I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4851 
To provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2010 
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. OBERSTAR) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 
the Committees on the Budget, Education and Labor, Energy and Com-
merce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Extension 
Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PRO-
VISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 4007 of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 
26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘April 5, 2010’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘May 5, 2010’’; 
(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by 
striking ‘‘APRIL
5, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘MAY
5, 
2010’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 4, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘October 2, 2010’’. 
(2) Section 2002(e) of the Assistance for Unemployed 
Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in 
Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘April 5, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 5, 2010’’; 
(B) in the heading for paragraph (2), by strik-
ing ‘‘APRIL 5, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘MAY 5, 2010’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘October 5, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘November 5, 2010’’. 
(3) Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed 
Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in 
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Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘April 5, 2010’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘May 5, 2010’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘September 4, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘October 2, 2010’’. 
(4) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation 
Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 
3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 4, 2010’’ 
and inserting ‘‘October 2, 2010’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 
26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) the amendments made by section 
2(a)(1) of the Continuing Extension Act of 
2010; and’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ments made by section 2 of the Temporary Extension Act 
of 2010 (Public Law 111–144). 
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SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PREMIUM AS-
SISTANCE FOR COBRA BENEFITS. 
Subsection (a)(3)(A) of section 3001 of division B of 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–5), as amended by section 3(a) of the 
Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), 
is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘April 30, 2010’’. 
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT 
UPDATE. 
Paragraph (10) of section 1848(d) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, as added by section 1011(a) of the Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111– 
118) and as amended by section 5 of the Temporary Ex-
tension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘March 
31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘April 1, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘May 1, 2010’’. 
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE THERAPY CAPS EXCEP-
TIONS PROCESS. 
Section 1833(g)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(g)(5)), as amended by section 6 of the Tem-
porary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is 
amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘April 30, 2010’’. 
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SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF USE OF 2009 POVERTY GUIDELINES. 
Section 1012 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118), as amended 
by section 7 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–144), is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010’’. 
SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 129 of the Continuing Ap-
propriations Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68), as 
amended by section 8 of Public Law 111–144, is amended 
by striking ‘‘by substituting’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘by substituting April 
30, 2010, for the date specified in each such section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall be considered to have taken effect on 
February 28, 2010. 
SEC. 8. SATELLITE TELEVISION EXTENSION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 119 OF TITLE 17, 
UNITED STATES CODE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 119 of title 17, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘March 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 
2010’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘March 
28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010’’. 
(2) 
TERMINATION
OF
LICENSE.—Section 
1003(a)(2)(A) of Public Law 111–118 is amended 
by striking ‘‘March 28, 2010’’, and inserting ‘‘April 
30, 2010’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
TO COMMUNICATIONS ACT
OF 
1934.—Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘March 28, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30, 2010’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘March 29, 
2010’’ each place it appears in clauses (ii) and (iii) 
and inserting ‘‘May 1, 2010’’. 
SEC. 9. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
RELATED TO LAPSE IN HIGHWAY PROGRAMS. 
(a) COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of the lapse 
in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund 
after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 
2, 2010, shall be compensated for the period of that lapse 
at their standard rates of compensation, as determined 
under policies established by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation. 
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