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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,188,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$367,255,000: Provided further, That these funds may be used to 
support loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities without regard to the limitations within section 
344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $353,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, $594,788,000, which shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2013: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary data 
systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data 
systems, or to further develop such systems: Provided further, That 
up to $11,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 
of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support activities 
to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, 
and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three pas-
senger motor vehicles, $447,104,000. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $102,818,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, 
as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act, $59,933,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase 
of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial 
imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation 
of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such 
transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation 
of any school or school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be 
used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any 
student to a school other than the school which is nearest the 
student’s home, except for a student requiring special education, 
to the school offering such special education, in order to comply 
with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose 
of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students 
includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving 
the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing 
of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade 
restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition described in 
this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 
and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Edu-
cation in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 
by this section shall not be used to create any new program or 
to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds received 
under this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under part A of 
title V of the ESEA. 
SEC. 306. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2012’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 307. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary is authorized to modify the terms and conditions of gulf 
hurricane disaster loans to affected institutions pursuant to section 
2601 of Public Law 109–234 using the authority provided herein, 
on such terms as the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget jointly 
determine are in the best interests of both the United States and 
the borrowers, and necessary to mitigate the economic effects of 
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Any modification under this section 
shall not result in any net cost to the Federal Government, as 
jointly determined by the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, beginning 
on the date on which the Secretary modifies a loan under this 
section.
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(b) FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE.—The Secretary, the Secretary 
of the Treasury, and the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, shall jointly publish a notice in the Federal Register 
prior to any modification of loans under paragraph (a) that— 
(1) establishes the terms and conditions governing the 
modifications authorized by paragraph (a); 
(2) includes an outline of the methodology and factors that 
the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, will jointly consider 
in evaluating the modification of the loans made under this 
title; and 
(3) describes how the use of such methodology and consider-
ation of such factors used to determine the modifications will 
ensure that loan modifications do not result in any net cost 
to the Federal Government. 
(c) FEES.—An affected institution that receives a modification 
to its disaster loan pursuant to section 2601 of Public Law 109– 
234 shall pay a fee to the Secretary which shall be credited to 
the HBCU Hurricane Supplemental Loan Program. Such fees shall 
remain available without fiscal year limitation to pay the modifica-
tion costs. The amount of the fee paid shall be equal to the modifica-
tion cost as jointly determined by the Secretary, the Secretary 
of the Treasury, and the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, calculated in accordance with section 502 of the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, of such loan. 
SEC. 308. Section 14006(c)(2) of division A of the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (as amended by section 
1832(b) of division B of Public Law 112–10) is amended by inserting 
before the period, ‘‘except that such a State may use its grant 
funds to make subgrants to public or private agencies and organiza-
tions for activities consistent with the purposes of the grant’’. 
SEC. 309. (a) FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) MINIMUM
LEVEL.—Section 401(b)(4) of the HEA (20 
U.S.C. 1070a(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘, except that’’ and 
all that follows and inserting a period. 
(2) DURATION OF AWARD PERIOD.—Section 401(c)(5) of the 
HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)(5)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘18’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘12’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence. 
(b) ZERO EXPECTED FAMILY CONTRIBUTION.—Section 479(c) of 
the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087ss(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$23,000’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$23,000’’. 
(c) STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 484(d) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1091(d)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘meet one of the following standards:’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (4); and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(3) The student has’’ 
and inserting ‘‘have’’; and 
(2) TRANSITION.—The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
shall apply to students who first enroll in a program of study 
on or after July 1, 2012.
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(3) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 101(a)(1) of the HEA 
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘section 484(d)(3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 484(d)’’. 
(d) TEMPORARY ELIMINATION OF INTEREST SUBSIDY DURING STU-
DENT LOAN GRACE PERIOD.— 
(1) Section 428(a)(3)(A)(i)(I) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1078(a)(3)(A)(i)(I)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) which accrues prior to the date the student 
ceases to carry at least one-half the normal full- 
time academic workload (as determined by the 
institution), or’’. 
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply 
to new Federal Direct Stafford Loans made on or after July 
1, 2012 and before July 1, 2014. 
(e) REVISED SPECIAL ALLOWANCE CALCULATION.— 
(1) REVISED CALCULATION RULE.—Section 438(b)(2)(I) of the 
HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(I)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(vii) REVISED
CALCULATION
RULE
TO
REFLECT 
FINANCIAL MARKET CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(I) CALCULATION BASED ON LIBOR.—For the 
calendar quarter beginning on April 1, 2012 and 
each subsequent calendar quarter, in computing 
the special allowance paid pursuant to this sub-
section with respect to loans described in subclause 
(II), clause (i)(I) of this subparagraph shall be 
applied by substituting ‘of the 1-month London 
Inter Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for United States 
dollars in effect for each of the days in such quarter 
as compiled and released by the British Bankers 
Association’ for ‘of the quotes of the 3-month 
commercial paper (financial) rates in effect for each 
of the days in such quarter as reported by the 
Federal Reserve in Publication H–15 (or its suc-
cessor) for such 3-month period’. 
