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work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study or education. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $2,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cul-
tural Affairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into 
law by section 101(d) of Public Law 99–190 (99 Stat. 
1261; 20 U.S.C. 956a) is amended— 
(1) by deleting the last sentence in the second 
paragraph and replacing it with the following: ‘‘Each 
eligible organization must have its principal place of 
business in the District of Columbia and in a facility 
or facilities located in the District of Columbia.’’; 
and 
(2) in the third paragraph, by deleting ‘‘in addi-
tion to those herein named’’ at the end of the sen-
tence. 
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), 
$6,108,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,154,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $50,798,000, of which $515,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014, for the Museum’s 
equipment replacement program; and of which $1,900,000 
for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 
$1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 
shall remain available until expended. 
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PRESIDIO TRUST 
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Om-
nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 
$12,000,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to 
remain available until expended. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the costs of con-
struction design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission for design and construction of a 
memorial in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as author-
ized by Public Law 106–79, $30,990,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That beginning in fiscal 
year 2012 and thereafter, any procurement for the con-
struction of the permanent memorial to Dwight D. Eisen-
hower, as authorized by section 8162 of the Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (16 U.S.C. 431 note; 
Public Law 106–79), as amended by section 8120 of the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public 
Law 107–117), may be issued which includes the full 
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scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation 
and contract with respect to the procurement shall contain 
the ‘‘availability of funds’’ clause described in section 
52.232.18 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations: Pro-
vided further, That the funds appropriated herein shall be 
deemed to satisfy the criteria for issuing a permit con-
tained in 40 U.S.C. 8906(a)(4) and (b). 
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TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
LIMITATION ON CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
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PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PERSONAL 
SERVICES 
SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended 
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal 
servants to any officer or employee of such department 
or agency except as otherwise provided by law. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, 
reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities 
and subactivities to support government-wide, depart-
mental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 
headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre-
sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap-
proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for approval. 
GIANT SEQUOIA 
SEC. 406. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which 
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land 
Management lands in a manner different than such sales 
were conducted in fiscal year 2011. 
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MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 407. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2013, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
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lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
SEC. 408. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts appropriated to or otherwise designated in 
committee reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
the Indian Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103– 
332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106–113, 
106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 
109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Reso-
lution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as 
amended by Public Laws 110–5 and 110–28), Public 
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Laws 110–92, 110–116, 110–137, 110–149, 110–161, 
110–329, 111–6, 111–8, 111–88, and 112–10 for pay-
ments for contract support costs associated with self-de-
termination or self-governance contracts, grants, com-
pacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded by 
such Acts, are the total amounts available for fiscal years 
1994 through 2011 for such purposes, except that the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organizations may 
use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract sup-
port costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance 
compacts, or annual funding agreements. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 409. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 
more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re-
quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 
other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail-
able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
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System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 410. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
AMENDMENTS TO THE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION ACT 
SEC. 411. The Temporary Emergency Wildfire Sup-
pression Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in the first section (42 U.S.C. 1856m 
note)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘That this’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Temporary’’; 
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(2) by striking section 2 (42 U.S.C. 1856m) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1) ASSUME ANY AND ALL LIABILITY.—The 
term ‘assume any and all liability’ means— 
‘‘(A) the payment of— 
‘‘(i) any judgment, settlement, fine, 
penalty, or cost assessment (including pre-
vailing party legal fees) associated with the 
applicable litigation; and 
‘‘(ii) any cost incurred in handling the 
applicable litigation (including legal fees); 
and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a Federal firefighter, 
arranging for, and paying the costs of, rep-
resentation in the applicable litigation. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER.—The term ‘Fed-
eral firefighter’ means an individual furnished by the 
Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the In-
terior under an agreement entered into under sec-
tion 3. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN FIRE ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘foreign fire organization’ means any foreign govern-
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mental, public, or private entity that has wildfire 
protection resources. 
‘‘(4) FOREIGN FIREFIGHTER.—The term ‘for-
eign firefighter’ means an individual furnished by a 
foreign fire organization under an agreement entered 
into under section 3. 
‘‘(5) WILDFIRE.—The term ‘wildfire’ means 
any forest or range fire. 
‘‘(6) WILDFIRE PROTECTION RESOURCES.—The 
term ‘wildfire protection resources’ means any per-
sonnel, supplies, equipment, or other resources re-
quired for wildfire presuppression and suppression 
activities.’’; 
(3) in section 3 (42 U.S.C. 1856n)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary 
of Agriculture’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) EXCHANGE
OF WILDFIRE PROTECTION RE-
SOURCES UNDER A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH A 
FOREIGN FIRE ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY
TO
ENTER
INTO
A
RECIP-
ROCAL
AGREEMENT.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Agri-
culture’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) 
Any agreement’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) 
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
A
RECIPROCAL 
AGREEMENT.—Any agreement’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(b) In the absence’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) EXCHANGE
OF WILDFIRE PROTECTION RE-
SOURCES WITHOUT A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.—In the 
absence’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘United 
States, 
and’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘United States; and’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(c) Not-
withstanding’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH 
CANADA.—Notwithstanding’’; and 
(D) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking, ‘‘(d) Any service’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) SERVICE PERFORMED UNDER THIS ACT BY 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any service’’; and 
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(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) EFFECT.—Except as provided in section 4, 
the’’; 
(4) by redesignating section 4 (42 U.S.C. 
1856o) as section 5; 
(5) by inserting after section 3 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 4. RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS WITH LIABILITY COV-
ERAGE. 
‘‘(a) PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY FOR FOREIGN 
FIREFIGHTERS AND FOREIGN FIRE ORGANIZATIONS.— 
Subject to subsection (b), in an agreement with a foreign 
fire organization entered into under section 3, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
may provide that— 
‘‘(1) a foreign firefighter shall be considered to 
be an employee of the United States for purposes of 
tort liability while the foreign firefighter is acting 
within the scope of an official duty under the agree-
ment; and 
‘‘(2) any claim against the foreign fire organi-
zation or any legal organization associated with the 
foreign firefighter that arises out of an act or omis-
sion of the foreign firefighter in the performance of 
an official duty under the agreement, or that arises 
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out of any other act, omission, or occurrence for 
which the foreign fire organization or legal organiza-
tion associated with the foreign firefighter is legally 
responsible under applicable law, may be prosecuted 
only— 
‘‘(A) against the United States; and 
‘‘(B) as if the act or omission were the act 
or omission of an employee of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY FOR FEDERAL 
FIREFIGHTERS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
may provide the protections under subsection (a) if the 
foreign fire organization agrees— 
‘‘(1) to assume any and all liability for any 
legal action brought against the Federal firefighter 
for an act or omission of the Federal firefighter 
while acting within the scope of an official duty 
under the agreement; and 
‘‘(2) to the extent the United States or any 
legal organization associated with the Federal fire-
fighter is not entitled to immunity from the jurisdic-
tion of the courts having jurisdiction over the foreign 
fire organization receiving the services of the Fed-
eral firefighters, to assume any and all liability for 
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any legal action brought against the United States 
or the legal organization arising out of— 
‘‘(A) an act or omission of the Federal 
firefighter in the performance of an official 
duty under the agreement; or 
‘‘(B) any other act, omission, or occurrence 
for which the United States or the legal organi-
zation associated with the Federal firefighter is 
legally responsible under the laws applicable to 
the foreign fire organization.’’; and 
(6) in section 5 (as redesignated by paragraph 
(4))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘under section 3(c)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under this Act’’; and 
(B) in the proviso— 
(i) by striking ‘‘wildfire protection re-
sources or personnel’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘wildfire protection resources 
(including personnel)’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘for wildfire suppres-
sion activities’’ before ‘‘unless’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘provide wildfire pro-
tection’’ and inserting ‘‘provide wildfire 
suppression’’. 
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CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 412. In awarding a Federal contract with funds 
made available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Gov-
ernment procurement and contracting laws, the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Sec-
retaries’’) may, in evaluating bids and proposals, through 
fiscal year 2013, give consideration to local contractors 
who are from, and who provide employment and training 
for, dislocated and displaced workers in an economically 
disadvantaged rural community, including those histori-
cally timber-dependent areas that have been affected by 
reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands and other for-
est-dependent rural communities isolated from significant 
alternative employment opportunities: Provided, That not-
withstanding Federal Government procurement and con-
tracting laws the Secretaries may award contracts, grants 
or cooperative agreements to local non-profit entities, 
Youth Conservation Corps or related partnerships with 
State, local or non-profit youth groups, or small or micro- 
business or disadvantaged business: Provided further, That 
the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is for forest 
hazardous fuels reduction, watershed or water quality 
monitoring or restoration, wildlife or fish population moni-
toring, road decommissioning, trail maintenance or im-
provement, or habitat restoration or management: Pro-
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vided further, That the terms ‘‘rural community’’ and 
‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ shall have the same mean-
ings as in section 2374 of Public Law 101–624 (16 U.S.C. 
6612): Provided further, That the Secretaries shall develop 
guidance to implement this section: Provided further, That 
nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the 
Secretaries of any duty under applicable procurement 
laws, except as provided in this section. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 413. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
poses. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 414. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
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allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-
tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-
ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 
of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-
ing permits at the Department of the Interior and the 
Forest Service, shall remain in effect for fiscal years 2012 
and 2013. A grazing permit or lease issued by the Sec-
retary of the Interior for lands administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management that is the subject of a request 
for a grazing preference transfer shall be issued, without 
further processing, for the remaining time period in the 
existing permit or lease using the same mandatory terms 
and conditions. If the authorized officer determines a 
change in the mandatory terms and conditions is required, 
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the new permit must be processed as directed in section 
325 of Public Law 108–108. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
federally recognized Indian tribes; or 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education and Assistance 
Act (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq., as 
amended) or by any other Federal laws that specifi-
cally authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as 
defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
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POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 417. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 418. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship. 
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(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
made in exchange for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
and/or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 419. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 
underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
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ties, who have historically been outside the purview 
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 
or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 
the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
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grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
to any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
USE OF COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDS 
SEC. 420. Section 6(d) of Public Law 96–297 (16 
U.S.C. 431 note), as added by section 101 of Public Law 
108–126, is amended by inserting ‘‘, except funds awarded 
through competitive grants,’’ after ‘‘No Federal funds’’. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 421. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Re-
alignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (title V of Public 
Law 109–54; 16 U.S.C. 580d note), as amended by sec-
tion 422(1) of Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 748), is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
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SERVICE FIRST 
SEC. 422. Section 330 of the Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub-
lic Law 106–291; 114 Stat. 996; 43 U.S.C. 1701 note), 
concerning Service First authorities, as amended by sec-
tion 428 of Public Law 109–54 (119 Stat. 555–556) and 
section 418 of Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 747), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking in the first sentence ‘‘In fiscal 
years 2001 through 2011’’, and inserting ‘‘In fiscal 
year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter’’; and 
(2) by striking in the first sentence ‘‘pilot pro-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘programs’’. 
FEDERAL, STATE, COOPERATIVE FOREST, RANGE-LAND 
AND WATERSHED RESTORATION IN UTAH 
SEC. 423. The authority provided by section 337 of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 
3012), as amended, shall remain in effect until September 
30, 2013. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 424. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
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ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds in each program and activity. 
REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS 
SEC. 425. Not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget request is 
submitted to Congress, the President shall submit a com-
prehensive report to the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate describing in detail all Federal 
agency funding, domestic and international, for climate 
change programs, projects and activities in fiscal year 
2011, including an accounting of funding by agency with 
each agency identifying climate change programs, projects 
and activities and associated costs by line item as pre-
sented in the President’s Budget Appendix, and including 
citations and linkages where practicable to each strategic 
plan that is driving funding within each climate change 
program, project and activity listed in the report. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 426. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 
regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 
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dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
resulting from biological processes associated with live-
stock production. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 427. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 
if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-
house gas emissions from manure management systems. 
FOREST SERVICE PRE-DECISIONAL OBJECTION PROCESS 
SEC. 428. Hereafter, upon issuance of final regula-
tions, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, shall apply section 105(a) of 
the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6515(a)), providing for a pre-decisional objection process, 
to proposed actions of the Forest Service concerning 
projects and activities implementing land and resource 
management plans developed under the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), and documented with a Record of 
Decision or Decision Notice, in lieu of subsections (c), (d), 
and (e) of section 322 of Public Law 102–381 (16 U.S.C. 
1612 note), providing for an administrative appeal proc-
ess: Provided, That if the Chief of the Forest Service de-
termines an emergency situation exists for which imme-
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diate implementation of a proposed action is necessary, 
the proposed action shall not be subject to the pre- 
decisional objection process, and implementation shall 
begin immediately after the Forest Service gives notice of 
the final decision for the proposed action: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to an authorized haz-
ardous fuel reduction project under title I of the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.). 
SILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 429. From the date of enactment of this Act 
until September 30, 2012, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall not require a permit 
under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1342), nor shall the Administrator directly 
or indirectly require any State to require a permit, for dis-
charges of stormwater runoff from roads, the construc-
tion, use, or maintenance of which are associated with sil-
vicultural activities, or from other silvicultural activities 
involving nursery operations, site preparation, reforest-
ation and subsequent cultural treatment, thinning, pre-
scribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting oper-
ations, or surface drainage. 
CLAIM MAINTENANCE FEE AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 430. Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking so much as precedes the 
second sentence and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) CLAIM MAINTENANCE FEE.— 
‘‘(1) LODE MINING CLAIMS, MILL SITES, AND 
TUNNEL SITES.—The holder of each unpatented lode 
mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site, located pursu-
ant to the mining laws of the United States on or 
after August 10, 1993, shall pay to the Secretary of 
the Interior, on or before September 1 of each year, 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts, a claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim or 
site, respectively.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) PLACER MINING CLAIMS.—The holder of 
each unpatented placer mining claim located pursu-
ant to the mining laws of the United States located 
before, on, or after August 10, 1993, shall pay to 
the Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 
1 of each year, the claim maintenance fee described 
in subsection (a), for each 20 acres of the placer 
claim or portion thereof.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking the first sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘The claim main-
tenance fee under subsection (a) shall be paid for 
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the year in which the location is made, at the time 
the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of 
Land Management.’’. 
DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK GRAZING 
SEC. 431. (a) PROHIBITION REGARDING POTENTIAL 
DOMESTIC SHEEP AND BIGHORN SHEEP CONTACT ON 
NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM
LAND.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation (other than the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 and regulations issued 
under such Act), none of the funds made available by this 
Act or made available by any other Act for fiscal year 
2012 only may be used to carry out— 
(1) any new management restrictions on domes-
tic sheep on parcels of National Forest System land 
(as defined in the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1609(a))) with potential domestic sheep and bighorn 
sheep (whether native or nonnative) contact in ex-
cess of the management restrictions that existed on 
July 1, 2011; or 
(2) any other agency regulation for managing 
bighorn sheep populations on any allotment of such 
National Forest System land if the management ac-
tion will result in a reduction in the number of do-
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mestic livestock permitted to graze on the allotment 
or in the distribution of livestock on the allotment. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Agriculture may make such management 
changes as the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
manage bighorn sheep if the management changes— 
(1) are consistent with the wildlife plans of the 
relevant State fish and game agency and determined 
in consultation with that agency; and 
(2) are developed in consultation with the af-
fected permittees. 
(c) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS.—In 
circumstances involving conflicts between bighorn sheep 
and domestic sheep grazing on public lands (as defined 
in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)), the Bureau of Land 
Management may only modify or cancel domestic sheep 
grazing permits after consulting with the appropriate 
State fish and game agency. However, if the State in ques-
tion has an approved State Wildlife Management Plan 
that addresses, with specificity, bighorn sheep manage-
ment, then the Bureau of Land Management modification 
or cancellation of permits in that State shall conform to 
the bighorn sheep management objectives in the State 
Wildlife Management Plan, unless conformance would be 
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inconsistent with Federal statute or regulation. The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall be bound by the require-
ments of this subsection until September 30, 2012. 
(d) VOLUNTARY CLOSURE OF ALLOTMENTS.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed as limiting the vol-
untary closure of existing domestic sheep allotments when 
the closure is agreed to in writing between the permittee 
and the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture and is carried out for the purpose of reducing con-
flicts between domestic sheep and bighorn sheep. 
(e) WAIVER OF GRAZING PERMITS AND LEASES.— 
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may accept the voluntary waiver of any valid exist-
ing lease or permit authorizing grazing on National Forest 
System land described in subsection (a) or public lands 
described in subsection (c). If the grazing permit or lease 
for a grazing allotment is only partially within the area 
of potential domestic sheep and bighorn sheep contact, the 
affected permittee may elect to waive only the portion of 
the grazing permit or lease that is within that area. The 
Secretary concerned shall— 
(1) terminate each permit or lease waived or 
portion of a permit or lease waived under this sub-
section; 
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(2) ensure a permanent end to domestic sheep 
grazing on the land covered by the waived permit or 
lease or waived portion of the permit or lease unless 
or until there is no conflict with bighorn sheep man-
agement; and 
(3) provide for the reimbursement of range im-
provements in compliance with section 4 of the Act 
of June 28, 1934 (commonly known as the Taylor 
Grazing Act; 43 U.S.C. 315c). 
AIR EMISSIONS FROM OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 432. (a) It is the purpose of this section to en-
sure that the energy policy of the United States focuses 
on the expeditious and orderly development of domestic 
energy resources in a manner that protects human health 
and the environment. 
(b) Section 328(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7627(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘(other 
than Outer Continental Shelf sources located off-
shore of the North Slope Borough of the State of 
Alaska)’’ after ‘‘Outer Continental Shelf sources lo-
cated offshore of the States along the Pacific, Arctic 
and Atlantic Coasts’’; and 
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(2) in the fourth sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 
this Act’’ after ‘‘regulations’’. 
(c) Section 328(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7627(b)) is amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Gulf Coast’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or are adjacent to the North 
Slope Borough of the State of Alaska’’ after ‘‘Ala-
bama’’. 
(d) The transfer of air quality permitting authority 
pursuant to this section shall not invalidate or stay— 
(1) any air quality permit pending or existing 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(2) any proceeding related thereto. 
(e)(1) The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall undertake a study on the process for air quality per-
mitting in the Outer Continental Shelf. 
(2) The study shall consist of a comparison of air 
quality permitting for Outer Continental Shelf sources (as 
such term is defined in section 328(a)(4) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7627(a)(4)) by the Department of the In-
terior with such permitting by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, taking into account the time elapsed between 
application and permit approval, the number of applica-
tions, and the experiences and assessments of the appli-
cants. 
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(3) In carrying out the study, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall consult with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, 
and applicants for air quality permits. 
(4) The Comptroller General shall complete the study 
and submit a report on the results of the study to the 
Congress not later than September 30, 2014. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 
of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 
convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding 
agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or 
such officer or agent and made a determination that this 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO DELINQUENT TAX DEBTS 
SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
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grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration with respect to which any unpaid Federal tax li-
ability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and 
administrative remedies have been exhausted or have 
lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pur-
suant to an agreement with the authority responsible for 
collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 
aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
and made a determination that this further action is not 
necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 
SEC. 435. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law and until October 1, 2013, the Indian Health Serv-
ice may not disburse funds for the provision of health care 
services pursuant to Public Law 93–638 (25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.) to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native vil-
lage corporation that is located within the area served by 
an Alaska Native regional health entity. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit the disbursal of funds to any Alaska Native village 
or Alaska Native village corporation under any contract 
or compact entered into prior to May 1, 2006, or to pro-
hibit the renewal of any such agreement. 
(c) For the purpose of this section, Eastern Aleutian 
Tribes, Inc., the Council of Athabascan Tribal Govern-
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ments, and the Native Village of Eyak shall be treated 
as Alaska Native regional health entities to which funds 
may be disbursed under this section. 
GENERAL REDUCTION 
SEC. 436. (a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS.— 
There is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.16 percent 
of the budget authority provided for fiscal year 2012 for 
any discretionary appropriation in titles I through IV of 
this Act. 
(b) PROPORTIONATE APPLICATION.—Any rescission 
made by subsection (a) shall be applied proportionately— 
(1) to each discretionary account and each item 
of budget authority described in subsection (a); and 
(2) within each such account and item, to each 
program, project, and activity (with programs, 
projects, and activities as delineated in the appro-
priation Act or accompanying reports for the rel-
evant fiscal year covering such account or item, or 
for accounts and items not included in appropriation 
Acts, as delineated in the most recently submitted 
President’s budget). 
(c) INDIAN LAND
AND WATER CLAIM SETTLE-
MENTS.—Under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscella-
neous Payments to Indians’’, the across-the-board rescis-
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sion in this section, and any subsequent across-the-board 
rescission for fiscal year 2012, shall apply only to the first 
dollar amount in the paragraph and the distribution of 
the rescission shall be at the discretion of the Secretary 
of the Interior who shall submit a report on such distribu-
tion and the rationale therefore to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) OMB REPORT.—Within 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report specifying the account and 
amount of each rescission made pursuant to this section. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2012’’. 
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DIVISION F—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDU-
CATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIA’’), the Sec-
ond Chance Act of 2007, and the Women in Apprentice-
ship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992 
(‘‘WANTO’’), including the purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and re-
pair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of 
real property for training centers as authorized by the 
WIA, $3,195,383,000, plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,605,268,000 as follows: 
(A) $770,922,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $58,922,000 
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shall be available for the period July 1, 2012, 
through 
June 
30, 
2013, 
and 
of 
which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; 
(B) $825,914,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2012 through June 30, 2013; and 
(C) $1,008,432,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$148,432,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: 
Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer limita-
tion under section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, up to 30 
percent of such funds may be transferred by a local 
board if approved by the Governor: Provided further, 
That a local board may award a contract to an insti-
tution of higher education or other eligible training 
provider if the local board determines that it would 
facilitate the training of multiple individuals in high- 
demand occupations, if such contract does not limit 
customer choice: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 128(a)(1) of the WIA, the amount 
available to the Governor for statewide workforce in-
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vestment activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the 
amount allotted to the State from each of the appro-
priations under the preceding subparagraphs; 
(2) 
for 
federally 
administered 
programs, 
$487,053,000 as follows: 
(A) $224,112,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, of which 
$24,112,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, and of 
which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: 
Provided, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used to 
provide assistance to a State for statewide or 
local use in order to address cases where there 
have been worker dislocations across multiple 
sectors or across multiple local areas and such 
workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State 
workforce development plan with emerging eco-
nomic development needs; and train such eligi-
ble dislocated workers: Provided further, That 
funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of 
the WIA may be used for demonstration 
projects that provide assistance to new entrants 
in the workforce and incumbent workers: Pro-
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vided further, That none of the funds shall be 
obligated to carry out section 173(e) of the 
WIA; 
(B) $47,652,000 for Native American pro-
grams, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; 
(C) $84,451,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIA, including $78,253,000 for formula grants 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
employment and training services), $5,689,000 
for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 
less than 70 percent shall be for permanent 
housing), and $509,000 for other discretionary 
purposes, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or related regulation, the Department of 
Labor shall take no action limiting the number 
or proportion of eligible participants receiving 
related assistance services or discouraging 
grantees from providing such services; 
(D) 
$998,000 
for 
carrying 
out 
the 
WANTO, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; and 
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(E) $79,840,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 173A of the WIA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2012 
through June 30, 2013; and 
(F) $50,000,000 to be available to the Sec-
retary of Labor (referred to in this title as 
‘‘Secretary’’) for the Workforce Innovation 
Fund to carry out projects that demonstrate in-
novative strategies or replicate effective evi-
dence-based strategies that align and strength-
en the workforce investment system in order to 
improve program delivery and education and 
employment outcomes for beneficiaries, which 
shall be for the period July 1, 2012 through 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That amounts 
shall be available for awards to States or State 
agencies that are eligible for assistance under 
any program authorized under the WIA, con-
sortia of States, or partnerships, including re-
gional partnerships: Provided further, That not 
more than 5 percent of the funds available for 
workforce innovation activities shall be for tech-
nical assistance and evaluations related to the 
projects carried out with these funds; 
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(3) for national activities, $103,062,000, as fol-
lows: 
(A) 
$6,616,000, 
in 
addition 
to 
any 
amounts available under paragraph (2), for Pi-
lots, Demonstrations, and Research, which shall 
be available for the period April 1, 2012 
through June 30, 2013: Provided, That funds 
made available by Public Law 112–10 that were 
designated for grants to address the employ-
ment and training needs of young parents may 
be used for other pilots, demonstrations, and 
research activities and for implementation ac-
tivities related to the VOW to Hire Heroes Act 
of 2011 and may be transferred to ‘‘State Un-
employment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations’’ to carry out such implementation 
activities; 
(B) $80,390,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 171 of the WIA 
and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 
2007, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, notwith-
standing 
the 
requirements 
of 
section 
171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall 
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be for competitive grants to national and re-
gional intermediaries for activities that prepare 
young ex-offenders and school dropouts for em-
ployment, with a priority for projects serving 
high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(C) $9,581,000 for Evaluation, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2012 through 
June 30, 2013; and 
(D) $6,475,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
171(c)(2) of the WIA, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 
2013, and which shall not be subject to the re-
quirements of section 171(c)(4)(D). 
OFFICE OF JOBS CORPS 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-
ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 
purchase of real property for training centers as author-
ized by the WIA, $1,706,171,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,572,049,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 
through June 30, 2013; 
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(2) $104,990,000 for construction, rehabilita-
tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 
through June 30, 2015: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may transfer up to 15 percent of such funds 
to meet the operational needs of such centers or to 
achieve administrative efficiencies: Provided further, 
That any funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall not be available for obligation 
after June 30, 2013; and 
(3) $29,132,000 for necessary expenses of the 
Office of Job Corps, which shall be available for obli-
gation for the period October 1, 2011 through Sep-
tember 30, 2012: 
Provided further, That no funds from any other appropria-
tion shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job 
Corps centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $449,100,000, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2012 
through June 30, 2013, and may be recaptured and reobli-
gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
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FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2012 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 
employment and case management services, allowances for 
job search and relocation, and related State administrative 
expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, including benefit pay-
ments, allowances, training, employment and case man-
agement services, and related State administration pro-
vided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Extension Act of 2011, $1,100,100,000, to-
gether with such amounts as may be necessary to be 
charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for 
any period subsequent to September 15, 2012. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$86,231,000, together with not to exceed $3,958,441,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $3,181,154,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
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employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less 
than $10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews), the adminis-
tration of unemployment insurance for Federal em-
ployees and for ex-service members as authorized 
under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration 
of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment 
trade adjustment assistance, and alternative trade 
adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 
and under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Extension Act of 2011, and shall be 
available for obligation by the States through De-
cember 31, 2012, except that funds used for auto-
mation acquisitions or competitive grants awarded to 
States for improved operations, or reemployment 
and eligibility assessments and improper payments 
shall be available for obligation by the States 
through September 30, 2014, and funds used for 
unemployment insurance workloads experienced by 
the States through September 30, 2012 shall be 
available for Federal obligation through December 
31, 2012; 
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(2) $11,287,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $679,531,000 from the Trust Fund, to-
gether with $22,638,000 from the General Fund of 
the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 
with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 
be available for Federal obligation for the period 
July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; 
(4) $20,952,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act, includ-
ing not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for 
amortization payments to States which had inde-
pendent retirement plans in their State employment 
service agencies prior to 1980; 
(5) $65,517,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $50,418,000 
shall be available for the Federal administration of 
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such activities, and $15,099,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the administration of such 
activities; and 
(6) $63,593,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act and section 171 (e)(2)(C) of the 
WIA and shall be available for Federal obligation for 
the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2012 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
4,832,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 
Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 
III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 
to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 
Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 
carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 
declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 
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for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 
Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 
the National Directory of New Hires under section 
453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated in this Act which are used to establish a national 
one-stop career center system, or which are used to sup-
port the national activities of the Federal-State unemploy-
ment insurance or immigration programs, may be obli-
gated in contracts, grants, or agreements with non-State 
entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this Act for activities authorized under title III of the So-
cial Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used 
by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insurance 
and Employment Service automation efforts, notwith-
standing cost allocation principles prescribed under the 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State 
participating in a consortium with other States, may 
reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the 
Social Security Act to other States participating in the 
consortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the 
administration of the unemployment compensation law of 
the State making the request. 
In addition, $50,000,000 from the Employment Se-
curity Administration Account of the Unemployment 
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Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reem-
ployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 
Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be 
necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2013. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $97,320,000, together with not to exceed 
$50,040,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration, $183,500,000. 
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-
cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 
title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-
ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2012, for the Corporation: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 
year 2012 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $476,901,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-
pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 
100,000 in fiscal year 2012, an amount not to exceed an 
additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-
tember 30, 2013, for obligation for administrative ex-
penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: Provided further, That an additional $50,000 shall 
be made available through September 30, 2013, for obliga-
tion 
for 
investment 
management 
fees 
for 
every 
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$25,000,000 in assets received by the Corporation as a 
result of new plan terminations or asset growth, after ap-
proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti-
fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
obligations in excess of the amounts provided in this para-
graph may be incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary 
pretermination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer 
program related expenses after approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget and notification of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $227,491,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor Man-
agement Standards, $41,367,000. 
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OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $105,386,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, $115,939,000, together with 
$2,124,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during 
the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
81; continuation of benefits as provided for under the 
heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security 
Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Com-
pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 
4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 per-
cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 
by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act, $350,000,000, together with such 
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amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-
quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 
and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 
15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appro-
priated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary 
to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the 
time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, 
disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of re-
imbursements unobligated on September 30, 2011, shall 
remain available until expended for the payment of com-
pensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That 
in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Postal Service and from any other corporation 
or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay 
an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, 
such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of 
administration for employees of such fair share entities 
through September 30, 2012: Provided further, That of 
those funds transferred to this account from the fair share 
entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal 
Employees’ Compensation Act, $59,488,000 shall be made 
available to the Secretary as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $17,253,000; 
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(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $26,769,000; 
(3) For periodic roll management and medical 
review, $15,466,000; and 
(4) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 
under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-
ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 
claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, $141,227,000, to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2013, $40,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $52,147,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-
ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 
such claim such identifying information (including Social 
Security account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (‘‘Fund’’), to remain available until 
expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section 
9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest on 
advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that Act. 
In addition, the following amounts may be expended from 
the Fund for fiscal year 2012 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 
$32,906,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to ex-
ceed $25,217,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $327,000 
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for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-
ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
Department of the Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $565,857,000, including not 
to exceed $104,393,000 which shall be the maximum 
amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (‘‘Act’’), which 
grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of 
State occupational safety and health programs required to 
be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under 
section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration may retain up to $200,000 per fiscal year 
of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise author-
ized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for 
occupational safety and health training and education: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec-
retary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2012, to collect and retain fees for services 
provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, 
and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provi-
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sions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and inter-
national laboratory recognition programs that ensure the 
safety of equipment and products used by workers in the 
workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 
is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 
camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 
any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 
respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 
included within a category having a Days Away, Re-
stricted, or Transferred (DART) occupational injury and 
illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 
code for which such data are published, less than the na-
tional average rate as such rates are most recently pub-
lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 
except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
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(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and 
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 
any willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to a report of an employment accident 
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 
and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion authorized by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 
with respect to complaints of discrimination against 
employees for exercising rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 
apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-
ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 
$10,729,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train-
ing grants. 
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MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, $374,000,000, including purchase 
and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 
with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 
mine rescue and recovery activities; in addition, not to ex-
ceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine 
Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and 
the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law 
to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health 
education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration may retain up to $1,499,000 from fees col-
lected for the approval and certification of equipment, ma-
terials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize 
such sums for such activities; and, in addition, the Sec-
retary may transfer from amounts provided under this 
heading up to $3,000,000 to ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment’’ for activities related to the Office of the Solicitor’s 
caseload before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Re-
view Commission; the Secretary is authorized to accept 
lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from 
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public and private sources and to prosecute projects in co-
operation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; 
the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized 
to promote health and safety education and training in 
the mining community through cooperative programs with 
States, industry, and safety associations; the Secretary is 
authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety As-
sociation as a principal safety association and, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, may provide funds 
and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including 
service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials 
as officers in local chapters or in the national organiza-
tion; and any funds available to the Department of Labor 
may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to pro-
vide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations 
in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
ices rendered, $542,921,000, together with not to exceed 
$67,303,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund, of which $1,500,000 may be used to 
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fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 
of the Wagner-Peyser Act. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 
Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 
and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 
of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $38,953,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$346,683,000, together with not to exceed $326,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund: Provided, That $66,500,000 for the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-
tion through December 31, 2012: Provided further, That 
funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Af-
fairs may be used to administer or operate international 
labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assist-
ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, 
grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur-
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ther, That $40,000,000 shall be for programs to combat 
exploitative child labor internationally: Provided further, 
That not less than $6,500,000 shall be used to implement 
model programs that address worker rights issues through 
technical assistance in countries with which the United 
States has free trade agreements or trade preference pro-
grams: Provided further, That $8,500,000 shall be used 
for program evaluation and shall be available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2013: Provided further, That 
funds available for program evaluation may be transferred 
to any other appropriate account in the Department for 
such purpose: Provided further, That the funds available 
to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants to serve 
and promote the interests of women in the workforce. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $212,060,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration Account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 
U.S.C. 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327, and 
Public Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obli-
gation by the States through December 31, 2012, of which 
$2,444,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and 
Training Services Institute. 
In addition, to carry out Department of Labor pro-
grams under section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans 
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Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 and the Veterans 
Workforce Investment Programs under section 168 of the 
WIA, $52,879,000, of which $14,622,000 shall be avail-
able for obligation for the period July 1, 2012 through 
June 30, 2013. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $19,852,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $77,937,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,909,000 which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration Account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-
ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 
this section shall be available only to meet emergency 
needs and 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 
13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 
manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 
or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 
and host countries already identified by the United States 
Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of 
the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than 
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competitive grants for training in the occupations and in-
dustries for which employers are using H–1B visas to hire 
foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-
ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 
of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-
vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 
apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 
Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-
tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-
ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 
funds, taking into account factors including the relative 
cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 
comparable State or local government employees, and the 
size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-
grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-
ministration programs. Notwithstanding this section, the 
limitation on salaries for the Job Corps shall continue to 
be governed by section 101. 
SEC. 106. The Secretary shall take no action to 
amend, through regulatory or administration action, the 
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definition established in section 667.220 of title 20 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations for functions and activities 
under title I of WIA, or to modify, through regulatory or 
administrative action, the procedure for redesignation of 
local areas as specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act 
(including applying the standards specified in section 
116(a)(3)(B) of that Act, but notwithstanding the time 
limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until 
such time as legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted. 
Nothing in the preceding sentence shall permit or require 
the Secretary to withdraw approval for such redesignation 
from a State that received the approval not later than Oc-
tober 12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the 
redesignation procedure being used by the Secretary in 
order to complete such redesignation for a State that initi-
ated the process of such redesignation by submitting any 
request for such redesignation not later than October 26, 
2005. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act or by Pub-
lic Law 112–10, either directly or through a set-aside, for 
technical assistance services to grantees to ‘‘Program Ad-
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ministration’’ when it is determined that those services 
will be more efficiently performed by Federal employees. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 108. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.5 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-
agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 
Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2013: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 
Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-
tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Office of Job Corps’’, ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance 
and Employment Service Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Bene-
fits Security Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office 
of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of 
Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health 
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Administration’’, and ‘‘Veterans Employment and Train-
ing’’. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to promulgate the Definition of ‘‘Fidu-
ciary’’ regulation (Regulatory Identification Number 
1210–AB32) published by the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration of the Department of Labor on October 
22, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 65263). 
SEC. 110. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used to implement the rule entitled ‘‘Wage 
Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Em-
ployment H–2B Program’’ (76 Fed. Reg. 3452 (January 
19, 2011)). 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to continue the development of or to pro-
mulgate, administer, enforce, or otherwise implement the 
Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting 
Requirements—Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) Column 
regulation (Regulatory Identification Number 1218– 
AC45) being developed by the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration of the Department of Labor. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the proposed 
rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Coal Mine 
Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors’’ reg-
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ulation published by the Mine Safety and Health Adminis-
tration (MSHA) of the Department of Labor on October 
19, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 64412, RIN 1219–AB64) until— 
(1) the Government Accountability Office— 
(A) issues, at a minimum, an interim re-
port which— 
(i) evaluates the completeness of 
MSHA’s data collection and sampling, to 
include an analysis of whether such data 
supports current trends of the incidence of 
lung disease arising from occupational ex-
posure to respirable coal mine dust across 
working underground coal miners; and 
(ii) 
assesses 
the 
sufficiency 
of 
MSHA’s analytical methodology; and 
(B) not later than 240 days after enact-
ment of this Act, submits the report described 
in subparagraph (A) to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate; or 
(2) the deadline described in paragraph (1)(B) 
for submission of the report has passed. 
SEC. 113. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary to administer or enforce 
29 CFR 779.372(c)(4). 
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 
with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-
ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,598,957,000, of which 
$129,000 shall be available until expended for facilities 
renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Cen-
ter: Provided, That no more than $40,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for carrying out the provisions of sec-
tion 224(o) of the PHS Act, including associated adminis-
trative expenses and relevant evaluations: Provided fur-
ther, That no more than $95,073,000 shall be available 
until expended for carrying out the provisions of Public 
Law 104–73 and for expenses incurred by the Department 
of Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act 
as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims made 
under such law. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, section 1128E 
of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality 
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Improvement Act of 1986, $734,402,000: Provided, That 
sections 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), and the proportional fund-
ing amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 
756(e) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That for 
any program operating under section 751 of the PHS Act 
on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may waive any of the requirements contained in 
sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for 
the full project period of a grant under such section: Pro-
vided further, That no funds shall be available for section 
340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health 
Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be col-
lected for the full disclosure of information under such Act 
sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the Na-
tional Practitioner Data Bank and shall remain available 
until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, 
That fees collected for the full disclosure of information 
under the ‘‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection 
Program’’, authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the So-
cial Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full 
costs of operating the program, and shall remain available 
until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, 
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That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 
846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act 
may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards 
made under such sections. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title 
V of the Social Security Act, and section 712 of the Amer-
ican Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $863,607,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 
the Social Security Act, not more than $79,586,000 shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional 
and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 
such Act and $10,400,000 shall be available for projects 
described in paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 
501(a)(3) of such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 
respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 
$2,326,665,000, of which $1,995,670,000 shall remain 
available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
through September 30, 2014, for parts A and B of title 
XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not less than 
$900,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance 
Programs under the authority of section 2616 or 311(c) 
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of such Act: Provided, That in addition to amounts pro-
vided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 
parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the PHS Act to 
fund Special Projects of National Significance under sec-
tion 2691. 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $83,526,000. 
RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the Cardiac Arrest Sur-
vival Act of 2000, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social 
Security Act, $139,832,000, of which $41,118,000 from 
general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the 
Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the 
Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program: Pro-
vided, That of the funds made available under this heading 
for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, $15,000,000 
shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improve-
ment Grant Program for quality improvement and adop-
tion of health information technology and $1,000,000 
shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Secu-
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rity Act, with funds provided for grants under section 
1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation 
of telehealth services, including pilots and demonstrations 
on the use of electronic health records to coordinate rural 
veterans care between rural providers and the Department 
of Veterans Affairs electronic health record system: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the 
PHS Act, $10,055,000 shall be available for State Offices 
of Rural Health. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the 
PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning 
projects, $297,400,000: Provided, That amounts provided 
to said projects under such title shall not be expended for 
abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirec-
tive, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any 
activity (including the publication or distribution of lit-
erature) that in any way tends to promote public support 
or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for 
public office. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For program support in the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $161,815,000: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
supplement program support funding provided under the 
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headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the PHS 
Act. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, including section 709 of the PHS Act, 
$2,841,000. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as may 
be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related in-
jury or death with respect to vaccines administered after 
September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI 
of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to 
exceed $6,489,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund 
to the Secretary. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, XVII, and XXI, 
and section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the 
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Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immu-
nization and respiratory diseases, $579,375,000: Provided, 
That in addition to amounts provided herein, $12,864,000 
shall be available from amounts available under section 
241 of the PHS Act to carry out the National Immuniza-
tion Surveys. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, XVII, XXIII, and 
XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral 
hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis 
prevention, $1,105,995,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, and XVII, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Ref-
ugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to emerging 
and zoonotic infectious diseases, $253,919,000. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 
PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, 
and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease 
prevention and health promotion, $760,700,000: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this account may be avail-
able for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS 
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Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organiza-
tions. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, XI, and XVII of 
the PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental 
disabilities, disabilities and health, $138,072,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II and III of the PHS Act 
with respect to health statistics, surveillance, informatics, 
and workforce development, $144,795,000: Provided, That 
in addition to amounts provided herein, $247,769,000 
shall be available from amounts available under section 
241 of the PHS Act to carry out Public Health Scientific 
Services. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, and XVII of the 
PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
environmental 
health, 
$105,598,000. 
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$138,480,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, and XVII of the 
PHS Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, 
501, and 514 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, 
section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency 
Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act, with respect to occupational 
safety and health, $182,903,000: Provided, That in addi-
tion to amounts provided herein, $110,724,000 shall be 
available from amounts available under section 241 of the 
PHS Act. 
EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $4,500,000 shall be for use by or in support of the 
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(‘‘Board’’) to carry out its statutory responsibilities, in-
cluding obtaining audits, technical assistance, and other 
support from the Board’s audit contractor with regard to 
radiation dose estimation and reconstruction efforts, site 
profiles, procedures, and review of Special Exposure Co-
hort petitions and evaluation reports: Provided, That this 
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amount shall be available consistent with the provision re-
garding administrative expenses in section 151(b) of divi-
sion B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to global health, $349,547,000, of 
which $118,023,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall re-
main available through September 30, 2013: Provided, 
That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 
official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness and 
response, and for expenses necessary to support activities 
related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio-
logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 
$1,306,906,000, of which $509,486,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Strategic National Stock-
pile under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act. 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, XVII and XIX, 
and section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting 
activities and program support that supplement activities 
funded under the headings ‘‘Immunization and Res-
piratory Diseases’’, ‘‘HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually 
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Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention’’, 
‘‘Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases’’, ‘‘Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion’’, ‘‘Birth De-
fects, 
Developmental 
Disabilities, 
Disabilities 
and 
Health’’, ‘‘Environmental Health’’, ‘‘Injury Prevention 
and Control’’, ‘‘National Institute for Occupational Safety 
and Health’’, ‘‘Employees Occupational Illness Compensa-
tion Program Act’’, ‘‘Global Health’’, ‘‘Public Health Pre-
paredness and Response’’, and ‘‘Public Health Scientific 
Services’’, $621,445,000, of which $30,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2013 for business services, 
of which $25,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2016 for equipment, construction and renovation of 
facilities, and of which $80,000,000 shall be for the Pre-
ventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Program: 
Provided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection 
(b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading and in all other ac-
counts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘CDC’’): Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading and in all other ac-
counts of CDC may be used to support the purchase, hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft for use and support 
of the activities of CDC: Provided further, That employees 
of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian and 
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commissioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, 
or other organizations under authority of section 214 of 
the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated 
as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and 
shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applica-
ble to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of 
detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC may use 
up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this 
Act for official reception and representation expenses 
when specifically approved by the Director of CDC: Pro-
vided further, That in addition, such sums as may be de-
rived from authorized user fees, which shall be credited 
to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Pro-
vided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, 
authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program 
shall be available through September 30, 2013: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, up to $1,000 per eligible employee of CDC shall be 
made available until expended for Individual Learning Ac-
counts: Provided further, That CDC may establish a 
Working Capital Fund, with the authorities equivalent to 
those provided in 42 U.S.C. 231, to improve the provision 
of supplies and service. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cancer, $5,081,788,000, of which up 
to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im-
provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 
Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 
Frederick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis-
eases, and blood and blood products, $3,084,851,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to dental disease, $411,488,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 
KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
ease, $1,800,447,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 
AND STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$1,629,445,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$4,499,215,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
general 
medical 
sciences, 
$2,434,637,000: 
Provided, 
That 
not 
less 
than 
$276,480,000 is provided for the Institutional Develop-
ment Awards program. 
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,323,900,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$704,043,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 
$686,869,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to aging, $1,105,530,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $536,801,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $417,061,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to nursing research, $145,043,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 
ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 
$460,389,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,055,362,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, $1,483,068,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
human 
genome 
research, 
$513,844,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
research, $338,998,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to complementary and alternative medi-
cine, $128,299,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 
HEALTH DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 
research, $276,963,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 
title IV of the PHS Act), $69,754,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to health information communications, 
$338,278,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2013, for improvement of information sys-
tems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2012, the National Li-
brary of Medicine may enter into personal services con-
tracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, oper-
ated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National 
Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’): 
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from amounts avail-
able under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out the 
purposes of the National Information Center on Health 
Services Research and Health Care Technology estab-
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lished under section 478A of the PHS Act and related 
health services. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to translational sciences, $576,456,000: 
Provided, That up to $10,000,000 shall be available to im-
plement section 402C of the PHS Act, relating to the 
Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated may be used to support the reorganization 
and activities required to eliminate the National Center 
for Research Resources: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the NIH shall ensure that, of all funds made avail-
able to Institute, Center, and Office of the Director ac-
counts within ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, National Institutes of Health’’, at least $487,767,000 
is provided to the Clinical and Translational Sciences 
Awards program. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 
the Director, NIH, $1,461,880,000, of which up to 
$25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 213 of this 
Act: Provided, That funding shall be available for the pur-
chase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only: Provided further, That NIH is authorized 
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to collect third-party payments for the cost of clinical serv-
ices that are incurred in NIH research facilities and that 
such payments shall be credited to the NIH Management 
Fund: Provided further, That all funds credited to the 
NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fis-
cal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: 
Provided further, That $193,880,000 shall be available for 
continuation of the National Children’s Study: Provided 
further, That $545,962,000 shall be available for the Com-
mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 
PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 
NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 
within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 
up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren-
ovation 
of 
facilities 
as 
provided 
for 
in 
section 
2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and 
acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 
including the acquisition of real property, $125,581,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and section 
1922(a) of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse 
prevention, $2,123,993,000: Provided, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) 
$79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX 
of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assist-
ance, national data, data collection and evaluation activi-
ties, and further that the total available under this Act 
for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent 
of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of 
title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse 
treatment programs: Provided further, That no funds shall 
be available for the National All Schedules Prescription 
Reporting system. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 
with respect to substance abuse prevention, $186,361,000. 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For program support and cross-cutting activities that 
supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 
Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 
Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V and XIX 
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of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-
viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 
and 
Mental 
Health 
Services 
Administration, 
$109,106,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts pro-
vided herein, $27,428,000 shall be available under section 
241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to 
carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental 
health, to collect and analyze program data, and to con-
duct public awareness and technical assistance activities: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to supplement program support 
funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, 
‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse 
Prevention’’. 
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 
part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 
1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 
and Modernization Act of 2003, $369,053,000 shall be 
available from amounts available under section 241 of the 
PHS Act, notwithstanding subsection 947(c) of such Act: 
Provided, That in addition, amounts received from Free-
dom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and inter-
agency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited 
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to this appropriation and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $184,279,110,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
For making, after May 31, 2012, payments to States 
under title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf 
of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for 
the last quarter of fiscal year 2012 for unanticipated costs 
incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary. 
For making payments to States or in the case of sec-
tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, 
$90,614,082,000, to remain available until expended. 
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 
quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 
in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 
such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 
quarter. 
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
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surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 
1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 
103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 
1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 
administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 
201(g) of the Social Security Act, $230,741,378,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under 
section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 
16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 
in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 
XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 
Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-
ities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
not to exceed $3,879,476,000, to be transferred from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as author-
ized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together 
with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of 
the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 
Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 
302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and 
such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees 
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and the sale of data, which shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until September 30, 2017: Pro-
vided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
9701 from organizations established under title XIII of 
the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying 
out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, 
That $34,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2013, shall be for contract costs for the Healthcare 
Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided 
further, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees in 
fiscal year 2012 from Medicare Advantage organizations 
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act 
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts 
under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That 
$44,000,000 shall be available for the State high-risk 
health insurance pool program as authorized by the State 
High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2006. 
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
gram integrity and program management, $310,377,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2013, to be 
transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 
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Security Act, of which $219,879,000 shall be for the Medi-
care Integrity Program at the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, including administrative costs, to con-
duct oversight activities for Medicare Advantage under 
Part C and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program 
under Part D of the Social Security Act and for activities 
described in section 1893(b) of such Act, of which 
$29,730,000 shall be for the Department of Health and 
Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out 
fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 
1817(k)(3) of such Act, of which $31,038,000 shall be for 
the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program 
(‘‘CHIP’’) program integrity activities, and of which 
$29,730,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 
carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 
1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re-
quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 
for fiscal year 2012 shall include measures of the oper-
ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 
in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 
funds provided by this appropriation. 
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of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 
or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used by an agency 
of the executive branch to pay for first-class travel by an 
employee of the agency in contravention of sections 301– 
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251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Affairs 
Technical Assistance’’, $1,552,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2013, which shall be available not-
withstanding any other provision of law: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $983,605,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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