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(b) STATE MATCH.—The State cost share require-
ment under the item relating to ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY; energy conservation’’ in title II of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1985 (42 U.S.C. 6323a; 98 Stat. 1861) shall not 
apply to assistance provided under this section. 
(c) EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS FOR ENERGY EFFI-
CIENCY MEASURES.—No limitation on the percentage of 
funding that may be used for the purchase and installation 
of equipment and materials for energy efficiency measures 
under grants provided under part D of title III of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.) 
shall apply to assistance provided under this section. 
SEC. 7007. INAPPLICABILITY OF LIMITATION. 
The limitations in section 399A(f)(2), (3), and (4) 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6371h–1(f)(2), (3), and (4)) shall not apply to grants 
funded with appropriations provided by this Act, except 
that such grant funds shall be available for not more than 
an amount equal to 80 percent of the costs of the project 
for which the grant is provided. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
DIVISION A—APPROPRIATIONS PROVISIONS 
TITLE I—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
TITLE II—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
TITLE IV—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 
TITLE V—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
TITLE VI—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
TITLE VII—INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
TITLE VIII—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
ICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
TITLE IX—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
TITLE X—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 
RELATED AGENCIES 
TITLE XI—STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
TITLE XII—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES 
TITLE XIII—HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
TITLE XIV—STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION 
TITLE XV—RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD 
AND RECOVERY INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL 
TITLE XVI—GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
DIVISION B—TAX, UNEMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, STATE FISCAL 
RELIEF, AND OTHER PROVISIONS 
TITLE I—TAX PROVISIONS 
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS AND STRUG-
GLING FAMILIES 
TITLE III—HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE 
TITLE IV—HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
TITLE V—STATE FISCAL RELIEF 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
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DIVISION A—APPROPRIATIONS 
PROVISIONS 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer these 
funds to agencies of the Department, other than the Forest 
Service, for necessary replacement, modernization, or up-
grades of laboratories or other facilities to improve work-
place safety and mission-area efficiencies as deemed appro-
priate by the Secretary: Provided further, that the Secretary 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House and Senate a plan on the allocation of these funds 
no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011, for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and 
activities funded under this title and an additional 
$17,500,000 for such purposes, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND 
ECONOMIC SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for competitive grants au-
thorized at 7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b), $50,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership 
(7 U.S.C 1922 et seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) 
loans, to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit 
Insurance Fund Program Account, as follows: farm owner-
ship loans, $400,000,000 of which $100,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $300,000,000 shall be 
for direct loans; and operating loans, $250,000,000 of which 
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$50,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$200,000,000 shall be for direct loans. 
For an additional amount for the cost of direct and 
guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, to remain available until September 30, 2010, as fol-
lows: farm ownership loans, $17,530,000 of which $330,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $17,200,000 
shall be for direct loans; and operating loans, $24,900,000 
of which $1,300,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans and $23,600,000 shall be for direct loans. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund Program Account for farm owner-
ship, operating, and emergency direct loans and unsub-
sidized guaranteed loans may be transferred among these 
programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 
days in advance of any transfer. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations’’, $275,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
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WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Watershed Reha-
bilitation Program’’, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Development, 
Salaries and Expenses’’, $80,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as author-
ized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available 
from funds in the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
Account, as follows: $1,000,000,000 for section 502 direct 
loans; and $10,472,000,000 for section 502 unsubsidized 
guaranteed loans. 
For an additional amount for the cost of direct and 
guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying loans, as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, to remain available until September 30, 2010, as fol-
lows: $67,000,000 for section 502 direct loans; and 
$133,000,000 for section 502 unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans. 
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local units of government, and schools in rural areas, as 
defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)). 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans, 
loan guarantees, and grants for the rural water, waste 
water, waste disposal, and solid waste management pro-
grams authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 
310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $1,375,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for direct loans and grants 
for distance learning and telemedicine services in rural 
areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa, et seq., 
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
For additional amount for the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et. seq.), except 
section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
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1771 et. seq.), except sections 17 and 21, $100,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2010, to carry out 
a grant program for National School Lunch Program 
equipment assistance: Provided, That such funds shall be 
provided to States administering a school lunch program 
through a formula based on the ratio that the total number 
of lunches served in the Program during the second pre-
ceding fiscal year bears to the total number of such lunches 
served in all States in such second preceding fiscal year: 
Provided further, That of such funds, the Secretary may 
approve the reserve by States of up to $20,000,000 for nec-
essary enhancements to the State Distributing Agency’s 
commodity ordering and management system to achieve 
compatibility with the Department’s web-based supply 
chain management system: Provided further, That of the 
funds remaining, the State shall provide competitive grants 
to school food authorities based upon the need for equipment 
assistance in participating schools with priority given to 
schools in which not less than 50 percent of the students 
are eligible for free or reduced price meals under the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and priority 
given to schools purchasing equipment for the purpose of 
offering more healthful foods and meals, in accordance with 
standards established by the Secretary. 
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For an additional amount for the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), to remain available 
until September 30, 2010, $500,000,000, of which 
$380,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be allocated as 
the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 
17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or 
participation exceed budget estimates, and of which 
$120,000,000 shall be for the purposes specified in section 
17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided, That up to one percent of the 
funding provided for the purposes specified in section 
17(h)(10)(B)(ii) may be reserved by the Secretary for Fed-
eral administrative activities in support of those purposes. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Commodity Assist-
ance Program’’, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, $150,000,000, which the Secretary shall use to pur-
chase a variety of commodities as authorized by the Com-
modity Credit Corporation or under section 32 of the Act 
entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, 
and for other purposes’’, approved August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That the Secretary shall distribute 
the commodities to States for distribution in accordance 
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with section 214 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 
1983 (Public Law 98–8; 7 U.S.C. 612c note): Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available, the Secretary may 
use up to $50,000,000 for costs associated with the distribu-
tion of commodities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated by this Act and made 
available to the United States Department of Agriculture 
for broadband direct loans and loan guarantees, as author-
ized under title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 950bb) and for grants, shall be available for 
broadband infrastructure in any area of the United States 
notwithstanding title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936: Provided, That at least 75 percent of the area served 
by the projects receiving funds from such grants, loans, or 
loan guarantees is in a rural area without sufficient access 
to high speed broadband service to facilitate rural economic 
development, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That priority for awarding funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be given to projects that provide 
service to the highest proportion of rural residents that do 
not have sufficient access to broadband service: Provided 
further, That priority for awarding such funds shall be 
given to project applications that demonstrate that, if the 
application is approved, all project elements will be fully 
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funded: Provided further, That priority for awarding such 
funds shall be given to activities that can commence 
promptly following approval: Provided further, That the 
Department shall submit a report on planned spending and 
actual obligations describing the use of these funds not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
quarterly thereafter until all funds are obligated, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate. 
SEC. 102. NUTRITION FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 
(a) MAXIMUM BENEFIT INCREASES.— 
(1) ECONOMIC
RECOVERY
1-MONTH
BEGINNING 
STIMULUS PAYMENT.—For the first month that begins 
not less than 25 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall increase the cost 
of the thrifty food plan for purposes of section 8(a) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2017(a)) by 85 percent. 
(2) REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 2009.—Begin-
ning with the second month that begins not less than 
25 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
for each subsequent month through the month ending 
September 30, 2009, the Secretary shall increase the 
cost of the thrifty food plan for purposes of section 
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2012(u)), if the sum of such percentages is less than 
12 percent. 
(5) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—Effective 
beginning October 1, 2011, the authority provided by 
this subsection terminates and has no effect. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall— 
(1) consider the benefit increases described in 
subsection (a) to be a mass change; 
(2) require a simple process for States to notify 
households of the changes in benefits; 
(3) consider section 16(c)(3)(A) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A)) to 
apply to any errors in the implementation of this sec-
tion, without regard to the 120-day limit described in 
section 16(c)(3)(A) of that Act; 
(4) disregard the additional amount of benefits 
that a household receives as a result of this section in 
determining the amount of overissuances under sec-
tion 13 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2022) and the hours of participation in a pro-
gram under section 6(d), 20, or 26 of that Act (7 
U.S.C. 2015(d), 2029, 2035); and 
(5) set the tolerance level for excluding small er-
rors for the purposes of section 16(c) of the Food and 
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Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)) at $50 for 
the period that the benefit increase under subsection 
(a) is in effect. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the costs of State admin-
istrative expenses associated with carrying out this 
section and administering the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program established under the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program’’) during a period of rising 
program caseloads, and for the expenses of the Sec-
retary under paragraph (6), the Secretary shall make 
available $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 
and 2010, to remain available through September 30, 
2010. 
(2) TIMING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall make available to States amounts 
for fiscal year 2009 under paragraph (1). 
(3) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (6), funds described in paragraph (1) 
shall be made available to States that meet the re-
quirements of paragraph (5) as grants to State agen-
cies for each fiscal year as follows: 
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(A) 75 percent of the amounts available for 
each fiscal year shall be allocated to States based 
on the share of each State of households that par-
ticipate in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program as reported to the Department of Agri-
culture for the most recent 12-month period for 
which data are available, adjusted by the Sec-
retary (in the discretion of the Secretary) for 
participation in disaster programs under section 
5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2014(h)); and 
(B) 25 percent of the amounts available for 
each fiscal year shall be allocated to States based 
on the increase in the number of households that 
participate in the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program as reported to the Department of 
Agriculture over the most recent 12-month period 
for which data are available, adjusted by the 
Secretary (in the discretion of the Secretary) for 
participation in disaster programs under section 
5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2014(h)). 
(4) REDISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall de-
termine an appropriate procedure for redistribution 
of amounts allocated to States that would otherwise be 
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provided allocations under paragraph (3) for a fiscal 
year but that do not meet the requirements of para-
graph (5). 
(5) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF SPECIFIED STATE AD-
MINISTRATIVE COSTS.—In this paragraph: 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘specified 
State administrative costs’’ includes all 
State administrative costs under the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program. 
(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘specified 
State administrative costs’’ does not in-
clude— 
(I) the costs of employment and 
training programs under section 6(d), 
20, or 26 of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d), 2029, 
2035); 
(II) the costs of nutrition edu-
cation under section 11(f) of that Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2020(f)); and 
(III) any other costs the Secretary 
determines should be excluded. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
make funds under this subsection available only 
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to States that, as determined by the Secretary, 
maintain State expenditures on specified State 
administrative costs. 
(6) MONITORING
AND
EVALUATION.—Of the 
amounts made available under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary may retain up to $5,000,000 for the costs 
incurred by the Secretary in monitoring the integrity 
and evaluating the effects of the payments made 
under this section. 
(d) FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM ON INDIAN RES-
ERVATIONS.—For the costs of administrative expenses asso-
ciated with the food distribution program on Indian res-
ervations established under section 4(b) of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), the Secretary shall 
make available $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
(e) CONSOLIDATED BLOCK GRANTS FOR PUERTO RICO 
AND AMERICAN SAMOA.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2009.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2009, the 
Secretary shall increase by 12 percent the 
amount available for nutrition assistance for eli-
gible households under the consolidated block 
grants for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and 
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American Samoa under section 19 of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028). 
(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made 
available under subparagraph (A) shall remain 
available through September 30, 2010. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2010.—For fiscal year 2010, the 
Secretary shall increase the amount available for nu-
trition assistance for eligible households under the 
consolidated block grants for the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico and American Samoa under section 19 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2028) by 12 percent, less the percentage by which the 
Secretary determines the consolidated block grants 
would otherwise be adjusted on October 1, 2009, as re-
quired by section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
2028(a)(2)(A)(ii)), if the percentage is less than 12 
percent. 
(3) FISCAL YEAR 2011.—For fiscal year 2011, the 
Secretary shall increase the amount available for nu-
trition assistance for eligible households under the 
consolidated block grants for the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico and American Samoa under section 19 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2028) by 12 percent, less the sum of the percentages 
by which the Secretary determines the consolidated 
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block grants would otherwise be adjusted on October 
1, 2009, and October 1, 2010, as required by section 
19(a)(2)(A)(ii) 
of 
that 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2028(a)(2)(A)(ii)), if the sum of the percentages is 
less than 12 percent. 
(f) TREATMENT OF JOBLESS WORKERS.— 
(1) REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 2009 THROUGH 
FISCAL YEAR 2011.—Beginning with the first month 
that begins not less than 25 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act and for each subsequent month 
through September 30, 2011, eligibility for supple-
mental nutrition assistance program benefits shall not 
be limited under section 6(o)(2) of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 unless an individual does not 
comply with the requirements of a program offered by 
the State agency that meets the standards of subpara-
graphs (B) or (C) of that paragraph. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND THEREAFTER.—Be-
ginning on October 1, 2011, for the purposes of sec-
tion 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2015(o)), a State agency shall disregard any 
period during which an individual received benefits 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
prior to October 1, 2011. 
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(g) FUNDING.—There are appropriated to the Sec-
retary out of funds of the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 103. AGRICULTURAL
DISASTER
ASSISTANCE 
TRANSITION. (a) FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT.—Sec-
tion 531(g) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1531(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) 2008 TRANSITION ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Eligible producers on a 
farm described in subparagraph (A) of para-
graph (4) that failed to timely pay the appro-
priate fee described in that subparagraph shall 
be eligible for assistance under this section in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B) if the eligible 
producers on the farm— 
‘‘(i) pay the appropriate fee described 
in paragraph (4)(A) not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this para-
graph; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) in the case of each insurable 
commodity of the eligible producers on the 
farm, excluding grazing land, agree to ob-
tain a policy or plan of insurance under 
subtitle A (excluding a crop insurance pilot 
program under that subtitle) for the next 
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insurance year for which crop insurance is 
available to the eligible producers on the 
farm at a level of coverage equal to 70 per-
cent or more of the recorded or appraised 
average yield indemnified at 100 percent of 
the expected market price, or an equivalent 
coverage; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of each noninsurable 
commodity of the eligible producers on the 
farm, agree to file the required paperwork, 
and pay the administrative fee by the ap-
plicable State filing deadline, for the non-
insured crop assistance program for the 
2009 crop year. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Eligible 
producers on a farm that meet the requirements 
of subparagraph (A) shall be eligible to receive 
assistance under this section as if the eligible 
producers on the farm— 
‘‘(i) in the case of each insurable com-
modity of the eligible producers on the farm, 
had obtained a policy or plan of insurance 
for the 2008 crop year at a level of coverage 
not to exceed 70 percent or more of the re-
corded or appraised average yield indem-
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nified at 100 percent of the expected market 
price, or an equivalent coverage; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of each noninsurable 
commodity of the eligible producers on the 
farm, had filed the required paperwork, and 
paid the administrative fee by the applica-
ble State filing deadline, for the noninsured 
crop assistance program for the 2008 crop 
year, except that in determining yield 
under that program, the Secretary shall use 
a percentage that is 70 percent. 
‘‘(C) EQUITABLE RELIEF.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (D), eligible producers on 
a farm that met the requirements of paragraph 
(1) before the deadline described in paragraph 
(4)(A) and received, or are eligible to receive, a 
disaster assistance payment under this section 
for a production loss during the 2008 crop year 
shall be eligible to receive an additional amount 
equal to the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the amount that would have been 
calculated under subparagraph (B) if the el-
igible producers on the farm had paid the 
appropriate fee under that subparagraph; 
or 
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‘‘(ii) the amount that would have been 
calculated under subparagraph (A) of sub-
section (b)(3) if— 
‘‘(I) in clause (i) of that subpara-
graph, ‘120 percent’ is substituted for 
‘115 percent’; and 
‘‘(II) in clause (ii) of that sub-
paragraph, ‘125’ is substituted for ‘120 
percent’. 
‘‘(D) 
LIMITATION.—For 
amounts 
made 
available under this paragraph, the Secretary 
may make such adjustments as are necessary to 
ensure that no producer receives a payment 
under this paragraph for an amount in excess of 
the assistance received by a similarly situated 
producer that had purchased the same or higher 
level of crop insurance prior to the date of enact-
ment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(E) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary may provide such additional assist-
ance as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
provide equitable treatment for eligible producers 
on a farm that suffered production losses in the 
2008 crop year that result in multiyear produc-
tion losses, as determined by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(F) LACK
OF
ACCESS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, the Secretary 
may provide assistance under this section to eli-
gible producers on a farm that— 
‘‘(i) suffered a production loss due to a 
natural cause during the 2008 crop year; 
and 
‘‘(ii) as determined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(I)(aa) except as provided in 
item (bb), lack access to a policy or 
plan of insurance under subtitle A; or 
‘‘(bb) do not qualify for a written 
agreement because 1 or more farming 
practices, which the Secretary has de-
termined are good farming practices, of 
the eligible producers on the farm dif-
fer significantly from the farming 
practices used by producers of the same 
crop in other regions of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(II) are not eligible for the non-
insured crop disaster assistance pro-
gram established by section 196 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).’’. 
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(b) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—Section 901(g) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(g)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(7) 2008 TRANSITION ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Eligible producers on a 
farm described in subparagraph (A) of para-
graph (4) that failed to timely pay the appro-
priate fee described in that subparagraph shall 
be eligible for assistance under this section in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B) if the eligible 
producers on the farm— 
‘‘(i) pay the appropriate fee described 
in paragraph (4)(A) not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this para-
graph; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) in the case of each insurable 
commodity of the eligible producers on the 
farm, excluding grazing land, agree to ob-
tain a policy or plan of insurance under the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.) (excluding a crop insurance pilot 
program under that Act) for the next insur-
ance year for which crop insurance is avail-
able to the eligible producers on the farm at 
a level of coverage equal to 70 percent or 
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more of the recorded or appraised average 
yield indemnified at 100 percent of the ex-
pected market price, or an equivalent cov-
erage; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of each noninsurable 
commodity of the eligible producers on the 
farm, agree to file the required paperwork, 
and pay the administrative fee by the ap-
plicable State filing deadline, for the non-
insured crop assistance program for the 
2009 crop year. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Eligible 
producers on a farm that meet the requirements 
of subparagraph (A) shall be eligible to receive 
assistance under this section as if the eligible 
producers on the farm— 
‘‘(i) in the case of each insurable com-
modity of the eligible producers on the farm, 
had obtained a policy or plan of insurance 
for the 2008 crop year at a level of coverage 
not to exceed 70 percent or more of the re-
corded or appraised average yield indem-
nified at 100 percent of the expected market 
price, or an equivalent coverage; and 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of each noninsurable 
commodity of the eligible producers on the 
farm, had filed the required paperwork, and 
paid the administrative fee by the applica-
ble State filing deadline, for the noninsured 
crop assistance program for the 2008 crop 
year, except that in determining yield 
under that program, the Secretary shall use 
a percentage that is 70 percent. 
‘‘(C) EQUITABLE RELIEF.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (D), eligible producers on 
a farm that met the requirements of paragraph 
(1) before the deadline described in paragraph 
(4)(A) and received, or are eligible to receive, a 
disaster assistance payment under this section 
for a production loss during the 2008 crop year 
shall be eligible to receive an additional amount 
equal to the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the amount that would have been 
calculated under subparagraph (B) if the el-
igible producers on the farm had paid the 
appropriate fee under that subparagraph; 
or 
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‘‘(ii) the amount that would have been 
calculated under subparagraph (A) of sub-
section (b)(3) if— 
‘‘(I) in clause (i) of that subpara-
graph, ‘120 percent’ is substituted for 
‘115 percent’; and 
‘‘(II) in clause (ii) of that sub-
paragraph, ‘125’ is substituted for ‘120 
percent’. 
‘‘(D) 
LIMITATION.—For 
amounts 
made 
available under this paragraph, the Secretary 
may make such adjustments as are necessary to 
ensure that no producer receives a payment 
under this paragraph for an amount in excess of 
the assistance received by a similarly situated 
producer that had purchased the same or higher 
level of crop insurance prior to the date of enact-
ment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(E) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary may provide such additional assist-
ance as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
provide equitable treatment for eligible producers 
on a farm that suffered production losses in the 
2008 crop year that result in multiyear produc-
tion losses, as determined by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(F) LACK
OF
ACCESS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, the Secretary 
may provide assistance under this section to eli-
gible producers on a farm that— 
‘‘(i) suffered a production loss due to a 
natural cause during the 2008 crop year; 
and 
‘‘(ii) as determined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(I)(aa) except as provided in 
item (bb), lack access to a policy or 
plan of insurance under subtitle A; or 
‘‘(bb) do not qualify for a written 
agreement because 1 or more farming 
practices, which the Secretary has de-
termined are good farming practices, of 
the eligible producers on the farm dif-
fer significantly from the farming 
practices used by producers of the same 
crop in other regions of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(II) are not eligible for the non-
insured crop disaster assistance pro-
gram established by section 196 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).’’. 
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(c) EMERGENCY LOANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the principal amount of 
direct emergency loans under section 321 of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1961), $200,000,000. 
(2) DIRECT EMERGENCY LOANS.—For the cost of 
direct emergency loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), 
$28,440,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
(d) 2008 AQUACULTURE ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) ELIGIBLE AQUACULTURE PRODUCER.— 
The term ‘‘eligible aquaculture producer’’ means 
an aquaculture producer that during the 2008 
calendar year, as determined by the Secretary— 
(i) produced an aquaculture species for 
which feed costs represented a substantial 
percentage of the input costs of the aqua-
culture operation; and 
(ii) experienced a substantial price in-
crease of feed costs above the previous 5-year 
average. 
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(B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(2) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall 
use not more than $50,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, to carry out a 
program of grants to States to assist eligible 
aquaculture producers for losses associated with 
high feed input costs during the 2008 calendar 
year. 
(B) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall notify the State department of agri-
culture (or similar entity) in each State of the 
availability of funds to assist eligible aqua-
culture producers, including such terms as deter-
mined by the Secretary to be necessary for the 
equitable treatment of eligible aquaculture pro-
ducers. 
(C) PROVISION OF GRANTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make grants to States under this subsection 
on a pro rata basis based on the amount of 
aquaculture feed used in each State during 
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the 2007 calendar year, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(ii) TIMING.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall make grants to States to 
provide assistance under this subsection. 
(D) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
make grants under this subsection only to States 
that demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary that the State will— 
(i) use grant funds to assist eligible 
aquaculture producers; 
(ii) provide assistance to eligible aqua-
culture producers not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the State receives 
grant funds; and 
(iii) not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the State provides assistance 
to eligible aquaculture producers, submit to 
the Secretary a report that describes— 
(I) the manner in which the State 
provided assistance; 
(II) the amounts of assistance 
provided per species of aquaculture; 
and 
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(III) the process by which the 
State determined the levels of assist-
ance to eligible aquaculture producers. 
(3) REDUCTION
IN
PAYMENTS.—An eligible 
aquaculture producer that receives assistance under 
this subsection shall not be eligible to receive any 
other assistance under the supplemental agricultural 
disaster assistance program established under section 
531 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1531) and section 901 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2497) for any losses in 2008 relating to the 
same species of aquaculture. 
(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report that— 
(A) describes in detail the manner in which 
this subsection has been carried out; and 
(B) includes the information reported to the 
Secretary under paragraph (2)(D)(iii). 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—There is hereby appropriated 
$54,000,000 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 104. (a) Hereafter, in this section, the term ‘‘non-
ambulatory disabled cattle’’ means cattle, other than cattle 
that are less than 5 months old or weigh less than 500 
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pounds, subject to inspection under section 3(b) of the Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603(b)) that cannot 
rise from a recumbent position or walk, including cattle 
with a broken appendage, severed tendon or ligament, nerve 
paralysis, fractured vertebral column, or a metabolic condi-
tion. 
(b) Hereafter, none of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries or 
expenses of any personnel of the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service to pass through inspection any nonambulatory dis-
abled cattle for use as human food, regardless of the reason 
for the nonambulatory status of the cattle or the time at 
which the cattle became nonambulatory. 
SEC. 105. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. Section 
1001(f)(6)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308(f)(6)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than the 
conservation reserve program established under subchapter 
B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of this Act)’’ before 
the period at the end. 
SEC. 106. Except for title I of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), Commodity 
Credit Corporation funds provided in that Act shall be 
available for administrative expenses, including technical 
assistance, without regard to the limitation in 15 U.S.C. 
714i. 
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TITLE II—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Ad-
ministration’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Development 
Assistance Programs’’, $150,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That $50,000,000 shall 
be for economic adjustment assistance as authorized by sec-
tion 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3149): Provided fur-
ther, That in allocating the funds provided in the previous 
proviso, the Secretary of Commerce shall give priority con-
sideration to areas of the Nation that have experienced sud-
den and severe economic dislocation and job loss due to cor-
porate restructuring. 
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Periodic Censuses and 
Programs’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM 
For an amount for ‘‘Broadband Technology Opportu-
nities Program’’, $7,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, $6,650,000,000 shall be expended pur-
suant to section 201 of this Act, of which: not less than 
$200,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants for 
expanding public computer center capacity, including at 
community colleges and public libraries; not less than 
$250,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants for 
innovative programs to encourage sustainable adoption of 
broadband service; and $10,000,000 shall be transferred to 
‘‘Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General’’ for 
the purposes of audits and oversight of funds provided 
under this heading and such funds shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That 50 percent of the 
funds provided in the previous proviso shall be used to sup-
port projects in rural communities, which in part may be 
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transferred to the Department of Agriculture for adminis-
tration through the Rural Utilities Service if deemed nec-
essary and appropriate by the Secretary of Commerce, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, and only if 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the 
Senate are notified not less than 15 days in advance of the 
transfer of such funds: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, up to $350,000,000 may be 
expended pursuant to Public Law 110–385 (47 U.S.C. 1301 
note) and for the purposes of developing and maintaining 
a broadband inventory map pursuant to section 201 of this 
Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, amounts deemed necessary and appropriate by the 
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC), may be transferred to 
the FCC for the purposes of developing a national 
broadband plan or for carrying out any other FCC respon-
sibilities pursuant to section 201 of this Act, and only if 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the 
Senate are notified not less than 15 days in advance of the 
transfer of such funds: Provided further, That not more 
than 3 percent of funds provided under this heading may 
be used for administrative costs, and this limitation shall 
apply to funds which may be transferred to the Department 
of Agriculture and the FCC. 
