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on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water 
stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $12,992,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $11,186,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author-
ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
$72,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 
fiscal year 2009 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 
98–76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of 
the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit 
received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual 
benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall 
be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day 
of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2010, which shall be the maximum 
amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public 
Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
(‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and 
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $105,463,000, to be 
derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the rail-
road unemployment insurance administration fund. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
(‘‘Office’’) for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized 
by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $7,806,000, 
to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad 
unemployment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds
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made available in any other paragraph of this Act may be trans-
ferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer; used 
to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies, communica-
tions facilities or services, maintenance services, or administrative 
services for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award 
for any personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating 
expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any 
service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office, except as 
permitted pursuant to the last proviso under this heading in division 
G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 
provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social 
Security Act, $20,406,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93– 
66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including 
payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, $30,471,537,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the 
current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that 
year shall be returned to the Treasury. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
Security 
Act 
for 
the 
first 
quarter 
of 
fiscal 
year 
2010, 
$15,400,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, not more than $10,067,500,000 may 
be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: 
Provided, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Social 
Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal 
year 2009 not needed for fiscal year 2009 shall remain available 
until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration 
information technology and telecommunications hardware and soft-
ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll 
administrative expenses associated solely with this information 
technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 
That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for 
expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security 
Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or
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support services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regula-
tions, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title 
shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, 
from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as 
soon as possible after such expenditures are made. 
From funds provided under the first paragraph, not less than 
$264,000,000 shall be available for the cost associated with con-
ducting continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of 
the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting 
redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act. 
In addition to the amounts made available above, and subject 
to the same terms and conditions, $240,000,000, for additional 
continuing disability reviews and redeterminations of eligibility: 
Provided, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress 
(at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation 
and expenditure of these additional amounts, similar to the reports 
that were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 
for fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 
In addition, $145,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursu-
ant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 
of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended. 
To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections 
in fiscal year 2009 exceed $145,000,000, the amounts shall be 
available in fiscal year 2010 only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $28,000,000, together with not to exceed $70,127,000, to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, 
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and 
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice 
of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances 
of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall