenance and repair, and 

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

20 construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That 

21 labor of United States prisoners may be used for work 

22 performed under this appropriation. 

23 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

24 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here25 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 


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1 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

2 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit3 ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro4 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

5 may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth 

6 in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora7 tion, including purchase (not to exceed five for replace8 ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

9 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

10 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

12 Prison Industries, Incorporated shall be available for its 

13 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

14 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com15 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

16 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys17 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

18 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account19 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

20 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

21 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui22 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

23 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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


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1 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

2 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

3 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

4 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

5 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

6 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio7 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

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

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

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

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

12 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu13 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

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

15 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

16 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

17 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

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

19 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza20 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

21 and for related victims services, $400,000,000 (increased 

22 by $4,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to 

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1 ing, and technical assistance: Provided further, That of the 

2 amount provided— 

3 (1) $200,000,000 for grants to combat violence 

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

5 Act, of which— 

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

7 housing assistance grants for victims of domes8 tic violence, stalking or sexual assault as au9 thorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; and 

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

11 Institute of Justice for research and evaluation 

12 of violence against women and related issues 

13 addressed by grant programs of the Office on 

14 Violence Against Women; 

15 (2) $60,000,000 for grants to encourage arrest 

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

17 (3) $13,000,000 for sexual assault victims as18 sistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 

19 Act; 

20 (4) $41,000,000 for rural domestic violence and 

21 child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as au22 thorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

23 (5) $9,500,000 for grants to reduce violent 

24 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

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1 (6) $37,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) for 

2 legal assistance for victims, as authorized by section 

3 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

4 (7) $4,250,000 for enhanced training and serv5 ices to end violence against and abuse of women in 

6 later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 

7 1994 Act; 

8 (8) $14,000,000 for the safe havens for chil9 dren program, as authorized by section 1301 of the 

10 2000 Act; 

11 (9) $6,750,000 for education and training to 

12 end violence against and abuse of women with dis13 abilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 

14 Act; 

15 (10) $3,000,000 for an engaging men and 

16 youth in prevention program, as authorized by sec17 tion 41305 of the 1994 Act; 

18 (11) $1,000,000 for tracking of violence against 

19 Indian women, as authorized by section 905 of the 

20 2005 Act; 

21 (12) $3,500,000 for services to advocate and 

22 respond to youth, as authorized by section 41201 of 

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1 (13) $3,000,000 for grants to assist children 

2 and youth exposed to violence, as authorized by sec3 tion 41303 of the 1994 Act; 

4 (14) $3,000,000 for the court training and im5 provements program, as authorized by section 41002 

6 of the 1994 Act; and 

7 (15) $1,000,000 for the National Resource 

8 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

9 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

10 the 1994 Act. 

11 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses, not elsewhere specified in 

14 this title, for management and administration of programs 

15 within the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office 

16 of Justice Programs and the Community Oriented Polic17 ing Services Office, $192,388,000 (reduced by 

18 $78,768,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), of which not to 

19 exceed $15,708,000 shall be available for transfer to the 

20 Office on Violence Against Women; of which not to exceed 

21 $139,218,000 (reduced by $78,768,000) (reduced by 

22 $5,000,000) shall be available for the Office of Justice 

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1 tion 109 of title I of Public Law 90–351, an additional 

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

3 authorized activities of the Office of Audit, Assessment, 

4 and Management: Provided further, That the total amount 

5 available for management and administration of such pro6 grams shall not exceed $213,388,000 (reduced by 

7 $78,768,000) (reduced by $5,000,000). 

8 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

9 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

10 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

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

12 Act’’; the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

13 Act of 1974 ‘‘the 1974 Act’’; the Missing Children’s As14 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

15 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil16 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 

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

18 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza19 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Victims of 

20 Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Sec21 ond Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Vic22 tims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the 

23 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

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

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

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

3 other programs (including the Statewide Automated Vic4 tim Notification Program); $226,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended, of which— 

6 (1) $60,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

7 programs, and other activities, as authorized by title 

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

9 is for the National Crime Victimization Survey; 

10 (2) $48,000,000 is for research, development, 

11 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au12 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act; 

13 (3) 12,000,000 is for the Statewide Victim No14 tification System of the Bureau of Justice Assist15 ance; 

16 (4) $45,000,000 is for the Regional Informa17 tion Sharing System, as authorized by part M of 

18 title I of the 1968 Act; and 

19 (5) $61,000,000 is for the Missing Children’s 

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

21 405(a) of the 1974 Act. 

22 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

23 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

24 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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


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

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

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

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

5 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

7 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

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

10 and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

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

12 Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Re13 sources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 

14 2008 (Public Law 110–403); and other programs; 

15 $1,312,500,000 (increased by $100,000,000), to remain 

16 available until expended as follows— 

17 (1) $529,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo18 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

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

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

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

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

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

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1 chase new technologies for use by law enforcement, 

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

3 local law enforcement intelligence capabilities includ4 ing antiterrorism training and training to ensure 

5 that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, 

6 and privacy interests are protected throughout the 

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

8 related to comprehensive criminal justice reform and 

9 recidivism reduction efforts by States; 

10 (2) $300,000,000 (increased by $100,000,000) 

11 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as 

12 authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration 

13 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)); 

14 (3) $30,000,000 for the Southwest Border 

15 Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, 

16 parish, tribal, or municipal governments for costs as17 sociated with the prosecution of criminal cases de18 clined by local offices of the United States Attor19 neys; 

20 (4) $124,000,000 for discretionary grants to 

21 improve the functioning of the criminal justice sys22 tem, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and 

23 to assist victims of crime (other than compensation) 

24 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 (5) $40,000,000 for competitive grants to im5 prove the functioning of the criminal justice system, 

6 to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to as7 sist victims of crime (other than compensation); 

8 (6) $2,000,000 for the purposes described in 

9 the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro10 gram (section 240001 of the 1994 Act); 

11 (7) $10,000,000 for victim services programs 

12 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

13 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386 and for programs 

14 authorized under Public Law 109–164; 

15 (8) $45,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 

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

17 (9) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor pre18 scription drugs and scheduled listed chemical prod19 ucts; 

20 (10) $15,000,000 for prison rape prevention 

21 and prosecution and other programs, as authorized 

22 by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

23 Law 108–79); 


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1 (11) $30,000,000 for grants for Residential 

2 Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as 

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

4 (12) $5,500,000 for the Capital Litigation Im5 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

6 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

7 wrongful conviction review; 

8 (13) $12,000,000 for mental health courts and 

9 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 

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

11 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

12 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

13 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

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

15 tribes, of which— 

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

17 grants under section 20109 of subtitle A of title 

18 II of the 1994 Act; 

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

20 Tribal Courts Initiative; and 

21 (C) $12,000,000 shall be available for trib22 al alcohol and substance abuse reduction assist23 ance grants; 


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1 (15) $20,000,000 for economic, high technology 

2 and Internet crime prevention grants, as authorized 

3 by Section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 

4 (16) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed spe5 cial advocate program, as authorized by section 217 

6 of the 1990 Act; 

7 (17) $2,500,000 for child abuse training pro8 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

9 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 

10 (18) $3,000,000 for grants to improve the 

11 stalking and domestic violence database, as author12 ized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act; 

13 (19) $1,000,000 for analysis and research on 

14 violence against Indian women, as authorized by sec15 tion 904 of the 2005 Act; 

16 (20) $3,500,000 for training programs as au17 thorized by section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for 

18 related local demonstration projects; 

19 (21) $1,000,000 for grants for televised testi20 mony, as authorized by part N of title I of the 1968 

21 Act; 

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

23 crime and gang violence; 

24 (23) $25,000,000 for the matching grant pro25 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 


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

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

3 evaluation programs; 

4 (24) $20,000,000 for grants to assist State and 

5 tribal governments as authorized by the NICS im6 provement Amendment Act of 2007 (Public Law 

7 110–180); and 

8 (25) $10,000,000 (increased by $2,500,000) for 

9 the National Criminal History Improvement pro10 gram for grants to upgrade criminal records: 

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

12 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

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

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

15 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub16 lic sector safety service. 

17 WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND

18 For necessary expenses, including salaries and re19 lated expenses of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, 

20 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au21 thorized by section 103 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

22 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

23 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

24 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

25 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 


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

2 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

3 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’), the Violence Against Women and De4 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

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

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

7 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

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

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

10 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 

11 109–248); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 

12 (Public Law 110–401), and other juvenile justice pro13 grams, $385,000,000, to remain available until expended 

14 as follows— 

15 (1) $75,000,000 for programs authorized by 

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

17 technical assistance to assist small, non-profit orga18 nizations with the Federal grants process; 

19 (2) $68,000,000 for grants and projects, as au20 thorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act 

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

22 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression23 ally-designated items’’ in the report of the Com24 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent25 atives to accompany this Act; 


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1 (3) $80,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

2 (4) $62,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

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

4 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 

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

6 Youth Program; 

7 (B) $10,000,000 shall be for a gang edu8 cation initiative; and 

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

10 $360,000 to each State and $4,840,000 shall be 

11 available for discretionary grants, for programs 

12 and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting 

13 the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the 

14 purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages 

15 by minors, for prevention and reduction of con16 sumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and 

17 for technical assistance and training; 

18 (5) $20,000,000 for programs authorized by 

19 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

20 (6) $55,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability 

21 Block Grants program as authorized by part R of 

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

23 a State; 

24 (7) $18,000,000 for Community-based violence 

25 prevention initiatives; and 


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1 (8) $7,000,000 for the Safe Start Program, as 

2 authorized by the 1974 Act: 

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

4 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi5 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author6 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

7 each amount may be used for training and technical as8 sistance: Provided further, That the previous two provisos 

9 shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sec10 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act. 

