H. R. 3672 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven 
An Act 
Making appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DISASTER RELIEF 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Disaster Relief Fund’’ for 
major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$6,400,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and Tribu-
taries’’ for necessary expenses for repair of damages to Federal 
projects resulting from a major disaster declared pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $802,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Civil Works shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a monthly report 
detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning
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not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ 
for necessary expenses to dredge navigation channels in response 
to, and repair damage to Corps projects resulting from, a major 
disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$534,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a monthly report detailing the allocation and obliga-
tion of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emer-
gencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 
(33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency operations, 
repair, and other activities as authorized by law, in response to 
a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), $388,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur-
ther, That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a monthly report detailing the 
allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—COMBATING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for continuing disability reviews 
under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the 
cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under 
title XVI of the Social Security Act, not more than $483,484,000 
may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social 
Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to 
therein: Provided, That such amount is additional new budget 
authority specified for purposes of subsection 251(b)(2)(B) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and 
shall be treated for such purposes as being included under this 
heading in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, or any 
continuing appropriation Act, for fiscal year 2012.
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TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Each amount appropriated or made available in this 
Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal 
year involved. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Relief Appropriations 
Act, 2012’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.