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specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved November 2, 2000 (114 
Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code § 1–204.50a), and provisions of this 
Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2009 under 
this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum of the total 
revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or 
$9,888,095,000 (of which $6,082,474,000 shall be from local funds 
(including $420,119,000 from dedicated taxes), $2,177,382,000 shall 
be from Federal grant funds, $1,621,929,000 shall be from other 
funds, and $6,310,000 shall be from private funds); in addition, 
$202,326,130 from funds previously appropriated in this Act as 
Federal payments: Provided further, That of the local funds, such 
amounts as may be necessary may be derived from the District’s 
General Fund balance: Provided further, That of these funds the 
District’s intradistrict authority shall be $725,461,000: in addition, 
for capital construction projects, an increase of $1,482,977,000, of 
which $1,121,734,000 shall be from local funds, $107,794,000 from 
the Local Street Maintenance fund, $60,708,000 from the District 
of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, $192,741,000 from Federal grant 
funds, and a rescission of $353,447,000 from local funds and a 
rescission of $37,500,000 from Local Street Maintenance funds 
appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years for a net 
amount of $1,092,030,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided under this heading are 
to be available, allocated and expended as proposed under ‘‘Title 
III—District of Columbia Funds Division of Expenses’’ of the Fiscal 
Year 2009 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the 
Congress by the District of Columbia on June 9, 2008 and such 
title is hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth fully 
herein: Provided further, That this amount may be increased by 
proceeds of one-time transactions which are expended for emergency 
or unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That 
such increases shall be approved by enactment of local District 
law and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained in 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act approved December 24, 
1973 (87 Stat. 777; D.C. Official Code § 1–201.01 et seq.), as 
amended by this Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are 
necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets these 
requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial 
Officer of the appropriations and funds made available to the Dis-
trict during fiscal year 2009, except that the Chief Financial Officer 
may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from 
bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2009’’.
H. R. 1105—133 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $1,500,000, 
of which, not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Founda-
tion, established by section 423 of Public Law 102–281, $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to 
include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $146,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That $34,734,000 
of the total amount appropriated under this heading shall not 
be available for obligation until the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission submits an expenditure plan for fiscal year 2009 to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission (CPSC), including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate 
payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal awards to recog-
nize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activities, 
and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $105,404,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2011 for costs associated with 
the relocation of CPSC’s laboratory to a modern facility and the 
upgrade of laboratory equipment, and of which $2,000,000 shall 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010 to imple-
ment the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act grant 
program as provided by section 1405 of Public Law 110–140 (15 
U.S.C. 8004).
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002, $17,959,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be transferred 
to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for election 
reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 
2002: Provided, That $750,000 shall be for the Help America Vote 
College Program as provided by the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–252): Provided further, That $300,000 shall 
be for a competitive grant program to support community involve-
ment in student and parent mock elections. 
ELECTION REFORM PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses relating to election reform programs, 
$106,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$100,000,000 shall be for requirements payments under part 1 
of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–252), $5,000,000 shall be for grants to carry out 
research on voting technology improvements as authorized under 
part 3 of subtitle D of title II of such Act, and $1,000,000, shall 
be to conduct a pilot program for grants to States and units of 
local government for pre-election logic and accuracy testing and 
post-election voting systems verification. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase 
and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $341,875,000: Provided, That of the 
funds provided, not less than $3,000,000 shall be available to estab-
lish and administer a State Broadband Data and Development 
matching grants program for State-level broadband demand 
aggregation activities and creation of geographic inventory maps 
of broadband service to identify gaps in service and provide a 
baseline assessment of statewide broadband deployment: Provided 
further, That $341,875,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed 
and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications 
Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses 
in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation estimated 
at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections received 
in excess of $341,875,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall not be available 
for obligation: Provided further, That remaining offsetting collec-
tions from prior years collected in excess of the amount specified 
for collection in each such year and otherwise becoming available