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partment of Labor to exceed 3.28 million, an additional
$27,000,000 shall be available for obligation for every
100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata
amount for any increment less than 100,000) from the
Employment Security Administration Account of the Un-
employment Trust Fund.
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND
OTHER FUNDS
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the
Social Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and
for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust
Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, and section 104(d) of Public Law 102–164,
and section 5 of Public Law 103–6, and to the ‘‘Federal
unemployment benefits and allowances’’ account, to re-
main available until September 30, 1995, $2,556,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year after September 15, 1994, for costs incurred by the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six
medium sedans, $94,149,000, together with $31,261,000,
to be transferred and expended as authorized by section
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from any one or all
of the trust funds referred to therein.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $62,379,000, together
with not to exceed $36,617,000, to be transferred and ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from any one or all of the trust funds re-
ferred to therein.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, $18,308,000, together with not to exceed
$3,874,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from any
one or all of the trust funds referred to therein.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social
Security Act, $12,000,000.
HR 2518 EH1S
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. None of the funds made available by this
Act for the National Institutes of Health, except for those
appropriated to the ‘‘Office of the Director’’, may be used
to provide forward funding or multiyear funding of re-
search project grants except in those cases where the Di-
rector of the National Institutes of Health has determined
that such funding is specifically required because of the
scientific requirements of a particular research project
grant.
SEC. 202. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception
and representation expenses when specifically approved by
the Secretary.
SEC. 203. The Secretary shall make available through
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
by the Agency for International Development, the United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
World Health Organization.
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for the National Institutes of Health and the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall
be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant
‘‘(iii) DEFINITION.—For the purpose 
of the formula specified in this subpara-
graph, the term ‘allocation percentage’— 
‘‘(I) used with respect to fiscal 
year 2012, means the percentage of 
the amounts allocated to local areas 
under paragraphs (12) through (15) 
of section 201 of the Streamlining 
Workforce Development Programs Act 
of 2011 (as such provisions were in 
effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of such Act) that is re-
ceived under such provisions by the 
local area involved for fiscal year 
2012; and 
‘‘(II) used with respect to fiscal 
year 2013 or a subsequent year, 
means the percentage of the funds de-
scribed in clause (i) that is received 
through an allocation made under this 
subparagraph for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) 
TARGETED
POPULATIONS
WORK-
FORCE INVESTMENT FUND.— 
‘‘(i) ALLOCATION.—In allocating the 
funds described in paragraph (1)(D) to 
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(iii) by striking ‘‘technology;’’ and in-
serting ‘‘technology; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) in consideration of the costs of com-
pliance pursuant to subparagraph (A), the 
State may use source-specific cost estimations 
developed by a licensed professional engineer as 
an alternate to other methods of estimation ap-
proved by the Administrator; 
‘‘(C) with respect to consideration of the 
degree of improvement in visibility pursuant to 
subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) the State may use alternate mod-
eling techniques or methods than those 
prescribed by the Administrator in the 
Agency’s ‘Guideline on Air Quality Models’ 
under appendix W to part 51 of title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(ii) the State may consider the de-
gree of improvement in visibility in the 
mandatory class I Federal area that is 
most affected by emissions from the source 
without considering the degree of improve-
local areas, a State shall allocate funds on 
the 
basis 
described 
in 
section 
132(b)(4)(B)(ii). 
‘‘(ii) MINIMUM
AND
MAXIMUM
PER-
CENTAGES.— 
‘‘(I) MINIMUM
PERCENTAGE.— 
The State shall ensure that no local 
area shall receive an allotment under 
this paragraph for a fiscal year that is 
less than 90 percent of the allotment 
percentage of the local area under this 
subparagraph for the preceding fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(II) MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.— 
Subject to subclause (I), the State 
shall ensure that no local area shall 
receive an allotment for a fiscal year 
under this paragraph that is more 
than 130 percent of the allotment per-
centage of the local area under this 
subparagraph for the preceding fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(iii) DEFINITION.—For the purpose 
of the formula specified in this subpara-
graph, the term ‘allocation percentage’— 
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ation the socioeconomic impacts, infrastructure re-
quirements, and fiscal stability for local communities 
located within areas containing oil shale resources; 
and 
(3) the Congress will monitor the deployment of 
personnel and material onshore to encourage the de-
velopment of American technology and manufacturing 
to enable United States workers to benefit from this 
Act through good jobs and careers, as well as the es-
tablishment of important industrial facilities to sup-
port expanded access to American resources. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall when possible, and practicable, encourage the use of 
United States workers and equipment manufactured in the 
United States in all construction related to mineral re-
source development under this Act. 
