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of members to distribute monies collected from antidumping and 
countervailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations shall be 
conducted within the World Trade Organization consistent with 
the negotiating objectives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public 
Law 107–210: Provided further, That within the amounts appro-
priated, $5,215,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this 
Act. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for serv-
ices abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise 
in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official representation 
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the 
Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
401(b); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special require-
ment vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price 
limitation otherwise established by law, $100,342,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $14,767,000 shall be for inspec-
tions and other activities related to national security: Provided, 
That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all 
of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities: Provided further, That payments and contribu-
tions collected and accepted for materials or services provided as 
part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the 
cost of such activities, and for providing information to the public 
with respect to the export administration and national security 
activities of the Department of Commerce and other export control 
programs of the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, and 
for trade adjustment assistance, $255,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $38,000,000: 
Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects 
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment 
Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and the Community 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.
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MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, 
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with 
public or private organizations, $31,500,000: Provided, That within 
the amounts appropriated, $1,100,000 shall be used for the projects, 
and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement accom-
panying this Act. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$97,255,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $259,024,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics for 
periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $7,065,707,000, 
of which $100,000,000 shall be derived from available unobligated 
balances previously appropriated under this heading, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That none of the 
funds provided in this or any other Act for any fiscal year may 
be used for the collection of census data on race identification 
that does not include ‘‘some other race’’ as a category: Provided 
further, That from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for additional promotion, outreach, and marketing activities. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration 
(NTIA), 
$19,999,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of 
Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and 
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, 
or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all 
costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
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of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this para-
graph, and such funds received from other Government agencies 
shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of grants, authorized by section 392 
of the Communications Act of 1934, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program 
administration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the 
Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made available 
for grants for projects for which applications have been submitted 
and approved during any fiscal year. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of 
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office, $1,887,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed 
and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 
376 are received during fiscal year 2010, so as to result in a 
fiscal year 2010 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2010, should the 
total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than $1,887,000,000, 
this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That 
from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made 
available in fiscal year 2010 for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2010 from the 
amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, 
the amounts necessary to pay: (1) the difference between the 
percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 
under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal 
cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) of 
basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 
of that title; and (2) the present value of the otherwise unfunded 
accruing costs, as determined by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health 
benefits coverage for all USPTO employees, shall be transferred 
to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the Employees 
Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits Fund, 
as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes 
of those accounts: Provided further, That sections 801, 802, and 
803 of division B, Public Law 108–447 shall remain in effect during 
fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That the Director may, this 
year, reduce by regulation fees payable for documents in patent 
and trademark matters, in connection with the filing of documents 
filed electronically in a form prescribed by the Director: Provided 
further, That from the amounts provided herein, no less than 
$4,000,000 shall be available only for the USPTO contribution in
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a cooperative or joint agreement or agreements with a non-profit 
organization or organizations, successfully audited within the pre-
vious year, and with previous experience in such programs, to 
conduct policy studies, including studies relating to activities of 
United Nations Specialized agencies and other international 
organizations, as well as conferences and other development pro-
grams, in support of fair international protection of intellectual 
property rights. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $515,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the 
‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $10,500,000 shall 
be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 
explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, $124,700,000, to remain available until expended. In addi-
tion, for necessary expenses of the Technology Innovation Program 
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $69,900,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 
278c–278e, $147,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $20,000,000 is for a competitive construction grant program 
for research science buildings: Provided, That within the amounts 
appropriated, $47,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in 
the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 
include in the budget justification materials that the Secretary 
submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce 
budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each 
National Institute of Standards and Technology construction project 
having a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000 
and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include 
an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 
for each of the five subsequent fiscal years.