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COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a), not to exceed 
$3,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Operations, Research, and 
Facilities’’ account to offset the costs of implementing such Act. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2009, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$8,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 
$59,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Mer-
chant Marine Act of 1936: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used for direct loans for 
any new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity 
in any United States fishery. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental management of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, $53,000,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary, within 120 days of enactment of this Act, 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations that 
audits and evaluates all decision documents and expenditures by 
the Bureau of the Census as they relate to the 2010 Census: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided to the Secretary 
within this account, $5,000,000 shall not become available for 
obligation until the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Bureau of the Census has followed and met 
all standards and best practices, and all Office of Management 
and Budget guidelines related to information technology projects 
and contract management. 
HERBERT C. HOOVER BUILDING RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for the ren-
ovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), $25,800,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions and funds made available to the Department of Commerce 
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the 
Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in 
the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
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3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary 
of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to 
this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 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 Depart-
ment of Commerce: Provided further, That for the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration this section shall provide for trans-
fers among appropriations made only to the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration and such appropriations may not be 
transferred and reprogrammed 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 protection of loan collateral or grant property 
shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available 
to such department or agency: Provided, That the authority to 
transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary 
to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, 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 expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 105. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act shall 
be used to register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of 
the phrase ‘‘Last Best Place’’. 
SEC. 106. Hereafter, the Secretary of Commerce is permitted 
to prescribe and enforce standards or regulations 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 Secretary may 
furnish services (including but not limited to utilities, telecommuni-
cations, and security services) necessary to support the operation, 
maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms or 
organizations are authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings 
Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy
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in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C., or other 
buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has 
been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 
Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended, on a reimbursable or non-reimburs-
able basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services pro-
vided 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 Administration from the Fisheries 
Finance Program Account to the Operations, Research, and Facili-
ties appropriation, to remain available until expended, for the 
Southern New England Cooperative Research Initiative for coopera-
tive research, marine debris removal, and gear modification for 
conservation in Rhode Island. 
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 Secretary 
of Commerce shall represent the United States Government in 
negotiating and monitoring international agreements regarding 
fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall be responsible for the development and 
interdepartmental coordination of the policies of the United States 
with respect to the international negotiations and agreements 
referred to in this section. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Commerce Appro-
priations Act, 2009’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart-
ment of Justice, $105,805,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 
for security and construction of Department of Justice facilities 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the Attorney 
General is authorized to transfer funds appropriated within General 
Administration to any office in this account: Provided further, That 
$13,213,000 is for Department Leadership; $7,834,000 is for Inter-
governmental Relations/External Affairs; $12,254,000 is for Execu-
tive Support/Professional Responsibility; and $72,504,000 is for the 
Justice Management Division: Provided further, That any change 
in amounts specified in the preceding proviso greater than 5 percent 
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations consistent with the terms of section 505 
of this Act: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in 
addition to transfers authorized under section 505 of this Act.