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partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 
or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 
of Commerce: Provided further, That for the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration this section shall 
provide for transfers among appropriations made only to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and such appropriations may not be transferred and re-
programmed to other Department of Commerce bureaus 
and appropriation accounts. 
SEC. 104. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel 
actions taken in response to funding reductions included 
in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec-
tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 
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within the total budgetary resources available to such de-
partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 105. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, no funds appropriated under this Act or any 
other Act shall be used to register, issue, transfer, or en-
force any trademark of the phrase ‘‘Last Best Place’’. 
SEC. 106. Hereafter, the Secretary of Commerce is 
permitted to prescribe and enforce standards or regula-
tions affecting safety and health in the context of scientific 
and occupational diving within the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration. 
SEC. 107. The requirements set forth by section 112 
of division B of Public Law 110–161 are hereby adopted 
by reference. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other law, the Sec-
retary may furnish services (including but not limited to 
utilities, telecommunications, and security services) nec-
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essary to support the operation, maintenance, and im-
provement of space that persons, firms or organizations 
are authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera-
tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy 
in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C., or 
other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec-
tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 
the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 
basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services 
provided under this section or the authority under which 
the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to 
$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund 
which initially bears the costs of such services. 
SEC. 109. The amounts made available under section 
213 of Public Law 108–199 for a New England lobster 
fishing capacity reduction program shall be available for 
transfer by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration from the Fisheries Finance Program Account to 
the Operations, Research, and Facilities appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, for the Southern New 
England Cooperative Research Initiative for cooperative 
research, marine debris removal, and gear modification for 
conservation in Rhode Island. 
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SEC. 110. Section (d)(2)(A) of title 16 U.S.C. 3645 
is amended by inserting ‘‘Nevada,’’ after ‘‘Idaho,’’. 
SEC. 111. With the consent of the President, the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall represent the United States Gov-
ernment in negotiating and monitoring international 
agreements regarding fisheries, marine mammals, or sea 
turtles: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 
be responsible for the development and interdepartmental 
coordination of the policies of the United States with re-
spect to the international negotiations and agreements re-
ferred to in this section. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $105,805,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart-
ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Attorney General is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated within General Administra-
tion to any office in this account: Provided further, That 
$13,213,000 is for Department Leadership; $7,834,000 is 
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