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eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a 
public use: Provided, That for purposes of this section, public use 
shall not be construed to include economic development that pri-
marily benefits private entities: Provided further, That any use 
of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the general 
public (including energy-related, communication-related, water- 
related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other structures 
designated for use by the general public or which have other 
common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve the general 
public and are subject to regulation and oversight by the govern-
ment, and projects for the removal of an immediate threat to 
public health and safety or brownsfield as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public 
Law 107–118) shall be considered a public use for purposes of 
eminent domain. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 411. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, 
other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee 
who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and 
has satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naval 
service, and has within 90 days after his release from such service 
or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of 
not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former 
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position 
and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 412. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 
of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known 
as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 413. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of 
sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available under this Act 
or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, 
subsidiaries, or allied organizations. 
SEC. 416. All agencies and departments funded by this Act 
shall send to Congress at the end of the fiscal year a report con-
taining a complete inventory of the total number of vehicles owned, 
permanently retired, and purchased during fiscal year 2012 as 
well as the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, 
fuel, storage, purchasing, and leasing.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2012’’. 
DIVISION D—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 
2012 
SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 
Law 112–36) is amended by striking the date specified in section 
106(3) and inserting ‘‘December 16, 2011’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.