H. R. 2918 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine 

An Act 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

REFERENCES

SEC. 1. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

to ‘‘this Act’’ or ‘‘this joint resolution’’ contained in any division 

of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

of that division. 

DIVISION A—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 

2010 

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 

the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 

TITLE I 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

SENATE 

PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF

CONGRESS

For a payment to Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Edward M. Kennedy, late a Senator from Massachussetts, $174,000. 

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Leader 

of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; 

Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, 

$10,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference 

Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 

Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $180,000. 
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REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

LEADERS

For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority 

Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000. 

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, $178,982,000, which 

shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the following 

limitations: 

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

For the Office of the Vice President, $2,517,000. 

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $752,000. 

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $5,212,000. 

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,288,000. 

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $15,844,000. 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 

Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman 

of each such committee, $1,726,000 for each such committee; in 

all, $3,452,000. 

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY

AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 

and the Conference of the Minority, $850,000. 

POLICY COMMITTEES

For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,763,000 for each such committee; in all, 

$3,526,000. 

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

For Office of the Chaplain, $415,000. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For Office of the Secretary, $25,790,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

$70,000,000. 

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 

for the Minority, $1,836,000. 

AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized 

by law, and related expenses, $45,500,000. 

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 

Counsel of the Senate, $7,154,000. 

OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 

$1,544,000. 

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $7,500; 

Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $7,500; Secretary 

for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500; Secretary for the Minority 

of the Senate, $7,500; in all, $30,000. 

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 

Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the 

Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental 

Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and 

Senate Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, 

$140,500,000. 

EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 

$2,000,000. 
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SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $153,601,000, which shall remain available 

until September 30, 2014. 

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

For miscellaneous items, $19,145,000, of which up to $500,000 

shall be made available for a pilot program for mailings of postal 

patron postcards by Senators for the purpose of providing notice 

of a town meeting by a Senator in a county (or equivalent unit 

of local government) at which the Senator will personally attend: 

Provided, That any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing 

shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the 

remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other funds 

available to the Senator. 

SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 

$422,000,000. 

OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 

$300,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES OF SENATORS

SEC. 1. Effective on and after October 1, 2009, each of the 

dollar amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) 

of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61– 

1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, 

as adjusted by law and in effect on September 30, 2009, increased 

by an additional $50,000 each. 

REPORTING REQUIREMENT

SEC. 2. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

Act 1965 (Public Law 88–454; 2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended— 

(1) in the last sentence of paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘shall’’ 

and inserting ‘‘may’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(6) Beginning with the report covering the first full semiannual 

period of the 112th Congress, the Secretary of the Senate— 

‘‘(1) shall publicly post on-line on the website of the Senate 

each report in a searchable, itemized format as required under 

this section; 

‘‘(2) shall issue each report required under this section 

in electronic form; and 

‘‘(3) may issue each report required under this section 

in other forms at the discretion of the Secretary of the Senate.’’. 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $1,369,025,000, as follows: 

HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $25,881,000, 

including: Office of the Speaker, $5,077,000, including $25,000 for 

official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 

$2,530,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,565,000, including 

$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 

Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

$2,194,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy 

Minority Whip, $1,690,000, including $5,000 for official expenses 

of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $517,000; Republican Steering Committee, $981,000; Republican Conference, $1,748,000; Republican Policy Committee, 

$362,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,366,000; 

Democratic Caucus, $1,725,000; nine minority employees, 

$1,552,000; training and program development—majority, $290,000; 

training and program development—minority, $290,000; Cloakroom 

Personnel—majority, $497,000; and Cloakroom Personnel— 

minority, $497,000. 

MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, 

AND OFFICIAL MAIL

For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’ 

clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $660,000,000. 

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 

select, authorized by House resolutions, $139,878,000: Provided, 

That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and 

expenses until December 31, 2010, except that $1,000,000 of such 

amount shall remain available until expended for committee room 

upgrading. 

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 

$31,300,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be 

expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative 

Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement 

to agencies for services performed: Provided, That such amount 

shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 

December 31, 2010. 
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SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 

authorized by law, $198,301,000, including: for salaries and 

expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $23,000, 

of which not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room, for official 

representation and reception expenses, $30,089,000 of which 

$2,600,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 

expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the 

position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more 

than $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

$9,509,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 

Administrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for official 

representation and reception expenses, $130,782,000, of which 

$3,937,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 

expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,045,000; for 

salaries and expenses of the Office of Emergency Planning, 

Preparedness and Operations, $4,445,000, to remain available until 

expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

$1,415,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $179,000; for salaries 

and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the 

Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and 

not more than $1,000 for official representation and reception 

expenses, $2,060,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,258,000; for salaries 

and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 

$8,814,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $859,000; for other authorized employees, 

$1,249,000; and for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian, including the cost of the House Fellows Program (including 

lodging and related expenses for visiting Program participants), 

$597,000. 

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution 

or law, $313,665,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative 

costs and Federal tort claims, $3,948,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, 

$201,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $276,703,000, 

including employee tuition assistance benefit payments, $3,500,000, 

if authorized, and employee child care benefit payments, $1,000,000, 

if authorized; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 

$25,098,000, of which $5,425,000 shall remain available until 

expended; transition activities for new members and staff, 

$2,907,000; Wounded Warrior Program, $2,500,000, to be derived 

from funding provided for this purpose in Division G of Public 

Law 111–8; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,548,000; Energy Demonstration Projects, $2,500,000, if authorized, to remain available 

until expended; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 

exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor 

vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 

deceased employees of the House, $760,000. 
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CHILD CARE CENTER

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives 

Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account 

established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062), subject to the level specified in 

the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ 

REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act 

for ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries and Expenses—Members’ 

Representational Allowances’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 

2010. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under 

such allowances for fiscal year 2010 shall be deposited in the 

Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 

budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing 

the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury 

considers appropriate). 

(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Administration 

of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 

regulations to carry out this section. 

(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member 

of the House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 

a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 

SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2010 and each 

succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise authorized 

to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance 

for each of the following offices is increased as follows: 

(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority Whip is 

increased by $96,000. 

(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority Whip is 

increased by $96,000. 

HOUSE FITNESS CENTER

SEC. 103. Any active duty member of the Armed Forces who 

is assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Armed Forces 

at the House of Representatives may obtain membership in the 

exercise facility established for employees of the House of Representatives (as described in section 103(a) of the Legislative Branch 

Appropriations Act, 2005) in the same manner as an employee 

of the House of Representatives, in accordance with such regulations 

as the Committee on House Administration may promulgate. 

SEC. 104. (a) Section 101(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(d)), as added by section 103(a) 

of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009, is amended 

by striking ‘‘and made available’’ and inserting ‘‘and merged with 

and made available’’. 

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to 

funds appropriated for fiscal year 2010 and succeeding fiscal years. 
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JOINT ITEMS 

For Joint Committees, as follows: 

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, $4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 

JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 

$11,327,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 

of the House of Representatives. For other joint items, as follows: 

OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 

the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 

assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 

Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 

Senior Medical Officer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each 

to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending 

Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants 

and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis 

heretofore provided for such assistants; and (5) $2,366,000 for 

reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred 

for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 

Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 

appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for 

all the purposes thereof, $3,805,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 

Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, $1,377,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of 

the Senate. 

CAPITOL POLICE 

SALARIES

For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government contributions for health, retirement, social security, professional liability 

insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $265,188,000, 

to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

GENERAL EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor 

vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment 

and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, 

medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal 

and professional services, the employee assistance program, the 
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awards program, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 

Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 

expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

in connection with official representation and reception expenses, 

$63,130,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 

or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the 

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2010 

shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 

available to the Department of Homeland Security. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 1001. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for the 

Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings ‘‘Salaries’’ 

and ‘‘General expenses’’ upon the approval of the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 

authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,377,000, of which $884,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That not more than 

$500 may be expended on the certification of the Executive Director 

of the Office of Compliance in connection with official representation 

and reception expenses. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL PROPERTY

SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 

Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended 

by inserting after section 305 the following: 

‘‘SEC. 306. DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL PROPERTY. 

‘‘The Executive Director may, within the limits of available 

appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property 

by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

contents for the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 305 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 306. Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal property.’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year 

thereafter. 
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 

Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to 

be expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional 

Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception expenses, $45,165,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

EXECUTIVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

OFFICE

SEC. 1201. Section 1201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note; Public law 110–161; 121 Stat. 

2238) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting 

‘‘5’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting 

‘‘5’’; 

(2) by striking subsection (d), and redesignating subsection 

(e) as subsection (d); and 

(3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by this section), by 

striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), this’’ and inserting ‘‘This’’. 

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal 

services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies 

in connection with activities under the care of the Architect of 

the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the general and administrative support of the operations under the Architect of the Capitol 

including the Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, 

Senate and House office buildings, and other facilities under the 

jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings 

and office equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official 

reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 

Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, 

maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, 

$106,783,000, of which $5,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 

CAPITOL BUILDING

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol, $33,182,000, of which $6,499,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2014. 

CAPITOL GROUNDS

For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 

surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, 
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and the Capitol Power Plant, $10,974,000, of which $1,410,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to 

be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect 

of the Capitol, $74,392,000, of which $15,390,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2014. 

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 

of the House office buildings, $100,466,000, of which $53,360,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 

In addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings 

Revitalization Trust Fund, $50,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

CAPITOL POWER PLANT

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including 

the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services 

for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, 

Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled 

water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 

Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 

Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 

shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect 

of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 

the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $119,133,000, of 

which $25,610,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014: 

Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of the funds credited 

or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall 

be available for obligation during fiscal year 2010. 

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 

maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 

grounds, $45,795,000, of which $19,560,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2014. 

CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United 

States Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computer 

Facility, and AOC security operations, $27,012,000, of which 

$8,150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 
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BOTANIC GARDEN

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, 

and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, 

and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction 

of the Joint Committee on the Library, $11,390,000, of which 

$900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 

That of the amount made available under this heading, the 

Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary 

for the maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden 

established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the 

Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol 

Visitor Center, $22,459,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL PROPERTY

SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol shall 

have the authority, within the limits of available appropriations, 

to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency 

transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received 

for the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to 

funds available for the operations of the Architect of the Capitol 

and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar 

property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during 

the fiscal year received and the following fiscal year. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with respect 

to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES

SEC. 1302. Chapter 61 of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended— 

(1) in section 6121(1) by striking ‘‘and the Library of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Library of Congress, the Architect 

of the Capitol, and the Botanic Garden’’; and 

(2) in section 6133(c) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) With respect to employees of the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden, the authority granted to the 

Office of Personnel Management under this subchapter shall 

be exercised by the Architect of the Capitol.’’. 

ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT SERVICES

SEC. 1303. (a) Section 3111 of title 5, United States Code, 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e) For purposes of this section the term ‘agency’ shall include 

the Architect of the Capitol. With respect to the Architect of the 

Capitol, the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Management under this section shall be exercised by the Architect of 

the Capitol.’’. 
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HOUSE HISTORIC BUILDINGS REVITALIZATION TRUST FUND

SEC. 1304. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

in the Treasury of the United States, as an account for the Architect 

of the Capitol, the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust 

Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

(b) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund shall be used 

by the Architect of the Capitol for the revitalization of the major 

historical buildings and assets of the House of Representatives 

which the Architect is responsible for maintaining and preserving, 

except that the Architect may not obligate any amounts in the 

Fund without the approval of the Committee on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives. 

(c) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any amounts transferred to and merged with, or otherwise deposited into, the Fund 

shall remain available until expended. 

(d) PERMITTING TRANSFERS FROM AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 

Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b), as amended by section 

103(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009, is 

amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(e) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House 

of Representatives under any heading other than the heading ‘Members’ Representational Allowances’ may be transferred to the 

Architect of the Capitol and merged with and made available under 

the heading ‘House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund’, 

subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives.’’. 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendment made 

by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 and 

each succeeding fiscal year. 

SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE DURING EMERGENCIES

SEC. 1305. (a) During an emergency involving the safety of 

human life or the protection of property, as determined or declared 

by the Capitol Police Board, the Architect of the Capitol— 

(1) may accept contributions of comfort and other incidental 

items and services to support employees of the Office of the 

Architect of the Capitol while such employees are on duty 

in response to the emergency; and 

(2) may incur obligations and make expenditures out of 

available appropriations for meals, refreshments, and other 

support and maintenance for the Office of the Architect of 

the Capitol if, in the judgment of the Architect, such obligations 

and expenditures are necessary to respond to the emergency. 

(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 

and each succeeding fiscal year. 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 

provided for, including development and maintenance of the 

Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library 

buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; 
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operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in 

the Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project Act 

of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog records and other 

publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 

motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund 

Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund 

held by the Board, $446,151,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 

shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

during fiscal year 2010, and shall remain available until expended, 

under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 

U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from 

collections during fiscal year 2010 and shall remain available until 

expended for the development and maintenance of an international 

legal information database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any 

funds derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, 

in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure 

in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total amount 

available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 

collections are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the 

total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, 

on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection 

with official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas 

Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $7,315,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

digital collections and educational curricula program: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall be 

transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for 

carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 

may be used for official representation and reception expenses 

of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall be used 

to carry out activities under the Civil Rights History Project Act 

of 2009: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $200,000 shall be used for the purpose of preserving, digitizing 

and making available historically and culturally significant materials related to the development of Nebraska and the American 

West, which amount shall be transferred to the Durham Museum 

in Omaha, Nebraska. 

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $55,476,000, 

of which not more than $28,751,000, to remain available until 

expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010 under section 708(d) of title 17, 

United States Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not 

obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under such 

section, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 

$5,861,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2010 

under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such 

title: Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation 

shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 

$34,612,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 
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the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 

‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the 

Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided 

further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 

representation and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, 

and seminars: Provided further, That notwithstanding any provision 

of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any amounts made 

available under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees 

and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 

111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs 

incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges 

program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and benefits 

for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) 

and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United 

States of America, $112,490,000: Provided, That no part of such 

amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 

with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except 

the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library 

of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

of either the Committee on House Administration of the House 

of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 

of the Senate. 

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 

1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $70,182,000, 

of which $30,577,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be 

available to contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically 

handicapped residents at no cost to the individual. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

SEC. 1401. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2010, the 

obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 

described in subsection (b) may not exceed $123,328,000. 

(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 

reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from 

sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations 

Acts for the legislative branch. 

(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2010, the Librarian 

of Congress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this 

Act, under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’, under the subheading 
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‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK 

Program and the Federal Research Program established under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement 

Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That 

the total amount of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: 

Provided further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall 

reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 

the period of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

TRANSFER AUTHORITY

SEC. 1402. (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated for fiscal 

year 2010 for the Library of Congress may be transferred during 

fiscal year 2010 between any of the headings under the heading 

‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon the approval of the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

(b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the total amount 

of funds appropriated to the account under any heading under 

the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for fiscal year 2010 may be 

transferred from that account by all transfers made under subsection (a). 

CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POSITIONS ABOVE GS–15

SEC. 1403. Section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) The Librarian of Congress may classify positions in the 

Library of Congress above GS–15 pursuant to standards established 

by the Office in subsection (a)(2).’’. 

LEAVE CARRYOVER FOR CERTAIN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EXECUTIVE

POSITIONS

SEC. 1404. Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and 

inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 

(3) by adding after subparagraph (G) the following: 

‘‘(H) a position in the Library of Congress the compensation for which is set at a rate equal to the annual 

rate of basic pay payable for positions at level III of the 

Executive Schedule under section 5314.’’. 

(4) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 

with respect to annual leave accrued during pay periods beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 

distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing 

and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary 

for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United 
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States Code); printing and binding of Government publications 

authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications 

authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient, 

$93,768,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional 

Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or 

Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 44, United States 

Code: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of 

title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated or 

made available under this Act or any other Act for printing and 

binding and related services provided to Congress under chapter 

7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print a 

document, report, or publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is 

authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes 

such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 

States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended 

balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing 

Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and Senate. 

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 

necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and 

international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $40,911,000: 

Provided, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 

year appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating 

Congressional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 

years 2008 and 2009 to depository and other designated libraries: 

Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances 

in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 

years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office 

revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject 

to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and Senate. 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving 

Fund, $12,782,000 for information technology development and 

facilities repair: Provided, That the Government Printing Office 

is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

of funds available and in accordance with law, and to make such 

contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 
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may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set 

forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 

Printing Office revolving fund: Provided further, That not more 

than $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public 

Printer in connection with official representation and reception 

expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 

vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection with 

travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall 

be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United 

States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be 

available for temporary or intermittent services under section 

3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 

not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 

such title: Provided further, That activities financed through the 

revolving fund may provide information in any format: Provided 

further, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under 

the headings ‘‘Office of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries 

and Expenses’’ may not be used for contracted security services 

at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 

certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in 

connection with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 

United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than 

the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV 

of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire 

of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 

(6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 

(6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 

General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 

countries, $556,849,000: Provided, That not more than $5,449,000 

of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United States 

Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under 

section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than 

$7,423,000 of reimbursements received under section 3521 of title 

31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 

2010: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations 

for administrative expenses of any other department or agency 

which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available 

to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses 

of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

REPEAL OF CERTAIN AUDITS, STUDIES, AND REVIEWS OF THE

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

SEC. 1501. (a) USE OF FUNDS IN PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED UNDER

PROJECTED COST.—Section 211 of the Public Works and Economic 

Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3151) is amended by striking 

subsection (d). 

(b) AUDITS OF SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN CONSTRUC- TION OF THE ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.—Section 112 of the 

Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720j) is amended by 

striking subsection (c). 

(c) AUDITS OF ASSISTANCE UNDER COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION.—Section 104(h) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(h)) is amended by striking 

paragraph (3). 

(d) SEMIANNUAL AUDITS OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL EXPENDITURES.—The matter under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 

General Legal Activities’’ under the heading ‘‘Legal Activities’’ under 

title II of the Department of Justice Appropriation Act of 1988, 

(28 U.S.C. 591 note; Public Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329, 1329– 

9) is amended by striking ‘‘Provided further, That the Comptroller 

General shall perform semiannual financial reviews of expenditures 

from the Independent Counsel permanent indefinite appropriation, 

and report their findings to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House and Senate:’’. 

(e) REPORTS ON AMBULANCE SERVICE COSTS.—Section 414 of 

the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 

Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173) is amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (f); and 

(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND 

For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 

Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center 

under section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $12,000,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

SEC. 1601. (a) BOARD MEMBERSHIP.—Section 313(a)(2) of the 

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(a)(2)) 

is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘members’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Members of the House of Representatives’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘members’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Senators’’. 

(b) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—Section 313(d) of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended 

in the first sentence by striking ‘‘The Board shall appoint’’ and 

inserting ‘‘On behalf of the Board, the Librarian of Congress shall 

appoint’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection 

shall apply with respect to— 
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(1) appointments made on and after the date of enactment 

of this Act; and 

(2) the remainder of the fiscal year in which enacted, 

and each fiscal year thereafter. 

JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING 

AND DEVELOPMENT 

For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 

Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John 

C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development 

Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

TITLE II 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except 

for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under 

regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for 

the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2010 unless 

expressly so provided in this Act. 

RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 

et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or position appropriated for is different from 

that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation 

and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 

respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the 

various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire 

for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 

be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

CONSULTING SERVICES

SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 

Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to 

those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 

provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

issued under existing law. 
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AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS

SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated 

to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of the 

Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay 

awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection. 

COSTS OF LBFMC

SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 

any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative 

Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by 

charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except 

that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating 

legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with 

the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve 

the landscape features, excluding streets, in the irregular shaped 

grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW, on the northeast, 

Second Street, SW, on the west, Square 582 on the south, and 

the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 

LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 

the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

SEC. 209. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 

the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this 

Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United 

States Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices 

of Members of Congress and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 

direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the 

Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol 

which are led by employees and interns described in subsection 

(a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction 

for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours 

of the United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

the Capitol. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

DIVISION B—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 

2010 

That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 
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corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 

departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 

of Government for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 

SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 

operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2009 and under the authority and conditions provided 

in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 

costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 

specifically provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 

in fiscal year 2009, and for which appropriations, funds, or other 

authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 

(1) Chapter 2 of title IX of the Supplemental Appropriations 

Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252). 

(2) Section 155 of division A of the Consolidated Security, 

Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Public Law 110–329), except that subsections (c), (d), and 

(e) of such section shall not apply to funds made available 

under this joint resolution. 

(3) Divisions C through E of the Consolidated Security, 

Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Public Law 110–329). 

(4) Divisions A through I of the Omnibus Appropriations 

Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–8), as amended by section 2 of 

Public Law 111–46. 

(5) Titles III and VI (under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard’’) 

of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 

32). 

SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 

authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 

Defense shall be used for (1) the new production of items not 

funded for production in fiscal year 2009 or prior years; (2) the 

increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 

2009 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 

any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 

project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 

items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 

appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 

element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 

for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2009. 

(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 

granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 

shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 

procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 

unless specifically appropriated later. 

SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 

to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 

pertinent appropriations Act. 

SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 

appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 

or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 

not available during fiscal year 2009. 

SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 

to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 

incurred for any project or activity during the period for which 
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funds or authority for such project or activity are available under 

this joint resolution. 

SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 

or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant 

to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the 

following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation 

for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; 

(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act 

for fiscal year 2010 without any provision for such project or activity; 

or (3) October 31, 2009. 

SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution 

shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, 

or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 

SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 

or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used 

without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval 

of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United 

States Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed 

to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

of funds. 

SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 

of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2010 because of 

distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 

others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 

shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final 

funding prerogatives. 

SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 

only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 

resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 

projects and activities. 

SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 

whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2009, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 

program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 

2009, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 

after October 2009 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 

in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 

available for such payments. 

SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 

personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 

agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 

with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009, except 

that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 

until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 

SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may 

be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
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Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 

Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 

the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 

1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 

Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 

SEC. 114. Amounts made available by this joint resolution 

related to amounts provided in chapter 2 of title IX of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252), and titles 

III and VI of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public 

Law 111–32), are designated as being for overseas deployments 

and other activities pursuant to sections 401(c)(4) and 423(a)(1) 

of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution 

on the budget for fiscal year 2010, except that amounts so designated under this section shall not exceed $129,989,000,000. 

SEC. 115. The provisions of section 14103 of Public Law 111– 

32 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 

106(3) of this joint resolution, and such provisions shall also apply 

to funds made available in this joint resolution. 

SEC. 116. Section 9(f)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(f)(5)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution 

for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

SEC. 117. The authority provided by paragraphs (3) and (4) 

of section 9(h) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3); 1758(h)(4)) shall continue in effect 

through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 18(h)(5) of the 

Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(h)(5)) 

shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 119. Section 21(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(g)(1)(A)(ii)) shall 

be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2008, and October 1, 2009’’ 

for ‘‘October 1, 2008’’ and shall continue in effect through the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 120. The authority provided by section 26(d) of the Richard 

B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) shall 

continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of 

this joint resolution. 

SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Periodic 

Censuses and Programs’’ at a rate for operations of $7,065,707,000. 

SEC. 122. The authority provided by section 8116 of division 

C of Public Law 110–329 and section 310 of title III of Public 

Law 111–32 shall continue in effect through the date specified 

in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 1202 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 

Law 109–163), as amended by section 1214 of the Duncan Hunter 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

Law 110–417), shall continue in effect through the earlier of the 

date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2010 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

joint resolution. 

SEC. 124. The authority provided by section 1022 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 

Law 108–136), as amended by section 1022 of the Duncan Hunter 
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

Law 110–417), shall continue in effect through the earlier of the 

date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2010 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

joint resolution. 

SEC. 125. The authority provided by section 1033 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public 

Law 105–85), as amended by section 1024 of the Duncan Hunter 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

Law 110–417), shall continue in effect through the earlier of the 

date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2010 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

joint resolution. 

SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend 

local funds for programs and activities under the heading ‘‘District 

of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 

IV of S. 1432 (111th Congress), as reported by the Committee 

on Appropriations of the Senate, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District 

of Columbia Funds’’ as included in the Second Fiscal Year 2010 

Budget Request Act (D.C. Act 18–188). 

SEC. 127. The authority provided by section 5739 of title 5, 

United States Code, shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, notwithstanding subsection (e) of such section 5739. 

SEC. 128. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 

shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution for ‘‘the 11-year period beginning on the 

first day the pilot program is in effect’’. 

SEC. 129. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood 

Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016a and 4026) shall each be 

applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

SEC. 130. The requirement set forth in section 610(b) of the 

Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) 

shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

joint resolution. 

SEC. 131. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 shall be applied 

by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

resolution for ‘‘three years after the date of enactment of this 

Act’’. 

SEC. 132. Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) shall 

be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 

this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

SEC. 133. Subclauses (II) and (III) of section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) 

shall each be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

SEC. 134. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be 

applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

SEC. 135. Section 331 of the Department of the Interior and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–291), 
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as amended by section 336 of the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), shall be applied by substituting 

the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 

‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

SEC. 136. Section 339(h) of the Department of the Interior 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into 

law by Public Law 106–113), as amended by section 335(6) of 

Public Law 108–108, shall be applied by substituting the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 

30, 2009’’. 

SEC. 137. The authority provided by section 325 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2004 (Public Law 108–108), as amended by section 426 of division 

E of Public Law 111–8, shall continue to apply through the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 138. The authority provided by the 19th unnumbered 

paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest 

Service’’ in title III of the Department of the Interior, Environment, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Public Law 109– 

54, shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 

106(3) of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 139. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

section 703 of Public Law 109–415, the authorities provided in 

title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff et 

seq.) shall continue in effect as they were in effect during fiscal 

year 2009, and apply through the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 140. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 

Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) 

shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution for ‘‘the end of fiscal year 2009’’. 

SEC. 141. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans 

Health Administration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 

‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ of the Department of Veterans Affairs at rates for operations not exceeding 

the lower of the amount in the President’s fiscal year 2010 Budget 

Request (H. Doc. 111–3), the amount in H.R. 3082, as passed 

by the House of Representatives on July 10, 2009, or the amount 

in S. 1407, as reported by the Committee on Appropriations of 

the Senate on July 7, 2009. 

SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 7042(b) of division H of 

Public Law 111–8, amounts provided by section 101 of this joint 

resolution for Iraq shall be obligated under the terms and conditions 

of section 1106(b) of Public Law 111–32. 

SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 7040(f) of division H of 

Public Law 111–8, amounts provided by section 101 of this joint 

resolution for the Palestinian Authority shall be obligated under 

the terms and conditions of section 1107 of Public Law 111–32. 

SEC. 144. Notwithstanding sections 7042(a) and 7070(e) of division H of Public Law 111–8, amounts provided by section 101 

of this joint resolution for assistance for Iraq and Zimbabwe shall 

be obligated under the terms and conditions of section 1108 of 

Public Law 111–32. 

SEC. 145. The authority provided by section 1113 of Public 

Law 111–32 shall continue in effect through the date specified 

in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
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SEC. 146. The authority provided by section 309(f) of the United 

States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208(f)) 

shall remain in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 147. The authority provided by section 1334 of the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) 

shall remain in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 148. The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the 

Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 

U.S.C. 4831 (a)(3)) shall remain in effect through the date specified 

in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, other than section 106, the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development shall obligate funds provided by section 101 

at a rate the Secretary determines is necessary to renew or amend, 

in a timely manner, all section 8 project-based, section 202, and 

section 811, rental assistance contracts. In renewing or amending 

such contracts, the Secretary may provide for payments to be made 

beyond the period covered by this joint resolution. 

SEC. 150. Commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by 

the National Housing Act and insured under the Mutual Mortgage 

Insurance Fund, shall not exceed a loan principal of $1,500,000,000 

multiplied by the number of days covered by this joint resolution. 

SEC. 151. Commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by 

section 306 of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed a loan 

principal of $2,500,000,000 multiplied by the number of days covered by this joint resolution. 

SEC. 152. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence 

of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, 

through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, 

insure, and enter into commitments to insure mortgages under 

section 255 of such Act. During the period covered by this joint 

resolution, for new loans guaranteed pursuant to section 255 of 

the National Housing Act (12. U.S.C. 1715z-20), the Secretary shall 

adjust the factors used to calculate the principal limit (as such 

term is defined in HUD Handbook 4235.1) that were assumed 

in the President’s Budget Request for 2010 for such loans, as 

necessary to ensure that the program operates at a net zero subsidy 

rate. 

SEC. 153. Section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)) shall be applied by substituting the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for the 

date specified in such section 24(o). 

SEC. 154. Funds made available under section 101 for the 

National Transportation Safety Board shall include amounts necessary to make lease payments due in fiscal year 2010 only, on 

an obligation incurred in 2001 under a capital lease. 

SEC. 155. (a) Section 48103(6) of title 49, United States Code, 

shall be applied: (1) by substituting the amount specified in such 

section with an amount that equals $3,820,000,000 multiplied by 

the ratio of the number of days covered by this joint resolution 

to 365; and (2) by substituting the fiscal year specified in such 

section with the period beginning October 1, 2009, through the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. This subsection shall be in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment 
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of an Act amending section 48103 of title 49, United States Code, 

or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

(b) Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, shall be 

applied by substituting ‘‘2010’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 

(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the availability of any 

balances of contract authority provided under section 48103 of 

title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2009 and any prior 

fiscal year. 

SEC. 156. (a) Sections 4081(d)(2)(B), 4261(j)(1)(A)(ii), and 

4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall each 

be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 

this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 

(b) Subsections (d)(1) and (e)(2) of section 9502 of such Code 

shall each be applied by substituting the date that is 1 day after 

the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 

‘‘October 1, 2009’’. 

(c) Subparagraph (A) of section 9502(d)(1) of such Code is 

amended by inserting ‘‘or any joint resolution making continuing 

appropriations for the fiscal year 2010’’ before the semicolon at 

the end. 

SEC. 157. (a) EXTENSION OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, requirements, 

authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions 

authorized under titles I through VI of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

(119 Stat. 1144), the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 

2008 (122 Stat. 1572), titles I through VI of the Intermodal Surface 

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1914), titles I 

through V of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

(112 Stat. 107), title 23, United States Code, and chapter 53 of 

title 49, United States Code, which would otherwise expire on 

or cease to apply after September 30, 2009, are incorporated by 

reference and shall continue in effect through the date specified 

in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Except as otherwise expressly provided 

in this section, funds made available for obligation under this 

joint resolution and expended under the authority of this section 

shall be distributed, administered, limited, and made available for 

obligation in the same manner and at the same rate as funds 

authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 to carry out 

programs, projects, activities, eligibilities, and requirements under 

the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1144), the SAFETEA–LU Technical 

Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 1572), titles I through VI of 

the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 

Stat. 1914), titles I through V of the Transportation Equity Act 

for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107), title 23, United States Code, 

chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, including section 

5338(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, chapter 303 of part 

A of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, and part B of 

subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code. 

(c) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS UNDER TITLES III AND V OF

SAFETEA–LU.—Funds made available for programs authorized 

under titles III and V of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1544 

and 1779) and continued under this joint resolution shall be distributed to major program areas under those programs in the same 
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proportion as funds were allocated for those program areas for 

fiscal year 2009, except that any designations for specific activities 

in sections 3044 and 3046 under title III and in title V of such 

Act shall not be required to be continued for the duration of this 

joint resolution. 

(d) EXTENSION AND FLEXIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ALLOCATED PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the portion 

of the share of funds of a State under subsection (b) determined 

by the amount that the State received for fiscal year 2009 to 

carry out sections 1301(m), 1302(e), 1307, 1702, and 1934 of the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1202, 1205, 1217, 1256, and 1485), 

and section 144(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, shall be— 

(1) made available to the State for purposes described 

in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code; and 

(2) administered in the same manner and with the same 

period of availability as such funding is administered under 

section 133 of title 23, United States Code, except that subsections (d)(2) and (d)(3) of such section shall not apply to 

amounts administered pursuant to this section. 

SEC. 158. (a) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN HIGHWAY TRUST FUND PROGRAMS.—For the period from October 1, 2009, 

through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, 

an amount shall be available from the Highway Trust Fund 

(including from the Mass Transit Account) to carry out each program, project, and activity continued under section 157 of this 

joint resolution that was funded from the Highway Trust Fund 

(including from the Mass Transit Account) during fiscal year 2009 

in a sum equal to and from the same account as— 

(1) the total amount available for such program, project, 

and activity for fiscal year 2009 under titles I through VI 

of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 

Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1144) and the 

SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 

1572), divided by 365; and multiplied by 

(2) the number of days between September 30, 2009, and 

the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available under this 

joint resolution to be expended under the authority of section 157 

of this joint resolution shall be available for obligation in the same 

manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of 

title 23, United States Code, or section 5338(f)(1) of title 49, United 

States Code, whichever appropriate. 

(c) CALCULATION.—The amounts made available under this joint 

resolution to be expended under the authority of this section shall 

be calculated by taking into account any rescission or cancellation 

of funds or contract authority for fiscal year 2009 under the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

for Users or any other law. 

SEC. 159. (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR EXPENDITURES

FROM HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— 

(1) Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 shall be applied— 

(A) by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’; and 
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(B) by substituting the date that is 1 day after the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 

‘‘October 1, 2009’’. 

(2) Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of such Code is amended 

by striking ‘‘under’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘under 

the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 

2010 enacted into law or any other provision of law which 

was referred to in this paragraph before the date of the enactment of such Continuing Appropriations Resolution (as such 

Resolution and provisions of law are in effect on the date 

of the enactment of such Resolution).’’. 

(b) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.— 

(1) Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e) of such Code shall 

be applied by substituting the date that is 1 day after the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 

‘‘October 1, 2009’’. 

(2) Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e) of such Code is 

amended by striking ‘‘in accordance with’’ and all that follows 

and inserting ‘‘in accordance with the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010 enacted into law 

or any other provision of law which was referred to in this 

paragraph before the date of the enactment of such Continuing 

Appropriations Resolution (as such Resolution and provisions 

of law are in effect on the date of the enactment of such 

Resolution).’’. 

(c) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS.—Subparagraph 

(B) of section 9503(b)(6) of such Code shall be applied— 

(1) by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’; and 

(2) by substituting the date that is 1 day after the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 

1, 2009’’. 

SEC. 160. Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and the period from 

October 1, 2009, through the date specified in section 106(3) 

of the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal 

Year 2010 enacted into law,’’ after ‘‘2009,’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘and the period 

from October 1, 2009, through the date specified in section 

106(3) of the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for 

Fiscal Year 2010 enacted into law,’’ after ‘‘2009’’. 

SEC. 161. (a) Paragraph (2) of section 9504(b) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph (A) and 

all that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in 

effect on the date of the enactment of the first Continuing 

Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010),’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph (B) and 

all that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in 

effect on the date of the enactment of the first Continuing 

Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010), and’’; and 

(3) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph (C) and 

all that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in 

effect on the date of the enactment of the first Continuing 

Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010).’’. 
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(b) Paragraph (2) of section 9504(d) of such Code shall be 

applied by substituting the date that is one day after the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 

2009’’. 

SEC. 162. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 

or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds 

made available and authority granted pursuant to sections 157 

through 161 of this joint resolution shall be available until (1) 

enactment into law of an Act to extend or reauthorize surface 

transportation programs, or (2) the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution, whichever first occurs, and shall be charged 

to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever 

a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 

is contained is enacted into law. 

SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this joint resolution or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, 

subsidiaries, or allied organizations. 

SEC. 164. (a) Clause (iii) of section 8909a(d)(3)(A) of title 5, 

United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(iii) $1,400,000,000, not later than September 30, 2009;’’. 

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 

as if included in the enactment of section 803(a)(1)(B) of the Postal 

Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435; 120 

Stat. 3251). 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations 

Resolution, 2010’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.