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DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging 
in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports 
of United States firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 
3703; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
families of employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily 
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter-
national Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 
regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; employment of Americans and aliens 
by contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods not 
exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such 
claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $327,000 for official 
representation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; 
obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie 
lines, $429,870,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, 
of which $9,439,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained 
and used by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That not less than $48,592,000 
shall be for Manufacturing and Services; not less than $42,332,000 
shall be for Market Access and Compliance; not less than 
$66,357,000 shall be for the Import Administration of which 
$5,900,000 shall be for the Office of China Compliance; not less 
than $237,739,000 shall be for the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service; and not less than $25,411,000 shall be for 
Executive Direction and Administration: Provided further, That the 
provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out 
these activities without regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus 
Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that 
for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
shall include payment for assessments for services provided as 
part of these activities: Provided further, That the International 
Trade Administration shall be exempt from the requirements of 
Circular A–25 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) 
issued by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 
That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade 
Organization to recognize the right of members to distribute monies 
collected from antidumping and countervailing duties: Provided fur-
ther, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade 
Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives contained
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in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210: Provided further, 
That within the amounts appropriated, $4,400,000 shall be used 
for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for serv-
ices abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise 
in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official representation 
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the 
Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
401(b); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special require-
ment vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price 
limitation otherwise established by law, $83,676,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $14,767,000 shall be for inspec-
tions and other activities related to national security: Provided, 
That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all 
of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities: Provided further, That payments and contribu-
tions collected and accepted for materials or services provided as 
part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the 
cost of such activities, and for providing information to the public 
with respect to the export administration and national security 
activities of the Department of Commerce and other export control 
programs of the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, and 
for trade adjustment assistance, $240,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amounts provided, no more 
than $4,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Economic Development 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’ to conduct management 
oversight and administration of public works grants. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $32,800,000: 
Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects 
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment 
Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and the Community 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.