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in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities, Federal 
Prison System’’ in this or any other Act may be transferred to 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison System’’, or any other 
Department of Justice account, unless the President certifies that 
such a transfer is necessary to the national security interests of 
the United States, and such authority shall not be delegated, and 
shall be subject to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to extend through 
September 30, 2010, the Personnel Management Demonstration 
Project transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to section 
1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107– 
296 (6 U.S.C. 533) without limitation on the number of employees 
or the positions covered. 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Public 
Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the conduct of undercover 
investigative operations and shall apply without fiscal year limita-
tion with respect to any undercover investigative operation initiated 
by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that 
is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against 
the United States. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose of transporting 
an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime 
under State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or 
high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility 
certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure 
for housing such a prisoner. 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, 
to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other 
audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, 
maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment 
for inmate training, religious, or educational programs. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available under this title 
shall be obligated or expended for Sentinel, or for any other major 
new or enhanced information technology program having total esti-
mated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the 
Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the information tech-
nology program has appropriate program management and con-
tractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is 
compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of 
Justice. 
SEC. 211. The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts
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designated for specific activities in this Act and accompanying state-
ment, and to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided 
under this title in previous years. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve 
a public-private competition under the Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, 
directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the 
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States 
Attorney from the residency requirements of 28 U.S.C. 545. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act shall be obligated for the initiation of a future phase of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sentinel program until the 
Attorney General certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
that existing phases currently under contract for development or 
fielding have completed a majority of the work for that phase 
under the performance measurement baseline validated by the 
integrated baseline review conducted in 2008: Provided, That this 
restriction does not apply to planning and design activities for 
future phases: Provided further, That the Bureau will notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of any significant changes to the 
baseline. 
SEC. 215. (a) The Attorney General shall submit quarterly 
reports to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each 
conference held by the Department of Justice during fiscal year 
2009 for which the cost to the Government was more than $20,000. 
(b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, 
for each conference described in that subsection held during the 
applicable quarter— 
(1) a description of the subject of and number of partici-
pants attending that conference; 
(2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Government 
relating to that conference, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; and 
(C) a discussion of the methodology used to determine 
which costs relate to that conference; and 
(3) a description of the contracting procedures relating 
to that conference, including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
basis for that conference; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
the Department of Justice in evaluating potential contrac-
tors for that conference. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 2009’’.