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interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Administration to carry 
out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 and similar 
expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated 
by law, $8,000,000; Provided, That such funds may be 
transferred to other accounts that provide funding for of-
fices within the Executive Office of the President and the 
Office of the Vice President in this Act or any other Act, 
to carry out such purposes. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 
to provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,496,000. 
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OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en-
tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate, $323,000: Provided, 
That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap-
propriation may be made to any department or agency for 
expenses of carrying out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF 
THE PRESIDENT
AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED
TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive 
Residence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 
Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National 
Security Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 
Policy Development’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 
such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
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ing), may, 15 days after giving notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap-
propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 
with and available for the same time and for the same 
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 
increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 
‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 
Vice President. 
SEC. 202. The President shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and prior to the initial obliga-
tion of funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Office of 
National Drug Control Policy’’, a detailed narrative and 
financial plan on the proposed uses of all funds under the 
heading by program, project, and activity, for which the 
obligation of funds is anticipated: Provided, That up to 
20 percent of funds appropriated under this heading may 
be obligated before the submission of the report subject 
to prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the report shall be updated and 
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submitted to the Committees on Appropriations every 6 
months and shall include information detailing how the 
estimates and assumptions contained in previous reports 
have changed: Provided further, That any new projects 
and changes in funding of ongoing projects shall be sub-
ject to the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 203. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy may be transferred between appro-
priated programs upon the advance approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That no transfer 
may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more 
than 3 percent. 
SEC. 204. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of any appro-
priations in this Act made available to the Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy may be reprogrammed within 
a program, project, or activity upon the advance approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 
the President Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
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