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reorganizes offices, programs, or activities unless prior approval 
is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That prior to any 
significant reorganization or restructuring of offices, programs, or 
activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded 
by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 
the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authori-
ties for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 
shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
column to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, 
and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table 
for each appropriation both by object class and program, project, 
and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective 
appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced 
by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that 
the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2009 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2009 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2010, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expendi-
ture of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Executive Office of the President to request from 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official background inves-
tigation report on any individual, except when— 
(1) such individual has given his or her express written 
consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to 
the date of such request and during the same presidential 
administration; or 
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary cir-
cumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (Public 
Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect to a 
contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 
established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple-
menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area 
cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction 
on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations 
Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management 
pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection
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with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits 
program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial 
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic 
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American 
Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall not apply to the acquisition 
by the Federal Government of information technology (as defined 
in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code), that is a commer-
cial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 
SEC. 616. Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code (as 
amended by Public Law 110–161), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (r) as subsection 
(s), and 
(2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ each place it appears in 
subsection (s)(5) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United 
States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or 
commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, 
nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimburse-
ment from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related 
expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to 
attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating 
to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity 
offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person 
or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless 
the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 618. LIFE INSURANCE FOR TAX COURT JUDGES AGE 65 
OR OVER. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7472 of title 26, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the word ‘‘imposed’’ where 
it appears in the second sentence the following phrase ‘‘after April 
24, 1999, that is incurred’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This amendment shall take effect as 
if included in the amendment made by section 852 of the Pension 
Protection Act of 2006. 
SEC. 619. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
shall have authority to obligate funds for the scholarship program 
established by section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the 
amount of funds collected by the Board as of December 31, 2008, 
including accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary 
penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2009 shall 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 620. Section 910(a) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(a)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF TRAVEL RELATING
TO COMMERCIAL 
SALES OF AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL GOODS.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall promulgate regulations under which the travel- 
related transactions listed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of