to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-
penses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obli-
gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), 
section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was 
previously designated as being for contingency operations 
directly related to the global war on terrorism pursuant to 
section 3(c)(2) of H. Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. 
Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2010, is designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except 
that such amount shall be available only if the President 
subsequently so designates such amount and transmits such 
designation to the Congress. Section 101(b) of this Act shall 
not apply to any amount so designated.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to amounts for ‘‘De-
partment of Justice—Federal Bureau of Investigation— 
Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 115. During the period covered by this Act, dis-
cretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2012 that 
were provided in advance by appropriations Acts shall be 
available in the amounts provided in such Acts, reduced 
by the percentage in section 101(b). 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts made 
available by this Act for ‘‘Department of Defense—Oper-
ation and Maintenance—Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’ may be used by the Secretary of Defense for oper-
ations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation 
in Iraq and security assistance teams, including life sup-
port, transportation and personal security, and facilities 
renovation and construction: Provided, That the authority 
made by this section shall continue in effect through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That section 9014 of division A of Public Law 112– 
10 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 101, funds made 
available in title IX of division A of Public Law 112–10 
for ‘‘Overseas Contingency Operations’’ shall be available 
at a rate for operations not to exceed the rate permitted
by H.R. 2219 (112th Congress) as passed by the House of 
Representatives on July 8, 2011. 
SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 127b of 
title 10, United States Code, shall continue in effect through 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 119. The authority provided by section 1202 of 
the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2412), 
as extended by section 1204(b) of the Duncan Hunter Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub-
lic Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4623), shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board— 
Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate for operations of 
$29,130,000. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may ex-
pend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia 
Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title IV of 
H.R. 2434 (112th Congress), as reported by the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, at the 
rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds—Sum-
mary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2012
Budget Request Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19–92), as modified 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for the necessary expenses of the Recovery Account-
ability and Transparency Board, to carry out its functions 
under title XV of division A of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), at a rate 
for operations of $28,350,000. 
SEC. 123. (a) Section 9(m) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 638(m)) shall be applied by substituting the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 
2011’’. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 9(n)(1)(A) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(A)), the Small Business 
Technology Transfer Program shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 9(y)(6) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(y)(6)), the pilot program under 
section 9(y) of such Act shall continue in effect through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 124. Section 8909a(d)(3)(A)(v) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2011’’ 
and inserting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
Act.
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, of 
the unobligated balances remaining available to the Depart-
ment of Energy pursuant to section 129 of the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2009 (division A of Public Law 
110–329), $500,000,000 is rescinded, $774,000,000 is here-
by transferred to and merged with ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security—Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
Disaster Relief’’, and $226,000,000 is hereby transferred to 
and merged with ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Flood Control 
and Coastal Emergencies’’: Provided, That the amounts 
made available by this section for the Corps of Engineers- 
Civil shall be for emergency expenses for repair of damage 
caused by the storm and flood events occurring in 2011: 
Provided further, That the amounts transferred by this sec-
tion shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That each amount transferred by this section is des-
ignated as an emergency pursuant to section 3(c)(1) of H. 
Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2010. 
SEC. 126. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief’’ at
a rate for operations of $2,650,000,000: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a full ac-
counting of disaster relief funding requirements for such ac-
count for fiscal year 2012 not later than 15 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and for fiscal year 2013 
in conjunction with the submission of the President’s budget 
request for fiscal year 2013. 
(b) The accounting described in subsection (a) for each 
fiscal year shall include estimates of the following amounts: 
(1) The unobligated balance of funds in such ac-
count that has been (or will be) carried over to such 
fiscal year from prior fiscal years. 
(2) The unobligated balance of funds in such ac-
count that will be carried over from such fiscal year 
to the subsequent fiscal year. 
(3) The amount of the rolling average of non-cat-
astrophic disasters, and the specific data used to cal-
culate such rolling average, for such fiscal year. 
(4) The amount that will be obligated each 
month for catastrophic events, delineated by event and 
State, and the total remaining funding that will be 
required after such fiscal year for each such cata-
strophic event for each State. 
(5) The amount of previously obligated funds 
that will be recovered each month of such fiscal year.
(6) The amount that will be required in such fis-
cal year for emergencies, as defined in section 102(1) 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(1)). 
(7) The amount that will be required in such fis-
cal year for major disasters, as defined in section 
102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)). 
(8) The amount that will be required in such fis-
cal year for fire management assistance grants, as de-
fined in section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5187). 
SEC. 127. Any funds made available pursuant to sec-
tion 101 for the Department of Homeland Security may 
be obligated at a rate for operations necessary to sustain 
essential security activities, such as: staffing levels of oper-
ational personnel; immigration enforcement and removal 
functions, including sustaining not less than necessary de-
tention bed capacity; and United States Secret Service pro-
tective activities, including protective activities necessary to 
secure National Special Security Events. The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
on each use of the authority provided in this section.
SEC. 140. Commitments to guarantee loans incurred 
under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as 
authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed a rate 
for operations of $25,000,000,000: Provided, That total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, may be 
apportioned through the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this Act, at $80,000,000 multiplied by the number of days 
covered in this Act. 
SEC. 141. (a) RENEWAL OF IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
UNDER BURMESE FREEDOM
AND DEMOCRACY ACT
OF 
2003.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress approves the renewal 
of the import restrictions contained in section 3(a)(1) 
and section 3A (b)(1) and (c)(1) of the Burmese Free-
dom and Democracy Act of 2003. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall 
be deemed to be a ‘‘renewal resolution’’ for purposes 
of section 9 of the Burmese Freedom and Democracy 
Act of 2003. 
(b) PAYGO COMPLIANCE.—The budgetary effects of 
this section, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by ref-
erence to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this section, submitted for printing
in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House 
Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been 
submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on July 26, 2011. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall not be subject 
to any other provision of this Act. 
SEC. 142. Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, of the unobligated balances remaining available for 
‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Title 17-In-
novative Technology Loan Guarantee Program’’ pursuant 
to title IV of division A of Public Law 111–5, $100,000,000 
is rescinded. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2012’’. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H.R. 2608 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT