Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011

Bill: 111-hr-3082
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Afghanistan
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Agricultural trade
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Allergies
Alliances
American Battle Monuments Commission
Animal and plant health
Appropriations
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Aviation and airports
Building construction
Business records
Buy American requirements
Cemeteries and funerals
Child health
Collective security
Colorado
Computers and information technology
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Defense spending
Dental care
Department of Defense
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
District of Columbia
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal appellate courts
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hawaii
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homeland security
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Illinois
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Iraq
Japan
Kentucky
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Livestock
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Meat
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority health
Mississippi
Monuments and memorials
Motor vehicles
National Guard and reserves
Neurological disorders
New Mexico
Nuclear weapons
Nutrition and diet
Philippines
Preschool education
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Retail and wholesale trades
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Seafood
Small business
Smuggling and trafficking
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
South Korea
Specialized courts
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Virginia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2010 - Appropriates funds for FY2010 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) the Homeowners Assistance Fund; (6) DOD chemical demilitarization construction; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Accounts of 1990 and 2005.
 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration; (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) DOD cemeterial expenses; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorities regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.
 

action_date: 2009-07-10
text: 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Title I: Department of Defense
 - Appropriates funds for FY2010 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) the Homeowners Assistance Fund; (6) chemical demilitarization construction; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Accounts of 1990 and 2005.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
 
(Sec. 119) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at least 60 days prior to issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the appropriations committees of any guarantees (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) proposed to be made to the private party in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which the housing is provided; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
 
(Sec. 120) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Metropolitan Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966.
 
(Sec. 123) Places specified restrictions and limitations on the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this title or in any other military construction appropriations Act to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.
 
(Sec. 124) Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account.
 
(Sec. 125) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for any action that relates to or promotes the expansion of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 
 

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs
 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical and prosthetic research and information technology systems); (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of the Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of state extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.
 
(Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans eligible under existing VA medical care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical services from facilities supported by the Indian Health Service or tribal organizations.
 
(Sec. 218) Prohibits the VA from using funds available in this or any other Act to replace the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.
 
(Sec. 220) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration.
 

 

Title III: Related Agencies
 - Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title IV: General Provisions
 - Specifies restrictions and authorities regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.
 
(Sec. 408) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for: (1) a project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, Delegate,or Resident Commissioner of the U.S. Congress; or (2) the processing of new enhanced use leases in the three original National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers established before 1868.
 
(Sec. 409) Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on the current and planned use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in VA medical facilities. 

action_date: 2009-11-17
text: 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - 
Title I: Department of Defense - 
Appropriates funds for FY2010 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) the Homeowners Assistance Fund; (6) chemical demilitarization construction; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Accounts of 1990 and 2005.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
 
(Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriations committees on actions taken by DOD and the Department of State during the previous fiscal year to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, South Korea, and U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
 
(Sec. 121) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at least 60 days prior to issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the appropriations committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) proposed to be made to the private party in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
 
(Sec. 122) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966.
 
(Sec. 125) Places specified restrictions and limitations on the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this title or in any other military construction appropriations Act to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.
 
(Sec. 128) Directs the Secretary, during each of FY2010-FY2014, to submit to the defense committees an analysis of alternative designs for any major construction projects related to the security of strategic nuclear weapons facilities.
 
(Sec. 129) Directs the Secretary, during 2010, to submit three consolidated reports from the military departments and defense agencies identifying bid savings resulting from project cost and scope variations exercised to meet unusual variations that could not have reasonably been anticipated at the time the project was approved, when such variations exceed 25% of the amount provided under this and certain prior military construction appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 130) Earmarks certain funds from this Act for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a study of federal funding of transportation improvements to accommodate installation growth associated with the 2005 defense base closure and realignment program. Requires an interim and final report from the NAS to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 131) Increases by $37.5 million the amount made available for Military Construction, Air Force, to be used for construction of an unmanned aerial system field training complex at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Rescinds a larger amount made available for such purpose under the previous military construction appropriations Act.
 
(Sec. 132) Increases by $68.5 million the amount made available for defense-wide military construction, to be used for construction of an Aegis Ashore Test Facility at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii. Rescinds a larger amount made available for construction of a European ballistic missile defense program under the previous military construction appropriations Act.
 

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs - 
Makes appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) veterans benefits programs; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) (including for medical support and compliance and medical and prosthetic research); (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) VA general operating expenses and information technology systems; (11) the Office of the Inspector General; (12) construction for major and minor projects; and (13) grants for the construction of state extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.
 
(Sec. 211) Makes appropriations unavailable to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $1 million unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary, for purposes of this title) submits a report which the appropriations committees approve within 30 days after receipt.
 
(Sec. 212) Makes appropriations unavailable for hospital or nursing home care or medical services for a non-service-connected disability unless such person has disclosed to the Secretary current and accurate third-party reimbursement information.
 
(Sec. 216) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with local community health centers, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to provide health care, including behavioral health and dental care, to Native Alaskan and Indian veterans residing in rural Alaska.
 
(Sec. 219) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the VHA.
 
(Sec. 223) Requires the VA to continue research into Gulf War illness at levels not less than those made available in FY2009, within available funds under this Act.
 
(Sec. 224) Directs the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer specified funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Graduate Psychology Education Program, which includes the treatment of veterans, to support increased training of psychologists in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and related disorders. Requires the Secretary to notify Congress of any such transfers.
 
(Sec. 229) Increases by $4 million the amount made available for state veterans cemeteries. Provides a corresponding offset from VA general operating expenses.
 
(Sec. 230) Earmarks specified VHA funds to allow the Secretary to offer incentives to qualified health care providers and administrators working in VHA-designated underserved rural areas. Requires a report from the Secretary to the veterans and appropriations committees on the number of employees receiving such incentives.
 
(Sec. 231) Redesignates the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lake County, Illinois, as the &quot;Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center.&quot;
 
(Sec. 232) Extends, through 2010, VA authority to maintain a regional office in the Republic of the Philippines.
 
(Sec. 233) Earmarks specified VA funds for: (1) a grant program for the benefit of homeless veterans, and per diem payments to state homes for furnishing services to such veterans; (2) a study of using service dogs for the treatment and rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities; and (3) conducting outreach and providing services that ensure that veterans enrolled in education programs have information on and access to care and services for neurological and psychological issues.
 
(Sec. 236) Authorizes the Secretary to permit a state home to provide services to a non-veteran any of whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces, as long as such services are not thereby denied to a qualified veteran.
 
(Sec. 237) Redesignates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky, as the &quot;Robley Rex Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.&quot;
 
(Sec. 238) Increases by $750,000 the amount made available for VHA medical services, to be used for: (1) the grant program and per diem payments described in section 233, above; and (2) VA housing assistance and supportive services for homeless veterans. Provides a corresponding offset from VA operating expenses.
 
(Sec. 239) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 to modify use restrictions with respect to land transferred from the VA to the city of Gulfport, Mississippi.
 
(Sec. 240) Increases by $50 million the amount made available for VA minor projects construction, to be used for renovating unused VA structures into housing with supportive services for homeless veterans. Provides a corresponding offset from the Homeowners Assistance Fund.
 
(Sec. 241) Earmarks specified VA funds to award grants to state and local governments to conduct outreach to ensure that veterans in underserved areas receive the care and benefits for which they are eligible.
 
(Sec. 242) Directs the VA Inspector General to carry out a study to assess the VA's capacity to address combat stress in women veterans. Requires an interim and final study report from the Inspector General to the Secretary and the veterans and appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 243) Requires the Secretary to carry out a study identifying improvements to VA infrastructure that are required to furnish health care services to veterans using telehealth platforms. Provides funding.
 
(Sec. 244) Earmarks specified VHA medical services funds for an education debt reduction program for mental health care professionals who agree to VA employment. 
 

Title III: Related Agencies - 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title IV: Overseas Contingency Operations 
- Appropriates funds for overseas contingency operations for military construction for the Army and Air Force.
 
(Sec. 401) Increases the amounts made available for Army military construction to be used for dining hall projects at Forward Operating Bases Dwyer and Wolverine, making corresponding reductions in funding for such projects at Forward Operating Bases Maywand and Tarin Kowt (all in Afghanistan).
 

Title V: Department of Veterans Affairs 
- Appropriates funds for the VHA for: (1) medical services; (2) medical support and compliance; and (3) medical facilities. 
 

