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shall be compensated for the period of that lapse at their 
standard rates of compensation, as determined under poli-
cies established by the Secretary of Transportation. 
(b) RATIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL ACTIONS.—All ac-
tions taken by Federal employees, contractors, and grantees 
for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of Gov-
ernment operations, services, and activities to protect life 
and property and to bring about orderly termination of 
Government functions during the lapse in expenditure au-
thority from the Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on 
February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, are hereby rati-
fied and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions 
of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 111–68). 
(c) FUNDING.—Funds used by the Secretary to com-
pensate employees described in subsection (a) shall be de-
rived from funds previously authorized out of the Highway 
Trust Fund and made available or limited to the Depart-
ment of Transportation by the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117) and shall be subject to the 
obligation limitations established in such Act. 
(d) EXPENDITURES FROM HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— 
To permit expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund to 
effectuate the purposes of this section, this section shall be 
deemed to be a section of the Continuing Appropriations
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Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68), as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of the last amendment 
to such Resolution. 
SEC. 9. SATELLITE TELEVISION EXTENSION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 119 OF TITLE 17, 
UNITED STATES CODE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 119 of title 17, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘April 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2010’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘April 30, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2010’’. 
(2) 
TERMINATION
OF
LICENSE.—Section 
1003(a)(2)(A) of Public Law 111–118 is amended by 
striking ‘‘April 30, 2010’’, and inserting ‘‘May 31, 
2010’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
TO
COMMUNICATIONS
ACT
OF 
1934.—Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘April 30, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2010’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘May 1, 
2010’’ each place it appears in clauses (ii) and (iii) 
and inserting ‘‘June 1, 2010’’.
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SEC. 10. EXTENSION OF SMALL BUSINESS LOAN GUAR-
ANTEE PROGRAM. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated, out of 
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$80,000,000, for an additional amount for ‘‘Small Business 
Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’, to re-
main available until expended, for the cost of fee reductions 
and eliminations under section 501 of division A of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 151) and loan guarantees under sec-
tion 502 of division A of the American Recovery and Rein-
vestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 152), 
as amended by this section: Provided, That such costs shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. 
(b) EXTENSION OF SUNSET DATE.—Section 502(f) of 
division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 153) is amended by 
striking ‘‘April 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 2010’’. 
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING A VALUE 
ADDED TAX. 
It is the sense of the Senate that the Value Added Tax 
is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed 
income and only further push back America’s economic re-
covery and the Senate opposes a Value Added Tax.
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SEC. 12. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The budgetary effects of this Act, 
for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As- 
You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the 
latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legis-
lation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congres-
sional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Com-
mittee, provided that such statement has been submitted 
prior to the vote on passage. 
(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
ENFORCEMENT.—This Act, with the exception of section 4, 
is designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-you- 
go principles. In the Senate, this Act is designated 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. 
(c) EMERGENCY
DESIGNATION
FOR
STATUTORY 
PAYGO.—This Act, with the exception of section 4, is des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 
Attest: 
Secretary.