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consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 408. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, formula- 
based grants to States and territories under section 129(a)(1)– 
(2) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to operate 
AmeriCorps programs may be made if the application describes 
proposed positions into which participants will be placed, the pro-
posed minimum qualifications of such participants, and includes 
an assurance that the State will select national service programs 
for subgrants on a competitive basis, and an assurance that the 
aforementioned information will be provided for each subgrant 
awarded prior to the execution of such subgrants. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 409. For fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, in addition to 
amounts otherwise provided to the National Service Trust, at no 
later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year 
for which funds are appropriated or otherwise made available, 
unobligated balances of appropriations available for grants under 
the National Service Trust Program under subtitle C of title I 
of the 1990 Act during such fiscal year may be transferred to 
the National Service Trust after notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, if such funds are initially obligated before the expiration 
of their period of availability. 
SEC. 410. Of the amounts provided in this Act which the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) 
allocates for the provision of assistance under subsections 129(a) 
and (b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 
Act’’), the Corporation shall apply the formula in section 129(a)(1) 
of the 1990 Act in such a manner so as to ensure that each 
State shall receive a minimum of $500,000: Provided, That, in 
no event shall the total amount allotted under section 129(a)(1) 
exceed 331⁄3 percent of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
for the provision of assistance under subsections 129(a) and (b) 
of the 1990 Act. 
SEC. 411. Notwithstanding section 139(b) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), an individual in an 
approved national service position performing full-time or part- 
time national service directly related to disaster relief efforts may 
continue in that term of service for a period of 6 months beyond 
the periods otherwise specified in sections 139(b) and 153(e) of 
the 1990 Act or section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973. Service in an extended term as provided under this 
section shall constitute a single term of service for purposes of 
sections 146(b) and (c) of the 1990 Act. 
SEC. 412. Donations made to the Corporation for National 
and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) under section 196 of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’) 
for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles 
I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitles B, C, D, or E of title I 
of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and not supplant 
current programs and operations.
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CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (‘‘Cor-
poration’’), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an 
amount which shall be available within limitations specified by 
that Act, for the fiscal year 2011, $430,000,000: Provided, That 
no funds made available to the Corporation by this Act shall be 
used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 
for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none 
of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or 
used to aid or support any program or activity from which any 
person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, 
on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided 
further, That no funds made available to the Corporation by this 
Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in 
selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel 
action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of the Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2009, in addition to 
the amounts provided above, $34,591,000 shall be for costs related 
to digital program production, development, and distribution, associ-
ated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital broad-
casting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in con-
sultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, 
or their designated representatives: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2009, in addition to the amounts provided above, $26,642,000 
is available pursuant to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 for replacement and upgrade of the public radio inter-
connection system: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available to the Corporation by this Act, division G of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2008, or the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2007, shall be used to support the Television Future 
Fund or any similar purpose. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions vested in it 
by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor- 
Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary 
for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Civil Service Reform Act, $45,476,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, 
for special training activities and other conflict resolution services 
and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
ments and international organizations, and for arbitration services 
shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration 
services shall be available only for education, training, and profes-
sional development of the agency workforce: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on 
behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions within 
the Director’s jurisdiction.
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FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $8,653,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 
1996 and the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture Act, $274,840,000, of which $10,737,000 shall be used for 
the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Office 
of Museum and Library Services: Grants and Administration’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds 
may be made available for support through inter-agency agreement 
or grant to commemorative Federal commissions that support 
museum and library activities, in partnership with libraries and 
museums that are eligible for funding under programs carried out 
by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $11,403,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
$3,206,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management 
Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $262,595,000: Provided, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or 
assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 
with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bar-
gaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 
3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition 
employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, 
canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated