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(3) the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 
same meaning as in section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
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’’, $248,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2011, solely for plan-
ning, design, and construction costs, including site secu-
rity, information technology infrastructure, furniture, fix-
tures, and related costs to consolidate the Department of 
Homeland Security headquarters: 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. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010, for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and 
projects funded under this title. 
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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 Sep-
tember 30, 2010, of which $100,800,000 shall be for the 
procurement 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 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 sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives 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 
remain available until September 30, 2010, for expedited 
development and deployment of border security technology 
on the Southwest border: 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 Represent-
atives a plan for expenditure of these funds. 
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CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, 
$800,000,000, to remain available until expended, solely 
for planning, management, design, alteration, and con-
struction 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 Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations 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 sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a plan for expenditure 
of these funds. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
AVIATION SECURITY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aviation Security’’, 
$1,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2010, for procurement and installation of checked baggage 
explosives detection systems and checkpoint explosives de-
tection 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 Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a plan for the expenditure of these funds. 
COAST GUARD 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’, $572,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, of which $255,000,000 
shall be for shortfalls in priority procurements due to ma-
terials and labor cost increases; of which $195,000,000 
shall be for shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities; 
of which $87,500,000 shall be for the design of a new 
polar icebreaker or the renovation of an existing polar ice-
breaker, and major repair and maintenance of existing 
polar icebreakers; and of which $35,000,000 shall be for 
emergency maintenance of the Coast Guard’s high endur-
ance cutters: Provided, That amounts made available for 
the activities under this heading shall be available for all 
necessary expenses related to the oversight and manage-
ment of such activities: Provided further, That no later 
than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
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Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com-
mittees 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 Sep-
tember 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 Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives 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 
September 30, 2010, for Public Transportation Se-
curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 
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Systemwide Amtrak Security Upgrades under sec-
tions 1406, 1513, and 1514 of the Implementing 
Recommendations 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 
September 30, 2010, for Port Security Grants in ac-
cordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107, notwithstanding 46 
U.S.C. 70107(c). 
(3) $250,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, for upgrading, modifying, or 
constructing emergency operations centers under 
section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act, notwithstanding sec-
tion 614(c) of that Act or for upgrading, modifying, 
or constructing State and local fusion centers as de-
fined by section 210A(j)(1) of the Homeland Secu-
rity 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 sec-
tion 1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (42 
U.S.C. 5195c(e)), to mitigate consequences related 
to potential damage from all-hazards: Provided, 
That funds in this paragraph shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011: Provided further, That 5 
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percent shall be for program administration: Pro-
vided further, That no later than 60 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. 
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. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
the amount of any such loan issued pursuant to this sec-
tion 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 government in any case in which that local govern-
ment has suffered a loss of 25 percent or more in tax reve-
nues: 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 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11331 et seq.), $100,000,000: Provided, That total admin-
istrative 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 sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a plan for the expendi-
ture of these funds. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND 
OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Acquisition, and Operations’’, $14,000,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2010, for cyber secu-
rity research: Provided, That no later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 Region. 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 assist-
ance under such program commenced work otherwise eligi-
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ble for hazard mitigation grant program assistance under 
section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) without ap-
proval 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. 
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’’, $190,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
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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. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Historic Preservation 
Fund’’, $55,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
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-
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Working Capital 
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’’, $800,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, as a payment from general revenues to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund, to carry out reme-
dial actions: Provided, That the Administrator may retain 
up to 2 percent of the funds appropriated herein for 
Superfund remedial actions for program oversight and 
support purposes, 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 
remain available until September 30, 2010, for cleanup 
activities: Provided, That none of these funds shall be sub-
ject to cost share requirements. 
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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 Revolving 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 sec-
tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking 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 amended; and of which 
$300,000,000 shall be for Diesel Emission Reduction Act 
grants pursuant to title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005, as amended: Provided, That notwith-
standing the priority ranking they would otherwise receive 
under each program, priority for funds appropriated here-
in for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds and Drink-
ing Water State Revolving Funds (Revolving Funds) shall 
be allocated to projects that are ready to proceed to con-
struction within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator of the Environ-
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mental Protection Agency (Administrator) may reallocate 
funds appropriated herein for the Revolving Funds that 
are not under binding commitments to proceed to con-
struction within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, financial assistance provided from funds appropriated 
herein for the Revolving Funds may include additional 
subsidization, including forgiveness of principal and nega-
tive interest loans: Provided further, That not less than 
15 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Re-
volving Funds shall be designated for green infrastructure, 
water efficiency improvements or other environmentally 
innovative projects: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts specified in section 
518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 
a total of 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated herein 
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds may be re-
served by the Administrator 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 
appropriated herein for the Drinking Water State Revolv-
ing Funds: Provided further, That the Administrator may 
exceed 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-
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pedite allocation of funds: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated herein shall be subject to cost 
share requirements: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appro-
priated herein for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds 
and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and up to 1.5 
percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Diesel 
Emission 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 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’’, $650,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, for hazardous fuels reduction and haz-
ard mitigation activities in areas at high risk of cata-
strophic wildfire, of which $350,000,000 is available for 
work on State and private lands using all the authorities 
available to the Forest Service: Provided, That of the 
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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 national 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 
services; and of which $85,000,000 is for health informa-
tion technology: Provided, That the amount made avail-
able for health information technology activities may be 
used for both telehealth services development and related 
infrastructure requirements that are typically funded 
through the ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’ account: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
health information 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, 
spending caps included within the annual appropriation 
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for ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’ for the purchase of medical 
equipment shall not apply. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Facilities Capital’’, 
$150,000,000, 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 sub-
mit 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 
agency receiving funds under this title shall submit to the 
Committees a report containing detailed project level in-
formation associated with the general plan submitted pur-
suant 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. 
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TITLE 
VIII—DEPARTMENTS 
OF 
LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDU-
CATION, 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 pri-
ority use of these funds shall be services to individ-
uals 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 
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year does not exceed $1,000,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That, with respect to the youth activities pro-
vided with such funds, section 101(13)(A) of the 
WIA shall be applied by substituting ‘‘age 24’’ for 
‘‘age 21’’: Provided further, 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 assess the effective-
ness of youth activities provided with such funds; 
(3) $1,000,000,000 for grants to the States for 
dislocated worker employment and training activi-
ties; 
(4) 
$200,000,000 
for 
national 
emergency 
grants; 
(5) $250,000,000 under the dislocated worker 
national reserve for a program of competitive grants 
for worker training in high growth and emerging in-
dustry 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 sec-
tion 171(e)(1)(B) of the WIA and for careers in the 
health care sector; and 
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(6) $100,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as 
described 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 education if the local board deter-
mines that it would facilitate the training of multiple indi-
viduals 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 
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 enactment 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, 
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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 Wag-
ner-Peyser Act, $400,000,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in 
the Unemployment 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: Provided further, That $250,000,000 of such 
funds shall be used by States for reemployment services 
for unemployment insurance claimants (including the inte-
grated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance 
information technology required to identify and serve the 
needs of such claimants): Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Labor shall establish planning and reporting pro-
cedures necessary to provide oversight of funds used for 
reemployment services. 
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 avail-
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able 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 include training for careers in the energy efficiency, 
renewable energy, and environmental protection indus-
tries: Provided further, That not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
vide to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate an operating plan describ-
ing 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, 2010, for salaries and expenses 
necessary for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and 
projects funded in this Act and administered by the De-
partment of Labor. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Resources and 
Services’’, $1,088,000,000, 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 
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and other components of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, including renovation and fit-out costs, 
and of which $1,000,000,000 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 Dis-
ease Control and Prevention may award a single contract 
or related contracts for development and construction of 
facilities that collectively include the full scope of the 
project: Provided further, That the solicitation and con-
tract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found 
at 48 CFR 52.232–18. 
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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 avail-
able through September 30, 2010, for shared instrumenta-
tion and other capital research equipment. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Direc-
tor’’, $2,700,000,000, which shall be available through 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That $1,350,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the Institutes and Centers of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health and to the Common Fund es-
tablished under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act in proportion to the appropriations otherwise 
made to such Institutes, Centers, and Common Fund for 
fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That these funds shall 
be used to support additional scientific research and shall 
be merged with and be available for the same purposes 
as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That this transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the National 
Institutes of Health: Provided further, That none of these 
funds may be transferred to ‘‘National Institutes of 
Health—Buildings and Facilities’’, the Center for Sci-
entific Review, the Center for Information Technology, the 
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Clinical Center, the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
culosis and Malaria, or the Office of the Director (except 
for the transfer to the Common Fund). 
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 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 Secu-
rity Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription 
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, 
$700,000,000 for comparative clinical effectiveness re-
search, which shall remain available through September 
30, 2010: Provided, That of the amount appropriated in 
this paragraph, $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 compara-
tive clinical effectiveness research under section 301 and 
title IV of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, 
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That funds transferred to the Office of the Director may 
be transferred to the Institutes and Centers of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health and to the Common Fund es-
tablished under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act: Provided further, 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 available in this paragraph for the 
Agency for Healthcare Research 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 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That the funding appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to accelerate the 
development and dissemination of research assessing the 
comparative clinical effectiveness of health care treat-
ments and strategies, including through efforts that: (1) 
conduct, support, or synthesize research that compares the 
clinical outcomes, effectiveness, and appropriateness of 
items, services, and procedures that are used to prevent, 
diagnose, or treat diseases, disorders, and other health 
conditions and (2) encourage the development and use of 
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clinical registries, clinical data networks, and other forms 
of electronic health data that can be used to generate or 
obtain outcomes data: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary 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 Congress and the Sec-
retary by not later than June 30, 2009 that includes rec-
ommendations on the national priorities for comparative 
clinical effectiveness research to be conducted or sup-
ported with the funds provided in this paragraph and that 
considers input from stakeholders: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consider any recommendations of the 
Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Clinical Ef-
fectiveness Research established by section 802 of this Act 
and any recommendations included in the Institute of 
Medicine report pursuant to the preceding proviso in des-
ignating activities to receive funds provided in this para-
graph 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 gov-
ernmental agencies, as well as private sector entities, that 
have demonstrated experience and capacity to achieve the 
goals of comparative clinical effectiveness research: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall publish information 
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on grants and contracts awarded with the funds provided 
under this heading within a reasonable time of the obliga-
tion of funds for such grants and contracts and shall dis-
seminate research findings from such grants and contracts 
to clinicians, patients, and the general public, as appro-
priate: Provided further, That, to the extent feasible, the 
Secretary shall ensure that the recipients of the funds pro-
vided by this paragraph offer an opportunity for public 
comment on the research: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee 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 Finance of the Senate with an an-
nual 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 car-
rying 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 pro-
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vided under this heading shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant State general revenue funds for child care assist-
ance for low-income 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 ac-
tivities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Social Services Block 
Grant,’’ $400,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 2003 of the Social Security Act, funds shall be al-
located to States on the basis of unemployment: Provided 
further, That these funds shall be obligated to States with-
in 60 calendar days from the date they become available 
for obligation. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 
Services Programs’’ for carrying out activities under the 
Head Start Act, $1,000,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able 
through 
September 
30, 
2010. 
In 
addition, 
$1,100,000,000, 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: Provided, That of the funds provided 
in this sentence, up to 10 percent shall be available for 
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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 
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 
further, 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 enroll-
ment coordination activities relating to the identification 
and enrollment of eligible individuals and families in Fed-
eral, 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 
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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’’, 
$5,000,000,000, to carry out title XIII of this Act which 
shall be available until expended: Provided, That of this 
amount, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall transfer $20,000,000 to the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology in the Department 
of Commerce for continued work on advancing health care 
information enterprise integration through activities such 
as technical standards analysis and establishment of con-
formance testing infrastructure so long as such activities 
are coordinated with the Office of the National Coordi-
nator for Health Information Technology: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on the actual obliga-
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tions, 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 obligation or expenditure. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the Office of the In-
spector General, $4,000,000 which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Health and 
Social Services Emergency Fund’’ to carry out a program 
of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to fund 
projects and activities to reduce the incidence or severity 
of preventable disabilities, diseases and conditions and to 
invest in health workforce training, $5,800,000,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2011: Provided, 
That the amount made available in this paragraph may 
be transferred to another appropriation account of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services (‘‘HHS’’), as de-
termined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to be appropriate and upon notification of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, to be used for the purposes specified in this para-
graph, and the provisos of this paragraph shall apply to 
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any funds so transferred: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided in this paragraph, not less than 
$1,000,000,000 shall be transferred to the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (‘‘CDC’’) as an additional 
amount for screening activities related to preventable dis-
abilities and chronic diseases and conditions, including 
counseling to prevent and mitigate the precursors of those 
disorders: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
in this paragraph, not less than $750,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the CDC as an additional amount to carry 
out the immunization program authorized by section 
317(a), (j), and (k)(1) of the Public Health Service Act 
(‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided in this paragraph, not less than $600,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the Health Resources and Services Ad-
ministration as an additional amount to address health 
professions workforce shortages through scholarships, loan 
repayment, grants to training programs for equipment 
and activities to foster cross-state licensure agreements, 
authorized under sections 330 through 338, 737, 738, and 
846 of the PHS Act, of which $200,000,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for extending service contracts and the 
recapture and reallocation of funds in the event that a 
participant fails to fulfill their term of service: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided in this paragraph, 
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$400,000,000 shall be transferred to the CDC as an addi-
tional amount for the Healthy Communities program, 
which shall be used for multi-year awards: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount provided in this paragraph, not 
less than $60,000,000 shall be made available for addi-
tional research, data collection and surveys relating to pre-
vention science and the current state of health, including 
equipment: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
in this paragraph, $40,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
CDC for information technology improvements to vital 
statistics record systems, including grants to State health 
departments for equipment: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided in this paragraph, $15,000,000 shall be 
made available for grants to States for equipment and 
maintenance related to newborn screening: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than 1 percent of the amount provided 
in this paragraph shall be available for evaluation of the 
activities supported by the amounts provided in this para-
graph: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of amounts 
made available in this paragraph may be used for adminis-
trative expenses in the office or division of HHS admin-
istering the funds: Provided further, That the transfers re-
quired by this paragraph shall be completed within 30 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall submit reports to the Committees on Ap-
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propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate detailing the following information on the amounts ap-
propriated in this paragraph: (1) an operating plan detail-
ing activities to be supported and timelines for expendi-
ture, to be submitted no later than 120 days after the 
enactment of this Act; (2) 15 day prior notification of any 
funds to be obligated prior to the submission of the oper-
ating plan; (3) an obligation and expenditure report to be 
submitted quarterly until all funds are fully expended; (4) 
a briefing 15 days prior to any new grant solicitation; (5) 
an evaluation plan that details the manner in which the 
Secretary intends to evaluate the outcomes of activities 
supported, to be submitted 120 days after enactment of 
this Act; (6) an outcomes report on all activities sup-
ported, to be submitted 1 year after enactment and every 
6 months thereafter until all funds have been expended; 
and (7) a report on best practices to be submitted 18 
months after enactment and every 6 months thereafter 
until all funds have been expended. 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Health and 
Social Services Emergency Fund’’ to prepare for and re-
spond to an influenza pandemic, $870,000,000, for activi-
ties including the development and purchase of vaccine, 
antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and 
other surveillance tools which shall be available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That products purchased with these 
funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited 
in the Strategic National Stockpile: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act, funds may be used for the construction or renova-
tion of privately owned facilities for the production of pan-
demic influenza vaccines and other biologics, where the 
Secretary finds such a contract necessary to secure suffi-
cient supplies of such vaccines or biologics: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated herein may be transferred 
to other appropriation accounts of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, as determined by the Sec-
retary to be appropriate, to be used for the purposes speci-
fied in this sentence. 
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, 
$13,000,000,000, 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 sec-
tion 1125A, and $2,000,000,000 shall be for school im-
provement grants under section 1003(g): Provided further, 
That each local educational agency receiving funds avail-
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able under this paragraph for sections 1125 and 1125A 
shall use not less than 15 percent of such funds for activi-
ties 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 re-
ceiving funds available under this paragraph shall be re-
quired to file with the State educational agency, no later 
than December 1, 2009, a school-by-school listing of per- 
pupil educational expenditures from State and local 
sources during the 2008–2009 academic year. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘School Improvement 
Programs,’’ $17,070,000,000, which shall be available 
through September 30, 2010, for carrying out activities 
authorized by part D of title II of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, subtitle B of title VII 
of 
the 
McKinney-Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(‘‘McKinney-Vento’’), and section 804 of this Act: Pro-
vided, 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 edu-
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cational 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. 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Special Education’’ 
for carrying out parts B and C of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (‘‘IDEA’’), $13,500,000,000, 
which shall remain available through September 30, 2010: 
Provided, 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 fur-
ther, 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 allo-
cated in accordance with section 643(c) of the IDEA: Pro-
vided further, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of 
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the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of the amount avail-
able 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 ap-
propriated 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 
children described in section 619(a) of the IDEA. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rehabilitation Serv-
ices 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 
September 
30, 
2010: 
Provided, 
That 
$500,000,000 shall be available for part B of title I of 
the Rehabilitation Act: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided herein shall not be considered in determining the 
amount required to be appropriated under section 
100(b)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in any fiscal 
year: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
7(14)(A), the Federal share of the costs of vocational re-
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habilitation 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 
shortfall: Provided further, That these funds shall remain 
available through September 30, 2011. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Student Financial As-
sistance’’ to carry out part E of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, $61,000,000: Provided, That 
these funds shall remain available through September 30, 
2010. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Higher Education’’ 
for carrying out activities under part A of title II of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, $100,000,000: Provided, 
That these funds shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
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HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES 
For carrying out activities authorized under section 
803 of this Act, $3,500,000,000: Provided, That these 
funds shall remain available through September 30, 2010. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the In-
spector General’’, $4,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2012, for salaries and ex-
penses necessary for oversight and audit of programs, 
grants, and projects funded in this Act and administered 
by the Department of Education. 
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 avail-
able through September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds 
made available in this paragraph may be used to provide 
adjustments to awards under subtitle C of title I of the 
1990 Act made prior to September 30, 2010 for which 
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the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (‘‘CEO’’) determines that 
a waiver of the Federal share limitation is warranted 
under section 2521.70 of title 45 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations: Provided further, 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 information technology upgrades: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided in this 
paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be available for additional 
members in the Civilian Community Corps authorized 
under subtitle E of title I of the 1990 Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount provided in this paragraph, 
$1,000,000 shall be made available for a one-time supple-
ment grant to State commissions on national and commu-
nity 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 fur-
ther, 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 provided in the previous proviso shall not be made 
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available in connection with cost-share agreements author-
ized 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 administer, reimburse, or support any na-
tional service program under section 129(d)(2) of the 
1990 Act: Provided further, That, except as provided here-
in and in addition to requirements 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 further, That the CEO shall 
provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a fiscal year 2009 oper-
ating plan for the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
prior to making any Federal obligations 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 obliga-
tions 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 Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 
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actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated balances 
for each activity funded under this heading not later than 
November 1, 2009, and every 6 months thereafter as long 
as funding provided under this heading is available for ob-
ligation or expenditure. 
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Service 
Trust’’ established under subtitle D of title I of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 
$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 
appropriation upon determination that such transfer is 
necessary to support the activities of national service par-
ticipants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be 
invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without re-
gard to the requirement to apportion funds under 31 
U.S.C. 1513(b). 
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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 
follows: 
(1) $750,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for necessary expenses of the replacement 
of the National Computer Center and the informa-
tion technology costs associated with such Center: 
Provided, That the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than 10 days prior to each public notice soliciting 
bids related to site selection and construction: Pro-
vided further, That unobligated balances of funds 
not needed for this purpose may be used as de-
scribed in subparagraph (2); and 
(2) $140,000,000 shall be available through 
September 30, 2010 for information technology ac-
quisitions and research, which may include research 
and activities to facilitate the adoption of electronic 
medical records in disability claims and the transfer 
of funds to ‘‘Supplemental Security Income’’ to 
carry out activities under section 1110 of the Social 
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Security Act: Provided further, That not later than 
10 days prior to the obligation of such funds, the 
Commissioner shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations 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 funded in this Act and administered by the 
Social Security Administration. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 801. REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF PAST AND 
FUTURE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
Section 8104 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ 
Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appro-
priations 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 
thereafter until the minimum wage in the respective terri-
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tory is $7.25 per hour, the Government Accountability Of-
fice shall conduct a study to— 
‘‘(1) assess the impact of the minimum wage 
increases 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 
‘‘(2) estimate the impact of any further wage 
increases on rates of employment and the living 
standards of workers in American Samoa and the 
Commonwealth 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 energy 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 
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concerning the findings of the study required under sub-
section (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 suffi-
cient 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; 
‘‘(2) the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the 
Department of Commerce shall include and sepa-
rately report on American Samoa and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in its gross 
domestic product data; and 
‘‘(3) the Bureau of the Census of the Depart-
ment of Commerce shall include and separately re-
port on American Samoa and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands in its population esti-
mates and demographic profiles from the American 
Community Survey, 
with the same regularity and to the same extent as the 
Department or each Bureau collects and reports such data 
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for the 50 States. In the event that the inclusion of Amer-
ican Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands in such surveys and data compilations re-
quires time to structure and implement, the Department 
of Labor, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Bu-
reau of the Census (as the case may be) shall in the in-
terim annually report the best available data that can fea-
sibly be secured with respect to such territories. Such in-
terim reports shall describe the steps the Department or 
the respective Bureau will take to improve future data col-
lection in the territories to achieve comparability with the 
data collected in the United States. The Department of 
Labor, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Bureau 
of the Census, together with the Department of the Inte-
rior, shall coordinate their efforts to achieve such improve-
ments.’’. 
