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standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
year 2012 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2012 appro-
priation estimated at not more than $1,086,000. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,400,000 to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, and to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA 
NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal 
Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 
Projects pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 
of 2004, $1,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
for ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
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(1) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(2) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(b) The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission may not terminate any program, project, or activ-
ity without the approval of a majority vote of the Commis-
sioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approving 
such action. 
(c) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive 
the restriction on reprogramming under subsection (a) on 
a case-by-case basis by certifying to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that such action is required to address national 
security or imminent risks to public safety. Each such 
waiver certification shall include a letter from the Chair-
man of the Commission that a majority of Commissioners 
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have voted and ap-
proved the reprogramming waiver certification. 
SEC. 402. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
require reactor licensees to re-evaluate the seismic, tsu-
nami, flooding, and other external hazards at their sites 
against current applicable Commission requirements and 
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guidance for such licenses as expeditiously as possible, and 
thereafter when appropriate, as determined by the Com-
mission, and require each licensee to respond to the Com-
mission that the design basis for each reactor meets the 
requirements of its license, current applicable Commission 
requirements and guidance for such license. Based upon 
the evaluations conducted pursuant to this section and 
other information it deems relevant, the Commission shall 
require licensees to update the design basis for each reac-
tor, if necessary. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be expended for any new hire by any Federal 
agency funded in this Act that is not verified through the 
E-Verify Program as described in section 403(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
SEC. 504. 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 
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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. 
SEC. 505. 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 has any unpaid Federal tax liability 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 pursuant to an agree-
ment 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 in-
terests of the Government. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
12898 of February 11, 1994 (‘‘Federal Actions to Address 
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