In the Senate of the United States, 

September 29, 2010. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3081) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 

the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for 

other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

2 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

3 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

4 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora5 tions, and other organizational units of Government for fis6 cal year 2011, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

8 rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropria9 tions Acts for fiscal year 2010 and under the authority and 
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1 conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects 

2 or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan 

3 guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for 

4 in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2010, and 

5 for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 

6 made available in the following appropriations Acts: 

7 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

8 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap9 propriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–80). 

10 (2) Division A of the Department of Defense Ap11 propriations Act, 2010 (division A of Public Law 

12 111–118). 

13 (3) The Energy and Water Development and Re14 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 

15 111–85). 

16 (4) The Department of Homeland Security Ap17 propriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–83) and sec18 tion 601 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

19 2010 (Public Law 111–212). 

20 (5) The Department of the Interior, Environ21 ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 

22 (division A of Public Law 111–88). 

23 (6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

24 2010 (division A of Public Law 111–68). 
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1 (7) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 

2 (Public Law 111–117). 

3 (8) Chapter 3 of title I of the Supplemental Ap4 propriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212), except 

5 for appropriations under the heading ‘‘Operation and 

6 Maintenance’’ relating to Haiti following the earth7 quake of January 12, 2010, or the Port of Guam: 

8 Provided, That the amount provided for the Depart9 ment of Defense pursuant to this paragraph shall not 

10 exceed a rate for operations of $29,387,401,000: Pro11 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall allo12 cate such amount to each appropriation account, 

13 budget activity, activity group, and subactivity 

14 group, and to each program, project, and activity 

15 within each appropriation account, in the same pro16 portions as such appropriations for fiscal year 2010. 

17 (9) Section 102(c) of chapter 1 of title I of the 

18 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 

19 111–212) that addresses guaranteed loans in the rural 

20 housing insurance fund. 

21 (10) The appropriation under the heading ‘‘De22 partment of Commerce—United States Patent and 

23 Trademark Office’’ in the United States Patent and 

24 Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

25 2010 (Public Law 111–224). 
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1 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail2 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

3 Department of Defense shall be used for (1) the new produc4 tion of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2010 

5 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above 

6 those sustained with fiscal year 2010 funds; or (3) the initi7 ation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 

8 operation, or organization (defined as any project, sub9 project, activity, budget activity, program element, and sub10 program within a program element, and for any investment 

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

12 an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that in13 cludes a program element and subprogram element within 

14 an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, 

15 or other authority were not available during fiscal year 

16 2010. 

17 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au18 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 

19 of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 

20 utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order 

21 quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated 

22 later. 

23 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

24 be available to the extent and in the manner that would 

25 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 
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1 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, 

2 no appropriation or funds made available or authority 

3 granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 

4 or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, 

5 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

6 year 2010. 

7 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 

8 pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expendi9 tures incurred for any project or activity during the period 

10 for which funds or authority for such project or activity 

11 are available under this Act. 

12 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

13 or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011, 

14 appropriations and funds made available and authority 

15 granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until which16 ever of the following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law 

17 of an appropriation for any project or activity provided 

18 for in this Act; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable 

19 appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 without any provi20 sion for such project or activity; or (3) December 3, 2010. 

21 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act 

22 shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or 

23 authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable ap24 propriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted 

25 into law. 
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1 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail2 able by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be 

3 used without regard to the time limitations for submission 

4 and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 

5 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may 

6 be construed to waive any other provision of law governing 

7 the apportionment of funds. 

8 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

9 Act, except section 106, for those programs that would other10 wise have high initial rates of operation or complete dis11 tribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 

12 2011 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign 

13 countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of oper14 ation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no 

15 grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this 

16 Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

17 SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only 

18 the most limited funding action of that permitted in the 

19 Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 

20 projects and activities. 

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

22 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro23 priations Acts for fiscal year 2010, and for activities under 

24 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be con25 tinued at the rate to maintain program levels under current 
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1 law, under the authority and conditions provided in the 

2 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, to be 

3 continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

4 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man5 datory payments due on or about the first day of any month 

6 that begins after October 2010 but not later than 30 days 

7 after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 

8 be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 

9 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

10 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de11 partment and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

12 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de13 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro14 priations Act for fiscal year 2010, except that such author15 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

16 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

17 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex18 penses. 

19 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obli20 gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

21 Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State De22 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), 

23 section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis24 cal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 
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1 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

2 414(a)(1)). 

3 SEC. 114. The following amounts are designated as an 

4 emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency 

5 needs pursuant to sections 403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. 

6 Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

7 budget for fiscal year 2010: 

8 (1) Amounts incorporated by reference in this 

9 Act that were previously designated as available for 

10 overseas deployments and other activities pursuant to 

11 such concurrent resolution. 

12 (2) Amounts made available pursuant to para13 graph (8) of section 101 of this Act. 

14 SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

15 Act, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Food for Peace 

16 Title II Grants’’ in chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental 

17 Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212) may be 

18 used to reimburse obligations incurred for the purposes pro19 vided therein prior to the enactment of such Act. 

20 SEC. 116. The authority provided by section 18(h)(5) 

21 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 1769(h)(5)) shall continue in effect through the ear23 lier of the date of enactment of an authorization Act related 

24 to the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or 

25 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

2 provided for ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the 

3 Census—Periodic Censuses and Programs’’, for necessary 

4 expenses to collect and publish statistics for periodic cen5 suses and programs provided for by law, at a rate for oper6 ations of $964,315,000. 

7 SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 1202 of 

8 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

9 2006 (Public Law 109–163), as most recently amended by 

10 section 1222 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

11 Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2518), 

12 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 

13 106(3) of this Act. 

14 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

15 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public 

16 Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1870), a claim described in that 

17 subsection that is submitted before the date specified in sec18 tion 106(3) of this Act shall be treated as a claim for which 

19 payment may be made under such section 310. 

20 SEC. 120. (a) RESCISSION.—The unobligated balance 

21 of authority provided for investigations under the heading 

22 ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Department of the Army, 

23 Corps of Engineers—Civil, Investigations’’, in chapter 4 of 

24 title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub-
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1 lic Law 111–212; 124 Stat. 2312) is rescinded as of the 

2 date of enactment of this Act. 

3 (b) APPROPRIATION.—Notwithstanding any other pro4 vision in this Act— 

5 (1) there is appropriated to the Department of 

6 the Army, Corps of Engineers, an amount equal to 

7 the unobligated balance rescinded by subsection (a), to 

8 remain available until expended, for investigations; 

9 (2) that such amount be available on the date of 

10 enactment of this Act; and 

11 (3) the amount is designated as an emergency re12 quirement and necessary to meet emergency needs 

13 pursuant to sections 403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. 

14 Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 

15 the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

16 SEC. 121. (a) RESCISSION.—The unobligated balance 

17 of authority provided for in section 401 of chapter 4 of title 

18 I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 

19 Law 111–212; 124 Stat. 2313) for drought emergency as20 sistance is rescinded as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

21 (b) APPROPRIATION.—Notwithstanding any other pro22 vision in this Act— 

23 (1) there is appropriated to the Bureau of Rec24 lamation, an amount equal to the unobligated balance 

25 rescinded by subsection (a), to remain available until 
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1 expended, for drought emergency assistance: Provided, 

2 That financial assistance may be provided under the 

3 Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 

4 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and any other applica5 ble Federal law (including regulations) for the opti6 mization and conservation of project water supplies 

7 to assist drought-plagued areas of the West; 

8 (2) that such amount be available on the date of 

9 enactment of this Act; and 

10 (3) the amount is designated as an emergency re11 quirement and necessary to meet emergency needs 

12 pursuant to sections 403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. 

13 Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 

14 the budget for fiscal year 2010. 

15 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

16 provided for ‘‘Department of Energy—Weapons Activities’’ 

17 at a rate for operations of $7,008,835,000. 

18 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

19 Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may ex20 pend local funds for programs and activities under the 

21 heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs 

22 and activities under title IV of S. 3677 (111th Congress), 

23 as reported by the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen24 ate, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia 

25 Funds’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request 
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1 Act (D.C. Act 18–448), as modified as of the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 124. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295, as 

4 amended by section 550 of Public Law 111–83, shall be ap5 plied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 

6 of this Act for ‘‘October 4, 2010’’. 

7 SEC. 125. Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford 

8 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 5133(m)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

10 in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

11 SEC. 126. Any funds made available pursuant to sec12 tion 101 for the Federal Air Marshals may be obligated at 

13 a rate for operations not exceeding that necessary to sustain 

14 domestic and international flight coverage at the same level 

15 as the final quarter of fiscal year 2010. 

16 SEC. 127. Any funds made available pursuant to sec17 tion 101 for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be 

18 obligated at a rate for operations not exceeding that nec19 essary to sustain the numbers of personnel in place in the 

20 final quarter of fiscal year 2010. The Commissioner of U.S. 

21 Customs and Border Protection shall notify the Committees 

22 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 

24 SEC. 128. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

25 provided for ‘‘Department of the Interior—Minerals Man-
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1 agement Service—Royalty and Offshore Minerals Manage2 ment’’ at a rate for operations of $365,000,000: Provided, 

3 That amounts provided herein from the general fund shall 

4 be reduced in an amount not to exceed $154,890,000, as 

5 receipts from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 

6 and from cost recovery fees are received: Provided further, 

7 That of the prior-year unobligated balances available for 

8 ‘‘Department of the Interior—Minerals Management Serv9 ice—Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management’’, 

10 $25,000,000 are rescinded. 

11 SEC. 129. Section 2(e)(1)(B) of Public Law 109–129 

12 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

13 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

14 SEC. 130. From funds transferred to ‘‘Department of 

15 Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary— 

16 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ by 

17 Public Law 111–117 in the fourth paragraph under such 

18 heading, amounts shall be available through the date speci19 fied in section 106(3) of this Act to support advanced re20 search and development pursuant to section 319L of the 

21 Public Health Service Act, at a rate for operations of 

22 $305,000,000. 

23 SEC. 131. (a) EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY AS24 SISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM.—Activities au25 thorized by part A of title IV and section 1108(b) of the 
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1 Social Security Act (other than the Emergency Contingency 

2 Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 

3 Programs established under subsection (c) of section 403 of 

4 such Act) shall continue through the date specified in sec5 tion 106(3) of this Act in the manner authorized for fiscal 

6 year 2010, subject to the amendments made by subsection 

7 (b) of this section, and out of any money in the Treasury 

8 of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are 

9 hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 

10 such purpose. Grants and payments may be made pursuant 

11 to this authority through the applicable portion of the first 

12 quarter of fiscal year 2011 at the pro rata portion of the 

13 level provided for such activities through the first quarter 

14 of fiscal year 2010. 

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (1) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR POPULATION

17 INCREASES.—Section 403(a)(3)(H)(ii) of the Social 

18 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)(H)(ii)) is amended 

19 to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(ii) subparagraph (G) shall be ap21 plied as if ‘the date specified in section 

22 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations 

23 Act, 2011’ were substituted for ‘fiscal year 

24 2001’; and’’. 

25 (2) CONTINGENCY FUND.— 
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1 (A) DEPOSIT INTO FUND.—Section 

2 403(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1997’’ and 

5 all that follows through ‘‘2003’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2011 and 2012’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘, in the case of fiscal year 2011, 

9 $506,000,000 and in the case of fiscal year 

10 2012, $612,000,000’’. 

11 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

12 403(b)(3)(C)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 603(b)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

14 years 1997 through 2010 shall not exceed the 

15 total amount appropriated pursuant to para16 graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2011 and 

17 2012, respectively, shall not exceed the total 

18 amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) 

19 for each such fiscal year’’. 

20 (3) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Section 

21 409(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)) is amend22 ed— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or 

24 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2011, or 2012’’; and 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 

2 ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 

3 SEC. 132. Activities authorized by section 429 of the 

4 Social Security Act shall continue through September 30, 

5 2011, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2010, and 

6 out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 

7 otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such 

8 sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and 

9 payments may be made pursuant to this authority on a 

10 quarterly basis through fiscal year 2011 at the level pro11 vided for such activities for the corresponding quarter of 

12 fiscal year 2010. 

13 SEC. 133. Effective October 1, 2010, subpart 2 of part 

14 B of title IV of the Social Security Act is amended— 

15 (1) in section 436 (42 U.S.C. 629f)— 

16 (A) in subsection (a)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘2010’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting before the period the 

20 following: ‘‘, and $365,000,000 for fiscal 

21 year 2011’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ in subsection 

23 (b)(2) and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’; and 

24 (2) in section 438 (42 U.S.C. 629h)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘2010’’ in subsection 

2 (c)(2)(A) and inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end of subsection (e) 

4 the following flush sentence: ‘‘For fiscal year 

5 2011, out of the amount reserved pursuant to 

6 section 436(b)(2) for such fiscal year, there are 

7 available $10,000,000 for grants referred to in 

8 subsection (b)(2)(B), and $10,000,000 for grants 

9 referred to in subsection (b)(2)(C).’’. 

10 SEC. 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

11 Act, for payment in equal shares to the children and grand12 children of Robert C. Byrd, $193,400 is appropriated. 

13 SEC. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

14 provided for deposit into ‘‘Department of Defense Base Clo15 sure Account 2005’’ at a rate for operations of 

16 $2,354,285,000. 

17 SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

18 provided for ‘‘Department of State—Administration of For19 eign Affairs—Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ at a 

20 rate for operations of $8,601,000,000. 

21 SEC. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

22 provided for ‘‘International Security Assistance—Funds 

23 Appropriated to the President—Foreign Military Financ24 ing Program’’ at a rate for operations of $5,160,000,000, 

25 of which not less than $2,775,000,000 shall be available for 
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1 grants only for Israel, not less than $1,300,000,000 shall 

2 be available for grants only for Egypt, and not less than 

3 $300,000,000 shall be available for assistance for Jordan: 

4 Provided, That the dollar amount in the fourth proviso 

5 under such heading in title IV of division F of Public Law 

6 111–117 shall be deemed to be $729,825,000. 

7 SEC. 138. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

8 are provided for ‘‘International Security Assistance— 

9 Funds Appropriated to the President—Pakistan Counter10 insurgency Capability Fund’’ at a rate for operations of 

11 $700,000,000. 

12 (b) Amounts provided by subsection (a) shall be avail13 able to the Secretary of State under the terms and condi14 tions provided for this Fund in Public Law 111–32 and 

15 Public Law 111–212 through the date specified in section 

16 106(3) of this Act. 

17 SEC. 139. Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 

18 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by sub19 stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 

20 ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

21 SEC. 140. (a) Section 1115(d) of Public Law 111–32 

22 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

23 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’. 

24 (b) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

25 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by substituting the 
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1 date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 

2 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

3 (c) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Au4 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied 

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

6 Act for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

7 (d) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

8 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting 

9 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 

10 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

11 SEC. 141. The authority provided by section 1334 of 

12 the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

13 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall remain in effect through the date 

14 specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 

15 SEC. 142. Commitments to guarantee loans incurred 

16 under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as 

17 authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing 

18 Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed a rate 

19 for operations of $20,000,000,000: Provided, That total loan 

20 principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, may be 

21 apportioned through the date specified in section 106(3) of 

22 this Act, at $80,000,000 multiplied by the number of days 

23 covered by this Act. 

