Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010

Bill: 111-hr-2918
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Africa
Appalachian Regional Commission
Appropriations
Architect of the Capitol
Army Corps of Engineers
Asia
Aviation and airports
Azerbaijan
Books and print media
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Budget deficits and national debt
California
Caribbean area
Census and government statistics
Child care and development
Coast guard
Colorado
Commission on Civil Rights
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Community life and organization
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Congressional agencies
Congressional committees
Congressional leadership
Congressional officers and employees
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Corporation for National and Community Service
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Cuba
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Defense spending
Delta Regional Authority
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disability and paralysis
Disaster relief and insurance
District of Columbia
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Election Assistance Commission
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Europe
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Georgia (Republic)
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government trust funds
HIV/AIDS
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Horticulture and plants
House Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Immigration status and procedures
Intellectual property
International exchange and broadcasting
Iraq
Joint Committee on Taxation
Joint Economic Committee
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Libraries and archives
Library of Congress
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Lithuania
Low- and moderate-income housing
Manufacturing
Marine Mammal Commission
Members of Congress
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Moldova
Motor fuels
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Guard and reserves
National Science Foundation
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Noise pollution
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Outdoor recreation
Palau
Palestinians
Postal service
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Public transit
Puerto Rico
Religion
Roads and highways
Russia
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tajikistan
Terrorism
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism
Turkmenistan
U.S. Capitol
U.S. International Trade Commission
U.S. Postal Service
Ukraine
User charges and fees
Uzbekistan
Veterans' medical care
Visas and passports
Water resources funding
Watersheds
Wetlands
Zimbabwe

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations to the House of Representatives for FY2010 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; (2) Members' representational allowances; and (3) the preparation of statements of appropriations. 
 
Requires deposit in the Treasury of any amounts of a Member's representational allowance remaining after all payments are made, to be used for federal deficit reduction, or, if there is no deficit, federal debt reduction. 
 
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; (4) the Capitol Police; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center.
 
 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) a payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; (5) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (6) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; (7) a payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund; and (8) a payment to the Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund (established in the Treasury by this Act as an AOC account).
 
 

action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch - 
Makes appropriations to the House of Representatives for FY2010 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances. 
 
(Sec. 101) Requires deposit in the Treasury of any amounts of a Member's representational allowance remaining after all payments are made, to be used for federal deficit reduction, or, if there is no deficit, federal debt reduction.
 
(Sec. 102) Increases the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the office of the Majority and Minority Whip, respectively.
 
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; (4) the Capitol Police; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center.
 
Appropriates funds for a payment to the Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
 
(Sec. 1101) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 to increase from three to five the maximum number of participants in the executive exchange program between CBO officers and employees and private sector organizations employees for one-year assignments.
 
Repeals the termination of such Act (thus making the program permanent).
 
(Sec. 1201) Establishes in the U.S. Treasury the Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund as an account for the AOC to use to revitalize major historical buildings and assets which the AOC is responsible for maintaining and preserving.
 
Prohibits the AOC from obligating any amounts in the Fund without the approval of the congressional appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 1202) Requires any individual appointed as the AOC after the enactment of this Act to be appointed in accordance with the applicable laws in effect at the time of appointment, taking into account any amendments which may be made during the 111th Congress.
 
(Sec. 1203) Authorizes the AOC, during an emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property, as determined or declared by the Capitol Police Board, to: (1) accept contributions of comfort and other incidental items and services to support AOC employees while they are on duty in response to the emergency; and (2) incur obligations and make expenditures out of available appropriations for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance for the Office of the AOC if necessary to respond to the emergency.
 
(Sec. 1204) Redefines &quot;agency&quot; to include the AOC with respect to federal flexible and compressed work schedules (thus authorizing such schedules for AOC employees).
 
Declares that the same authority granted to the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations, provide technical assistance, and to review programs regarding such work schedules shall be exercised by the AOC, with respect to AOC employees (including Botanic Garden employees).
 
(Sec. 1205) Authorizes the AOC to accept voluntary student services and to regulate them (instead of OPM, as under current law).
 
Appropriates FY2010 funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) the GPO Revolving Fund; (5) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (6) the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (7) the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the expenditure of up to $5,000 for official representation and reception expenses for the incentive awards program of the Library of Congress. 
 
(Sec. 1302) Establishes an upper limit of $123.328 million for the FY2010 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program.
 
(Sec. 1303) Authorizes the transfer of FY2010 Library of Congress appropriations, during such fiscal year, between any &quot;Library of Congress&quot; headings, upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees.
 
Limits such transfers to 10% of the total amount of funds appropriated to the account under any such heading for FY2010.
 
(Sec. 1304) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to classify positions in the Library of Congress above GS-15 pursuant to OPM standards.
 
(Sec. 1305) Provides for a carryover of up to 90 days of accrued annual leave for Library of Congress positions whose compensation is set at a rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule.
 
(Sec. 1306) Amends the American Folklife Preservation Act to rename the American Folklife Center as the Archie Green American Folklife Center.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - Specifies authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009.
 
(Sec. 209) Prohibits the use of funds made available to the AOC in this Act to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by congressional employees and interns.
 
Allows temporary suspension or restriction of such tours for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by the AOC.

action_date: 2009-06-19
text: 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch - 
Makes appropriations to the House of Representatives for FY2010 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances. 
 
(Sec. 101) Requires deposit in the Treasury of any amounts of a Member's representational allowance remaining after all payments are made, to be used for federal deficit reduction, or, if there is no deficit, federal debt reduction.
 
(Sec. 102) Increases the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the office of the Majority and Minority Whip, respectively.
 
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; (4) the Capitol Police; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center.
 
Appropriates funds for a payment to the Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
 
(Sec. 1101) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 to increase from three to five the maximum number of participants in the executive exchange program between CBO officers and employees and private sector organizations employees for one-year assignments.
 
Repeals the termination of such Act (thus making the program permanent).
 
(Sec. 1201) Establishes in the U.S. Treasury the Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund as an account for the AOC to use to revitalize major historical buildings and assets which the AOC is responsible for maintaining and preserving.
 
Prohibits the AOC from obligating any amounts in the Fund without the approval of the congressional appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 1202) Requires any individual appointed as the AOC after the enactment of this Act to be appointed in accordance with the applicable laws in effect at the time of appointment, taking into account any amendments which may be made during the 111th Congress.
 
(Sec. 1203) Authorizes the AOC, during an emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property, as determined or declared by the Capitol Police Board, to: (1) accept contributions of comfort and other incidental items and services to support AOC employees while they are on duty in response to the emergency; and (2) incur obligations and make expenditures out of available appropriations for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance for the Office of the AOC if necessary to respond to the emergency.
 
(Sec. 1204) Redefines &quot;agency&quot; to include the AOC with respect to federal flexible and compressed work schedules (thus authorizing such schedules for AOC employees).
 
Declares that the same authority granted to the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations, provide technical assistance, and to review programs regarding such work schedules shall be exercised by the AOC, with respect to AOC employees (including Botanic Garden employees).
 
(Sec. 1205) Authorizes the AOC to accept voluntary student services and to regulate them (instead of OPM, as under current law).
 
Appropriates FY2010 funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) the GPO Revolving Fund; (5) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (6) the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (7) the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 
Earmarks certain Library of Congress funds to carry out activities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the expenditure of up to $5,000 for official representation and reception expenses for the incentive awards program of the Library of Congress. 
 
(Sec. 1302) Establishes an upper limit of $123.328 million for the FY2010 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program.
 
(Sec. 1303) Authorizes the transfer of FY2010 Library of Congress appropriations, during such fiscal year, between any &quot;Library of Congress&quot; headings, upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees.
 
Limits such transfers to 10% of the total amount of funds appropriated to the account under any such heading for FY2010.
 
(Sec. 1304) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to classify positions in the Library of Congress above GS-15 pursuant to OPM standards.
 
(Sec. 1305) Provides for a carryover of up to 90 days of accrued annual leave for Library of Congress positions whose compensation is set at a rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule.
 
(Sec. 1306) Amends the American Folklife Preservation Act to rename the American Folklife Center as the Archie Green American Folklife Center.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - Specifies authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009.
 
(Sec. 209) Prohibits the use of funds made available to the AOC in this Act to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by congressional employees and interns.
 
Allows temporary suspension or restriction of such tours for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by the AOC.

action_date: 2009-07-06
text: 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations
 - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2010 for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (10) official mail costs.
 
(Sec. 1) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 to increase by $50,000 the aggregate of gross compensation paid all employees in the office of a Senator, according to a specified table.
 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 to make it discretionary instead of, as under current law, mandatory that reports of semiannual statements of expenditures by the Secretary of the Senate and by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives be printed as Senate and House documents, respectively.
 
Requires the Secretary, beginning with the report covering the first full semiannual period of the 112th Congress, to: (1) post each semiannual report of the Secretary of the Senate publicly on the Senate's website in a searchable, intemized format; and (2) issue each such report in electronic form. Authorizes the Secretary to issue each such report in other forms at his discretion.
 
Makes appropriations to the House of Representatives for FY2010 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances. 
 
(Sec. 101) Requires deposit in the Treasury of any amounts of a Member's representational allowance remaining after all payments are made, to be used for federal deficit reduction, or, if there is no deficit, federal debt reduction.
 
(Sec. 102) Increases by $96,000 the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the offices of the Majority and Minority Whip, respectively.
 
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; (4) the Capitol Police; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate office buildings, the House office buildings, the Capitol Power Plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center. 
 
(Sec. 1001) Authorizes the transfer between &quot;Salaries&quot; and &quot;General Expenses,&quot; upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees, of FY2010 amounts appropriated for the Capitol Police.
 
(Sec. 1101) Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to authorize the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.
 
(Sec. 1201) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 to increase from three to five the maximum number of participants in the executive exchange program between CBO officers and employees and private sector organizations employees for one-year assignments.
 
Repeals the termination of such Act (thus making the program permanent).
 
(Sec. 1202) Requires the AOC to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the National Motto of &quot;In God We Trust&quot; in the Capitol Visitor Center.
 
(Sec. 1301) Grants the AOC authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding.
 
Requires amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property to be credited to funds available for AOC operations and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property.
 
(Sec. 1302) Redefines &quot;agency&quot; to include the AOC and the Botanic Garden with respect to federal flexible and compressed work schedules (thus authorizing such schedules for AOC and Botanic Garden employees).
 
Declares that the same authority granted to the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations, provide technical assistance, and to review programs regarding such work schedules shall be exercised by the AOC with respect to such employees.
 
(Sec. 1303) Redefines &quot;agency&quot; to include and authorize the AOC and the Botanic Garden to make noncompetitive appointments leading to conversion to career or career-conditional employment to disabled veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities of 30% or more.
 
 
Declares that the same authority granted to OPM to prescribe regulations governing such appointments shall be exercised by the AOC.
 
(Sec. 1304) Authorizes the AOC to accept voluntary student services and to regulate them (instead of OPM, as under current law).
 
 
Declares that the same authority granted to OPM to prescribe regulations governing such appointments shall be exercised by the AOC.
 
(Sec. 1305) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 to authorize the AOC to enter into a commission-based service contract with a vendor who may sell refreshments at the Botanic Garden and National Garden.
 
Requires any amount paid to the AOC as a commission to be: (1) deposited in such renamed account; and (2) available for operations and maintenance in the same manner as provided under current law.
 
Appropriates FY2010 funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) the GPO Revolving Fund; (5) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (6) the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (7) the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 
(Sec. 1401) Establishes an upper limit of $123.328 million for the FY2010 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program.
 
(Sec. 1402) Authorizes the transfer of FY2010 Library of Congress appropriations, during such fiscal year, between any &quot;Library of Congress&quot; headings, upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees.
 
Limits such transfers to 10% of the total amount of funds appropriated to the account under any such heading for FY2010.
 
(Sec. 1403) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to classify positions in the Library of Congress above GS-15 pursuant to OPM standards.
 
(Sec. 1404) Provides for a carryover of up to 90 days of accrued annual leave for Library of Congress positions whose compensation is set at a rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule.
 
(Sec. 1501) Repeals the requirement for certain GAO audits, studies, or reviews of: (1) the use of funds in projects constructed under projected cost under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; (2) the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); (3) spending by local educational agencies (LEAs) under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (4) small business participation in construction of the Alaska natural gas pipeline under the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act; (5) assistance under Compacts of Free Association pursuant to the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; (6) Independent Counsel expenditures (semiannually) under the Department of Justice Appropriations Act of 1988; and (7) ambulance service costs under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
 
(Sec. 1601) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 to make a technical correction to the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Open World Leadership Center to include two Members of the House of Representatives and two Senators. (Under current law, it states two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate but does not specify whether they are congressional members or not.)
 
Requires the Executive Director of the Center to be appointed by the Librarian of Congress, on behalf of the Board, instead of being appointed by the Board as under current law.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - Specifies authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009.
 
(Sec. 208) Prohibits the use of the funds made available to the AOC in this Act to eliminate guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by congressional employees and interns.
 
Allows temporary suspension or restriction of such tours for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by the AOC.
 
(Sec. 209) Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to repeal the compliance deadline for legislative branch correction of violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) (thus making the enforcement mechanisms consistent with OSHA's application to the private sector and the executive branch).

action_date: 2009-09-30
text: 

Division A: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch
 - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2010 for: (1) a payment to Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Edward M. Kennedy, late a Senator from Massachusetts; (2) expense allowances; (3) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (5) agency contributions for employee benefits; (6) inquiries and investigations; (7) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (8) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (9) miscellaneous items; (10) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (11) official mail costs.
 
(Sec. 1) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 to increase by $50,000 the aggregate of gross compensation paid all employees in the office of a Senator, according to a specified table.
 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 to make it discretionary instead of, as under current law, mandatory that reports of semiannual statements of expenditures by the Secretary of the Senate and by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives be printed as Senate and House documents, respectively.
 
Requires the Secretary, beginning with the report covering the first full semiannual period of the 112th Congress, to: (1) post each semiannual report of the Secretary of the Senate publicly on the Senate's website in a searchable, itemized format; and (2) issue each such report in electronic form. Authorizes the Secretary to issue each such report in other forms at his discretion.
 
Makes appropriations to the House of Representatives for FY2010 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances. 
 
(Sec. 101) Requires deposit in the Treasury of any amounts of a Member's representational allowance remaining after all payments are made, to be used for federal deficit reduction, or, if there is no deficit, federal debt reduction.
 
(Sec. 102) Increases by $96,000 the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the offices of the Majority and Minority Whip, respectively.
 
(Sec. 103) Permits any active duty member of the Armed Forces who is assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Armed Forces at the House to obtain membership in the exercise facility established for House employees in the same manner as such individuals.
 
(Sec. 104) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993, as amended by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009, to require amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House for allowances and expenses to be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) and merged with and, as under current law, made available for the House office buildings, subject to the approval of the House Committee on Appropriations.
 
 
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; (4) the Capitol Police; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (7) the AOC, including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate office buildings, the House office buildings, the Capitol Power Plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center. 
 
(Sec. 1001) Authorizes the transfer between &quot;Salaries&quot; and &quot;General Expenses,&quot; upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees, of FY2010 amounts appropriated for the Capitol Police.
 
(Sec. 1101) Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to authorize the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.
 
(Sec. 1201) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 to increase from three to five the maximum number of participants in the executive exchange program between CBO officers and employees and private sector organizations employees for one-year assignments.
 
Repeals the termination of such Act (thus making the program permanent).
 
(Sec. 1301) Grants the AOC authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding.
 
Requires amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property to be credited to funds available for AOC operations and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property.
 
(Sec. 1302) Redefines &quot;agency&quot; to include the AOC and the Botanic Garden with respect to federal flexible and compressed work schedules (thus authorizing such schedules for AOC and Botanic Garden employees).
 
Declares that the same authority granted to the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations, provide technical assistance, and to review programs regarding such work schedules shall be exercised by the AOC with respect to such employees.
 
(Sec. 1303) Redefines &quot;agency&quot; to include and authorize the AOC and the Botanic Garden to make noncompetitive appointments leading to conversion to career or career-conditional employment to disabled veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities of 30% or more.
 
Declares that the same authority granted to OPM to prescribe regulations governing such appointments shall be exercised by the AOC.
 
(Sec. 1304) Establishes the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund in the Treasury as an AOC account.
 
Limits the use of such funds to the revitalization of the major House historical buildings and assets which the AOC is responsible for maintaining and preserving.
 
Prohibits the AOC from obligating any amounts in the Fund without the approval of the House Committee on Appropriations.
 
(Sec. 1305) Authorizes the AOC, during an emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property, to: (1) accept contributions of comfort and other incidental items and services to support AOC employees while they are on duty in response to the emergency; and (2) incur obligations and make expenditures out of available appropriations for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance for the Office if necessary to respond to the emergency.
 
Appropriates FY2010 funds to: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) the GPO Revolving Fund; (5) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (6) the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (7) the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 
(Sec. 1401) Establishes an upper limit of $123.328 million for the FY2010 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program.
 
(Sec. 1402) Authorizes the transfer of FY2010 Library of Congress appropriations, during such fiscal year, between any &quot;Library of Congress&quot; headings, upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees.
 
Limits such transfers to 10% of the total amount of funds appropriated to the account under any such heading for FY2010.
 
(Sec. 1403) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to classify positions in the Library of Congress above GS-15 pursuant to OPM standards.
 
(Sec. 1404) Provides for a carryover of up to 90 days of accrued annual leave for Library of Congress positions whose compensation is set at a rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule.
 
(Sec. 1501) Repeals the requirement for certain GAO audits, studies, or reviews of: (1) the use of funds in projects constructed under projected cost under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; (2) small business participation in construction of the Alaska natural gas pipeline under the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act; (3) assistance under Compacts of Free Association pursuant to the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; (4) Independent Counsel expenditures (semiannually) under the Department of Justice Appropriations Act of 1988; and (5) ambulance service costs under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
 
(Sec. 1601) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 to make a technical correction to the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Open World Leadership Center to include two Members of the House of Representatives and two Senators. (Under current law, it states two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate but does not specify whether they are congressional members or not.)
 
Requires the Executive Director of the Center to be appointed by the Librarian of Congress, on behalf of the Board, instead of being appointed by the Board as under current law.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - Specifies authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009.
 
(Sec. 207) Authorizes the AOC to maintain specified landscape features, excluding streets, in the District of Columbia.
 
(Sec. 209) Prohibits the use of the funds made available to the AOC in this Act to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by congressional employees and interns.
 
Allows temporary suspension or restriction of such tours for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by the AOC.
 

Division B: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010
 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2010.
 
(Sec. 101) Appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2009 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in specified public law.
 
(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this joint resolution for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) new production of items not funded for production in FY2009 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2009 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2009.
 
Bars the use of DOD appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this joint resolution to initiate multiyear procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
 
(Sec. 104) Bars the use of any appropriation or funds made available or authority granted under Sec. 101 (except as otherwise provided in Sec. 102) to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2009.
 
(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this joint resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2010 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) October 31, 2009.
 
(Sec. 114) Designates amounts made available by this joint resolution related to amounts provided in specified FY2008 and FY2009 supplemental appropriations Acts as being for overseas deployments and other activities pursuant to S. Con. Res. 13 (FY2009 budget resolution, 111th Congress). Limits such amounts to $129.989 billion.
 
(Sec. 115) Continues through October 31, 2009, the prohibition in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 against the use of funds to release an individual who is detained, as of the enactment of this Act, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia. Continues through the same date the Act's restrictions on the transfer of such detainees to the United States for detention or prosecution.
 
(Sec. 116) Continues through such date the waiver of requirement for weighted averages for nutrient analysis of certain menu items and foods offered or served under the school lunch or breakfast program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as appropriate.
 
(Sec. 117) Continues through such date the the requirement of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act that: (1) states audit food safety inspection of schools and report the results to the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) the Secretary audit such reports.
 
(Sec. 118) Continues through October 31, 2009, the Secretary's authority to provide funding to California to carry out certain year-round child nutrition program services.
 
(Sec. 119) Continues through such date funding authority for training, technical assistance, and the food service management institute under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
 
(Sec. 120) Continues through October 31, 2009, funding authority under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act for an information clearinghouse that provides information to nongovernmental groups throughout the United States that assist low-income individuals or communities regarding food assistance, self-help activities, and other empowering activities.
 
(Sec. 121) Provides additional amounts to the Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Census for periodic censuses and programs at a specified rate for operations.
 
(Sec. 122) Continues through October 31, 2009, the appropriation of funds to the DOD under the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 for special pay for members whose period of obligated service is extended, or whose eligibility for retirement is suspended, due to the President's authority to extend such service or suspend such retirement (commonly referred to as stop-loss authority).
 
(Sec. 123) Continues through the earlier of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 or October 31, 2009, the authority for: (1) the Commanders' Emergency Response Program (DOD urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Iraq); and (2) the DOD joint task force providing counterterrorism support to law enforcement agencies which conduct counter-drug activities.
 
(Sec. 125) Continues through the earlier of such enactment or October 31, 2009, authority to provide additional support to counter-drug activities of specified countries.
 
(Sec. 126) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for certain programs and activities at a specified rate included in the Second Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request Act (D.C. Act 18-188).
 
(Sec. 127) Authorizes federal agencies, through October 31, 2009, to implement relocation expenses test programs for their employees.
 
(Sec. 128) Extends through such date certain pilot programs for employment eligibility confirmation established under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 129) Continues through October 31, 2009, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue notes or other obligations to carry out the flood insurance program. Extends the program through such date.
 
(Sec. 130) Requires the Secretaries of State and of Homeland Security (DHS) to continue through October 31, 2009, to set aside 3,000 alien investor (EB-5) visas annually for 15 years for aliens (and their spouses and children) eligible for admission under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
(Sec. 131) Extends through October 31, 2009, the authority of the DHS Secretary to regulate risk-based performance standards for the security of chemical facilities and require vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for chemical facilities.
 
(Sec. 132) Continues through October 31, 2009, the program of technical and financial assistance to states and local governments for predisaster hazard mitigation measures.
 
(Sec. 133) Continues through such date the special immigrant program for non-minister religious workers under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
(Sec. 134) Extends through October 31, 2009, the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program under the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994.
 
(Sec. 135) Continues through such date the authority of: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the Colorado State Forest Service to perform watershed restoration and protection services on National Forest System (NFS) lands in Colorado when similar and complementary services are being performed by the State Forest Service on adjacent state or private lands; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to permit such restoration and protection services with respect to public lands in Colorado administered through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
 
(Sec. 136) Continues through October 31, 2009, the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees from a person who harvests forest botanical products on NFS lands.
 
(Sec. 137) Authorizes through such date the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture, as appropriate, to renew an expired, transferred, or waived grazing permit or lease.
 
(Sec. 138) Continues through such date authority for the use of certain funds for expenses associated with primary and secondary schooling for certain dependents of agency personnel stationed in Puerto Rico.
 
(Sec. 139) Continues through such date title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (popularly known as the Ryan White Care Act) that provides grants for quality and availability of care for individuals and families with HIV/AIDS disease.
 
(Sec. 140) Continues through October 31, 2009, the eligibility of the Republic of Palau for certain appropriations and education grants.
 
(Sec. 141) Provides additional amounts for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the Veterans Health Administration for medical services, medical support, compliance, and facilities at specified maximum rates for operations.
 
(Sec. 142) Requires amounts provided by this joint resolution for Iraq, the Palestinian Authority, and Zimbabwe to be obligated under specified terms and conditions of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009.
 
(Sec. 145) Extends through October 31, 2009, the comparability pay adjustments to certain Foreign Service members assigned abroad.
 
(Sec. 146) Continues through October 31, 2009, the authority of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make grants for operating Radio Free Asia.
 
(Sec. 147) Extends through October 31, 2009, the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
 
(Sec. 148) Continues through October 31, 2009, the exemption of the Secretary of State from the requirement to convene an Accountability Review Board in the case of an incident that involves serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a federal mission in Afghanistan or Iraq.
 
(Sec. 149) Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to obligate certain funds at a rate necessary to renew or amend, in a timely manner, all section 8 project-based, section 202, and section 811 rental assistance contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such payments beyond October 31, 2009.
 
(Sec. 150) Specifies ceiling amounts for the loan principal of loan guarantee commitments, as authorized by the National Housing Act and insured, or not insured, under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
 
(Sec. 152) Continues through October 31, 2009, HUD authority to insure, and to commit to insure, home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners.
 
(Sec. 153) Continues through such date HUD authority to provide assistance to public housing agencies for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants for projects.
 
(Sec. 154) Requires funds made available under this joint resolution for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to include amounts necessary to make lease payments due in FY2010 only, on an obligation incurred in 2001 under a capital lease.
 
(Sec. 155) Prescribes a formula for the amount to be made available to the Secretary of Transportation for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs.
 
Continues this authority in effect through the earlier of the enactment of an Act amending it or October 31, 2009.
 
Continues through December 2010 the Secretary's airport improvement project grant authority.
 
(Sec. 156) Continues through October 31, 2009, excise taxes on aviation fuels and the air transportation of persons or property under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Allows amounts in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to be available, as provided by appropriations Acts, for making expenditures before November 1, 2009, to meet specified U.S. obligations.
 
(Sec. 157) Extends through October 31, 2009, certain requirements, authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized for surface transportation programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and specified federal laws that would otherwise expire on or cease to apply after FY2009.
 
Limits the use and distribution of funds to the same manner and at the same rate as funds authorized for such programs for FY2009.
 
(Sec. 158) Makes available, for October 1, 2009-October 31, 2009, an amount from the Highway Trust Fund (including from the Mass Transit Account) to carry out certain programs, projects, and activities.
 
(Sec. 159) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through October 31, 2009, certain authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund, including the Mass Transit Account.
 
(Sec. 160) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through October 31, 2009, funding for fish restoration and management projects.
 
(Sec. 161) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize expenditures from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund for: (1) the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act; (2) the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (3) the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act.
 
(Sec. 162) Makes appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to sections 157 through 161 of this joint resolution available until the earlier of October 31, 2009, or enactment into law of an Act to extend or reauthorize surface transportation programs.
 
(Sec. 163) Prohibits the availability of funds for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations.
 
(Sec. 164) Allows the U.S. Postal Service to reduce by $4 billion its contribution payments into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund for FY2009.

action_date: 2009-10-01
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(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on September 24, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 

Division A: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch
 - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2010 for: (1) a payment to Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Edward M. Kennedy, late a Senator from Massachusetts; (2) expense allowances; (3) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (5) agency contributions for employee benefits; (6) inquiries and investigations; (7) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (8) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (9) miscellaneous items; (10) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (11) official mail costs.
 
(Sec. 1) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 to increase by $50,000 the aggregate of gross compensation paid all employees in the office of a Senator, according to a specified table.
 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 to make it discretionary instead of, as under current law, mandatory that reports of semiannual statements of expenditures by the Secretary of the Senate and by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives be printed as Senate and House documents, respectively.
 
Requires the Secretary, beginning with the report covering the first full semiannual period of the 112th Congress, to: (1) post each semiannual report of the Secretary of the Senate publicly on the Senate's website in a searchable, itemized format; and (2) issue each such report in electronic form. Authorizes the Secretary to issue each such report in other forms at his discretion.
 
Makes appropriations to the House of Representatives for FY2010 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances. 
 
(Sec. 101) Requires deposit in the Treasury of any amounts of a Member's representational allowance remaining after all payments are made, to be used for federal deficit reduction, or, if there is no deficit, federal debt reduction.
 
(Sec. 102) Increases by $96,000 the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the offices of the Majority and Minority Whip, respectively.
 
(Sec. 103) Permits any active duty member of the Armed Forces who is assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Armed Forces at the House to obtain membership in the exercise facility established for House employees in the same manner as such individuals.
 
(Sec. 104) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993, as amended by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009, to require amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House for allowances and expenses to be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) and merged with and, as under current law, made available for the House office buildings, subject to the approval of the House Committee on Appropriations.
 
 
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; (4) the Capitol Police; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (7) the AOC, including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate office buildings, the House office buildings, the Capitol Power Plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center. 
 
(Sec. 1001) Authorizes the transfer between &quot;Salaries&quot; and &quot;General Expenses,&quot; upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees, of FY2010 amounts appropriated for the Capitol Police.
 
(Sec. 1101) Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to authorize the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.
 
(Sec. 1201) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 to increase from three to five the maximum number of participants in the executive exchange program between CBO officers and employees and private sector organizations employees for one-year assignments.
 
Repeals the termination of such Act (thus making the program permanent).
 
(Sec. 1301) Grants the AOC authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding.
 
Requires amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property to be credited to funds available for AOC operations and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property.
 
(Sec. 1302) Redefines &quot;agency&quot; to include the AOC and the Botanic Garden with respect to federal flexible and compressed work schedules (thus authorizing such schedules for AOC and Botanic Garden employees).
 
Declares that the same authority granted to the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations, provide technical assistance, and to review programs regarding such work schedules shall be exercised by the AOC with respect to such employees.
 
(Sec. 1303) Redefines &quot;agency&quot; to include and authorize the AOC and the Botanic Garden to make noncompetitive appointments leading to conversion to career or career-conditional employment to disabled veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities of 30% or more.
 
Declares that the same authority granted to OPM to prescribe regulations governing such appointments shall be exercised by the AOC.
 
(Sec. 1304) Establishes the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund in the Treasury as an AOC account.
 
Limits the use of such funds to the revitalization of the major House historical buildings and assets which the AOC is responsible for maintaining and preserving.
 
Prohibits the AOC from obligating any amounts in the Fund without the approval of the House Committee on Appropriations.
 
(Sec. 1305) Authorizes the AOC, during an emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property, to: (1) accept contributions of comfort and other incidental items and services to support AOC employees while they are on duty in response to the emergency; and (2) incur obligations and make expenditures out of available appropriations for meals, refreshments, and other support and maintenance for the Office if necessary to respond to the emergency.
 
Appropriates FY2010 funds to: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) the GPO Revolving Fund; (5) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (6) the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (7) the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 
(Sec. 1401) Establishes an upper limit of $123.328 million for the FY2010 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program.
 
(Sec. 1402) Authorizes the transfer of FY2010 Library of Congress appropriations, during such fiscal year, between any &quot;Library of Congress&quot; headings, upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees.
 
Limits such transfers to 10% of the total amount of funds appropriated to the account under any such heading for FY2010.
 
(Sec. 1403) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to classify positions in the Library of Congress above GS-15 pursuant to OPM standards.
 
(Sec. 1404) Provides for a carryover of up to 90 days of accrued annual leave for Library of Congress positions whose compensation is set at a rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule.
 
(Sec. 1501) Repeals the requirement for certain GAO audits, studies, or reviews of: (1) the use of funds in projects constructed under projected cost under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; (2) small business participation in construction of the Alaska natural gas pipeline under the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act; (3) assistance under Compacts of Free Association pursuant to the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; (4) Independent Counsel expenditures (semiannually) under the Department of Justice Appropriations Act of 1988; and (5) ambulance service costs under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
 
(Sec. 1601) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 to make a technical correction to the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Open World Leadership Center to include two Members of the House of Representatives and two Senators. (Under current law, it states two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate but does not specify whether they are congressional members or not.)
 
Requires the Executive Director of the Center to be appointed by the Librarian of Congress, on behalf of the Board, instead of being appointed by the Board as under current law.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - Specifies authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2009.
 
(Sec. 207) Authorizes the AOC to maintain specified landscape features, excluding streets, in the District of Columbia.
 
(Sec. 209) Prohibits the use of the funds made available to the AOC in this Act to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by congressional employees and interns.
 
Allows temporary suspension or restriction of such tours for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by the AOC.
 

Division B: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010
 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2010.
 
(Sec. 101) Appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2009 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in specified public law.
 
(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this joint resolution for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) new production of items not funded for production in FY2009 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2009 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2009.
 
Bars the use of DOD appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this joint resolution to initiate multiyear procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
 
(Sec. 104) Bars the use of any appropriation or funds made available or authority granted under Sec. 101 (except as otherwise provided in Sec. 102) to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2009.
 
(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this joint resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2010 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) October 31, 2009.
 
(Sec. 114) Designates amounts made available by this joint resolution related to amounts provided in specified FY2008 and FY2009 supplemental appropriations Acts as being for overseas deployments and other activities pursuant to S. Con. Res. 13 (FY2009 budget resolution, 111th Congress). Limits such amounts to $129.989 billion.
 
(Sec. 115) Continues through October 31, 2009, the prohibition in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 against the use of funds to release an individual who is detained, as of the enactment of this Act, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia. Continues through the same date the Act's restrictions on the transfer of such detainees to the United States for detention or prosecution.
 
(Sec. 116) Continues through such date the waiver of requirement for weighted averages for nutrient analysis of certain menu items and foods offered or served under the school lunch or breakfast program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as appropriate.
 
(Sec. 117) Continues through such date the the requirement of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act that: (1) states audit food safety inspection of schools and report the results to the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) the Secretary audit such reports.
 
(Sec. 118) Continues through October 31, 2009, the Secretary's authority to provide funding to California to carry out certain year-round child nutrition program services.
 
(Sec. 119) Continues through such date funding authority for training, technical assistance, and the food service management institute under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
 
(Sec. 120) Continues through October 31, 2009, funding authority under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act for an information clearinghouse that provides information to nongovernmental groups throughout the United States that assist low-income individuals or communities regarding food assistance, self-help activities, and other empowering activities.
 
(Sec. 121) Provides additional amounts to the Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Census for periodic censuses and programs at a specified rate for operations.
 
(Sec. 122) Continues through October 31, 2009, the appropriation of funds to the DOD under the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 for special pay for members whose period of obligated service is extended, or whose eligibility for retirement is suspended, due to the President's authority to extend such service or suspend such retirement (commonly referred to as stop-loss authority).
 
(Sec. 123) Continues through the earlier of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 or October 31, 2009, the authority for: (1) the Commanders' Emergency Response Program (DOD urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Iraq); and (2) the DOD joint task force providing counterterrorism support to law enforcement agencies which conduct counter-drug activities.
 
(Sec. 125) Continues through the earlier of such enactment or October 31, 2009, authority to provide additional support to counter-drug activities of specified countries.
 
(Sec. 126) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for certain programs and activities at a specified rate included in the Second Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request Act (D.C. Act 18-188).
 
(Sec. 127) Authorizes federal agencies, through October 31, 2009, to implement relocation expenses test programs for their employees.
 
(Sec. 128) Extends through such date certain pilot programs for employment eligibility confirmation established under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 129) Continues through October 31, 2009, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue notes or other obligations to carry out the flood insurance program. Extends the program through such date.
 
(Sec. 130) Requires the Secretaries of State and of Homeland Security (DHS) to continue through October 31, 2009, to set aside 3,000 alien investor (EB-5) visas annually for 15 years for aliens (and their spouses and children) eligible for admission under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
(Sec. 131) Extends through October 31, 2009, the authority of the DHS Secretary to regulate risk-based performance standards for the security of chemical facilities and require vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for chemical facilities.
 
(Sec. 132) Continues through October 31, 2009, the program of technical and financial assistance to states and local governments for predisaster hazard mitigation measures.
 
(Sec. 133) Continues through such date the special immigrant program for non-minister religious workers under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
(Sec. 134) Extends through October 31, 2009, the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program under the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994.
 
(Sec. 135) Continues through such date the authority of: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the Colorado State Forest Service to perform watershed restoration and protection services on National Forest System (NFS) lands in Colorado when similar and complementary services are being performed by the State Forest Service on adjacent state or private lands; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to permit such restoration and protection services with respect to public lands in Colorado administered through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
 
(Sec. 136) Continues through October 31, 2009, the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees from a person who harvests forest botanical products on NFS lands.
 
(Sec. 137) Authorizes through such date the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture, as appropriate, to renew an expired, transferred, or waived grazing permit or lease.
 
(Sec. 138) Continues through such date authority for the use of certain funds for expenses associated with primary and secondary schooling for certain dependents of agency personnel stationed in Puerto Rico.
 
(Sec. 139) Continues through such date title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (popularly known as the Ryan White Care Act) that provides grants for quality and availability of care for individuals and families with HIV/AIDS disease.
 
(Sec. 140) Continues through October 31, 2009, the eligibility of the Republic of Palau for certain appropriations and education grants.
 
(Sec. 141) Provides additional amounts for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the Veterans Health Administration for medical services, medical support, compliance, and facilities at specified maximum rates for operations.
 
(Sec. 142) Requires amounts provided by this joint resolution for Iraq, the Palestinian Authority, and Zimbabwe to be obligated under specified terms and conditions of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009.
 
(Sec. 145) Extends through October 31, 2009, the comparability pay adjustments to certain Foreign Service members assigned abroad.
 
(Sec. 146) Continues through October 31, 2009, the authority of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make grants for operating Radio Free Asia.
 
(Sec. 147) Extends through October 31, 2009, the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
 
(Sec. 148) Continues through October 31, 2009, the exemption of the Secretary of State from the requirement to convene an Accountability Review Board in the case of an incident that involves serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a federal mission in Afghanistan or Iraq.
 
(Sec. 149) Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to obligate certain funds at a rate necessary to renew or amend, in a timely manner, all section 8 project-based, section 202, and section 811 rental assistance contracts. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such payments beyond October 31, 2009.
 
(Sec. 150) Specifies ceiling amounts for the loan principal of loan guarantee commitments, as authorized by the National Housing Act and insured, or not insured, under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
 
(Sec. 152) Continues through October 31, 2009, HUD authority to insure, and to commit to insure, home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners.
 
(Sec. 153) Continues through such date HUD authority to provide assistance to public housing agencies for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants for projects.
 
(Sec. 154) Requires funds made available under this joint resolution for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to include amounts necessary to make lease payments due in FY2010 only, on an obligation incurred in 2001 under a capital lease.
 
(Sec. 155) Prescribes a formula for the amount to be made available to the Secretary of Transportation for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs.
 
Continues this authority in effect through the earlier of the enactment of an Act amending it or October 31, 2009.
 
Continues through December 2010 the Secretary's airport improvement project grant authority.
 
(Sec. 156) Continues through October 31, 2009, excise taxes on aviation fuels and the air transportation of persons or property under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Allows amounts in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to be available, as provided by appropriations Acts, for making expenditures before November 1, 2009, to meet specified U.S. obligations.
 
(Sec. 157) Extends through October 31, 2009, certain requirements, authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized for surface transportation programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and specified federal laws that would otherwise expire on or cease to apply after FY2009.
 
Limits the use and distribution of funds to the same manner and at the same rate as funds authorized for such programs for FY2009.
 
(Sec. 158) Makes available, for October 1, 2009-October 31, 2009, an amount from the Highway Trust Fund (including from the Mass Transit Account) to carry out certain programs, projects, and activities.
 
(Sec. 159) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through October 31, 2009, certain authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund, including the Mass Transit Account.
 
(Sec. 160) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through October 31, 2009, funding for fish restoration and management projects.
 
(Sec. 161) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize expenditures from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund for: (1) the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act; (2) the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (3) the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act.
 
(Sec. 162) Makes appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to sections 157 through 161 of this joint resolution available until the earlier of October 31, 2009, or enactment into law of an Act to extend or reauthorize surface transportation programs.
 
(Sec. 163) Prohibits the availability of funds for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations.
 
(Sec. 164) Allows the U.S. Postal Service to reduce by $4 billion its contribution payments into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund for FY2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Became Public Law No: 111-68.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Became Public Law No: 111-68.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 62 - 38. Record Vote Number: 302.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 62 - 38. Record Vote Number: 302.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Motion to waive the CBA with respect to the conference report agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 61 - 39. Record Vote Number: 301.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Motion to waive Rule XXVIII with respect to the conference report agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 61 - 39. Record Vote Number: 300.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Point of order that the conference report violates the CBA raised in Senate.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Point of order that the conference report violates Rule XXVIII raised in Senate.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S9953-9957, S9959-9964, S9965-9969)
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 191, enrollment corrections on H.R. 2918 have been made.
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll No. 739). (consideration: CR H9970-9976)
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 190 (Roll No. 739).(consideration: CR H9970-9976)
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H9976)
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2918.
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Ms. Wasserman Schultz brought up conference report H. Rept. 111-265 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 772. (consideration: CR H9970-9976)
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Rule H. Res. 772 passed House.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 772 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 2918 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. The resolution waives all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration. The conference report shall be considered as read.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Conference report H. Rept. 111-265 filed. (text of conference report: CR H9924-9946)
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 111-265 filed.(text of conference report: CR H9924-9946)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: The Speaker appointed conferees: Wasserman Schultz, Honda, McCollum, Ryan (OH), Ruppersberger, Rodriguez, Obey, Aderholt, LaTourette, Cole, and Lewis (CA).
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 191 - 213 (Roll no. 734).
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H9871)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Aderholt motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2918. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require managers on the part of the House to agree to the provisions contained in section 209 of the House bill; include any additional funding or language not committed to the conference; include matter not committed to the conference committee by either House; modify specific matter committed to conference by either or both Houses beyond the scope of the specific matter as committed to the conference committee and not record their approval of final conference agreement unless the text of such agreement has been available to the managers in an electronic, searchable, and downloadable form for at least 48 hours prior to the time described in such clause.
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Mr. Aderholt moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9869-9871; text: CR H9869)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by recorded vote: 240 - 171 (Roll no. 733). (consideration: CR H9869)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Ms. Wasserman Schultz moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR H9869)
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2009-07-06
text: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Nelson NE; Inouye; Pryor; Tester; Murkowski; Cochran. (consideration: CR S7132)
action_date: 2009-07-06
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 25. Record Vote Number: 217. (text: CR S7127-7132)
action_date: 2009-07-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 25. Record Vote Number: 217.(text: CR S7127-7132)
action_date: 2009-07-06
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7121-7132)
action_date: 2009-06-25
text: Motion to table the Vitter motion to commit to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 65 - 31. Record Vote Number: 214. (consideration: CR S7055)
action_date: 2009-06-25
text: Motion by Senator Vitter to commit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions made in Senate. (consideration: CR S7053-7055; text: CR S7053)
action_date: 2009-06-25
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7051-7055, S7056-7060)
action_date: 2009-06-22
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 84.
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 232 - 178 (Roll no. 413).
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 232 - 178 (Roll no. 413).
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 374 - 34 (Roll no. 412). (text: CR H7051)
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H7052)
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Kingston (GA) motion to recommit. The instructions contained in the motion see to require the bill to be reported back to the Committee on Appropriations with an amendment that redirects funds.
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Mr. Kingston moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H7051)
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 559, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McCarthy (NY) amendment.
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2918.
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2918 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 559. (consideration: CR H7041-7053; text of measure as reported in House: CR H7041-7045)
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Rule H. Res. 559 passed House.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 559 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2918 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 79.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-160, by Ms. Wasserman Schultz.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-160, by Ms. Wasserman Schultz.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 111-68