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the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con-
nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 
agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 
under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 
from asset management requirements. 
SEC. 225. With respect to the use of amounts pro-
vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap-
ital improvement and management of public housing as 
authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 
Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 
relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 
any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 
pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro-
vided, however, that a public housing agency may not use 
capital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities 
that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with 
amounts from the operating fund in excess of the amounts 
permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 226. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 
as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 
has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
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has received training in funds control procedures and di-
rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that, not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-
account under the headings ‘‘Executive Direction’’ and 
‘‘Administration, Operations, and Management’’ as well as 
each account receiving appropriations for ‘‘personnel com-
pensation and benefits’’ within the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 227. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-
lated litigation must be paid from individual program of-
fice personnel benefits and compensation funding. The an-
nual budget submission for program office personnel ben-
efit and compensation funding must include program-re-
lated litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line 
item request. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall for Fiscal Year 2010 
and subsequent fiscal years, notify the public through the 
Federal Register and other means, as determined appro-
priate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of 
assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for 
any program or discretionary fund administered by the 
Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for Fiscal Year 2010 
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and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary may make the 
NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 
government website or websites or through other electronic 
media, as determined by the Secretary. 
PREPAYMENT AND REFINANCING 
SEC. 229. (a) APPROVAL
OF
PREPAYMENT
OF 
DEBT.—Upon request of the project sponsor of a project 
assisted with a loan under section 202 of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (as in effect before the enactment of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act), for 
which the Secretary’s consent to prepayment is required, 
the Secretary shall approve the prepayment of any indebt-
edness to the Secretary relating to any remaining principal 
and interest under the loan as part of a prepayment plan 
under which— 
(1) the project sponsor agrees to operate the 
project until the maturity date of the original loan 
under terms at least as advantageous to existing and 
future tenants as the terms required by the original 
loan agreement or any project-based rental assist-
ance payments contract under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (or any other 
project-based rental housing assistance programs of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, including the rent supplement program under 
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section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s)) or any successor 
project-based rental assistance program, except as 
provided by subsection (a)(2)(B); and 
(2) the prepayment may involve refinancing of 
the loan if such refinancing results— 
(A) in a lower interest rate on the prin-
cipal of the loan for the project and in reduc-
tions in debt service related to such loan; or 
(B) in the case of a project that is assisted 
with a loan under such section 202 carrying an 
interest rate of 6 percent or lower, a trans-
action under which— 
(i) the project owner shall address the 
physical needs of the project; 
(ii) the prepayment plan for the trans-
action, including the refinancing, shall 
meet a cost benefit analysis, as established 
by the Secretary, that the benefit of the 
transaction outweighs the cost of the 
transaction including any increases in rent 
charged to unassisted tenants; 
(iii) the overall cost for providing 
rental assistance under section 8 for the 
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project (if any) is not increased, except, 
upon approval by the Secretary to— 
(I) mark-up-to-market contracts 
pursuant to section 524(a)(3) of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note), as such section is carried 
out by the Secretary for properties 
owned by nonprofit organizations; or 
(II) mark-up-to-budget contracts 
pursuant to section 524(a)(4) of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note), as such section is carried 
out by the Secretary for properties 
owned by eligible owners (as such 
term is defined in section 202(k) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q(k)); 
(iv) the project owner may charge ten-
ants rent sufficient to meet debt service 
payments and operating cost requirements, 
as approved by the Secretary, if project- 
based rental assistance is not available or 
is insufficient for the debt service and op-
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erating cost of the project after refi-
nancing. Such approval by the Secretary— 
(I) shall be the basis for the 
owner to agree to terminate the 
project-based rental assistance con-
tract that is insufficient for the debt 
service and operating cost of the 
project after refinancing; and 
(II) shall be an eligibility event 
for the project for purposes of section 
8(t) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)); 
(v) units to be occupied by tenants as-
sisted under section 8(t) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)) shall, upon termination of the oc-
cupancy of such tenants, become eligible 
for project-based assistance under section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) without 
regard to the percentage limitations pro-
vided in such section; and 
(vi) there shall be a use agreement of 
20 years from the date of the maturity 
date of the original 202 loan for all units, 
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including units to be occupied by tenants 
assisted under section 8(t) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)). 
SEC. 230. No property identified by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development as surplus Federal prop-
erty for use to assist the homeless shall be made available 
to any homeless group unless the group is a member in 
good standing under any of HUD’s homeless assistance 
programs or is in good standing with any other program 
which receives funds from any other Federal or State 
agency or entity: Provided, That an exception may be 
made for an entity not involved with Federal homeless pro-
grams to use surplus Federal property for the homeless 
only after the Secretary or another responsible Federal 
agency has fully and comprehensively reviewed all relevant 
finances of the entity, the track record of the entity in 
assisting the homeless, the ability of the entity to manage 
the property, including all costs, the ability of the entity 
to administer homeless programs in a manner that is ef-
fective to meet the needs of the homeless population that 
is expected to use the property and any other related 
issues that demonstrate a commitment to assist the home-
less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not require 
the entity to have cash in hand in order to demonstrate 
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financial ability but may rely on the entity’s prior dem-
onstrated fundraising ability or commitments for in-kind 
donations of goods and services: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall make all such information and its deci-
sion regarding the award of the surplus property available 
to the committees of jurisdiction, including a full justifica-
tion of the appropriateness of the use of the property to 
assist the homeless as well as the appropriateness of the 
group seeking to obtain the property to use such property 
to assist the homeless: Provided further, That, this section 
shall apply to properties in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 
made available as surplus Federal property for use to as-
sist the homeless. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up 
to 5 percent of funds appropriated for any account under 
this title under the heading ‘‘Personnel Compensation and 
Benefits’’ to any other account under this title under the 
heading ‘‘Personnel Compensation and Benefits’’ only 
after such transfer has been submitted to, and received 
prior written approval by, the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That, no appropriation 
for any such account shall be increased or decreased by 
more than 10 percent by all such transfers. 
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SEC. 232. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro-
grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 
under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 
of income verifications and matching. 
SEC. 233. FHA Loan Limits for fiscal year 2010. (a) 
LOAN LIMIT FLOOR BASED ON 2008 LEVELS- For 
mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval 
for the borrower during fiscal year 2010, if the dollar 
amount limitation on the principal obligation of a mort-
gage determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) for any size residence 
for any area is less than such dollar amount limitation 
that was in effect for such size residence for such area 
for 2008 pursuant to section 202 of the Economic Stim-
ulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 122 Stat. 620), 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum 
dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation of a 
mortgage for such size residence for such area for pur-
poses of such section 203(b)(2) shall be considered (except 
for purposes of section 255(g) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–20(g))) to be such dollar amount limitation in ef-
fect for such size residence for such area for 2008. (b) 
Discretionary Authority for Sub-Areas- Notwithstanding 
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any other provision of law, if the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development determines, for any geographic 
area that is smaller than an area for which dollar amount 
limitations on the principal obligation of a mortgage are 
determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act, that a higher such maximum dollar amount limi-
tation is warranted for any particular size or sizes of resi-
dences in such sub-area by higher median home prices in 
such sub-area, the Secretary may, for mortgages for which 
the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower dur-
ing fiscal year 2010, increase the maximum dollar amount 
limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such sub- 
area that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to sub-
section (a) of this section), but in no case to an amount 
that exceeds the amount specified in section 202(a)(2) of 
the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. 
SEC. 234. GSE Conforming Loan Limits for fiscal 
year 2010. (a) Loan Limit Floor Based on 2008 Levels- 
For mortgages originated during fiscal year 2010, if the 
limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of 
a mortgage that may be purchased by the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation determined under section 302(b)(2) 
of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of the Fed-
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eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 
1754(a)(2)), respectively, for any size residence for any 
area is less than such maximum original principal obliga-
tion limitation that was in effect for such size residence 
for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 201 of the Eco-
nomic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 122 
Stat. 619), notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of 
a mortgage for such Association and Corporation for such 
size residence for such area shall be such maximum limita-
tion in effect for such size residence for such area for 
2008. (b) Discretionary Authority for Sub-Areas- Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, if the Director 
of the Federal Housing Finance Agency determines, for 
any geographic area that is smaller than an area for which 
limitations on the maximum original principal obligation 
of a mortgage are determined for the Federal National 
Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mort-
gage Corporation, that a higher such maximum original 
principal obligation limitation is warranted for any par-
ticular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area by high-
er median home prices in such sub-area, the Director may, 
for mortgages originated during fiscal year 2010, increase 
the maximum original principal obligation limitation for 
such size or sizes of residences for such sub-area that is 
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otherwise in effect (including pursuant to subsection (a) 
of this section) for such Association and Corporation, but 
in no case to an amount that exceeds the amount specified 
in the matter following the comma in section 201(a)(1)(B) 
of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. 
SEC. 235. FHA Reverse Mortgage Loan Limits for 
fiscal year 2010. For mortgages for which the mortgagee 
issues credit approval for the borrower during fiscal year 
2010, the second sentence of section 255(g) of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)) shall be con-
sidered to require that in no case may the benefits of in-
surance under such section 255 exceed 150 percent of the 
maximum dollar amount in effect under the sixth sentence 
of section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
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amended, $7,200,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $23,712,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902) $99,200,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
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penses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-
curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. Of the funds 
provided, up to $100,000 shall be provided through reim-
bursement to the Department of Transportation’s Office 
of Inspector General to audit the National Transportation 
Safety Board’s financial statements. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $133,000,000: Provided, 
That section 605(a) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8104(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end of the first sentence, prior to the period, 
‘‘, except that the board-appointed officers may be paid 
salary at a rate not to exceed level II of the Executive 
Schedule’’: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
in 
addition, 
$63,800,000 shall be made available until expended to the 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for mortgage 
foreclosure mitigation activities, under the following terms 
and conditions: 
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(1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion (‘‘NRC’’), shall make grants to counseling inter-
mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 
determined by the NRC based on affordability and 
the economic conditions of an area; a match also 
may be waived by the NRC based on the aforemen-
tioned conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure 
mitigation assistance primarily to States and areas 
with high rates of defaults and foreclosures pri-
marily in the subprime housing market to help elimi-
nate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of 
owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk 
of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates 
of defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be pro-
vided to approved counseling intermediaries based on 
a geographic analysis of the Nation by the NRC 
which determines where there is a prevalence of 
subprime mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, 
including any trends for mortgages that are likely to 
default and face foreclosure. A State Housing Fi-
nance Agency may also be eligible where the State 
Housing Finance Agency meets all the requirements 
under this paragraph. A HUD-approved counseling 
intermediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure 
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mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as de-
termined by the NRC, and shall be approved by 
HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements. 
(2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
shall only be made available to homeowners of 
owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 
in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 
subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 
be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac-
tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re-
sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 
retained pursuant to such activity or another posi-
tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 
available under this paragraph may be provided di-
rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out-
standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 
debt reduction payments. 
(3) The use of Mortgage Foreclosure Mitigation 
Assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 
and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 
reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa-
tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop-
erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re-
garding the assumption of the mortgage by another 
non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 
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purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 
party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc-
turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 
a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 
(4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 
total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 
members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 
counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC 
that the procedures for selection do not consist of 
any procedures or activities that could be construed 
as an unacceptable conflict of interest or have the 
appearance of impropriety. 
(5) HUD-approved counseling entities and 
State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 
under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe-
rience in successfully working with financial institu-
tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin-
quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun-
seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 
performance and positive outcomes with documented 
counseling plans (including post mortgage fore-
closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree-
ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may 
use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under-
served areas. 
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(6) Of the total amount made available under 
this paragraph, up to $3,000,000 may be made 
available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de-
fault mitigation counseling capacity of counseling 
intermediaries through NRC training courses with 
HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 
partners, except that private financial institutions 
that participate in NRC training shall pay market 
rates for such training. 
(7) Of the total amount made available under 
this paragraph, up to 4 percent may be used for as-
sociated administrative expenses for the NRC to 
carry out activities provided under this section. 
(8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 
grants may include a budget for outreach and adver-
tising, and training, as determined by the NRC. 
(9) The NRC shall report quarterly to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as 
well as the Senate Banking Committee and House 
Financial Services Committee on its efforts to miti-
gate mortgage default. Such reports shall identify 
successful strategies and methods for preserving 
homeownership and the long-term affordability of at- 
risk mortgages and shall include recommended ef-
forts that will or likely can assist in the success of 
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this program as well as an analysis of any policy and 
procedures that failed to result in successful mort-
gage foreclosure mitigation. The report shall include 
an analysis of the details and use of any post mitiga-
tion counseling of assisted borrowers designed to en-
sure the continued long-term affordability of the 
mortgages which were the subject of the mortgage 
foreclosure mitigation assistance. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended, $2,400,000. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2010 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
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SEC. 402. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to 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 pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2010, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
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programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by either the House or Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing 
programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing pro-
grams, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restruc-
tures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, commis-
sion, agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations or the table accompanying the explanatory 
statement accompanying this Act, whichever is more de-
tailed, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives to establish the baseline 
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities 
for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the re-
port shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with 
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a separate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en-
acted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 
special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 
for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 
each day after the required date that the report has not 
been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2010 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2010 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2011, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
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SEC. 407. All Federal agencies and departments that 
are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole 
source contracts by no later than July 31, 2010. Such re-
port shall include the contractor, the amount of the con-
tract and the rationale for using a sole source contract. 
SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
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