I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 861 
Making supplemental appropriations for job creation, school repair and mod-
ernization, and tax reduction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2009, and for other stimulative purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2009 
Mr. MINNICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budg-
et, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
Making supplemental appropriations for job creation, school 
repair and modernization, and tax reduction for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other stimula-
tive purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Targeted 
American Recovery and Transition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
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DIVISION A—APPROPRIATION PROVISIONS 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
TITLE II—LABOR AND EDUCATION 
TITLE III—TRANSPORTATION 
DIVISION B—TAX PROVISIONS 
TITLE I—ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF FOR FAMILIES WITH CHIL-
DREN 
TITLE II—TAX INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES. 
(a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSES.—The purposes of 
this Act include the following: 
(1) To preserve and create jobs and promote 
economic recovery. 
(2) To assist those most impacted by the reces-
sion. 
(3) To invest in transportation and other infra-
structure that will provide short-term and long-term 
economic benefits. 
(b) GENERAL PRINCIPLES CONCERNING USE
OF 
FUNDS.—The President and the heads of Federal depart-
ments and agencies shall manage and expend the funds 
made available in this Act so as to achieve the purposes 
specified in subsection (a), including commencing expendi-
tures and activities as quickly as possible consistent with 
prudent management. 
SEC. 4. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
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be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 
Each amount in this Act is designated as an emer-
gency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs 
pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Con-
gress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th 
Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget for 
fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 6. PAY-AS-YOU-GO. 
(a) NARROWING
THE
PAY-AS-YOU-GO
ESCAPE 
HATCH.—Pay-as-you-go principles and requirements shall 
apply to all mandatory spending in this Act, and shall not 
be waived under an economic emergency provision of any 
law or congressional rule. 
(b) STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—Section 252(a) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘2017’’. 
(2) SEQUESTRATION.—Section 252(b)(1) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2017’’. 
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(3) EXPIRATION.—Section 275(b) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘2021’’. 
DIVISION A—APPROPRIATION 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1001. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for 
other purposes. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Use of Funds 
SEC. 1101. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER APPROPRIATIONS. 
Each amount appropriated or made available in this 
Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for 
the fiscal year involved. Enactment of this Act shall have 
no effect on the availability of amounts under the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009 (division A of 
Public Law 110–329). 
SEC. 1102. PREFERENCE FOR QUICK-START ACTIVITIES. 
In using funds made available in this Act for infra-
structure investment, recipients shall give preference to 
activities that can be started and completed expeditiously, 
including a goal of using at least 80 percent of the funds 
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for activities that can be initiated not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. Recipients 
shall also use grant funds in a manner that maximizes 
job creation and economic benefit. Federal funds under 
this Act may be utilized for State projects that use Grant 
Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) bonds. 
SEC. 1103. REQUIREMENT OF TIMELY AWARD OF GRANTS. 
(a) FORMULA GRANTS.—Formula grants using funds 
made available in this Act shall be awarded not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act (or, 
in the case of appropriations not available upon enact-
ment, not later than 30 days after the appropriation be-
comes available for obligation), unless expressly provided 
otherwise in this Act. 
(b) COMPETITIVE
GRANTS.—Competitive grants 
using funds made available in this Act shall be awarded 
not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act (or, in the case of appropriations not available 
upon enactment, not later than 90 days after the appro-
priation becomes available for obligation), unless expressly 
provided otherwise in this Act. 
(c) ADDITIONAL PERIOD FOR NEW PROGRAMS.—The 
time limits specified in subsections (a) and (b) may each 
be extended by up to 30 days in the case of grants for 
which funding was not provided in fiscal year 2008. 
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SEC. 1104. USE IT OR LOSE IT REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT-
EES. 
(a) DEADLINE FOR BINDING COMMITMENTS.—Each 
recipient of a grant made using amounts made available 
in this Act in any account listed in subsection (c) shall 
enter into contracts or other binding commitments not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act (or not later than 9 months after the grant is award-
ed, if later) to make use of 100 percent of the funds 
awarded. In the case of activities to be carried out directly 
by a grant recipient (rather than by contracts, subgrants, 
or other arrangements with third parties), a certification 
by the recipient specifying the amounts, planned timing, 
and purpose of such expenditures shall be deemed a bind-
ing commitment for purposes of this section. 
(b) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNCOMMITTED FUNDS.— 
The head of the Federal department or agency involved 
shall recover or deobligate any grant funds not committed 
in accordance with subsection (a), and redistribute such 
funds to other recipients eligible under the grant program 
and able to make use of such funds in a timely manner 
(including binding commitments within 120 days after the 
reallocation). 
(c) APPROPRIATIONS TO WHICH THIS SECTION AP-
PLIES.—This section shall apply to grants made using 
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amounts appropriated in any of the following accounts 
within this Act: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Transit Administration—Transit Capital Assist-
ance’’. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Transit Administration—Fixed Guideway Infra-
structure Investment’’. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Transit 
Administration—Capital 
Investment 
Grants’’. 
SEC. 1105. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY. 
All funds appropriated in this Act shall remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2010, unless ex-
pressly provided otherwise in this Act. 
SEC. 1106. SET-ASIDE FOR MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT. 
