purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $632,500,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2014. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $3,711,900,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not less 
than $1,024,900,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$1,857,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, 
which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric 
tons and which shall have an upper stage and other core 
elements developed simultaneously: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available for the Space Launch System, 
$1,454,200,000 shall be for launch vehicle development 
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and $402,800,000 shall be for exploration ground sys-
tems: Provided further, That funds made available for the 
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch Sys-
tem are in addition to funds provided for these programs 
under the ‘‘Construction and Environmental Compliance 
and Restoration’’ heading. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
istrative aircraft, $3,985,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2014. 
EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in carrying out aerospace and aeronautical education re-
search and development activities, including research, de-
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velopment, operations, support, and services; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $100,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2014, of which 
$9,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $24,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College program. 
CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, explo-
ration, space operations and education research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for of-
ficial reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
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administrative aircraft, $2,843,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $598,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That hereafter, not-
withstanding section 315 of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Act of 1958 (51 U.S.C. 20145), all proceeds from 
leases entered into under that section shall be deposited 
into this account: Provided further, That such proceeds 
shall be available for a period of 5 years and in amounts 
as provided in annual appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That such proceeds referred to in the two preceding 
provisos shall be available for obligation for fiscal year 
2013 in an amount not to exceed $3,791,000: Provided 
further, That each annual budget request shall include an 
annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and pro-
posed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 315 
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of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (51 
U.S.C. 20145). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$38,000,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2014. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent (or, in the case of 
‘‘Construction and Environmental Compliance and Res-
toration’’, 15 percent) by any such transfers. Balances so 
transferred shall be merged with and available for the 
same purposes and the same time period as the appropria-
tions to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this 
provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
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for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
Section 1105 of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 
18431) is amended by striking ‘‘The Administrator may 
not’’ and all that follows through ‘‘inefficiency.’’. 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
shall submit a spending plan, signed by the Administrator, 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate within 45 days after the en-
actment of this Act. This spending plan shall be provided 
at the theme, program, project and activity level. The 
spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 
amount established in that spending plan that meets the 
notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
Section 30102(c) of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at 
the end inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) refunds or rebates received on an on-going 
basis from a credit card services provider under the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s 
credit card programs.’’. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $5,942,693,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2014, of which not to exceed 
$500,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
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MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$196,170,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds may be used to reimburse 
the Judgment Fund established under section 1304 of title 
31, United States Code. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $875,610,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2014. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
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senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$299,400,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2013 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,440,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
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1978, $14,200,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 15 percent by any such trans-
fers. 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 com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$9,193,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 
of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex-
cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
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Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 
or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 
of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 
1975a): Provided further, That there shall be an Inspector 
General at the Commission on Civil Rights who shall have 
the duties, responsibilities, and authorities specified in the 
Inspector General Act of 1978: Provided further, That an 
individual appointed to the position of Inspector General 
of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall, by 
virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of In-
spector General of the Commission on Civil Rights: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General of the Commis-
sion on Civil Rights shall utilize personnel of the Office 
of Inspector General of GAO in performing the duties of 
the Inspector General of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within 
the Commission on Civil Rights: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available in this paragraph, 
$250,000 shall be transferred directly to the Office of In-
spector General of GAO upon enactment of this Act for 
salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the duties of 
the Inspector General of the Commission on Civil Rights. 
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights 
Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination 
Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA 
Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the 
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
2), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up 
to $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforce-
ment agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$366,568,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission. 
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $83,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $328,000,000, of which $302,400,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$4,200,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $17,000,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $3,400,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for 
loan repayment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Serv-
ices Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to 
officers and employees at a rate no greater than that pro-
vided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC- 
based employees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of 
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the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)): 
Provided further, That the authorities provided in section 
205 of this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services 
Corporation: Provided further, That, for the purposes of 
sections 505, 533 and 535 of this Act, the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United 
States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2012 and 
2013, respectively. 
Section 501(a)(2)(A) of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134) 
is amended by striking ‘‘on the basis of the most recent 
decennial census of population conducted pursuant to sec-
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tion 141 of title 13, United States Code’’ and inserting 
‘‘triennially by the Bureau of the Census’’. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$3,025,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $51,251,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not 
to exceed $111,600 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of 
which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
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