SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
TITLE II—AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
TITLE III—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND SCIENCE 
TITLE IV—DEFENSE 
TITLE V—ENERGY AND WATER 
TITLE VI—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
TITLE VII—HOMELAND SECURITY 
TITLE VIII—INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT 
TITLE IX—LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDU-
CATION 
TITLE X—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS 
TITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
TITLE XII—TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL-
OPMENT 
TITLE XIII—STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for 
other purposes. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Use of Funds 
SEC. 1101. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES. 
(a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSES.—The purposes of 
this Act include the following: 
(1) To preserve and create jobs and promote 
economic recovery. 
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(2) To assist those most impacted by the reces-
sion. 
(3) To provide investments needed to increase 
economic efficiency by spurring technological ad-
vances in science and health. 
(4) To invest in transportation, environmental 
protection, and other infrastructure that will provide 
long-term economic benefits. 
(5) To stabilize State and local government 
budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions 
in essential services and counterproductive state and 
local tax increases. 
(b) GENERAL PRINCIPLES CONCERNING USE
OF 
FUNDS.—The President and the heads of Federal depart-
ments and agencies shall manage and expend the funds 
made available in this Act so as to achieve the purposes 
specified in subsection (a), including commencing expendi-
tures and activities as quickly as possible consistent with 
prudent management. 
SEC. 1102. PREFERENCE FOR QUICK-START ACTIVITIES. 
In using funds made available in this Act for infra-
structure investment, recipients shall give preference to 
activities that can be started and completed expeditiously, 
including a goal of using at least 50 percent of the funds 
for activities that can be initiated not later than 120 days 
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after the date of the enactment of this Act. Recipients 
shall also use grant funds in a manner that maximizes 
job creation and economic benefit. 
SEC. 1103. REQUIREMENT OF TIMELY AWARD OF GRANTS. 
(a) FORMULA GRANTS.—Formula grants using funds 
made available in this Act shall be awarded not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act (or, 
in the case of appropriations not available upon enact-
ment, not later than 30 days after the appropriation be-
comes available for obligation), unless expressly provided 
otherwise in this Act. 
(b) COMPETITIVE
GRANTS.—Competitive grants 
using funds made available in this Act shall be awarded 
not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act (or, in the case of appropriations not available 
upon enactment, not later than 90 days after the appro-
priation becomes available for obligation), unless expressly 
provided otherwise in this Act. 
(c) ADDITIONAL PERIOD FOR NEW PROGRAMS.—The 
time limits specified in subsections (a) and (b) may each 
be extended by up to 30 days in the case of grants for 
which funding was not provided in fiscal year 2008. 
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SEC. 1104. USE IT OR LOSE IT REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT-
EES. 
(a) DEADLINE FOR BINDING COMMITMENTS.—Each 
recipient of a grant made using amounts made available 
in this Act in any account listed in subsection (c) shall 
enter into contracts or other binding commitments not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act (or not later than 9 months after the grant is award-
ed, if later) to make use of 50 percent of the funds award-
ed, and shall enter into contracts or other binding commit-
ments not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act (or not later than 21 months after the 
grant is awarded, if later) to make use of the remaining 
funds. In the case of activities to be carried out directly 
by a grant recipient (rather than by contracts, subgrants, 
or other arrangements with third parties), a certification 
by the recipient specifying the amounts, planned timing, 
and purpose of such expenditures shall be deemed a bind-
ing commitment for purposes of this section. 
(b) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNCOMMITTED FUNDS.— 
The head of the Federal department or agency involved 
shall recover or deobligate any grant funds not committed 
in accordance with subsection (a), and redistribute such 
funds to other recipients eligible under the grant program 
and able to make use of such funds in a timely manner 
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(including binding commitments within 120 days after the 
reallocation). 
(c) APPROPRIATIONS TO WHICH THIS SECTION AP-
PLIES.—This section shall apply to grants made using 
amounts appropriated in any of the following accounts 
within this Act: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency—State 
and Tribal Assistance Grants’’. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Aviation Administration—Grants-in-Aid for Air-
ports’’. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Railroad Administration—Capital Assistance for 
Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’. 
(4) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Transit 
Administration—Capital 
Investment 
Grants’’. 
(5) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Transit Administration—Fixed Guideway Infra-
structure Investment’’. 
(6) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Transit Administration—Transit Capital Assist-
ance’’. 
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(7) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment—Public and Indian Housing—Public Hous-
ing Capital Fund’’. 
(8) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment—Public and Indian Housing—Elderly, Dis-
abled, and Section 8 Assisted Housing Energy Ret-
rofit’’. 
(9) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment—Public and Indian Housing—Native Amer-
ican Housing Block Grants’’. 
(10) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment—Community 
Planning 
and 
Develop-
ment—HOME Investment Partnerships Program’’. 
(11) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment—Community 
Planning 
and 
Develop-
ment—Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program’’. 
SEC. 1105. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2010, unless expressly provided otherwise in this Act. 
(b) REOBLIGATION.—Amounts that are not needed 
or cannot be used under title X of this Act for the activity 
for which originally obligated may be deobligated and, not-
withstanding the limitation on availability specified in sub-
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