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DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER BOX PROGRAM 
For an amount for ‘‘Digital-to-Analog Converter Box 
Program’’, $650,000,000, for additional coupons and re-
lated activities under the program implemented under sec-
tion 3005 of the Digital Television Transition and Public 
Safety Act of 2005, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading, $90,000,000 may be for education and out-
reach, including grants to organizations for programs to 
educate vulnerable populations, including senior citizens, 
minority communities, people with disabilities, low-income 
individuals, and people living in rural areas, about the 
transition and to provide one-on-one assistance to vulner-
able populations, including help with converter box instal-
lation: Provided further, That the amounts provided in the 
previous proviso may be transferred to the Federal Commu-
nications Commission (Commission) if deemed necessary 
and appropriate by the Secretary of Commerce in consulta-
tion with the Commission, and only if the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate are notified 
not less than 5 days in advance of transfer of such funds: 
Provided further, That $2,000,000 of funds provided under 
this heading shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Com-
merce, Office of Inspector General’’ for audits and oversight 
of funds provided under this heading. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Scientific and Tech-
nical Research and Services’’, $168,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction of Re-
search Facilities’’, $307,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 
and Facilities’’, $377,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi-
tion and Construction’’, $645,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2012. 
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Tactical Law Enforce-
ment Wireless Communications’’, $100,000,000 for the costs 
of developing and implementing a nationwide Integrated 
Wireless network supporting Federal law enforcement, to re-
main available until September 30, 2010. 
DETENTION TRUSTEE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Detention Trustee’’, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $75,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Prison Sys-
tem, Buildings and Facilities’’, $800,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Violence Against 
Women 
Prevention 
and 
Prosecution 
Programs’’, 
$300,000,000 for grants to combat violence against women, 
as authorized by part T of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.): Provided, 
That, $50,000,000 shall be transitional housing assistance 
grants for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual 
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assault as authorized by section 40299 of the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103–322). 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $1,200,000,000 for the Edward 
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as au-
thorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (‘‘1968 Act’’), 
(except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto 
Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, shall not apply 
for purposes of this Act), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $300,000,000 for competitive 
grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice 
system, to assist victims of crime (other than compensa-
tion), and youth mentoring grants, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $90,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010, for competitive grants to provide 
assistance and equipment to local law enforcement along 
the Southern border and in High-Intensity Drug Traf-
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ficking Areas to combat criminal narcotics activity stem-
ming from the Southern border, of which $10,000,000 shall 
be transferred to ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses’’ for the ATF Project 
Gunrunner. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, for assistance to Indian 
tribes, notwithstanding Public Law 108–199, division B, 
title I, section 112(a)(1) (118 Stat. 62), of which— 
(1) $250,000,000 shall be available for grants 
under section 20109 of subtitle A of title II of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–322); 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal 
Courts Initiative; and 
(3) $25,000,000 shall be available for tribal alco-
hol and substance abuse drug reduction assistance 
grants. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law En-
forcement Assistance’’, $100,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010, to be distributed by the Office 
for Victims of Crime in accordance with section 1402(d)(4) 
of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473). 
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For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $150,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, for assistance to law enforce-
ment in rural areas, to prevent and combat crime, espe-
cially drug-related crime. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010, for Internet Crimes Against Chil-
dren (ICAC) initiatives. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Oriented 
Policing Services’’, for grants under section 1701 of title 
I of the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for hiring and rehiring of additional 
career law enforcement officers under part Q of such title, 
and civilian public safety personnel, notwithstanding sub-
section (i) of such section and notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 
3796dd–3(c), $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount, not elsewhere specified in 
this title, for management and administration and over-
sight of programs within the Office on Violence Against 
Women, the Office of Justice Programs, and the Community 
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Oriented Policing Services Office, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010. 
SCIENCE 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Science’’, 
$450,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
AERONAUTICS 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Aeronautics’’, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
EXPLORATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Exploration’’, 
$450,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Cross Agency Sup-
port’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011. 
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and Related 
Activities’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Major Research Equip-
ment and Facilities Construction’’, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Education and 
Human Resources’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 201. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information (Assistant Secretary), in 
consultation with the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) (and, with respect to rural areas, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture), shall establish a national broadband 
service development and expansion program in conjunction 
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with the technology opportunities program, which shall be 
referred to the Broadband Technology Opportunities Pro-
gram. The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the pro-
gram complements and enhances and does not conflict with 
other Federal broadband initiatives and programs. 
(1) The purposes of the program are to— 
(A) provide access to broadband service to 
citizens residing in unserved areas of the United 
States; 
(B) provide improved access to broadband 
service to citizens residing in underserved areas 
of the United States; 
(C) provide broadband education, aware-
ness, training, access, equipment, and support 
to— 
(i) schools, libraries, medical and 
healthcare providers, community colleges 
and other institutions of higher education, 
and other community support organizations 
and entities to facilitate greater use of 
broadband service by or through these orga-
nizations; 
(ii) organizations and agencies that 
provide outreach, access, equipment, and 
support services to facilitate greater use of 
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broadband service by low-income, unem-
ployed, aged, and otherwise vulnerable pop-
ulations; and 
(iii) job-creating strategic facilities lo-
cated within a State-designated economic 
zone, Economic Development District des-
ignated by the Department of Commerce, 
Renewal 
Community 
or 
Empowerment 
Zone designated by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, or Enter-
prise Community designated by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. 
(D) 
improve 
access 
to, 
and 
use 
of, 
broadband service by public safety agencies; and 
(E) stimulate the demand for broadband, 
economic growth, and job creation. 
(2) The Assistant Secretary may consult with the 
chief executive officer of any State with respect to— 
(A) the identification of areas described in 
subsection (1)(A) or (B) located in that State; 
and 
(B) the allocation of grant funds within 
that State for projects in or affecting the State. 
(3) The Assistant Secretary shall— 
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(A) establish and implement the grant pro-
gram as expeditiously as practicable; 
(B) ensure that all awards are made before 
the end of fiscal year 2010; 
(C) seek such assurances as may be nec-
essary or appropriate from grantees under the 
program that they will substantially complete 
projects supported by the program in accordance 
with project timelines, not to exceed 2 years fol-
lowing an award; and 
(D) report on the status of the program to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and the Senate, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House, and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate, every 90 days. 
(4) To be eligible for a grant under the program 
an applicant shall— 
(A) be a State or political subdivision there-
of, a nonprofit foundation, corporation, institu-
tion or association, Indian tribe, Native Hawai-
ian organization, or other non-governmental en-
tity in partnership with a State or political sub-
division thereof, Indian tribe, or Native Hawai-
ian organization if the Assistant Secretary deter-
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mines the partnership consistent with the pur-
poses this section; 
(B) submit an application, at such time, in 
such form, and containing such information as 
the Assistant Secretary may require; 
(C) provide a detailed explanation of how 
any amount received under the program will be 
used to carry out the purposes of this section in 
an efficient and expeditious manner, including a 
demonstration that the project would not have 
been implemented during the grant period with-
out Federal grant assistance; 
(D) demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the 
Assistant Secretary, that it is capable of car-
rying out the project or function to which the ap-
plication relates in a competent manner in com-
pliance with all applicable Federal, State, and 
local laws; 
(E) demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the 
Assistant Secretary, that it will appropriate (if 
the applicant is a State or local government 
agency) or otherwise unconditionally obligate, 
from non-Federal sources, funds required to meet 
the requirements of paragraph (5); 
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(F) disclose to the Assistant Secretary the 
source and amount of other Federal or State 
funding sources from which the applicant re-
ceives, or has applied for, funding for activities 
or projects to which the application relates; and 
(G) provide such assurances and procedures 
as the Assistant Secretary may require to ensure 
that grant funds are used and accounted for in 
an appropriate manner. 
(5) The Federal share of any project may not ex-
ceed 80 percent, except that the Assistant Secretary 
may increase the Federal share of a project above 80 
percent if— 
(A) the applicant petitions the Assistant 
Secretary for a waiver; and 
(B) the Assistant Secretary determines that 
the petition demonstrates financial need. 
(6) The Assistant Secretary may make competi-
tive grants under the program to— 
(A) acquire equipment, instrumentation, 
networking capability, hardware and software, 
digital network technology, and infrastructure 
for broadband services; 
(B) construct and deploy broadband service 
related infrastructure; 
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(C) ensure access to broadband service by 
community anchor institutions; 
(D) facilitate access to broadband service by 
low-income, unemployed, aged, and otherwise 
vulnerable populations in order to provide edu-
cational and employment opportunities to mem-
bers of such populations; 
(E) construct and deploy broadband facili-
ties that improve public safety broadband com-
munications services; and 
(F) undertake such other projects and ac-
tivities as the Assistant Secretary finds to be 
consistent with the purposes for which the pro-
gram is established. 
(7) The Assistant Secretary— 
(A) shall require any entity receiving a 
grant pursuant to this section to report quar-
terly, in a format specified by the Assistant Sec-
retary, on such entity’s use of the assistance and 
progress fulfilling the objectives for which such 
funds were granted, and the Assistant Secretary 
shall make these reports available to the public; 
(B) may establish additional reporting and 
information requirements for any recipient of 
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any assistance made available pursuant to this 
section; 
(C) shall establish appropriate mechanisms 
to ensure appropriate use and compliance with 
all terms of any use of funds made available 
pursuant to this section; 
(D) may, in addition to other authority 
under applicable law, deobligate awards to 
grantees that demonstrate an insufficient level of 
performance, or wasteful or fraudulent spending, 
as defined in advance by the Assistant Secretary, 
and award these funds competitively to new or 
existing applicants consistent with this section; 
and 
(E) shall create and maintain a fully 
searchable database, accessible on the Internet at 
no cost to the public, that contains at least the 
name of each entity receiving funds made avail-
able pursuant to this section, the purpose for 
which such entity is receiving such funds, each 
quarterly report submitted by the entity pursu-
ant to this section, and such other information 
sufficient to allow the public to understand and 
monitor grants awarded under the program. 
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(8) Concurrent with the issuance of the Request 
for Proposal for grant applications pursuant to this 
section, the Assistant Secretary shall, in coordination 
with the Federal Communications Commission, pub-
lish the non-discrimination and network interconnec-
tion obligations that shall be contractual conditions of 
grants awarded under this section. 
(9) Within 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Commission shall complete a rulemaking 
to develop a national broadband plan. In developing 
the plan, the Commission shall— 
(A) consider the most effective and efficient 
national strategy for ensuring that all Ameri-
cans have access to, and take advantage of, ad-
vanced broadband services; 
(B) have access to data provided to other 
Government agencies under the Broadband Data 
Improvement Act (47 U.S.C. 1301 note); 
(C) evaluate the status of deployments of 
broadband service, including the progress of 
projects supported by the grants made pursuant 
to this section; and 
(D) develop recommendations for achieving 
the goal of nationally available broadband serv-
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ice for the United States and for promoting 
broadband adoption nationwide. 
(10) The Assistant Secretary shall develop and 
maintain a comprehensive nationwide inventory map 
of existing broadband service capability and avail-
ability in the United States that entities and depicts 
the geographic extent to which broadband service ca-
pability is deployed and available from a commercial 
provider or public provider throughout each State: 
Provided, That not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of the Act, the Assistant Secretary 
shall make the broadband inventory map developed 
and maintained pursuant to this section accessible to 
the public. 
SEC. 202. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information may reissue any coupon 
issued under section 3005(a) of the Digital Television Tran-
sition and Public Safety Act of 2005 that has expired before 
use, and shall cancel any unredeemed coupon reported as 
lost and may issue a replacement coupon for the lost cou-
pon. 
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TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army’’, $1,169,291,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy’’, $571,843,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps’’, $112,167,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force’’, $927,113,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army Reserve’’, $79,543,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2010. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy Reserve’’, $44,586,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $32,304,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force Reserve’’, $10,674,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army National Guard’’, $215,557,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air National Guard’’, $20,922,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
PROCUREMENT 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Production Act 
Purchases’’, $100,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2010. 
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $200,000,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2010. 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’, $250,000,000 for operation and maintenance, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Inspector 
General’’, $12,000,000 for operation and maintenance, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2011, 
and an additional $3,000,000 for such purposes, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011. 
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TITLE IV—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’ for ex-
penses necessary where authorized by law for the collection 
and study of basic information pertaining to river and har-
bor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; for surveys 
and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of pro-
posed river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects 
and related efforts prior to construction; for restudy of au-
thorized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations and, 
when authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, and 
plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, 
$25,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under this 
heading in this title shall only be used for programs, 
projects or activities that heretofore or hereafter receive 
funds provided in Acts making appropriations available for 
Energy and Water Development: Provided further, That 
funds provided under this heading in this title shall be used 
for programs, projects or activities or elements of programs, 
projects or activities that can be completed within the funds 
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made available in that account and that will not require 
new budget authority to complete: Provided further, That 
for projects that are being completed with funds appro-
priated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for obli-
gation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, over 
engineering and design on those projects and on subsequent 
claims, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
have unlimited reprogramming authority for these funds 
provided under this heading. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for ex-
penses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by 
law, $2,000,000,000, of which such sums as are necessary 
to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facilities 
under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program 
shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 
as authorized by Public Law 104–303: Provided, That not 
less than $200,000,000 of the funds provided shall be for 
water-related environmental infrastructure assistance: Pro-
vided further, That section 102 of Public Law 109–103 (33 
U.S.C. 2221) shall not apply to funds provided in this title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
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of law, no funds shall be drawn from the Inland Waterways 
Trust Fund, as authorized in Public Law 99–662: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading in this title 
shall only be used for programs, projects or activities that 
heretofore or hereafter receive funds provided in Acts mak-
ing appropriations available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment: Provided further, That funds provided under this 
heading in this title shall be used for programs, projects 
or activities or elements of programs, projects or activities 
that can be completed within the funds made available in 
that account and that will not require new budget authority 
to complete: Provided further, That the limitation con-
cerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986, as amended (33 U.S.C. 
2280), shall not apply during fiscal year 2009 to any 
project that received funds provided in this title: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be used by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, to undertake work authorized to be car-
ried out in accordance with section 14 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r); section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s); section 206 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330); or 
section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a), notwithstanding the program cost 
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limitations set forth in those sections: Provided further, 
That for projects that are being completed with funds ap-
propriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired for 
obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
over engineering and design on those projects and on subse-
quent claims, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for these 
funds provided under this heading. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and 
Tributaries’’ for expenses necessary for flood damage reduc-
tion projects and related efforts as authorized by law, 
$500,000,000, of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for 
inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662: Pro-
vided, That funds provided under this heading in this title 
shall only be used for programs, projects or activities that 
heretofore or hereafter receive funds provided in Acts mak-
ing appropriations available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment: Provided further, That funds provided under this 
heading in this title shall be used for programs, projects 
or activities or elements of programs, projects or activities 
that can be completed within the funds made available in 
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that account and that will not require new budget authority 
to complete: Provided further, That the limitation con-
cerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986, as amended (33 U.S.C. 
2280), shall not apply during fiscal year 2009 to any 
project that received funds provided in this title: Provided 
further, That for projects that are being completed with 
funds appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be ex-
pired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, in-
spection, over engineering and design on those projects and 
on subsequent claims, if any: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming authority 
for these funds provided under this heading. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance’’ for expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 
related projects authorized by law, and for surveys and 
charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting 
waters, clearing and straightening channels, and removal 
of obstructions to navigation, $1,900,000,000, of which such 
sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of oper-
ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan-
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nels, and inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662; 
and of which such sums as become available under section 
217 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, Public 
Law 104–303, shall be used to cover the cost of operation 
and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities 
for which fees have been collected: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading in this title shall only be used 
for programs, projects or activities that heretofore or here-
after receive funds provided in Acts making appropriations 
available for Energy and Water Development: Provided fur-
ther, That funds provided under this heading in this title 
shall be used for programs, projects or activities or elements 
of programs, projects or activities that can be completed 
within the funds made available in that account and that 
will not require new budget authority to complete: Provided 
further, That $90,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading shall be used for activities described in section 9004 
of Public Law 110–114: Provided further, That section 9006 
of Public Law 110–114 shall not apply to funds provided 
in this title: Provided further, That for projects that are 
being completed with funds appropriated in this Act that 
would otherwise be expired for obligation, expired funds ap-
propriated in this Act may be used to pay the cost of associ-
ated supervision, inspection, over engineering and design 
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on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall have unlimited reprogram-
ming authority for these funds provided under this heading. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Regulatory Program’’ 
for expenses necessary for administration of laws per-
taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$25,000,000 is provided. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Formerly Utilized 
Sites Remedial Action Program’’ for expenses necessary to 
clean up contamination from sites in the United States re-
sulting from work performed as part of the Nation’s early 
atomic energy program, $100,000,000: Provided further, 
That funds provided under this heading in this title shall 
be used for programs, projects or activities or elements of 
programs, projects or activities that can be completed with-
in the funds made available in that account and that will 
not require new budget authority to complete: Provided fur-
ther, That for projects that are being completed with funds 
appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be expired 
for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
over engineering and design on those projects and on subse-
quent claims, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary 
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shall have unlimited reprogramming authority for these 
funds provided under this heading. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’ for expenses necessary for pre-place-
ment of materials and equipment, advance measures and 
other activities authorized by law, $50,000,000 is provided. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for management, develop-
ment, and restoration of water and related natural re-
sources and for related activities, including the operation, 
maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other 
facilities, participation in fulfilling related Federal respon-
sibilities to Native Americans, and related grants to, and 
cooperative and other agreements with, State and local gov-
ernments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and others, 
$1,400,000,000; of which such amounts as may be necessary 
may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Pro-
vided, That of the total appropriated, the amount for pro-
gram activities that can be financed by the Reclamation 
Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account es-
tablished by 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i) shall be derived from that 
Fund or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 
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under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the 
purposes for which contributed: Provided further, That 
funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to 
this account and are available until expended for the same 
purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided under this heading in 
this title shall only be used for programs, projects or activi-
ties that heretofore or hereafter receive funds provided in 
Acts making appropriations available for Energy and 
Water Development: Provided further, That funds provided 
in this Act shall be used for elements of projects, programs 
or activities that can be completed within these funding 
amounts and not create budgetary obligations in future fis-
cal years: Provided further, That $50,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading may be transferred to the De-
partment of the Interior for programs, projects and activi-
ties authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act 
(titles II–V of Public Law 102–575): Provided further, That 
$50,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading may 
be used for programs, projects, and activities authorized by 
the California Bay-Delta Restoration Act (Public Law 108– 
361): Provided further, That not less than $60,000,000 of 
the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 
rural water projects and shall be expended primarily on 
water intake and treatment facilities of such projects: Pro-
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vided further, That not less than $10,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading shall be used for a bureau-wide 
inspection of canals program in urbanized areas: Provided 
further, That not less than $110,000,000 of the funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be used for water reclama-
tion and reuse projects (title 16 of Public Law 102–575): 
Provided further, That the costs of reimbursable activities, 
other than for maintenance and rehabilitation, carried out 
with funds provided in this Act shall be repaid pursuant 
to existing authorities and agreements: Provided further, 
That the costs of maintenance and rehabilitation activities 
carried out with funds provided in this Act shall be repaid 
pursuant to existing authority, except the length of repay-
ment period shall be determined on needs-based criteria to 
be established and adopted by the Commissioner, but in no 
case shall the repayment period exceed 25 years: Provided 
further, That for projects that are being completed with 
funds appropriated in this Act that would otherwise be ex-
pired for obligation, expired funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, in-
spection, over engineering and design on those projects and 
on subsequent claims, if any: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall have unlimited reprogramming authority 
for these funds provided under this heading. 
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy’’, $14,398,000,000, for necessary ex-
penses, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Pro-
vided, That $4,200,000,000 shall be available for Energy 
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants for implementa-
tion of programs authorized under subtitle E of title V of 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17151 et seq.), of which $2,100,000,000 is available 
through the formula in subtitle E: Provided further, That 
the remaining $2,100,000,000 shall be awarded on a com-
petitive basis only to competitive grant applicants from 
States in which the Governor certifies to the Secretary of 
Energy that the applicable State regulatory authority will 
implement the integrated resource planning and rate design 
modifications standards required to be considered under 
paragraphs (16) and (17) of section 111(d) of the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
2621(d)(16) and (17)); and the Governor will take all ac-
tions within his or her authority to ensure that the State, 
or the applicable units of local government that have au-
thority to adopt building codes, will implement— 
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(A) building energy codes for residential build-
ings that the Secretary determines are likely to meet 
or exceed the 2009 International Energy Conservation 
Code; 
(B) building energy codes for commercial build-
ings that the Secretary determines are likely to meet 
or exceed the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1– 
2007; and 
(C) a plan for implementing and enforcing the 
building energy codes described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) that is likely to ensure that at least 90 per-
cent of the new and renovated residential and com-
mercial building space will meet the standards within 
8 years after the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That $2,000,000,000 shall be available for 
grants for the manufacturing of advanced batteries and 
components and the Secretary shall provide facility funding 
awards under this section to manufacturers of advanced 
battery systems and vehicle batteries that are produced in 
the United States, including advanced lithium ion batteries, 
hybrid electrical systems, component manufacturers, and 
software designers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 3304 of title 5, United States Code, and without 
regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of 
such title 5, the Secretary of Energy, upon a determination 
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that there is a severe shortage of candidates or a critical 
hiring need for particular positions, may from within the 
funds provided, recruit and directly appoint highly quali-
fied individuals into the competitive service: Provided fur-
ther, That such authority shall not apply to positions in 
the Excepted Service or the Senior Executive Service: Pro-
vided further, That any action authorized herein shall be 
consistent with the merit principles of section 2301 of such 
title 5, and the Department shall comply with the public 
notice requirements of section 3327 of such title 5. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability’’, $4,500,000,000, for necessary ex-
penses, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Pro-
vided, That $100,000,000 shall be available for worker 
training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 3304 of title 5, United States Code, and without 
regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of 
such title 5, the Secretary of Energy, upon a determination 
that there is a severe shortage of candidates or a critical 
hiring need for particular positions, may from within the 
funds provided, recruit and directly appoint highly quali-
fied individuals into the competitive service: Provided fur-
ther, That such authority shall not apply to positions in 
the Excepted Service or the Senior Executive Service: Pro-
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vided further, That any action authorized herein shall be 
consistent with the merit principles of section 2301 of such 
title 5, and the Department shall comply with the public 
notice requirements of section 3327 of such title 5: Provided, 
That for the purpose of facilitating the development of re-
gional transmission plans, the Office of Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability within the Department of Energy 
is provided $80,000,000 within the available funds to con-
duct a resource assessment and an analysis of future de-
mand and transmission requirements: Provided further, 
That the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reli-
ability will provide technical assistance to the North Amer-
ican Electric Reliability Corporation, the regional reli-
ability entities, the States, and other transmission owners 
and operators for the formation of interconnection-based 
transmission plans for the Eastern and Western Inter-
connections and ERCOT: Provided further, That such as-
sistance may include modeling, support to regions and 
States for the development of coordinated State electricity 
policies, programs, laws, and regulations: Provided further, 
That $10,000,000 is provided to implement section 1305 of 
Public Law 110–140. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Fossil Energy Research 
and Development’’, $4,600,000,000, to remain available 
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until September 30, 2010: Provided, That $2,000,000,000 
is available for one or more near zero emissions power-
plant(s): Provided further, $1,000,000,000 is available for 
selections under the Department’s Clean Coal Power Initia-
tive Round III Funding Opportunity Announcement; not-
withstanding the mandatory eligibility requirements of the 
Funding Opportunity Announcement, the Department shall 
consider applications that utilize petroleum coke for some 
or all of the project’s fuel input: Provided further, 
$1,520,000,000 is available for a competitive solicitation 
pursuant to section 703 of Public Law 110–140 for projects 
that demonstrate carbon capture from industrial sources: 
Provided further, That awards for such projects may in-
clude plant efficiency improvements for integration with 
carbon capture technology. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Non-Defense Environ-
mental Cleanup’’, $483,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Uranium Enrichment 
Decontamination 
and 
Decommissioning 
Fund’’, 
$390,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2010, of which $70,000,000 shall be available in accordance 
with title X, subtitle A of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 
SCIENCE 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Science’’, 
$330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
TITLE 17—INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, commitments to guarantee loans under section 
1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, shall not ex-
ceed a total principal amount of $50,000,000,000 for eligi-
ble projects, to remain available until committed: Provided, 
That these amounts are in addition to any authority pro-
vided elsewhere in this Act and this and previous fiscal 
years: Provided further, That such sums as are derived from 
amounts received from borrowers pursuant to section 
1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this 
heading in this and prior Acts, shall be collected in accord-
ance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That the source of such payment 
received from borrowers is not a loan or other debt obliga-
tion that is guaranteed by the Federal Government: Pro-
vided further, That pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005, no appropriations are available 
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to pay the subsidy cost of such guarantees: Provided further, 
That none of the loan guarantee authority made available 
in this Act shall be available for commitments to guarantee 
loans under section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 for any projects where funds, personnel, or property 
(tangible or intangible) of any Federal agency, instrumen-
tality, personnel or affiliated entity are expected to be used 
(directly or indirectly) through acquisitions, contracts, 
demonstrations, exchanges, grants, incentives, leases, pro-
curements, sales, other transaction authority, or other ar-
rangements, to support the project or to obtain goods or 
services from the project: Provided further, That none of the 
loan guarantee authority made available in this Act shall 
be available under section 1702(b)(2) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 for any project unless the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget has certified in advance in 
writing that the loan guarantee and the project comply with 
the provisions under this title: Provided further, That for 
an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed loans au-
thorized by section 1702(b)(1) and section 1705 of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005, $8,500,000,000, available until ex-
pended, to pay the costs of guarantees made under this sec-
tion: Provided further, That of the amount provided for 
Title XVII, $15,000,000 shall be used for administrative ex-
penses in carrying out the guaranteed loan program. 
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2012, and an additional 
$10,000,000 for such purposes, to remain available until 
September 30, 2012. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for weapons activities, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Environ-
mental Cleanup’’, $5,527,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION, AND 
MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
7152), and other related activities including conservation 
and 
renewable 
resources 
programs 
as 
authorized, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
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That the Administrator shall establish such personnel staff-
ing levels as he deems necessary to economically and effi-
ciently complete the activities pursued under the authority 
granted by section 402 of this Act: Provided further, That 
this appropriation is non-reimbursable. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 401. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION BOR-
ROWING AUTHORITY. For the purposes of providing funds 
to assist in financing the construction, acquisition, and re-
placement of the transmission system of the Bonneville 
Power Administration and to implement the authority of 
the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration 
under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.), an additional 
$3,250,000,000 in borrowing authority is made available 
under the Federal Columbia River Transmission System 
Act (16 U.S.C. 838 et seq.), to remain outstanding at any 
time. 
SEC. 402. WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
BORROWING AUTHORITY. The Hoover Power Plant Act of 
1984 (Public Law 98–381) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘TITLE III—BORROWING 
AUTHORITY 
‘‘SEC. 301. WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION BOR-
ROWING AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Western Area 
Power Administration. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, subject to paragraphs (2) through 
(5)— 
‘‘(A) the Western Area Power Administra-
tion may borrow funds from the Treasury; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary shall, without further 
appropriation and without fiscal year limita-
tion, loan to the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration, on such terms as may be fixed by the 
Administrator and the Secretary, such sums (not 
to exceed, in the aggregate (including deferred 
interest), $3,250,000,000 in outstanding repay-
able balances at any one time) as, in the judg-
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ment of the Administrator, are from time to time 
required for the purpose of— 
‘‘(i) constructing, financing, facili-
tating, planning, operating, maintaining, 
or studying construction of new or up-
graded electric power transmission lines 
and related facilities with at least one ter-
minus within the area served by the West-
ern Area Power Administration; and 
‘‘(ii) delivering or facilitating the de-
livery of power generated by renewable en-
ergy resources constructed or reasonably ex-
pected to be constructed after the date of en-
actment of this section. 
‘‘(2) INTEREST.—The rate of interest to be 
charged in connection with any loan made pursuant 
to this subsection shall be fixed by the Secretary, tak-
ing into consideration market yields on outstanding 
marketable obligations of the United States of com-
parable maturities as of the date of the loan. 
‘‘(3) REFINANCING.—The Western Area Power 
Administration may refinance loans taken pursuant 
to this section within the Treasury. 
‘‘(4) PARTICIPATION.—The Administrator may 
permit other entities to participate in the financing, 
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construction and ownership projects financed under 
this section. 
‘‘(5) CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW
OF
DISBURSE-
MENT.—Effective upon the date of enactment of this 
section, the Administrator shall have the authority to 
have utilized $1,750,000,000 at any one time. If the 
Administrator 
seeks 
to 
borrow 
funds 
above 
$1,750,000,000, the funds will be disbursed unless 
there is enacted, within 90 calendar days of the first 
such request, a joint resolution that rescinds the re-
mainder of the balance of the borrowing authority 
provided in this section. 
‘‘(c) TRANSMISSION LINE
AND RELATED FACILITY 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For repayment purposes, 
each transmission line and related facility project in 
which the Western Area Power Administration par-
ticipates pursuant to this section shall be treated as 
separate and distinct from— 
‘‘(A) each other such project; and 
‘‘(B) all other Western Area Power Admin-
istration power and transmission facilities. 
‘‘(2) PROCEEDS.—The Western Area Power Ad-
ministration shall apply the proceeds from the use of 
the transmission capacity from an individual project 
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under this section to the repayment of the principal 
and interest of the loan from the Treasury attrib-
utable to that project, after reserving such funds as 
the Western Area Power Administration determines 
are necessary— 
‘‘(A) to pay for any ancillary services that 
are provided; and 
‘‘(B) to meet the costs of operating and 
maintaining the new project from which the rev-
enues are derived. 
‘‘(3) SOURCE OF REVENUE.—Revenue from the 
use of projects under this section shall be the only 
source of revenue for— 
‘‘(A) repayment of the associated loan for 
the project; and 
‘‘(B) payment of expenses for ancillary serv-
ices and operation and maintenance. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
AUTHORITY.—Nothing in 
this section confers on the Administrator any addi-
tional authority or obligation to provide ancillary 
services to users of transmission facilities developed 
under this section. 
‘‘(5) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN REVENUES.—Rev-
enue from ancillary services provided by existing Fed-
eral power systems to users of transmission projects 
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funded pursuant to this section shall be treated as 
revenue to the existing power system that provided the 
ancillary services. 
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each project in which 
the Western Area Power Administration participates 
pursuant to this section, the Administrator shall cer-
tify, prior to committing funds for any such project, 
that— 
‘‘(A) the project is in the public interest; 
‘‘(B) the project will not adversely impact 
system reliability or operations, or other statu-
tory obligations; and 
‘‘(C) it is reasonable to expect that the pro-
ceeds from the project shall be adequate to make 
repayment of the loan. 
‘‘(2) FORGIVENESS OF BALANCES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, at the end of the 
useful life of a project, there is a remaining bal-
ance owed to the Treasury under this section, the 
balance shall be forgiven. 
‘‘(B) UNCONSTRUCTED
PROJECTS.—Funds 
expended to study projects that are considered 
pursuant to this section but that are not con-
structed shall be forgiven. 
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‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION.—The Administrator 
shall notify the Secretary of such amounts as are 
to be forgiven under this paragraph. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC PROCESSES.— 
‘‘(1) POLICIES
AND
PRACTICES.—Prior to re-
questing any loans under this section, the Adminis-
trator shall use a public process to develop practices 
and policies that implement the authority granted by 
this section. 
‘‘(2) REQUESTS FOR INTEREST.—In the course of 
selecting potential projects to be funded under this 
section, the Administrator shall seek Requests For In-
terest from entities interested in identifying potential 
projects through one or more notices published in the 
Federal Register.’’ 
SEC. 403. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ENERGY 
INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007. Title XIII of 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (15 
U.S.C. 17381 and following) is amended as follows: 
(1) By amending subparagraph (A) of section 
1304(b)(3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the ini-
tiative, the Secretary shall provide financial sup-
port to smart grid demonstration projects in-
cluding those in rural areas and/or areas where 
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the majority of generation and transmission as-
sets are controlled by a tax-exempt entity.’’. 
(2) By amending subparagraph (C) of section 
1304(b)(3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) FEDERAL SHARE OF COST OF TECH-
NOLOGY INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide to an electric utility described in subpara-
graph (B) or to other parties financial assistance 
for use in paying an amount equal to not more 
than 50 percent of the cost of qualifying ad-
vanced grid technology investments made by the 
electric utility or other party to carry out a 
demonstration project.’’. 
(3) By inserting a new subparagraph (E) after 
1304(b)(3)(D) as follows: 
‘‘(E) AVAILABILITY
OF
DATA.—The 
Secretary shall establish and maintain a 
smart grid information clearinghouse in a 
timely manner which will make data from 
smart grid demonstration projects and other 
sources available to the public. As a condi-
tion of receiving financial assistance under 
this subsection, a utility or other partici-
pant in a smart grid demonstration project 
shall provide such information as the Sec-
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retary may require to become available 
through the smart grid information clear-
inghouse in the form and within the time-
frames as directed by the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall assure that business propri-
etary information and individual customer 
information is not included in the informa-
tion made available through the clearing-
house.’’. 
(4) By amending paragraph (2) of section 
1304(c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) to carry out subsection (b), such sums as 
may be necessary.’’. 
(5) By amending subsection (a) of section 1306 
by striking ‘‘reimbursement of one-fifth (20 percent)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘grants of up to one-half (50 percent)’’. 
(6) By striking the last sentence of subsection 
(b)(9) of section 1306. 
(7) By striking ‘‘are eligible for’’ in subsection 
(c)(1) of section 1306 and inserting ‘‘utilize’’. 
(8) By amending subsection (e) of section 1306 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) establish within 60 days after the enactment 
of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
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2009 procedures by which applicants can obtain 
grants of not more than one-half of their documented 
costs; 
‘‘(2) establish procedures to ensure that there is 
no duplication or multiple payment for the same in-
vestment or costs, that the grant goes to the party 
making the actual expenditures for Qualifying Smart 
Grid Investments, and that the grants made have sig-
nificant effect in encouraging and facilitating the de-
velopment of a smart grid; 
‘‘(3) maintain public records of grants made, re-
cipients, and qualifying Smart Grid investments 
which have received grants; 
‘‘(4) establish procedures to provide advance 
payment of moneys up to the full amount of the grant 
award; and 
‘‘(5) have and exercise the discretion to deny 
grants for investments that do not qualify in the rea-
sonable judgment of the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 404. TEMPORARY STIMULUS LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM. (a) AMENDMENT.—Title XVII of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511 et seq.) is amended by 
adding the following at the end: 
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‘‘SEC. 1705. TEMPORARY PROGRAM FOR RAPID DEPLOY-
MENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ELEC-
TRIC POWER TRANSMISSION PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 1703, the 
Secretary may make guarantees under this section only for 
commercial technology projects under subsection (b) that 
will reach financial close not later than September 30, 
2012. 
‘‘(b) CATEGORIES.—Projects from only the following 
categories shall be eligible for support under this section: 
‘‘(1) Renewable energy systems. 
‘‘(2) Electric power transmission systems. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION LIMIT.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated $10,000,000,000 to the Secretary for fiscal 
years 2009 through 2012 to provide the cost of guarantees 
made under section. 
‘‘(d) SUNSET.—The authority to enter into guarantees 
under this section shall expire on September 30, 2012.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 1704 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1705. Temporary program for rapid deployment of renewable energy and 
electric power transmission projects.’’. 
SEC. 405. WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM AMENDMENTS. 
(a) INCOME LEVEL.—Section 412(7) of the Energy Con-
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servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6862(7)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘150 percent’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘200 percent’’. 
(b) ASSISTANCE LEVEL PER DWELLING UNIT.—Sec-
tion 415(c)(1) of the Energy Conservation and Production 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,500’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 
(c) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 
416 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 
U.S.C. 6866) is amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘up to 20 percent’’. 
SEC. 406. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO PUBLIC UTIL-
ITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT
OF 1978. (a) Section 
111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by redesignating para-
graph (16) relating to consideration of smart grid invest-
ments (added by section 1307(a) of Public Law 110–140) 
as paragraph (18) and by redesignating paragraph (17) re-
lating to smart grid information (added by section 1308(a) 
of Public Law 110–140) as paragraph (19). 
(b) Subsections (b) and (d) of section 112 of the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622) 
are each amended by striking ‘‘(17) through (18)’’ in each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘(16) through (19)’’. 
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TITLE V—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Financial Institutions Fund Program Account’’, 
$250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for qualified applicants under the fiscal year 2008 
and 2009 funding rounds of the Community Development 
Financial 
Institutions 
Program, 
of 
which 
up 
to 
$20,000,000 may be for financial assistance, technical as-
sistance, training and outreach programs, including up to 
$5,000 for subsistence expenses, designed to benefit Native 
American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified commu-
nity development lender organizations with experience and 
expertise in community development banking and lending 
in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes 
and tribal organizations and other suitable providers and 
up to $5,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That for purposes of the fiscal year 2008 and 
2009 funding rounds, the following statutory provisions are 
hereby waived: 12 U.S.C. 4707(e) and 12 U.S.C. 4707(d): 
Provided further, That no awardee, together with its sub-
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sidiaries and affiliates, may be awarded more than 15 per-
cent of the aggregate funds available during each of fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009 from the Community Development Fi-
nancial Institutions Program: Provided further, That no 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Department of the Treasury shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this heading. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $125,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, to continue implementation 
of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Control Plan: 
Provided, That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority provide a 100 percent match for this payment: 
Provided further, That no later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the District of Columbia Water 
and Sewer Authority shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
heading: Provided further, That such expenditure plan shall 
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include a description of each specific project, how specific 
projects will further the objectives of the Long-Term Control 
Plan, and all funding sources for each project. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount to be deposited in the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund, $5,548,000,000, to carry out the pur-
poses of the Fund, of which not less than $1,400,000,000 
shall be available for Federal buildings and United States 
courthouses, not less than $1,200,000,000 shall be available 
for border stations, and not less than $2,500,000,000 shall 
be available for measures necessary to convert GSA facili-
ties to High-Performance Green Buildings, as defined in 
section 401 of Public Law 110–140: Provided, That not to 
exceed $108,000,000 of the amounts provided under this 
heading may be expended for rental of space, related to leas-
ing of temporary space in connection with projects funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$127,000,000 of the amounts provided under this heading 
may be expended for building operations, for the adminis-
trative costs of completing projects funded under this head-
ing: Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000,000 of 
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the funds provided under this heading shall be obligated by 
September 30, 2010: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is authorized to initiate design, 
construction, repair, alteration, and other projects through 
existing authorities of the Administrator: Provided further, 
That the General Services Administration shall submit a 
detailed plan, by project, regarding the use of funds made 
available in this Act to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 60 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of 
the amounts provided for converting GSA facilities to High- 
Performance Green Buildings, $4,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with ‘‘Government-Wide Policy’’, for 
carrying out the provisions of section 436 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140), establishing an Office of Federal High-Performance 
Green Buildings, to remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided further, That within the overall amount to 
be deposited into the Fund, $448,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2011, for the development and 
construction of the headquarters for the Department of 
Homeland Security, except that none of the preceding pro-
visos shall apply to amounts made available under this pro-
viso. 
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ENERGY-EFFICIENT FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET 
PROCUREMENT 
For capital expenditures and necessary expenses of ac-
quiring motor vehicles with higher fuel economy, including: 
hybrid vehicles; neighborhood electric vehicles; electric vehi-
cles; and commercially-available, plug-in hybrid vehicles, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the Office of the Inspec-
tor General, to remain available until September 30, 2011, 
$2,000,000 and an additional $5,000,000 for such purposes, 
to remain available until September 30, 2012. 
RECOVERY ACT ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
TRANSPARENCY BOARD 
For necessary expenses of the Recovery Act Account-
ability and Transparency Board to carry out the provisions 
of title XV of this Act, $7,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, $84,000,000, of which $24,000,000 is 
for marketing, management, and technical assistance under 
section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
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636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 
the microloan program, of which $15,000,000 is for lender 
oversight activities as authorized in section 501(c) of this 
title, and of which $20,000,000 is for improving, stream-
lining, and automating information technology systems re-
lated to lender processes and lender oversight: Provided, 
That no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Small Business Administration shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for 
funds provided under the heading ‘‘Small Business Admin-
istration’’ in this Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011. 
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees 
Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, 
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and for an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed 
loans, $615,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That of the amount for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, $515,000,000 shall be for loan subsidies and 
loan modifications for loans to small business concerns au-
thorized in section 501(a) of this title; and $100,000,000 
shall be for loan subsidies and loan modifications for loans 
to small business concerns authorized in section 501(b) of 
this title: Provided further, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 501. ECONOMIC STIMULUS FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
CONCERNS. (a) TEMPORARY FEE ELIMINATION FOR THE 
7(a) LOAN PROGRAM.—Until September 30, 2010, and to 
the extent that the cost of such elimination of fees is offset 
by appropriations, with respect to each loan guaranteed 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)) for which the application is approved on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall— 
(1) in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under 
section 7(a)(23)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(a)(23)(A)), collect no fee; and 
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(2) in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under 
section 7(a)(18)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(a)(18)(A)), collect no fee. 
(b) TEMPORARY FEE ELIMINATION FOR THE 504 LOAN 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Until September 30, 2010, 
and to the extent the cost of such elimination in fees 
is offset by appropriations, with respect to each 
project or loan guaranteed by the Administrator 
under title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) for which an application 
is approved or pending approval on or after the date 
of enactment of this Act— 
(A) the Administrator shall, in lieu of the 
fee otherwise applicable under section 503(d)(2) 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
(15 U.S.C. 697(d)(2)), collect no fee; 
(B) a development company shall, in lieu of 
the processing fee under section 120.971(a)(1) of 
title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to 
fees paid by borrowers), or any successor thereto, 
collect no fee. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT FOR WAIVED FEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that the 
cost of such payments is offset by appropria-
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tions, the Administrator shall reimburse each de-
velopment company that does not collect a proc-
essing fee pursuant to paragraph (1)(B). 
(B) AMOUNT.—The payment to a develop-
ment company under subparagraph (A) shall be 
in an amount equal to 1.5 percent of the net de-
benture proceeds for which the development com-
pany does not collect a processing fee pursuant 
to paragraph (1)(B). 
(c) TEMPORARY FEE ELIMINATION OF LENDER OVER-
SIGHT FEES.—Until September 30, 2010, and to the extent 
the cost of such elimination in fees is offset by appropria-
tions, the Administrator shall, in lieu of the fee otherwise 
applicable under section 5(b)(14) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 634(b)(14)), collect no fee. 
(d) APPLICATION OF FEE ELIMINATIONS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall eliminate fees under subsections (a), (b), 
and (c) until the amount provided for such purposes, as 
applicable, under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ under the heading 
‘‘Small Business Administration’’ under this Act are ex-
pended. 
SEC. 502. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IM-
PROVEMENTS. (a) 7(a) LOAN MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Section 
7(a)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
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636(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘$1,500,000 (or if the 
gross loan amount would exceed $2,000,000)’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,250,000 (or if the gross loan amount would exceed 
$3,000,000)’’. 
(b) SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANIES.— 
(1) MAXIMUM LEVERAGE.—Section 303(b) of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
683(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The maximum amount 
of outstanding leverage made available to any 1 
company licensed under section 301(c) may not 
exceed the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) 300 percent of the private capital 
of the company; or 
‘‘(ii) $150,000,000. 
‘‘(B) MULTIPLE LICENSES UNDER COMMON 
CONTROL.—The 
maximum 
amount 
of 
out-
standing leverage made available to 2 or more 
companies licensed under section 301(c) that are 
commonly controlled (as determined by the Ad-
ministrator) may not exceed $225,000,000. 
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‘‘(C) INVESTMENTS
IN
LOW-INCOME
GEO-
GRAPHIC AREAS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The maximum 
amount of outstanding leverage made avail-
able to— 
‘‘(I) any 1 company described in 
clause (ii) may not exceed the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(aa) 300 percent of private 
capital of the company; or 
‘‘(bb) $175,000,000; and 
‘‘(II) 2 or more companies de-
scribed in clause (ii) that are com-
monly controlled (as determined by the 
Administrator) 
may 
not 
exceed 
$250,000,000. 
‘‘(ii) APPLICABILITY.—A company de-
scribed in this clause is a company licensed 
under section 301(c) that certifies in writ-
ing that not less than 50 percent of the dol-
lar amount of investments of that company 
shall be made in companies that are located 
in a low-income geographic area (as that 
term is defined in section 351).’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (4). 
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(2) INVESTMENTS IN SMALLER ENTERPRISES.— 
Section 303(d) of the Small Business Investment Act 
of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(d)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) INVESTMENTS IN SMALLER ENTERPRISES.—The 
Administrator shall require each licensee, as a condition of 
approval of an application for leverage, to certify in writ-
ing that not less than 25 percent of the aggregate dollar 
amount of financings of that licensee shall be provided to 
smaller enterprises.’’. 
(3) MAXIMUM INVESTMENT IN A COMPANY.—Sec-
tion 306(a) of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 (15 U.S.C. 686(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘20 
per centum’’ and inserting ‘‘30 percent’’. 
(c) MAXIMUM 504 LOAN SIZE.—Section 502(2)(A) of 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
696(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$3,500,000’’; and 
(3) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$5,500,000’’. 
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SEC. 503. LOW-INTEREST REFINANCING. Section 502 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
696) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) PERMISSIBLE DEBT FINANCING.—A financ-
ing under this title may include refinancing of exist-
ing indebtedness, in an amount not to exceed 50 per-
cent of the projected cost of the project financed under 
this title, if— 
‘‘(A) the project financed under this title in-
volves the expansion of a small business concern; 
‘‘(B) 
the 
existing 
indebtedness 
is 
collateralized by fixed assets; 
‘‘(C) the existing indebtedness was incurred 
for the benefit of the small business concern; 
‘‘(D) the proceeds of the existing indebted-
ness were used to acquire land (including a 
building situated thereon), to construct or ex-
pand a building thereon, or to purchase equip-
ment; 
‘‘(E) the borrower has been current on all 
payments due on the existing indebtedness for 
not less than 1 year preceding the proposed date 
of refinancing; 
‘‘(F) the financing under this title will pro-
vide better terms or a better rate of interest than 
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exists on the existing indebtedness on the pro-
posed date of refinancing; 
‘‘(G) the financing under this title is not 
being used to refinance any debt guaranteed by 
the Government; and 
‘‘(H) the financing under this title will be 
used only for— 
‘‘(i) refinancing existing indebtedness; 
or 
‘‘(ii) costs relating to the project fi-
nanced under this title.’’. 
SEC. 504. DEFINITIONS. Under the heading ‘‘Small 
Business Administration’’ in this title— 
(1) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ mean the Small Business Administration and 
the Administrator thereof, respectively; 
(2) the term ‘‘development company’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘development companies’’ in 
section 103 of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 (15 U.S.C. 662); and 
(3) the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 
same meaning as in section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
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SEC. 505. SURETY BONDS. 
(a) MAXIMUM BOND AMOUNT.—Section 411(a)(1) of 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
694b(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,000,000’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) The Administrator may guarantee a surety under 
subparagraph (A) for a total work order or contract amount 
that does not exceed $10,000,000, if a contracting officer 
of a Federal agency certifies that such a guarantee is nec-
essary.’’. 
(b) SIZE STANDARDS.—Section 410 of the Small Busi-
ness Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694a) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or any rule, regulation, or order of the Administra-
tion, for purposes of sections 410, 411, and 412 the 
term ‘small business concern’ means a business con-
cern that meets the size standard for the primary in-
dustry in which such business concern, and the affili-
ates of such business concern, is engaged, as deter-
mined by the Administrator in accordance with the 
North American Industry Classification System.’’. 
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(c) SUNSET.—The amendments made by this section 
shall remain in effect until September 30, 2010. 
SEC. 506.—OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. For an 
additional amount for ‘‘Treasury Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’’, $7,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2012, for oversight and audit of 
programs grants and activities funded under this title. 
TITLE VI—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Under 
Secretary for Management’’, $198,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2011, solely for planning, design, 
and construction costs, including site security, information 
technology infrastructure, fixtures, and related costs to con-
solidate the Department of Homeland Security head-
quarters: Provided, That no later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Administrator of General 
Services, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for 
the expenditure of these funds. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2012, for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and 
projects funded under this title. 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $198,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010, of which $100,800,000 shall be for the procure-
ment and deployment of non-intrusive inspection systems 
to improve port security; and of which $97,200,000 shall 
be for procurement and deployment of tactical communica-
tions equipment and radios: Provided, That no later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a plan for expenditure of these funds. 
BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Border Security Fenc-
ing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’, $200,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2010, for expedited de-
velopment and deployment of border security technology on 
the Southwest border: Provided, That no later than 45 days 
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after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a plan for expenditure of these funds. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$800,000,000, to remain available until expended, solely for 
planning, management, design, alteration, and construc-
tion of U.S. Customs and Border Protection owned land 
border ports of entry: Provided, That no later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a plan for expenditure of these funds. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Automation Mod-
ernization’’, $27,800,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, for the procurement and deployment of 
tactical communications equipment and radios: Provided, 
That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a plan for expenditure of these 
funds. 
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TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
AVIATION SECURITY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aviation Security’’, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for procurement and installation of checked baggage 
explosives detection systems and checkpoint explosives detec-
tion equipment: Provided, That no later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for 
the expenditure of these funds. 
COAST GUARD 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’, $450,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, of which $195,000,000 shall 
be for shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities; and 
of which $255,000,000 shall be for priority procurements 
due to materials and labor cost increases, and to repair, 
renovate, assess, or improve vessels: Provided, That amounts 
made available for the activities under this heading shall 
be available for all necessary expenses related to the over-
sight and management of such activities: Provided further, 
That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
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to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these 
funds. 
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Alteration of Bridges’’, 
$240,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for alteration or removal of obstructive bridges, as 
authorized by section 6 of the Truman-Hobbs Act (33 
U.S.C. 516): Provided, That no later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for 
the expenditure of these funds. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Management and Ad-
ministration’’, $6,000,000 for the acquisition of commu-
nications response vehicles to be deployed in response to a 
disaster or a national security event. 
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for grants, $950,000,000, 
to be allocated as follows: 
(1) $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, for Public Transportation Security 
Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Sys-
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temwide Amtrak Security Upgrades under sections 
1406, 1513, and 1514 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1164). 
(2) $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, for Port Security Grants in accord-
ance with 46 U.S.C. 70107, notwithstanding 46 
U.S.C. 70107(c). 
(3) $250,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, for upgrading, modifying, or con-
structing emergency operations centers under section 
614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, notwithstanding section 
614(c) of that Act or for upgrading, modifying, or 
constructing State and local fusion centers as defined 
by section 210A(j)(1) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h(j)(1)). 
(4) $500,000,000 for construction to upgrade or 
modify critical infrastructure, as defined in section 
1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 
5195c(e)), to mitigate consequences related to poten-
tial damage from all-hazards: Provided, That funds 
in this paragraph shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011: Provided further, That 5 percent 
shall be for program administration: Provided fur-
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ther, That no later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a plan for expenditure of these funds. 
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for competitive grants, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for modifying, upgrading, or constructing State and 
local fire stations: Provided, That up to 5 percent shall be 
for program administration: Provided further, That no 
grant shall exceed $15,000,000. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Notwithstanding section 417(b) of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the 
amount of any such loan issued pursuant to this section 
for major disasters occurring in calendar year 2008 may 
exceed $5,000,000, and may be equal to not more than 50 
percent of the annual operating budget of the local govern-
ment in any case in which that local government has suf-
fered a loss of 25 percent or more in tax revenues: Provided, 
That the cost of modifying such loans shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a). 
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EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
For an additional amount to carry out the emergency 
food and shelter program pursuant to title III of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et 
seq.), $100,000,000: Provided, That total administrative 
costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total amount made 
available under this heading. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 
RELATED EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Acquisition, Construc-
tion, Improvements, and Related Expenses’’, $15,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010, for security 
systems and law enforcement upgrades for all Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center facilities: Provided, That no 
later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 601. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the President shall establish an arbitration panel under the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency public assistance 
program to expedite the recovery efforts from Hurricanes 
Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike within the Gulf Coast Re-
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gion. The arbitration panel shall have sufficient authority 
regarding the award or denial of disputed public assistance 
applications for covered hurricane damage under section 
403, 406, or 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5172, or 
5173) for a project the total amount of which is more than 
$500,000. 
SEC. 602. The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency may not prohibit or restrict the 
use of funds designated under the hazard mitigation grant 
program for damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita if the homeowner who is an applicant for assistance 
under such program commenced work otherwise eligible for 
hazard mitigation grant program assistance under section 
404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) without approval 
in writing from the Administrator. 
TITLE VII—INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Management of Lands 
and Resources’’, $135,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
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CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$180,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’, $165,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the Na-
tional Park System’’, $158,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
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CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$589,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga-
tions, and Research’’, $135,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian 
Programs’’, $40,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, of which $20,000,000 shall be for the hous-
ing improvement program. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$522,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Guaranteed 
Loan Program Account’’, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance to Terri-
tories’’, $62,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $7,600,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011, and an additional $7,400,000 for such purposes, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Central Hazardous 
Materials Fund’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Hazardous Substance 
Superfund’’, $600,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, as a payment from general revenues to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund, to carry out remedial 
actions: Provided, That the Administrator may retain up 
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to 2 percent of the funds appropriated herein for Superfund 
remedial actions for program oversight and support pur-
poses, and may transfer those funds to other accounts as 
needed. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’, $200,000,0000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2010, for cleanup ac-
tivities: Provided, That none of these funds shall be subject 
to cost share requirements. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As-
sistance Grants’’, $6,400,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, of which $4,000,000,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Re-
volving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended; of which $2,000,000,000 shall be 
for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund under section 1452 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act, as amended; of which $100,000,000 shall 
be available for Brownfields remediation grants pursuant 
to section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as 
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amended; and of which $300,000,000 shall be for Diesel 
Emission Reduction Act grants pursuant to title VII, sub-
title G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding the priority ranking they 
would otherwise receive under each program, priority for 
funds appropriated herein for the Clean Water State Re-
volving Funds and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 
(Revolving Funds) shall be allocated to projects that are 
ready to proceed to construction within 180 days of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator) 
may reallocate funds appropriated herein for the Revolving 
Funds that are not under binding commitments to proceed 
to construction within 180 days of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, financial assistance provided from funds appro-
priated herein for the Revolving Funds may include addi-
tional subsidization, including forgiveness of principal and 
negative interest loans: Provided further, That not less than 
15 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Revolv-
ing Funds shall be designated for green infrastructure, 
water efficiency improvements or other environmentally in-
novative projects: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
the limitation on amounts specified in section 518(c) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 1.5 
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percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Clean 
Water State Revolving Funds may be reserved by the Ad-
ministrator for tribal grants under section 518(c) of such 
Act: Provided further, That section 1452(k) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act shall not apply to amounts appro-
priated herein for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds: Provided further, That the Administrator may ex-
ceed the 30 percent limitation on State grants for funds 
appropriated herein for Diesel Emission Reduction Act 
grants if the Administrator determines such action will ex-
pedite allocation of funds: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated herein shall be subject to cost share 
requirements: Provided further, That the Administrator 
may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated 
herein for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and up to 1.5 per-
cent of the funds appropriated herein for the Diesel Emis-
sion Reduction Act grants program for program oversight 
and support purposes and may transfer those funds to other 
accounts as needed. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement 
and Maintenance’’, $650,000,000, to remain available until 
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September 30, 2010, which shall include remediation of 
abandoned mine sites and support costs necessary to carry 
out this work. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $485,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, for hazardous fuels reduction and hazard 
mitigation activities in areas at high risk of catastrophic 
wildfire, of which $260,000,000 is available for work on 
State and private lands using all the authorities available 
to the Forest Service: Provided, That of the funds provided 
for State and private land fuels reduction activities, up to 
$50,000,000 may be used to make grants for the purpose 
of creating incentives for increased use of biomass from na-
tional forest lands. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Serv-
ices’’, $135,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010, of which $50,000,000 is for contract health serv-
ices; and of which $85,000,000 is for health information 
technology: Provided, That the amount made available for 
health information technology activities may be used for 
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both telehealth services development and related infrastruc-
ture requirements that are typically funded through the 
‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’ account: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, health infor-
mation technology funds provided within this title shall be 
allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian 
Health Service. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Facili-
ties’’, $410,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That for the purposes of this Act, spend-
ing caps included within the annual appropriation for ‘‘In-
dian Health Facilities’’ for the purchase of medical equip-
ment shall not apply. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Facilities Capital’’, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 701. (a) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, 
each agency receiving funds under this title shall submit 
a general plan for the expenditure of such funds to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, each agen-
cy receiving funds under this title shall submit to the Com-
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mittees a report containing detailed project level informa-
tion associated with the general plan submitted pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
SEC. 702. In carrying out the work for which funds 
in this title are being made available, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may utilize the 
Public Lands Corps, Youth Conservation Corps, Job Corps 
and other related partnerships with Federal, State, local, 
tribal or non-profit groups that serve young adults. 
TITLE VIII—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH 
AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’ for activities authorized by the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (‘‘WIA’’), $3,250,000,000, which 
shall be available on the date of enactment of this Act, as 
follows: 
(1) $500,000,000 for adult employment and 
training activities, including supportive services and 
needs-related payments described in section 134(e)(2) 
and (3) of the WIA: Provided, That a priority use of 
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these funds shall be services to individuals described 
in 134(d)(4)(E) of the WIA; 
(2) $1,200,000,000 for grants to the States for 
youth activities, including summer employment for 
youth: Provided, That no portion of such funds shall 
be reserved to carry out section 127(b)(1)(A) of the 
WIA: Provided further, That for purposes of section 
127(b)(1)(C)(iv) of the WIA, funds available for youth 
activities shall be allotted as if the total amount 
available for youth activities in the fiscal year does 
not exceed $1,000,000,000: 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’’: Provided fur-
ther, That the work readiness performance indicator 
described in section 136(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the WIA 
shall be the only measure of performance used to as-
sess the effectiveness of youth activities provided with 
such funds; 
(3) $1,000,000,000 for grants to the States for 
dislocated worker employment and training activities; 
(4) $200,000,000 for national emergency grants; 
(5) $250,000,000 under the dislocated worker na-
tional reserve for a program of competitive grants for 
worker training in high growth and emerging indus-
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try sectors and assistance under 132(b)(2)(A) of the 
WIA: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor shall give 
priority when awarding such grants to projects that 
prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and 
renewable energy as described in section 171(e)(1)(B) 
of the WIA and for careers in the health care sector; 
and 
(6) $100,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as de-
scribed in section 173A of the WIA: Provided, That 
for program years 2008 and 2009, the YouthBuild 
program may serve an individual who has dropped 
out of high school and re-enrolled in an alternative 
school, if that re-enrollment is part of a sequential 
service strategy: 
Provided, That funds made available in this 
paragraph shall remain available through June 30, 
2010: Provided further, That a local board may 
award a contract to an institution of higher edu-
cation if the local board determines that it would fa-
cilitate the training of multiple individuals in high- 
demand occupations, if such contract does not limit 
customer choice. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Service 
Employment for Older Americans’’ for carrying out title 
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V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, $120,000,000, which 
shall be available on the date of enactment of this Act and 
shall remain available through June 30, 2010: Provided, 
That funds shall be allotted within 30 days of such enact-
ment to current grantees in proportion to their allotment 
in program year 2008: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading in this Act may, in accordance 
with section 517(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, be 
recaptured and reobligated. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State Unemployment 
Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’ for grants 
to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser 
Act, $400,000,000, which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That such funds shall be 
available on the date of enactment of this Act and remain 
available to the States through September 30, 2010: Pro-
vided further, That $250,000,000 of such funds shall be used 
by States for reemployment services for unemployment in-
surance claimants (including the integrated Employment 
Service and Unemployment Insurance information tech-
nology required to identify and serve the needs of such 
claimants): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor 
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shall establish planning and reporting procedures necessary 
to provide oversight of funds used for reemployment serv-
ices. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ 
for construction, alteration and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, $160,000,000, which shall remain available 
through June 30, 2010: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Labor may transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet 
the operational needs of Job Corps Centers, which may in-
clude training for careers in the energy efficiency, renewable 
energy, and environmental protection industries: Provided 
further, That not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate an operating plan describing the planned 
uses of funds available in this paragraph. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $3,000,000, which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2011, for salaries and expenses necessary for 
oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects fund-
ed in this Act and administered by the Department of 
Labor. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Resources and 
Services’’, $1,958,000,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010, of which $88,000,000 shall be 
for necessary expenses related to leasing and renovating a 
headquarters building for Public Health Service agencies 
and other components of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, including renovation and fit-out costs, 
and of which $1,870,000,000 shall be for grants for con-
struction, renovation and equipment for health centers re-
ceiving operating grants under section 330 of the Public 
Health Service Act, notwithstanding the limitation in sec-
tion 330(e)(3). 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disease Control, Re-
search, and Training’’ for acquisition of real property, 
equipment, construction, and renovation of facilities, in-
cluding necessary repairs and improvements to leased lab-
oratories, $412,000,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Centers for Disease 
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Control and Prevention may award a single contract or re-
lated contracts for development and construction of facili-
ties that collectively include the full scope of the project: 
Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 
contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 
52.232–18. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Center for 
Research Resources’’, $300,000,000, which shall be available 
through September 30, 2010, for shared instrumentation 
and other capital research equipment. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Director’’, 
$2,700,000,000, which shall be available through September 
30, 2010: Provided, That $1,350,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Institutes and Centers of the National Insti-
tutes of Health and to the Common Fund established under 
section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act in pro-
portion to the appropriations otherwise made to such Insti-
tutes, Centers, and Common Fund for fiscal year 2009: Pro-
vided further, That these funds shall be used to support ad-
ditional scientific research and shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes as the appropriation or 
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fund to which transferred: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority available to the National Institutes of Health: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds may be transferred 
to ‘‘National Institutes of Health—Buildings and Facili-
ties’’, the Center for Scientific Review, the Center for Infor-
mation Technology, the Clinical Center, the Global Fund 
for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, or the Office of 
the Director (except for the transfer to the Common Fund). 
The additional amount available for ‘Office of the Di-
rector’ in the previous sentence shall be increased by 
$6,500,000,000: Provided, That a total of $7,850,000,000 
shall be transferred pursuant to such sentence: Provided fur-
ther, That any amounts in this sentence shall be designated 
as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emer-
gency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21 
(110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 70 
(110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget 
for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili-
ties’’, $500,000,000, which shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2010, to fund high-priority repair, construction 
and improvement projects for National Institutes of Health 
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facilities on the Bethesda, Maryland campus and other 
agency locations. 
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Healthcare Research 
and Quality’’ to carry out titles III and IX of the Public 
Health Service Act, part A of title XI of the Social Security 
Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, 
and 
Modernization 
Act 
of 
2003, 
$700,000,000 for comparative clinical effectiveness research, 
which shall remain available through September 30, 2010: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated in this para-
graph, $400,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office of the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health (‘‘Office of the 
Director’’) to conduct or support comparative clinical effec-
tiveness research under section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act: Provided further, That funds trans-
ferred to the Office of the Director may be transferred to 
the Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of 
Health and to the Common Fund established under section 
402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act: Provided fur-
ther, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority available to the National Institutes 
of Health: Provided further, That within the amount avail-
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able in this paragraph for the Agency for Healthcare Re-
search and Quality, not more than 1 percent shall be made 
available for additional full-time equivalents. 
In addition, $400,000,000 shall be available for com-
parative clinical effectiveness research to be allocated at the 
discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(‘‘Secretary’’) and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That the funding appropriated 
in this paragraph shall be used to accelerate the develop-
ment and dissemination of research assessing the compara-
tive clinical effectiveness of health care treatments and 
strategies, including through efforts that: (1) conduct, sup-
port, or synthesize research that compares the clinical out-
comes, effectiveness, and appropriateness of items, services, 
and procedures that are used to prevent, diagnose, or treat 
diseases, disorders, and other health conditions and (2) en-
courage the development and use of clinical registries, clin-
ical data networks, and other forms of electronic health data 
that can be used to generate or obtain outcomes data: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall enter into a contract 
with the Institute of Medicine, for which no more than 
$1,500,000 shall be made available from funds provided in 
this paragraph, to produce and submit a report to the Con-
gress and the Secretary by not later than June 30, 2009 
that includes recommendations on the national priorities 
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for comparative clinical effectiveness research to be con-
ducted or supported with the funds provided in this para-
graph and that considers input from stakeholders: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall consider any recommenda-
tions of the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative 
Clinical Effectiveness Research established by section 802 
of this Act and any recommendations included in the Insti-
tute of Medicine report pursuant to the preceding proviso 
in designating activities to receive funds provided in this 
paragraph and may make grants and contracts with appro-
priate entities, which may include agencies within the De-
partment of Health and Human Services and other govern-
mental agencies, as well as private sector entities, that have 
demonstrated experience and capacity to achieve the goals 
of comparative clinical effectiveness research: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall publish information on grants 
and contracts awarded with the funds provided under this 
heading within a reasonable time of the obligation of funds 
for such grants and contracts and shall disseminate re-
search findings from such grants and contracts to clini-
cians, patients, and the general public, as appropriate: Pro-
vided further, That, to the extent feasible, the Secretary 
shall ensure that the recipients of the funds provided by this 
paragraph offer an opportunity for public comment on the 
research: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
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the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate with an annual report on the research 
conducted or supported through the funds provided under 
this heading. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States for 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’ for carrying 
out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990, $2,000,000,000, which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds provided under 
this heading shall be used to supplement, not supplant State 
general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-in-
come families: Provided further, That, in addition to the 
amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 
658G of such Act, $255,186,000 shall be reserved by the 
States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which 
$93,587,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality 
of infant and toddler care. 
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SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Social Services Block 
Grant,’’ $400,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 2003 of the Social Security Act, funds shall be allocated 
to States on the basis of unemployment: Provided further, 
That these funds shall be obligated to States within 60 cal-
endar days from the date they become available for obliga-
tion. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 
Services Programs’’ for carrying out activities under the 
Head Start Act, $500,000,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010. In addition, $550,000,000, 
which shall remain available through September 30, 2010, 
is hereby appropriated for expansion of Early Head Start 
programs, as described in section 645A of such Act: Pro-
vided, That of the funds provided in this sentence, up to 
10 percent shall be available for the provision of training 
and technical assistance to such programs consistent with 
section 645A(g)(2) of such Act, and up to 3 percent shall 
be available for monitoring the operation of such programs 
consistent with section 641A of such Act. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 
Services Programs’’ for carrying out activities under sec-
tions 674 through 679 of the Community Services Block 
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Grant Act, $200,000,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds 
provided under this paragraph, no part shall be subject to 
paragraph (3) of section 674(b) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than 5 percent of the funds allotted to 
a State from the appropriation under this paragraph shall 
be used under section 675C(b)(1) for benefits enrollment co-
ordination activities relating to the identification and en-
rollment of eligible individuals and families in Federal, 
State and local benefit programs. 
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING 
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging Services Pro-
grams,’’ $100,000,000, of which $67,000,000 shall be for 
Congregate Nutrition Services and $33,000,000 shall be for 
Home-Delivered Nutrition Services: Provided, That these 
funds shall remain available through September 30, 2010. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the National 
Coordinator 
for 
Health 
Information 
Technology’’, 
$3,000,000,000, to carry out title XIII of this Act which 
shall be available until expended: Provided, That of this 
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amount, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
transfer $20,000,000 to the Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology in the Department of 
Commerce for continued work on advancing health care in-
formation enterprise integration through activities such as 
technical standards analysis and establishment of conform-
ance testing infrastructure so long as such activities are co-
ordinated with the Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology: Provided further, That 
funds available under this heading shall become available 
for obligation only upon submission of an annual operating 
plan by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, 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 major set of activities not 
later than November 1, 2009 and every 6 months thereafter 
as long as funding under this heading is available for obli-
gation or expenditure. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the Office of the Inspec-
tor General, $4,000,000 which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2012, and an additional $15,000,000 for 
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such purposes, to remain available until September 30, 
2012. 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For an additional amount for carrying out title I of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
$12,400,000,000, which shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That $5,500,000,000 shall be for 
targeted grants under section 1125, $5,500,000,000 shall be 
for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A, 
and $1,400,000,000 shall be for school improvement grants 
under section 1003(g): Provided further, That each local 
educational agency receiving funds available under this 
paragraph for sections 1125 and 1125A shall use not less 
than 15 percent of such funds for activities serving children 
who are eligible pursuant to section 1115(b)(1)(A)(ii) and 
programs in section 1112(b)(1)(K): Provided further, That 
each local educational agency receiving funds available 
under this paragraph shall be required to file with the State 
educational agency, no later than December 1, 2009, a 
school-by-school listing of per-pupil educational expendi-
tures from State and local sources during the 2008–2009 
academic year. 
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘School Improvement 
Programs,’’ $1,070,000,000, which shall be available 
through September 30, 2010, for carrying out activities au-
thorized by part D of title II of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, and subtitle B of title VII 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (‘‘McKin-
ney-Vento’’): Provided, That the Secretary shall allot 
$70,000,000 for grants under McKinney-Vento to each State 
in proportion to the number of homeless students identified 
by the State during the 2007–2008 school year relative to 
the number of such children identified nationally during 
that school year: Provided further, That State educational 
agencies shall subgrant the McKinney-Vento funds to local 
educational agencies on a competitive basis or according 
to a formula based on the number of homeless students iden-
tified by the local educational agencies in the State: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall distribute the 
McKinney-Vento funds to the States not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That each State shall subgrant the McKinney-Vento funds 
to local educational agencies not later than 120 days after 
receiving its grant from the Secretary. 
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SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Special Education’’ for 
carrying out parts B and C of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act (‘‘IDEA’’), $13,500,000,000, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2010: Pro-
vided, That if every State, as defined by section 602(31) 
of the IDEA, reaches its maximum allocation under section 
611(d)(3)(B)(iii) of the IDEA, and there are remaining 
funds, such funds shall be proportionally allocated to each 
State subject to the maximum amounts contained in section 
611(a)(2) of the IDEA: Provided further, That by July 1, 
2009, the Secretary of Education shall reserve the amount 
needed for grants under section 643(e) of the IDEA, with 
any remaining funds to be allocated in accordance with sec-
tion 643(c) of the IDEA: Provided further, That the amount 
for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser 
of the amount available for that activity during fiscal year 
2008, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in 
section 619(d)(2)(B), or the percentage increase in the funds 
appropriated under section 611(i): Provided further, That 
each local educational agency receiving funds available 
under this paragraph for part B shall use not less than 
15 percent for special education and related services to chil-
dren described in section 619(a) of the IDEA. 
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REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rehabilitation Services 
and Disability Research’’ for providing grants to States to 
carry out the Vocational Rehabilitation Services program 
under part B of title I and parts B and C of chapter 1 
and chapter 2 of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
$610,000,000, which shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That $500,000,000 shall be 
available for part B of title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided herein shall not be con-
sidered in determining the amount required to be appro-
priated under section 100(b)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 in any fiscal year: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 7(14)(A), the Federal share of the costs of 
vocational rehabilitation services provided with the funds 
provided herein shall be 100 percent. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Student Financial As-
sistance’’ to carry out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, $13,869,000,000: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be used to increase the max-
imum Pell Grant by $281 for award year 2009–2010, to 
increase the maximum Pell Grant by $400 for the award 
year 2010–2011, and to reduce or eliminate the Pell Grant 
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RELATED AGENCIES 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 
to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $160,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds made 
available in this paragraph may be used to provide adjust-
ments to awards under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act 
made prior to September 30, 2010 for which the Chief Exec-
utive Officer of the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service (‘‘CEO’’) determines that a waiver of the Fed-
eral share limitation is warranted under section 2521.70 
of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available in this paragraph, 
not less than $6,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’ for necessary expenses relating to informa-
tion technology upgrades: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided in this paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be 
available for additional members in the Civilian Commu-
nity Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the 1990 
Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided in this 
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paragraph, $1,000,000 shall be made available for a one- 
time supplement grant to State commissions on national 
and community service under section 126(a) of the 1990 
Act without regard to the limitation on Federal share under 
section 126(a)(2) of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available in this paragraph, not less 
than $13,000,000 shall be for research activities authorized 
under subtitle H of title I of the 1990 Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available in this paragraph, not 
less than $65,000,000 shall be for programs under title I, 
part A of the 1973 Act: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided in the previous proviso shall not be made available 
in connection with cost-share agreements authorized under 
section 192A(g)(10) of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That 
of the funds available under this heading, up to 20 percent 
of funds allocated to grants authorized under section 124(b) 
of title I, subtitle C of the 1990 Act may be used to admin-
ister, reimburse, or support any national service program 
under section 129(d)(2) of the 1990 Act: Provided further, 
That, except as provided herein and in addition to require-
ments identified herein, funds provided in this paragraph 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions under which 
funds were appropriated in fiscal year 2008: Provided fur-
ther, That the CEO shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
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a fiscal year 2009 operating plan for the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph prior to making any Federal ob-
ligations of such funds in fiscal year 2009, but not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
a fiscal year 2010 operating plan for such funds prior to 
making any Federal obligations of such funds in fiscal year 
2010, but not later than November 1, 2009, that detail the 
allocation of resources and the increased number of members 
supported by the AmeriCorps programs: Provided further, 
That the CEO shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a report on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobli-
gated balances for each activity funded under this heading 
not later than November 1, 2009, and every 6 months there-
after as long as funding provided under this heading is 
available for obligation or expenditure. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the Office of the Inspec-
tor General, $1,000,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2011. 
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Service 
Trust’’ established under subtitle D of title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 
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$40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service may transfer additional funds from the 
amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ for grants 
made under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to this ap-
propriation upon determination that such transfer is nec-
essary to support the activities of national service partici-
pants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, the amount appropriated for or 
transferred to the National Service Trust may be invested 
under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the 
requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin-
istrative Expenses’’, $890,000,000 shall be available as fol-
lows: 
(1) $750,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for necessary expenses of the replacement of 
the National Computer Center and the information 
technology costs associated with such Center: Pro-
vided, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
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of Representatives and the Senate not later than 10 
days prior to each public notice soliciting bids related 
to site selection and construction: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances of funds not needed for this 
purpose may be used as described in subparagraph 
(2); and 
(2) $140,000,000 shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2010 for information technology acquisi-
tions and research, which may include research and 
activities to facilitate the adoption of electronic med-
ical records in disability claims and the transfer of 
funds to ‘‘Supplemental Security Income’’ to carry 
out activities under section 1110 of the Social Secu-
rity Act: Provided further, That not later than 10 
days prior to the obligation of such funds, the Com-
missioner shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate an operating plan describing the planned uses 
of such funds. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $3,000,000, which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2012, for salaries and expenses necessary for 
oversight and audit of programs, projects, and activities 
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funded in this Act and administered by the Social Security 
Administration. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 801. REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF PAST AND FU-
TURE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Sec-
tion 8104 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, 
Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations 
Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28; 121 Stat. 189) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 8104. REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF PAST AND FUTURE 
MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.—Beginning on the date that is 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year there-
after until the minimum wage in the respective territory 
is $7.25 per hour, the Government Accountability Office 
shall conduct a study to— 
‘‘(1) assess the impact of the minimum wage in-
creases that occurred in American Samoa and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
2007 and 2008, as required under Public Law 110– 
28, on the rates of employment and the living stand-
ards of workers, with full consideration of the other 
factors that impact rates of employment and the liv-
ing standards of workers such as inflation in the cost 
of food, energy, and other commodities; and 
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‘‘(2) estimate the impact of any further wage in-
creases on rates of employment and the living stand-
ards of workers in American Samoa and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, with full 
consideration of the other factors that may impact the 
rates of employment and the living standards of 
workers, including assessing how the profitability of 
major private sector firms may be impacted by wage 
increases in comparison to other factors such as en-
ergy costs and the value of tax benefits. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—No earlier than March 15, 2009, and 
not later than April 15, 2009, the Government Account-
ability Office shall transmit its first report to Congress con-
cerning the findings of the study required under subsection 
(a). The Government Accountability Office shall transmit 
any subsequent reports to Congress concerning the findings 
of a study required by subsection (a) between March 15 and 
April 15 of each year. 
‘‘(c) ECONOMIC INFORMATION.—To provide sufficient 
economic data for the conduct of the study under subsection 
(a)— 
‘‘(1) the Department of Labor shall include and 
separately report on American Samoa and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in its 
household surveys and establishment surveys; 
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‘‘(2) the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the De-
partment of Commerce shall include and separately 
report on American Samoa and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands in its gross domestic 
product data; and 
‘‘(3) the Bureau of the Census of the Department 
of Commerce shall include and separately report on 
American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in its population estimates 
and demographic profiles from the American Commu-
nity Survey, 
with the same regularity and to the same extent as the De-
partment or each Bureau collects and reports such data for 
the 50 States. In the event that the inclusion of American 
Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands in such surveys and data compilations requires 
time to structure and implement, the Department of Labor, 
the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Bureau of the 
Census (as the case may be) shall in the interim annually 
report the best available data that can feasibly be secured 
with respect to such territories. Such interim reports shall 
describe the steps the Department or the respective Bureau 
will take to improve future data collection in the territories 
to achieve comparability with the data collected in the 
United States. The Department of Labor, the Bureau of 
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Economic Analysis, and the Bureau of the Census, together 
with the Department of the Interior, shall coordinate their 
efforts to achieve such improvements.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 802. FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL
FOR 
COMPARATIVE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH. (a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a Federal 
Coordinating Council for Comparative Clinical Effective-
ness Research (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Council’’). 
(b) PURPOSE; DUTIES.—The Council shall— 
(1) assist the offices and agencies of the Federal 
Government, including the Departments of Health 
and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Defense, 
and other Federal departments or agencies, to coordi-
nate the conduct or support of comparative clinical 
effectiveness and related health services research; and 
(2) advise the President and Congress on— 
(A) strategies with respect to the infrastruc-
ture needs of comparative clinical effectiveness 
research within the Federal Government; 
(B) appropriate organizational expendi-
tures for comparative clinical effectiveness re-
search by relevant Federal departments and 
agencies; and 
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(C) opportunities to assure optimum coordi-
nation of comparative clinical effectiveness and 
related health services research conducted or sup-
ported by relevant Federal departments and 
agencies, with the goal of reducing duplicative ef-
forts and encouraging coordinated and com-
plementary use of resources. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Council 
shall be composed of not more than 15 members, all 
of whom are senior Federal officers or employees with 
responsibility for health-related programs, appointed 
by the President, acting through the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). Members shall first be ap-
pointed to the Council not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The members of the 
Council shall include one senior officer or em-
ployee from each of the following agencies: 
(i) The Agency for Healthcare Research 
and Quality. 
(ii) The Centers for Medicare and Med-
icaid Services. 
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