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States Code); printing and binding of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient, 
$93,768,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be avail-
able for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional 
Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or 
Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of 
title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated or 
made available under this Act or any other Act for printing and 
binding and related services provided to Congress under chapter 
7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print a 
document, report, or publication after the 27-month period begin-
ning on the date that such document, report, or publication is 
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes 
such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended 
balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for pre-
ceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing 
Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 
publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Con-
gress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and 
international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $40,911,000: 
Provided, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 
year appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating 
Congressional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009 to depository and other designated libraries: 
Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances 
in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office 
revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject 
to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving 
Fund, $12,782,000 for information technology development and 
facilities repair: Provided, That the Government Printing Office 
is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds available and in accordance with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as
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may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set 
forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 
Printing Office revolving fund: Provided further, That not more 
than $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public 
Printer in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be avail-
able for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 
vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection with 
travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall 
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be 
available for temporary or intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 
not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
such title: Provided further, That activities financed through the 
revolving fund may provide information in any format: Provided 
further, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under 
the headings ‘‘Office of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’ may not be used for contracted security services 
at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 
Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses; tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire 
of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun-
tries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 
(6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 
(6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 
countries, $556,849,000: Provided, That not more than $5,449,000 
of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, 
That not more than $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under 
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than 
$7,423,000 of reimbursements received under section 3521 of title 
31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 
2010: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations 
for administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as deter-
mined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses 
of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments here-
under to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 
appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REPEAL OF CERTAIN AUDITS, STUDIES, AND REVIEWS OF THE 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SEC. 1501. (a) USE OF FUNDS IN PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED UNDER 
PROJECTED COST.—Section 211 of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3151) is amended by striking 
subsection (d). 
(b) AUDITS OF SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN CONSTRUC-
TION OF THE ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.—Section 112 of the 
Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720j) is amended by 
striking subsection (c). 
(c) AUDITS OF ASSISTANCE UNDER COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIA-
TION.—Section 104(h) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(h)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3). 
(d) SEMIANNUAL AUDITS OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL EXPENDI-
TURES.—The matter under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 
General Legal Activities’’ under the heading ‘‘Legal Activities’’ under 
title II of the Department of Justice Appropriation Act of 1988, 
(28 U.S.C. 591 note; Public Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329, 1329– 
9) is amended by striking ‘‘Provided further, That the Comptroller 
General shall perform semiannual financial reviews of expenditures 
from the Independent Counsel permanent indefinite appropriation, 
and report their findings to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House and Senate:’’. 
(e) REPORTS ON AMBULANCE SERVICE COSTS.—Section 414 of 
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f). 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center 
under section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $12,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER 
SEC. 1601. (a) BOARD MEMBERSHIP.—Section 313(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(a)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Members of the House of Representatives’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Senators’’. 
(b) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—Section 313(d) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended 
in the first sentence by striking ‘‘The Board shall appoint’’ and 
inserting ‘‘On behalf of the Board, the Librarian of Congress shall 
appoint’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection 
shall apply with respect to—
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(1) appointments made on and after the date of enactment 
of this Act; and 
(2) the remainder of the fiscal year in which enacted, 
and each fiscal year thereafter. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING 
AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John 
C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except 
for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under 
regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Represent-
atives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for 
the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2010 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 
et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designa-
tion of any office or position appropriated for is different from 
that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation 
and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the 
various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire 
for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 
be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued under existing law.
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AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS 
SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated 
to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay 
awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative 
Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by 
charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except 
that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating 
legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with 
the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve 
the landscape features, excluding streets, in the irregular shaped 
grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW, on the northeast, 
Second Street, SW, on the west, Square 582 on the south, and 
the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 209. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this 
Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United 
States Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices 
of Members of Congress and other offices of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the 
Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol 
which are led by employees and interns described in subsection 
(a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction 
for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours 
of the United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2010’’. 
DIVISION B—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 
2010 
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable
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corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2009 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 
in fiscal year 2009, and for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) Chapter 2 of title IX of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252). 
(2) Section 155 of division A of the Consolidated Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 
(Public Law 110–329), except that subsections (c), (d), and 
(e) of such section shall not apply to funds made available 
under this joint resolution. 
(3) Divisions C through E of the Consolidated Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 
(Public Law 110–329). 
(4) Divisions A through I of the Omnibus Appropriations 
Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–8), as amended by section 2 of 
Public Law 111–46. 
(5) Titles III and VI (under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard’’) 
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 
32). 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for (1) the new production of items not 
funded for production in fiscal year 2009 or prior years; (2) the 
increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 
2009 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 
any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 
appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 
element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not avail-
able during fiscal year 2009. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 
unless specifically appropriated later. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 
or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 
not available during fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 
incurred for any project or activity during the period for which
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funds or authority for such project or activity are available under 
this joint resolution. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 
or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010, appro-
priations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the 
following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation 
for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; 
(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 2010 without any provision for such project or activity; 
or (3) October 31, 2009. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza-
tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used 
without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval 
of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United 
States Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed 
to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment 
of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would other-
wise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2010 because of 
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 
others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such pro-
grams funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final 
funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 
only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 
projects and activities. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2009, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 
program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2009, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2009 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may 
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public
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Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 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. Amounts made available by this joint resolution 
related to amounts provided in chapter 2 of title IX of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252), and titles 
III and VI of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public 
Law 111–32), are designated as being for overseas deployments 
and other activities pursuant to sections 401(c)(4) and 423(a)(1) 
of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2010, except that amounts so des-
ignated under this section shall not exceed $129,989,000,000. 
SEC. 115. The provisions of section 14103 of Public Law 111– 
32 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution, and such provisions shall also apply 
to funds made available in this joint resolution. 
SEC. 116. Section 9(f)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(f)(5)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution 
for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 117. The authority provided by paragraphs (3) and (4) 
of section 9(h) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3); 1758(h)(4)) shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 18(h)(5) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(h)(5)) 
shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 119. Section 21(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(g)(1)(A)(ii)) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2008, and October 1, 2009’’ 
for ‘‘October 1, 2008’’ and shall continue in effect through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 120. The authority provided by section 26(d) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this joint resolution. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Periodic 
Censuses and Programs’’ at a rate for operations of $7,065,707,000. 
SEC. 122. The authority provided by section 8116 of division 
C of Public Law 110–329 and section 310 of title III of Public 
Law 111–32 shall continue in effect through the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 1202 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 
Law 109–163), as amended by section 1214 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417), shall continue in effect through the earlier of the 
date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 124. The authority provided by section 1022 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108–136), as amended by section 1022 of the Duncan Hunter
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417), shall continue in effect through the earlier of the 
date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 125. The authority provided by section 1033 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public 
Law 105–85), as amended by section 1024 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417), shall continue in effect through the earlier of the 
date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 or the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend 
local funds for programs and activities under the heading ‘‘District 
of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 
IV of S. 1432 (111th Congress), as reported by the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District 
of Columbia Funds’’ as included in the Second Fiscal Year 2010 
Budget Request Act (D.C. Act 18–188). 
SEC. 127. The authority provided by section 5739 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall continue in effect through the date speci-
fied in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, notwithstanding sub-
section (e) of such section 5739. 
SEC. 128. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution for ‘‘the 11-year period beginning on the 
first day the pilot program is in effect’’. 
SEC. 129. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016a and 4026) shall each be 
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 130. The requirement set forth in section 610(b) of the 
Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) 
shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 131. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 shall be applied 
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
resolution for ‘‘three years after the date of enactment of this 
Act’’. 
SEC. 132. Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) shall 
be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 133. Subclauses (II) and (III) of section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) 
shall each be applied by substituting the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 134. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be 
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 135. Section 331 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–291),
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as amended by section 336 of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), shall be applied by substituting 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 
‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 136. Section 339(h) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into 
law by Public Law 106–113), as amended by section 335(6) of 
Public Law 108–108, shall be applied by substituting the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 
30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 137. The authority provided by section 325 of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2004 (Public Law 108–108), as amended by section 426 of division 
E of Public Law 111–8, shall continue to apply through the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 138. The authority provided by the 19th unnumbered 
paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest 
Service’’ in title III of the Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Public Law 109– 
54, shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 139. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 703 of Public Law 109–415, the authorities provided in 
title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff et 
seq.) shall continue in effect as they were in effect during fiscal 
year 2009, and apply through the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 140. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution for ‘‘the end of fiscal year 2009’’. 
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs at rates for operations not exceeding 
the lower of the amount in the President’s fiscal year 2010 Budget 
Request (H. Doc. 111–3), the amount in H.R. 3082, as passed 
by the House of Representatives on July 10, 2009, or the amount 
in S. 1407, as reported by the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate on July 7, 2009. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 7042(b) of division H of 
Public Law 111–8, amounts provided by section 101 of this joint 
resolution for Iraq shall be obligated under the terms and conditions 
of section 1106(b) of Public Law 111–32. 
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 7040(f) of division H of 
Public Law 111–8, amounts provided by section 101 of this joint 
resolution for the Palestinian Authority shall be obligated under 
the terms and conditions of section 1107 of Public Law 111–32. 
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding sections 7042(a) and 7070(e) of divi-
sion H of Public Law 111–8, amounts provided by section 101 
of this joint resolution for assistance for Iraq and Zimbabwe shall 
be obligated under the terms and conditions of section 1108 of 
Public Law 111–32. 
SEC. 145. The authority provided by section 1113 of Public 
Law 111–32 shall continue in effect through the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
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SEC. 146. The authority provided by section 309(f) of the United 
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208(f)) 
shall remain in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 147. The authority provided by section 1334 of the Foreign 
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) 
shall remain in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 148. The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the 
Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 
U.S.C. 4831 (a)(3)) shall remain in effect through the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, other than section 106, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall obligate funds provided by section 101 
at a rate the Secretary determines is necessary to renew or amend, 
in a timely manner, all section 8 project-based, section 202, and 
section 811, rental assistance contracts. In renewing or amending 
such contracts, the Secretary may provide for payments to be made 
beyond the period covered by this joint resolution. 
SEC. 150. Commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by 
the National Housing Act and insured under the Mutual Mortgage 
Insurance Fund, shall not exceed a loan principal of $1,500,000,000 
multiplied by the number of days covered by this joint resolution. 
SEC. 151. Commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by 
section 306 of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed a loan 
principal of $2,500,000,000 multiplied by the number of days cov-
ered by this joint resolution. 
SEC. 152. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence 
of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z- 
20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, 
insure, and enter into commitments to insure mortgages under 
section 255 of such Act. During the period covered by this joint 
resolution, for new loans guaranteed pursuant to section 255 of 
the National Housing Act (12. U.S.C. 1715z-20), the Secretary shall 
adjust the factors used to calculate the principal limit (as such 
term is defined in HUD Handbook 4235.1) that were assumed 
in the President’s Budget Request for 2010 for such loans, as 
necessary to ensure that the program operates at a net zero subsidy 
rate. 
SEC. 153. Section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)) shall be applied by substituting the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for the 
date specified in such section 24(o). 
SEC. 154. Funds made available under section 101 for the 
National Transportation Safety Board shall include amounts nec-
essary to make lease payments due in fiscal year 2010 only, on 
an obligation incurred in 2001 under a capital lease. 
SEC. 155. (a) Section 48103(6) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall be applied: (1) by substituting the amount specified in such 
section with an amount that equals $3,820,000,000 multiplied by 
the ratio of the number of days covered by this joint resolution 
to 365; and (2) by substituting the fiscal year specified in such 
section with the period beginning October 1, 2009, through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. This sub-
section shall be in effect through the earlier of the date of enactment
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of an Act amending section 48103 of title 49, United States Code, 
or the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
(b) Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘2010’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the availability of any 
balances of contract authority provided under section 48103 of 
title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2009 and any prior 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 156. (a) Sections 4081(d)(2)(B), 4261(j)(1)(A)(ii), and 
4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall each 
be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
(b) Subsections (d)(1) and (e)(2) of section 9502 of such Code 
shall each be applied by substituting the date that is 1 day after 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 
‘‘October 1, 2009’’. 
(c) Subparagraph (A) of section 9502(d)(1) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or any joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations for the fiscal year 2010’’ before the semicolon at 
the end. 
SEC. 157. (a) EXTENSION OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PRO-
GRAMS.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, requirements, 
authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions 
authorized under titles I through VI of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(119 Stat. 1144), the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 
2008 (122 Stat. 1572), titles I through VI of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1914), titles I 
through V of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(112 Stat. 107), title 23, United States Code, and chapter 53 of 
title 49, United States Code, which would otherwise expire on 
or cease to apply after September 30, 2009, are incorporated by 
reference and shall continue in effect through the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Except as otherwise expressly provided 
in this section, funds made available for obligation under this 
joint resolution and expended under the authority of this section 
shall be distributed, administered, limited, and made available for 
obligation in the same manner and at the same rate as funds 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 to carry out 
programs, projects, activities, eligibilities, and requirements under 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1144), the SAFETEA–LU Technical 
Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 1572), titles I through VI of 
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
Stat. 1914), titles I through V of the Transportation Equity Act 
for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107), title 23, United States Code, 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, including section 
5338(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, chapter 303 of part 
A of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, and part B of 
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code. 
(c) DISTRIBUTION
OF FUNDS UNDER TITLES III AND V OF 
SAFETEA–LU.—Funds made available for programs authorized 
under titles III and V of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1544 
and 1779) and continued under this joint resolution shall be distrib-
uted to major program areas under those programs in the same
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proportion as funds were allocated for those program areas for 
fiscal year 2009, except that any designations for specific activities 
in sections 3044 and 3046 under title III and in title V of such 
Act shall not be required to be continued for the duration of this 
joint resolution. 
(d) EXTENSION AND FLEXIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ALLOCATED PRO-
GRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the portion 
of the share of funds of a State under subsection (b) determined 
by the amount that the State received for fiscal year 2009 to 
carry out sections 1301(m), 1302(e), 1307, 1702, and 1934 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1202, 1205, 1217, 1256, and 1485), 
and section 144(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) made available to the State for purposes described 
in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code; and 
(2) administered in the same manner and with the same 
period of availability as such funding is administered under 
section 133 of title 23, United States Code, except that sub-
sections (d)(2) and (d)(3) of such section shall not apply to 
amounts administered pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 158. (a) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN HIGH-
WAY TRUST FUND PROGRAMS.—For the period from October 1, 2009, 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, 
an amount shall be available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(including from the Mass Transit Account) to carry out each pro-
gram, project, and activity continued under section 157 of this 
joint resolution that was funded from the Highway Trust Fund 
(including from the Mass Transit Account) during fiscal year 2009 
in a sum equal to and from the same account as— 
(1) the total amount available for such program, project, 
and activity for fiscal year 2009 under titles I through VI 
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1144) and the 
SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (122 Stat. 
1572), divided by 365; and multiplied by 
(2) the number of days between September 30, 2009, and 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available under this 
joint resolution to be expended under the authority of section 157 
of this joint resolution shall be available for obligation in the same 
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code, or section 5338(f)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, whichever appropriate. 
(c) CALCULATION.—The amounts made available under this joint 
resolution to be expended under the authority of this section shall 
be calculated by taking into account any rescission or cancellation 
of funds or contract authority for fiscal year 2009 under the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users or any other law. 
SEC. 159. (a) EXTENSION
OF AUTHORITY
FOR EXPENDITURES 
FROM HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— 
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 shall be applied— 
(A) by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’; and
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(B) by substituting the date that is 1 day after the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 
‘‘October 1, 2009’’. 
(2) Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘under’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘under 
the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 
2010 enacted into law or any other provision of law which 
was referred to in this paragraph before the date of the enact-
ment of such Continuing Appropriations Resolution (as such 
Resolution and provisions of law are in effect on the date 
of the enactment of such Resolution).’’. 
(b) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.— 
(1) Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e) of such Code shall 
be applied by substituting the date that is 1 day after the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 
‘‘October 1, 2009’’. 
(2) Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘in accordance with’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘in accordance with the first Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010 enacted into law 
or any other provision of law which was referred to in this 
paragraph before the date of the enactment of such Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution (as such Resolution and provisions 
of law are in effect on the date of the enactment of such 
Resolution).’’. 
(c) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS.—Subparagraph 
(B) of section 9503(b)(6) of such Code shall be applied— 
(1) by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2009’’; and 
(2) by substituting the date that is 1 day after the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 
1, 2009’’. 
SEC. 160. Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restora-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and the period from 
October 1, 2009, through the date specified in section 106(3) 
of the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal 
Year 2010 enacted into law,’’ after ‘‘2009,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘and the period 
from October 1, 2009, through the date specified in section 
106(3) of the first Continuing Appropriations Resolution for 
Fiscal Year 2010 enacted into law,’’ after ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 161. (a) Paragraph (2) of section 9504(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph (A) and 
all that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of the first Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010),’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph (B) and 
all that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of the first Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010), and’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘(as in effect’’ in subparagraph (C) and 
all that follows in such subparagraph and inserting ‘‘(as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of the first Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010).’’.
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(b) Paragraph (2) of section 9504(d) of such Code shall be 
applied by substituting the date that is one day after the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 
2009’’. 
SEC. 162. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 
or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds 
made available and authority granted pursuant to sections 157 
through 161 of this joint resolution shall be available until (1) 
enactment into law of an Act to extend or reauthorize surface 
transportation programs, or (2) the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution, whichever first occurs, and shall be charged 
to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever 
a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this joint resolu-
tion or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of Commu-
nity Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, 
subsidiaries, or allied organizations. 
SEC. 164. (a) Clause (iii) of section 8909a(d)(3)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(iii) $1,400,000,000, not later than September 30, 2009;’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of section 803(a)(1)(B) of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435; 120 
Stat. 3251). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2010’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.