Unless other provision is made in this Act (or in other 
applicable law) for such expenses, up to 0.5 percent of 
each amount appropriated in this Act may be used for the 
expenses of management and oversight of the programs, 
grants, and activities funded by such appropriation, and 
may be transferred by the head of the Federal department 
or agency involved to any other appropriate account within 
the department or agency for that purpose. Funds set 
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aside under this section shall remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2010. 
SEC. 1107. APPROPRIATIONS FOR INSPECTORS GENERAL. 
In addition to funds otherwise made available in this 
Act, there are hereby appropriated the following sums to 
the specified Offices of Inspector General, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, for oversight and audit of 
programs, grants, and projects funded under this Act: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Education—Departmental 
Management—Office of the Inspector General’’, 
$14,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Energy—Office of Inspec-
tor General’’, $15,000,000. 
(3) 
‘‘Department 
of 
Labor—Departmental 
Management—Office 
of 
Inspector 
General’’, 
$6,000,000. 
(4) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of 
Inspector General’’, $20,000,000. 
SEC. 1108. APPROPRIATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT-
ABILITY OFFICE. 
There is hereby appropriated as an additional amount 
for ‘‘Government Accountability Office—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ $25,000,000, for oversight activities relating to 
this Act. 
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SEC. 1109. PROHIBITED USES. 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used for any casino or other 
gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, or swimming pool. 
SEC. 1110. USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for 
a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or 
repair of a public building or public work unless all of the 
iron and steel used in the project is produced in the United 
States. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in 
any case in which the head of the Federal department or 
agency involved finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel are not produced in the 
United States in sufficient and reasonably available 
quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel produced in the 
United States will increase the cost of the overall 
project by more than 20 percent. 
(c) WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION FOR WAIVER.—If the 
head of a Federal department or agency determines that 
it is necessary to waive the application of subsection (a) 
based on a finding under subsection (b), the head of the 
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department or agency shall publish in the Federal Register 
a detailed written justification as to why the provision is 
being waived. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘public 
building’’ and ‘‘public work’’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 1 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 
10c) and include airports, bridges, canals, dams, dikes, 
pipelines, railroads, multiline mass transit systems, roads, 
tunnels, harbors, and piers. 
SEC. 1111. WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in 
a manner consistent with other provisions in this Act, all 
laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and sub-
contractors on projects funded directly by or assisted in 
whole or in part by and through the Federal Government 
pursuant to this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less 
than those prevailing on projects of a character similar 
in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor 
in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 
40, United States Code. With respect to the labor stand-
ards specified in this section, the Secretary of Labor shall 
have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. 
App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States Code. 
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SEC. 1112. PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTIES. 
(a) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT.—Of the amount ap-
propriated in this Act for ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 
Rural Development Programs—Rural Community Ad-
vancement Program’’, at least 10 percent shall be allo-
cated for assistance in persistent poverty counties. 
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living in pov-
erty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1980, 
1990, and 2000 decennial censuses. 
SEC. 1113. REQUIRED PARTICIPATION IN E-VERIFY PRO-
GRAM. 
None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to enter into a contract with an entity that does 
not participate in the E-verify program described in sec-
tion 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
Subtitle B—Accountability in 
Recovery Act Spending 
PART 1—TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT 
REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 1201. TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
Each Federal agency shall publish on the website Recov-
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ery.gov (as established under section 1226 of this sub-
title)— 
(1) a plan for using funds made available in 
this Act to the agency; and 
(2) all announcements for grant competitions, 
allocations of formula grants, and awards of com-
petitive grants using those funds. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.— 
(1) 
INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT
FUND-
ING.—With respect to funds made available under 
this Act for infrastructure investments to Federal, 
State, or local government agencies, the following re-
quirements apply: 
(A) Each such agency shall notify the pub-
lic of funds obligated to particular infrastruc-
ture investments by posting the notification on 
the website Recovery.gov. 
(B) The notification required by subpara-
graph (A) shall include the following: 
(i) A description of the infrastructure 
investment funded. 
(ii) The purpose of the infrastructure 
investment. 
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grants for operational purposes to State or local gov-
ernment agencies or other organizations, the agency 
or organization shall publish on the website Recov-
ery.gov a description of the intended use of the 
funds, including the number of jobs sustained or cre-
ated. 
(c) AVAILABILITY ON INTERNET OF CONTRACTS AND 
GRANTS.—Each contract awarded or grant issued using 
funds made available in this Act shall be posted on the 
Internet and linked to the website Recovery.gov. Propri-
etary data that is required to be kept confidential under 
applicable Federal or State law or regulation shall be re-
dacted before posting. 
SEC. 1202. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEWS. 
(a) REVIEWS.—Any inspector general of a Federal 
department or executive agency shall review, as appro-
priate, any concerns raised by the public about specific 
investments using funds made available in this Act. Any 
findings of an inspector general resulting from such a re-
view shall be relayed immediately to the head of each de-
partment and agency. In addition, the findings of such re-
views, along with any audits conducted by any inspector 
general of funds made available in this Act, shall be posted 
on the Internet and linked to the website Recovery.gov. 
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(b) EXAMINATION
OF
RECORDS.—The Inspector 
General of the agency concerned may examine any records 
related to obligations of funds made available in this Act. 
SEC. 1203. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-
VIEWS AND REPORTS. 
(a) REVIEWS AND REPORTS.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall conduct bimonthly reviews 
and prepare reports on such reviews on the use by selected 
States and localities of funds made available in this Act. 
Such reports, along with any audits conducted by the 
Comptroller General of such funds, shall be posted on the 
Internet and linked to the website Recovery.gov. 
(b) EXAMINATION OF RECORDS.—The Comptroller 
General may examine any records related to obligations 
of funds made available in this Act. 
SEC. 1204. COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS REPORTS. 
The Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, 
in consultation with the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
submit quarterly reports to Congress detailing the esti-
mated impact of programs under this Act on employment, 
economic growth, and other key economic indicators. 
SEC. 1205. SPECIAL CONTRACTING PROVISIONS. 
The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall apply to 
contracts awarded with funds made available in this Act. 
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To the maximum extent possible, such contracts shall be 
awarded as fixed-price contracts through the use of com-
petitive procedures. Existing contracts so awarded may be 
utilized in order to obligate such funds expeditiously. Any 
contract awarded with such funds that is not fixed-price 
and not awarded using competitive procedures shall be 
posted in a special section of the website Recovery.gov. 
PART 2—ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY 
BOARD 
SEC. 1221. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
TRANSPARENCY BOARD. 
There is established a board to be known as the ‘‘Re-
covery Act Accountability and Transparency Board’’ 
(hereafter in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Board’’) to 
coordinate and conduct oversight of Federal spending 
under this Act to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. 
SEC. 1222. COMPOSITION OF BOARD. 
(a) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall be composed of 
seven members as follows: 
(1) The Chief Performance Officer of the Presi-
dent, who shall chair the Board. 
(2) Six members designated by the President 
from the inspectors general and deputy secretaries 
of the Departments of Education, Energy, Transpor-
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tation, and other Federal departments and agencies 
to which funds are made available in this Act. 
(b) TERMS.—Each member of the Board shall serve 
for a term to be determined by the President. 
SEC. 1223. FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD. 
(a) OVERSIGHT.—The Board shall coordinate and 
conduct oversight of spending under this Act to prevent 
waste, fraud, and abuse. In addition to responsibilities set 
forth in this subtitle, the responsibilities of the Board shall 
include the following: 
(1) Ensuring that the reporting of information 
regarding contract and grants under this Act meets 
applicable standards and specifies the purpose of the 
contract or grant and measures of performance. 
(2) Verifying that competition requirements ap-
plicable to contracts and grants under this Act and 
other applicable Federal law have been satisfied. 
(3) Investigating spending under this Act to de-
termine whether wasteful spending, poor contract or 
grant management, or other abuses are occurring. 
(4) Reviewing whether there are sufficient 
qualified acquisition and grant personnel overseeing 
spending under this Act. 
(5) Reviewing whether acquisition and grant 
personnel receive adequate training and whether 
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there are appropriate mechanisms for interagency 
collaboration. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) FLASH AND OTHER REPORTS.—The Board 
shall submit to Congress reports, to be known as 
‘‘flash reports’’, on potential management and fund-
ing problems that require immediate attention. The 
Board also shall submit to Congress such other re-
ports as the Board considers appropriate on the use 
and benefits of funds made available in this Act. 
(2) QUARTERLY.—The Board shall submit to 
the President and Congress quarterly reports sum-
marizing its findings and the findings of agency in-
spectors general and may issue additional reports as 
appropriate. 
(3) ANNUALLY.—On an annual basis, the 
Board shall prepare a consolidated report on the use 
of funds under this Act. All reports shall be publicly 
available and shall be posted on the Internet website 
Recovery.gov, except that portions of reports may be 
redacted if the portions would disclose information 
that is protected from public disclosure under sec-
tion 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly 
known as the Freedom of Information Act). 
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(c) RECOMMENDATIONS TO AGENCIES.—The Board 
shall make recommendations to Federal agencies on meas-
ures to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. A Federal agency 
shall, within 30 days after receipt of any such rec-
ommendation, submit to the Board, the President, and the 
congressional committees of jurisdiction a report on 
whether the agency agrees or disagrees with the rec-
ommendations and what steps, if any, the agency plans 
to take to implement the recommendations. 
SEC. 1224. POWERS OF THE BOARD. 
(a) COORDINATION OF AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS 
BY AGENCY INSPECTORS GENERAL.—The Board shall co-
ordinate the audits and investigations of spending under 
this Act by agency inspectors general. 
(b) CONDUCT OF REVIEWS BY BOARD.—The Board 
may conduct reviews of spending under this Act and may 
collaborate on such reviews with any inspector general. 
(c) MEETINGS.—The Board may, for the purpose of 
carrying out its duties under this Act, hold public meet-
ings, sit and act at times and places, and receive informa-
tion as the Board considers appropriate. The Board shall 
meet at least once a month. 
(d) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Board may 
secure directly from any department or agency of the 
United States information necessary to enable it to carry 
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out its duties under this Act. Upon request of the Chair-
man of the Board, the head of that department or agency 
shall furnish that information to the Board. 
(e) CONTRACTS.—The Board may enter into con-
tracts to enable the Board to discharge its duties under 
this Act. 
SEC. 1225. STAFFING. 
(a) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Chairman of the 
Board may appoint and fix the compensation of an execu-
tive director and other personnel as may be required to 
carry out the functions of the Board. The Director shall 
be paid at the rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule. 
(b) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request 
of the Board, the head of any Federal department or agen-
cy may detail any Federal official or employee, including 
officials and employees of offices of inspector general, to 
the Board without reimbursement from the Board, and 
such detailed staff shall retain the rights, status, and 
privileges of his or her regular employment without inter-
ruption. 
(c) OFFICE SPACE.—Office space shall be provided 
to the Board within the Executive Office of the President. 
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SEC. 1226. RECOVERY.GOV. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH WEBSITE.—The 
Board shall establish and maintain a website on the Inter-
net to be named Recovery.gov, to foster greater account-
ability and transparency in the use of funds made avail-
able in this Act. 
(b) PURPOSE.—Recovery.gov shall be a portal or 
gateway to key information related to this Act and provide 
a window to other Government websites with related infor-
mation. 
(c) MATTERS COVERED.—In establishing the website 
Recovery.gov, the Board shall ensure the following: 
(1) The website shall provide materials explain-
ing what this Act means for citizens. The materials 
shall be easy to understand and regularly updated. 
(2) The website shall provide accountability in-
formation, including a database of findings from au-
dits, inspectors general, and the Government Ac-
countability Office. 
(3) The website shall provide data on relevant 
economic, financial, grant, and contract information 
in user-friendly visual presentations to enhance pub-
lic awareness of the use funds made available in this 
Act. 
(4) The website shall provide detailed data on 
contracts awarded by the Government for purposes 
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of carrying out this Act, including information about 
the competitiveness of the contracting process, noti-
fication of solicitations for contracts to be awarded, 
and information about the process that was used for 
the award of contracts. 
(5) The website shall include printable reports 
on funds made available in this Act obligated by 
month to each State and congressional district. 
(6) The website shall provide a means for the 
public to give feedback on the performance of con-
tracts awarded for purposes of carrying out this Act. 
(7) The website shall be enhanced and updated 
as necessary to carry out the purposes of this sub-
title. 
SEC. 1227. PRESERVATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF IN-
SPECTORS GENERAL. 
Inspectors general shall retain independent authority 
to determine whether to conduct an audit or investigation 
of spending under this Act. If the Board requests that 
an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting 
an audit or investigation and the inspector general rejects 
the request in whole or in part, the inspector general shall, 
within 30 days after receipt of the request, submit to the 
Board, the agency head, and the congressional committees 
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of jurisdiction a report explaining why the inspector gen-
eral has rejected the request in whole or in part. 
SEC. 1228. COORDINATION WITH THE COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL AND STATE AUDITORS. 
The Board shall coordinate its oversight activities 
with the Comptroller General of the United States and 
State auditor generals. 
SEC. 1229. INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a panel 
to be known as the ‘‘Independent Advisory Panel’’ to ad-
vise the Board. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Panel shall be composed of 
five members appointed by the President from among indi-
viduals with expertise in economics, public finance, con-
tracting, accounting, or other relevant fields. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Panel shall make rec-
ommendations to the Board on actions the Board could 
take to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spend-
ing under this Act. 
(d) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Panel 
shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 
of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
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SEC. 1230. FUNDING. 
There 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Board 
$14,000,000 to carry out this subtitle. 
SEC. 1231. BOARD TERMINATION. 
The Board shall terminate 12 months after 90 per-
cent of the funds made available under this Act have been 
expended, as determined by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
PART 3—ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
TRANSPARENCY PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1241. LIMITATION ON THE LENGTH OF CERTAIN NON-
COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS. 
No contract entered into using funds made available 
in this Act pursuant to the authority provided in section 
303(c)(2) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(c)(2)) that is for an 
amount greater than the simplified acquisition threshold 
(as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. (4)(11))— 
(1) may exceed the time necessary— 
(A) to meet the unusual and compelling re-
quirements of the work to be performed under 
the contract; and 
(B) for the executive agency to enter into 
another contract for the required goods or serv-
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ices through the use of competitive procedures; 
and 
(2) may exceed one year unless the head of the 
executive agency entering into such contract deter-
mines that exceptional circumstances apply. 
SEC. 1242. ACCESS OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-
FICE AND OFFICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ACCESS.—Each contract awarded using funds 
made available in this Act shall provide that the Comp-
troller General and his representatives, and any represent-
atives of an appropriate inspector general appointed under 
section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), are authorized— 
(1) to examine any records of the contractor or 
any of its subcontractors, or any State or local agen-
cy administering such contract, that directly pertain 
to, and involve transactions relating to, the contract 
or subcontract; and 
(2) to interview any current employee regarding 
such transactions. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP
TO
EXISTING
AUTHORITY.— 
Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit or re-
strict in any way any existing authority of the Comptroller 
General or an Inspector General. 
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SEC. 1243. PROTECTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
AND CONTRACTOR WHISTLEBLOWERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION OF REPRISALS.—An employee of 
any non-Federal employer receiving funds made available 
in this Act may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise 
discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing to the 
Board, an inspector general, the Comptroller General, a 
member of Congress, or a Federal agency head, or their 
representatives, information that the employee reasonably 
believes is evidence of— 
(1) gross mismanagement of an executive agen-
cy contract or grant; 
(2) a gross waste of executive agency funds; 
(3) a substantial and specific danger to public 
health or safety; or 
(4) a violation of law related to an executive 
agency contract (including the competition for or ne-
gotiation of a contract) or grant awarded or issued 
to carry out this Act. 
(b) INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS.— 
(1) A person who believes that the person has 
been subjected to a reprisal prohibited by subsection 
(a) may submit a complaint to the inspector general 
of the executive agency that awarded the contract or 
issued the grant. Unless the inspector general deter-
mines that the complaint is frivolous, the inspector 
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general shall investigate the complaint and, upon 
completion of such investigation, submit a report of 
the findings of the investigation to the person, the 
person’s employer, the head of the Federal agency 
that awarded the contract or issued the grant, and 
the Board. 
(2)(A) Except as provided under subparagraph 
(B), the inspector general shall make a determina-
tion that a complaint is frivolous or submit a report 
under paragraph (1) within 180 days after receiving 
the complaint. 
(B) If the inspector general is unable to com-
plete an investigation in time to submit a report 
within the 180-day period specified in subparagraph 
(A) and the person submitting the complaint agrees 
to an extension of time, the inspector general shall 
submit a report under paragraph (1) within such ad-
ditional period of time as shall be agreed upon be-
tween the inspector general and the person submit-
ting the complaint. 
(c) REMEDY AND ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) Not later than 30 days after receiving an 
inspector general report pursuant to subsection (b), 
the head of the agency concerned shall determine 
whether there is sufficient basis to conclude that the 
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non-Federal employer has subjected the complainant 
to a reprisal prohibited by subsection (a) and shall 
either issue an order denying relief or shall take one 
or more of the following actions: 
(A) Order the employer to take affirmative 
action to abate the reprisal. 
(B) Order the employer to reinstate the 
person to the position that the person held be-
fore the reprisal, together with the compensa-
tion (including back pay), employment benefits, 
and other terms and conditions of employment 
that would apply to the person in that position 
if the reprisal had not been taken. 
(C) Order the employer to pay the com-
plainant an amount equal to the aggregate 
amount of all costs and expenses (including at-
torneys’ fees and expert witnesses’ fees) that 
were reasonably incurred by the complainant 
for, or in connection with, bringing the com-
plaint regarding the reprisal, as determined by 
the head of the agency. 
(2) If the head of an executive agency issues an 
order denying relief under paragraph (1) or has not 
issued an order within 210 days after the submission 
of a complaint under subsection (b), or in the case 
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of an extension of time under paragraph (b)(2)(B), 
not later than 30 days after the expiration of the ex-
tension of time, and there is no showing that such 
delay is due to the bad faith of the complainant, the 
complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted all 
administrative remedies with respect to the com-
plaint, and the complainant may bring a de novo ac-
tion at law or equity against the employer to seek 
compensatory damages and other relief available 
under this section in the appropriate district court 
of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction 
over such an action without regard to the amount in 
controversy. Such an action shall, at the request of 
either party to the action, be tried by the court with 
a jury. 
(3) An inspector general determination and an 
agency head order denying relief under paragraph 
(2) shall be admissible in evidence in any de novo 
action at law or equity brought pursuant to this sub-
section. 
(4) Whenever a person fails to comply with an 
order issued under paragraph (1), the head of the 
agency shall file an action for enforcement of such 
order in the United States district court for a dis-
trict in which the reprisal was found to have oc-
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curred. In any action brought under this paragraph, 
the court may grant appropriate relief, including in-
junctive relief and compensatory and exemplary 
damages. 
(5) Any person adversely affected or aggrieved 
by an order issued under paragraph (1) may obtain 
review of the order’s conformance with this sub-
section, and any regulations issued to carry out this 
section, in the United States court of appeals for a 
circuit in which the reprisal is alleged in the order 
to have occurred. No petition seeking such review 
may be filed more than 60 days after issuance of the 
order by the head of the agency. Review shall con-
form to chapter 7 of title 5. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to authorize the discharge of, demotion of, or 
discrimination against an employee for a disclosure other 
than a disclosure protected by subsection (a) or to modify 
or derogate from a right or remedy otherwise available to 
the employee. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) 
NON-FEDERAL
EMPLOYER
RECEIVING 
FUNDS UNDER THIS ACT.—The term ‘‘non-Federal 
employer receiving funds made available in this Act’’ 
means— 
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(A) with respect to a Federal contract 
awarded or Federal grant issued to carry out 
this Act, the contractor or grantee, as the case 
may be, if the contractor or grantee is an em-
ployer; or 
(B) a State or local government, if the 
State or local government has received funds 
made available in this Act. 
(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—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). 
(3) STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘‘State or local government’’ means— 
(A) the government of each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, or any other territory or possession of 
the United States; or 
(B) the government of any political sub-
division of a government listed in subparagraph 
(A). 
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TITLE II—LABOR AND 
EDUCATION 
Subtitle A—Labor 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’ for activities under the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (‘‘WIA’’), $4,000,000,000, which shall 
be available for obligation on the date of enactment of this 
Act, as follows: 
(1) $850,000,000 for grants to the States for 
adult employment and training activities; 
(2) $850,000,000 for grants to the States for 
youth activities, including summer jobs for youth: 
Provided, That the work readiness performance indi-
cator described in section 136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the 
WIA shall be the only measure of performance used 
to assess the effectiveness of summer jobs for youth 
provided with such funds: Provided further, That 
with respect to the youth activities provided with 
such funds, section 101(13)(A) of the WIA shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘age 24’’ for ‘‘age 21’’: Pro-
vided further, That no portion of the additional 
funds provided herein shall be reserved to carry out 
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section 127(b)(1)(A) of the WIA: Provided further, 
That for purposes of section 127(b)(1)(C)(iv) of the 
WIA, such funds shall be allotted as if the total 
amount of funding available for youth activities in 
the fiscal year does not exceed $850,000,000; 
(3) $1,000,000,000 for grants to the States for 
dislocated worker employment and training activi-
ties; 
(4) $500,000,000 for the dislocated workers as-
sistance national reserve to remain available for 
Federal obligation through June 30, 2010: Provided, 
That such funds shall be made available for grants 
only to eligible entities that serve areas of high un-
employment or high poverty and only for the pur-
poses described in subsection 173(a)(1) of the WIA: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor shall 
ensure that applicants for such funds demonstrate 
how income support, child care, and other supportive 
services necessary for an individual’s participation in 
job training will be provided; 
(5) $50,000,000 for YouthBuild activities, 
which shall remain available for Federal obligation 
through June 30, 2010; and 
(6) $750,000,000 for a program of competitive 
grants for worker training and placement in high 
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growth and emerging industry sectors: Provided, 
That $500,000,000 shall be for research, labor ex-
change and job training projects that prepare work-
ers for careers in the energy efficiency and renew-
able 
energy 
industries 
specified 
in 
section 
171(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the WIA (as amended by the 
Green Jobs Act of 2007): 
Provided, That the additional funds provided to States 
under this heading are not subject to section 191(a) of 
the WIA: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
1106 of this Act, there shall be no amount set aside from 
the appropriations made in subsections (1) through (3) 
under this heading and the amount set aside for sub-
sections (4) through (6) shall be up to 1 percent instead 
of the percentage specified in such section. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Service 
Employment for Older Americans’’ to carry out title V of 
the Older Americans Act of 1965, $120,000,000, which 
shall be available for obligation on the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided, That funds shall be allotted within 
30 days of such enactment to current grantees in propor-
tion to their allotment in program year 2008. 
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’, 
$300,000,000, for construction, rehabilitation and acquisi-
tion of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available upon 
the date of enactment of this Act and remain available 
for obligation through June 30, 2010: Provided, That sec-
tion 1552(a) of title 31, United States Code shall not 
apply to up to 30 percent of such funds, if such funds 
are used for a multi-year lease agreement that will result 
in construction activities that can commence within 120 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 3324(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, the funds referred to in the preceding proviso may 
be used for advance, progress, and other payments: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Labor may transfer 
up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 
needs of such centers: Provided further, That priority 
should be given to activities that can commence promptly 
following enactment and to those projects that will create 
the greatest impact on Job Corps facilities: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, 
and unobligated balances for each activity funded under 
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this heading not later than September 30, 2009 and quar-
terly thereafter as long as funding provided under this 
heading is available for obligation or expenditure. 
Subtitle B—Education 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
SCHOOL MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION, AND REPAIR 
For carrying out school modernization, renovation, 
and repair, not to exceed $14,000,000,000. 
HIGHER EDUCATION MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION, 
AND REPAIR 
For carrying out higher education modernization, 
renovation, and repair, $6,000,000,000. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions 
SEC. 2301. CEILING ON TOTAL COST. 
Any funds appropriated in this title shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure only to the extent that such 
obligation or expenditure will not cause the total amount 
of obligations or expenditures under this title to exceed 
$14,000,000,000. 
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TITLE III—TRANSPORTATION 
Subtitle A—Highways and Transit 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT 
For projects and activities eligible under section 133 
of title 23, United States Code, section 144 of such title 
(without regard to subsection (g)), and sections 103, 119, 
134, 148, and 149 of such title, $50,000,000,000, of 
which $99,000,000 shall be for Indian reservation roads 
under section 204 of such title; $250,000,000 shall be for 
park roads and parkways under section 204 of such title; 
$20,000,000 shall be for highway surface transportation 
and technology training under section 140(b) of such title; 
and $20,000,000 shall be for disadvantaged business en-
terprises bonding assistance under section 332(e) of title 
49, United States Code: Provided, That the amount set 
aside from this appropriation pursuant to section 1106 of 
this Act shall not be more than 0.2 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading instead of the percent-
age specified in such section: Provided further, That, after 
making the set-asides authorized by the previous provisos, 
the funds made available under this heading shall be dis-
tributed among the States. 
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FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
TRANSIT CAPITAL ASSISTANCE 
For 
transit 
capital 
assistance 
grants, 
$6,000,000,000, of which $5,400,000,000 shall be for 
grants under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code 
and shall be apportioned in accordance with section 5336 
of such title (other than subsections (i)(1) and (j)) but 
may not be combined or commingled with any other funds 
apportioned under such section 5336, and of which 
$600,000,000 shall be for grants under section 5311 of 
such title and shall be apportioned in accordance with such 
section 5311 but may not be combined or commingled with 
any other funds apportioned under that section: Provided, 
That of the funds provided for section 5311 under this 
heading, 3 percent shall be made available for section 
5311(c)(1): Provided further, That applicable chapter 53 
requirements shall apply except that the Federal share of 
the costs for which a grant is made under this heading 
shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: 
Provided further, In lieu of the requirements of section 
1103 of this Act, funds made available under this heading 
shall be apportioned not later than 7 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of applying section 1104 of this Act to this appro-
priation, the deadline for grantees to enter into obligations 
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to make use of not less than 80 percent of the funds 
awarded shall be 180 days after apportionment: Provided 
further, That the provisions of section 1101(b) of Public 
Law 109–59 shall apply to funds made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the funds apportioned in accord-
ance with section 5336, up to three-quarters of 1 percent 
shall be available for administrative expenses and program 
management oversight and of the funds apportioned in ac-
cordance with section 5311, up to one-half of 1 percent 
shall be available for administrative expenses and program 
management oversight and both amounts shall remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2011: Pro-
vided further, That the preceding proviso shall apply in 
lieu of the provisions in section 1106 of this Act. 
FIXED GUIDEWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT 
For an amount for capital expenditures authorized 
under section 5309(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
$2,000,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall apportion funds under this heading pursu-
ant to the formula set forth in section 5337 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall not be commingled 
with funds available under the Formula and Bus Grants 
account: Provided further, In lieu of the requirements of 
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section 1103 of this Act, funds made available under this 
heading shall be apportioned not later than 7 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
for purposes of applying section 1104 of this Act to this 
appropriation, the deadline for grantees to enter into obli-
gations to make use of not less than 80 percent of the 
funds awarded shall be 180 days after apportionment: 
Provided further, That applicable chapter 53 requirements 
shall apply except that the Federal share of the costs for 
which a grant is made under this heading shall be, at the 
option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the provisions of section 1101(b) of Public Law 
109–59 shall apply to funds made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, up to 1 percent of the funds under this 
heading shall be available for administrative expenses and 
program management oversight and shall remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2012: Provided further, 
That the preceding proviso shall apply in lieu of the provi-
sions in section 1106 of this Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Investment 
Grants’’, as authorized under section 5338(c)(4) of title 
49, United States Code, and allocated under section 
5309(m)(2)(A) of such title, to enable the Secretary of 
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Transportation to make discretionary grants as authorized 
by section 5309(d) and (e) of such title, $1,000,000,000: 
Provided, That such amount shall be allocated without re-
gard to the limitation under section 5309(m)(2)(A)(i): 
Provided further, That in selecting projects to be funded, 
priority shall be given to projects that are currently in con-
struction or are able to award contracts based on bids 
within 120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That for purposes of applying section 1104 of this Act 
to this appropriation, the deadline for grantees to enter 
into contracts or other binding commitments to make use 
of not less than 80 percent of the funds awarded shall 
be 120 days after award: Provided further, That the provi-
sions of section 1101(b) of Public Law 109–59 shall apply 
to funds made available under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That applicable chapter 53 requirements shall apply, 
except that notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
up to 1 percent of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for administrative expenses and program man-
agement oversight and shall remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2012: Provided further, That the 
preceding proviso shall apply in lieu of the provisions in 
section 1106 of this Act. 
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Subtitle B—General Provisions 
SEC. 3201. CEILING ON TOTAL COST. 
Any funds appropriated in this title shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure only to the extent that such 
obligation or expenditure will not cause the total amount 
of obligations or expenditures under this title to exceed 
$50,000,000,000. 
DIVISION B—TAX PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1000. SHORT TITLE, ETC. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 
‘‘American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009’’. 
(b) REFERENCE.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided, whenever in this division an amendment or repeal 
is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, 
a section or other provision, the reference shall be consid-
ered to be made to a section or other provision of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this division is as follows: 
Sec. 1000. Short title, etc. 
TITLE I—ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF FOR FAMILIES WITH 
CHILDREN 
Sec. 1001. Increase in earned income tax credit. 
Sec. 1002. Increase of refundable portion of child credit. 
TITLE II—TAX INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS 
Subtitle A—Temporary Investment Incentives 
Sec. 2100. Special allowance for certain property acquired during 2009. 
Sec. 2101. Extension of increase in limitation on expensing of certain depre-
ciable business assets. 
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Subtitle B—Incentives for New Jobs 
Sec. 2201. Incentives to hire unemployed veterans and disconnected youth. 
Subtitle C—Repeal of Withholding Tax on Government Contractors 
Sec. 2301. Repeal of withholding tax on Government contractors. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 3001. Ceiling on total cost. 
TITLE I—ADDITIONAL TAX RE-
LIEF 
FOR 
FAMILIES 
WITH 
CHILDREN 
SEC. 1001. INCREASE IN EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 32 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR 2009 AND 2010.—In 
the case of any taxable year beginning in 2009 or 
2010— 
‘‘(A) INCREASED
CREDIT
PERCENTAGE 
FOR 3 OR MORE QUALIFYING CHILDREN.—In 
the case of a taxpayer with 3 or more qualifying 
children, the credit percentage is 45 percent. 
‘‘(B) REDUCTION
OF
MARRIAGE
PEN-
ALTY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The dollar amount 
in effect under paragraph (2)(B) shall be 
$5,000. 
‘‘(ii) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In 
the case of any taxable year beginning in 
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2010, the $5,000 amount in clause (i) 
shall be increased by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(I) such dollar amount, multi-
plied by 
‘‘(II) the cost of living adjust-
ment determined under section 1(f)(3) 
for the calendar year in which the tax-
able year begins determined by sub-
stituting ‘calendar year 2008’ for ‘cal-
endar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) 
thereof. 
‘‘(iii) ROUNDING.—Subparagraph (A) 
of subsection (j)(2) shall apply after taking 
into account any increase under clause 
(ii).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
SEC. 1002. INCREASE OF REFUNDABLE PORTION OF CHILD 
CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 24(d) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR 2009 AND 2010.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (3), in the case of any tax-
able year beginning in 2009 or 2010, the dollar 
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amount in effect for such taxable year under para-
graph (1)(B)(i) shall be zero.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
TITLE II—TAX INCENTIVES FOR 
BUSINESS 
Subtitle A—Temporary Investment 
Incentives 
SEC. 2100. SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY 
ACQUIRED DURING 2009. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (k) of section 168 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2009’’ each place 
it appears in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and in-
serting ‘‘January 1, 2010’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ in paragraph 
(2)(A)(iv) and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2011’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 168(k)(4)(D) is amended by redes-
ignating clauses (i) and (ii) as clauses (iii) and (iv) 
and by inserting before clause (iii) (as so redesig-
nated) the following new clauses: 
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‘‘(i) ‘January 1, 2009’ shall be sub-
stituted for ‘January 1, 2010’ each place it 
appears, 
‘‘(ii) ‘January 1, 2010’ shall be sub-
stituted for ‘January 1, 2011’ in para-
graph (2)(A)(iv),’’. 
(2) Section 168(l)(5) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 
2010’’. 
(3) Section 1400L(b)(2)(D) is amended by 
striking ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 
1, 2011’’. 
(4) Section 1400N(d)(3) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 
2010’’. 
(5) The heading for subsection (k) of section 
168 is amended by striking ‘‘JANUARY 1, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘JANUARY 1, 2010’’. 
(6) The heading for clause (ii) of section 
168(k)(2)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘PRE-JANUARY 
1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘PRE-JANUARY 1, 2010’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
December 31, 2008, in taxable years ending after such 
date. 
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SEC. 2101. EXTENSION OF INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON EX-
PENSING OF CERTAIN DEPRECIABLE BUSI-
NESS ASSETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (7) of section 179(b) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or 2009’’ after ‘‘2008’’ in the 
text and heading thereof. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
Subtitle B—Incentives for New 
Jobs 
SEC. 2201. INCENTIVES TO HIRE UNEMPLOYED VETERANS 
AND DISCONNECTED YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 51 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(14) CREDIT
ALLOWED
FOR
UNEMPLOYED 
VETERANS
AND
DISCONNECTED
YOUTH
HIRED
IN 
2009 OR 2010.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any unemployed vet-
eran or disconnected youth who begins work for 
the employer during 2009 or 2010 shall be 
treated as a member of a targeted group for 
purposes of this subpart. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph— 
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‘‘(i) UNEMPLOYED
VETERAN.—The 
term ‘unemployed veteran’ means any vet-
eran (as defined in paragraph (3)(B), de-
termined without regard to clause (ii) 
thereof) who is certified by the designated 
local agency as— 
‘‘(I) having been discharged or 
released from active duty in the 
Armed Forces during 2008, 2009, or 
2010, and 
‘‘(II) being in receipt of unem-
ployment compensation under State or 
Federal law for not less than 4 weeks 
during the 1-year period ending on 
the hiring date. 
‘‘(ii) DISCONNECTED
YOUTH.—The 
term ‘disconnected youth’ means any indi-
vidual who is certified by the designated 
local agency— 
‘‘(I) as having attained age 16 
but not age 25 on the hiring date, 
‘‘(II) as not regularly attending 
any secondary, technical, or post-sec-
ondary school during the 6-month pe-
riod preceding the hiring date, 
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‘‘(III) as not regularly employed 
during such 6-month period, and 
‘‘(IV) as not readily employable 
by reason of lacking a sufficient num-
ber of basic skills.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after December 31, 2008. 
Subtitle C—Repeal of Withholding 
Tax on Government Contractors 
SEC. 2301. REPEAL OF WITHHOLDING TAX ON GOVERN-
MENT CONTRACTORS. 
Section 3402 is amended by striking subsection (t). 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 3001. CEILING ON TOTAL COST. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall adjust the tax 
benefits provided pursuant to this division so that the ag-
gregate amount of such benefits does not exceed 
$100,000,000,000. 
Æ 
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