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of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to those Departments, 
agencies, and commissions. 
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 contractor or grantee certifies 
in writing to the agency awarding 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 remains 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. 
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 preserve the ability of the United 
States— 
(1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including anti-
dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws; 
(2) to avoid agreements that— 
(A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and inter-
national disciplines on unfair trade, especially dumping 
and subsidies; or 
(B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and inter-
national 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, carteliza-
tion, and market-access barriers. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 529. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Commerce from prior appropriations, the following 
funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro-
grams in the specified amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, Economic 
Development Assistance Programs’’, $15,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Technology, Indus-
trial Technology Services’’, $5,000,000; 
(3) 
‘‘National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’, $3,000,000; 
(4) 
‘‘National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration, Public Telecommunications, Facilities, Plan-
ning and Construction’’, $1,600,000; and 
(5) ‘‘Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Pro-
grams’’, $1,000,000. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
of Justice from prior appropriations, the following funds are hereby 
rescinded, not later than September 30, 2009, from the following 
accounts in the specified amounts:
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(1) ‘‘General Administration, Working Capital Fund’’, 
$100,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, $285,000,000; 
(3) ‘‘Office of Justice Programs’’, $100,000,000; and 
(4) ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services’’, $100,000,000. 
(c) Each department affected by the recissions contained in 
subsections (a) and (b) shall, within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act, submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to this section. 
(d) The recissions contained in this section shall not apply 
to funds provided in this Act. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in con-
travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 531. 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. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief 
of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of 
the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 
related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collec-
tion and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic eco-
system restoration, and related needs; for surveys and detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications of proposed river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects and related efforts prior to construc-
tion; for restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous inves-
tigations and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, 
$168,100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, 
except as provided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts made 
available under this paragraph shall be expended as authorized 
in law for the projects and activities specified in the text and 
table under this heading in the explanatory statement described