11 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

12 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

13 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

14 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in15 cluding amounts for administrative costs, which amounts 

16 shall be paid to the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account), to 

17 remain available until expended; and $5,000,000 for pay18 ments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act to remain 

19 available until expended; and $4,100,000 for educational 

20 assistance, as authorized by section 1218 of such Act to 

21 remain available until expended. 

22 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

23 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con24 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

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


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

2 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

3 (Public Law 109–162); subtitle D of title II of the Home4 land Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), which 

5 may include research and development; and the USA PA6 TRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 

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

8 (Public Law 110–199); the NICS Improvement Amend9 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Adam 

10 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 

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

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

13 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That any balances made available 

15 through prior year deobligations shall only be available in 

16 accordance with section 505 of this Act. Of the amount 

17 provided (which shall be by transfer, for programs admin18 istered by the Office of Justice Programs)— 

19 (1) $32,000,000 for grants to entities described 

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

21 public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, 

22 sale, and use in hot spots, and for other anti-meth23 amphetamine-related activities: Provided, That with24 in the amounts appropriated, $17,900,000 shall be 

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


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1 in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally-designated 

2 Items’’ in the report of Committee on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives to accompany 

4 this Act: Provided further That within the amounts 

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

6 the Drug Enforcement Administration upon enact7 ment of this Act: Provided further, That within the 

8 amounts appropriated, $5,000,000 is for anti-meth9 amphetamine-related activities in Indian Country; 

10 (2) $123,000,000 is for a law enforcement tech11 nologies and interoperable communications program, 

12 and related law enforcement and public safety equip13 ment which shall be used for the projects, and in the 

14 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression15 ally-designated items’’ in the report of the Com16 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent17 atives to accompany this Act; 

18 (3) $100,000,000 for offender re-entry pro19 grams, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 

20 2007 (Public Law 110–199), of which $37,000,000 

21 is for grants for adult and juvenile offender state 

22 and local re-entry demonstration projects, 

23 $15,000,000 is for grants for mentoring and transi24 tional services, $10,000,000 is for re-entry courts, 

25 $7,500,000 is for family-based substance abuse 


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1 treatment, $2,500,000 is for evaluation and im2 provement of education at prisons, jails, and juvenile 

3 facilities, $5,000,000 is for technology careers train4 ing demonstration grants, $13,000,000 is for of5 fender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice 

6 collaboration, and $10,000,000 is for prisoner re7 entry research; 

8 (4) $151,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for 

9 DNA related and forensic programs and activities as 

10 follows— 

11 (A) $146,000,000 (increased by 

12 $5,000,000) for a DNA analysis and capacity 

13 enhancement program and for other local, state, 

14 and Federal forensic activities including the 

15 purposes of section 2 of the DNA Analysis 

16 Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (the Debbie 

17 Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program); and 

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

19 in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA 

20 Testing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 

21 412); 

22 (5) $40,000,000 for improving tribal law en23 forcement, including equipment and training; 

24 (6) $14,000,000 for Community Policing Devel25 opment activities; 


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1 (7) $28,000,000 for a national grant program 

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

3 enforcement to locate, arrest and prosecute child 

4 sexual predators and exploiters, and to enforce sex 

5 offender registration laws described in section 

6 1701(b) of the 1968 Act, of which— 

7 (A) $15,000,000 is for sex offender man8 agement assistance as authorized by the Adam 

9 Walsh Act and the Violent Crime Control Act 

10 of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); and 

11 (B) $1,000,000 is for the National Sex Of12 fender Public Registry; 

13 (8) $16,000,000 for expenses authorized by 

14 part AA of the 1968 Act (Secure our Schools); and 

15 (9) $298,000,000 for grants under section 1701 

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

17 the hiring and rehiring of additional career law en18 forcement officers under part Q of such title not19 withstanding subsections (g) and (i) of such section 

20 and notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c). 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

22 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

23 available in this title for official reception and representa24 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $75,000 from funds 

25 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 


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1 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re2 ception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

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

7 That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional 

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

9 null and void. 

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

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

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

13 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re14 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris15 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in16 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

17 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin18 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil19 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

20 Prisons. 

21 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria22 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De23 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be24 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex25 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 


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

2 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

3 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

4 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com5 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

6 SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to ex7 tend through September 30, 2011, the Personnel Manage8 ment Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney 

9 General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Secu10 rity Act of 2002, Public Law 107–296 (6 U.S.C. 533) 

11 without limitation on the number of employees or the posi12 tions covered. 

13 SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

15 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

16 in the conduct of undercover investigative operations and 

17 shall apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to 

18 any undercover investigative operation by the Bureau of 

19 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is nec20 essary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against 

21 the United States. 

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

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

24 purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner 

25 pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal 


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1 law and is classified as a maximum or high security pris2 oner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by 

3 the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for 

4 housing such a prisoner. 

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

6 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele7 vision services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, video8 cassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equip9 ment used primarily for recreational purposes. 

10 (b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the 

11 renting, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or elec12 tronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or edu13 cational programs. 

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

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

16 for any other major new or enhanced information tech17 nology program having total estimated development costs 

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

19 General and the investment review board certify to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations that the information tech21 nology program has appropriate program management 

22 and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that 

23 the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture 

24 of the Department of Justice. 


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1 SEC. 211. The notification thresholds and procedures 

2 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi3 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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

5 of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title 

6 in previous years. 

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

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

9 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

10 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc11 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

12 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

13 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

14 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

16 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

17 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

18 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

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

21 any other Act shall be obligated for the initiation of a fu22 ture phase of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sen23 tinel program until the Attorney General certifies to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations that existing phases cur25 rently under contract for development or fielding have 


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1 completed a majority of the work for that phase under 

2 the performance measurement baseline validated by the 

3 integrated baseline review conducted in 2008: Provided, 

4 That this restriction does not apply to planning and design 

5 activities for future phases: Provided further, That the Bu6 reau will notify the Committees on Appropriations of any 

7 significant changes to the baseline. 

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

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

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

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

12 Law Enforcement Assistance’’, ‘‘Weed and Seed’’, ‘‘Juve13 nile Justice Programs’’, and ‘‘Community Oriented Polic14 ing Services’’— 

15 (1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to 

16 the office of Justice Programs for grants or reim17 bursement may be used to provide training and tech18 nical assistance; and 

19 (2) up to 1 percent of funds made available to 

20 such Office for formula grants under such headings 

21 may be used for research or statistical purposes by 

22 the National Institute of Justice or the Bureau of 

23 Justice Statistics, pursuant to, respectively, sections 

24 201 and 202, and sections 301 and 302 of title I of 

25 Public Law 90–351. 


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

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

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

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

5 to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making ap6 propriations for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 for Adult and 

7 Juvenile Offender State and Local Reentry Demonstration 

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

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

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

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

12 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘§ 5761. Foreign language proficiency pay awards for 

15 the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

16 ‘‘The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

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

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

19 employee who maintains proficiency in a language or lan20 guages critical to the mission or who uses one or more 

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

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

23 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 

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

2 Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

3 TITLE III 

4 SCIENCE 

5 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

7 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na8 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

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

10 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

11 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,800 for official reception 

12 and representation expenses, and rental of conference 

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

14 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

15 SCIENCE

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

17 in the conduct and support of science research and devel18 opment activities, including research, development, oper19 ations, support, and services; maintenance; space flight, 

20 spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro21 gram management; personnel and related costs, including 

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

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1 craft, $4,496,100,000, of which not to exceed 

2 $450,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2011. 

4 AERONAUTICS

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

7 development activities, including research, development, 

8 operations, support, and services; maintenance; space 

9 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

10 program management; personnel and related costs, includ11 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

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

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

14 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

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

16 $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

17 2011. 

18 EXPLORATION

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

21 development activities, including research, development, 

22 operations, support, and services; maintenance; space 

23 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

24 program management, personnel and related costs, includ25 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 


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

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

3 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

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

5 $330,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

6 2011. 

7 SPACE OPERATIONS

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

9 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

10 and development activities, including research, develop11 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space12 craft control and communications activities including oper13 ations, production, and services; maintenance; program 

14 management; personnel and related costs, including uni15 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

16 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas17 senger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, main18 tenance and operation of mission and administrative air19 craft, $6,097,300,000, of which not to exceed 

20 $610,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2011: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 

22 heading, $3,157,100,000 shall be for Space Shuttle oper23 ations, production, research, development, and support, 

24 $2,267,000,000 shall be for International Space Station 

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1 port, and $496,500,000 shall be for Space and Flight Sup2 port. 

3 EDUCATION

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

5 in carrying out aerospace and aeronautical education re6 search and development activities, including research, de7 velopment, operations, support, and services; program 

8 management; personnel and related costs, uniforms or al9 lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

10 travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor ve11 hicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and op12 eration of mission and administrative aircraft, 

13 $175,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2011. 

