Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
PL 112-55 (H.R.2112), enacted 11/18/2011

125 STAT. 552 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
Public Law 112–55 
112th Congress 
An Act 
Making consolidated appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, 
Justice, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related pro-
grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated and Further Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Statement of appropriations. 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012 
DIVISION C—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012 
DIVISION D—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 2012 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2012. 
1 USC 1 note. 
Consolidated and 
Further 
Continuing 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
Nov. 18, 2011 
[H.R. 2112] 
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125 STAT. 553 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, $4,550,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this 
amount shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Relations, 
$448,000, to support communication and consultation activities with 
Federally Recognized Tribes, as well as other requirements estab-
lished by law. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$11,177,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
$12,841,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $8,946,000. 
OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY COORDINATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security 
and Emergency Coordination, $1,321,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach, 
$1,209,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $44,031,000. 
Agriculture, 
Rural 
Development, 
Food and Drug 
Administration, 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
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125 STAT. 554 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $5,650,000: Provided, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 
76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, including 
agency budgets for contracting out. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Civil Rights, $848,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$21,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration, $764,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $230,416,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $164,470,000 shall 
be available for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent; of which $13,800,000 for payment to the Department 
of Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which 
$52,146,000 for buildings operations and maintenance expenses: 
Provided, That the Secretary may use unobligated prior year bal-
ances of an agency or office that are no longer available for new 
obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental payments 
for such agency or office: Provided further, That the Secretary 
is authorized to transfer funds from a Departmental agency to 
this account to recover the full cost of the space and security 
expenses of that agency that are funded by this account when 
the actual costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available 
for the activities and payments described herein. 
Reports. 
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125 STAT. 555 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), 
$3,592,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for 
Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $24,165,000, to provide for 
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of 
the Department and for general administration, security, repairs 
and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and 
efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 
by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded by 
this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs 
and liaison within the executive branch, $3,576,000: Provided, That 
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department 
of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 
agency level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the 
allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That 
no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall 
be available to the Department for support of activities of congres-
sional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications, 
$8,065,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $85,621,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
Deadline. 
Notification. 
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125 STAT. 556 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and pri-
vate persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, 
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu-
ant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97– 
98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$39,345,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Research, Education and Economics, $848,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$77,723,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $158,616,000, of which up to $41,639,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase 
at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be 
equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not 
exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests trans-
ferred out of Federal ownership, $1,094,647,000: Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 
for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construc-
tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 
shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 
buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 
$750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during 
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this 
Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 
Maryland. 
7 USC 2254. 
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125 STAT. 557 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings 
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): 
Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, 
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the pur-
pose of establishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, $705,599,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of 
the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $236,334,000; for grants 
for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), 
$32,934,000; for payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$50,898,000, provided that each institution receives no less than 
$1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $4,000,000; for 
competitive grants on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$15,830,000; 
for 
competitive 
grants 
(7 
U.S.C. 
450(i)(b)), 
$264,470,000, to remain available until expended; for the support 
of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $4,000,000; 
for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 
3319d), $825,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical 
Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,081,000, to 
remain available until expended; for the 1994 research grants pro-
gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 
103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,801,000, to remain available until 
expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $961,000; 
for the veterinary medicine loan repayment program under section 
1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a), $4,790,000, to remain 
available until expended; for grants and fellowships for food and 
agricultural sciences education under paragraphs (1), (5), and (6) 
of section 1417(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)), $9,000,000, 
to remain available until expended; for an education grants program 
for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $9,219,000; for 
competitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all provisions 
of 7 U.S.C. 3156 to individual eligible institutions or consortia 
of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded 
equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,194,000; 
for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post- 
secondary education, (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $900,000; for aquaculture 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,920,000; for sustainable agriculture 
research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $14,471,000; for a program 
of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions 
eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $19,336,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for capacity 
building grants for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture (7 U.S.C. 
3319i), $4,500,000, to remain available until expended; for competi-
tive grants for policy research (7 U.S.C. 3155), $4,000,000, which 
shall be obligated within 120 days of the enactment of this Act; 
for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) 
of Public Law 103–382, $3,335,000; for resident instruction grants 
for insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricultural 
Grants. 
Deadline. 
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125 STAT. 558 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3363), $900,000; for distance education grants for insular areas 
under section 1490 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), $750,000; 
for a competitive grants program for farm business management 
and benchmarking (7 U.S.C. 5925f), $1,450,000; for a competitive 
grants program regarding biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 8114), 
$2,200,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and Education 
Activities, $10,500,000, of which $2,600,000 for the Research, Edu-
cation, and Economics Information System and $2,000,000 for the 
Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain available until 
expended. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $475,183,000, as follows: payments for cooperative 
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under 
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of 
Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $294,000,000; payments for extension 
work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
343(b)(3)), $4,312,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$67,934,000; payments for the pest management program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $9,918,000; payments for the farm safety 
program and youth farm safety education and certification extension 
grants under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,610,000; payments for 
New Technologies for Agriculture Extension under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $1,550,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 
teaching facilities at institutions eligible to receive funds under 
7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $19,730,000, to remain available until 
expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) 
of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,600,000; payments for carrying out the 
provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $3,700,000; payments for the federally recog-
nized Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith- 
Lever Act, $3,039,000; payments for sustainable agriculture pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,696,000; payments for 
rural health and safety education as authorized by section 502(i) 
of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,500,000; payments 
for cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3221), $42,592,000, provided that each institution receives no less 
than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 
7 U.S.C. 7630, $750,000; payments to carry out the food animal 
residue avoidance database program as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
7642, $1,000,000; payments to carry out section 1672(e)(49) of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
5925), as amended, $400,000; and for necessary expenses of Exten-
sion Activities, $7,852,000. 
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125 STAT. 559 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, 
including 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses, 
$21,482,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs authorized 
under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $14,496,000, 
including $4,500,000 for the water quality program, $4,000,000 
for regional pest management centers, $1,996,000 for the methyl 
bromide transition program, and $4,000,000 for the organic transi-
tion program; $998,000 for the regional rural development centers 
program; and $5,988,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense 
Initiative authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $848,000. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $816,534,000, of which $1,000,000, to be available 
until expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of 
insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest 
animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary 
to meet emergency conditions; of which $17,848,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests program 
for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 
zones; of which $32,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which $696,000 
shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse Protection 
Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $52,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be used to support avian 
health; of which $4,335,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for information technology infrastructure; of which 
$153,950,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for spe-
cialty crop pests; of which, $9,068,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; 
of which $55,638,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for tree and wood pests; of which $2,750,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; 
of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for wildlife 
services methods development; of which $1,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management 
program for aviation safety; and up to 25 percent of the screwworm 
program shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
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125 STAT. 560 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require 
minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the operation 
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, 
That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of 
the agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary 
may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 
be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accord-
ance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 
balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2012, the agency is authorized to collect fees 
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, 
domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or 
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any 
entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, 
and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
able until expended, without further appropriation, for providing 
such assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, 
$3,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$82,211,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 
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125 STAT. 561 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,101,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 
to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY 
(SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program 
expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 
expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce 
as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; 
(2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more 
than $20,056,000 for formulation and administration of marketing 
agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,198,000. 
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
Stockyards Administration, $37,750,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $49,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing 
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, 
this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food Safety, $770,000. 
Notification. 
Notification. 
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125 STAT. 562 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed 
$50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,004,427,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 
this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredita-
tion as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 
funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infra-
structure system shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2012 for purposes dedicated solely 
to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods 
of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service shall continue implementation of section 11016 of 
Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
of the current replacement value of the building. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND FOREIGN 
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $848,000. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
Farm 
Service 
Agency, 
$1,198,966,000, of which $13,000,000 shall be for the Common 
Computing Environment and of which not less than $66,685,000 
shall be for Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural 
Systems: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro-
grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 
funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may 
be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further, 
That funds made available to county committees shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $3,759,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act 
Employment 
positions. 
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125 STAT. 563 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $3,817,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 
to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried 
out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity 
program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating 
(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land acquisition loans 
(25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed con-
servation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly 
fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds 
in 
the 
Agricultural 
Credit 
Insurance 
Fund, 
as 
follows: 
$1,500,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm ownership loans 
and $475,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,500,000,000 
for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and $1,050,090,000 
for direct operating loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
$2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; Indian 
highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil 
eradication program loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 
purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership, 
$22,800,000 for direct loans; farm operating loans, $26,100,000 for 
unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, $59,120,000 for direct 
operating loans; and Indian highly fractionated land loans, 
$193,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $297,632,000, of 
which $289,728,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conserva-
tion direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 
these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
$74,900,000: Provided, That the funds made available under section 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Pink Bollworm. 
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125 STAT. 564 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may 
be used for the Common Information Management System: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1506(i). 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized 
to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, 
to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 
2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, 
That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation 
under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and 
used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that 
are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and 
cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to 
comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 
U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
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125 STAT. 565 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
TITLE II 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Natural Resources and Environment, $848,000. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation 
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 
such special measures for soil and water management as may 
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 
to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests 
therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection 
or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $828,159,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013, of which $12,500,000 
shall be for the Common Computing Environment: Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and public 
improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of 
alterations and improvements to other buildings and other public 
improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That 
when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, 
that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 
2250a. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act, $15,000,000 is provided. 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Rural Development, $848,000. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission 
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125 STAT. 566 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
area, including activities with institutions concerning the develop-
ment and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative 
agreements; $182,023,000, of which $4,500,000 shall be for the 
Common Computing Environment: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used for advertising and promotional activities that support 
the Rural Development mission area: Provided further, That any 
balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 
Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business—Cooperative 
Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and 
merged with this appropriation. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 
fund, as follows: $900,000,000 shall be for direct loans and 
$24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
$10,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $64,478,000 for 
section 515 rental housing; $130,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single 
family housing acquired property; and $5,000,000 for section 523 
self-help housing land development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $42,570,000 
shall be for direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, 
$1,421,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of sec-
tion 515 rental housing, $22,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
may charge a guarantee fee of up to 4 percent on section 502 
guaranteed loans: Provided further, That to support the loan pro-
gram level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under 
this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover 
the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions 
of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the 
interest on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, the 
amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be 
available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $14,200,000, to remain 
available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and 
domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts: Provided, That 
any balances available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall 
be transferred and merged with this account. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $430,800,000 shall 
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125 STAT. 567 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements 
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible 
households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing 
Act of 1949, $904,653,000; and, in addition, such sums as may 
be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate 
debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, 
That of this amount not less than $1,500,000 is available for newly 
constructed units financed by section 515 of the Housing Act of 
1949, and not less than $2,500,000 is for newly constructed units 
financed under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949: 
Provided further, That rental assistance agreements entered into 
or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 
1-year period: Provided further, That any unexpended balances 
remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans-
ferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduction; mainte-
nance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preserva-
tion; and rental assistance activities authorized under title V of 
the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 
agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2012 for a farm labor 
multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 
of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until 
such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive 
months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such 
assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who 
are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such recap-
tured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied 
to another farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 
section 514 or 516 of the Act. 
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding sub-
section (b) of such section, and for additional costs to conduct 
a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of multi-family rental housing properties described in this para-
graph, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $11,000,000, 
shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 
household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 
in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 
prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the 
amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable 
market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent 
for such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 
such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual appro-
priations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 
housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That if the 
Vouchers. 
Loans. 
Applicability. 
Time period. 
Time period. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers 
in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary 
may use such funds for the demonstration program for the preserva-
tion and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available 
for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing prop-
erties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, 
as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes 
of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 
project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing 
for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or 
eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, 
reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 
including advances, payments and incentives (including the ability 
of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall as 
part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a 
restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-
turing: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 
additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are 
needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 
program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 
if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multi- 
family rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 
demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use 
funds made available for the demonstration program under this 
heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, 
the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from 
the program funds made available under this heading, for adminis-
trative expenses for activities funded under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of 
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants allocated by the Secretary 
for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 
2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing repair, 
supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for construction 
defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 
1490m, $33,136,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated under this heading, the 
amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing Assistance Grants 
allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 
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125 STAT. 569 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
30, 2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 
section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, $1,300,000,000 for direct loans and $105,708,000 for guaranteed 
loans. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs 
as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $24,291,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $3,621,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 
ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu-
nity development organizations, low-income rural communities, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects 
to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and 
public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such 
intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That $5,938,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide 
grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy-
ment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 
up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the 
State rural development offices: Provided further, That $3,369,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized 
by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to 
the amount of Rural Community Facilities Program Account funds 
allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 
30, 2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural community 
programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That sections 381E– 
H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this 
heading. 
Grants. 
Grants. 
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125 STAT. 570 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural busi-
ness development programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B 
and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $74,809,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 
a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical 
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic 
development and $2,900,000 shall be for grants to the Delta 
Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Commu-
nity Advancement Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which 
not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to 
a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance 
for rural transportation in order to promote economic development: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Business Pro-
gram Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available 
through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the 
rural business and cooperative development programs described 
in section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 
applicable to funds made available under this heading. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $17,710,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, as authorized by the 
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 
$875,000 shall be available through June 30, 2012, for Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $1,750,000 shall 
be available through June 30, 2012, for Mississippi Delta Region 
counties (as determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated 
under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural 
Development Loan Fund Program Account funds allocated by the 
Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal 
year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for commu-
nities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones. 
Grants. 
Grants. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,684,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$33,077,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be obligated and $155,000,000 
are rescinded. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $25,050,000, of which $2,250,000 shall be 
for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 
for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 
shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 
cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvan-
taged groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 
boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 
of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $14,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricul-
tural product market development grants, as authorized by section 
231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 
note). 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and grants, 
under the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 8107), $3,400,000: Provided, That the cost of loan guaran-
tees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for 
the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 
management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 
306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $513,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $497,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 
program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which 
not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 
$66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be for loans and grants including water and waste disposal systems 
grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native 
American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, 
That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed 
pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, 
That not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 
306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 
be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 
programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided 
for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 
of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance pro-
grams: Provided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical 
assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to 
section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a deter-
mination of extreme need, of which $5,750,000 shall be made avail-
able for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional tech-
nical assistance organization, with experience in working with small 
communities on water and waste water problems, the principal 
purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities with 
populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, 
development, operation, and management of water and waste water 
systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified 
national Native American organization to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$3,400,000 shall be for solid waste management grants: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, the 
amount equal to the amount of Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be 
available through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones for the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided 
further, That $9,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities 
Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants author-
ized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior year balances for 
high energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred 
to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 
Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 
applicable to the funds made available under this heading. 
Grants. 
Grants. 
Contracts. 
Grants. 
Loans. 
Grants. 
Hawaii. 
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125 STAT. 573 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as author-
ized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5 percent 
rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to 
section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed 
underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $424,286,000; 5 per-
cent rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money 
rural telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made 
pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 
$295,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used 
for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of fossil-fueled 
electric generating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize 
carbon sequestration systems. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as follows: $594,000 for guaranteed underwriting loans 
authorized by section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 940c–1). 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $36,382,000, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication 
loans, $212,014,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $21,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall 
be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 
provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided 
to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 
as established by this section: Provided further, That $3,000,000 
shall be made available to those noncommercial educational tele-
vision broadcast stations that serve rural areas and are qualified 
for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting under section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
including associated translators and repeaters, regardless of the 
location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and 
equipment to allow local control over digital content and program-
ming through the use of high definition broadcast, multi-casting 
and datacasting technologies. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 
of the Rural Electrification Act, $6,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until expended, 
for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural 
areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program 
benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa. 
Grants. 
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125 STAT. 574 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION AND 
CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, $770,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
except sections 17 and 21; $18,151,176,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2013, of which such sums as are made 
available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this 
Act, shall be merged with and available for the same time period 
and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total amount 
available, $16,516,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $1,000,000 shall be 
available to implement section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That section 
14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
is amended by adding at the end before the period, ‘‘except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
except sections 17 and 21’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 
AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,618,497,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(h)(10)), of the amounts made available under this heading, 
only the provisions of section 17(h)(10)(B)(iii) shall be effective 
in fiscal year 2012 (excluding performance bonus payments), for 
which not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for breast-feeding 
peer counselors and other related activities: Provided further, That 
funds made available for the purposes specified in section 
17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be made avail-
able upon a determination by the Secretary that funds are available 
to meet caseload requirements without the use of the contingency 
reserve funds: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive 
bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided shall be available for 
7 USC 612c–6. 
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125 STAT. 575 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Govern-
ment departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of 
such Act. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $80,401,722,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2013, 
shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at 
such times as may become necessary to carry out program oper-
ations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $1,000,000 may be used to provide nutrition education 
services to state agencies and Federally recognized tribes partici-
pating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 
work registration or workfare requirements as may be required 
by law: Provided further, That funds made available for Employ-
ment and Training under this heading shall remain available until 
expended, notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and employ 
staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related 
to program integrity provided that such activities are authorized 
by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by sec-
tion 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 
(7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; 
special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized 
by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutri-
tion Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966, $242,336,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2013: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, effective with funds made available 
in fiscal year 2012 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition 
Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2013: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent 
for costs associated with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutri-
tion Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance 
program, $138,500,000: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be used 
for the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended 
by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
Workfare. 
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125 STAT. 576 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $158,000 for representation allowances and 
for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $176,347,000: Provided, That the Service 
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation 
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 
private organizations and institutions under agreements executed 
pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs 
(7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided further, 
That funds made available for middle-income country training pro-
grams, funds made available for the Borlaug International Agricul-
tural Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely 
for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency 
exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service, shall remain available until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 
of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480) and the Food 
for Progress Act of 1985, $2,500,000, shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses’’: Provided, That funds made available for the cost 
of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential 
may be used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480, as 
amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 
abroad under title II of said Act, $1,466,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
Notification. 
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125 STAT. 577 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) CREDIT 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation’s export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$6,820,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and 
in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$6,465,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, and 
of which $355,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD 
NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $184,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is 
authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities for 
the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement 
from amounts provided herein. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for pay-
ment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 
92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose 
space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and 
approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
section 521 of Public Law 107–188; $3,788,336,000: Provided, That 
of the amount provided under this heading, $702,172,000 shall 
be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379h shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 
379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2013 but collected 
in fiscal year 2012; $57,605,000 shall be derived from medical 
device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended; $21,768,000 
shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by section 
740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j– 
12), and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
until expended; $5,706,000 shall be derived from animal generic 
drug user fees authorized by section 741 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–21), and shall be credited 
to this account and shall remain available until expended; 
$477,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees author-
ized by 21 U.S.C. 387s and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $12,364,000 shall be derived from 
food and feed recall fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), as amended 
by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353), and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; $14,700,000 shall be derived from food reinspection fees 
authorized by section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (Public Law 75–717), as amended by the Food Safety Moderniza-
tion Act (Public Law 111–353), and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; and amounts derived from 
voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by section 
743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 
75–717), as amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public 
Law 111–353), and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That in addition and 
notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees that exceed the fiscal year 
2012 limitation are appropriated and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, animal 
drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product assessments for 
fiscal year 2012 received during fiscal year 2012, including any 
such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2012 but credited for fiscal 
year 2012, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2012 limitations: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, 
establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated: (1) $882,747,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $978,705,000 shall be for the Center 
for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $52,947,000 
shall be available for the Office of Generic Drugs; (3) $329,136,000 
shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and 
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
$166,365,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and 
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$356,909,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (6) $60,039,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $454,751,000 shall be for the Center for 
Tobacco Products and for related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $131,639,000 shall be for 
Rent and Related activities, of which $43,981,000 is for White 
Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
Services Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed $205,472,000 
shall be for payments to the General Services Administration for 
rent; and (10) $222,573,000 shall be for other activities, including 
the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office 
of Foods, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office 
of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office 
Fees. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
of the Chief Scientist, and central services for these offices: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, 
That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another 
with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, 
and priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n may 
be credited to this account, to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used 
by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise pro-
vided, $8,788,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to 
include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $205,294,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for 
consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign 
governmental and other regulatory officials, and of which 
$55,000,000 shall remain available for information technology 
investments until September 30, 2014. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $61,000,000 (from assessments collected from 
farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mort-
gage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year 
for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: 
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated 
with receiverships. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropria-
tions and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture 
for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for 
the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not 
to exceed 204 passenger motor vehicles of which 170 shall be 
for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
That notwithstanding this section, the only purchase of new pas-
senger vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary 
to be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational 
costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public safety. 
SEC. 702. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other 
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
administrative, and information technology services of primary ben-
efit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available by this Act or any other 
Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without 
the prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided further, 
That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without 
written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available 
to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the Department’s 
National Finance Center without written notification to and prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress as required by section 711 of this Act: Provided further, 
That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund 
of the Department of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance 
Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent for 
the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 
equipment for the improvement and implementation of a financial 
management plan, information technology, and other systems of 
the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraor-
dinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 
none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation 
unless the Secretary submits written notification of the obligation 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate: Provided further, That the limitation on 
the obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional 
Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined 
by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of 
emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the National 
Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National Finance 
Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National 
Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent 
of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 
such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 
interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-
tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 
for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
Notification. 
Notification. 
Notification. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the 
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following 
accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the 
Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program 
account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 707. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of 
the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive 
Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none 
of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for informa-
tion technology shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior 
to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 708. Funds made available under section 1240I and section 
1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and section 524(b) of 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current 
fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse obliga-
tions made in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct 
or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured 
or direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under 
section 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 
under such Act. 
SEC. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 
purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds 
in this or any other Act may be used to prohibit the provision 
of in-kind support from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) 
of such Act in the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise 
charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of 
cost approved for a recipient. 
SEC. 711. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal 
year from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
in this Act for the Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development 
mission area, shall remain available through September 30, 2013, 
for information technology expenses. 
SEC. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a State 
agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum 
amount of liquid infant formula specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when 
issuing liquid infant formula to participants. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the 
Notification. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 714. In the case of each program established or amended 
by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–246), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such 
Act, that is authorized or required to be carried out using funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associ-
ated with the implementation of the program, without regard 
to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund 
transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes 
of applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments 
and fund transfers contained in such section. 
SEC. 715. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
requirements pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1) may be waived for 
any amounts higher than those specified under this authority for 
fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 716. (a) Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘certain fiscal years’’; and 
(2) in the text, by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(b) Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(c) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(d) Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014’’. 
(e) Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘2012 (and fiscal year 2014 in the case 
of the programs specified in paragraphs (3)(B), (4), (6), and 
(7)),’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014’’. 
(f) Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 717. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
made available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 to carry out 
section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) 
for the cost of direct loans shall remain available until expended 
to disburse valid obligations. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
2012 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 
shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
the release of eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro-
vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse the Com-
modity Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 
302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 
SEC. 719. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 
than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activi-
ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 
used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 
to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 
SEC. 720. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, 
education, or extension grant awards issued by the National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 percent of total 
Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro-
vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be available to pay full 
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under section 9 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 721. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to write, prepare, or publish a final rule 
or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, 
‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the 
Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation 
of the Act’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)) unless the combined 
annual cost to the economy of such rules do not exceed $100,000,000: 
Provided, That no funds be made available by this or any other 
Act to publish a final or interim final rule in furtherance of, or 
otherwise implement, proposed sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 
201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 201.213, or 201.214 of ‘‘Implementation 
of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation 
and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ (75 
Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)): Provided further, That such 
rules must be published in the Federal Register no later than 
December 9, 2011: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to implement 
such rules until 60 days from the publication date of such rules, 
and only unless such rules are otherwise in compliance with this 
section. 
SEC. 722. Any unobligated funds included under Treasury 
symbol codes 12X3336, 12X2268, 12X0132, 12X2271, 12X2277, 
12X1404, 12X1501, and 12X1336 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 723. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to 
section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 
$11,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 724. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry 
out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 725. Subject to authorization by the Congress, the Sec-
retary may reserve, through April 1, 2012, up to 5 percent of 
the funding available for the following items for projects in areas 
that are engaged in strategic regional development planning as 
defined by the Secretary: business and industry guaranteed loans; 
rural development loan fund; rural business enterprise grants; rural 
business opportunity grants; rural economic development program; 
rural microenterprise program; biorefinery assistance program; 
Rescission. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
Regulations. 
Deadlines. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
rural energy for America program; value-added producer grants; 
broadband program; water and waste program; and rural commu-
nity facilities program. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out the following: 
(1) The Conservation Stewardship Program authorized by 
sections 1238D–1238G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in excess of $768,484,000; 
(2) The Watershed Rehabilitation program authorized by 
section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)); 
(3) The Environmental Quality Incentives Program as 
authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the Food Security Act 
of 
1985 
(16 
U.S.C. 
3839aa–3839aa–8) 
in 
excess 
of 
$1,400,000,000; 
(4) The Farmland Protection Program as authorized by 
section 1238I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3838i) in excess of $150,000,000; 
(5) The Grassland Reserve Program as authorized by sec-
tions 1238O–1238Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3838o–3838q) in excess of 209,000 acres in fiscal year 2012; 
(6) The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized by sections 
1237–1237F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837– 
3837f) to enroll in excess of 185,800 acres in fiscal year 2012; 
(7) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act authorized by sec-
tion 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb– 
1)) in excess of $50,000,000; 
(8) The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives 
Program authorized by section 1240R of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5); 
(9) The Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels author-
ized by section 9005 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105) in excess of $65,000,000; 
(10) The Rural Energy for America Program authorized 
by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) in excess of $22,000,000; 
(11) The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program 
authorized by section 6022 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2008s); 
(12) Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a performance-based premium 
discount in the crop insurance program; 
(13) Agricultural Management Assistance Program as 
authorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in excess of $2,500,000 for the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service; 
(14) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program authorized by 
section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) in excess of $17,000,000 in new 
obligational authority; and 
(15) A program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $948,000,000, as 
follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities— 
$465,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of 
Defective Commodities—$2,500,000: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall be 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
used for salaries and expenses to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as 
amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110–246 in excess 
of $20,000,000, including the transfer of funds under subsection 
(c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, until October 1, 
2012: Provided further, That $133,000,000 made available on 
October 1, 2012, to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act as amended by section 
4304 of Public Law 110–246 shall be excluded from the limita-
tion described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of 
Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
employee of the Department of Agriculture or officer of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 
32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 
74–320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal 
activities or price support activities under section 5 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, 
That of the available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(iv) 
of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, $150,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 727. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 to the Farm 
Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the 
use of new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re- 
forested hardwood trees on private nonindustrial forests lands, 
enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged 
by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 
who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the 
President’s Budget submission to the Congress of the United States 
for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Sub-
committees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or 
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals 
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of 
the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which addi-
tional spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees 
proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of 
a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2013 appropriations 
Act. 
SEC. 729. The funds made available in Public Law 111–344 
through February 12, 2012 for trade adjustment for farmers are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 730. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the cur-
rent fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds, or in the case 
of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority 
provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89–106 
(7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
Notifications. 
Deadlines. 
Rescission. 
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the 
use of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current 
fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a re-
programming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection 
(a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 
or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission shall notify in writing the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
any program or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 
year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or specifi-
cally funded by any other Act. 
(d) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 
any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services or the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission receives from the Committee on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress written or electronic 
mail confirmation of receipt of the notification as required in this 
section. 
SEC. 731. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the 
Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business 
and industry loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent 
of the guaranteed principal portion of the loan. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
SEC. 732. (a) CLOSURE
AND CONVEYANCE
OF AGRICULTURAL 
RESEARCH SERVICE FACILITIES.—The Secretary of Agriculture may 
close up to 10 facilities of the Agricultural Research Service, as 
proposed in the budget of the President for fiscal year 2012 sub-
mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(b) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—With respect to an Agricultural 
Research Service facility to be closed pursuant to subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Agriculture may convey, with or without consider-
ation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to any real property, including improvements and equipment 
thereon, of the facility to an eligible entity specified in subsection 
(c). If the Agricultural Research Service facility consists of more 
than one parcel of real property, the Secretary may convey each 
parcel separately and to different eligible entities. 
(c) ENTITIES.—The following entities are eligible to receive real 
property under subsection (b): 
(1) Land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in sec-
tion 1404(13) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(13)). 
(2) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity 
in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note; Public Law 103–382)). 
(3) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities 
(as defined in section 1404(10) of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3103(10)). 
(d) CONDITIONS ON RECEIPT.—As a condition of the conveyance 
of real property under subsection (b), the recipient of the property 
must— 
(1) be located in the same State or territory of the United 
States in which the property is located; and 
(2) agree to accept and use the property for agricultural 
and natural resources research for a minimum of 25 years. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug 
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make avail-
able to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of 
Health and Human Services employee questions or responses to 
questions that are a result of information requested for the appro-
priations hearing process. 
SEC. 734. Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(l) FOOD DONATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each school and local educational agency 
participating in the school lunch program under this Act may 
donate any food not consumed under such program to eligible 
local food banks or charitable organizations. 
‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall develop and publish guidance to schools and local 
educational agencies participating in the school lunch pro-
gram under this Act to assist such schools and local edu-
cational agencies in donating food under this subsection. 
Deadline. 
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‘‘(B) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update such guid-
ance as necessary. 
‘‘(3) LIABILITY.—Any school or local educational agency 
making donations pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt 
from civil and criminal liability to the extent provided under 
the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 
1791). 
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘eligible local 
food banks or charitable organizations’ means any food bank 
or charitable organization which is exempt from tax under 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 501(c)(3)).’’. 
SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emergency 
Conservation Program’’, for necessary expenses resulting from a 
major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$122,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the preceding amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur-
ther, That there is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emergency Forest 
Restoration Program’’, for necessary expenses resulting from a 
major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$28,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the preceding amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur-
ther, That there is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emergency Water-
shed Protection Program’’, for necessary expenses resulting from 
a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), $215,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the preceding amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 736. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 
of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive 
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended 
for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story 
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 
or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 737. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 
Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department 
for more than 30 days unless the individual’s employing agency 
or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for 
the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assign-
ment. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, 
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a 
loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that was convicted (or 
had an officer or agent of such corporation acting on behalf of 
the corporation convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any 
Federal or State law within the preceding 24 months, where the 
News stories. 
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awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or such 
officer or agent, and made a determination that this further action 
is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, 
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a 
loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that any unpaid Federal 
tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and 
administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and 
that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement 
with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where 
the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless 
the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corpora-
tion and made a determination that this further action is not 
necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 740. Unobligated balances not to exceed $31,000,000 for 
the ‘‘Emergency Watershed Protection Program’’ provided in Public 
Law 108–199, Public Law 109–234, and Public Law 110–28 shall 
be available for the purposes of such program for disasters occurring 
in 2011, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the amounts made available by this section are designated by 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 
SEC. 741. Funds made available by this Act under title II 
of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate moni-
toring and controls, as determined by the Administrator of the 
U.S. Agency for International Development, are in place to ensure 
that emergency food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries 
in areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for unauthor-
ized or inappropriate purposes. 
SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who provide 
nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for mohair under section 
1201 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
8731). 
SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement an interim final or final rule regarding 
nutrition programs under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) that— 
(1) requires crediting of tomato paste and puree based 
on volume; 
(2) implements a sodium reduction target beyond Target 
I, the 2-year target, specified in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 
‘‘Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School 
Breakfast Programs’’ (FNS–2007–0038, RIN 0584–AD59) until 
the Secretary certifies that the Department has reviewed and 
evaluated relevant scientific studies and data relevant to the 
relationship of sodium reductions to human health; and 
(3) establishes any whole grain requirement without 
defining ‘‘whole grain.’’ 
SEC. 744. For fiscal year 2012, section 363 of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2006e) shall not apply 
to any project funded under the community facilities programs 
School lunches. 
Certification. 
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authorized under such Act if such project is also subject to approval 
of a permit issued under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide direct payments 
under section 1103 or 1303 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 8753) to any person or legal entity 
that has an average adjusted gross income (as defined in section 
1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a)) in 
excess of $1,000,000. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement an interim final or final rule that— 
(1) sets any maximum limits on the serving of vegetables 
in school meal programs established under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) 
and by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773); or 
(2) is inconsistent with the recommendations of the most 
recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans for vegetables. 
SEC. 747. For 2012 and subsequent fiscal years— 
(1) Any balances to carry out a housing demonstration 
program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of low- 
income multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public 
Law 108–447 and Public Law 109–97 and a demonstration 
program for the preservation and revitalization of the section 
515 multi-family rental housing properties as authorized by 
Public Law 109–97 and Public Law 110–5 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-family 
Housing Revitalization Program Account’’; 
(2) Any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account for programs 
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of such Act be transferred and merged with the ‘‘Rural Commu-
nity Facilities Program Account’’ and any other prior balances 
from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement 
Program account that the Secretary determines are appropriate 
to transfer; 
(3) Any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account for programs 
authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 
310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged 
with the ‘‘Rural Business Program Account’’ and any other 
prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 
Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines 
are appropriate to transfer; and 
(4) Any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account programs author-
ized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and 
described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) 
of such Act be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program Account’’ and any other 
prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 
Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines 
are appropriate to transfer. 
SEC. 748. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
by this Act, there is appropriated to implement the Water Bank 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311) $7,500,000, to remain available until 
7 USC 2009d 
note. 
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expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 6 of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1305), agreements entered into with funds provided 
under this section shall not be renewed: Provided further, That, 
in utilizing funds provided under this section, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may waive the percentage limitation in the last sentence 
of section 11 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1310) to ensure efficient adminis-
tration of the program authorized by such Act: Provided further, 
That flooded agricultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, 
shall be eligible to be enrolled in the program. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2012’’. 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging 
in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports 
of United States firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 
3703; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
families of employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily 
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter-
national Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 
regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; employment of Americans and aliens 
by contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods not 
exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such 
claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official 
representation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; 
obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie 
lines, $465,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, 
of which $9,439,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained 
and used by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That not less than $48,854,000 
shall be for Manufacturing and Services; not less than $42,623,000 
shall be for Market Access and Compliance; not less than 
$67,358,000 shall be for the Import Administration; not less than 
$269,804,000 shall be for trade promotion and the United States 
and Foreign Commercial Service; and not less than $26,922,000 
shall be for Executive Direction and Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $7,000,000 shall be for the Office of China 
Compliance, and not less than $4,400,000 shall be for the China 
Countervailing Duty Group: Provided further, That the provisions 
of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
Applicability. 
Commerce, 
Justice, Science, 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
Department of 
Commerce 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
Waiver authority. 
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(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these 
activities without regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade 
and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that for 
the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 
include payment for assessments for services provided as part of 
these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for serv-
ices abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise 
in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation 
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the 
Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
401(b); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special require-
ment vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price 
limitation otherwise established by law, $101,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the provisions of the first 
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) 
and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Provided 
further, That payments and contributions collected and accepted 
for materials or services provided as part of such activities may 
be retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, and 
for providing information to the public with respect to the export 
administration and national security activities of the Department 
of Commerce and other export control programs of the United 
States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for 
trade adjustment assistance, for the cost of loan guarantees author-
ized by section 26 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3721), and for grants and loan guarantees 
authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), $220,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; of which $5,000,000 shall be for projects 
to facilitate the relocation, to the United States, of a source of 
employment located outside the United States; of which up to 
$5,000,000 shall be for loan guarantees under section 26; and of 
which up to $5,000,000 shall be for loan guarantees and grants 
under section 27: Provided, That the costs for loan guarantees, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
Applicability. 
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further, That these funds for loan guarantees under such sections 
26 and 27 combined are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $70,000,000. 
Pursuant to section 703 of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3233), for an additional amount for 
‘‘Economic Development Assistance Programs’’ for necessary 
expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restora-
tion of infrastructure in areas that received a major disaster des-
ignation in 2011 pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by Congress as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $37,500,000: 
Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects 
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment 
Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and the Community 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, 
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with 
public or private organizations, $30,339,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$96,000,000. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $253,336,000: 
Provided, That from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics for 
periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $690,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That 
$635,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund and $55,000,000 
is derived from available unobligated balances from the Census 
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That from amounts pro-
vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 
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marketing activities: Provided further, That within the amounts 
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 
out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the Census. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration 
(NTIA), 
$45,568,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), 
the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs 
incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related 
services, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 
collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce 
is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds 
transferred, or previously transferred, from other Government agen-
cies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, 
engineering, and related activities by the Institute for Telecommuni-
cation Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other Govern-
ment agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available 
for the administration of all open grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of 
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $2,706,313,000 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2012, so 
as to result in a fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2012, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be 
less than $2,706,313,000 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 
Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$2,706,313,000 in fiscal year 2012 and deposited in the Patent 
and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan 
Spending plan. 
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shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2012 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2012 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference 
between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) 
of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management 
(OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject 
to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined 
by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO 
employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits 
(FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), 
shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees 
Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for 
the authorized purposes of those accounts: Provided further, That 
any differences between the present value factors published in 
OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM 
provides for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an imputed 
cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees 
and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are available 
for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, United States 
Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents 
Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts 
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 
out investigations and audits related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $567,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the 
‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, $128,443,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 
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278c–278e, $55,381,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget 
justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in 
support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with 
the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards 
and Technology construction project having a total multi-year pro-
gram cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget 
justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the five subsequent 
fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants, 
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agree-
ments; and relocation of facilities, $3,022,231,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013, except that funds provided for 
cooperative enforcement shall remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries 
may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided 
further, That in addition, $109,098,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products 
and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, 
That of the $3,139,329,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
this heading $3,022,231,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 
$109,098,000 is provided by transfer and $8,000,000 is derived 
from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration corporate services administrative support costs shall 
not exceed $230,738,000, of which $5,000,000 shall not be available 
until the Administrator provides the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate with revised and 
detailed lifecycle costs of all satellite programs funded under the 
‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ account: Provided fur-
ther, That any deviation from the amounts designated for specific 
activities in the statement accompanying this Act, or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in pre-
vious years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 
505 of this Act: Provided further, That in allocating grants under 
sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 
1972, as amended, no coastal State shall receive more than 5 
percent or less than 1 percent of increased funds appropriated 
over the previous fiscal year. 
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, 
and for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and 
Grants. 
15 USC 1513b 
note. 
Budget estimate. 
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their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
55), such sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $1,817,094,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014, except that funds provided for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the $1,825,094,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading, $1,817,094,000 is appropriated from the general 
fund and $8,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obliga-
tions: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-
ignated for specific activities in the statement accompanying this 
Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification mate-
rials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the 
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 
of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project 
having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 
fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the amounts appro-
priated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ account for activities associated with carrying out inves-
tigations and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition 
and construction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That of the funds provided herein 
the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Wash-
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and feder-
ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast 
(including Alaska) for projects necessary for conservation of salmon 
and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endan-
gered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed, for 
maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty 
fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation 
of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 
to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other 
merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities: 
Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject 
to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contribu-
tions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
Guidelines. 
Budget estimate. 
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125 STAT. 598 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95– 
372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts collected 
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2012, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 
$59,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Mer-
chant Marine Act of 1936: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used for direct loans for 
any new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity 
in any United States fishery. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental management of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representation, 
$57,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall estab-
lish a task force on job repatriation and manufacturing growth 
and shall produce a report on related incentive strategies and 
implementation plans. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for the ren-
ovation and modernization of Department of Commerce facilities, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), $26,946,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions and funds made available to the Department of Commerce 
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the 
Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in 
the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary 
of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
Certification. 
Establishment. 
Reports. 
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125 STAT. 599 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to 
this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset 
(including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided 
for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Depart-
ment of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under this title resulting from personnel actions taken in response 
to funding reductions included in this title or from actions taken 
for the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property 
shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available 
to such department or agency: Provided, That the authority to 
transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary 
to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds 
to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 105. (a) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Under Secretary’’ means Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; 
(2) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Science, Space and Technology of the House 
of Representatives; 
(3) the term ‘‘satellite’’ means the satellites proposed to 
be acquired for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration (NOAA); 
(4) the term ‘‘development’’ means the phase of a program 
following the formulation phase and beginning with the 
approval to proceed to implementation, as defined in NOAA 
Administrative Order 216–108, Department of Commerce 
Administrative Order 208–3, and NASA’s Procedural Require-
ments 7120.5c, dated March 22, 2005; 
(5) the term ‘‘development cost’’ means the total of all 
costs, including construction of facilities and civil servant costs, 
from the period beginning with the approval to proceed to 
implementation through the achievement of operational readi-
ness, without regard to funding source or management control, 
for the life of the program; 
(6) the term ‘‘life-cycle cost’’ means the total of the direct, 
indirect, recurring, and nonrecurring costs, including the 
construction of facilities and civil servant costs, and other 
related expenses incurred or estimated to be incurred in the 
Deadlines. 
Definitions. 
33 USC 878a. 
Notification. 
Deadlines. 
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125 STAT. 600 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
design, 
development, 
verification, 
production, 
operation, 
maintenance, support, and retirement of a program over its 
planned lifespan, without regard to funding source or manage-
ment control; 
(7) the term ‘‘major program’’ means an activity approved 
to proceed to implementation that has an estimated life-cycle 
cost of more than $250,000,000; and 
(8) the term ‘‘baseline’’ means the program as set following 
contract award and preliminary design review of the space 
and ground systems. 
(b)(1) NOAA shall not enter into a contract for development 
of a major program, unless the Under Secretary determines that— 
(A) the technical, cost, and schedule risks of the pro-
gram are clearly identified and the program has developed 
a plan to manage those risks; 
(B) the technologies required for the program have 
been demonstrated in a relevant laboratory or test environ-
ment; 
(C) the program complies with all relevant policies, 
regulations, and directives of NOAA and the Department 
of Commerce; 
(D) the program has demonstrated a high likelihood 
of accomplishing its intended goals; and 
(E) the acquisition of satellites for use in the program 
represents a good value to accomplishing NOAA’s mission. 
(2) The Under Secretary shall transmit a report describing 
the basis for the determination required under paragraph (1) 
to the appropriate congressional committees at least 30 days 
before entering into a contract for development under a major 
program. 
(3) The Under Secretary may not delegate the determina-
tion requirement under this subsection, except in cases in which 
the Under Secretary has a conflict of interest. 
(c)(1) Annually, at the same time as the President’s annual 
budget submission to the Congress, the Under Secretary shall 
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
includes the information required by this section for the satellite 
development program for which NOAA proposes to expend funds 
in the subsequent fiscal year. The report under this paragraph 
shall be known as the Major Program Annual Report. 
(2) The first Major Program Annual Report for NOAA’s 
satellite development program shall include a Baseline Report 
that shall, at a minimum, include— 
(A) the purposes of the program and key technical 
characteristics necessary to fulfill those purposes; 
(B) an estimate of the life-cycle cost for the program, 
with a detailed breakout of the development cost, program 
reserves, and an estimate of the annual costs until develop-
ment is completed; 
(C) the schedule for development, including key pro-
gram milestones; 
(D) the plan for mitigating technical, cost, and schedule 
risks identified in accordance with subsection (b)(1)(A); and 
(E) the name of the person responsible for making 
notifications under subsection (d), who shall be an indi-
vidual whose primary responsibility is overseeing the pro-
gram. 
Reports. 
Reports. 
Contracts. 
Determination. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
(3) For the major program for which a Baseline Report 
has been submitted, subsequent Major Program Annual Reports 
shall describe any changes to the information that had been 
provided in the Baseline Report, and the reasons for those 
changes. 
(d)(1) The individual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) shall 
immediately notify the Under Secretary any time that individual 
has reasonable cause to believe that, for the major program for 
which he or she is responsible, the development cost of the program 
has exceeded the estimate provided in the Baseline Report of the 
program by 20 percent or more. 
(2) Not later than 30 days after the notification required 
under paragraph (1), the individual identified under subsection 
(c)(2)(E) shall transmit to the Under Secretary a written 
notification explaining the reasons for the change in the cost 
of the program for which notification was provided under para-
graph (1). 
(3) Not later than 15 days after the Under Secretary 
receives a written notification under paragraph (2), the Under 
Secretary shall transmit the notification to the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
(e) Not later than 30 days after receiving a written notification 
under subsection (d)(2), the Under Secretary shall determine 
whether the development cost of the program has exceeded the 
estimate provided in the Baseline Report of the program by 20 
percent or more. If the determination is affirmative, the Under 
Secretary shall— 
(1) transmit to the appropriate congressional committees, 
not later than 15 days after making the determination, a report 
that includes— 
(A) a description of the increase in cost and a detailed 
explanation for the increase; 
(B) a description of actions taken or proposed to be 
taken in response to the cost increase; and 
(C) a description of any impacts the cost increase, 
or the actions described under subparagraph (B), will have 
on any other program within NOAA; and 
(2) if the Under Secretary intends to continue with the 
program, promptly initiate an analysis of the program, which 
shall include, at a minimum— 
(A) the projected cost and schedule for completing the 
program if current requirements of the program are not 
modified; 
(B) the projected cost and the schedule for completing 
the program after instituting the actions described under 
paragraph (1)(B); and 
(C) a description of, and the projected cost and schedule 
for, a broad range of alternatives to the program. 
(f) NOAA shall complete an analysis initiated under paragraph 
(2) not later than 6 months after the Under Secretary makes 
a determination under this subsection. The Under Secretary shall 
transmit the analysis to the appropriate congressional committees 
not later than 30 days after its completion. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary may 
furnish services (including but not limited to utilities, telecommuni-
cations, and security services) necessary to support the operation, 
maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms or 
Reports. 
Notifications. 
Determination. 
Notifications. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
organizations are authorized pursuant to the Public Buildings 
Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy 
in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 
buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has 
been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 
Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended, on a reimbursable or non-reimburs-
able basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services pro-
vided under this section or the authority under which the use 
or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall 
be credited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 
costs of such services. 
SEC. 107. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent 
a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright 
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks. 
SEC. 108. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, 
with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available appropria-
tions, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of 
any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States, 
or of any State, local government, Indian tribal government, Terri-
tory or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
any foreign government or international organization for purposes 
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute adminis-
tered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 109. All balances in the Coastal Zone Management Fund, 
whether unobligated or unavailable, are hereby permanently 
rescinded, and notwithstanding section 308(b) of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1456a), any future 
payments to the Fund made pursuant to sections 307 (16 U.S.C. 
1456) and 308 (16 U.S.C. 1456a) of the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972, as amended, shall, in this fiscal year and any future 
fiscal years, be treated in accordance with the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990, as amended. 
SEC. 110. There is established in the Treasury a non-interest 
bearing fund to be known as the ‘‘Fisheries Enforcement Asset 
Forfeiture Fund’’, which shall consist of all sums received as fines, 
penalties, and forfeitures of property for violations of any provisions 
of 16 U.S.C. chapter 38 or of any other marine resource law enforced 
by the Secretary of Commerce, including the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.) and with the exception of collections 
pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1437, which are currently deposited in the 
Operations, Research, and Facilities account: Provided, That all 
unobligated balances that have been collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 
1861 or any other marine resource law enforced by the Secretary 
of Commerce with the exception of 16 U.S.C. 1437 shall be trans-
ferred from the Operations, Research, and Facilities account into 
the Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund and shall remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 111. There is established in the Treasury a non-interest 
bearing fund to be known as the ‘‘Sanctuaries Enforcement Asset 
Forfeiture Fund’’, which shall consist of all sums received as fines, 
penalties, and forfeitures of property for violations of any provisions 
of 16 U.S.C. chapter 38, which are currently deposited in the 
16 USC 1861 
note. 
16 USC 1861 
note. 
16 USC 1456a 
note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
Operations, Research, and Facilities account: Provided, That all 
unobligated balances that have been collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 
1437 shall be transferred from the Operations, Research, and Facili-
ties account into the Sanctuaries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture 
Fund and shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 112. The Department of Commerce shall provide a monthly 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, beginning with October 2011 data, 
on any official travel to China by any employee of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce, including the purpose of such travel. 
SEC. 113. (a) The U.S. Participating Territories of the Commis-
sion for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory 
Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (‘‘Commis-
sion’’) are each authorized to use, assign, allocate, and manage 
catch limits of highly migratory fish stocks, or fishing effort limits, 
agreed to by the Commission through arrangements with U.S. 
vessels with permits issued under the Pelagics Fishery Management 
Plan of the Western Pacific Region. Vessels under such arrange-
ments are integral to the domestic fisheries of the U.S. Participating 
Territories provided that such arrangements shall impose no 
requirements regarding where such vessels must fish or land their 
catch and shall be funded by deposits to the Western Pacific 
Sustainable Fisheries Fund in support of fisheries development 
projects identified in a Territory’s Marine Conservation Plan and 
adopted pursuant to section 204 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1824). The Secretary 
of Commerce shall attribute catches made by vessels operating 
under such arrangements to the U.S. Participating Territories for 
the purposes of annual reporting to the Commission. 
