gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1324a note), the Assistant Secretary shall cer-
tify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives that no security risks 
will result from such non-participation. 
SEC. 539. From the unobligated balances of prior 
year appropriations made available for ‘‘Analysis and Op-
erations’’, $2,203,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 540. The explanatory statement referenced in 
section 4 of Public Law 110–161 for ‘‘National 
Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ under Federal Emergency 
Management Agency is deemed to be amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Dalton Fire District’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘750,000’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘Franklin Regional Council of Governments, MA .........................
250,000
Town of Lanesborough, MA ...........................................................
175,000
University of Massachusetts, MA ...................................................
175,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Santee and’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘3,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘1,500,000’’; 
(4) by inserting after the item relating to Adju-
tant General’s Office of Emergency Preparedness 
the following: 
‘‘Town of Branchville, SC ..............................................................
1,500,000’’; 
and 
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(5) by striking ‘‘Public Works Department of 
the City of Santa Cruz, CA’’ and inserting ‘‘Mon-
terey County Water Resources Agency, CA’’. 
SEC. 541. Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(m)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
SEC. 542. From the unobligated balances of prior 
year appropriations made available for the ‘‘Infrastructure 
Protection 
and 
Information 
Security’’ 
account, 
$5,963,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 543. From unobligated amounts that are avail-
able to the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2008 or 2009 for 
acquisition, construction, and improvements for shoreside 
facilities and aids to navigation at Coast Guard Sector 
Buffalo, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall use 
such sums as may be necessary to make improvements to 
the land along the northern portion of Sector Buffalo to 
enhance public access to the Buffalo Lighthouse and the 
waterfront. 
SEC. 544. For fiscal year 2010 and hereinafter, the 
Secretary may provide to personnel appointed or assigned 
to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 
provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1990 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.). 
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SEC. 545. (a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.—Section 
143 of Division A of the Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 
(Public Law 110-329; 122 Stat. 3580 et seq.), as amended 
by section 101 of division J of the Omnibus Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–8), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2011’’. 
(b) PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) FUNDING
UNDER
AGREEMENT.—Effective 
for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 
2009, the Commissioner of Social Security and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into and 
maintain an agreement which shall— 
(A) provide funds to the Commissioner for 
the full costs of the responsibilities of the Com-
missioner under section 404 of the Illegal Im-
migration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), including— 
(i) acquiring, installing, and maintain-
ing technological equipment and systems 
necessary for the fulfillment of the respon-
sibilities of the Commissioner under such 
section 404, but only that portion of such 
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costs that are attributable exclusively to 
such responsibilities; and 
(ii) responding to individuals who con-
test a tentative nonconfirmation provided 
by the basic pilot confirmation system es-
tablished under such section; 
(B) subject to the availability of appropria-
tions for such purpose, provide such funds 
quarterly in advance of the applicable quarter 
based on estimating methodology agreed to by 
the Commissioner and the Secretary (except in 
such instances where the delayed enactment of 
an annual appropriation may preclude such 
quarterly payments); and 
(C) require an annual accounting and rec-
onciliation of the actual costs incurred and the 
funds provided under the agreement, which 
shall be jointly reviewed by the Office of the In-
spector General of the Social Security Adminis-
tration and the Office of Inspector General of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(2) 
CONTINUATION
OF
EMPLOYMENT 
VERIFICATION
IN
ABSENCE
OF
TIMELY
AGREE-
MENT.—In any case in which the agreement re-
quired under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year be-
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ginning on or after October 1, 2009, has not been 
reached as of October 1 of such fiscal year, the most 
recent agreement between the Commissioner and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security providing for fund-
ing to cover the costs of the responsibilities of the 
Commissioner under section 404 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) shall be deemed in ef-
fect on an interim basis for such fiscal year until 
such time as an agreement required under para-
graph (1) is subsequently reached, except that the 
terms of such interim agreement shall be modified 
by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to adjust for inflation and any increase or 
decrease in the volume of requests under the basic 
pilot confirmation system. In any case in which an 
interim agreement applies for any fiscal year under 
this paragraph, the Commissioner and the Secretary 
shall, not later than October 1 of such fiscal year, 
notify the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives, the Committees on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate of the failure 
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