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vide education-related services to local educational agen-
cies and to institutions of higher education in which the 
learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent 
or traumatic crisis: Provided further, That $133,000,000 
shall be available to carry out part D of title V: Provided 
further, That of the funds available to carry out subpart 
3 of part C of title II, up to $13,383,000 may be used 
to carry out section 2345 and $2,957,000 shall be used 
by the Center for Civic Education to implement a com-
prehensive program to improve public knowledge, under-
standing, and support of the Congress and the State legis-
latures. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $760,000,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2010, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2011, except that 
6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 
1, 2009, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2011, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C): 
Provided, That the Secretary of Education shall use esti-
mates of the American Community Survey child counts 
for the most recent 3-year period available to calculate al-
locations under such part. 
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SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (‘‘IDEA’’) and the Special Olympics Sport 
and Empowerment Act of 2004, $12,579,677,000, of 
which $3,726,354,000 shall become available on July 1, 
2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2011, and of which $8,592,383,000 shall become available 
on October 1, 2010, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2011, for academic year 2010–2011: Pro-
vided, That $13,250,000 shall be for Recording for the 
Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., to support the development, pro-
duction, and circulation of accessible educational mate-
rials: Provided further, That the amount for section 
611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of the 
amount available for that activity during fiscal year 2009, 
increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 
619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percentage change in 
the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, 
but not less than the amount for that activity during fiscal 
year 2009: Provided further, That funds made available 
for the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 
2004 may be used to support expenses associated with the 
Special Olympics National and World games. 
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REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech-
nology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center 
Act, $3,504,305,000: Provided, That $2,570,000 shall be 
used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under 
the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation Services and Disability Re-
search’’ in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, 
$22,599,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 
of 1986, $68,437,000, of which $5,400,000 shall be for 
construction and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Insti-
tute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 
program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
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support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $120,000,000, of 
which $2,000,000 shall be for construction and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That from the 
total amount available, the University may at its discre-
tion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 
under section 207 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006, the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), subpart 4 of part D of title V of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’) and title VIII–D of the Higher Education 
Amendments 
of 
1998, 
$2,016,447,000, 
of 
which 
$4,400,000 shall become available on October 1, 2009, 
and remain available through September 30, 2011, of 
which $1,221,047,000 shall become available on July 1, 
2010, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2011, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available 
on October 1, 2010, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That in allocating AEFLA 
State grants, the Secretary of Education shall first dis-
tribute up to $45,907,000 to those States that, due to ad-
ministrative error, were underpaid for fiscal years 2003 
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through 2008 in the amounts such States were underpaid: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not reduce the 
allocations for those years to the States that were overpaid 
through such error, or take other corrective action with 
respect to those overpayments: Provided further, That the 
additional funds provided to States to correct the adminis-
trative error shall not be considered in determining the 
‘‘hold harmless’’ amounts under section 211(f) of the 
AEFLA for fiscal year 2011 or subsequent fiscal years: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided for Adult 
Education State Grants, $75,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for integrated English literacy and civics education 
services to immigrants and other limited English pro-
ficient populations: Provided further, That of the amount 
reserved for integrated English literacy and civics edu-
cation, notwithstanding section 211 of the AEFLA, 65 
percent shall be allocated to States based on a State’s ab-
solute need as determined by calculating each State’s 
share of a 10-year average of the United States Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admit-
ted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent 
years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced 
growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent 
years for which United States Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services data for immigrants admitted for legal per-
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manent residence are available, except that no State shall 
be allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 
$11,346,000 shall be for national leadership activities 
under section 243: Provided further, That $88,000,000 
shall be available to support the activities authorized 
under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the ESEA, of which 
up to 5 percent shall become available on October 1, 2009, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2011, 
for evaluation, technical assistance, school networks, peer 
review of applications, and program outreach activities, 
and of which not less than 95 percent shall become avail-
able on July 1, 2010, and remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2011, for grants to local educational agencies: 
Provided further, That funds made available to local edu-
cational agencies under this subpart shall be used only for 
activities related to establishing smaller learning commu-
nities within large high schools or small high schools that 
provide alternatives for students enrolled in large high 
schools: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education 
may use amounts available under this heading for the nec-
essary costs of any closeout of the National Institute for 
Literacy. 
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Act of 2006, $2,293,882,000 (increased by $1,000,000): 
Provided, That $9,687,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2011, shall be available to fund fellowships 
for academic year 2011–2012 under subpart 1 of part A 
of title VII of the HEA, under the terms and conditions 
of such subpart 1: Provided further, That $609,000 shall 
be for data collection and evaluation activities for pro-
grams under the HEA, including such activities needed 
to comply with the Government Performance and Results 
Act of 1993: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds made available in this Act 
to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign 
countries by individuals who are participating in advanced 
foreign language training and international studies in 
areas that are vital to United States national security and 
who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of 
these countries in the fields of government, the profes-
sions, or international development: Provided further, That 
of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 
1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 
outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a recipient of a multi-year award under section 316 
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of the HEA, as that section was in effect prior to the date 
of enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act 
(‘‘HEOA’’), that would have otherwise received a continu-
ation award for fiscal year 2010 under that section, shall 
receive under section 316, as amended by the HEOA, not 
less than the amount that such recipient would have re-
ceived under such a continuation award: Provided further, 
That the portion of the funds received under section 316 
by a recipient described in the preceding proviso that is 
equal to the amount of such continuation award shall be 
used in accordance with the terms of such continuation 
award: Provided further, That $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available to carry out 
a scholarship program for the purpose of increasing the 
skilled workforce for industrial health and safety occupa-
tions, including mine safety: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Education shall identify these scholarships as 
‘‘Erma Byrd Scholarships’’: Provided further, That such 
scholarships shall be awarded without regard to an appli-
cant’s prior work experience, but the Secretary shall, not-
withstanding section 437 of the General Education Provi-
sions Act and 5 U.S.C. 553, by notice in the Federal Reg-
ister, establish the eligibility requirements, service obliga-
tions, payback requirements, and other program require-
ments similar to those specified in section 515 of the Fed-
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eral Mine Safety and Health Act as are necessary to im-
plement such a program: Provided further, That such 
scholarship funds may be used to replace a student’s ex-
pected family contribution, but institutions accepting such 
scholarship funds may not use these funds to supplant ex-
isting institutional aid: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall be authorized to accept contributions for such 
scholarships from private sources: Provided further, That 
these funds shall be used for scholarships for academic 
year 2010–2011 and may be available for scholarships in 
academic year 2011–2012: Provided further, That of the 
funds available under part B of title VII of the HEA, 
$1,000,000 shall be used to implement section 891 of the 
HEA: Provided further, That $68,247,000 shall be used 
for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the 
heading ‘‘Higher Education’’ in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
to accompany this Act. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$234,977,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be 
for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 
University Endowment Act and shall remain available 
until expended. 
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COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $461,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 
CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,228,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’): Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $178,221,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $354,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
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cation Act, $664,256,000, of which $593,606,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2011: Provided, That 
funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational 
Technical Assistance Act may be used for Statewide data 
systems that include postsecondary and workforce infor-
mation and information on children of all ages: Provided 
further, That up to $10,000,000 of the funds available to 
carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assist-
ance Act may be used for State data coordinators and for 
awards to public or private organizations or agencies to 
improve data coordination, quality, and use. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$452,200,000, of which $8,200,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation 
of buildings occupied by, Department staff. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $103,024,000. 
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tering. The prohibition described in this section does not 
include the establishment of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 
granted by this section shall be available only to meet 
emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new 
program or to fund any project or activity for which no 
funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds 
received under this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, 
under part A of title V of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act. 
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SEC. 306. None of the funds made available in the 
fifth proviso under the heading ‘‘Innovation and Improve-
ment’’ in this Act shall be made available for new awards 
under the Teacher Incentive Fund prior to the submission 
of an impact evaluation plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 307. Section 14007 of division A of the Amer-
ican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amend-
ed— 
(1) by amending subsection (a)(3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE
OF
AWARDS.—The Secretary 
shall make awards to eligible entities in order to 
identify, document, and bring to scale innovative 
best practices based on demonstrated success, to 
allow such eligible entities to— 
‘‘(A) expand their work and serve as mod-
els for best practices; and 
‘‘(B) work in partnership with the private 
sector and the philanthropic community.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (4) as paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), (2), 
and (3), respectively; 
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(B) in paragraph (1)(A), as so redesig-
nated, by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(C) by amending paragraph (1)(B), as so 
redesignated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) have demonstrated success in significantly 
increasing student academic achievement for all 
groups of students described in such section;’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘they have established partner-
ships’’ and inserting ‘‘it has established one or 
more partnerships’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘paragraphs’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘such requirements’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) or (1)(B) and (2) 
of subsection (b) if the nonprofit organization has a 
record of significantly improving student achieve-
ment, attainment, or retention and shall be consid-
ered to have met the requirements of subsection 
(b)(3) if it demonstrates that it will meet the re-
quirement relating to private-sector matching’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end a new subsection (d) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) SUBGRANTS.—In the case of an eligible entity 
that is a partnership described in subsection (a)(1)(B), the 
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partner serving as the fiscal agent may make subgrants 
to one or more of the other entities in the partnership.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
established by Public Law 92–28, $5,396,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) to 
carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $792,179,000, of which 
$318,832,000 shall be to carry out the 1973 Act and 
$473,347,000 shall be to carry out the 1990 Act and not-
withstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), 
and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 
amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 
of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 
of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 
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of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 