(b) The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management 
Council— 
(1) is authorized to accept and deposit into the Western 
Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund funding for arrangements 
pursuant to subsection (a); 
(2) shall use amounts deposited under paragraph (1) that 
are attributable to a particular U.S. Participating Territory 
only for implementation of that Territory’s Marine Conservation 
Plan adopted pursuant to section 204 of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1824); 
and 
(3) shall recommend an amendment to the Pelagics Fishery 
Management Plan for the Western Pacific Region, and associ-
ated regulations, to implement this section. 
(c) Subsection (a) shall remain in effect until the earlier of 
December 31, 2012, or such time as— 
(1) the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management 
Council recommends an amendment to the Pelagics Fishery 
Management Plan for the Western Pacific Region, and imple-
menting regulations, to the Secretary of Commerce that 
authorize use, assignment, allocation, and management of catch 
limits of highly migratory fish stocks, or fishing effort limits, 
established by the Commission and applicable to U.S. Partici-
pating Territories; 
(2) the Secretary of Commerce approves the amendment 
as recommended; and 
(3) such implementing regulations become effective. 
Termination 
date. 
Recommenda- 
tions. 
Fish and fishing. 
Maritime affairs. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Commerce Appro-
priations Act, 2012’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart-
ment of Justice, $110,822,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 
for security and construction of Department of Justice facilities 
shall remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the National Drug Intelligence 
Center, $20,000,000. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 
including planning, development, deployment and departmental 
direction, $44,307,000, to remain available until expended. 
TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 
For the costs of developing and implementing communications 
systems supporting Federal law enforcement and for the costs of 
operations and maintenance of existing Land Mobile Radio legacy 
systems, $87,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Attorney General shall transfer to this account all funds 
made available to the Department of Justice for the purchase of 
portable and mobile radios: Provided further, That any transfer 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, $305,000,000, 
of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive 
Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 
Examinations Fee’’ account. 
DETENTION TRUSTEE 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee, 
$1,580,595,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the Trustee shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner 
and Alien Transportation System: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State 
Department of 
Justice 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
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125 STAT. 605 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
and local law enforcement assistance’’ pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
4013(b). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$84,199,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission 
as authorized, $12,833,000. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Depart-
ment of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed 
$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under 
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
of, the Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned 
space in the District of Columbia, $863,367,000, of which not to 
exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL 
Washington for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon 
a determination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-
cumstances require additional funding for litigation activities of 
the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts 
to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from available 
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be 
necessary shall be available to reimburse the Office of Personnel 
Management for salaries and expenses associated with the election 
monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973f): Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading for the election monitoring program, 
$3,390,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department 
of Justice associated with processing cases under the National 
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $7,833,000, 
to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 
Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $159,587,000, to remain available until expended: 
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125 STAT. 606 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees 
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott- 
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regard-
less of the year of collection (and estimated to be $108,000,000 
in fiscal year 2012), shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2012, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at $51,587,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agree-
ments, $1,960,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate 
in a United States Attorney-led task force on human trafficking. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, 
as authorized, $223,258,000, to remain available until expended 
and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits 
to the Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 
to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $223,258,000 of offsetting 
collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2012, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the Fund estimated 
at $0. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,000,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts 
for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private 
counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign 
counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $10,000,000 is for construction of buildings for pro-
tected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase 
and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 
caravans; and not to exceed $11,000,000 is for the purchase, 
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommuni-
cations equipment and a secure automated information network 
Establishment. 
Human 
trafficking. 
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125 STAT. 607 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected wit-
nesses. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$11,456,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and 
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, 
the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community 
Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary 
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as 
a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(B), (F), and 
(G), $20,948,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice 
Assets Forfeiture Fund. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$1,174,000,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be avail-
able for necessary expenses for increased deputy marshals and 
staff related to border enforcement initiatives, not to exceed $6,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, 
and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by 
the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related 
support, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $8,250,000 shall be available for detention upgrades 
at Federal courthouses to support border enforcement initiatives. 
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
National Security Division, $87,000,000; of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for the activities 
of the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to this heading from available appropriations 
for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may 
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be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated 
as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug 
trafficking and affiliated money laundering organizations not other-
wise provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements with 
State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investiga-
tion and prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime 
drug trafficking, $527,512,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated 
from appropriations under this heading may be used under authori-
ties available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria-
tion. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the 
United States, $8,036,991,000, of which not to exceed $150,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$184,500 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, fur-
niture, and information technology requirements, related to 
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites by pur-
chase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification 
and extension of Federally-owned buildings; preliminary planning 
and design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure 
work environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 
$80,982,000, to remain available until expended. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential character pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 530C; 
and expenses for conducting drug education and training programs, 
including travel and related expenses for participants in such pro-
grams and the distribution of items of token value that promote 
the goals of such programs, $2,025,000,000; of which not to exceed 
$75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and not to exceed 
$90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, fur-
niture, and information technology requirements, related to 
construction or acquisition of buildings and of the operation and 
maintenance of secure work environment facilities and secure net-
working capabilities, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement 
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in 
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-
sives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $1,152,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$36,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses, 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of 
attorneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United 
States Code, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That no funds appropriated herein or 
hereafter shall be available for salaries or administrative expenses 
in connection with consolidating or centralizing, within the Depart-
ment of Justice, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition 
and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms 
licensees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall 
be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of 
any officer or employee of the United States to implement an 
amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 478.118 or to change the 
definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 478.11 or remove any 
item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 
1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein 
shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief 
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and act 
upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire-
arms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States 
Code: Provided further, That no funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, 
or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo-
sives to other agencies or Departments: Provided further, That, 
during the current fiscal year and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
no funds appropriated under this or any other Act may be used 
to disclose part or all of the contents of the Firearms Trace System 
database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or any information 
required to be kept by licensees pursuant to section 923(g) of 
title 18, United States Code, or required to be reported pursuant 
to paragraphs (3) and (7) of such section, except to: (1) a Federal, 
State, local, or tribal law enforcement agency, or a Federal, State, 
or local prosecutor; or (2) a foreign law enforcement agency solely 
in connection with or for use in a criminal investigation or prosecu-
tion; or (3) a Federal agency for a national security or intelligence 
purpose; unless such disclosure of such data to any of the entities 
18 USC 923 note. 
18 USC 923 note. 
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described in (1), (2) or (3) of this proviso would compromise the 
identity of any undercover law enforcement officer or confidential 
informant, or interfere with any case under investigation; and no 
person or entity described in (1), (2) or (3) shall knowingly and 
publicly disclose such data; and all such data shall be immune 
from legal process, shall not be subject to subpoena or other dis-
covery, shall be inadmissible in evidence, and shall not be used, 
relied on, or disclosed in any manner, nor shall testimony or other 
evidence be permitted based on the data, in a civil action in any 
State (including the District of Columbia) or Federal court or in 
an administrative proceeding other than a proceeding commenced 
by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 
enforce the provisions of chapter 44 of such title, or a review 
of such an action or proceeding; except that this proviso shall 
not be construed to prevent: (A) the disclosure of statistical informa-
tion concerning total production, importation, and exportation by 
each licensed importer (as defined in section 921(a)(9) of such 
title) and licensed manufacturer (as defined in section 921(a)(10) 
of such title); (B) the sharing or exchange of such information 
among and between Federal, State, local, or foreign law enforcement 
agencies, Federal, State, or local prosecutors, and Federal national 
security, intelligence, or counterterrorism officials; or (C) the 
publication of annual statistical reports on products regulated by 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, including 
total production, importation, and exportation by each licensed 
importer (as so defined) and licensed manufacturer (as so defined), 
or statistical aggregate data regarding firearms traffickers and 
trafficking channels, or firearms misuse, felons, and trafficking 
investigations: Provided further, That no funds made available by 
this or any other Act shall be expended to promulgate or implement 
any rule requiring a physical inventory of any business licensed 
under section 923 of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, 
That, hereafter, no funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to electronically retrieve information gathered 
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal identifica-
tion code: Provided further, That no funds authorized or made 
available under this or any other Act may be used to deny any 
application for a license under section 923 of title 18, United States 
Code, or renewal of such a license due to a lack of business activity, 
provided that the applicant is otherwise eligible to receive such 
a license, and is eligible to report business income or to claim 
an income tax deduction for business expenses under the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the 
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 835, 
of which 808 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement 
and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical 
assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern-
ments, $6,551,281,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
42 USC 250a. 
18 USC 923 note. 
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transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administration such 
amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that 
Administration for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of the 
Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts 
with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to deter-
mine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal 
Prison System, furnish health services to individuals committed 
to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary operations until 
September 30, 2013: Provided further, That, of the amounts pro-
vided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended to make payments in advance 
for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), for the care and 
security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System 
may accept donated property and services relating to the operation 
of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which has 
operated such program in the past notwithstanding the fact that 
such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release serv-
ices, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facili-
ties; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and 
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings 
and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, 
including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 
force account, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not less than $66,965,000 shall be available only for 
modernization, maintenance and repair, and of which not to exceed 
$14,000,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate work 
programs: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may 
be used for work performed under this appropriation. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby author-
ized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program 
set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion, including purchase (not to exceed five for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON 
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated shall be available for its administrative 
expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to 
be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current pre-
scribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive 
of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such 
accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 
of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping 
expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 
facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in 
which it has an interest. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION 
PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, 
as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies 
and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); 
the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); and the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); and for related victims 
services, $412,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 
3 percent of funds made available under this heading may be 
used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That of the amount provided— 
(1) $189,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 
women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act; 
(2) $25,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance grants 
for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault 
as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 
(3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of Justice for 
research and evaluation of violence against women and related 
issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence 
Against Women; 
(4) $10,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services 
to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; assist-
ance to children and youth exposed to such violence; programs 
to engage men and youth in preventing such violence; and 
Grants. 
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assistance to middle and high school students through edu-
cation and other services related to such violence: Provided, 
That unobligated balances available for the programs author-
ized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303 and 41305 of the 1994 
Act shall be available for this program: Provided further, That 
10 percent of the total amount available for this grant program 
shall be available for grants under the program authorized 
by section 2015 of the 1968 Act; 
(5) $50,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest policies 
as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of which $4,000,000 
is for a homicide reduction initiative; 
(6) $23,000,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, 
as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act; 
(7) $34,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 
abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 
40295 of the 1994 Act; 
(8) $9,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes against 
women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 2005 
Act; 
(9) $41,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as author-
ized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
(10) $4,250,000 is for enhanced training and services to 
end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as 
authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act; 
(11) $11,500,000 is for the safe havens for children program, 
as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act; 
(12) $5,750,000 is for education and training to end violence 
against and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized 
by section 1402 of the 2000 Act; 
(13) $4,500,000 is for the court training and improvements 
program, as authorized by section 41002 of the 1994 Act; 
(14) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center on 
Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, 
as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act; 
(15) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence 
against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 
of the 2005 Act; and 
(16) $500,000 is for the Office on Violence Against Women 
to establish a national clearinghouse that provides training 
and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual assault 
of American Indian and Alaska Native women. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND STATISTICS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing 
Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 
Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children 
Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act 
of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 
Establishment. 
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110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 
Act’’); and other programs; $113,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which— 
(1) $45,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, 
and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 
1968 Act, of which $36,000,000 is for the administration and 
redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey; 
(2) $40,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation 
programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title 
I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act: 
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
$5,000,000 is transferred directly to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Stand-
ards from the National Institute of Justice for research, testing 
and evaluation programs; 
(3) $1,000,000 is for an evaluation clearinghouse program; 
and 
(4) $27,000,000 is for regional information sharing activi-
ties, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the 
Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims 
of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women and Department 
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 
2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims 
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–386); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second 
Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 
and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 
the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 
Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
416); and other programs; $1,162,500,000, to remain available until 
expended as follows— 
(1) $470,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part 
E of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and 
the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title 
I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 
of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $2,000,000 is for 
a program to improve State and local law enforcement intel-
ligence capabilities including antiterrorism training and 
training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties, 
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civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout 
the intelligence process, $4,000,000 is for a State and local 
assistance help desk and diagnostic center program, $2,000,000 
is for a Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer 
Resilience and Survivability Initiative (VALOR), $4,000,000 is 
for use by the National Institute of Justice for research targeted 
toward developing a better understanding of the domestic 
radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based 
strategies for effective intervention and prevention, $6,000,000 
is for activities related to comprehensive criminal justice reform 
and recidivism reduction efforts by States, and $100,000,000 
is for law enforcement and related security costs, including 
overtime, associated with the two principal 2012 Presidential 
Candidate Nominating Conventions; 
(2) $240,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance 
Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, That no 
jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater 
than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 
detainees housed in State and local detention facilities; 
(3) $10,000,000 for a border prosecutor initiative to 
reimburse State, county, parish, tribal, or municipal govern-
ments for costs associated with the prosecution of criminal 
cases declined by local offices of the United States Attorneys; 
(4) $15,000,000 for competitive grants to improve the func-
tioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat 
juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than 
compensation); 
(5) $10,500,000 for victim services programs for victims 
of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 
106–386 and for programs authorized under Public Law 109– 
164; 
(6) $35,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 
1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(7) $9,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and juve-
nile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V 
and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender 
Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 
(8) $10,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse 
Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of 
title I of the 1968 Act; 
(9) $3,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement 
Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 
108–405, and for grants for wrongful conviction review; 
(10) $7,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet 
crime prevention grants, including as authorized by section 
401 of Public Law 110–403; 
(11) $4,000,000 for a student loan repayment assistance 
program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110–315; 
(12) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, 
as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act and the Violent Crime 
Control Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) and related activities; 
(13) $10,000,000 for an initiative relating to children 
exposed to violence; 
(14) $15,000,000 for an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal 
justice innovation program; 
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(15) $24,000,000 for the matching grant program for law 
enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of 
title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 is transferred 
directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 
Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing and 
evaluation programs; 
(16) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public Web 
site; 
(17) $5,000,000 for competitive and evidence-based pro-
grams to reduce gun crime and gang violence; 
(18) $5,000,000 for grants to assist State and tribal govern-
ments as authorized by the NICS Improvement Amendments 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); 
(19) $6,000,000 for the National Criminal History Improve-
ment Program for grants to upgrade criminal records; 
(20) $12,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 
Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 
Act; 
(21) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs 
and activities, of which— 
(A) $117,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity 
enhancement program and for other local, State, and Fed-
eral forensic activities, including the purposes authorized 
under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 
Act of 2000 (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Pro-
gram); 
(B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes described in the 
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program 
(Public Law 108–405, section 412); and 
(C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam 
Program Grants, including as authorized by section 304 
of Public Law 108–405; 
(22) $4,500,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 
program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act; 
(23) $38,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 
(24) $1,000,000 for the purposes described in the Missing 
Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (section 240001 of 
the 1994 Act); 
(25) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription drugs 
and scheduled listed chemical products; 
(26) $12,500,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution 
and other programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimi-
nation Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–79); and 
(27) $63,000,000 for offender reentry programs and 
research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–199), of which not to exceed $4,000,000 is 
for a program to improve State, local, and tribal probation 
supervision efforts and strategies: 
Provided, That if a unit of local government uses any of the funds 
made available under this heading to increase the number of law 
enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a 
net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform 
non-administrative public sector safety service. 
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125 STAT. 617 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies 
and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) 
(‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–401); and other juvenile justice programs, 
$262,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows— 
(1) $40,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 
of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance 
to assist small, non-profit organizations with the Federal grants 
process; 
(2) $78,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 
(3) $20,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized 
by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 
261 and 262 thereof— 
(A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program; 
(B) $5,000,000 shall be for gang and youth violence 
education, prevention and intervention, and related activi-
ties; and 
(C) $5,000,000 shall be for programs and activities 
to enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic bev-
erages to minors or the purchase or consumption of alco-
holic beverages by minors, for prevention and reduction 
of consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for 
technical assistance and training; 
(4) $18,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims 
of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 
(5) $30,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block 
Grants program as authorized by part R of title I of the 1968 
Act and Guam shall be considered a State; 
(6) $8,000,000 for community-based violence prevention ini-
tiatives; 
(7) $65,000,000 for missing and exploited children pro-
grams, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) 
of the 1974 Act; 
(8) $1,500,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial 
personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of 
the 1990 Act; and 
(9) $2,000,000 for grants and technical assistance in sup-
port of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention: 
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may 
be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed 
to benefit the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, 
That not more than 2 percent of each amount may be used for 
training and technical assistance: Provided further, That the pre-
vious two provisos shall not apply to grants and projects authorized 
by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act. 
