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tivity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations 
for environmental compliance and restoration activities as 
authorized by law, such amount available for such activity 
shall remain available until expended. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration for any account in this Act, except for ‘‘Of-
fice of Inspector General’’, the amounts appropriated for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014. 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall 
remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the 
prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 
Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as 
a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be used to implement any Reduction in Force or other
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involuntary separations (except for cause) by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to September 
30, 2010. 
The unexpired balances of the Science, Aeronautics, 
and Exploration account, for activities for which funds are 
provided under this Act, may be transferred to the new ac-
counts established in this Act that provide such activity. 
Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds in 
the newly established accounts, but shall be available under 
the same terms, conditions and period of time as previously 
appropriated. 
Funding designations and minimum funding require-
ments contained in any other Act shall not be applicable 
to funds appropriated by this title for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal of 
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft and 
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition 
of aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,618,000,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2011, of which not to 
exceed $570,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for polar research and operations support, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for operational and 
science support and logistical and other related activities 
for the United States Antarctic program: Provided, That 
from funds specified in the fiscal year 2010 budget request 
for icebreaking services, $54,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the U.S. Coast Guard ‘‘Operating Expenses’’: Provided fur-
ther, That receipts for scientific support services and mate-
rials furnished by the National Research Centers and other 
National Science Foundation supported research facilities 
may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, 
That not less than $147,800,000 shall be available for ac-
tivities authorized by section 7002(c)(2)(A)(iv) of Public 
Law 110–69. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant 
to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amend-
ed (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including authorized travel, 
$122,290,000, to remain available until expended.
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EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and en-
gineering education and human resources programs and ac-
tivities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act 
of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized travel, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
$857,760,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011: Provided, That not less than $55,000,000 shall be 
available until expended for activities authorized by section 
7030 of Public Law 110–69. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act 
of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for security guard services; 
$300,370,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
under this heading in fiscal year 2010 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided 
during the next fiscal year.
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OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the 
employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out sec-
tion 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 
U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,340,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $14,000,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations 
Act, 2010’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$9,400,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of four
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full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted 
Service exclusive of one special assistant for each Commis-
sioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Com-
missioners for more than 75 billable days, with the excep-
tion of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Amer-
icans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act 
of 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–23); the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); 
nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed 
$30,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$367,303,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds: Pro-
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vided further, That the Commission may take no action to 
implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or 
reorganization until such time as the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations have been notified of such 
proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming require-
ments of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or donation 
to carry out the work of the Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $82,700,000, to remain available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $400,000,000, of which $374,600,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$4,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $17,000,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $3,400,000 is for client self-help
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and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for loan re-
payment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based employ-
ees as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5304, notwithstanding section 
1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. 
2996(d). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose pro-
hibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions 
of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 
105–119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 
all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 
shall be deemed to refer instead to 2009 and 2010, respec-
tively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, 
$3,250,000.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult-
ants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $48,326,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That negotiations shall be conducted within the World 
Trade Organization to recognize the right of members to 
distribute monies collected from antidumping and counter-
vailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations shall be 
conducted within the World Trade Organization consistent 
with the negotiating objectives contained in the Trade Act 
of 2002, Public Law 107–210 to maintain strong U.S. rem-
edies laws, correct the problem of overreaching by World 
Trade Organization Panels and Appellate Body, and pre-
vent the creation of obligation never negotiated or expressly 
agreed to by the United States. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et. seq.) $5,000,000, of which
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$500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected 
thereby.
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SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, 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 the reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project or 
activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project or activity, 
unless the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act, unless the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 
(4) relocates an office or employees, unless the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 
of funds; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs or 
activities, unless the House and Senate Committees
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on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such reprogramming of funds; 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees, 
unless the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds; 
(7) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committee on 
Appropriations for a different purpose, unless the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 
of funds; 
(8) augments funds for existing programs, 
projects or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent fund-
ing for any program, project or activity, or numbers 
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress, 
unless the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds; or 
(9) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, projects or 
activities as approved by Congress, unless the House
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and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti-
fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 
funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2010, or provided from any ac-
counts 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 
the reprogramming of funds after August 1, except in ex-
traordinary circumstances, and only after the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 30 days 
in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 
in this or any other Act may be used to implement, admin-
ister, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission covering harassment based on re-
ligion, when it is made known to the Federal entity or offi-
cial to which such funds are made available that such 
guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed 
guidelines published by the Commission on October 1, 1993 
(58 Fed. Reg. 51266). 
SEC. 507. If it has been finally determined by a court 
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
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label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 
contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 508. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
the National Science Foundation, and the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, shall provide to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a quar-
terly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobli-
gated funds that were received by such agency during any 
previous fiscal year. 
SEC. 509. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available to such department or agency: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between ap-
propriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included else-
where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming
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of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for— 
(1) the implementation of any tax or fee in con-
nection with the implementation of subsection 922(t) 
of title 18, United States Code; and 
(2) any system to implement subsection 922(t) of 
title 18, United States Code, that does not require and 
result in the destruction of any identifying informa-
tion submitted by or on behalf of any person who has 
been determined not to be prohibited from possessing 
or receiving a firearm no more than 24 hours after 
the system advises a Federal firearms licensee that 
possession or receipt of a firearm by the prospective 
transferee would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of
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section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State 
law. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 
$705,000,000 during fiscal year 2010 from the fund estab-
lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 
Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601): Provided, That hereafter 
the availability of funds under section 1402(d)(3) to im-
prove services shall be understood to mean availability for 
pay or salary, including benefits for the same. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of stu-
dents who participate in programs for which financial as-
sistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or 
legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 515. Any funds provided in this Act used to im-
plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act.
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SEC. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released 
without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of 
the data. 
(b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives shall include in all such data releases, language 
similar to the following that would make clear that trace 
data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about fire-
arms-related crime: 
(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law en-
forcement authorities in conducting investigations by 
tracking the sale and possession of specific firearms. 
Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces 
for any reason, and those reasons are not necessarily 
reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms 
used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced 
are used in crime. 
(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen 
for purposes of determining which types, makes, or 
models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The 
firearms selected do not constitute a random sample 
and should not be considered representative of the 
larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or 
any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally 
traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported
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for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the 
sources or methods by which firearms in general are 
acquired for use in crime. 
SEC. 517. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 
Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation 
shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are 
appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Con-
gress on the progress of such audits, which may include pre-
liminary findings and a description of areas of particular 
interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and 
every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is com-
pleted, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Di-
rector, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results 
of the audit available to the public on the Internet website 
maintained by the Department, Administration, Founda-
tion, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made 
available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code; and
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(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to 
commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 
unlawful purposes. 
(c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of de-
fraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not di-
rectly and programmatically related to the purpose for 
which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a banquet 
or conference held in connection with planning, training, 
assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a 
project funded by the grant or contract. 
(d) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 
by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-
ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 
the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 
will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
other manner to another person who has a financial interest 
in the person awarded the grant or contract. 
(e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 
section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Government Eth-
ics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements,
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substantially similar to the requirements in such sub-
sections, consistently apply under the executive branch eth-
ics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and enti-
ties. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to issue patents 
on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or jus-
tify the use of torture by any official or contract employee 
of the United States Government. 
SEC. 520. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act or any other Act may be 
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United 
States in connection with requiring an export license for 
the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or 
attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 
of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf-
ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed 
on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions
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of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting 
party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export 
license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter re-
quired by law, or from being otherwise eligible under 
the laws of the United States to possess, ship, trans-
port, or export the articles enumerated in subsection 
(a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than for 
end use by the Federal Government, or a Provin-
cial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm list-
ed in Category I, other than for end use by the 
Federal Government, or a Provincial or Munic-
ipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Direc-
tors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent
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or temporary export without a license of any unclassified 
articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use 
in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary 
import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use 
in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian 
citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or maintained 
inadequate import controls for the articles specified in sub-
section (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles 
has and continues to take place for use in international 
terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another na-
tion. The President shall terminate the requirements of a 
license when reasons for the temporary requirements have 
ceased. 
SEC. 521. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 
other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli-
cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and 
qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for
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a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ 
firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 
Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 
Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 
PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 524. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable 
cause to believe that the total program cost has increased
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by 10 percent, the program manager shall immediately in-
form the Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Sec-
retary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days 
in writing of such increase, and shall include in such notice: 
the date on which such determination was made; a state-
ment of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and 
proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the 
project; changes made in the performance or schedule mile-
stones and the degree to which such changes have contrib-
uted to the increase in total program costs or procurement 
costs; new estimates of the total project or procurement 
costs; and a statement validating that the project’s manage-
ment structure is adequate to control total project or pro-
curement costs. 
SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifi-
cally authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during 
fiscal year 2010 until the enactment of the Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 526. The Departments, agencies, and commis-
sions funded under this Act, shall establish and maintain 
on the homepages of their Internet websites—
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(1) a direct link to the Internet websites of their 
Offices of Inspectors General; and 
(2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors 
General website by which individuals may anony-
mously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with re-
spect to those Departments, agencies, and commis-
sions. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 
contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award 
a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con-
tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award-
ing the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge 
and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal 
tax returns required during the three years preceding the 
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense 
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more 
than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any 
unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability re-
mains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of 
an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has 
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not 
in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous 
administrative or judicial proceeding.
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SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective of 
the United States with respect to trade remedy laws to pre-
serve the ability of the United States— 
(1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including 
antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard 
laws; 
(2) to avoid agreements that— 
(A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and 
international disciplines on unfair trade, espe-
cially dumping and subsidies; or 
(B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and 
international safeguard provisions, in order to 
ensure that United States workers, agricultural 
producers, and firms can compete fully on fair 
terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal trade 
concessions; and 
(3) to address and remedy market distortions 
that lead to dumping and subsidization, including 
overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access bar-
riers. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline
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travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 
agency at any single conference occurring outside the 
United States. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 531. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to 
the Department of Justice from prior appropriations, the 
following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2010, from the following accounts in the speci-
fied amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$379,000,000, of which $136,000,000 shall be perma-
nently rescinded and returned to the general fund; 
(2) ‘‘Office of Justice Programs’’, $42,000,000; 
and 
(3) ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 
$40,000,000. 
(b) The Department of Justice shall, within 30 days 
of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a report specifying the amount of each rescission made pur-
suant to this section.
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(c) The recissions contained in this section shall not 
apply to funds provided in this Act. 
SEC. 532. Section 504(a) of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in Public Law 
104–134) is amended: 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘)’’ the following: 
‘‘that uses Federal funds (or funds from any source 
with regard to paragraphs (14) and (15)) in a man-
ner’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d); and 
(3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 
SEC. 533. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi-
aries. 
REVIEW AND AUDIT OF ACORN FEDERAL FUNDING 
SEC. 534. (a) REVIEW AND AUDIT.—The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct a review and 
audit of Federal funds received by the Association of Com-
munity Organizations for Reform Now (referred to in this 
section as ‘‘ACORN’’) or any subsidiary or affiliate of 
ACORN to determine—
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(1) whether any Federal funds were misused 
and, if so, the total amount of Federal funds involved 
and how such funds were misused; 
(2) what steps, if any, have been taken to recover 
any Federal funds that were misused; 
(3) what steps should be taken to prevent the 
misuse of any Federal funds; and 
(4) whether all necessary steps have been taken 
to prevent the misuse of any Federal funds. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the results of the audit required 
under subsection (a), along with recommendations for Fed-
eral agency reforms. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.