(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 ‘‘Coun-
cil’’). 
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(b) PURPOSE; DUTIES.—The Council shall— 
(1) assist the offices and agencies of the Fed-
eral Government, including the Departments of 
Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and 
Defense, and other Federal departments or agencies, 
to coordinate the conduct or support of comparative 
clinical effectiveness and related health services re-
search; and 
(2) advise the President and Congress on— 
(A) strategies with respect to the infra-
structure needs of comparative clinical effective-
ness research within the Federal Government; 
(B) appropriate organizational expendi-
tures for comparative clinical effectiveness re-
search by relevant Federal departments and 
agencies; and 
(C) opportunities to assure optimum co-
ordination of comparative clinical effectiveness 
and related health services research conducted 
or supported by relevant Federal departments 
and agencies, with the goal of reducing duplica-
tive efforts and encouraging coordinated and 
complementary use of resources. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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(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, ap-
pointed by the President, acting through the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). Members shall 
first be appointed 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 Re-
search and Quality. 
(ii) The Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services. 
(iii) 
The 
National 
Institutes 
of 
Health. 
(iv) The Office of the National Coor-
dinator for Health Information Tech-
nology. 
(v) The Food and Drug Administra-
tion. 
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(vi) The Veterans Health Administra-
tion within the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
(vii) The office within the Department 
of Defense responsible for management of 
the 
Department 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Health Care System. 
(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—At least half of the 
members of the Council shall be physicians or 
other experts with clinical expertise. 
(3) CHAIRMAN; VICE
CHAIRMAN.—The Sec-
retary shall serve as Chairman of the Council and 
shall designate a member to serve as Vice Chairman. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 
2009, the Council shall submit to the President and 
the Congress a report containing information de-
scribing Federal activities on comparative clinical ef-
fectiveness research and recommendations for addi-
tional investments in such research conducted or 
supported from funds made available for allotment 
by the Secretary for comparative clinical effective-
ness research in this Act. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Council shall sub-
mit to the President and Congress an annual report 
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regarding its activities and recommendations con-
cerning the infrastructure needs, appropriate organi-
zational expenditures and opportunities for better 
coordination of comparative clinical effectiveness re-
search by relevant Federal departments and agen-
cies. 
(e) STAFFING; SUPPORT.—From funds made avail-
able for allotment by the Secretary for comparative clinical 
effectiveness research in this Act, the Secretary shall make 
available not more than 1 percent to the Council for staff 
and administrative support. 
SEC. 803. HIGHER EDUCATION MODERNIZATION, 
RENOVATION, 
AND
REPAIR. (a) PURPOSE.—Grants 
awarded under this section shall be for the purpose of 
modernizing, renovating, and repairing institution of high-
er education facilities that are primarily used for instruc-
tion and research. 
Funds may also be used for leasing, purchasing or 
upgrading equipment, designed to strengthen and support 
academic and technical skill achievement. 
(b) GRANTS TO STATE HIGHER EDUCATION AGEN-
CIES.— 
(1) FORMULA.—From the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this section, the Secretary of 
Education shall allocate funds to State higher edu-
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cation agencies based on the number of students at-
tending institutions of higher education, with the 
State higher education agency in each State receiv-
ing an amount that is in proportion to the number 
of full-time equivalent undergraduate students at-
tending institutions of higher education in such 
State for the most recent fiscal year for which there 
are data available, relative to the total number of 
full-time equivalent undergraduate students attend-
ing institutions of higher education in all States for 
such fiscal year. 
(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive an 
allocation from the Secretary under paragraph (1), 
a State higher education agency shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. 
(3) REALLOCATION.—Amounts allocated to a 
State higher education agency under this section 
that are not obligated by such agency within 12 
months of the date the agency receives such 
amounts shall be returned to the Secretary, and the 
Secretary shall reallocate such amounts to State 
higher education agencies in other States on the 
same basis as the original allocations under para-
graph (1). 
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(4) ADMINISTRATION
AND
OVERSIGHT
EX-
PENSES.—From the amounts appropriated to carry 
out this section, not more than $3,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary for administrative and 
oversight expenses related to carrying out this sec-
tion. 
(c) USE OF GRANTS BY STATE HIGHER EDUCATION 
AGENCIES.— 
(1) SUBGRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), each State higher education 
agency receiving an allocation under subsection 
(b)(1) shall use the amount allocated to award 
subgrants to institutions of higher education 
within the State to carry out projects in accord-
ance with subsection (d)(1). 
(B) SUBGRANT
AWARD
ALLOCATION.—A 
State higher education agency shall award sub-
grants to institutions of higher education under 
this section based on the demonstrated need of 
each institution for facility modernization, ren-
ovation, repair, and equipment. 
(C) 
COMMUNITY
COLLEGES.—Notwith-
standing, subparagraph (B), the percentage of 
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funds allocated to community colleges in each 
State shall be no less than the percentage of 
full-time equivalent students attending commu-
nity colleges relative to the total number of full- 
time equivalent undergraduate students attend-
ing public institutions of higher education in 
the State. 
(D) 
PRIORITY
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
awarding subgrants under this section, each 
State higher education agency shall give pri-
ority consideration to institutions of higher edu-
cation with any of the following characteristics: 
(i) The institution is eligible for Fed-
eral assistance under title III or title V of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
(ii) The institution was impacted by a 
major disaster or emergency declared by 
the President (as defined in section 102(2) 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(2))), including an institution affected 
by a Gulf hurricane disaster, as such term 
is defined in section 824(g)(1) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
11611–3(g)(1)). 
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(iii) The institution demonstrates that 
the proposed project or projects to be car-
ried out with a subgrant under this section 
will increase the energy efficiency of the in-
stitution’s facilities and comply with the 
LEED Green Building Rating System. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
AND
OVERSIGHT
EX-
PENSES.—Of the allocation amount received under 
subsection (b)(1), a State higher education agency 
may reserve not more than 5 percent of such 
amount, or $500,000, whichever is less, for adminis-
trative and oversight expenses related to carrying 
out this section. 
(d) USE OF SUBGRANTS BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH-
ER EDUCATION.— 
(1) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—An institu-
tion of higher education receiving a subgrant under 
this section shall use such subgrant to modernize, 
renovate, or repair facilities of the institution that 
are primarily used for instruction, research, or stu-
dent housing, which may include any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Repair, replacement, or installation of 
roofs, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, sew-
age systems, or lighting systems. 
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(B) Repair, replacement, or installation of 
heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems 
(including insulation). 
(C) Compliance with fire and safety codes, 
including— 
(i) professional installation of fire or 
life safety alarms; and 
(ii) modernizations, renovations, and 
repairs that ensure that the institution’s 
facilities are prepared for emergencies, 
such as improving building infrastructure 
to accommodate security measures. 
(D) Retrofitting necessary to increase the 
energy efficiency of the institution’s facilities. 
(E) Renovations to the institution’s facili-
ties necessary to comply with accessibility re-
quirements in the Americans with Disabilities 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and sec-
tion 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 794). 
(F) Abatement or removal of asbestos from 
the institution’s facilities. 
(G) Modernization, renovation, and repair 
relating to improving science and engineering 
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laboratories, libraries, and instructional facili-
ties. 
(H) Upgrading or installation of edu-
cational technology infrastructure. 
(I) Installation or upgrading of renewable 
energy generation and heating systems, includ-
ing solar, photovoltaic, wind, biomass (including 
wood pellet), or geothermal systems, or compo-
nents of such systems. 
(J) Other modernization, renovation, or re-
pair projects or purchase of equipment that are 
primarily for instruction or research. 
(2) PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.—No funds 
awarded under this section may be used for— 
(A) the maintenance of systems, equip-
ment, or facilities, including maintenance asso-
ciated with any permissible uses of funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1); 
(B) modernization, renovation, or repair of 
stadiums or other facilities primarily used for 
athletic contests or exhibitions or other events 
for which admission is charged to the general 
public; 
(C) modernization, renovation, or repair of 
facilities— 
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(i) used for sectarian instruction, reli-
gious worship, or a school or department 
of divinity; or 
(ii) in which a substantial portion of 
the functions of the facilities are subsumed 
in a religious mission; or 
(D) construction of new facilities. 
(e) APPLICATION OF GEPA.—The grant program au-
thorized in this section is an applicable program (as that 
term is defined in section 400 of the General Education 
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221)) subject to section 439 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1232b). The Secretary shall, not-
withstanding section 437 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1232) 
and section 553 of title 5, United States Code, establish 
such program rules as may be necessary to implement 
such grant program by notice in the Federal Register. 
(f) REPORTING.— 
(1) REPORTS
BY
INSTITUTIONS.—Not later 
than September 30, 2011, each institution of higher 
education receiving a subgrant under this section 
shall submit to the State higher education agency 
awarding such subgrant a report describing the 
projects for which such subgrant was received, in-
cluding— 
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(A) a description of each project carried 
out, or planned to be carried out, with such 
subgrant, including the types of modernization, 
renovation, and repair to be completed by each 
such project; 
(B) the total amount of funds received by 
the institution under this section and the 
amount of such funds expended, as of the date 
of the report, on the such projects; 
(C) the actual or planned cost of each such 
project and any demonstrable or expected aca-
demic, energy, or environmental benefits result-
ing from such project; and 
(D) the total number of contracts, and 
amount of funding for such contracts, awarded 
by the institution to carry out such projects, as 
of the date of such report, including the num-
ber of contracts, and amount of funding for 
such contracts, awarded to local, small, minor-
ity-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned 
businesses, as such terms are defined by the 
Small Business Act. 
(2) REPORTS BY STATES.—Not later than De-
cember 31, 2011, each State higher education agen-
cy receiving a grant under this section shall submit 
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to the Secretary a report containing a compilation of 
all of the reports under paragraph (1) submitted to 
the agency by institutions of higher education. 
(3) REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.—Not later 
than March 31, 2012, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Education and Labor in the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Sen-
ate and Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on 
grants and subgrants made under this section, in-
cluding the information described in paragraph (1). 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965. 
(2) LEED GREEN
BUILDING
RATING
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating 
System’’ means the United States Green Building 
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental 
Design green building rating standard referred to as 
the LEED Green Building Rating System. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
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(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 103 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 
(5) STATE HIGHER EDUCATION AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘State higher education agency’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 103 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 
(6) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘Com-
munity College’’ means a public non-profit institu-
tion of higher education as defined in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act, whose highest degree 
offered is predominantly the associate degree. 
SEC. 804. GRANTS FOR SCHOOL RENOVATION, RE-
PAIR, AND CONSTRUCTION. (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) RESERVATIONS.— 
(A) OUTLYING AREAS AND BUREAU OF IN-
DIAN
EDUCATION.—From the funds appro-
priated to carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall reserve 1 percent to provide assistance 
under this section to the outlying areas and for 
payments to the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide assistance consistent with this section 
to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation. Funds reserved under this subparagraph 
shall be distributed by the Secretary among the 
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outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior 
on the basis of relative need, as determined by 
the Secretary, in accordance with the purposes 
of this section. 
(B) IMPACT AID SCHOOLS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—From the funds ap-
propriated to carry out this section, the 
Secretary shall reserve 2 percent to make 
payments and award grants to local edu-
cational agencies under section 8007 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707). 
(ii) CONSTRUCTION
PAYMENTS
AU-
THORIZED.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—From 40 per-
cent of the amount reserved under 
clause (i), the Secretary shall make 
payments in accordance with section 
8007(a) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7707(a)), except that the 
amount of such payments shall be de-
termined in accordance with subclause 
(II). 
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(II) AMOUNT
OF
PAYMENTS.— 
The Secretary shall make a payment 
to each local educational agency eligi-
ble for a payment under section 
8007(a) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7707(a)) in an amount that 
bears the same relationship to the 
funds made available under subclause 
(I) as the number of children deter-
mined under subparagraphs (B), (C), 
and (D)(i) of section 8003(a)(1) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7703(a)(1)(B), (C), and (D)(i)) who 
were in average daily attendance in 
the local educational agency for the 
most recent year for which such infor-
mation is available bears to the num-
ber of such children in all the local 
educational agencies eligible for a pay-
ment under section 8007(a) of the El-
ementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(a)). 
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(iii) SCHOOL
FACILITY
EMERGENCY 
AND
MODERNIZATION
GRANTS
AUTHOR-
IZED.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—From 60 per-
cent of the amount reserved under 
clause (i), the Secretary— 
(aa) shall award emergency 
grants in accordance with section 
8007(b) of the Elementary and 
Secondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)) to eli-
gible local educational agencies to 
enable the agencies to carry out 
emergency repairs of school fa-
cilities; and 
(bb) may award moderniza-
tion grants in accordance with 
section 8007(b) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)) 
to eligible local educational agen-
cies to enable the agencies to 
carry out the modernization of 
school facilities. 
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(II) 
PROVISIONS
NOT
TO 
APPLY.—Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 
(5)(A)(i), and (5)(A)(vi) of section 
8007(b) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7703(b)(2), (3), (4), (5)(A)(i), 
and (5)(A)(vi)) shall not apply to 
grants made under this clause. 
(III) ELIGIBILITY.—A local edu-
cational agency is eligible to receive a 
grant under this clause if the local 
educational agency— 
(aa) is eligible to receive a 
payment under section 8002 or 
8003 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7702 and 7703) for 
fiscal year 2008; and 
(bb) has— 
(AA) a total taxable as-
sessed value of real property 
that may be taxed for school 
purposes 
of 
less 
than 
$100,000,000; or 
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(BB) an assessed value 
of real property per student 
that may be taxed for school 
purposes that is less than 
the average of the assessed 
value of real property per 
student that may be taxed 
for school purposes in the 
State in which the local edu-
cational agency is located. 
(IV) CRITERIA FOR GRANTS.—In 
awarding grants under this clause, the 
Secretary shall consider the following 
criteria: 
(aa) Whether the facility 
poses a health or safety threat to 
students and school personnel, 
including 
noncompliance 
with 
building codes and inaccessibility 
for persons with disabilities, or 
whether the existing building ca-
pacity meets the needs of the 
current enrollment and supports 
the provision of comprehensive 
educational services to meet cur-
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rent standards in the State in 
which the local educational agen-
cy is located. 
(bb) The extent to which the 
new design and proposed con-
struction utilize energy efficient 
and recyclable materials. 
(cc) The extent to which the 
new design and proposed con-
struction utilizes non-traditional 
or alternative building methods 
to 
expedite 
construction 
and 
project completion and maximize 
cost efficiency. 
(dd) 
The 
feasibility 
of 
project 
completion 
within 
months from award. 
(ee) The availability of other 
resources 
for 
the 
proposed 
project. 
(C) ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT.— 
The Secretary may, in addition, reserve up to 
$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated to carry 
out this section for administration and over-
sight of this section. 
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(2) ALLOCATION
TO
STATE
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), after making the reserva-
tions described in paragraph (1), from the re-
mainder of the appropriated funds described in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allocate to 
each State educational agency serving a State 
an amount that bears the same relation to the 
remainder as the amount the State received 
under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311 et seq.) for fiscal year 2008 bears to the 
amount all States received under such part for 
fiscal year 2008. 
(B) MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—No State edu-
cational agency shall receive less than 0.5 per-
cent of the amount allocated under this para-
graph. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary shall make 
and distribute the reservations and allocations de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) WITHIN-STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
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(A) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ADMIN-
ISTRATION.—Except as provided in subpara-
graph (C), each State educational agency may 
reserve not more than 1 percent of its allocation 
under subsection (a)(2) or $2,000,000, which-
ever is less, for the purpose of administering 
the distribution of grants under this subsection. 
(B) REQUIRED
USES.—Each State edu-
cational agency shall use a portion of the re-
served funds under subparagraph (A) to estab-
lish or support a State-level database of public 
school facility inventory, condition, design, and 
utilization. 
(C) STATE ENTITY ADMINISTRATION.—If a 
State educational agency transfers funds to a 
State entity described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), 
the State educational agency shall transfer to 
such entity 0.75 percent of the amount reserved 
under subparagraph (A) for the purpose of ad-
ministering the distribution of grants under this 
subsection. 
(2) ALLOTMENTS TO THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES WITH THE MOST POOR CHILDREN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.— 
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(i) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCY.—In this subparagraph, the term 
‘‘eligible local educational agency’’ means a 
local educational agency that is 1 of the 
100 local educational agencies in the 
United States that serve the most students 
who are poor children. 
(ii) ALLOTMENT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date a State educational 
agency receives an allocation from the Sec-
retary under this section, the State edu-
cational agency shall allot to each eligible 
local educational agency in the State an 
amount determined under clause (iii) to be 
used consistent with subsection (c) for 
school repair, renovation, and construction. 
(iii) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.— 
An allotment under this subparagraph to 
an eligible local educational agency shall be 
in an amount that bears the same relation 
to the amount allocated to the State under 
this section and not reserved under para-
graph (1), as the amount of funds under 
part A of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
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U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) that the eligible local 
educational agency received from the State 
for the most recent fiscal year for which 
data is available bears to the total amount 
of such funds received by all local edu-
cational agencies in the State under such 
part for the most recent fiscal year for 
which data is available. 
(B) NO
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
COMPETITIVE 
GRANTS.—No local educational agency receiving 
funding under subparagraph (A) shall be eligi-
ble for funding under paragraph (3). 
(C) 
PRIORITY
IN
FUNDING
GREEN 
PROJECTS.—A local educational agency that re-
ceives funding under subparagraph (A) shall 
give priority to funding school repair, renova-
tion, or construction projects that are certified, 
verified, or consistent with any applicable provi-
sions of— 
(i) the LEED Green Building Rating 
System; 
(ii) Energy Star; 
(iii) the CHPS Criteria; 
(iv) Green Globes; or 
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(v) an equivalent program adopted by 
the State or another jurisdiction with au-
thority over the local educational agency. 
(3) RESERVATION FOR COMPETITIVE SCHOOL 
RENOVATION, REPAIR, AND CONSTRUCTION GRANTS 
TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—After making the res-
ervation described in paragraph (1), from the 
remainder of the funds allocated to a State edu-
cational agency under this section, the State 
educational agency shall— 
(i) award grants to local educational 
agencies to be used, consistent with sub-
section (c), for school renovation, repair, 
and construction; or 
(ii) if such State educational agency is 
not responsible for the financing of edu-
cation facilities, transfer such funds to the 
State entity responsible for the financing 
of education facilities (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘State entity’’) to award 
grants to local educational agencies to be 
used as described in clause (i). 
(B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL
AGENCIES.—The State educational 
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agency or State entity shall carry out a pro-
gram awarding grants, on a competitive basis, 
to local educational agencies for the purpose de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). Of the total 
amount allocated to the State under this section 
and not reserved under paragraph (1), the 
State educational agency or State entity, shall 
carry out the following: 
(i) Award to high-need local edu-
cational agencies, in the aggregate, not less 
than an amount which bears the same re-
lationship to such total amount as the ag-
gregate amount such high-need local edu-
cational agencies received under part A of 
title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 
seq.) for fiscal year 2008 bears to the ag-
gregate amount received for such fiscal 
year under such part by all local edu-
cational agencies in the State, reduced by 
the total amount the State educational 
agency has allotted under paragraph (2). 
(ii) Award to rural local educational 
agencies, in the aggregate, not less than an 
amount which bears the same relationship 
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to such total amount as the aggregate 
amount such rural local educational agen-
cies received under such part for fiscal 
year 2008 bears to the aggregate amount 
received for such fiscal year under such 
part by all local educational agencies in the 
State. 
(iii) Award the remaining funds to 
local educational agencies not receiving an 
award under clause (i) or (ii), including 
high-need local educational agencies and 
rural local educational agencies that did 
not receive such an award. 
(C) CRITERIA
FOR
AWARDING
COMPETI-
TIVE GRANTS.—In awarding competitive grants 
under this paragraph, a State educational agen-
cy or State entity shall take into account the 
following criteria: 
(i) PERCENTAGE
OF
POOR
CHIL-
DREN.—The percentage of poor children in 
a local educational agency. 
(ii) NEED FOR SCHOOL RENOVATION, 
REPAIR, AND
CONSTRUCTION.—The need 
of a local educational agency for school 
renovation, repair, and construction, as 
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demonstrated by the condition of the pub-
lic school facilities of the local educational 
agency. 
(iii) GREEN SCHOOLS.—The extent to 
which the local educational agency will 
make use of green practices that are cer-
tified, verified, or consistent with any ap-
plicable provisions of— 
(I) the LEED Green Building 
Rating System; 
(II) Energy Star; 
(III) the CHPS Criteria; 
(IV) Green Globes; or 
(V) an equivalent program adopt-
ed by the State or another jurisdiction 
with authority over the local edu-
cational agency. 
(iv) 
CAPABILITY
TO
IMPLEMENT 
PROJECTS
EXPEDITIOUSLY.—The 
capa-
bility of the local educational agency to im-
plement school renovation, repair, or con-
struction projects expeditiously. 
(v) FISCAL CAPACITY.—The fiscal ca-
pacity of a local educational agency to 
meet the needs of the local educational 
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agency for renovation, repair, and con-
struction of public school facilities without 
assistance under this section, including the 
ability of the local educational agency to 
raise funds through the use of local bond-
ing capacity and otherwise. 
(vi) LIKELIHOOD
OF
MAINTAINING 
THE
FACILITY.—The likelihood that the 
local educational agency will maintain, in 
good condition, any facility whose renova-
tion, repair, or construction is assisted 
under this section. 
(vii) CHARTER
SCHOOL
ACCESS
TO 
FUNDING.—In the case of a local edu-
cational agency that proposes to fund a 
renovation, repair, or construction project 
for a charter school, the extent to which 
the school has access to funding for the 
project through the financing methods 
available to other public schools or local 
educational agencies in the State. 
(D) 
POSSIBLE
MATCHING
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A State educational 
agency or State entity may require local 
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educational agencies to match competitive 
grant funds awarded under this section. 
(ii) MATCH AMOUNT.—The amount of 
a match described in clause (i) may be es-
tablished by using a sliding scale that 
takes into account the relative poverty of 
the population served by the local edu-
cational agency. 
(c) RULES APPLICABLE TO SCHOOL RENOVATION, 
REPAIR, AND CONSTRUCTION.—With respect to funds 
made available under this section that are used for school 
renovation, repair, and construction, the following rules 
shall apply: 
(1) PERMISSIBLE
USES
OF
FUNDS.—School 
renovation, repair, and construction shall be limited 
to 1 or more of the following: 
(A) Upgrade, repair, construct, or replace 
existing or planned public school building sys-
tems and components to improve the quality of 
education and ensure the health and safety of 
students and staff, including— 
(i) 
repairing, 
replacing, 
or 
con-
structing early learning facilities (including 
renovation of existing facilities to serve 
children under 5 years of age); 
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(ii) repairing, replacing, or installing 
roofs, windows, doors, electrical wiring, 
plumbing systems, or sewage systems; 
(iii) repairing, replacing, or installing 
heating, ventilation, or air conditioning 
systems (including insulation); and 
(iv) bringing public schools into com-
pliance with fire and safety codes. 
(B) Modifications necessary to reduce the 
consumption of electricity, natural gas, oil, 
water, coal, or land. 
(C) Modifications necessary to make public 
school facilities accessible to comply with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). 
(D) Improve environmental conditions of 
school sites, including asbestos abatement or re-
moval, and the reduction or elimination of 
human exposure to lead-based paint, mold, or 
mildew. 
(E) Upgrade or install educational tech-
nology infrastructure to ensure that students 
have access to up-to-date educational tech-
nology. 
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(F) Broaden or improve the use of school 
buildings and grounds to the community to im-
prove educational outcomes. 
(2) IMPERMISSIBLE
USES
OF
FUNDS.—No 
funds received under this section may be used for— 
(A) payment of maintenance costs in con-
nection with any projects constructed in whole 
or part with Federal funds provided under this 
section; 
(B) purchase or upgrade of vehicles; 
(C) stadiums or other facilities primarily 
used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other 
events for which admission is charged to the 
general public; 
(D) improvement or construction of stand- 
alone facilities whose purpose is not the edu-
cation of children, including central office ad-
ministration or operations or logistical support 
facilities; or 
(E) purchase of information technology 
hardware, including computers, monitors, or 
printers. 
(3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B) and excluding the uses de-
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scribed in paragraph (1)(C), a local educational 
agency shall use Federal funds received under 
this section only to supplement the amount of 
funds that would, in the absence of such Fed-
eral funds, be made available from non-Federal 
sources for school renovation, repair, and con-
struction. 
(B) 
EXCEPTION.—A 
local 
educational 
agency that is located in a State that is under 
a court order to finance school facilities shall 
not be subject to the requirement under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(d) QUALIFIED BIDDERS; COMPETITION.—Each local 
educational agency that receives funds under this section 
shall ensure that, if the local educational agency carries 
out renovation, repair, or construction through a contract, 
any such contract process ensures the maximum number 
of qualified bidders, including small, minority, and women- 
owned businesses, through full and open competition. 
(e) REPORTING.— 
(1) LOCAL REPORTING.—Each local educational 
agency receiving funds made available under this 
section shall submit a report to the State edu-
cational agency, at such time as the State edu-
cational agency may require describing the use of 
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such funds for school renovation, repair, and con-
struction, including the following: 
(A) Type and description of work com-
pleted. 
(B) The source of any non-federal funds 
used to complete the project. 
(C) Person hours needed at various wage 
levels to complete the project. 
(D) Anticipated energy or natural resource 
savings. 
(2) STATE
REPORTING.—Each State edu-
cational agency receiving funds made available under 
this section shall submit to the Secretary, not later 
than December 31, 2010, a report on the use of 
funds received under subsection (a)(2) and made 
available to local educational agencies for school ren-
ovation, repair, and construction. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Each local educational 
agency that receives funds under this section may reserve 
not more than 1 percent of the funds or $750,000, which-
ever amount is less, for the purpose of— 
(1) administering school renovation, repair, and 
construction projects; and 
(2) reporting under subsection (e). 
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(g) REALLOCATION.—If a State educational agency 
does not apply for an allocation of funds under subsection 
(a)(2), or does not use its entire allocation, then the Sec-
retary may reallocate the amount of the State educational 
agency’s allocation (or the remainder thereof, as the case 
may be) to the remaining State educational agencies in 
accordance with subsection (a)(2). 
(h) APPLICATION OF GEPA.—The grant program 
under this section is an applicable program (as that term 
is defined in section 400 of the General Education Provi-
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221)) subject to section 439 of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1232b). 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘local educational 
agency’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘State educational agen-
cy’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) CHARTER
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter 
school’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
5210 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i). 
(3) CHPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘‘CHPS Cri-
teria’’ means the green building rating program de-
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veloped by the Collaborative for High Performance 
Schools. 
(4) ENERGY STAR.—The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ 
means the Energy Star program of the Department 
of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy. 
(5) 
GREEN
GLOBES.—The 
term 
‘‘Green 
Globes’’ means the Green Building Initiative envi-
ronmental design and rating system. 
(6) HIGH-NEED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 
2102(3)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6602(3)(A)). 
(7) LEED GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating System’’ 
means the United States Green Building Council 
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 
green building rating standard. 
(8) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying 
area’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
1121(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331(c)). 
(9) POOR
CHILDREN.—The term ‘‘poor chil-
dren’’ refers to children 5 to 17 years of age, inclu-
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sive, who are from families with incomes below the 
poverty line (as defined by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and revised annually in accordance 
with section 673(2) of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to 
a family of the size involved for the most recent fis-
cal year for which data satisfactory to the Secretary 
are available. 
(10) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘rural local educational agency’’ means a 
local educational agency that the State determines is 
located in a rural area using objective data and a 
commonly employed definition of the term ‘‘rural’’. 
(11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 805. (a) Not more than 1 percent of the funds 
made available to the Department of Labor in this title 
may be transferred by the Secretary of Labor to ‘‘Employ-
ment and Training Administration—Program Administra-
tion’’, ‘‘Employment Standards Administration—Salaries 
and Expenses’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Admin-
istration—Salaries and Expenses’’ and ‘‘Departmental 
Management—Salaries and Expenses’’ for expenses nec-
essary to administer and coordinate funds made available 
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to the Department of Labor in this title; oversee and 
evaluate the use of such funds; and enforce applicable laws 
and regulations governing worker rights and protections 
associated with the funds made available in this Act. 
(b) Not later than 10 days prior to obligating any 
funds proposed to be transferred under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate an 
operating plan describing the planned uses of each amount 
proposed to be transferred. 
(c) Funds transferred under this section may be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2010. 
SEC. 806. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES
IN
THE REC-
REATIONAL MARINE INDUSTRY. Section 2(3)(F) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 
U.S.C. 902(3)(F)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘, repair or dismantle’’; and 
(2) by striking the semicolon and inserting ‘‘, or 
individuals employed to repair any recreational ves-
sel, or to dismantle any part of a recreational vessel 
in connection with the repair of such vessel;’’. 
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TITLE IX—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLIITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ of the Government Accountability Office, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 901. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
REVIEWS AND REPORTS. (a) REVIEWS AND REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 
shall conduct bimonthly reviews and prepare reports 
on such reviews on the use by selected State and lo-
calities of funds made available in this Act. Such re-
ports, along with any audits conducted by the Comp-
troller General of such funds, shall be posted on the 
Internet and linked to the website established under 
this Act by the Recovery Accountability and Trans-
parency Board. 
(2) REDACTIONS.—Any portion of a report or 
audit under this subsection may be redacted when 
made publicly available, if that portion would dis-
close information that is not subject to disclosure 
under section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
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(commonly known as the Freedom of Information 
Act). 
(b) EXAMINATION OF RECORDS.—The Comptroller 
General may examine any records related to obligations 
of funds made available in this Act. 
SEC. 902. ACCESS
OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT-
ABILITY OFFICE. Each contract awarded using funds 
made available in this Act shall provide that the Comp-
troller General and his representatives are authorized— 
(1) to examine any records of the contractor or 
any of its subcontractors, or any State or local agen-
cy administering such contract, that directly pertain 
to, and involve transactions relating to, the contract 
or subcontract; and 
(2) to interview any current employee regarding 
such transactions. 
TITLE X—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $637,875,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, of which $84,100,000 shall be for child 
development centers; $481,000,000 shall be for warrior 
transition complexes; and $42,400,000 shall be for health 
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and dental clinics (including acquisition, construction, in-
stallation, and equipment): Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, such funds may be 
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design 
and military construction projects in the United States not 
otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$30,375,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services: Provided further, That 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary of 
the Army shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 
funds provided under this heading prior to obligation. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $990,092,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013, of which $172,820,000 
shall be for child development centers; $174,304,000 shall 
be for barracks; $125,000,000 shall be for health clinic 
replacement, and $494,362,000 shall be for energy con-
servation and alternative energy projects (including acqui-
sition, construction, installation, and equipment): Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out 
planning and design and military construction projects in 
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the United States not otherwise authorized by law: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $23,606,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services: Pro-
vided further, That within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex-
penditure plan for funds provided under this heading prior 
to obligation. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’, $871,332,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, of which $80,100,000 shall be for child 
development centers; $612,246,000 shall be for dor-
mitories; and $138,100,000 shall be for health clinics (in-
cluding acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment): Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, such funds may be obligated and expended 
to carry out planning and design and military construction 
projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by 
law: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, not to exceed $40,886,000 shall be available 
for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services: Provided further, That within 30 days of enact-
ment of this Act the Secretary of the Air Force shall sub-
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mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this heading prior to obligation. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $118,560,000 for the Energy Conserva-
tion Investment Program, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and 
expended to carry out planning and design and military 
construction projects in the United States not otherwise 
authorized by law: Provided further, That within 30 days 
of enactment of this Act the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds pro-
vided under this heading prior to obligation. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army National Guard’’, $150,000,000 for readiness cen-
ters (including construction, acquisition, expansion, reha-
bilitation, and conversion), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and 
expended to carry out planning and design and military 
construction projects in the United States not otherwise 
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authorized by law: Provided further, That within 30 days 
of enactment of this Act the Director of the Army Na-
tional Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
for funds provided under this heading prior to obligation. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air National Guard’’, $110,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated 
and expended to carry out planning and design and mili-
tary construction projects in the United States not other-
wise authorized by law: Provided further, That within 30 
days of enactment of this Act the Director of the Air Na-
tional Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
for funds provided under this heading prior to obligation. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Con-
struction, Army’’, $34,570,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and 
expended to carry out planning and design and military 
construction projects in the United States not otherwise 
authorized by law: Provided further, That within 30 days 
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of enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Army shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds pro-
vided under this heading prior to obligation. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Army’’, $3,932,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
funds may be obligated and expended for operation and 
maintenance and minor construction projects in the 
United States not otherwise authorized by law. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Con-
struction, Air Force’’, $80,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated 
and expended to carry out planning and design and mili-
tary construction projects in the United States not other-
wise authorized by law: Provided further, That within 30 
days of enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this heading prior to obligation. 
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FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $16,461,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
such funds may be obligated and expended for operation 
and maintenance and minor construction projects in the 
United States not otherwise authorized by law. 
HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Homeowners Assist-
ance Fund’’, established by section 1013 of the Dem-
onstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3374), $410,973,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1001. (a) TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF HOME-
OWNERS ASSISTANCE PLAN TO RESPOND TO MORTGAGE 
FORECLOSURE AND CREDIT CRISIS.—Section 1013 of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respec-
tively, and indenting such subparagraphs, as so 
redesignated, 6 ems from the left margin; 
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