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shall be treated as a reprogramming 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 from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2012 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2012 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference 
between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) 
of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management 
(OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject 
to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined 
by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO 
employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits 
(FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), 
shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees 
Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for 
the authorized purposes of those accounts: Provided further, That 
any differences between the present value factors published in 
OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM 
provides for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an imputed 
cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees 
and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are available 
for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, United States 
Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents 
Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts 
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 
out investigations and audits related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $567,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the 
‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, $128,443,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C.
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278c–278e, $55,381,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget 
justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in 
support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with 
the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards 
and Technology construction project having a total multi-year pro-
gram cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget 
justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the five subsequent 
fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants, 
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agree-
ments; and relocation of facilities, $3,022,231,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013, except that funds provided for 
cooperative enforcement shall remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries 
may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided 
further, That in addition, $109,098,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products 
and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, 
That of the $3,139,329,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
this heading $3,022,231,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 
$109,098,000 is provided by transfer and $8,000,000 is derived 
from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration corporate services administrative support costs shall 
not exceed $230,738,000, of which $5,000,000 shall not be available 
until the Administrator provides the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate with revised and 
detailed lifecycle costs of all satellite programs funded under the 
‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ account: Provided fur-
ther, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific 
activities in the statement accompanying this Act, or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in pre-
vious years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 
505 of this Act: Provided further, That in allocating grants under 
sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 
1972, as amended, no coastal State shall receive more than 5 
percent or less than 1 percent of increased funds appropriated 
over the previous fiscal year. 
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, 
and for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and
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their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
55), such sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $1,817,094,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014, except that funds provided for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the $1,825,094,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading, $1,817,094,000 is appropriated from the general 
fund and $8,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obliga-
tions: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-
ignated for specific activities in the statement accompanying this 
Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification mate-
rials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the 
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 
of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project 
having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 
fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the amounts appro-
priated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ account for activities associated with carrying out inves-
tigations and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition 
and construction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That of the funds provided herein 
the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Wash-
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and feder-
ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast 
(including Alaska) for projects necessary for conservation of salmon 
and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endan-
gered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed, for 
maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty 
fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation 
of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 
to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other 
merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities: 
Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject 
to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contribu-
tions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.
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FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95– 
372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts collected 
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2012, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 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 $4,500 for official reception and representation, 
$57,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall estab-
lish a task force on job repatriation and manufacturing growth 
and shall produce a report on related incentive strategies and 
implementation plans. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for the ren-
ovation and modernization of Department of Commerce facilities, 
$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.), $26,946,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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. 
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).