15 CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

17 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, explo18 ration, space operations and education research and devel19 opment activities, including research, development, oper20 ations, support, and services; maintenance; space flight, 

21 spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro22 gram management; personnel and related costs, including 

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

24 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas25 senger motor vehicles; not to exceed $70,000 for official 


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1 reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 

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

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

4 $2,182,900,000 shall be available for center management 

5 and operations: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 

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

7 be made available for obligation for fiscal year 2010 shall 

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

9 request shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts 

10 and collections and proposed use of all funds collected pur11 suant to 42 U.S.C. 2459j: Provided further, That not less 

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

13 verification and validation activities: Provided further, 

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

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

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

17 report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives to accompany this Act. 

19 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

20 REMEDIATION

21 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

22 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi23 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad24 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

25 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 


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1 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli2 ance and restoration, $441,700,000, to remain available 

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

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

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

6 shall be available to support exploration research and de7 velopment activities; $26,800,000 shall be available to 

8 support space operations research and development activi9 ties; and $332,400,000 shall be available for cross agency 

10 support activities. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

14 $35,000,000. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 

17 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

18 the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

19 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

20 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero21 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

22 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap23 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

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1 ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

2 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com3 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

5 shall be used to implement by Reduction in Force or other 

6 involuntary separations (except for cause) by the National 

7 Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to September 

8 30, 2010. 

9 The unexpired balances of the Science, Aeronautics, 

10 and Exploration account, for activities for which funds are 

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

12 accounts established in this Act that provide such activity. 

13 Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds 

14 in the newly established accounts, but shall be available 

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

16 previously appropriated. 

17 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

18 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

19 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

21 1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal 

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

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

24 and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui25 sition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,642,110,000, 


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

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

3 expended for polar research and operations support, and 

4 for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper5 ational and science support and logistical and other re6 lated activities for the United States Antarctic program: 

7 Provided, That from funds specified in the fiscal year 

8 2010 budget request for icebreaking services, up to 

9 $54,000,000 shall be available for the procurement of 

10 polar icebreaking services: Provided further, That the Na11 tional Science Foundation shall only reimburse the Coast 

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

13 existing memorandum of agreement: Provided further, 

14 That receipts for scientific support services and materials 

15 furnished by the National Research Centers and other Na16 tional Science Foundation supported research facilities 

17 may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, 

18 That not less than $147,120,000 shall be available for ac19 tivities authorized by section 7002(b)(2)(A)(iv) of Public 

20 Law 110–69. 

21 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

22 CONSTRUCTION

23 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc24 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

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1 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 

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

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

4 Provided, That none of the funds may be used to reim5 burse the Judgment fund. 

6 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

7 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math8 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

9 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

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

11 1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

12 authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the 

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

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

15 than $65,000,000 shall be available until expended for ac16 tivities authorized by section 7030 of Public Law 110– 

17 69: Provided further, That not less than $32,000,000 shall 

18 be available until expended for the Historically Black Col19 leges and Universities Undergraduate Program. 

20 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

21 For agency operations and award management nec22 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

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

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1 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

3 rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of 

4 the Department of Homeland Security for security guard 

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

6 entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2010 for 

7 maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other serv8 ices, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 

9 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

10 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala11 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

13 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec14 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car15 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

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

17 Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,340,000: Pro18 vided, That not to exceed $2,800 shall be available for offi19 cial reception and representation expenses. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

23 1978, as amended, $13,000,000. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria25 tions Act, 2010’’. 


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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

6 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

7 $9,400,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 

9 of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex10 cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 

11 Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 

12 appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 

13 Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 

14 exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

15 days. 

16 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

19 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

20 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em21 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

22 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights 

23 Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination 

24 Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA 

25 Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the 


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1 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 

2 2), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire 

3 of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

4 1343(b); nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and not 

5 to exceed $26,000,000 for payments to State and local en6 forcement agencies for authorized services to the Commis7 sion, $367,303,000: Provided, That the Commission is au8 thorized to make available for official reception and rep9 resentation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available 

10 funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take 

11 no action to implement any workforce repositioning, re12 structuring, or reorganization until such time as the 

13 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have 

14 been notified of such proposals, in accordance with the re15 programming requirements of section 505 of this Act: Pro16 vided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept and 

17 use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Com18 mission. 

19 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

22 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

24 exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex25 penses, $82,700,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

3 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

4 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

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

6 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

7 $4,200,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

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

9 additional audits of recipients; $17,000,000 is for manage10 ment and grants oversight; $3,400,000 is for client self11 help and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for 

12 loan repayment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Serv13 ices Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to 

14 officers and employees at a rate no greater than that pro15 vided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC16 based employees as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5304, notwith17 standing section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corpora18 tion Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996(d). 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

20 CORPORATION

21 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

22 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur23 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

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

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


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1 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

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

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

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

5 2010, respectively. 

6 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com9 mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, 

10 $3,300,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

12 REPRESENTATIVE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

15 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

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

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

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

20 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro21 vided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within 

22 the World Trade Organization to recognize the right of 

23 members to distribute monies collected from antidumping 

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1 tion consistent with the negotiating objectives contained 

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

3 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

6 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

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

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

9 2011: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be avail10 able for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 TITLE V 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

14 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

15 not authorized by the Congress. 

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

17 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

18 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

19 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

20 under this Act for any consulting service through procure21 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

22 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

23 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

24 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex25 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 


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1 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica2 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

3 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica4 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

5 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af6 fected thereby. 

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

8 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

9 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli10 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2010, or provided from 

11 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

12 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

14 through the reprogramming of funds that— 

15 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project 

16 or activity; 

17 (2) eliminates a program, project or activity, 

18 unless the House and Senate Committees on Appro19 priations are notified 15 days in advance of such re20 programming of funds; 

21 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

22 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

23 denied or restricted by this Act, unless the House 

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1 fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

2 funds; 

3 (4) relocates an office or employees, unless the 

4 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

5 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogram6 ming of funds; 

7 (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs or 

8 activities, unless the House and Senate Committees 

9 on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

10 such reprogramming of funds; 

11 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

12 activities presently performed by Federal employees, 

13 unless the House and Senate Committees on Appro14 priations are notified 15 days in advance of such re15 programming of funds; 

16 (7) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

17 activity by either the House or Senate Committee on 

18 Appropriations for a different purpose, unless the 

19 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

20 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogram21 ming of funds; 

22 (8) augments funds for existing programs, 

23 projects or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 

24 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent 

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1 numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by 

2 Congress, unless the House and Senate Committees 

3 on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

4 such reprogramming of funds; or 

5 (9) results from any general savings, including 

6 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

7 result in a change in existing programs, projects or 

8 activities as approved by Congress, unless the House 

9 and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti10 fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

11 funds. 

12 (b) None of the funds in provided under this Act, or 

13 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen14 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

15 or expenditure in fiscal year 2010, or provided from any 

16 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

17 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

18 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

19 through the reprogramming of funds after August 1, ex20 cept in extraordinary circumstances, and only after the 

21 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti22 fied 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

23 SEC. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail24 able in this or any other Act may be used to implement, 

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1 ployment Opportunity Commission covering harassment 

2 based on religion, when it is made known to the Federal 

3 entity or official to which such funds are made available 

4 that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the 

5 proposed guidelines published by the Commission on Octo6 ber 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266). 

7 SEC. 507. If it has been finally determined by a court 

8 or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a 

9 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in10 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 

11 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 

12 United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 

13 contract or subcontract made with funds made available 

14 in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 

15 ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 

16 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 SEC. 508. The Departments of Commerce and Jus18 tice, the National Science Foundation, and the National 

19 Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall provide to 

20 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 

21 quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any un22 obligated funds that were received by such agency during 

23 any previous fiscal year. 

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1 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re2 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

3 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

4 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be5 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

6 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

7 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

8 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

9 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

10 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

11 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

12 SEC. 510. None of the funds provided by this Act 

13 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

14 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

15 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

16 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

17 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

18 products of the same type. 

19 SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated pursuant 

20 to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for— 

21 (1) the implementation of any tax or fee in con22 nection with the implementation of subsection 922(t) 

23 of title 18, United States Code; and 

24 (2) any system to implement subsection 922(t) 

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1 quire and result in the destruction of any identifying 

2 information submitted by or on behalf of any person 

3 who has been determined not to be prohibited from 

4 possessing or receiving a firearm no more than 24 

5 hours after the system advises a Federal firearms li6 censee that possession or receipt of a firearm by the 

7 prospective transferee would not violate subsection 

8 (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States 

9 Code, or State law. 

10 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per12 sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 

13 $700,000,000 during fiscal year 2010 from the fund es14 tablished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of 

15 Public Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601). 

16 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available to the 

17 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi18 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

19 students who participate in programs for which financial 

20 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

21 or legal guardians of such students. 

22 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in24 strumentality of the United States Government, except 


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1 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro2 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 515. Any funds provided in this Act used to im4 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

5 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 

6 SEC. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bu7 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are re8 leased without adequate disclaimers regarding the limita9 tions of the data. 

10 (b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 

11 Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language 

12 similar to the following that would make clear that trace 

13 data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about fire14 arms-related crime: 

15 (1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law 

16 enforcement authorities in conducting investigations 

17 by tracking the sale and possession of specific fire18 arms. Law enforcement agencies may request fire19 arms traces for any reason, and those reasons are 

20 not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. 

21 Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all 

22 firearms traced are used in crime. 

23 (2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen 

24 for purposes of determining which types, makes, or 

25 models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The 


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1 firearms selected do not constitute a random sample 

2 and should not be considered representative of the 

3 larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or 

4 any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally 

5 traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported 

6 for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the 

7 sources or methods by which firearms in general are 

8 acquired for use in crime. 

9 SEC. 517. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart10 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na11 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na12 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor13 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

14 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

15 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

16 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

17 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

18 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi19 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

20 any such audit is completed. 

21 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

22 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

23 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis24 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

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1 net website maintained by the Department, Administra2 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

3 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

4 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

5 title 5, United States Code; and 

6 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi7 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

8 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

9 unlawful purposes. 

10 (c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro11 priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of 

12 defraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not 

13 directly and programmatically related to the purpose for 

14 which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a ban15 quet or conference held in connection with planning, train16 ing, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related 

17 to a project funded by the grant or contract. 

18 (d) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

19 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state20 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

21 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

22 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

23 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

24 other manner to another person who has a financial inter25 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 


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1 (e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 

2 section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which 

3 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 

4 consultation with the Director of the Office of Government 

5 Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and require6 ments, substantially similar to the requirements in such 

7 subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch 

8 ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and 

9 entities. 

10 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available under this Act may be used to issue 

12 patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human 

13 organism. 

14 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

16 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em17 ployee of the United States Government. 

18 SEC. 520. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

19 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

21 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in22 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

23 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

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1 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

2 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

3 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

4 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

5 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

6 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

7 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

8 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex9 port license— 

10 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

11 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

12 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

13 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

14 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub15 section (a); and 

16 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

17 of— 

18 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo19 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

20 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

21 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

22 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

23 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

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1 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu2 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

3 (C) articles for export from Canada to an4 other foreign destination. 

5 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di6 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per7 manent or temporary export without a license of any un8 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

9 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem10 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

11 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

12 Canadian citizen. 

13 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

14 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter15 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

16 the Government of Canada has implemented or main17 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

18 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

19 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter20 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an21 other nation. The President shall terminate the require22 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require23 ments have ceased. 

24 SEC. 521. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 


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1 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

2 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

3 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

4 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 

5 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 

6 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 

7 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori8 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

9 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi11 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

12 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

13 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

14 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

15 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

16 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

17 States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

18 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

20 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author21 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

22 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 

23 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

24 Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 

25 PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 


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1 SEC. 524. If at any time during any quarter, the pro2 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

3 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero4 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

5 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason6 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in7 creased by 10 percent, the program manager shall imme8 diately inform the Secretary, Administrator, or Director. 

9 The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the 

10 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 

11 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall include in 

12 such notice: the date on which such determination was 

13 made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the 

14 action taken and proposed to be taken to control future 

15 cost growth of the project; changes made in the perform16 ance or schedule milestones and the degree to which such 

17 changes have contributed to the increase in total program 

18 costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total 

19 project or procurement costs; and a statement validating 

20 that the project’s management structure is adequate to 

21 control total project or procurement costs. 

22 SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

23 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel24 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

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1 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

2 414) during fiscal year 2010 until the enactment of the 

3 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010. 

4 SEC. 526. The Departments, agencies, and commis5 sions funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain 

6 on the homepages of their Internet websites— 

7 (1) a direct link to the Internet websites of 

8 their Offices of Inspectors General; and 

9 (2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors 

10 General website by which individuals may anony11 mously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with 

12 respect to those Departments, agencies, and commis13 sions. 

14 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

16 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

17 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro18 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

19 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

20 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

21 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

22 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

23 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

24 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi25 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 


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1 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as2 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

3 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter4 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess5 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

6 judicial proceeding. 

7 SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available in this Act may be used in a manner 

9 that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective 

10 of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws 

11 to preserve the ability of the United States— 

12 (1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, includ13 ing antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard 

14 laws; 

15 (2) to avoid agreements that— 

16 (A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

17 and international disciplines on unfair trade, es18 pecially dumping and subsidies; or 

19 (B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

20 and international safeguard provisions, in order 

21 to ensure that United States workers, agricul22 tural producers, and firms can compete fully on 

23 fair terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal 

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1 (3) to address and remedy market distortions 

2 that lead to dumping and subsidization, including 

3 overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access bar4 riers. 

5 (RESCISSIONS)

6 SEC. 529. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

7 to the Department of Justice from prior appropriations, 

8 the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than 

9 September 30, 2010, from the following accounts in the 

10 specified amounts— 

11 (1) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

12 $285,000,000; 

13 (2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

14 and Expenses’’, $50,000,000; 

15 (3) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Construc16 tion’’, $80,822,000; 

17 (4) ‘‘Office of Justice Programs’’, $42,000,000; 

18 and 

19 (5) ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

20 $40,000,000. 

21 (b) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the De22 partment of Justice shall submit to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate a report specifying the amount of each rescission 

25 made pursuant to this section. 


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1 (c) The recissions contained in this section shall not 

2 apply to funds provided in this Act. 

3 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

5 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

6 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend9 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart10 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

11 the United States. 

12 SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available in 

13 this or any prior Act may be used to release an individual 

14 who is detained, as of April 30, 2009, at Naval Station, 

15 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United 

16 States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia. 

17 (b) None of the funds made available in this or any 

18 prior Act may be used to transfer an individual who is 

19 detained, as of April 30, 2009, at the Naval Station, 

20 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United 

21 States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, for 

22 the purposes of detaining or prosecuting such individual 

23 until 2 months after the plan detailed in subsection (c) 

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1 (c) The President shall submit to the Congress, in 

2 writing, a comprehensive plan regarding the proposed dis3 position of each individual who is detained, as of April 30, 

4 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is 

5 not covered under subsection (d). Such plan shall include, 

6 at a minimum, each of the following for each such indi7 vidual: 

8 (1) The findings of an analysis regarding any 

9 risk to the national security of the United States 

10 that is posed by the transfer of the individual. 

11 (2) The costs associated with not transferring 

12 the individual in question. 

13 (3) The legal rationale and associated court de14 mands for transfer. 

15 (4) A certification by the President that any 

16 risk described in paragraph (1) has been mitigated, 

17 together with a full description of the plan for such 

18 mitigation. 

19 (5) A certification by the President that the 

20 President has submitted to the Governor and legisla21 ture of the State to which the President intends to 

22 transfer the individual a certification in writing at 

23 least 30 days prior to such transfer (together with 

24 supporting documentation and justification) that the 


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1 individual does not pose a security risk tot he United 

2 States. 

3 (d) None of the funds made available in this or any 

4 prior Act may be used to transfer or release an individual 

5 detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

6 April 30, 2009, to the country of such individual’s nation7 ality or last habitual residence or to any other country 

8 other than the United States, unless the President submits 

9 to the Congress, in writing, at least 30 days prior to such 

10 transfer or release, the following information: 

11 (1) The name of any individual to be trans12 ferred or released and the country to which such in13 dividual is to be transferred or released. 

14 (2) An assessment of any risk to the national 

15 security of the United States or its citizens, includ16 ing members of the Armed Services or the United 

17 States, that is posed by such transfer or released 

18 and the actions taken to mitigate such risk. 

19 (3) The terms of any agreement with another 

20 country for acceptance of such individual, including 

21 the amount of any financial assistance related to 

22 such agreement. 

23 SEC. 533. Section 504(a) of the Departments of 

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1 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in Public 

2 Law 104–134) is amended by striking paragraph (13). 

3 SEC. 534. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, to the extent that the Attorney General (or a des5 ignee) authorizes or approves, if a law enforcement or cor6 rections officer employed by the Department of Justice 

7 dies while performing official duties or as a result of the 

8 performance of official duties, the Department of Justice 

9 may pay from Government funds the qualified relocation 

10 expenses of the immediate dependent family of the em11 ployee, and the expenses of preparing and transporting the 

12 remains of the deceased. 

13 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light 

15 bulbs have the ‘‘Energy Star’’ or ‘‘Federal Energy Man16 agement Program’’ designation. 

17 SEC. 536. The Director of the Office of Management 

18 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in19 strumentality of the United States Government receiving 

20 funds appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed 

21 balances in expired grant accounts and include in its an22 nual performance plan and performance and account23 ability reports the following: 


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1 (1) Details on future action the department, 

2 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

3 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

4 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

5 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

6 in expired grant accounts. 

7 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex8 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

9 Treasury of the United States. 

10 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

11 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

12 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

13 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

14 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

15 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

16 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to relocate the Office of the Census or 

18 employees from the Department of Commerce to the juris19 diction of the Executive Office of the President. 

20 TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 

21 SEC. 601. For ‘‘Office on Violence Against Women— 

22 Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro23 grams’’ for the Supporting Teens through Education and 

24 Protection program, as authorized by section 41204 of the 

25 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043c), 


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1 and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘De2 partmental management—Salaries and expenses’’ is here3 by reduced by, $2,500,000. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

5 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 18, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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