24 SEC. 143. The provisions of title II of the McKinney25 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) 
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1 shall continue in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such 

2 Act, through the earlier of: (1) the date specified in section 

3 106(3) of this Act; or (2) the date of the enactment into 

4 law of an authorization Act relating to the McKinney-Vento 

5 Homeless Assistance Act. 

6 SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

7 or of this Act, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues 

8 credit approval for the borrower during fiscal year 2011, 

9 the second sentence of section 255(g) of the National Hous10 ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)) shall be considered to re11 quire that in no case may the benefits of insurance under 

12 such section 255 exceed 150 percent of the maximum dollar 

13 amount in effect under the sixth sentence of section 

14 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 

15 Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)). 

16 SEC. 145. (a) LOAN LIMIT FLOOR BASED ON 2008 

17 LEVELS.—For mortgages for which the mortgagee issues 

18 credit approval for the borrower during fiscal year 2011, 

19 if the dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation 

20 of a mortgage determined under section 203(b)(2) of the Na21 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) for any size resi22 dence for any area is less than such dollar amount limita23 tion that was in effect for such size residence for such area 

24 for 2008 pursuant to section 202 of the Economic Stimulus 

25 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 122 Stat. 620), notwith-
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1 standing any other provision of law or of this Act, the max2 imum dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation 

3 of a mortgage for such size residence for such area for pur4 poses of such section 203(b)(2) shall be considered (except 

5 for purposes of section 255(g) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

6 20(g))) to be such dollar amount limitation in effect for 

7 such size residence for such area for 2008. 

8 (b) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY FOR SUB-AREAS.— 

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, 

10 if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development deter11 mines, for any geographic area that is smaller than an area 

12 for which dollar amount limitations on the principal obli13 gation of a mortgage are determined under section 

14 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act, that a higher such 

15 maximum dollar amount limitation is warranted for any 

16 particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area by 

17 higher median home prices in such sub-area, the Secretary 

18 may, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit 

19 approval for the borrower during fiscal year 2011, increase 

20 the maximum dollar amount limitation for such size or 

21 sizes of residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in ef22 fect (including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section), 

23 but in no case to an amount that exceeds the amount speci24 fied in section 202(a)(2) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 

25 2008. 
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1 SEC. 146. (a) LOAN LIMIT FLOOR BASED ON 2008 

2 LEVELS.—For mortgages originated during fiscal year 

3 2011, if the limitation on the maximum original principal 

4 obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the Fed5 eral National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home 

6 Loan Mortgage Corporation determined under section 

7 302(b)(2) of the Federal National Mortgage Association 

8 Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of 

9 the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 

10 U.S.C. 1754(a)(2)) respectively, for any size residence for 

11 any area is less than such maximum original principal ob12 ligation limitation that was in effect for such size residence 

13 for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 201 of the Eco14 nomic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 122 

15 Stat. 619), notwithstanding any other provision of law or 

16 of this Act, the limitation on the maximum original prin17 cipal obligation of a mortgage for such Association and Cor18 poration for such size residence for such area shall be such 

19 maximum limitation in effect for such size residence for 

20 such area for 2008. 

21 (b) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY FOR SUB-AREAS.— 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, 

23 if the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency de24 termines, for any geographic area that is smaller than an 

25 area for which limitations on the maximum original prin-
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1 cipal obligation of a mortgage are determined for the Fed2 eral National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home 

3 Loan Mortgage Corporation, that a higher such maximum 

4 original principal obligation limitation is warranted for 

5 any particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area 

6 by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the Director 

7 may, for mortgages originated during fiscal year 2011, in8 crease the maximum original principal obligation limita9 tion for such size or sizes of residences for such sub-area 

10 that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to subsection 

11 (a) of this section) for such Association and Corporation, 

12 but in no case to an amount that exceeds the amount speci13 fied in the matter following the comma in section 

14 201(a)(l)(B) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria16 tions Act, 2011’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other 

purposes.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 3081 

AMENDMENTS