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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of State, and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall— 
(i) review internal records and data-
bases of their respective agencies for infor-
mation that can be used to verify employ-
ment of citizens or nationals of Afghani-
stan by the United States Government; 
and 
(ii) request from each prime con-
tractor or grantee that has performed work 
in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001, 
under a contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement with their respective agencies 
that is valued in excess of $25,000, infor-
mation that may be used to verify the em-
ployment of such citizens or nationals by 
such contractor or grantee. 
(B) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—To the ex-
tent data is available, the information referred 
to in subparagraph (A) shall include the name 
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and dates of employment of, biometric data for, 
and other data that can be used to verify the 
employment of each citizen or national of Af-
ghanistan who has performed work in Afghani-
stan since October 7, 2001, under a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement with an execu-
tive agency. 
(2) REPORT
ON
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
DATA-
BASE.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-
port examining the options for establishing a unified 
and classified database of information related to 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements entered 
into by executive agencies for the performance of 
work in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001, includ-
ing the information described and collected under 
paragraph (1), to be used by relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies to adjudicate refugee, asy-
lum, special immigrant visa, and other immigration 
claims and applications. 
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(3) REPORT
ON
NONCOMPLIANCE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report that de-
scribes— 
(A) the inability or unwillingness of any 
contractor or grantee to provide the information 
requested under paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and 
(B) the reasons that such contractor or 
grantee provided for failing to provide such in-
formation. 
(4) EXECUTIVE
AGENCY
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 4 of the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403). 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to affect the authority of the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security under section 1059 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109–163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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DIVISION G—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, 
$20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 
$40,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minor-
ity Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the 
Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com-
mittees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 
Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each 
Chairman; in all, $180,000. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY 
AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For representation allowances of the Majority and 
Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such 
Leader; in all, $30,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others 
as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$171,699,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
without regard to the following limitations: 
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