Title VI: General Provisions - 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.
 
(Sec. 608) Requires any report required to be submitted by a federal department or agency to either appropriations committee to be posted on the public website of that department or agency upon receipt by the committee. Provides exceptions if such report compromises national security or contains proprietary information.
 
(Sec. 609) Prohibits any of this Act's funds from being distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries.

action_date: 2010-12-22
text: 
Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011 - Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 -
 Title I: Continuing Appropriations Amendments
 - (Sec. 1) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 111-242) to extend through March 4, 2011, specified continuing appropriations for FY2011.
 
Declares that no statutory pay adjustment which would otherwise take effect between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2012, shall be made. (Thus freezes the pay of certain federal civilian employees for two calendar years.)
 
Prohibits, during such period, a senior executive or senior-level employee from receiving an increase in the rate of basic pay absent a change of position that results in a substantial increase in responsibility or a promotion.
 
Applies the Non-Foreign Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009, using the appropriate locality-based comparability payments established by the President as the applicable comparability payments in such Act.
 
Provides additional funds for the Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
 
Continues in effect through the earlier of March 4, 2011, or the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, specified authorities under: (1) the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (NDAA for FY2010); (2) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, as amended by the NDAA for FY2010; (3) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, as amended by the NDAA for FY2010; (4) the NDAA for FY2010; (5) the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008; and (6) the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2007.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award a contract or contracts for up to 20 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).
 
Extends through: (1) December 31, 2011, the authority for certain individuals to elect continued health benefits coverage for up to 18 months after an involuntary separation, or voluntary separation due to a reduction in force; and (2) February 12, 2012, the same authority, if specific notice of separation was given to an individual before December 31, 2011.
 
Provides additional funding for the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
 
Amends the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 to extend until March 4, 2011, the suspension of fees under the Small Business Act 7(a) program (Small Business Administration [SBA]-guaranteed loans to small businesses) and the 504 program (financing to small businesses backed by SBA-guaranteed debentures). Extends through such date SBA authority to guarantee up to 90% of qualifying small business loans made by eligible lenders. Terminates the SBA loan guarantee program on March 4, 2010. Extends appropriations for the program through such date. Limits to up to $4.5 million the maximum guaranteed amount outstanding to the borrower.
 
Deems the appropriation to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a regular appropriation for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
Amends the Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act to extend through December 31, 2011, the prohibition on applying certain requirements relating to limitations on expending, obligating, or apportioning appropriations to the collection or receipt of federal universal (telecommunications) service contributions or their expenditure or obligation for universal service support programs.
 
Makes amounts available in this Act for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) available for transfer between and within TSA appropriations to avoid furloughs or reductions in force (RIFs), or to provide funding necessary for programs and activities required by law.
 
Transfers, subject to specified conditions, certain funds between Coast Guard appropriations.
 
Nullifies the authorization for obligation of certain Science and Technology, Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations appropriations in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 for the National Bio - and Agro-defense Facilities.
 
Provides additional funds for FY2010 for the Department of the Interior&#150;Minerals Management Service&#150;Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management in the manner authorized in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Reduces specified amounts for FY2011.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, to take necessary administrative actions in conformance with certain reprogramming procedures.
 
Declares that certain disposition requirements of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 for geothermal energy receipts shall have no force or effect; but that related requirements of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 shall apply for FY2011, namely that: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury use 50% and 25% of such receipts to make payments to states and counties within which the leased land and geothermal resources are located; and (2) the remaining 25% shall be deposited in miscellaneous receipts.
 
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to obligate through March 4, 2011, the same amount of funds made available by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 for payments under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 as was obligated during FY2010. 
 
Defines as a &quot;highly qualified teacher&quot; any teacher who meets the requirements of specified federal regulations.
 
Provides additional funding for the Department of Education, Student Financial Assistance to carry out the Pell Grant Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Specifies $4,860 as the maximum Pell Grant for which a student may be eligible during award year 2011-2012.
 
Ratifies the use of any funds appropriated to the U.S. Capitol Police during FY2003 for transfer to the Working Capital Fund relating to the truck Interdiction Monitoring Program.
 
Provides additional funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Departmental Administration, General Operating Expenses at a specified rate for operations, with certain amounts earmarked for the Veterans Benefits Administration.
 
 

Title II: Extension of Current Surface Transportation Programs
 - Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010, Part II - (Sec. 2001) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reduce the amount apportioned for a surface transportation program, project, or activity for FY2011 by amounts apportioned or allocated under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010 for the period October 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010.
 

Subtitle A: Federal-Aid Highways
 - (Sec. 2101) Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2010 to extend through March 4, 2011, the authorization of appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the period of October 1, 2010 - March 4, 2011, for the federal-aid highway, surface transportation research, and transportation planning programs under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). Limits obligational authority for the programs to 155/365 of the total authorized for them for FY2009.
 
Continues in effect through March 4, 2011, the requirements, authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized by specified federal transportation law.
 
Extends the allocation of certain transportation program funds to states for specified programs (except the high priority projects program) under the Equity bonus program.
 
Extends through March 4, 2011, the authorization of appropriations, at increased amounts, for federal-aid highway program administrative expenses.
 

Subtitle B: Extension of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Additional Programs
 - (Sec. 2201) Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to extend through March 4, 2011, the authorization of appropriations for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety programs, including: (1) highway safety research and development; (2) the occupant protection incentive grant program; (3) the safety belt performance grant program; (4) state traffic safety information system improvements; (5) the alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures incentive grant program; (6) the National Driver Register; (7) the high visibility enforcement program; (8) motorcyclist safety; (9) the child safety and child booster seat safety incentive grant program; and (10) NHTSA administrative expenses.
 
(Sec. 2202) Extends through March 4, 2011, the authorization of appropriations for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) programs, including: (1) motor carrier safety grants; (2) FMCSA administrative expenses; (3) commercial driver's license program improvement grants; (4) border enforcement grants; (5) performance and registration information system management grants; (6) commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment grants; (7) safety data improvement grants; (8) a set-aside for high priority activities that improve commercial motor vehicle safety and compliance with commercial motor vehicle safety regulations; (9) a set-aside for new entrant motor carrier audit grants; (10) commercial driver's license information system modernization; (11) FMCSA and NHTSA outreach and education; (12) the commercial motor vehicle operators grant program; (13) the FMCSA's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee; and (14) the working group for development of practices and procedures to enhance federal-state relations.
 
(Sec. 2203) Extends through March 4, 2011, the funding for hazardous materials (hazmat) research projects.
 
Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through March 4, 2011, the authorization of appropriations, and the current requirements for their distribution, for fish restoration and management projects.
 
Extends the set-aside for administrative expenses for carrying out such projects.
 
Extends for one year the surface transportation project delivery pilot program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary in this title) to use future strategic highway research program funds to implement research products related to the program, including development, demonstration, evaluation, and technology transfer activities.
 

Subtitle C: Public Transportation Programs
 - (Sec. 2301) Extends through March 4, 2011, the allocation of capital investment grant funds for federal transit programs, including the metropolitan planning program and the state planning and research program.
 
(Sec. 2302) Extends the special rule authority of the Secretary to award urbanized area formula grants to finance the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000.
 
(Sec. 2303) Allocates through March 4, 2011, certain amounts for formula and bus grants and capital investment grants for: (1) certain new fixed guideway capital projects of under $75 million; (2) new fixed guideway ferry systems and extension projects in Alaska and Hawaii; (3) payments to the Denali Commission for docks, waterfront development projects, and related transportation infrastructure; (4) ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities; (5) a set-aside for the national fuel cell bus technology development program; (6) projects in nonurbanized areas; (7) intermodal terminal projects; and (8) bus testing.
 
(Sec. 2304) Extends through March 4, 2011, the apportionments of: (1) nonurbanized area formula grants for public transportation on Indian reservations; and (2) capital investment grant funds for certain fixed guideway modernization projects.
 
(Sec. 2306) Extends through March 4, 2011, the authorization appropriations from the HTF Mass Transit Account for: (1) formula and bus grant projects, including allocations for specified projects; (2) capital investment grants; (3) transit research, including allocations for transit cooperative research programs, the National Transit Institute, the university centers program, transportation projects to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the National Technical Assistance Center for senior transportation, and national research programs; and (4) administration expenses.
 
(Sec. 2307) Extends through March 4, 2011, certain SAFETEA-LU programs, including: (1) the contracted paratransit pilot program; (2) the public-private partnership pilot program; (3) project authorizations for final design and construction and preliminary engineering of specified fixed guideway projects; and (4) the elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities pilot program.
 
Increases the obligation ceiling of amounts made available from the HTF Mass Transit Account.
 
Extends through March 4, 2011, certain allocations for national research and technology programs.
 
(Sec. 2308) Extends obligation authority of the Highway Category and the Mass Transit Category through March 4, 2011.
 

Subtitle D: Extension of Expenditure Authority
 - (Sec. 2401) Extends through March 5, 2011, authorities for expenditures from the: (1) HTF Highway and Mass Transit accounts; and (2) Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Became Public Law No: 111-322.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Became Public Law No: 111-322.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Presented to President.
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text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 165 (Roll no. 662). (text as House agreed to Senate amendment to House amendment to Senate amendment: CR H8905-8908)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 165 (Roll no. 662).(text as House agreed to Senate amendment to House amendment to Senate amendment: CR H8905-8908)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H8914)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the motion to agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3082.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Mr. Obey moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H8905-8915)
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1782, the Chair recognized Mr. Obey for a motion.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3082) with an amendment (SA 4885) by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 16. Record Vote Number: 289.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3082) with an amendment (SA 4885) by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 16. Record Vote Number: 289.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations the House message to accompany the bill (H.R. 3082) with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment (SA 4887) fell when cloture was invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3082) with an amendment (SA 4885) in Senate.
action_date: 2010-12-21
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S10852-10853, S10853, S10868, S10885)
action_date: 2010-12-19
text: Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations the House message to accompany the bill (H.R. 3082) with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment (SA 4887) made in Senate.
action_date: 2010-12-19
text: Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3082) with an amendment (SA 4885) made in the Senate. (consideration: CR S10770-10771)
action_date: 2010-12-09
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 206 (Roll no. 622). (text as House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment: CR H8152-8203)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 206 (Roll no. 622).(text as House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment: CR H8152-8203)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H8220)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on agreeing to the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R.3082, the Chair announced that further proceedings would be postponed.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on agreeing to the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 3082.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1755, the House moved to agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H8152-8213, H8220-8221)
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Rule H. Res. 1755 passed House.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1755 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3082 with 1 hour of general debate. The resolution makes in order a motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3082. It waives all points of order against consideration of the motion. The resolution provides that the Senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Johnson; Inouye; Landrieu; Byrd; Murray; Reed; Nelson NE; Pryor; Leahy; Hutchison; Brownback; McConnell; Collins; Murkowski; Cochran. (consideration: CR S11411)
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 348. (text: CR 11/18/2009 S11500-11508)
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 348.(text: CR 11/18/2009 S11500-11508)
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11403-11407, S11407-11411)
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Motion by Senator Coburn to commit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 24 - 69. Record Vote Number: 345.
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Motion by Senator Coburn to commit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions made in Senate. (consideration: CR S11368-11369, S11371; text: CR S11368)
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11362-11376, S11377-11378)
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11313-11320, S11320-11334, S11334)
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11265-11268, S11268-11273, S11283-284)
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11239-11245)
action_date: 2009-11-05
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11187-11191)
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 106.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 415 - 3 (Roll no. 529).
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 415 - 3 (Roll no. 529).
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H7991)
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3082.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 622, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Moore (WI) amendment.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 622, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 622, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sessions amendment.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 622, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garrett (NJ) amendment.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 622, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Capito amendment.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 622, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Filner amendment.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 622, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Edwards (TX) amendment.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3082.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Tammy Baldwin to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 622 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3082 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. Specified amendments are in order. The bill shall be considered as read through page 58, line 6. Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, except as provided in section 2, no amendment shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. All points of order against such amendments are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 622. (consideration: CR H7960-7992; text of measure as reported in House: CR H7976-7983)
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Rule H. Res. 622 passed House.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 622 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3082 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. Specified amendments are in order. The bill shall be considered as read through page 58, line 6. Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, except as provided in section 2, no amendment shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. All points of order against such amendments are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 101.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-188, by Mr. Edwards (TX).
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-188, by Mr. Edwards (TX).
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 111-322