‘‘(II) LOANS
ELIGIBLE
FOR
LIBOR-BASED
CAL-
CULATION.—The special allowance paid pursuant 
to this subsection shall be calculated as described 
in subclause (I) with respect to special allowance 
payments for the 3-month period ending June 30, 
2012, and each succeeding 3-month period, on 
loans for which the first disbursement is made 
on or after January 1, 2000, and before July 1, 
2010, if, not later than April 1, 2012, the holder 
of the loan (or, if the holder acts as eligible lender 
trustee for the beneficial owner of the loan, the 
beneficial owner of the loan), affirmatively and 
permanently waives all contractual, statutory, or 
other legal rights to a special allowance paid 
pursuant to this subsection that is calculated using 
the formula in effect at the time the loans were 
first disbursed. 
‘‘(III) TERMS OF WAIVER.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A waiver pursuant to 
subclause (II) shall be in a form (printed or 
electronic) prescribed by the Secretary, and 
shall be applicable to—
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‘‘(AA) all loans described in such sub-
clause that the lender holds solely in its 
own right under any lender identification 
number associated with the holder (pursu-
ant to section 487B); 
‘‘(BB) all loans described in such sub-
clause for which the beneficial owner has 
the authority to make an election of a 
waiver under such subclause, regardless 
of the lender identification number associ-
ated with the loan or the lender that holds 
the loan as eligible lender trustee on 
behalf of such beneficial owner; and 
‘‘(CC) all future calculations of the 
special allowance on loans that, on the 
date of such waiver, are loans described 
in subitem (AA) or (BB), or that, after 
such date, become loans described in 
subitem (AA) or (BB). 
‘‘(bb) EXCEPTIONS.—Any waiver pursuant 
to subclause (II) that is elected for loans 
described in subitem (AA) or (BB) of item (aa) 
shall not apply to any loan described in such 
subitem for which the lender or beneficial 
owner of the loan demonstrates to the satisfac-
tion of the Secretary that— 
‘‘(AA) in accordance with an agree-
ment entered into before the date of enact-
ment of this section by which such lender 
or owner is governed and that applies to 
such loans, such lender or owner is not 
legally permitted to make an election of 
such waiver with respect to such loans 
without the approval of one or more third 
parties with an interest in the loans, and 
that the lender or owner followed all avail-
able options under such agreement to 
obtain such approval, and was unable to 
do so; or 
‘‘(BB) such lender or beneficial owner 
presented the proposal of electing such 
a waiver applicable to such loans associ-
ated with an obligation rated by a nation-
ally recognized statistical rating organiza-
tion (as defined in section 3(a)(62) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), and 
such rating organization provided a writ-
ten opinion that the agency would down-
grade the rating applicable to such obliga-
tion if the lender or owner elected such 
a waiver.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 438(b)(2)(I) of the 
HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(I)) is further amended— 
(A) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘such average bond 
equivalent rate’’ and inserting ‘‘the rate determined under 
subclause (I) (in accordance with clause (vii))’’; and
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(B) in clause (v)(III), by striking ‘‘(iv), and (vi)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(iv), (vi), and (vii)’’. 
(f) 
REAPPROPRIATION
OF
MANDATORY
SAVINGS.—Section 
401(b)(7)(A)(iv) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(iv) to carry out this section— 
‘‘(I) $13,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(II) $13,795,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(III) $7,587,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
‘‘(IV) $588,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
‘‘(V) $0 for fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(VI) $0 for fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(VII) $1,574,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(VIII) $1,382,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(IX) $1,409,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(X) $1,430,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(XI) $1,145,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections 
(a), (b), and (c) shall take effect on July 1, 2012. 
(h) INAPPLICABILITY OF NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND MASTER 
CALENDAR EXCEPTION.—Sections 482(c) and 492 of the HEA (20 
U.S.C. 1089(c), 1098a) shall not apply to the amendments made 
by this section, or to any regulations promulgated under those 
amendments. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 2012’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 
SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public 
Law 92–28, $5,385,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry 
out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in 
this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $751,672,000, 
notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds 
may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 
management of the grants cycle; (2) $44,900,000 shall be available 
for expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; 
(3) $2,000,000 shall be available for expenses to carry out sections
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112(e), 179A, and 198O and subtitle J of title I of the 1990 Act, 
notwithstanding section 501(a)(6) of the 1990 Act; (4) $13,466,000 
shall be available to provide assistance to State commissions on 
national and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 
Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (5) 
$31,942,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 
Act; and (6) $3,992,000 shall be available for expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding 
the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a 
competitive basis: Provided further, That, with respect to amounts 
provided under this heading for State Service Commissions, section 
126 of the 1990 Act shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$200,000’’ 
for ‘‘$250,000’’ each place that it appears. 
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the National Service Trust estab-
lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $212,198,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS may 
transfer additional funds from the amount provided within ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under subtitle C of title I 
of the 1990 Act to the National Service Trust upon determination 
that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under section 
145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the requirement to appor-
tion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 
1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $83,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $4,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice 
and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2012, during any grant 
selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not know-
ingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding 
such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than 
an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to 
receive such information.
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SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they 
receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall 
minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject 
to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 
1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations 
under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or 
E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and 
not supplant current programs and operations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) 
of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose 
described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who 
are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communica-
tions Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2014, $445,000,000: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms 
of entertainment for Government officials or employees: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
Act shall be available or used to aid or support any program 
or activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, 
or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 
origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any 
political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, 
or taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, 
and employees of CPB: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to support the 
Television Future Fund or any similar purpose. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions vested in it 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor- 
Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary 
for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Civil Service Reform Act, $46,250,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, 
for special training activities and other conflict resolution services 
and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
ments and international organizations, and for arbitration services 
shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration
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services shall be available only for education, training, and profes-
sional development of the agency workforce: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on 
behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions within 
the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $17,637,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 
1996 and the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture Act, $232,393,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $6,000,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $11,800,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
$3,264,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management 
Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $278,833,000: Provided, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or 
assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 
with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bar-
gaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the
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Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 
3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition 
employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, 
canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated 
on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water 
stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided by this Act or previous 
Acts making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board 
may be used to issue any new administrative directive or regulation 
that would provide employees any means of voting through any 
electronic means in an election to determine a representative for 
the purposes of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $13,436,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $11,689,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author-
ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
$51,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 
fiscal year 2012 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 
98–76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of 
the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit 
received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual 
benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall 
be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day 
of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2013, which shall be the maximum 
amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public 
Law 98–76.
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
(‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and 
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $108,855,000, to be 
derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the rail-
road unemployment insurance administration fund. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $8,170,000, to be 
derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad 
unemployment insurance account. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 
provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social 
Security Act, $20,404,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93– 
66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including 
payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, $37,582,991,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the 
current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that 
year shall be returned to the Treasury: Provided further, That 
not more than $8,000,000 shall be available for research and dem-
onstrations under sections 1110 and 1144 of the Social Security 
Act and remain available through September 30, 2013. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
Security 
Act 
for 
the 
first 
quarter 
of 
fiscal 
year 
2013, 
$18,200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, not more than $10,555,494,000 may 
be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in 
such section: Provided, That not less than $2,150,000 shall be 
for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at
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the end of fiscal year 2012 not needed for fiscal year 2012 shall 
remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security 
Administration information technology and telecommunications 
hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment 
and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Pro-
vided further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances available 
under the authority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expendi-
tures for official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 
or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 
amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon 
as possible after such expenditures are made. 
In addition, for continuing disability reviews under titles II 
and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated 
with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of 
the Social Security Act, $274,000,000 may be expended, as author-
ized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That the 
Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion 
of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of 
these funds, similar to the reports that were required by section 
103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 
2002. 
In addition, $161,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursu-
ant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 
of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended. 
To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections 
in fiscal year 2012 exceed $161,000,000, the amounts shall be 
available in fiscal year 2013 only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $28,942,000, together with not to exceed $73,535,000, to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, 
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and 
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice
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of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances 
of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall 
be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, 
for which they were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111– 
148 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive- 
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legisla-
tion before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 
or local legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any 
proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order 
issued by the executive branch of any State or local government, 
except in presentation to the executive branch of any State or 
local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or trans-
ferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111–148 shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed 
to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 
administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local 
legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or 
officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and 
administrative processes within the executive branch of that govern-
ment. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include 
any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future 
Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, 
or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, 
including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the 
advocacy or promotion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are author-
ized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respec-
tively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles 
I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation 
expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service is authorized to make available for official reception and
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representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds avail-
able for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board 
is authorized to make available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for 
‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, 
including but not limited to State and local governments and recipi-
ents of Federal research grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
project which will be financed with Federal money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 
in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of 
the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in 
this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes 
coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the package 
of services covered by a managed care provider or organization 
pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding sec-
tion shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life- 
endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the 
pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place 
the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or 
locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State 
or local government, if such agency, program, or government sub-
jects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimina-
tion on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, 
pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ includes 
an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital,