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SEC. 308. Section 307 of the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2008 is amended by striking ‘‘and 2009’’ each place 
the term occurs and inserting ‘‘through 2011’’. 
SEC. 309. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2010’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 310. Section 14006(c) of division A of the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘Each State’’; 
and 
(2) by adding a new paragraph (2) at the end to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to grants 
made by the Secretary to consortia of States to develop aca-
demic assessments that are aligned with academic standards.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 2010’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 
SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public 
Law 92–28, $5,396,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) to carry out the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $857,021,000, of which 
$319,974,000 shall be to carry out the 1973 Act and $537,047,000 
shall be to carry out the 1990 Act and notwithstanding sections 
198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: 
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading: (1) 
up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be used to defray 
the costs of conducting grant application reviews, including the 
use of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of the 
grants cycle; (2) $50,000,000 shall be available for expenses author-
ized under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; (3) $7,500,000 
shall be available for expenses to carry out sections 112(e), 179A, 
and 198O and subtitle J of title I of the 1990 Act, notwithstanding 
section 501(a)(6) of the 1990 Act; (4) $5,000,000 shall be available 
for grants to public or private nonprofit institutions to increase 
the participation of individuals with disabilities in national service 
and for demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose, 
notwithstanding section 129(k)(1) of the 1990 Act; (5) $17,000,000 
shall be available to provide assistance to State commissions on
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national and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 
Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (6) 
$29,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 
Act; and (7) $4,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding 
the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded by the Corporation 
on a competitive basis to State commissions. 
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the National Service Trust estab-
lished under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $197,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Corporation for National and 
Community Service may transfer additional funds from the amount 
provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under 
subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service Trust 
upon determination that such transfer is necessary to support the 
activities of national service participants and after notice is trans-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts appro-
priated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be 
invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to 
the requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 and under section 504(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $88,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $7,700,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(‘‘the Corporation’’) shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice 
and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2010, during any grant 
selection process, an officer or employee of the Corporation shall 
not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information 
regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other 
than an officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized 
by the Corporation to receive such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they 
receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall
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minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990, and subject to partial waiver 
consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to the Corporation for National 
and Community Service 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 subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs 
and operations. 
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 2012, $445,000,000: Provided, That 
none of the 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 fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available to the Corporation 
by this Act 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 none of the 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 Corporation: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Corporation by this 
Act shall be used to support the Television Future Fund or any 
similar purpose. In addition, for payment to the Corporation for 
fiscal year 2010, $86,000,000 as follows: 
(1) $25,000,000 shall be for fiscal stabilization grants to 
public radio and television licensees, with no deduction for 
administrative or other costs of the Corporation, to maintain 
local programming and services and preserve jobs threatened 
by declines in non-Federal revenues due to the downturn in 
the economy, to be awarded no later than 45 days after enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) $36,000,000 shall be for costs related to digital program 
production, development, and distribution associated with the 
transition of public broadcasting to digital broadcasting, to 
be awarded as determined by the Corporation in consultation 
with public radio and television licensees or permittees, or 
their designated representatives; and 
(3) $25,000,000 is available pursuant to section 396(k)(10) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 for replacement and upgrade 
of the public radio interconnection system.
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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, $46,652,000, including $349,000 for activi-
ties authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 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 pro-
vided to foreign governments and international organizations, and 
for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this 
account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for 
education, training, and professional 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. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $10,358,000. 
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, $282,251,000, of which $16,382,000 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 statement of the managers on the conference report accom-
panying this Act. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $11,800,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.