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by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (Public Law 85–536) 
and section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
(Public Law 85–699), $207,100,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2012 
commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2012 commitments for 
general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small 
Business Act shall not exceed $17,500,000,000 for a combination 
of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line of 
credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2012 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 
under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2012, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 
5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount 
of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $147,958,000, which 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, 
$117,300,000, to be available until expended, of which $1,000,000 
is for the Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Adminis-
tration for audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster 
loan programs and shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of which 
$110,300,000 is for direct administrative expenses of loan making 
and servicing to carry out the direct loan program, which may 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses; and of which $6,000,000 is for indirect administrative 
expenses for the direct loan program, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Adminis-
tration 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 paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
SEC. 531. Section 7(d)(5)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(d)(5)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘three years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘7 years’’.
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SEC. 532. Beginning in fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the budget request for the Small Business Administra-
tion shall provide a detailed justification of any proposed changes 
from the enacted level by individual appropriation. The detailed 
justification shall include at a minimum a description of each credit 
and non-credit program including amount of funding and costs 
by appropriation account and fiscal year. For activities funded in 
multiple appropriations, the budget justification shall specify the 
amount included in each enacted appropriation, the amount pro-
posed in the budget year and a justification for any proposed 
changes. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $78,153,000, 
which shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 2012: 
Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 
shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 
and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 
1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any 
rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of 
any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any indi-
vidual participating in a State or local program of child support 
enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning 
an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 
close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year 2012. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$241,468,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service 
Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $51,079,000: Provided, 
That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written 
certificate of the judge.
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TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to 
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, 
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with the Buy American Act 
(41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, 
project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the House 
of Representatives or the Senate for a different purpose; (5) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing 
programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or
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activities unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization or restruc-
turing of offices, programs, or activities, each agency or entity 
funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: 
Provided further, That at a minimum the report shall include: 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display 
the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 
adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each 
appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity 
as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest: 
Provided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for sala-
ries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 
per day for each day after the required date that the report has 
not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2012 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2012 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2013, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expendi-
ture of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Executive Office of the President to request from 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official background inves-
tigation report on any individual, except when— 
(1) such individual has given his or her express written 
consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to 
the date of such request and during the same presidential 
administration; or 
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary cir-
cumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with 
respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple-
menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area 
cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction 
on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations 
Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management 
pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection