priated from the general fund, $107,600,000 is provided 
by transfer, and $11,000,000 is derived from recoveries 
of prior year obligations: Provided further, That the total 
amount available for the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration corporate services administrative 
support costs shall not exceed $228,549,000: Provided fur-
ther, That payments of funds made available under this 
heading to the Department of Commerce Working Capital 
Fund including Department of Commerce General Coun-
sel legal services shall not exceed $41,944,000: Provided 
further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 
for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 
or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro-
cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, 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 per-
cent or less than 1 percent of increased funds appro-
priated over the previous fiscal year: Provided further, 
That within the amounts appropriated, $37,500,000 shall 
be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Congressionally-designated items’’ in the 
report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
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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 their dependents under the Depend-
ents 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, 
$1,409,148,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012, except funds provided for construction of facilities 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the $1,411,148,000 provided for in direct obliga-
tions under this heading $1,409,148,000 is appropriated 
from the general fund and $2,000,000 is provided from 
recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 
except to the extent expressly prohibited by any other law, 
the Department of Defense may delegate procurement 
functions related to the National Polar-orbiting Oper-
ational Environmental Satellite System to officials of the 
Department of Commerce pursuant to section 2311 of title 
10, United States Code: Provided further, That any devi-
ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 
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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 jus-
tification 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 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Procurement, Acquistion, or Construction project having 
a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg-
etary requirements for each such project for each of the 
five subsequent fiscal years. 
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 off-
set 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 
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Quota loans and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional 
direct loans as authorized by the Merchant 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 capac-
ity in any United States fishery. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 
$60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary, within 30 
days of enactment of this Act, shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations that audits and evalu-
ates all decision documents and expenditures by the Bu-
reau of the Census as they relate to the 2010 Census: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided to the Sec-
retary within this account, $5,000,000 shall not become 
available for obligation until the Secretary certifies to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 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. 
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HERBERT C. HOOVER BUILDING RENOVATION AND 
MODERNIZATION 
For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for 
the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoo-
ver Building, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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.), $27,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment 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, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
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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 appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations 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 Department 
of Commerce: Provided further, That for the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration this section shall 
provide for transfers among appropriations made only to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and such appropriations may not be transferred and re-
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programmed 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 protec-
tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 
within the total budgetary resources available to such de-
partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, 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 ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 105. The requirements set forth by section 112 
of division B of Public Law 110–161 are hereby adopted 
by reference. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other law, the Sec-
retary may furnish services (including but not limited to 
utilities, telecommunications, and security services) nec-
essary to support the operation, maintenance, and im-
provement of space that persons, firms or organizations 
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are authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera-
tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy 
in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or 
other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec-
tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 
the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 
basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services 
provided 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. 107. The Administration of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, 
with their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the 
limits of available appropriations, the land, services, equip-
ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency 
or instrumentality of the United States, or of any state, 
local government, Indian tribal government, Territory or 
possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
any foreign government or international organization for 
purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 
statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration. 
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $118,488,000 of which not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart-
ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Attorney General is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated within General Administra-
tion to any office in this account: Provided further, That 
$14,693,000 is for Department Leadership; $8,101,000 is 
for 
Intergovernmental 
Relations/External 
Affairs; 
$12,715,000 is for Executive Support/Professional Re-
sponsibility; and $82,979,000 is for the Justice Manage-
ment 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 Committees on Appropriations consistent with 
the terms of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority is in addition to transfers au-
thorized under section 505 of this Act. 
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NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the National Drug Intel-
ligence Center, $44,023,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be 
for reimbursement of Air Force personnel for the National 
Drug Intelligence Center to support the Department of 
Defense’s counter-drug intelligence responsibilities: Pro-
vided, That the National Drug Intelligence Center shall 
maintain the personnel and technical resources to provide 
timely support to law enforcement authorities and the in-
telligence community by conducting document and com-
puter exploitation of materials collected in Federal, State, 
and local law enforcement activity associated with counter- 
drug, counterterrorism, and national security investiga-
tions and operations. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and 
departmental direction, $109,417,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not less than $21,132,000 is for 
the unified financial management system. 
TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS 
COMMUNICATIONS 
For the costs of developing and implementing a na-
tion-wide Integrated Wireless Network supporting Federal 
law enforcement communications, and for the costs of op-
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