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OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de-
velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor-
mation technology, $43,552,000: Provided, That in addi-
tion to amounts provided herein, $17,679,000 shall be 
available from amounts available under section 241 of the 
Public Health Service Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 
investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978, $45,279,000: Provided, That of 
such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro-
viding protective services to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and investigating non-payment of child 
support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense 
under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided further, That at least forty 
percent of the funds provided in this Act for the Office 
of Inspector General shall be used only for investigations, 
audits, and evaluations pertaining to the discretionary 
programs funded in this Act. 
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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, $36,785,000, together with not to exceed 
$3,314,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 
law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med-
ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 
Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 
required during the current fiscal year. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to support activities related 
to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological and 
chemical threats to civilian populations, and for other pub-
lic health emergencies, $537,704,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $22,052,000 shall be to pay the costs described in 
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section 319F–2(c)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act 
(‘‘PHS Act’’). 
For expenses necessary to support advanced research 
and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS 
Act, $275,000,000, to be derived by transfer from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Biodefense Counter-
measures’’ in the Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2004, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond 
to an influenza pandemic, $448,091,000, together with 
$137,000,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Biodefense Countermeasures’’ 
in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2004, of which $507,000,000 shall be available until 
expended, for activities including the development and 
purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 
products purchased with these funds may, at the discre-
tion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be 
deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 
319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be 
used for the construction or renovation of privately owned 
facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines 
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and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construc-
tion or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies 
of such vaccines or biologics: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated herein may be transferred to other appro-
priation accounts of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, as determined by the Secretary to be ap-
propriate, to be used for the purposes specified in this 
paragraph. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses when specifically approved by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall make available through assignment not more 
than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist 
in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs 
through and with funds provided by the Agency for Inter-
national Development, the United Nations International 
Children’s Emergency Fund or the World Health Organi-
zation. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall 
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