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SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-
ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-
viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 
health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-
ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 
until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 
standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 
the United States and is subject to the requirement 
in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 
employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 
required by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such enti-
ty. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
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SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by para-
graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 
the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 
such section. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be made available 
to any elementary or secondary school covered by para-
graph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act, as amended by 
the Children’s Internet Protection Act and the No Child 
Left Behind Act, unless the local educational agency with 
responsibility for such covered school has made the certifi-
cations required by paragraph (2) of such section. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless approved by the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
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(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless approved by the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming. 
SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-
pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-
close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-
didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-
spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-
essary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 
false or misleading. 
SEC. 517. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2012 that are different than those specified 
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in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the com-
mittee report, or the fiscal year 2012 budget request. 
SEC. 518. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $100,000 in value and awarded by the 
Department on a non-competitive basis during each quar-
ter of fiscal year 2012, but not to include grants awarded 
on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall 
include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount 
of funding, the governmental purpose, including a jus-
tification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. 
Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 
30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report 
is submitted. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 
a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 
award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro-
spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 
of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 
filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 
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agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
rity system established by title II of the Social Security 
Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 
not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of title IV of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611 et seq.). 
SEC. 523. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles 
or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal 
drug. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be made available for any purpose to Planned 
Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. or any affiliate 
or clinic of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 
Inc. unless such entities certify that Planned Parenthood 
Federation of America affiliates and clinics will not per-
form, and will not provide any funds to any other entity 
that performs, an abortion. 
(1) This limitation shall not apply to an abor-
tion: 
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(A) if the pregnancy is the result of an act 
of rape or incest; or 
(B) in the case where a woman suffers 
from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 
physical illness that would, as certified by a 
physician, place the woman in danger of death 
unless an abortion is performed, including a 
life-endangering physical condition caused by or 
arising from the pregnancy itself. 
(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall seek repayment of any Federal assistance 
received by Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of Planned 
Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., if it vio-
lates the terms of the certification required by this 
section. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or fur-
ther the provisions of Public Law 111-148 and title I and 
subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111-152 (and the 
amendments made by such provisions) until 90 days after 
the date on which all legal challenges to any of such provi-
sions are complete: Provided, That funds in this Act may 
be used to implement, administer, enforce, or further the 
final rules for regulations CMS-1524-P, CMS-1325-P, 
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CMS-1353-P, CMS-1577-P, CMS-1346-F, CMS-1349-F, 
CMS-1351-F, and CMS-1518-F insofar as each respective 
rule relates to calendar year 2012 or fiscal year 2012: Pro-
vided further, That if as a result of this provision cost 
share weights for calculating payment rates under the 
physician fee schedule under section 1848 of the Social 
Security Act and calculating productivity adjustments to 
payment rates for 2012 under title XVIII of such Act are 
not available, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall use such cost share weights used in the final 
rule for the applicable regulation specified in the preceding 
proviso for calendar year 2012 or fiscal year 2012 for cal-
culating such payment rates and productivity adjustments 
and shall implement such adjustments: Provided further, 
That funds in this Act may be used to implement, admin-
ister, enforce, or further the final rules for the provisions 
of (and amendments made by) sections 2501(c), 2501(d), 
and 2503 of Public Law 111-148, as amended by sections 
1206(a) and 1101(c) of Public Law 111-152, insofar as 
each respective rule relates to calendar year 2012. 
SEC. 526. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2012 [for Aging and Disability Resources Centers ] under 
section 2405 of Public Law 111-148, $10,000,000 is re-
scinded. 
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SEC. 527. Of the funds made available [for the Con-
sumer Operated and Oriented Plan] under section 1322 
of Public Law 111-148, $3,800,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 528. Of the funds made available [for the Cen-
ter for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation] under section 
3021(a) of Public Law 111-148, $1,862,000,000 is re-
scinded. 
