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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall issue regulations to carry out this sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The regulations 
shall specify the date on which the requirements 
of this subsection take effect and the date on 
which the requirements of subsection (h) cease 
to be effective. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) the Administrator shall begin to 
establish the database under paragraph (2) 
not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this paragraph; 
‘‘(ii) the Administrator shall maintain 
records in accordance with paragraph (5) 
beginning on the date of enactment of this 
paragraph; and 
‘‘(iii) air carriers and other persons 
shall maintain records to be reported to 
the database under paragraph (4)(B) be-
ginning on such date of enactment.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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of any limitation imposed on obligations for such grants 
for future fiscal years; $34,500,000 shall be for ‘‘State 
Traffic Safety Information System Improvements’’ under 
23 U.S.C. 408; $139,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Im-
paired Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grant Pro-
gram’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410; $18,500,000 shall be for 
‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 2001(a)(11) of 
Public Law 109–59; $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 of Pub-
lic Law 109–59; $7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist 
Safety’’ under section 2010 of Public Law 109–59; and 
$7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Child Safety and Child Booster 
Seat Safety Incentive Grants’’ under section 2011 of Pub-
lic Law 109–59: Provided further, That none of these 
funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re-
modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 
State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun-
termeasures Grants’’ shall be available for technical assist-
ance to the States: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$750,000 of the funds made available for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ shall be available for the 
evaluation required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 
109–59.
194 
59) is amended by striking ‘‘to 4 lanes from I–10 to West 
U.S. 90’’. 
SEC. 128. Funds made available for ‘‘Brentwood Bou-
levard/SR 4 Improvements, Brentwood, CA’’ under section 
129 of Public Law 110–161 shall be made available for 
‘‘John Muir Parkway Project, Brentwood, CA’’. 
SEC. 129. The table contained in section 1702 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) is amended 
in item number 3138 by striking the project description and 
inserting ‘‘Elimination of highway-railway crossings and 
rehabilitation of rail along the KO railroad to Osborne’’. 
SEC. 130. Funds made available for ‘‘City of Tusca-
loosa Downtown Revitalization Project—University Blvd 
and Greensboro Avenue, AL’’ under section 125 of Public 
Law 111–8 shall be made available for ‘‘City of Tuscaloosa 
Downtown Revitalization Project—University Blvd’’. 
SEC. 131. The table contained in section 1702 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) is amended 
by striking the project description for item number 4573 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Design and construct inter-
change on I–15 in Mesquite’’.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations, maintenance, 
and capital asset renewal of those portions of the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the 
Saint
Lawrence
Seaway
Development
Corporation, 
$32,324,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
United States flag merchant fleet to serve the national se-
curity needs of the United States, $174,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities
authorized
by
law,
$140,900,000,
of
which 
$31,677,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2010, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $15,391,000 
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
and of which $11,240,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for maintenance and repair of training ships at 
State maritime academies.
That funds provided in prior appropriations Acts for tech-
nical assistance, that were made available for Community 
Housing Development Organizations technical assistance, 
and that still remain available, may be used for HOME 
technical assistance notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 12805 note), $85,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2012: Provided, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $27,000,000 
shall be made available to the Self-Help and Assisted 
Homeownership
Opportunity
Program
as
authorized 
under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, 
That $53,000,000 shall be made available for the second, 
third and fourth capacity building activities authorized 
under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
$10,000,000 may be made available for rural capacity 
building activities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 
be made available for capacity building activities as au-
103 
shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 
existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects, and of which up to $25,000,000 shall 
be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 
projects under such section to assisted living or related 
use and for substantial and emergency capital repairs as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $20,000,000 
shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development only for making competitive grants to pri-
vate nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives 
for covering costs of architectural and engineering work, 
site control, and other planning relating to the develop-
ment of supportive housing for the elderly that is eligible 
for assistance under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided further, That amounts 
under this heading shall be available for Real Estate As-
sessment Center inspections and inspection-related activi-
ties associated with section 202 capital advance projects: 
Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 of the total 
amount made available under this heading shall be for 
technical assistance to improve grant applications and to 
facilitate the development of housing for the elderly under 
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, and supportive
202 
System Improvements’’ under 23 U.S.C. 408; $139,000,000 
shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures 
Incentive 
Grant 
Program’’ 
under 
U.S.C. 
