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sion that are available for assistance for Afghanistan 
that provide training for foreign police, judicial, and 
military personnel shall address, where appropriate, 
gender-based violence. 
(3) The authority contained in section 1102(c) 
of Public Law 111–32 shall continue in effect during 
fiscal year 2011 and shall apply as if included in 
this division. 
(4) The Coordinator for Rule of Law at the 
United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, shall 
be consulted on the use of all funds appropriated by 
this division for rule of law programs in Afghani-
stan. 
(5) None of the funds made available by this di-
vision may be used by the United States Govern-
ment to enter into a permanent basing rights agree-
ment between the United States and Afghanistan. 
(6) The Secretary of State, after consultation 
with the USAID Administrator, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 
days after enactment of this division, and prior to 
the initial obligation of funds for assistance for Af-
ghanistan, a detailed spending plan for such assist-
ance which shall include clear and achievable goals, 
benchmarks for measuring progress, and expected 
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results: Provided, That such plan shall not be con-
sidered as meeting the notification requirements 
under section 7015 of division F of Public Law 111– 
117 or under section 634A of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961. 
(d) OVERSIGHT.—(1) The Special Inspector General 
for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the Inspector General of 
the Department of State, and the Inspector General of the 
United States Agency for International Development, shall 
jointly develop and submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 45 days of enactment of this division a 
coordinated audit and inspection plan of United States as-
sistance for, and civilian operations in, Afghanistan. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this division under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for 
Afghanistan, $3,000,000 shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this division under the 
heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs, Office of In-
spector General’’, for increased oversight of programs in 
Afghanistan and shall be in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes: Provided, That $1,500,000 
shall be for the activities of the Special Inspector General 
for Afghanistan Reconstruction. 
(3) Of the funds appropriated by this division under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for 
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Afghanistan, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this division under the 
heading ‘‘United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, Funds Appropriated to the President, Office of In-
spector General’’ for increased oversight of programs in 
Afghanistan and shall be in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
(e) MODIFICATION TO PRIOR PROVISIONS.—(1) Sec-
tion 1004(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 111–212 is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(C) taking credible steps to protect the 
internationally recognized human rights of Af-
ghan women.’’. 
(2) Section 1004(d)(1) of Public Law 111–212 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) Afghan women are participating at na-
tional, provincial, and local levels of government in 
the design, policy formulation, and implementation 
of the reconciliation or reintegration process, and 
such process upholds steps taken by the Government 
of Afghanistan to protect the internationally recog-
nized human rights of Afghan women; and’’. 
(3) Section 1004(e)(1) of Public Law 111–212 is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(1) based on information available to the Sec-
retary, the Independent Electoral Commission has 
no members or other employees who participated in, 
or helped to cover up, acts of fraud in the 2009 
presidential election in Afghanistan, and the Elec-
toral Complaints Commission is a genuinely inde-
pendent body with all the authorities that were in-
vested in it under Afghan law as of December 31, 
2009; and’’. 
SEC. 2123. (a) The first and second provisos under 
the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Ap-
propriated to the President, Economic Support Fund’’ in 
division F of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied to 
funds appropriated by this division by substituting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, up to $250,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for Egypt for activities that support demo-
cratic elections, promote representative and accountable 
governance, protect human rights, strengthen civil society 
and the rule of law, reduce poverty, promote equitable eco-
nomic development, and expand educational opportunities 
for disadvantaged Egyptian youth, including through 
scholarship programs: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a spending plan, including a 
comprehensive strategy to promote democracy and devel-
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opment, to the Committees on Appropriations for funds 
provided for Egypt under this heading: Provided further, 
That such plan shall not be considered as meeting the no-
tification requirements under section 7015 of division F 
of Public Law 111–117 or under section 634A of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
made available to support democratic transitions in the 
Middle East and North Africa, including assistance for 
civil society organizations and the development of demo-
cratic political parties:’’. 
(b) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a report on Egypt detailing whether— 
(1) a transparent, political transition is occur-
ring that includes the participation of a wide range 
of democratic opposition and civil society leaders and 
is responsive to their views; 
(2) the emergency law and other laws restrict-
ing human rights have been abrogated; protesters, 
political and social activists and journalists are not 
being arrested, detained or prosecuted for the peace-
ful exercise of their rights; and the government is re-
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specting freedoms of expression, assembly and asso-
ciation; and 
(3) legal and constitutional impediments to free 
and fair presidential and parliamentary elections are 
being removed. 
SEC. 2124. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Multilateral Assistance, International Financial Insti-
tutions, Contribution to the Global Agriculture and Food 
Security Program’’, shall be $100,000,000 for payment to 
the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 2125. None of the funds made available in this 
division for the United Nations Capital Master Plan may 
be used for the design, renovation, or construction of the 
United Nations Headquarters in New York in excess of 
the agreed upon assessments of the United States pursu-
ant to paragraph 10 of United Nations General Assembly 
Resolution 61/251. 
SEC. 2126. (a) CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DE-
VELOPMENT BANK.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
made available by this division, $106,586,000, to remain 
available until expended, is appropriated for payment to 
the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary of the 
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Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in por-
tion of the increase in capital stock. 
(b) LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIP-
TIONS.—The United States Governor of the Asian Devel-
opment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
to the callable capital portion of the United States share 
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$2,558,048,769. 
(c) REPORTING ON REFORMS.—Funds shall not be 
made available for a United States contribution to the 
Asian Development Bank (ADB) until the Secretary of the 
Treasury reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the ADB is making substantial progress toward the 
following policy goals— 
(1) implementing procurement guidelines that 
maximize international competitive bidding in ac-
cordance with sound procurement practices, includ-
ing transparency, competition, and cost-effective re-
sults for Borrowers; 
(2) providing greater public disclosure of loan 
documents, with particular attention to persons af-
fected by ADB projects; 
(3) implementing best practices in domestic 
laws and international conventions against corrup-
tion for whistleblower and witness disclosures, and 
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protections against retaliation for internal and law-
ful public disclosures by ADB employees and others 
affected by ADB operations who report illegality or 
other misconduct that could threaten the ADB’s 
mission, including best practices for legal burdens of 
proof; access to independent adjudicative bodies; and 
results that eliminate the effects of proven retalia-
tion; 
(4) ensuring that the Investigations Office, 
Auditor General Office, and Evaluation Office are 
functionally independent, free from interference 
when determining the scope of investigations and 
audits, performing work and communicating results, 
and regularly report to the ADB’s board of directors 
and, as appropriate and in a manner consistent with 
such functional independence of the Investigations 
Office and the Auditor General Office, to the ADB 
President; 
(5) requiring that each candidate for adjust-
ment or budget support loans provide an assessment 
of reforms to budgetary and procurement processes 
to encourage transparency, including budget publica-
tion and public scrutiny, prior to loan or grant ap-
proval; 
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(6) ensuring that the ADB’s Accountability 
Mechanism provides transparency and protects local 
residents affected by ADB projects; and 
(7) making publicly available external and in-
ternal performance and financial audits of ADB 
projects on the ADB’s website. 
(d) REPORT DATES.—Not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter until 
September 30, 2013, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report de-
tailing the extent to which the ADB has made progress 
on each policy goal listed in subsection (c). 
(e) AMENDMENT.—The Asian Development Bank 
Act (22 U.S.C. 285 et seq.), is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 33. NINTH REPLENISHMENT. 
‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the Bank is au-
thorized to contribute, on behalf of the United States, 
$461,000,000 to the ninth replenishment of the resources 
of the Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary appropria-
tions. 
‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribu-
tion provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized 
to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, 
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$461,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury. 
‘‘SEC. 34. FIFTH CAPITAL INCREASE. 
‘‘(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) The United States Governor of the Bank 
may subscribe on behalf of the United States to 
1,104,420 additional shares of the capital stock of 
the Bank. 
‘‘(2) Any subscription by the United States to 
capital stock of the Bank shall be effective only to 
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) In order to pay for the increase in the 
United States subscription to the Bank provided for 
in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
priated, 
without 
fiscal 
year 
limitation, 
$13,323,173,083, for payment by the Secretary of 
the Treasury. 
‘‘(2) Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $532,929,240 is authorized to be ap-
propriated for paid-in shares of the Bank; and 
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‘‘(B) $12,790,243,843 is authorized to be 
appropriated for callable shares of the Bank, 
for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’. 
TITLE XII—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND 
URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, 
AND 
RELATED 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 2201. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Office of the Sec-
retary, Transportation Planning, Research, and Develop-
ment’’ shall be $9,819,000. 
SEC. 2202. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Office of the Sec-
retary, National Infrastructure Investments’’ shall be 
$528,000,000: Provided, That the amounts included under 
such heading in division A of Public Law 111–117 shall 
be applied to funds appropriated by this division by sub-
stituting ‘‘$0’’ for ‘‘$35,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2203. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, Operations’’ shall be $9,533,028,000, of 
which $4,559,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not less than 
$7,473,299,000 shall be for air traffic organization activi-
ties and not less than $1,253,020,000 shall be for aviation 
safety activities. 
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SEC. 2204. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, 
Facilities 
and 
Equipment’’ 
shall 
be 
$2,736,203,000, of which $2,226,203,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2013, and of which 
$470,000,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2011. 
SEC. 2205. Notwithstanding section 1101, the 
amounts included under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Grants- 
in-Aid for Airports, Liquidation of Contract Authoriza-
tion’’ in division A of Public Law 111–117 shall be applied 
to funds appropriated by this division by substituting 
‘‘$3,550,000,000’’ for ‘‘$3,000,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2206. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, Research, Engineering, and Development’’ 
shall be $170,000,000. 
SEC. 2207. Of the unobligated balances of funds ap-
portioned to each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, $2,500,000,000 are permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That such rescission shall not apply to the funds 
distributed in accordance with sections 130(f) and 
104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code; sections 
133(d)(1) and 163 of such title, as in effect on the day 
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before the date of enactment of Public Law 109–59; and 
the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1132 of 
Public Law 110–140, in administering the rescission re-
quired under this heading, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall allow each State to determine the amount of 
the required rescission to be drawn from the programs to 
which the rescission applies. 
SEC. 2208. Notwithstanding section 1101, no funds 
made available by this division shall be for activities de-
scribed in section 122 of title I of division A of Public 
Law 111–117. 
SEC. 2209. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Surface Transportation Priorities’’ shall be 
$0. 
SEC. 2210. Unobligated balances of funds made 
available for obligation under section 320 of title 23, 
United States Code, section 147 of Public Law 95–599, 
section 9(c) of Public Law 97–134, section 149 of Public 
Law 100–17, and sections 1006, 1069, 1103, 1104, 1105, 
1106, 1107, 1108, 6005, 6015, and 6023 of Public Law 
102–240 are permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 2211. The unobligated balance available on Sep-
tember 30, 2011, under section 1602 of the Transpor-
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tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105– 
178) for each project for which less than 10 percent of 
the amount authorized for such project under such section 
has been obligated is permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 2212. Of the amounts authorized for fiscal years 
2005 through 2009 in section 1101(a)(16) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59) to carry 
out the high priority projects program under section 117 
of title 23, United States Code, that are not allocated for 
projects described in section 1702 of such Act, $8,190,335 
are permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 2213. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Car-
rier Safety Administration, Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs, (Liquidation of Contract Authoriza-
tion), (Limitation on Obligations), (Highway Trust 
Fund)’’ shall be $245,000,000. 
SEC. 2214. Of the amount made available for ‘‘De-
partment of Transportation, Motor Carrier Safety Grants, 
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization), (Limitation on 
Obligations), (Highway Trust Fund)’’ for the commercial 
driver’s license information system modernization pro-
gram, $3,000,000 shall be made available for audits of 
new entrant motor carriers to carry out section 4107(b) 
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of Public Law 109–59, and 31104(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, and $5,000,000 shall be made available for 
the commercial driver’s license improvements program to 
carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 2215. Of the unobligated amounts available for 
Safety Belt Performance Grants under section 406 of title 
23, United States Code, $76,000,000 are permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 2216. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, Railroad Safety Technology Program’’ shall 
be $0. 
SEC. 2217. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, 
Safety 
and 
Operations’’ 
shall 
be 
$176,950,000. 
SEC. 2218. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, Railroad Research and Development’’ shall 
be $35,100,000. 
SEC. 2219. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Pro-
gram’’ shall be $10,532,000. 
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SEC. 2220. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, Capital and Debt Service Grants to the Na-
tional 
Railroad 
Passenger 
Corporation’’ 
shall 
be 
$923,625,000. 
SEC. 2221. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Cor-
ridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ shall be $0. 
SEC. 2222. Of the prior year unobligated balances 
available for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal 
Railroad Administration, Capital Assistance for High 
Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Serv-
ice’’, $400,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 2223. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Grants for Energy Efficiency and Green-
house Gas Reductions’’ shall be $50,000,000. 
SEC. 2224. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Capital Investment Grants’’ shall be 
$1,600,000,000. 
SEC. 2225. Of the funds made available for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 
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Capital Investment Grants’’ in division A of Public Law 
111–117, $280,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 2226. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Research and University Research Centers’’ 
shall be $59,000,000. 
SEC. 2227. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Maritime Administra-
tion, Operations and Training’’ shall be $151,750,000, of 
which $11,240,000 shall remain available until expended 
for maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mar-
itime Academies; $15,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for capital improvements at the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy; and $59,057,000 shall be 
available for operations at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy: Provided, That of the funds made avail-
able under such heading in division A of Public Law 111– 
117, up to $6,000,000 may be used for the reimbursement 
of overcharged midshipmen fees for academic years 2003– 
2004 through 2008–2009, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the reimbursement deci-
sions of the Secretary pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be final and conclusive: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under such heading by this division, 
$1,000,000 shall be for the information technology re-
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quirements of Public Law 111–207, to be available until 
expended. 
SEC. 2228. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation, Maritime Administra-
tion, 
Assistance 
to 
Small 
Shipyards’’ 
shall 
be 
$10,000,000. 
SEC. 2229. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for each of the following accounts under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration’’ shall be as follows: ‘‘Oper-
ational Expenses, (Pipeline Safety Fund)’’, $21,496,000; 
‘‘Hazardous Materials Safety’’, $39,098,000, of which 
$1,699,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013; and ‘‘Pipeline Safety (Pipeline Safety Fund) (Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund)’’, $106,919,000, of which 
$18,905,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 
30, 2013, and of which $88,014,000 shall be derived from 
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $47,332,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2013. 
SEC. 2230. Notwithstanding section 1101, section 
186 of title I of division A of Public Law 111–117 shall 
not apply in fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 2231. Notwithstanding section 1101, none of 
the funds made available by this division shall be available 
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for activities described in section 195 of title I of division 
A of Public Law 111–117. 
SEC. 2232. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Management and Administration, Administration, Oper-
ations and Management’’ shall be $525,040,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall adjust other amounts spec-
ified under this heading to stay within the level provided 
under this section. 
SEC. 2233. Notwithstanding section 1101, section 
231 of title II of division A of Public Law 111–117 (123 
Stat. 3105) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to 
transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, 
of the funds made available for personnel or nonpersonnel 
expenses under any account under this title under the gen-
eral heading ‘Personnel Compensation and Benefits’, or 
under any set-aside within the accounts under the head-
ings ‘Executive Direction’ and ‘Administration, Oper-
ations and Management’, to any other such account or set- 
aside: Provided, That no appropriation for personnel or 
non-personnel expenses in any such account or set-aside 
shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent 
or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap-
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proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.’’. 
SEC. 2234. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for each of the following accounts under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, Personnel 
Compensation and Benefits’’ shall be as follows: ‘‘Public 
and Indian Housing’’, $189,074,000; ‘‘Community Plan-
ning 
and 
Development’’, 
$96,989,000; 
‘‘Housing’’, 
$381,887,000; and ‘‘Policy Development and Research’’, 
$19,138,000. 
SEC. 2235. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Public and Indian Housing, Tenant-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’ shall be $14,407,688,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2010 (in 
addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated 
under such heading that became available on October 1, 
2010), and, notwithstanding section 1118, an additional 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2011: Provided, That of the 
amounts available for such heading, $16,702,688,000 
shall be for activities specified in paragraph (1) under 
such heading of title II of division A of Public Law 111– 
117; $110,000,000 shall be for activities specified in para-
graph (2) under such heading in such Public Law; 
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$1,450,000,000 shall be for activities specified in para-
graph (3) under such heading in such Public Law, of 
which $1,400,000,000 shall be allocated as provided in the 
first proviso of such paragraph (3); and $50,000,000 shall 
be for activities specified in paragraph (6) under such 
heading in such Public Law: Provided further, That para-
graph (5) under such heading in such Public Law is 
amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and all that follows 
through the end of such paragraph and inserting 
‘‘$35,000,000 for amendment and renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013), including necessary administrative expenses;’’. 
SEC. 2236. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Public and Indian Housing, Public Housing Operating 
Fund’’ shall be $4,626,000,000. 
SEC. 2237. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Public and Indian Housing, Revitalization of Severely Dis-
tressed 
Public 
Housing 
(HOPE 
VI)’’ 
shall 
be 
$100,000,000. 
SEC. 2238. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
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Public and Indian Housing, Public Housing Capital 
Fund’’ shall be $2,044,200,000. 
SEC. 2239. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Public and Indian Housing, Native American Housing 
Block Grants’’ shall be $650,000,000. 
SEC. 2240. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Community Planning and Development, Community De-
velopment Fund’’ shall be $3,508,000,000, of which 
$3,343,000,000 shall be for carrying out the community 
development block grant program under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided, That none of the funds 
made available under such heading by this division may 
be used for grants for the Economic Development Initia-
tive or Neighborhood Initiatives activities, Rural Innova-
tion Fund, or for grants pursuant to section 107 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5307): Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available 
under 
such 
heading 
by 
this 
division, 
$100,000,000 shall be for a Sustainable Communities Ini-
tiative, of which $70,000,000 shall be for Regional Inte-
grated Planning Grants and $30,000,000 shall be for 
Community Challenge Planning Grants: Provided further, 
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That of such amount made available for Regional Inte-
grated Planning Grants, $17,500,000 shall be for activi-
ties specified in the second proviso of the last paragraph 
under such heading in title II of division A of Public Law 
111–117 and $0 shall be for activities specified in the 
sixth proviso of such paragraph. 
SEC. 2241. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Community Planning and Development, Homeless Assist-
ance Grants’’ shall be $1,905,000,000, of which at least 
$225,000,000 shall be for the Emergency Solutions Grant 
program. 
SEC. 2242. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Community Planning and Development, HOME Invest-
ment Partnerships Program’’ shall be $1,610,000,000. 
SEC. 2243. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Community Planning and Development, Brownfields Re-
development’’ shall be $0. 
SEC. 2244. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Housing Programs, Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ 
shall be $8,882,328,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2010 (in 
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addition to $393,672,000 previously appropriated under 
such heading that became available on October 1, 2010), 
and, 
notwithstanding 
section 
1118, 
an 
additional 
$400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available on October 1, 2011: Provided, That of the 
amounts available for such heading, $8,950,000,000 shall 
be for activities specified in paragraph (1) under such 
heading of title II of division A of Public Law 111–117 
and $326,000,000 shall be available for activities specified 
in paragraph (2) under such heading of such Public Law. 
SEC. 2245. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Housing Programs, Housing Counseling Assistance’’ shall 
be $0. 
SEC. 2246. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Housing Programs, Housing for the Elderly’’ shall be 
$400,000,000: Provided, That of such amounts, up to 
$100,000,000 shall be available for capital advance and 
project-based rental assistance awards, and none of such 
amounts shall be available for activities specified in the 
third proviso under such heading in title II of division A 
of Public Law 111–117. 
SEC. 2247. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
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Housing Programs, Housing for Persons with Disabil-
ities’’ shall be $150,000,000, of which up to $50,000,000 
shall be for capital advances and project-based rental as-
sistance contracts and up to $32,000,000 shall be avail-
able for amendments or renewal of tenant-based assist-
ance contracts entered into prior to fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 2248. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Housing Programs, Energy Innovation Fund’’ shall be $0. 
SEC. 2249. The heading ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Housing Programs, Other As-
sisted Housing Programs, Rental Housing Assistance’’ 
shall be applied by also being available for extensions of 
up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 
of law. 
SEC. 2250. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Housing Programs, Rent Supplement (Rescission)’’ shall 
be $40,600,000. 
SEC. 2251. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Federal Housing Administration, Mutual Mortgage Insur-
ance Program Account’’ for administrative contract ex-
penses shall be $207,000,000. 
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SEC. 2252. The first proviso in the first paragraph 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Federal Housing Administration, General 
and Special Risk Program Account’’ in division A of Pub-
lic Law 111–117 shall be applied in fiscal year 2011 by 
substituting ‘‘$20,000,000,000’’ for ‘‘$15,000,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2253. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Of-
fice of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, Lead 
Hazard Reduction’’ shall be $120,000,000. 
SEC. 2254. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
under the heading ‘‘Related Agencies, United States Inter-
agency Council on Homelessness, Operating Expenses’’ 
shall be $2,680,000. 
SEC. 2255. Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is amended 
by striking all that follows ‘‘on’’ and inserting ‘‘October 
1, 2013.’’. 
SEC. 2256. The first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Housing for the Elderly’’ and under the heading ‘‘Hous-
ing for Persons with Disabilities’’ in division A of Public 
Law 111–117 are each amended to read as follows: ‘‘Pro-
vided, That amounts obligated for initial project rental as-
sistance contracts from amounts appropriated in fiscal 
year 2003 and thereafter shall remain available for the 
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purpose of paying such obligations incurred prior to the 
expiration of such amounts for a 10 year period following 
such expiration:’’. 
SEC. 2257. The amounts provided by section 1101 
for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Housing Programs, Housing for Persons with Disabil-
ities’’ shall, in addition to use as provided under such 
heading in title II of division A of Public Law 111–117, 
be available for project assistance contracts pursuant to 
section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q). 
SEC. 2258. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Management and Administration, Trans-
formation Initiative’’ for combating mortgage fraud shall 
be $0. 
SEC. 2259. The heading ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Management and Administra-
tion, Transformation Initiative’’ in title II of division A 
of Public Law 111–117 is amended by striking the second 
paragraph and inserting the following: ‘‘For necessary ex-
penses of information technology modernization, including 
development and deployment of a Next Generation of 
Voucher Management System and development and de-
ployment of modernized Federal Housing Administration 
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systems, $71,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013: Provided, That not more than 35 percent of the 
funds made available for information technology mod-
ernization may be obligated until the Secretary submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for expendi-
ture that: (1) identifies for each modernization project: 
(A) the functional and performance capabilities to be de-
livered and the mission benefits to be realized; (B) the 
estimated lifecycle cost; and (C) key milestones to be met; 
(2) demonstrates that each modernization project is: (A) 
compliant with the Department’s enterprise architecture; 
(B) being managed in accordance with applicable lifecycle 
management policies and guidance; (C) subject to the De-
partment’s capital planning and investment control re-
quirements; and (D) supported by an adequately staffed 
project office; and (3) has been reviewed by the Govern-
ment Accountability Office. In addition, of the amounts 
made available in this division under each of the following 
headings under this title, the Secretary may transfer to, 
and merge with, this account up to 1 percent from each 
such account, and such transferred amounts shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2013, for: (1) research, evalua-
tion, and program metrics; (2) program demonstrations; 
(3) technical assistance and capacity building; and (4) in-
formation technology: ‘Revitalization of Severely Dis-
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tressed Public Housing’, ‘Section 108 Loan Guarantees’, 
‘Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS’, ‘Com-
munity Development Fund’, ‘HOME Investment Partner-
ships Program’, ‘Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 
Opportunity Program’, ‘Housing for the Elderly’, ‘Hous-
ing for Persons With Disabilities’, ‘Payment to Manufac-
tured Housing Fees Trust Fund’, ‘Mutual Mortgage In-
surance Program Account’, ‘General and Special Risk 
Program Account’, ‘Research and Technology’, ‘Lead 
Hazard Reduction’, ‘Rental Housing Assistance’, and 
‘Fair Housing Activities’: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
$45,000,000 shall be available for technical assistance and 
capacity building: Provided further, That technical assist-
ance activities shall include, technical assistance for HUD 
programs, including HOME, Community Development 
Block Grant, homeless programs, HOPWA, HOPE VI, 
Public Housing, the Housing Choice Voucher Program, 
Fair Housing Initiative Program, Housing Counseling, 
Healthy Homes, Sustainable Communities, Energy Inno-
vation Fund and other technical assistance as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That any amounts 
available for research, evaluation, and program metrics 
and program demonstrations shall be used to complete on-
going projects, evaluations, and assessments: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Secretary shall submit a plan to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval 
detailing how the funding provided under this section will 
be allocated to each of the four categories identified under 
this section and for what projects or activities funding will 
be used: Provided further, That following the initial ap-
proval of this plan, the Secretary may amend the plan with 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.’’. 
SEC. 2260. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Office of 
Inspector General, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 
$19,350,000. 
SEC. 2261. No rescission made in this title shall 
apply to any amount previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 2262. None of the funds made available by this 
division may be used to pay the salaries and expenses for 
the following positions: 
(1) Director, White House Office of Health Re-
form. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 
Climate Change. 
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(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 
Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on 
the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manu-
facturing Policy. 
(4) White House Director of Urban Affairs. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Full-Year Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2011’’. 
DIVISION 
C—SCHOLARSHIPS 
FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RE-
SULTS ACT 
SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Scholarships for 
Opportunity and Results Act’’ or the ‘‘SOAR Act’’. 
SEC. 3002. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Parents are best equipped to make decisions 
for their children, including the educational setting 
that will best serve the interests and educational 
needs of their child. 
(2) For many parents in the District of Colum-
bia, public school choice provided under the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as well 
as under other public school choice programs, is in-
adequate. More educational options are needed to 
ensure all families in the District of Columbia have 
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access to a quality education. In particular, funds 
are needed to provide low-income parents with en-
hanced public opportunities and private educational 
environments, regardless of whether such environ-
ments are secular or nonsecular. 
(3) While the per student cost for students in 
the public schools of the District of Columbia is one 
of the highest in the United States, test scores for 
such students continue to be among the lowest in 
the Nation. The National Assessment of Educational 
Progress (NAEP), an annual report released by the 
National Center for Education Statistics, reported in 
its 2009 study that students in the District of Co-
lumbia were being outperformed by every State in 
the Nation. On the 2009 NAEP, 56 percent of 
fourth grade students scored ‘‘below basic’’ in read-
ing, and 44 percent scored ‘‘below basic’’ in mathe-
matics. Among eighth grade students, 49 percent 
scored ‘‘below basic’’ in reading and 60 percent 
scored ‘‘below basic’’ in mathematics. On the 2009 
NAEP reading assessment, only 17 percent of the 
District of Columbia fourth grade students could 
read proficiently, while only 13 percent of the eighth 
grade students scored at the proficient or advanced 
level. 
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(4) In 2003, Congress passed the DC School 
Choice Incentive Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–199; 
118 Stat. 126), to provide opportunity scholarships 
to parents of students in the District of Columbia to 
enable them to pursue a high-quality education at a 
public or private elementary or secondary school of 
their choice. The DC Opportunity Scholarship Pro-
gram (DC OSP) under such Act was part of a com-
prehensive 3-part funding arrangement that also in-
cluded additional funds for the District of Columbia 
public schools, and additional funds for public char-
ter schools of the District of Columbia. The intent 
of the approach was to ensure that progress would 
continue to be made to improve public schools and 
public charter schools, and that funding for the op-
portunity scholarship program would not lead to a 
reduction in funding for the District of Columbia 
public and charter schools. Resources would be avail-
able for a variety of educational options that would 
give families in the District of Columbia a range of 
choices with regard to the education of their chil-
dren. 
(5) The DC OSP was established in accordance 
with the Supreme Court decision, Zelman v. Sim-
mons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002), which found 
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that a program enacted for the valid secular purpose 
of providing educational assistance to low-income 
children in a demonstrably failing public school sys-
tem is constitutional if it is neutral with respect to 
religion and provides assistance to a broad class of 
citizens who direct government aid to religious and 
secular schools solely as a result of their genuine 
and independent private choices. 
(6) Since the inception of the DC OSP, it has 
consistently been oversubscribed. Parents express 
strong support for the opportunity scholarship pro-
gram. Rigorous studies of the program by the Insti-
tute of Education Sciences have shown significant 
improvements in parental satisfaction and in reading 
scores that are more dramatic when only those stu-
dents consistently using the scholarships are consid-
ered. The program also was found to result in sig-
nificantly higher graduation rates for DC OSP stu-
dents. 
(7) The DC OSP is a program that offers fami-
lies in need, in the District of Columbia, important 
alternatives while public schools are improved. This 
program should be reauthorized as 1 of a 3-part 
comprehensive funding strategy for the District of 
Columbia school system that provides new and equal 
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funding for public schools, public charter schools, 
and opportunity scholarships for students to attend 
private schools. 
SEC. 3003. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this division is to provide low-income 
parents residing in the District of Columbia, particularly 
parents of students who attend elementary schools or sec-
ondary schools identified for improvement, corrective ac-
tion, or restructuring under section 1116 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6316), with expanded opportunities for enrolling their 
children in other schools in the District of Columbia, at 
least until the public schools in the District of Columbia 
have adequately addressed shortfalls in health, safety, and 
security, and the students in the District of Columbia pub-
lic schools are testing in mathematics and reading at or 
above the national average. 
SEC. 3004. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 
(a) OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—From funds appropriated 
under section 3014(a)(1), the Secretary shall award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities with 
approved applications under section 3005 to carry 
out a program to provide eligible students with ex-
panded school choice opportunities. The Secretary 
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(A) VARYING AMOUNTS PERMITTED.—Sub-
ject to the other requirements of this section, 
an eligible entity receiving a grant under sec-
tion 3004(a) may award scholarships in larger 
amounts to those eligible students with the 
greatest need. 
(B) ANNUAL LIMIT ON AMOUNT.— 
(i) LIMIT
FOR
SCHOOL
YEAR
2011– 
2012.—The amount of assistance provided 
to any eligible student by an eligible entity 
under the entity’s program under this divi-
sion for school year 2011–2012 may not 
exceed— 
(I) $8,000 for attendance in kin-
dergarten through grade 8; and 
(II) $12,000 for attendance in 
grades 9 through 12. 
(ii) CUMULATIVE INFLATION ADJUST-
MENT.—Beginning with school year 2012– 
2013, the Secretary shall adjust the max-
imum amounts of assistance described in 
clause (i) for inflation, as measured by the 
percentage increase, if any, from the pre-
ceding fiscal year in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers, published 
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