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cooperative agreement (or similar arrangement) entered 
into by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 
excess of 25 percent of the total direct cost of the contract, 
grant, or agreement (or similar arrangement). 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $11,472,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 
the Social Security Act, $4,500,000. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,271,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
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Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$233,700,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-
tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-
fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 
including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 
and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 
nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 
or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, create, apply, or enforce 
through prosecution, adjudication, rulemaking, or the 
issuing of any interpretation, opinion, certification, deci-
sion, or policy, any standard for initial bargaining unit de-
terminations that conflicts with the standard articulated 
in the majority opinion in Wheeling Island Gaming Inc. 
and United Food and Commercial Workers International 
Union, Local 23, 355 NLRB 127 (August 27, 2010) (in-
cluding the majority opinion in footnote 2), except for unit 
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determinations currently governed by NLRB Rule Sec. 
103.30 for employers currently covered by such rules. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, create, apply, or enforce 
through prosecution, adjudication, rulemaking, or the 
issuing of any interpretation, opinion, certification, deci-
sion, or policy, any standard for secret-ballot elections that 
conflicts with the standard articulated in the majority 
opinion in Dana Corp., 351 NLRB 434 (2007). 
SEC. 404. None of the funds provided by this Act 
or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
that enables off-site, remote, or otherwise absentee voting 
in an election to determine a representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining. 
SEC. 405. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to promulgate or implement a final rule 
amending parts 101, 102, and 103 of title 29, Code of 
Federal Regulations, (relating to the filing and processing 
of petitions related to the representation of employees for 
the purposes of collective bargaining with their employer), 
including the proposed rulemaking published by the Na-
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tional Labor Relations Board in the Federal Register on 
June 22, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 36812 et seq.). 
SEC. 406. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 
governing the notification of employee rights under the 
National Labor Relations Act (Regulatory Identification 
Number 3142-AA07) published by the National Labor Re-
lations Board in the Federal Register on August 30, 2011 
(76 Fed. Reg. 54006 et seq.). 
SEC. 407. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the exercise of jurisdiction by the 
National Labor Relations Board over any entity that 
meets the definition of a small business concern under 
part 121 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $13,436,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $11,689,000. 
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $51,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2012 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 
of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 
equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 
year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2013, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act, $110,573,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
ployment insurance administration fund. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General (‘‘Office’’) for audit, investigatory and review ac-
tivities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, not more than $8,170,000, to be derived from the 
railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment 
insurance account: Provided, That, except as authorized 
pursuant to the last proviso under this heading in title 
IV of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 
(2008) (Public Law 110–161; 121 statute 2205), none of 
the funds made available in any other paragraph of this 
Act may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out 
any such transfer; used to provide any office space, equip-
ment, office supplies, communications facilities or services, 
maintenance services, or administrative services for the 
Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any 
personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating 
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expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for 
any service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 
228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 
$20,404,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$38,062,428,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $17,428,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110 and 1114 of the Social Security Act and remain 
available until the end of fiscal year 2013: Provided fur-
ther, That from the funds provided for research and dem-
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onstration of section 1110 of the Social Security Act, up 
to $10,000,000 shall be available to provide incentives 
payments and to conduct a rigorous evaluation of a dem-
onstration project designed to improve the outcomes for 
SSI child recipients and their families: Provided further, 
That for the previous proviso the Commissioner is author-
ized to waive any of the requirements, conditions, or limi-
tations of title XVI of the Social Security Act, and is au-
thorized to waive any requirements related to the conduct 
of research or demonstration projects, where appropriate. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2013, $18,200,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$10,981,494,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
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or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: Pro-
vided, That not less than $2,150,000 shall be for the So-
cial Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That up 
two percent of these funds may be used to support Pro-
gram Integrity activity: Provided further, That funds made 
available in this paragraph and remaining unobligated at 
the end of fiscal year 2012 may be placed, not later than 
the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year 
for which such funds are available for the purposes for 
which appropriated, in an IT and Telecommunications In-
vestment Fund (‘‘ITT Fund’’) to be established within 
this account where such funds shall remain available until 
expended for investments in Social Security Administra-
tion information technology and telecommunications hard-
ware and software infrastructure, including related equip-
ment and non-payroll administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That unobligated balances of appropriations made 
to this account in prior fiscal years that remain available 
for the purposes specified in the preceding proviso may 
also be placed in the ITT Fund not later than the end 
of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which 
such funds are available for the purposes for which such 
funds were appropriated: Provided further, That hereafter 
the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration 
shall provide information to the Committees on Appropria-
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tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate each 
year, at the same time the President’s budget is submitted 
to Congress, regarding actual or estimated amounts placed 
in, and obligated and expended from, the ITT Fund dur-
ing the preceding, current, and succeeding fiscal years, in-
cluding the nature and purposes of all such obligations 
and expenditures, and regarding the balances remaining 
(or expected to remain) in the ITT Fund as of the close 
of each such fiscal year: Provided further, That reimburse-
ment to the trust funds under this heading for expendi-
tures for official time for employees of the Social Security 
Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United 
States Code, and for facilities or support services for labor 
organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or proce-
dures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be 
made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 
amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures 
are made. 
In addition, $163,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended. To the extent 
that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in 
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