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advocacy organizations in developing countries, including for the 
cost of translation. 
(b) 
Funds 
appropriated 
under 
the 
heading 
‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’ in title II of this Act shall be made available to develop 
and implement training for staff in overseas USAID missions to 
promote the full inclusion and equal participation of people with 
disabilities in developing countries. 
(c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
the USAID Administrator shall seek to ensure that, where appro-
priate, construction projects funded by this Act are accessible to 
people with disabilities and in compliance with the USAID Policy 
on Standards for Accessibility for the Disabled, or other similar 
accessibility standards. 
(d) Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (a), 
not more than 7 percent may be for management, oversight and 
technical support. 
ORPHANS, DISPLACED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN 
SEC. 7090. Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, $3,000,000 should be made available for activities to improve 
the capacity of foreign government agencies and nongovernmental 
organizations to prevent child abandonment, address the needs 
of orphans, displaced and abandoned children and provide perma-
nent homes through family reunification, guardianship and 
domestic adoptions: Provided, That funds made available under 
title III of this Act should be made available, as appropriate, con-
sistent with— 
(1) the goal of enabling children to remain in the care 
of their family of origin, but when not possible, placing children 
in permanent homes through adoption; 
(2) the principle that such placements should be based 
on informed consent which has not been induced by payment 
or compensation; 
(3) the view that long-term foster care or institutionaliza-
tion are not permanent options and should be used when no 
other suitable permanent options are available; and 
(4) the recognition that programs that protect and support 
families can reduce the abandonment and exploitation of chil-
dren. 
SRI LANKA 
SEC. 7091. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be 
made available for assistance for Sri Lanka, no defense export 
license may be issued, and no military equipment or technology 
shall be sold or transferred to Sri Lanka pursuant to the authorities 
contained in this Act or any other Act, until the Secretary of 
State certifies to the Committee on Appropriations that— 
(1) the Sri Lankan military is suspending and the Govern-
ment of Sri Lanka is bringing to justice members of the military 
who have been credibly alleged to have violated internationally 
recognized human rights or international humanitarian law, 
including complicity in the recruitment of child soldiers; 
(2) the Government of Sri Lanka is providing access to 
humanitarian organizations and journalists throughout the 
country consistent with international humanitarian law; and
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(3) the Government of Sri Lanka has agreed to the 
establishment of a field presence of the Office of the United 
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sri Lanka 
with sufficient staff and mandate to conduct full and unfettered 
monitoring throughout the country and to publicize its findings. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to technology or equipment 
made available for the limited purposes of maritime and air surveil-
lance, including communications equipment previously committed 
or approved for the limited purposes of air and maritime surveil-
lance. 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK RESCISSION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 7092. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Subsidy Appropriation’’ for the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States that are available for tied-aid grants in prior Acts making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs, $17,000,000 are rescinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available under the heading 
‘‘Subsidy Appropriation’’ for the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States in Public Law 109–102, $27,000,000 are rescinded. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
DIVISION I—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DE-
VELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATONS 
ACT, 2009 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$98,248,000, of which not to exceed $2,400,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $759,000 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
not to exceed $19,838,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; not to exceed $10,107,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 
not to exceed $10,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $26,000,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion; not to exceed $2,020,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,595,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $1,369,000 
shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization; not to exceed $8,675,000 for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed 
$12,885,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized
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to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased 
or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided 
further, That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent 
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be 
credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 
in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, $100,000 shall be provided through reimburse-
ment to the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector 
General to audit the Working Capital Fund’s financial statements. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 
Department 
of 
Transportation’s 
financial 
systems, 
and 
re-
engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,384,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, to remain available until expended, $18,300,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of 
the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $128,094,000, shall be 
paid from appropriations made available to the Department of 
Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on 
a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating 
expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, 
That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Depart-
ment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without 
the approval of the agency modal administrator: Provided further, 
That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice 
of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved 
by such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $353,000, as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
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Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, 
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, $559,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
outreach activities, $3,056,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these 
funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode 
of transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to funds made available from any other source 
to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 
41731 through 41742, $73,013,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, in determining between or among carriers competing 
to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider 
the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to meet 
the costs of the essential air service program in the current fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out the essential air service program from any available 
amounts appropriated to or directly administered by the Office 
of the Secretary for such fiscal year. 
COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading, all unobli-
gated balances as of the date of enactment of this Act are hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
transfer the unexpended balances available for the bonding assist-
ance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and expenses’’ 
to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office 
of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or 
reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the 
modal administrations in this Act, except for activities underway 
on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for Congressional notification. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be obligated or expended to establish or implement a program 
under which essential air service communities are required to