SEC. 529. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2012 [for the Independent Payment Advisory Board] 
under section 3403 of Public Law 111-148, $15,000,000 
is rescinded. 
SEC. 530. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2012 [for the Community Health Centers Fund] under 
sections 10503(b)(1) and 10503(b)(2) of Public Law 111- 
148, $1,495,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 531. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2012 [for the Health workforce demonstration grants] 
under 
section 
5507(a) 
of 
Public 
Law 
111-148, 
$85,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 532. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2012 [for the Prevention and Public Health Fund] under 
section 4002 of Public Law 111-148, $1,000,000,000 is 
rescinded. 
SEC. 533. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2012 [for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood 
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Home Visitation] under section 2951 of Public Law 111- 
148, $350,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 534. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2012 [for the Pregnancy Assistance Fund] under section 
10214 of Public Law 111-148, $25,000,000 is rescinded. 
ABORTION NON-DISCRIMINATION 
SEC. 535. Section 245 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 3 U.S.C. 238n) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND 
LICENSING
OF
PHYSICIANS
AND
INSERT-
ING’’and inserting‘‘, LICENSING, AND PRACTICE 
OF PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE EN-
TITIES’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 
(1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) the entity refuses— 
‘‘(A) to undergo training in the perform- 
ance of induced abortions; 
‘‘(B) to require or provide such training; 
‘‘(C) to perform, participate in, provide 
coverage of, or pay for induced abortions; 
‘‘(D) to provide referrals for such training 
or such abortions;’’. 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking an ‘‘accredita-
tion standards that requires’’ and inserting ‘‘an ac-
creditation standard that requires’’; 
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(4) in subsection (c), by amending paragraphs 
(1) and (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘financial assistance’, with re-
spect to a government program, means governmental 
payments to cover the cost of health care services or 
benefits, or other Federal payments, grants, or loans 
to promote or otherwise facilitate health-related ac-
tivities 
‘‘(2) The term ‘health care entity’ includes an 
individual physician or other health professional, a 
postgraduate physician training program, a partici-
pant in a program of training in the health profes-
sions, a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, 
a health maintenance organization, an accountable 
care organization, a health insurance plan, or any 
other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan.’’. 
(5) in subsection (c), by adding a new graph (4) 
as follows: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘State or local government that 
receives Federal financial assistance’ includes any 
agency or other governmental unit of a State or 
local government if such government receives Fed-
eral financial assistance.’’. 
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(6) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); and 
(7) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The courts of the United 
States shall have jurisdiction to prevent and redress 
actual or threatened violations of this section by 
issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) injunctions prohibiting conduct that 
violates this section; and 
‘‘(B) orders preventing the disbursement of 
all or a portion of Federal financial assistance 
to a State or local government, or to a specific 
offending agency or program of a State or local 
government, until such time as the conduct pro-
hibited by this section has ceased. 
‘‘(2) COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION.—.An action 
under this section may be instituted by— 
‘‘(A) any health care entity that has stand-
ing to complain of an actual or threatened vio 
lation of this section; or 
‘‘(B) the Attorney General of the United 
States. 
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‘‘(3) RELATION
TO
ADMINISTRATIVE
REM-
EDIES.—A party may commence or continue an ac-
tion and obtain relief under this subsection without 
regard to whether a complaint under subsection (d) 
has been filed or is pending. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the 
Department of Health and Human Services— 
‘‘(1) to receive complaints alleging a violation of 
this section; and 
‘‘(2) to pursue the investigation of such com 
plaints, in coordination with the Attorney General.’’. 
SEC. 536. The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
quarterly report on the status of balances of appropria-
tions: Provided, That for balances that are unobligated 
and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unex-
pended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 
from which balances were derived: Provided further, That 
initital reports shall be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days of the end of the first quar-
ter of fiscal year 2012: Provided further, That subsequent 
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reports shall be submitted within 30 days of the end of 
each quarter thereafter. 
SEC. 537. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
Æ 
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