the grants cycle; (2) $35,000,000 shall be available for 
expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 
1990 Act; (3) $7,500,000 shall be available for expenses 
to carry out sections 112(e), 179A, and 198O and subtitle 
J of title I of the 1990 Act, notwithstanding section 
501(a)(6) of the 1990 Act; (4) $5,000,000 shall be avail-
able for grants to public or private nonprofit institutions 
to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities 
in national service and for demonstration activities in fur-
therance 
of 
this 
purpose, 
notwithstanding 
section 
129(k)(1) of the 1990 Act; and (5) $17,000,000 shall be 
available to provide assistance to State commissions on na-
tional and community service, under section 126(a) of the 
1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 
1990 Act. 
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the National Service 
Trust established under subtitle D of title I of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 
$178,214,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Corporation for National and Community 
Service may transfer additional funds from the amount 
provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants 
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under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National 
Service Trust upon determination that such transfer is 
necessary to support the activities of national service par-
ticipants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That amounts appropriated for 
or transferred to the National Service Trust may be in-
vested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without re-
gard to the requirement to apportion funds under 31 
U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 and under section 504(a) of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment 
of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia, the employment of experts and consultants au-
thorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 
for official reception and representation expenses, 
$80,923,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$7,700,000. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. The Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) shall make any signifi-
cant changes to program requirements, service delivery or 
policy only through public notice and comment rule-
making. For fiscal year 2010, during any grant selection 
process, an officer or employee of the Corporation shall 
not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection infor-
mation regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to 
any person other than an officer or employee of the Cor-
poration that is authorized by the Corporation to receive 
such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, 
and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share re-
quirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member 
support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject 
to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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SEC. 403. Donations made to the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service under section 196 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 
Act’’) for the purposes of financing programs and oper-
ations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 
B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used 
to supplement and not supplant current programs and op-
erations. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘Corporation’’), as authorized by the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available 
within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 
2012, $440,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
made available to the Corporation by this Act shall be used 
to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of enter-
tainment for Government officials or employees: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to the Cor-
poration by this Act shall be available or used to aid or 
support any program or activity from which any person 
is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated 
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, reli-
gion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Corporation by this Act shall be used 
to apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap-
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pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to officers, agents, and employees of the Cor-
poration: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available to the Corporation by this Act shall be used to 
support the Television Future Fund or any similar pur-
pose. In addition, for payment to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2010, $76,000,000 as follows: 
(1) $40,000,000 shall be for fiscal stabilization 
grants to public radio and television licensees, with 
no deduction for administrative or other costs of the 
Corporation, to maintain local programming and 
services and preserve jobs threatened by declines in 
non-Federal revenues due to the downturn in the 
economy, to be awarded no later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) $36,000,000 shall be for costs related to 
digital program production, development, and dis-
tribution, associated with the transition of public 
broadcasting to digital broadcasting, to be awarded 
as determined by the Corporation in consultation 
with public radio and television licensees or permit-
tees, or their designated representatives. 
In addition, for fiscal year 2010, $25,000,000 is 
available pursuant to section 396(k)(10) of the Commu-
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nications Act of 1934 for replacement and upgrade of the 
public radio interconnection system. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
Reform Act, $47,000,000, including $650,000 to remain 
available through September 30, 2011, for activities au-
thorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 
1978: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training 
activities and other conflict resolution services and tech-
nical assistance, including those provided to foreign gov-
ernments and international organizations, and for arbitra-
tion services shall be credited to and merged with this ac-
count, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 
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of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 
within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $9,858,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-
ican History and Culture Act, $275,688,000, of which 
$10,132,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Office of Museum 
and Library Services: Grants and Administration’’ in the 
report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives accompanying this Act. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $11,800,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
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Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,271,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$283,400,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-
tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-
fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 
including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 
and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 
nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 
or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
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NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $12,992,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $11,712,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $64,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2010 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, 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. 
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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 available through September 
30, 2011, 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 Re-
tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act, $109,073,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
ployment 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 ac-
tivities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, not more than $8,186,000, to be derived from the 
railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment 
insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available in any other paragraph of this Act may be trans-
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ferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer; 
used to provide any office space, equipment, office sup-
plies, communications 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 Of-
fice; or used to reimburse the Office for any service pro-
vided, or expense incurred, by the Office, except as per-
mitted 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 Insur-
ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 
228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 
$20,404,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity 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 Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$34,742,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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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 So-
cial 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 
2011, $16,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $40,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$10,800,500,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That 
not less than $2,300,000 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 2010 not needed for fiscal year 2010 shall 
remain available until expended to invest in the Social Se-
curity Administration information technology and tele-
communications hardware and software infrastructure, in-
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(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2010, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
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