410; 
$18,500,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under 
section 2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109–59; $29,000,000 
shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under 
section 2009 of Public Law 109–59; $7,000,000 shall be for 
‘‘Motorcyclist Safety’’ under section 2010 of Public Law 
109–59; and $7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Child Safety and 
Child Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants’’ under section 
2011 of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That none 
of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 
or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures 
for State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun-
termeasures Grants’’ shall be available for technical assist-
ance to the States: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$750,000 of the funds made available for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ shall be available for the eval-
uation required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 109– 
59.
to any other account within the Department to 
carry out evaluation activities; 
(D) $50,000,000 for activities that prepare 
workers for careers in energy efficiency and re-
newable 
energy 
as 
described 
in 
section 
171(e)(1)(B) of the WIA, under the authority 
of section 171 of the WIA, which shall be avail-
able for the period July 1, 2010 through June 
30, 2011, and which shall not be subject to the 
requirements 
of 
section 
171(b)(2)(B) 
or 
171(c)(4)(D); 
(E) $130,000,000 for the Career Pathways 
Innovation Fund, under the authority of section 
171 of the WIA, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, of 
which not less than $65,000,000 shall be dedi-
cated to activities that prepare workers for ca-
reers in the health care sector, and which shall 
not be subject to the requirements of section 
171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D); and 
(F) $15,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
171(c)(2) of the WIA, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 
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thorized in sections 6301 through 6305 of Public Law 
110–246. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the emergency shelter grants program as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 
housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 
IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin-
gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist 
homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 
plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 
IV of such Act, $1,850,000,000, of which $1,845,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2012, and of 
which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms: Pro-
vided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made avail-
able, excluding amounts provided for renewals under the 
shelter plus care program shall be used for permanent 
housing for individuals and families: Provided further, 
That all funds awarded for services shall be matched by 
not less than 25 percent in funding by each grantee: Pro-
vided further, That for all match requirements applicable 
to funds made available under this heading for this fiscal
(3) for national activities, $380,083,000, as fol-
lows: 
(A) $66,990,000 for Pilots, Demonstra-
tions, and Research, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 
2011, of which $35,000,000 shall be for Transi-
tional Jobs activities, and shall not be subject 
to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 
171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, and that a sufficient 
portion of these funds shall be for an evaluation 
of the program; and of which $5,500,000 shall 
be for competitive grants to address the em-
ployment and training needs of young parents, 
and shall not be subject to the requirements of 
section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the 
WIA; and of which $24,490,000 shall be used 
for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 
under the heading ‘‘Training and Employment 
Services’’ in the report of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives to 
accompany this Act: Provided, That funding 
provided to carry out such projects shall not be 
subject
to
the
requirements
of
sections 
171(b)(2)(B) and 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, the 
joint
funding
requirements
of
sections
171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of the WIA, or 
any
time
limit
requirements
of
sections 
171(b)(2)(C) and 171(c)(4)(B) of the WIA; 
(B) $108,493,000 for ex-offender activi-
ties, under the authority of section 171 of the 
WIA and section 212 of the Second Chance Act 
of 2007, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and 
which shall not be subject to the requirements 
of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the 
WIA: Provided, That not less than $34,000,000 
shall be available for adult ex-offender activi-
ties, of which $15,000,000 shall be for competi-
tive grants to provide Transitional Job activities 
for adult ex-offenders; 
(C) $9,600,000 for Evaluation, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2010 through 
June 30, 2011, and which may be transferred 
to any other account within the Department to 
carry out evaluation activities; 
(D) $50,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) 
for activities that prepare workers for careers in 
energy efficiency and renewable energy as de-
scribed in section 171(e)(1)(B) of the WIA, 
under the authority of section 171 of the WIA,
In addition, $50,000,000 from the Employment Se-
curity Administration Account of the Unemployment 
Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reem-
ployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 
Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be 
necessary. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $96,266,000, together with not to exceed 
$50,140,000, which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund.
(1) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY; PREEMPTION OF 
STATE LAW.—Section 44703(j) (as redesignated by 
subsection (b)(1) of this section) is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘LIMITATION’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (h)(2) or (i)(3)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A) by inserting 
‘‘or accessing the records of that individual 
under subsection (i)(1)’’ before the semi-
colon; and 
(iii) in the matter following subpara-
graph (D) by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (h) or (i)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h) or 
(i)’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or who 
furnished information to the database estab-
lished under subsection (i)(2)’’ after ‘‘sub-
section (h)(1)’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
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the cable system to the total broadcast 
hours of the channel or digital stream.’’; 
(6) in the sixth undesignated paragraph— 
(A) by striking ‘‘A ‘network station’ ’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(6) NETWORK STATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A ‘network station’ ’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) NETWORK PROGRAMMING.—The term 
‘network television programming’ means pro-
gramming that is transmitted by a network sta-
tion.’’; 
(7) by striking the seventh undesignated para-
graph and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) INDEPENDENT STATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An ‘independent sta-
tion’ is a commercial television broadcast sta-
tion other than a network station. 
‘‘(B) INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING.—The 
term 
‘independent 
television 
programming’ 
means all programming other than ‘network tel-
evision programming’ or ‘noncommercial edu-
cational television programming’.’’; 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3290 
To provide the spouses and children of aliens who perished in the September 
11 terrorist attacks an opportunity to adjust their status to that of 
an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2009 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. NADLER of New 
York, Mr. WEINER, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. 
CLARKE, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide the spouses and children of aliens who perished 
in the September 11 terrorist attacks an opportunity 
to adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘September 11 Family 
Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN VICTIMS OF 
TERRORISM. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—The status of any 
alien described in subsection (b) may be adjusted by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to that of an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence, if the alien— 
(1) applies for such adjustment not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(2) is not inadmissible to the United States 
under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 212(a) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)), or deportable under paragraph (2) or (4) 
of section 237(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)); 
and 
(3) not later than the date on which the appli-
cation under paragraph (1) is submitted, satisfies 
any applicable Federal tax liability by establishing 
that— 
(A) no such tax liability exists; or 
(B) all outstanding liabilities have been 
paid. 
(b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STA-
TUS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The benefit provided by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any alien who— 
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(B) all outstanding liabilities have been 
paid. 
(b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STA-
TUS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The benefit provided by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any alien who— 
(A) was, on September 10, 2001, the 
spouse, child, unmarried son, or unmarried 
daughter of an alien who died as a direct result 
of the terrorist activity conducted against the 
United States on September 11, 2001; 
(B) was deemed to be a beneficiary of, and 
by, the September 11th Victim Compensation 
Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101); and 
(C) made a proffer of information to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security between April 
24, 2008, and August 15, 2008, in connection 
with a request for immigration relief. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—An alien shall not be pro-
vided any benefit under this section if the Secretary 
of Homeland Security determines that the alien has 
willfully made a material misrepresentation or mate-
rial omission in the proffer of information described 
in paragraph (1)(C). 
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(A) was, on September 10, 2001, the 
spouse, child, unmarried son, or unmarried 
daughter of an alien who died as a direct result 
of the terrorist activity conducted against the 
United States on September 11, 2001; 
(B) was deemed to be a beneficiary of, and 
by, the September 11th Victim Compensation 
Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101); and 
(C) made a proffer of information to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security between April 
24, 2008, and August 15, 2008, in connection 
with a request for immigration relief. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—An alien shall not be pro-
vided any benefit under this section if the Secretary 
of Homeland Security determines that the alien has 
willfully made a material misrepresentation or mate-
rial omission in the proffer of information described 
in paragraph (1)(C). 
(c) WORK
AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may authorize an alien who has ap-
plied for adjustment of status under subsection (a) to en-
gage in employment in the United States during the pend-
ency of such application. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit the existing authority of the Secretary 
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of Homeland Security on the date of the enactment of this 
Act to require any form or other submission of informa-
tion or to perform any background or security check for 
the purpose of determining the admissibility, or eligibility 
under this section, of any alien. 
(e) WAIVER OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall issue guidance to carry out this 
section not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, but is not required to promulgate regula-
tions prior to implementing this section. 
(f) NO OFFSET IN NUMBER OF VISAS AVAILABLE.— 
When an alien is granted the status of having been law-
fully admitted for permanent residence under this section, 
the Secretary of State shall not be required to reduce the 
number of immigrant visas authorized to be issued under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘applicable Federal tax liability’’ 
means liability for Federal taxes, including penalties 
and interest, owed for any year for which the statu-
tory period for assessment of any deficiency for such 
taxes has not expired. 
(2) Except as otherwise specifically provided in 
this section, the definitions used in the Immigration 
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and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) (exclud-
ing the definitions applicable exclusively to title III 
of such Act) shall apply in the administration of this 
section. 
Æ 
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