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be available for payment of the costs of medical care, relat-
ed expenses, and burial expenses hereafter incurred by or
on behalf of any person who had participated in the study
of untreated syphilis initiated in Tuskegee, Alabama, in
1932, in such amounts and subject to such terms and con-
ditions as prescribed by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services and for payment, in such amounts and
subject to such terms and conditions, of such costs and
expenses hereafter incurred by or on behalf of such per-
son’s wife or offspring determined by the Secretary to
have suffered injury or disease from syphilis contracted
from such person: Provided further, That amounts re-
ceived by the National Center for Health Statistics from
reimbursements and interagency agreements and the sale
of data tapes may be credited to this appropriation and
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That in addition to amounts provided herein, up to
$28,873,000 shall be available from amounts available
under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, to
carry out the National Center for Health Statistics
surveys.
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section 10404 of Public Law 101–239 (volunteer senior
aides demonstration), Ω64æ$841,875,000 $881,863,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six
medium sedans, Ω65æ$94,149,000 $92,793,000, together
with $31,261,000, to be transferred and expended as au-
thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act
from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, Ω66æ$62,379,000
$64,800,000, together with not to exceed $36,617,000, to
be transferred and expended as authorized by section
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from any one or all
of the trust funds referred to therein.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, $18,308,000, together with not to exceed
$3,874,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from any
one or all of the trust funds referred to therein.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3409 
To limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations 
before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to 
issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coal Miner Employ-
ment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REGULA-
TIONS UNDER THE SURFACE MINING CON-
TROL AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977. 
The Secretary of the Interior may not, before Decem-
ber 31, 2013, issue or approve any proposed or final regu-
lation under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) that would— 
(1) adversely impact employment in coal mines 
in the United States; 
(2) cause a reduction in revenue received by the 
Federal Government or any State, tribal, or local 
government, by reducing through regulation the 
amount of coal in the United States that is available 
for mining; 
(3) reduce the amount of coal available for do-
mestic consumption or for export; 
(4) designate any area as unsuitable for surface 
coal mining and reclamation operations; or 
(5) expose the United States to liability for tak-
ing the value of privately owned coal through regula-
tion. 
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applied to eligible qualified property 
which is round 3 extension property. 
The amounts described in subclause (II) 
shall be computed separately from any 
amounts computed with respect to eligible 
qualified property which is not round 2 ex-
tension property. 
‘‘(iii) TAXPAYERS
NOT
PREVIOUSLY 
ELECTING ACCELERATION.—In the case of 
a taxpayer who neither made the election 
under subparagraph (A) for its first tax-
able year ending after March 31, 2008, 
nor made the election under subparagraph 
(H)(ii) for its first taxable year ending 
after December 31, 2008, nor made the 
election under subparagraph (I)(iii) for its 
first taxable year ending after December 
31, 2010— 
‘‘(I) the taxpayer may elect to 
have this paragraph apply to its first 
taxable year ending after December 
31, 2011, and each subsequent tax-
able year, and 
‘‘(II) if the taxpayer makes the 
election under subclause (I), this 
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‘‘(8) Any other substance subject to, or pro-
posed to be subject to, regulation, action, or consid-
eration under this Act to address climate change. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON AGENCY ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may not, under this Act, promulgate any regu-
lation concerning, take action relating to, or 
take into consideration the emission of a green-
house gas to address climate change. 
‘‘(B) AIR
POLLUTANT
DEFINITION.—The 
definition of the term ‘air pollutant’ in section 
302(g) does not include a greenhouse gas. Not-
withstanding the previous sentence, such defini-
tion may include a greenhouse gas for purposes 
of addressing concerns other than climate 
change. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not 
prohibit the following: 
‘‘(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (4)(B), 
implementation and enforcement of the rule en-
titled ‘Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas 
Emission Standards and Corporate Average 
Fuel Economy Standards’ (as published at 75 
Fed. Reg. 25324 (May 7, 2010) and without 
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IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3409 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to 
issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(C) if the modified route submitted by the 
Governor 
of 
Nebraska 
under 
subsection 
(d)(3)(B) crosses the Sand Hills region, the 
measures agreed to by the permittee for the 
Sand Hills region found in appendix H of the 
final environmental impact statement described 
in subparagraph (A); and 
(D) the stipulations identified in appendix 
S of the final environmental impact statement 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(6) Other requirements that are standard in-
dustry practice or commonly included in Federal 
permits that are similar to a permit issued under 
subsection (a). 
(d) MODIFICATION.—The permit issued under sub-
section (a) shall require— 
(1) the reconsideration of routing of the Key-
stone XL pipeline within the State of Nebraska; 
(2) a review period during which routing within 
the State of Nebraska may be reconsidered and the 
route of the Keystone XL pipeline through the State 
altered with any accompanying modification to the 
Plan described in subsection (c)(5)(A); and 
(3) the President—
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 340 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion 
from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and serv-
ices for patients in an institution for mental diseases. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2011 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove 
the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid 
Program of items and services for patients in an institu-
tion for mental diseases. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF MEDICAID EXCLUSION FROM 
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OF ITEMS AND SERV-
ICES FURNISHED TO PATIENTS IN AN INSTI-
TUTION FOR MENTAL DISEASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 
1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) 
is amended, in the matter following paragraph (29)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘such term does not include— 
’’ and ‘‘(A) any’’ and inserting ‘‘such term does not 
include any’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a period; 
and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO PERMIT MED-
ICAL ASSISTANCE FOR IMD PATIENTS UNDER 65 YEARS 
OF AGE.—The following provisions of such Act are each 
amended by striking ‘‘65 years of age or older’’ each place 
it appears: 
(1) Paragraphs (20) and (21) of section 
1902(a) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)). 
(2) 
Section 
1905(a)(14) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1396d(a)(14)). 
(3) Section 1919(d)(7)(B)(i)(I) (42 U.S.C. 
1396r(d)(7)(B)(i)(I)). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2011, and shall 
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apply to items and services furnished on or after such 
date. 
Æ 
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and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title 
relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Commission shall terminate 30 days 
after making recommendations to the Secretary of 
the Treasury described in subsection (b). 
(2) EXTENSION.—At the request of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury or his designee, the Commis-
sion shall continue in existence for such period at 
the Secretary may request but not later than 1 year 
after making such recommendations. 
Æ 
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(i) the Secretary is not required to 
identify nonleasing alternative courses of 
action or to analyze the environmental ef-
fects of such alternative courses of action; 
and 
(ii) the Secretary shall only— 
(I) identify a preferred action for 
leasing and not more than one alter-
native leasing proposal; and 
(II) analyze the environmental ef-
fects and potential mitigation meas-
ures for such preferred action and such 
alternative leasing proposal. 
(B) DEADLINE.—The identification of the 
preferred action and related analysis for the first 
lease sale under this Act shall be completed with-
in 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(3) CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.—In 
preparing such statement, the Secretary shall only 
consider public comments that specifically address the 
Secretary’s preferred action and that are filed within 
20 days after publication of an environmental anal-
ysis. 
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A BILL 
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3412 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, 
Louisiana, as the ‘‘Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire 
Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SERGEANT RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRE POST 
OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive 
in Abbeville, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office 
Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sergeant Richard 
Franklin Abshire Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 28, 2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3412 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial 
Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Sergeant 
Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 3412 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans 
Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire 
Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SERGEANT RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRE POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, 
Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Sergeant Richard 
Franklin Abshire Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.