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125 STAT. 618 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS 
For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including amounts for adminis-
trative costs), to remain available until expended; and $16,300,000 
for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for 
educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional funding 
for such disability and education payments, the Attorney General 
may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from 
available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Justice as may be necessary to respond to such cir-
cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); and 
the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’), 
$198,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
any balances made available through prior year deobligations shall 
only be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act. Of 
the amount provided: 
(1) $12,500,000 is for anti-methamphetamine-related activi-
ties, which shall be transferred to the Drug Enforcement 
Administration upon enactment of this Act; 
(2) $20,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, 
including hiring, equipment, training, and anti-methamphet-
amine activities; and 
(3) $166,000,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title 
I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for the hiring and rehiring 
of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q 
of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section: 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (g) of the 1968 Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3796dd), the Federal share of the costs of a project 
funded by such grants may not exceed 75 percent unless the 
Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 
waives, wholly or in part, the requirement of a non-Federal 
contribution to the costs of a project: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c), funding for hiring or 
rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not exceed 
$125,000, unless the Director of the Office of Community Ori-
ented Policing Services grants a waiver from this limitation: 
Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
$15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Tribal Resources Grant 
Program to be used for improving tribal law enforcement, 
Waiver authority. 
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including hiring, equipment, training, and anti-methamphet-
amine activities: Provided further, That within the amounts 
appropriated, $10,000,000 is for community policing develop-
ment activities in furtherance of the purposes in section 1701. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a 
total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney 
General for official reception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the 
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, 
or in the case of rape: Provided, That should this prohibition be 
declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this 
section shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall 
be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any 
way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort 
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service out-
side the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section 
in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address 
the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to extend through 
September 30, 2013, the Personnel Management Demonstration 
Project transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to section 
1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107– 
296 (28 U.S.C. 599B) without limitation on the number of employees 
or the positions covered. 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Public 
Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the conduct of undercover 
investigative operations and shall apply without fiscal year limita-
tion with respect to any undercover investigative operation by the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is nec-
essary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against the 
United States. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose of transporting 
an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime 
under State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or 
high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility 
Prisons and 
prisoners. 
Investigations. 
Applicability. 
28 USC 533 note. 
Project extension. 
5 USC 3104 note. 
Abortion. 
Abortion. 
Abortion. 
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certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure 
for housing such a prisoner. 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, 
to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other 
audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, 
maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment 
for inmate training, religious, or educational programs. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available under this title 
shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information 
technology program having total estimated development costs in 
excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and 
the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the information technology program has appropriate 
program management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms 
in place, and that the program is compatible with the enterprise 
architecture of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 211. The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in this Act and accompanying state-
ment, and to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided 
under this title in previous years. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve 
a public-private competition under the Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, 
directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 213. (a) Within 120 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a cost and schedule 
estimate for the final operating capability of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation’s Sentinel program, including the costs of Bureau 
employees engaged in development work, the costs of operating 
and maintaining Sentinel for 2 years after achievement of the 
final operating capability, and a detailed list of the functionalities 
included in the final operating capability compared to the 
functionalities included in the previous program baseline. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted 
concurrently to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector Gen-
eral (OIG) and, within 60 days of receiving such report, the OIG 
shall provide an assessment of such report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the 
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States 
Attorney from the residency requirements of 28 U.S.C. 545. 
SEC. 215. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in 
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or author-
ized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated 
by this title under the headings ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Statis-
tics’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile 
Justice Programs’’— 
Assessment. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Applicability. 
Certification. 
Prisons and 
prisoners. 
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125 STAT. 621 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
(1) Up to 3 percent of funds made available to the Office 
of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may 
be used by such Office to provide training and technical assist-
ance; and 
(2) Up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant 
or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for 
amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or 
statistical programs administered by the National Institute 
of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds provided to the National 
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to 
be used by them for research, evaluation or statistical purposes, 
without regard to the authorizations for such grant or 
reimbursement programs, and of such amounts, $1,300,000 
shall be transferred to the Bureau of Prisons for Federal inmate 
research and evaluation purposes. 
SEC. 216. The Attorney General may, upon request by a grantee 
and based upon a determination of fiscal hardship, waive the 
requirements of sections 2976(g)(1), 2978(e)(1) and (2), and 2904 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1), 3797w–2(e)(1) and (2), 3797q–3) 
with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making 
appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2012 for Adult and 
Juvenile Offender State and Local Reentry Demonstration Projects 
and State, Tribal, and Local Reentry Courts authorized under part 
FF of title I of such Act of 1968, and the Prosecution Drug Treat-
ment Alternatives to Prison Program authorized under part CC 
of such Act. 
SEC. 217. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
20109(a), in subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13709(a)), shall not 
apply to amounts made available by this title. 
SEC. 218. Section 530A of title 28, United States Code, is 
hereby amended by replacing ‘‘appropriated’’ with ‘‘used from appro-
priations’’, and by inserting ‘‘(2),’’ before ‘‘(3)’’. 
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available under this Act, 
other than for the national instant criminal background check 
system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 
Violence Prevention Act, may be used by a Federal law enforcement 
officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects 
that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforce-
ment personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control 
the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 220. The Attorney General shall identify an independent 
auditor to evaluate the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. 
SEC. 221. Section 1761 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘non-Federal’’ in subsection (c)(1); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) This section shall not apply to goods, wares, or merchandise 
manufactured, produced, mined or assembled by convicts or pris-
oners who are participating in any pilot project approved by the 
FPI Board of Directors, which are currently, or would otherwise 
Audits. 
Firearms. 
Determination. 
Waiver authority. 
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125 STAT. 622 
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be, manufactured, produced, mined, or assembled outside the 
United States.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 2012’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 6601–6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, $4,500,000. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $5,090,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be available for a reimburs-
able agreement with the Department of Energy for the purpose 
of re-establishing facilities to produce fuel required for radioisotope 
thermoelectric generators to enable future missions: Provided, That 
NASA shall implement the recommendations of the most recent 
National Research Council planetary decadal survey and shall fol-
low the decadal survey’s recommended decision rules regarding 
program implementation, including a strict adherence to the rec-
ommendation that NASA include in a balanced program a flagship 
class mission, which may be executed in cooperation with one 
or more international partners, if such mission can be appropriately 
de-scoped and all NASA costs for such mission can be accommodated 
within the overall funding levels appropriated by Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the formulation and development costs (with 
development cost as defined under 51 U.S.C. 30104) for the James 
Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed $8,000,000,000: Provided 
further, That should the individual identified under subparagraph 
(c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of title 51 as responsible for the James 
Webb Space Telescope determine that the development cost of the 
program is likely to exceed that limitation, the individual shall 
immediately notify the Administrator and the increase shall be 
treated as if it meets the 30 percent threshold described in sub-
section (f) of section 30104 of title 51. 
Determination. 
Notification. 
Implementation. 
51 USC 20305 
note. 
Science 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of aeronautics research and development activi-
ties, including research, development, operations, support, and serv-
ices; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and pur-
chase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $569,900,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of space research and technology development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and pur-
chase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $575,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of exploration research and development activi-
ties, including research, development, operations, support, and serv-
ices; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and pur-
chase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $3,770,800,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That not less than $1,200,000,000 
shall be for the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, not less than 
$1,860,000,000 shall be for the heavy lift launch vehicle system 
which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 tons and which 
shall have an upper stage and other core elements developed 
simultaneously, $406,000,000 shall be for commercial spaceflight 
activities, and $304,800,000 shall be for exploration research and 
development: Provided further, That not to exceed $316,500,000 
of funds provided for the heavy lift launch vehicle system may 
be used for ground operations: Provided further, That $100,000,000 
of the funds provided for commercial spaceflight activities shall 
only be available after the NASA Administrator certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations, in writing, that NASA has published 
the required notifications of NASA contract actions implementing 
the acquisition strategy for the heavy lift launch vehicle system 
identified in section 302 of Public Law 111–267 and has begun 
to execute relevant contract actions in support of development of 
the heavy lift launch vehicle system: Provided further, That not 
Certification. 
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to exceed $58,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Construction and 
Environmental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction activi-
ties related to the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle and the heavy 
lift launch vehicle system: Provided further, That funds so trans-
ferred shall not be subject to the 10 percent transfer limitation 
described in the Administrative Provisions in this Act for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and shall be treated 
as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of space operations research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support and 
services; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
ties, including operations, production, and services; maintenance 
and repair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $4,233,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That not to exceed $41,000,000 may be transferred 
to ‘‘Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration’’ 
for construction activities only at NASA-owned facilities: Provided 
further, That funds so transferred shall not be subject to the 10 
percent transfer limitation described in the Administrative Provi-
sions in this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion and shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act: Provided further, That acquisition of the Tracking 
and Data Relay Satellite-M may be funded incrementally in fiscal 
year 2012 and thereafter. 
EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying 
out aerospace and aeronautical education research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 
services; program management; personnel and related costs, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $138,400,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013, of which $18,400,000 shall 
be for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
and $40,000,000 shall be for the National Space Grant College 
program. 
CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science, aeronautics, exploration, space oper-
ations and education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; 
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purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 
for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and adminis-
trative aircraft, $2,995,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013, of which $1,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Inspector General’’ 
and used by the Inspector General to commission a comprehensive 
independent assessment of NASA’s strategic direction and agency 
management: Provided, That not less than $39,100,000 shall be 
available for independent verification and validation activities. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environ-
mental compliance and restoration, $390,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That hereafter, notwith-
standing section 315 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act 
of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2459j), all proceeds from leases entered into 
under that section shall be deposited into this account and shall 
be available for a period of 5 years, to the extent provided in 
annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such proceeds 
shall be available for obligation for fiscal year 2012 in an amount 
not to exceed $3,960,000: Provided further, That each annual budget 
request shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and 
collections and proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to 
section 315 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 
(42 U.S.C. 2459j). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $37,300,000, of 
which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain 
available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is claimed 
or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and avail-
able for the same purposes and the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provi-
sion shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The unexpired balances of previous accounts, for activities for 
which funds are provided under this Act, may be transferred to 
the new accounts established in this Act that provide such activity. 
Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds in the 
Budget estimate. 
51 USC 30103 
note. 
Contracts. 
Time period. 
51 USC 20145 
note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
newly established accounts, but shall be available under the same 
terms, conditions and period of time as previously appropriated. 
Section 40902 of title 51, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The interest accruing from the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavor Teacher 
Fellowship Trust Fund principal shall be available in fiscal year 
2012 for the purpose of the Endeavor Science Teacher Certificate 
Program.’’. 
51 U.S.C. 20145(b)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before 
‘‘A person’’ and by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subparagraph (B) as follows: 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Adminis-
trator may accept in-kind consideration for leases entered 
into for the purpose of developing renewable energy produc-
tion facilities.’’. 
The spending plan required by section 538 of this Act shall 
be provided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activity 
level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of 
an amount established in that spending plan that meets the notifica-
tion requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as 
a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), and 
the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880– 
1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and 
operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research 
support; 
acquisition 
of 
aircraft; 
and 
authorized 
travel; 
$5,719,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, of 
which not to exceed $550,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for polar research and operations support, and for 
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the United 
States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts for scientific sup-
port services and materials furnished by the National Research 
Centers and other National Science Foundation supported research 
facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, 
That not less than $150,900,000 shall be available for activities 
authorized by section 7002(c)(2)(A)(iv) of Public Law 110–69: Pro-
vided further, That up to $50,000,000 of funds made available 
under this heading within this Act may be transferred to ‘‘Major 
Research Equipment and Facilities Construction’’: Provided further, 
That funds so transferred shall not be subject to the transfer 
limitations described in the Administrative Provisions in this Act 
for the National Science Foundation, and shall be available until 
expended only after notification of such transfer to the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
Notification. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facili-
ties, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), 
including authorized travel, $167,055,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds may be used to 
reimburse the Judgment Fund. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics 
and engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia, $829,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That not less than $54,890,000 shall 
be available until expended for activities authorized by section 
7030 of Public Law 110–69. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management necessary in 
carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $8,280 for 
official reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement 
of the Department of Homeland Security for security guard services; 
$299,400,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under 
this heading in fiscal year 2012 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next 
fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts 
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) 
involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 
86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,440,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$14,200,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 15 percent 
by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act, 
2012’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,193,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule 
C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for 
each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners 
for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used for 
any activity or expense that is not explicitly authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1975a: Provided further, That there shall be an Inspector 
General at the Commission on Civil Rights who shall have the 
duties, responsibilities, and authorities specified in the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended: Provided further, That an indi-
vidual appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Govern-
ment Accountability Office (GAO) shall, by virtue of such appoint-
ment, also hold the position of Inspector General of the Commission 
on Civil Rights: Provided further, That the Inspector General of 
the Commission on Civil Rights shall utilize personnel of the Office 
of Inspector General of GAO in performing the duties of the 
Inspector General of the Commission on Civil Rights, and shall 
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Commission 
on Civil Rights: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able in this paragraph, $250,000 shall be transferred directly to 
the Office of Inspector General of GAO upon enactment of this 
Act for salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the duties 
of the Inspector General of the Commission on Civil Rights. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the 
Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Non- 
Discrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA 
Effective date. 
5 USC app. 8G 
note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); nonmonetary awards to private 
citizens; and $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforce-
ment agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$360,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $2,250 from available funds: Provided further, That the 
Commission may take no action to implement any workforce repo-
sitioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the 
Committees on Appropriations have been notified of such proposals, 
in accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commis-
sion. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $80,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 
the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, 
$348,000,000, of which $322,400,000 is for basic field programs 
and required independent audits; $4,200,000 is for the Office of 
Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary 
may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $17,000,000 
is for management and grants oversight; $3,400,000 is for client 
self-help and information technology; and $1,000,000 is for loan 
repayment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Corpora-
tion may continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees 
at a rate no greater than that provided by the Federal Government 
to Washington, DC-based employees as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5304, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Cor-
poration Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996(d): Provided further, That the authori-
ties provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable to 
the Legal Services Corporation. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited 
by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 
503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds 
appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall 
be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such 
sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 
Applicability. 
Notification. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2011 and 2012, 
respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission 
as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, $3,025,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $51,251,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $111,600 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as author-
ized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 1984 (42 
U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of which $500,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,250 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized 
by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application of 
such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, 
the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision 
to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is 
held invalid shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Contracts. 
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Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2012, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates 
or initiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates a 
program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by 
any means for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes or renames offices, programs or activities; (6) contracts out 
or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by 
Federal employees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or 
activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project or 
activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results 
from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in 
personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, 
projects or activities as approved by Congress; unless the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 
in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. During the current fiscal year and in each fiscal 
year thereafter, none of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 
guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cov-
ering harassment based on religion, when it is made known to 
the Federal entity or official to which such funds are made available 
that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed 
guidelines published by the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 
Fed. Reg. 51266). 
SEC. 507. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court 
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label 
bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with 
the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United 
States that is not made in the United States, the person shall 
be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with 
funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, 
suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized 
purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act 
shall be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, 
or assembled in the United States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning given the 
term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 508. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 
National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 
report on the status of balances of appropriations at the account 
level. For unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation from 
which the balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, 
but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify 
amounts by the year of obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted 
within 30 days of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, 
Deadlines. 
Reports. 
Religious 
harrassment. 
42 USC 2000e–12 
note. 
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and subsequent reports shall be submitted within 30 days of the 
end of each quarter thereafter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect 
of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a 
limitation of a current accounting system, the department or agency 
shall fulfill such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under 
such accounting system and shall identify and describe in each 
quarterly report the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 509. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such 
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer 
funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included 
elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry 
out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country 
of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, 
except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco 
or tobacco products of the same type. 
SEC. 511. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for— 
(1) the implementation of any tax or fee in connection 
with the implementation of subsection 922(t) of title 18, United 
States Code; and 
(2) any system to implement subsection 922(t) of title 18, 
United States Code, that does not require and result in the 
destruction of any identifying information submitted by or on 
behalf of any person who has been determined not to be prohib-
ited from possessing or receiving a firearm no more than 24 
hours after the system advises a Federal firearms licensee 
that possession or receipt of a firearm by the prospective trans-
feree would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 
of title 18, United States Code, or State law. 
SEC. 512. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
deposited or available in the Fund established under 42 U.S.C. 
10601 in any fiscal year in excess of $705,000,000 shall not be 
available for obligation until the following fiscal year. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or 
denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate 
in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those 
funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 515. Any funds provided in this Act used to implement 
E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 505 of this Act. 
Discrimination. 
42 USC 10601 
note. 
Firearms. 
18 USC 922 note. 
Tobacco and 
tobacco products. 
Transfer 
authority. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
SEC. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released without 
adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data. 
(b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
shall include in all such data releases, language similar to the 
following that would make clear that trace data cannot be used 
to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime: 
(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement 
authorities in conducting investigations by tracking the sale 
and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies 
may request firearms traces for any reason, and those reasons 
are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not 
all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms 
traced are used in crime. 
(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes 
of determining which types, makes, or models of firearms are 
used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute 
a random sample and should not be considered representative 
of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or 
any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced 
to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms 
traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods 
by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime. 
SEC. 517. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of 
Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and 
the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to 
the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts 
for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 
reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which may 
include preliminary findings and a description of areas of particular 
interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and every 
180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described 
in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Sec-
retary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, 
as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to 
the public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, 
Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The 
results shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the 
public access to which could be used to commit identity theft 
or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes. 
(c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
this Act may not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs 
of a banquet or conference that is not directly and programmatically 
related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, 
such as a banquet or conference held in connection with planning, 
training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to 
a project funded by the grant or contract. 
(d) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts 
appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary 
of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, 
or President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from 
the grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract 
Certification. 
Public 
information. 
Web posting. 
Audits. 
Reports. 
Deadlines. 
Firearm traces. 
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or in any other manner to another person who has a financial 
interest in the person awarded the grant or contract. 
(e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section 
shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that 
a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to 
the requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under 
the executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments, 
agencies, and entities. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Departments of Com-
merce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion, or the National Science Foundation to acquire information 
technology systems unless the respective Secretary or head of 
agency, in consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
or other appropriate Federal agencies, has assessed any associated 
risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of 
torture by any official or contract employee of the United States 
Government. 
SEC. 520. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated 
by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or 
employee of the United States in connection with requiring an 
export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, acces-
sories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 
121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf-
ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on 
April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale 
in any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) 
of this section are met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper’s 
Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or 
from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United 
States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles enumer-
ated in subsection (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and components and parts 
for such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal 
Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of 
Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete 
breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, 
other than for end use by the Federal Government, or 
a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign 
destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of 
Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary 
export without a license of any unclassified articles specified in 
subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the 
United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from 
Exports and 
imports. 
Firearms. 
Canada. 
Torture. 
Effective date. 
Determination. 
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Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada 
for a Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under this section 
on a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication 
first in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has 
implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the arti-
cles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion 
of such articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another 
nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license 
when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased. 
SEC. 521. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall 
obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay administrative 
expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the 
United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to 22 
U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 
478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 
or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agree-
ment the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-Singa-
pore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-Aus-
tralia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-Morocco 
Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contraven-
tion of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to 
Financial Privacy Act; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act; 
The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; 
USA PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 524. If at any time during any quarter, the program 
manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments 
of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, or the National Science Foundation totaling more 
than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to believe that the total 
program cost has increased by 10 percent, the program manager 
shall immediately inform the respective Secretary, Administrator, 
or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 
days in writing of such increase, and shall include in such notice: 
the date on which such determination was made; a statement 
of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and proposed 
to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; changes 
made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 
to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total 
program costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total 
project or procurement costs; and a statement validating that the 
project’s management structure is adequate to control total project 
or procurement costs. 
SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
National security 
letters. 
Firearms. 
Termination. 
President. 
Determination. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2012 until the enactment 
of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 526. The Departments, agencies, and commissions funded 
under this Act, shall establish and maintain on the homepages 
of their Internet websites— 
(1) a direct link to the Internet Web sites of their Offices 
of Inspectors General; and 
(2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors General Web 
site by which individuals may anonymously report cases of 
waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to those Departments, agen-
cies, and commissions. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in 
an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess 
of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies 
in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, 
to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee 
has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years 
preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal 
offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, 
more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid 
Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, 
unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement 
or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal 
Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the 
subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 528. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, 
not later than September 30, 2012, from the following accounts 
in the specified amounts— 
(1) 
‘‘National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration, 
Information 
Infrastructure 
Grants’’, 
$2,000,000; 
(2) 
‘‘National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration, Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning 
and Construction’’, $2,750,000; and 
(3) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Foreign Fishing Observer Fund’’, $350,000. 
(b) Of the amounts made available under section 3010 of the 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note), $4,300,000 
in unobligated balances are hereby rescinded. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Emergency Steel, 
Oil, and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program Account’’, $700,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
(d) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
of Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than 
September 30, 2012, from the following accounts in the specified 
amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $40,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, $675,000,000; 
(3) 
‘‘United 
States 
Marshals 
Service, 
Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’, $2,200,000; 
Deadlines. 
Contracts. 
Grants. 
Certification. 
Web posting. 
5 USC app. 8L 
note. 
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(4) ‘‘Drug Enforcement Administration, Salaries and 
Expenses’’, $10,000,000; 
(5) ‘‘Federal Prison System, Buildings and Facilities’’, 
$45,000,000; 
(6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 
on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Preven-
tion and Prosecution Programs’’, $15,000,000; 
(7) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 
of Justice Programs’’, $55,000,000; and 
(8) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services’’, $23,605,000. 
(e) The Department of Justice shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a report no later than September 1, 2012 specifying the amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to subsection (d). 
(f) Of the unobligated balances available to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration from prior appropriations, 
$30,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used in a manner that is inconsistent 
with the principal negotiating objective of the United States with 
respect to trade remedy laws to preserve the ability of the United 
States— 
(1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including anti-
dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws; 
(2) to avoid agreements that— 
(A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and inter-
national disciplines on unfair trade, especially dumping 
and subsidies; or 
(B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and inter-
national safeguard provisions, in order to ensure that 
United States workers, agricultural producers, and firms 
can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy the benefits 
of reciprocal trade concessions; and 
(3) to address and remedy market distortions that lead 
to dumping and subsidization, including overcapacity, carteliza-
tion, and market-access barriers. 
SEC. 530. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in con-
travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 
50 employees from a Federal department or agency at any single 
conference occurring outside the United States, unless such con-
ference is a law enforcement training or operational conference 
for law enforcement personnel and the majority of Federal 
employees in attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed 
outside the United States. 
SEC. 532. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 
or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 
its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 
other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; and 
Khalid Sheikh 
Mohammed. 
Detainees. 
Cuba. 
Reports. 
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(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, 
acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) 
for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the effective control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 534. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations 
for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. 
SEC. 535. To the extent practicable, funds made available in 
this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ‘‘Energy 
Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal Energy Management Program’’ 
designation. 
SEC. 536. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government receiving funds appropriated under this 
Act to track undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and 
include in its annual performance plan and performance and 
accountability reports the following: 
(1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 
instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or instrumen-
tality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired grant 
accounts. 
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant 
accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United 
States. 
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total 
number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances 
(on the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency, 
or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been 
obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to relocate the Bureau of the Census or employees from 
the Department of Commerce to the jurisdiction of the Executive 
Office of the President. 
SEC. 538. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 
Science Foundation shall submit spending plans, signed by the 
Spending plans. 
Deadline. 
Light bulbs. 
ACORN. 
Cuba. 
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respective department or agency head, to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 
to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a 
bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to partici-
pate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 
or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are specifi-
cally authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall also apply to any 
funds used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP have certified pose 
no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, data, or other 
information with national security or economic security implications 
to China or a Chinese-owned company. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate no later than 14 days prior to the 
activity in question and shall include a description of the purpose 
of the activity, its major participants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 540. (a) The head of any department, agency, board or 
commission funded by this Act shall submit quarterly reports to 
the Inspector General, or the senior ethics official for any entity 
without an inspector general, of the appropriate department, 
agency, board or commission regarding the costs and contracting 
procedures relating to each conference held by the department, 
agency, board or commission during fiscal year 2012 for which 
the cost to the Government was more than $20,000. 
(b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, 
for each conference described in that subsection held during the 
applicable quarter— 
(1) a description of the subject of and number of partici-
pants attending that conference; 
(2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Government 
relating to that conference, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; and 
(C) a discussion of the methodology used to determine 
which costs relate to that conference; and 
(3) a description of the contracting procedures relating 
to that conference, including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
basis for that conference; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
the department, agency, board or commission in evaluating 
potential contractors for that conference. 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, 
or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model 
of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the pro-
posed importation are met; and 
Firearms. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Deadline. 
Certification. 
Applicability. 
China. 
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(2) no application for the importation of such model of 
shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the 
Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that 
the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adapt-
able to sporting purposes. 
SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, 
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a 
loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of 
a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the pre-
ceding 24 months, unless an agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that 
this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, 
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a 
loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that has any unpaid 
Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial 
and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation and made a determination that this further 
action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 545. All agencies and departments funded under this 
Act shall send to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate at the end of the fiscal year 
a report containing a complete inventory of the total number of 
vehicles owned, permanently retired, and purchased during fiscal 
year 2012 as well as the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including 
maintenance, fuel, storage, purchasing, and leasing. 
SEC. 546. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act for fiscal year 2012 may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce, prior to January 1, 2012, the rule entitled ‘‘Wage Method-
ology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H–2B Pro-
gram’’ published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register 
on January 19, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 3452 et seq.). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
Regulations. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Corporation. 
Corporation. 
Pornography. 
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125 STAT. 641 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
DIVISION C—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$102,481,000, of which not to exceed $2,618,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $984,000 
shall be available for the Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
not to exceed $19,515,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; not to exceed $10,107,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 
not to exceed $10,538,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $25,469,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion; not to exceed $2,020,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,595,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $1,369,000 
shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization; not to exceed $10,778,000 for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed 
$14,988,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased 
or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided 
further, That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent 
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be 
credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 
in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation infrastruc-
ture, $500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2013: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute 
funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to be 
awarded to a State, local government, transit agency, or a collabora-
tion among such entities on a competitive basis for projects that 
will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, 
or a region: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 
provided under this heading shall include, but not be limited to, 
Grants. 
Notification. 
Transfer 
authority. 
Transportation, 
Housing and 
Urban 
Development, 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
Department of 
Transportation 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
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125 STAT. 642 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States 
Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of 
title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight rail transpor-
tation projects; and port infrastructure investments: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects which dem-
onstrate transportation benefits for existing systems or improve 
interconnectivity between modes: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use up to 35 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy and 
administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance 
under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary 
finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes of 
this paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing funds pro-
vided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures 
so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural 
areas, and the investment in a variety of transportation modes: 
Provided further, That a grant funded under this heading shall 
be not less than $10,000,000 and not greater than $200,000,000: 
Provided further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading may be awarded to projects 
in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share of 
the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading 
shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent: Provided 
further, That not less than $120,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading shall be for projects located in rural areas: 
Provided further, That for projects located in rural areas, the min-
imum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase 
the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, 
That projects conducted using funds provided under this heading 
must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 
31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select the grants 
and credit assistance awarded under this heading: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading, and may transfer portions of those 
funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, 
the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration and the Federal Maritime Administration, to fund the award 
and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under the 
National Infrastructure Investments program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall give priority to projects that require a 
contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an overall 
financing package. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 
Department 
of 
Transportation’s 
financial 
systems 
and 
re- 
engineering business processes, $4,990,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2013. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
improvement of network perimeter controls and identity manage-
ment, testing and assessment of information technology against 
Competition. 
Compliance. 
Grants. 
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125 STAT. 643 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
business, security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed-
eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastructure 
enhancements, implementation of enhanced security controls on 
network devices, and enhancement of cyber security workforce 
training tools, $10,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2013. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,384,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, to remain available until expended, $9,000,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $172,000,000 shall 
be paid from appropriations made available to the Department 
of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided 
on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on oper-
ating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund with-
out majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Com-
mittee and approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 
assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, 
subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such 
assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by 
such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $333,000, as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, 
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, $589,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
outreach activities, $3,068,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these 
funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode 
of transportation. 
Notification. 
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125 STAT. 644 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to funds made available from any other source 
to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 
41731 through 41742, $143,000,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in determining between or among carriers competing 
to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider 
the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That no funds made available under section 41742 of title 49, 
United States Code, and no funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act in any fiscal year, shall be available to carry out 
the essential air service program under sections 41731 through 
41742 of such title 49 in communities in the 48 contiguous States 
unless the community received subsidized essential air service or 
received a 90-day notice of intent to terminate service and the 
Secretary required the air carrier to continue to provide service 
to the community at any time between September 30, 2010, and 
September 30, 2011, inclusive: Provided further, That basic essential 
air service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-pas-
senger capacity requirement under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That if the funds under 
this heading are insufficient to meet the costs of the essential 
air service program in the current fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
transfer such sums as may be necessary to carry out the essential 
air service program from any available amounts appropriated to 
or directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for such 
fiscal year. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office 
of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or 
reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the 
modal administrations in this Act, except for activities underway 
on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary or his designee may engage in activities 
with States and State legislators to consider proposals related to 
the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be obligated or expended to establish or implement a program 
under which essential air service communities are required to 
assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local partici-
pation program. 
SEC. 104. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United 
States Code, in addition to authority provided by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund is hereby authorized to provide payments in advance to ven-
dors that are necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass 
transportation fringe benefit program under Executive Order 13150 
Transit benefit. 
Assessments. 
Contracts. 
Notice. 
Time period. 
49 USC 41742 
note. 
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125 STAT. 645 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart-
ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with the 
vendors to ensure timely and high-quality performance under the 
contract. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the 
Credit Council, including the agenda for each meeting, and require 
the Credit Council to record the decisions and actions of each 
meeting. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 106. Of the amounts made available by section 185 of 
Public Law 109–115, all unobligated balances as of the date of 
enactment of this Act are hereby rescinded. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activi-
ties related to commercial space transportation, administrative 
expenses for research and development, establishment of air naviga-
tion facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance 
of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps 
sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by 
Public Law 108–176, $9,653,395,000, of which $5,060,694,000 shall 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which 
not to exceed $7,442,738,000 shall be available for air traffic 
organization activities; not to exceed $1,252,991,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $16,271,000 shall 
be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to 
exceed $582,117,000 shall be available for finance and management 
activities; not to exceed $98,858,000 shall be available for human 
resources program activities; not to exceed $60,134,000 shall be 
available for NextGen program activities; and not to exceed 
$200,286,000 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That 
not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 
safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 
under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer may increase 
or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided 
further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 
That not later than May 31, 2012, the Administrator shall submit 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a com-
prehensive report that describes all of the findings and conclusions 
reached during the Federal Aviation Administration’s efforts to 
develop an objective, data-driven method for placing air traffic 
controllers after the successful completion of their training at the 
Federal Aviation Administration Academy, lists all available options 
for establishing such method, and discusses the benefits and chal-
lenges of each option: Provided further, That not later than March 
Deadlines. 
Reports. 
49 USC 44506 
note. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Web posting. 
Records. 
Contracts. 
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125 STAT. 646 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 
pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, 
That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 
for each day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted 
to the Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 
of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to 
Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive 
strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and air-
craft certification staff in a format similar to the one utilized for 
the controller staffing plan, including stated attrition estimates 
and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per 
day for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may be used 
to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety stand-
ards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for new applicants for the second career training pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 
or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation 
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation as offsetting collections funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provi-
sion of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $10,350,000 
shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordi-
nated through, the Working Capital Fund. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 
experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part 
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 
service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisi-
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees 
of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities 
where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; 
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
User fees. 
Fines. 
Deadlines. 
Reports. 
49 USC 44502 
note. 
Fines. 
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125 STAT. 647 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
$2,730,731,000, of which $475,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2012, and of which $2,255,731,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for 
expenses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and mod-
ernization of national airspace systems: Provided further, That upon 
initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2013 President’s 
budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Con-
gress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal 
Aviation Administration which includes funding for each budget 
line item for fiscal years 2013 through 2017, with total funding 
for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for 
those years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part 
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construc-
tion of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites 
by lease or grant, $167,556,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which 
shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, 
and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and noise compatibility planning 
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 
and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 
and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, 
installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 
devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspec-
tion activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
including those related to airport operating certificates under sec-
tion 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,435,000,000 to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 
in fiscal year 2012, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
Investment plan. 
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125 STAT. 648 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or 
other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explo-
sive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not 
more than $101,000,000 shall be obligated for administration, not 
less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport cooperative 
research program, not less than $29,250,000 shall be for Airport 
Technology Research and $6,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community 
Air Service Development Program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally 
funded research and development center contract between the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 
Systems Development during fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors 
to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 
building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space 
in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic 
control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the 
prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement 
on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances 
that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
FAA for air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 
41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, 
That during fiscal year 2012, 49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, 
and any amount remaining in such account at the close of that 
fiscal year may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) 
for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation 
current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available 
for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds limited by this Act for grants 
under the Airport Improvement Program shall be made available 
to the sponsor of a commercial service airport if such sponsor 
fails to agree to a request from the Secretary of Transportation 
for cost-free space in a nonrevenue producing, public use area 
of the airport terminal or other airport facilities for the purpose 
of carrying out a public service air passenger rights and consumer 
outreach campaign. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 
unless such employee actually performed work during the time 
corresponding to such premium pay. 
Premium pay. 
Explosive 
detection 
systems. 
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125 STAT. 649 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration 
to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of 
a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of an 
airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service from 
a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of title 14 
Code of Federal Regulations, or such other regulations as may 
be issued by the Secretary under the authority of section 41709) 
an amount equal to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 
U.S.C. 47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had more 
than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, 
based on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal 
Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department 
of Transportation. 
SEC. 119. Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘benefit.’’ and inserting 
‘‘benefit, with the maximum allowable local cost share capped at 
20 percent.’’. 
SEC. 119A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may 
be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation 
on the ability of any owner or operator of a private aircraft to 
obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft 
registration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data that 
is made available to the public, except data made available to 
a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner 
or operator. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this 
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission 
rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $412,000,000, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, 
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration for 
necessary expenses for administration and operation, of which 
$16,000,000 shall be derived from the authority provided in section 
126 in this Act. In addition, not to exceed $3,220,000 shall be 
paid from appropriations made available by this Act and transferred 
to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance with section 
104 of title 23, United States Code. 
New Jersey. 
Retention 
bonuses. 
Apportionment. 
Determination. 
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125 STAT. 650 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which 
are in excess of $39,143,582,670 for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs for fiscal year 2012: Provided, 
That within the $39,143,582,670 obligation limitation on Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction programs, not more 
than $429,800,000 shall be available for the implementation or 
execution of programs for transportation research (chapter 5 of 
title 23, United States Code; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of title 
49, United States Code; and title 5 of Public Law 109–59) for 
fiscal year 2012: Provided further, That this limitation on transpor-
tation research programs shall not apply to any authority previously 
made available for obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may, as authorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States 
Code, collect and spend fees to cover the costs of services of expert 
firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit 
instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts are in addition to administrative 
expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are not 
subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on administra-
tive expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, not otherwise pro-
vided, including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $39,882,582,670 or so much thereof 
as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 
expended. 
EMERGENCY RELIEF 
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program 
as authorized under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, 
$1,662,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses resulting from a major disaster declared pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That notwithstanding section 
125(d)(1) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may obligate more than $100,000,000 for a single natural 
disaster event in a State for emergency relief projects arising from 
damage caused in fiscal year 2011 by Hurricane Irene or the Mis-
souri River basin flooding in the spring of 2011, except for events 
involving closed hydrologic basins: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 120 of title 23, United States Code, for expenses 
Extension. 
23 USC 104 note. 
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125 STAT. 651 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
resulting from a disaster eligible under section 125 of title 23, 
United States Code, occurring in fiscal years 2011 or 2012, the 
Secretary shall extend the time period in 120(e) in consideration 
of any delay in the State’s ability to access damaged facilities 
to evaluate damage and estimate the cost of repair: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount provided under this heading is designated 
by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2012, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; 
programs funded from the administrative takedown authorized 
by section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as in 
effect on the date before the date of enactment of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users); the highway use tax evasion program; and 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated bal-
ance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety programs for previous fiscal years the funds 
for which are allocated by the Secretary; 
(3) determine the ratio that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated 
for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through 
(9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated 
for section 105 of title 23, United States Code, equal to 
the amount referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 
(4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users; section 117 and section 144(g) of 
title 23, United States Code; and section 14501 of title 40, 
United States Code, so that the amount of obligation authority 
available for each of such sections is equal to the amount 
determined by multiplying the ratio determined under para-
graph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for that 
section for the fiscal year; and 
(B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
23 USC 104 note. 
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125 STAT. 652 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under para-
graph (4), for each of the programs that are allocated by the 
Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and title 23, 
United States Code (other than to programs to which para-
graphs (1) and (4) apply), by multiplying the ratio determined 
under paragraph (3) by the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal year; and 
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under para-
graphs (4) and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
construction programs (other than the amounts apportioned 
for the equity bonus program, but only to the extent that 
the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program for 
the fiscal year are greater than $2,639,000,000, and the Appa-
lachian development highway system program) that are appor-
tioned by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and 
title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for such 
programs that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal 
year, bear to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for such programs that are apportioned to all States 
for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations: 
(1) under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assist-
ance Act of 1978; 
(3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
1981; 
(4) under subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; 
(5) under subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act 
of 1987; 
(6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; 
(7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; 
(8) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, as 
in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years; 
(9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws for multiple 
years or to remain available until used, but only to the extent 
that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used; 
(10) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, 
but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2005 through 2012; and 
(11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, to 
the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section 
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were not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
at which the funds were initially made available for obligation. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 
of such fiscal year, revise a distribution of the obligation limitation 
made available under subsection (a) if the amount distributed 
cannot be obligated during that fiscal year, and redistribute suffi-
cient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition 
to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds 
apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation limitation shall apply 
to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 
of title 23, United States Code, and title V (research title) of 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made available 
for such programs under such limitation shall remain available 
for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition to the 
amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid 
highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the distribution of obligation limitation under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds 
that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal 
year for Federal-aid highways programs; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to 
the States, and will not be available for obligation, in 
such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation 
limitation for such fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 
(1) in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority 
under subsection (a)(6). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under paragraph (1) 
shall be available for any purposes described in section 133(b) 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obligation limita-
tion distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for the 
provision specified in subsection (a)(4) shall— 
(1) remain available until used for obligation of funds for 
that provision; and 
(2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(g) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to limit the distribution of obligation 
authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual 
projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the table contained 
in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111 
Determination. 
Deadline. 
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may be credited to the Federal-aid Highways account for the pur-
pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That 
such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid Highways and highway safety construction programs. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his 
statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal- 
aid highway projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make 
an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent 
to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted under 
the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds made available, limited, or otherwise affected 
by this Act shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the 
imposition of any toll on any segment of highway located on the 
Federal-aid system in the State of Texas that— 
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not tolled; 
(2) is constructed with Federal assistance provided under 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(3) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described 
in that subsection that, as of the date on which a toll is 
imposed on the segment, will have the same number of nontoll 
lanes as were in existence prior to that date. 
(2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY
VEHICLE
LANES.—A high-occupancy 
vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane shall not be subject 
to this section, and shall not be considered to be a nontoll 
lane for purposes of determining whether a highway will have 
fewer nontoll lanes than prior to the date of imposition of 
the toll, if— 
(A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the number 
of passengers specified by the entity operating the toll 
lane may use the toll lane without paying a toll, unless 
otherwise specified by the appropriate county, town, munic-
ipal or other local government entity, or public toll road 
or transit authority; or 
(B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was con-
verted to a toll lane was constructed as a temporary lane 
to be replaced by a toll lane under a plan approved by 
the appropriate county, town, municipal or other local 
government entity, or public toll road or transit authority. 
SEC. 124. The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
carry out a study to review how the States and public transit 
authorities have used the authority for States to transfer Federal 
funds between highway and transit programs. Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit a report to the Congress describing the use of the 
transfer authority by the States, the highway and transit projects 
funded with these funds, the U.S. Department of Transportation 
administrative mechanisms to track the use of these transferred 
funds, and the impact the use of this authority has had on the 
advancement of highway projects. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Study. 
Texas. 
Reports. 
Deadlines. 
Notice. 
Comment period. 
23 USC 313 note. 
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125 STAT. 655 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
SEC. 125. Section 127(a)(11) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(11)(A) With respect to all portions of the Interstate High-
way System in the State of Maine, laws (including regulations) 
of that State concerning vehicle weight limitations applicable 
to other State highways shall be applicable in lieu of the 
requirements under this subsection through December 31, 2031. 
‘‘(B) With respect to all portions of the Interstate Highway 
System in the State of Vermont, laws (including regulations) 
of that State concerning vehicle weight limitations applicable 
to other State highways shall be applicable in lieu of the 
requirements under this subsection through December 31, 
2031.’’. 
SEC. 126. The Secretary may deduct, on a proportional basis, 
for administrative expenses of the Federal-aid highway program, 
a cumulative sum not to exceed $16,000,000 of the sums authorized 
under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011, part II 
(Public Law 112–30) for the 14 allocated programs. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations 
and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States 
Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, 
$247,724,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds derived from the High-
way Trust Fund in this Act shall be available for the implementa-
tion, execution or administration of programs, the obligations for 
which are in excess of $247,724,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Operations and Programs’’ of which $8,543,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2014, is for the research and 
technology program and $1,000,000 shall be available for commer-
cial motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry out section 4134 of 
Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds under this heading for 
outreach and education shall be available for transfer: Provided 
further, That the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall 
transmit to Congress a report on March 30, 2012 on the agency’s 
ability to meet its requirement to conduct compliance reviews on 
high-risk carriers. 
Reports. 
Deadline. 
Applicability. 
Expiration date. 
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125 STAT. 656 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 
31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 
109–59, $307,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the implementation or execution of programs, the 
obligations for which are in excess of $307,000,000, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $212,000,000 shall be available 
for the motor carrier safety assistance program to carry out sections 
31102 and 31104(a) of title 49, United States Code; $30,000,000 
shall be available for the commercial driver’s license improvements 
program to carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code; 
$32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement grants 
program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, United States Code; 
$5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and registration 
information system management program to carry out sections 
31106(b) and 31109 of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 
shall be available for the commercial vehicle information systems 
and networks deployment program to carry out section 4126 of 
Public Law 109–59; and $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety 
data improvement program to carry out section 4128 of Public 
Law 109–59: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $29,000,000 shall 
be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers: Provided 
further, That of the prior year unobligated balances for the commer-
cial vehicle information systems and networks deployment program, 
$1,000,000 is permanently rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of 
Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110–28, 
including that the Secretary submit a report to the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees annually on the safety and secu-
rity of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled 
motor carriers. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, States 
receiving funds for core or expanded deployment activities under 
the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks pro-
gram pursuant to sections 4101(c)(4) and 4126 of Public Law 109– 
59 that did not meet award eligibility requirements set forth in 
section 4126; received grant amounts in excess of the maximum 
amounts specified in sections 4126(c)(2) or 4126(d)(3); or were 
awarded grants either prior to or after the expiration of the period 
of performance specified in a grant agreement, shall not be required 
Reports. 
Deadline. 
Audits. 
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to repay grant amounts received in error under such sections and, 
in addition, shall be reimbursed for core or expanded deployment 
expenditures such States made before the date of the enactment 
of this Act in reliance on a grant awarded in error under such 
sections. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under subtitle 
C of title X of Public Law 109–59 and chapter 301 and part C 
of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $140,146,000, of 
which $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2013. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States 
Code, $109,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2012, are in excess of 
$109,500,000, of which $105,500,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under 23 U.S.C. 403, and of which $4,000,000 shall be for 
the National Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 
$105,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and research, 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013 and 
shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for future years. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 
2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109–59, to remain 
available until expended, $550,328,000 to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, 
in fiscal year 2012, are in excess of $550,328,000 for programs 
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 
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125 STAT. 658 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109–59, of which 
$235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 
U.S.C. 402; $25,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive 
Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; $48,500,000 shall be for ‘‘Safety 
Belt Performance Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406, and such obligation 
limitation shall remain available until September 30, 2013 in 
accordance with subsection (f) of such section 406 and shall be 
in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations 
for such grants for future fiscal years; $34,500,000 shall be for 
‘‘State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements’’ under 23 
U.S.C. 408; $139,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving 
Countermeasures Incentive Grant Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410; 
$25,328,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 
2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109–59; $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High 
Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 of Public Law 
109–59; $7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist Safety’’ under section 
2010 of Public Law 109–59; and $7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Child 
Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants’’ under sec-
tion 2011 of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That none of 
these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remod-
eling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local 
or private buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 
‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be avail-
able for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $750,000 of the funds made available for the ‘‘High 
Visibility Enforcement Program’’ shall be available for the evalua-
tion required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 109–59: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
for ‘‘Safety Belt Performance Grants’’, $25,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for the modernization of the National Automotive 
Sampling System (NASS). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or limita-
tion on the use of funds made available under section 403 of 
title 23, United States Code, an additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State management 
reviews and to pay for core competency development training and 
related expenses for highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this 
Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation authority 
was made available in previous public laws for multiple years 
but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed 
or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
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125 STAT. 659 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $178,596,000, of which $12,300,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the 
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to 
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, in such amounts 
and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required 
pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to 
exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, 
no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 
using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 
2012. 
OPERATING SUBSIDY GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the oper-
ation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by section 101 of 
the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432), $466,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the amounts available under this 
paragraph shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding 
to cover operating losses for the Corporation only after receiving 
and reviewing a grant request for each specific train route: Provided 
further, That each such grant request shall be accompanied by 
a detailed financial analysis, revenue projection, and capital 
expenditure projection justifying the Federal support to the Sec-
retary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in 
electronic format, to the Secretary, the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation the annual budget and business plan 
and the 5-Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 2012 required under 
section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 
Act of 2008: Provided further, That the budget, business plan, 
and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall also include a separate 
accounting of ridership, revenues, and capital and operating 
expenses for the Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long-dis-
tance Amtrak service; State-supported service; each intercity train 
route, including Autotrain; and commercial activities including con-
tract operations: Provided further, That the budget, business plan 
Deadline. 
Electronic 
submission. 
Budget. 
Plans. 
Reports. 
Loans. 
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and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include a description of work 
to be funded, along with cost estimates and an estimated timetable 
for completion of the projects covered by these plans: Provided 
further, That the budget, business plan and the 5-Year Financial 
Plan shall include annual information on the maintenance, 
refurbishment, replacement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling 
stock consistent with the comprehensive fleet plan: Provided further, 
That the Corporation shall provide semiannual reports in electronic 
format regarding the pending business plan, which shall describe 
the work completed to date, any changes to the business plan, 
and the reasons for such changes, and shall identify all sole-source 
contract awards which shall be accompanied by a justification as 
to why said contract was awarded on a sole-source basis, as well 
as progress against the milestones and target dates of the 2011 
performance improvement plan: Provided further, That the Corpora-
tion’s budget, business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual 
reports, and all subsequent supplemental plans shall be displayed 
on the Corporation’s Web site within a reasonable timeframe fol-
lowing their submission to the appropriate entities: Provided fur-
ther, That these plans shall be accompanied by a comprehensive 
fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock which shall address the 
Corporation’s detailed plans and timeframes for the maintenance, 
refurbishment, replacement, and expansion of the Amtrak fleet: 
Provided further, That said fleet plan shall establish year-specific 
goals and milestones and discuss potential, current, and preferred 
financing options for all such activities: Provided further, That 
none of the funds under this heading may be obligated or expended 
until the Corporation agrees to continue abiding by the provisions 
of paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions 
for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same manner 
as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this Act may be used after 
March 1, 2012, to support any route on which Amtrak offers a 
discounted fare of more than 50 percent off the normal peak fare: 
Provided further, That the preceding proviso does not apply to 
routes where the operating loss as a result of the discount is 
covered by a State and the State participates in the setting of 
fares: Provided further, That the Corporation shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request 
for fiscal year 2013 in similar format and substance to those sub-
mitted by executive agencies of the Federal Government. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for capital invest-
ments as authorized by section 101(c) and 219(b) of the Passenger 
Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 
Law 110–432), $952,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $271,000,000 shall be for debt service obliga-
tions as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak served facili-
ties and stations into compliance with the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act: Provided further, That after an initial distribution of 
up to $200,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation as 
Budget request. 
Plans. 
Web posting. 
Deadlines. 
Electronic 
submission. 
Reports. 
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a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be provided 
to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 
funds provided under this heading to fund the costs of project 
management oversight of capital projects funded by grants provided 
under this heading, as authorized by subsection 101(d) of division 
B of Public Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall approve funding for capital expenditures, including advance 
purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation only after 
receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital 
project justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: 
Provided further, That none of the funds under this heading may 
be used to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading may be used 
for capital projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation 
or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2012 business plan: Provided 
further, That in addition to the project management oversight funds 
authorized under section 101(d) of division B of Public Law 110– 
432, the Secretary may retain up to an additional one-half of 
1 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund expenses 
associated with implementing section 212 of division B of Public 
Law 110–432, including the amendments made by section 212 to 
section 24905 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to said Corpora-
tion in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services 
provided at or from any location outside the United States. For 
purposes of this section, the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service 
that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part- 
time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within 
the United States. 
SEC. 151. The Secretary of Transportation may receive and 
expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, 
from non-United States Government sources to repair damages 
to or replace United States Government owned automated track 
inspection cars and equipment as a result of third-party liability 
for such damages, and any amounts collected under this section 
shall be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain available 
until expended for the repair, operation and maintenance of auto-
mated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with 
the automated track inspection program. 
SEC. 152. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, rule 
or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow 
the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department 
to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Depart-
ment of an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 153. None of the funds provided to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs 
in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee: Provided, That 
the president of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous 
proviso for specific employees when the president of Amtrak deter-
mines such a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 
Waiver authority. 
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125 STAT. 662 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
of the system: Provided further, That Amtrak shall notify House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of waiving 
such cap and delineate the reasons for such waiver. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 
Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code, $98,713,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent 
office of transit security under this heading: Provided further, That 
upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2013 President’s 
budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allocations 
of funds for fiscal year 2013. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 
5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105– 
178, as amended, $9,400,000,000 to be derived from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementa-
tion or execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 
5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $8,360,565,000 in fiscal year 2012. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 5312– 
5315, 5322, and 5506, $44,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $6,500,000 is available to carry out the 
transit cooperative research program under section 5313 of title 
49, United States Code, $3,500,000 is available for the National 
Transit Institute under section 5315 of title 49, United States 
Code, and $4,000,000 is available for the university transportation 
centers program under section 5506 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That $25,000,000 is available to carry out innova-
tive research and demonstrations of national significance under 
section 5312 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, $1,955,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $35,481,000 shall be available to carry out 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
section 5309(e) of such title: Provided, That not less than 
$510,000,000 shall be available for preliminary engineering, final 
design, and construction of projects that receive a Full Funding 
Grant Agreement during calendar year 2012: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 111– 
8, $58,500,000 are hereby rescinded. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT 
AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of Public 
Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall approve grants for capital and 
preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a 
request for each specific project: Provided further, That prior to 
approving such grants, the Secretary shall determine that the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the 
highest priority on those investments that will improve the safety 
of the system. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, 
or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the Federal Transit 
Administration’s discretionary program appropriations headings for 
projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying 
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2014, and other recoveries, 
shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 
for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2011, under any section of 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available 
for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under 
the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds made available for new fixed guideway system projects 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital Invest-
ment Grants’’ in any appropriations Act prior to this Act may 
be used during this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for 
such projects. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds or recoveries under section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code, that are available to the Secretary of Transportation 
for reallocation shall be directed to projects eligible to use the 
funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 165. In addition to the amounts made available under 
section 5327(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary 
may use, for program management activities described in section 
5327(c)(2), 1 percent of the amount made available to carry out 
section 5316 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That funds 
made available for program management oversight shall be used 
to oversee the compliance of a recipient or subrecipient of Federal 
Deadline. 
Transfer 
authority. 
Determination. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
transit assistance consistent with activities identified under section 
5327(c)(2) and for purposes of enforcement. 
SEC. 166. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry 
boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(6)(B) 
may be used to construct new vessels and facilities, or to improve 
existing vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and 
vehicle-related elements of such vessels and facilities, and for repair 
facilities. 
SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to enter 
into a full funding grant agreement for a project with a New 
Starts share greater than 60 percent. 
SEC. 168. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fuel 
for vehicle operations, including the cost of utilities used for the 
propulsion of electrically driven vehicles, shall be treated as an 
associated capital maintenance item for purposes of grants made 
under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, in fiscal year 
2012. Amounts made available under this heading shall be limited 
to $100,000,000. 
SEC. 169. The Secretary may not enforce regulations related 
to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, for any transit agency who during fiscal year 2008 
was both initially granted a 60-day period to come into compliance 
with part 604, and then was subsequently granted an exception 
from said part. 
SEC. 169A. For purposes of applying the project justification 
and local financial commitment criteria of 49 U.S.C. 5309(d) to 
a New Starts project, the Secretary may consider the costs and 
ridership of any connected project in an instance in which private 
parties are making significant financial contributions to the 
construction of the connected project; additionally, the Secretary 
may consider the significant financial contributions of private par-
ties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal share 
of net capital project costs for the New Starts project. 
SEC. 169B. All bus new fixed guideway capital projects rec-
ommended in the President’s fiscal year 2012 budget request for 
funds appropriated under the Capital Investment Grants heading 
in this Act or any other Act shall be funded instead from amounts 
allocated under 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(C): Provided, That all such 
projects shall remain subject to the appropriate requirements of 
49 U.S.C. 5309(d) and (e). 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
Expenditure 
authority. 
Contracts. 
Contracts. 
Vessels. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations, maintenance, and capital 
asset renewal of those portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, 
operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, $32,259,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $174,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $156,258,000, of which $11,100,000 shall remain 
available until expended for maintenance and repair of training 
ships at State Maritime Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2013 for Student Incentive 
Program payments at State Maritime Academies, and of which 
$22,900,000 shall remain available until expended for facilities 
maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at 
the United State Merchant Marine Academy: Provided, That 
amounts apportioned for the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy shall be available only upon allotments made personally 
by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs: Provided further, That the Superintendent, 
Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource 
Management of the United State Merchant Marine Academy may 
not be allotment holders for the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration 
shall hold all allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation 
or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That 50 percent of the funding 
made available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Superintendent and the Maritime Adminis-
trator, completes a plan detailing by program or activity how such 
funding will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is submitted 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the prior year unobligated balances under this 
heading for information technology requirements of Public Law 
111–207, $980,000 are permanently rescinded. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $5,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
Expenditure 
plan. 
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125 STAT. 666 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
section 3508 of Public Law 110–417 or section 54101 of title 46, 
United States Code, $9,980,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That to be considered for assistance, a qualified shipyard 
shall submit an application for assistance no later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That from applications 
submitted under the previous proviso, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall make grants no later than 120 days after enactment 
of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the necessary administrative expenses of the maritime 
guaranteed loan program, $3,740,000 shall be paid to the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balance of funds made available 
for obligation under Public Law 110–329 and Public Law 111– 
118, $35,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, 
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control 
of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, 
or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by the United States Department of Transpor-
tation or the United States Maritime Administration to negotiate 
or otherwise execute, enter into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service 
contracts for vessel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there 
is no qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated 
or managed by the Maritime Administration or that is part of 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such sales offers must be 
consistent with the solicitation and provide that the work will 
be performed in a timely manner at a facility qualified within 
the meaning of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398. Nothing con-
tained herein shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority 
to award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government and 
consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. § 5405(c), section 
3502, or otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion. 
SEC. 172. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to make a determina-
tion of the nonavailability of qualified United States flag capacity 
for purposes of 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of crude 
oil distributed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless as 
part of that determination the Secretary of Transportation, after 
Determination. 
List. 
Contracts. 
Contracts. 
Grants. 
Deadlines. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
consultation with representatives from the United States flag mari-
time industry, provides to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
a list of United States flag vessels with single or collective capacity 
that may be capable of providing the requested transportation serv-
ices and a written justification for not using such United States 
flag vessels. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $21,360,000, of which 
$639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, 
That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order 
to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as 
authorized under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $42,338,000, of which $1,716,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That up to $800,000 
in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in 
the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$109,252,000, of which $18,573,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014; and of which $90,679,000 shall be derived from 
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $48,191,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 
the one-call State grant program. 
Grants. 
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125 STAT. 668 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 
$188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That not 
more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2012 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) 
and 5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made 
available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary 
of Transportation, or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative Tech-
nology Administration, $15,981,000, of which $9,007,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until 
expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $79,624,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 
3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 
to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading may be used to inves-
tigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
(1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket 
agents; and 
(2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers 
with respect to item (1) of this proviso: 
Provided further, That no funding through expenditure transfers 
shall be made between either the Federal Highway Administration, 
the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration, or the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Office 
of Inspector General. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $29,310,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar- 
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2012, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $28,060,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions to the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned 
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), 
except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 
18 U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not with-
hold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 
noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad 
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training 
may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit 
Administration’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ 
account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and 
Operations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary 
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project 
competitively selected to receive a discretionary grant award, any 
discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant 
agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the depart-
ment or its modal administrations from: 
(1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway 
Administration including the emergency relief program; 
Grants. 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Appointees. 
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125 STAT. 670 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
(2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Administration; 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Administration 
other than the formula grants and fixed guideway moderniza-
tion programs; or 
(5) any funding provided under the headings ‘‘National 
Infrastructure Investments’’ and ‘‘Assistance to Small Ship-
yards’’ in this Act: Provided, That the Secretary gives concur-
rent notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 
relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall 
involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 
and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 
from travel management centers, charge card programs, the sub-
leasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 
credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 
and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation 
using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available 
until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any other Act 
that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by 
the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor under 
a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, 
shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
Department of Transportation in recovering improper pay-
ments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Provided, 
That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) 
and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropria-
tion from which the improper payments were made, and 
shall be available for the purposes and period for which 
such appropriations are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall 
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That prior to the transfer of any such 
recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall 
notify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such transfer: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘improper payments’’, has the same meaning as that pro-
vided in section 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any 
funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogram-
ming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, said reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 
following the date on which the reprogramming action has been 
Deadline. 
Notification. 
Notification. 
Notification. 
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approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 
Board of the Department of Transportation to charge or collect 
any filing fee for rate complaints filed with the Board in an amount 
in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil suit 
filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 190. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal adminis-
trations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for the 
costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when 
such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are 
purchased to provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal 
administration or administrations. 
SEC. 191. (a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 49106(c)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘13 members’’ and inserting ‘‘17 members’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘5 members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘7 members’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘3 members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘4 members’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘2 members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘3 members’’. 
(b) TERM.—Section 49106(c)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Any member of the board shall be eligible for reappoint-
ment for 1 additional term. A member shall not serve after the 
expiration of the member’s term(s).’’. 
(c) REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS.—Section 49106(c)(6)(C) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
first sentence: ‘‘A member appointed by the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia, the Governor of Maryland or the Governor of Virginia 
may be removed or suspended from office only for cause and in 
accordance with the laws of jurisdiction from which the member 
is appointed.’’. 
(d) APPROVAL OF BOND ISSUES AND ANNUAL BUDGET.—Section 
49106(c)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘Eight votes’’ and inserting ‘‘Ten votes’’. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds shall be used to enforce traffic 
control device compliance dates on State and local governments 
for the requirements listed in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Con-
trol Devices (MUTCD) to maintain minimum levels of sign 
retroflectivity and with minimum letter heights for street name 
signs; require agencies to implement an assessment or management 
method designed to maintain sign retroflectivity at or above the 
established minimum levels, except with respect to implementing 
an assessment or management method for regulatory and warning 
signs; or require agencies to replace regulatory, warning, post- 
mounted, street name, and overhead guide signs that are identified 
using the assessment or management method as failing to meet 
the established minimum retroflectivity levels. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
Fees. 
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125 STAT. 672 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses for administration, 
management and operations of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, $537,789,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,572,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Sec-
retary; not to exceed $1,200,000 shall be for the Office of the 
Deputy Secretary and the Chief Operating Officer; not to exceed 
$1,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Hearings and Appeals; 
not to exceed $741,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $47,980,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
not to exceed $94,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; not to exceed $2,400,000 shall be available to 
the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations; not 
to exceed $3,515,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
Affairs; not to exceed $255,436,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $10,475,000 
shall be available for the Office of Departmental Operations and 
Coordination; not to exceed $47,500,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $14,700,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
not to exceed $3,610,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed $1,448,000 
shall be available for the Center for Faith-Based and Community 
Initiatives; not to exceed $2,627,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Sustainable Housing and Communities; not to exceed $5,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and Manage-
ment; and not to exceed $41,885,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading may be used for necessary administrative 
and non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur-
chase of uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that support the housing mission area: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a detailed budget justification for each office 
within the Department, including an organizational chart for each 
operating area within the Department: Provided further, That the 
budget justification shall include funding levels for the past 3 
fiscal years for all offices: Provided further, that the budget sub-
mitted by the Department must also include a detailed justification 
for the incremental funding increases, decreases and FTE fluctua-
tions being requested by program, activity, or program element: 
Provided further, That the Department shall modify and improve 
its Resource Estimation and Allocation Program model, or other 
appropriate staff allocation model as specified in the statement 
Budget 
justification. 
Department of 
Housing and 
Urban 
Development 
Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
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125 STAT. 673 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
of the managers accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quar-
terly written notification regarding the status of pending congres-
sional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
all signed reports required by Congress electronically: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 
under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses 
as the Secretary may determine. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing, $200,000,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development mission area, $100,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, 
$391,500,000, of which at least $8,200,000 shall be for the Office 
of Risk and Regulatory Affairs. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $22,211,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, $72,600,000. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Healthy 
Homes and Lead Hazard Control, $7,400,000. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION 
To conduct a demonstration designed to preserve and improve 
public housing and certain other multifamily housing through the 
voluntary conversion of properties with assistance under section 
9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, (hereinafter, ‘‘the 
Act’’), or the moderate rehabilitation program under section 8(e)(2) 
of the Act (except for funds allocated under such section for single 
room occupancy dwellings as authorized by title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act), to properties with assistance under 
a project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, which 
shall be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, or assist-
ance under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts provided through contracts under section 8(e)(2) of the 
Act or under the headings ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ and 
Transfer 
authority. 
Contracts. 
Reports. 
Electronic 
submission. 
Deadlines. 
Notification. 
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125 STAT. 674 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’ to the headings ‘‘Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ or ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’: Provided, 
That the initial long-term contract under which converted assistance 
is made available may allow for rental adjustments only by an 
operating cost factor established by the Secretary, and shall be 
subject to the availability of appropriations for each year of such 
term: Provided further, That project applications may be received 
under this demonstration until September 30, 2015: Provided fur-
ther, That any increase in cost for ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ 
or ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ associated with such conver-
sion shall be equal to amounts transferred from ‘‘Public Housing 
Capital Fund’’ and ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’ or other 
account from which it was transferred: Provided further, That not 
more than 60,000 units currently receiving assistance under section 
9 or section 8(e)(2) of the Act shall be converted under the authority 
provided under this heading: Provided further, That tenants of 
such properties with assistance converted from assistance under 
section 9 shall, at a minimum, maintain the same rights under 
such conversion as those provided under sections 6 and 9 of the 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall select properties 
from applications for conversion as part of this demonstration 
through a competitive process: Provided further, That in estab-
lishing criteria for such competition, the Secretary shall seek to 
demonstrate the feasibility of this conversion model to recapitalize 
and operate public housing properties (1) in different markets and 
geographic areas, (2) within portfolios managed by public housing 
agencies of varying sizes, and (3) by leveraging other sources of 
funding to recapitalize properties: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide an opportunity for public comment on draft 
eligibility and selection criteria and procedures that will apply 
to the selection of properties that will participate in the demonstra-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide an oppor-
tunity for comment from residents of properties to be proposed 
for participation in the demonstration to the owners or public 
housing agencies responsible for such properties: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements 
for (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment) any provision of section 
8(o)(13) or any provision that governs the use of assistance from 
which a property is converted under the demonstration or funds 
made available under the headings of ‘‘Public Housing Capital 
Fund’’, ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’, and ‘‘Project-Based Rental 
Assistance’’, under this Act or any prior Act or any Act enacted 
during the period of conversion of assistance under the demonstra-
tion for properties with assistance converted under the demonstra-
tion, upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or 
alternative requirements are necessary for the effective conversion 
of assistance under the demonstration: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any 
waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the previous pro-
viso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: 
Provided further, That the demonstration may proceed after the 
Secretary publishes notice of its terms in the Federal Register: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 3 and 16 of the 
Act, the conversion of assistance under the demonstration shall 
not be the basis for re-screening or termination of assistance or 
eviction of any tenant family in a property participating in the 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
Notice. 
Deadline. 
Waiver authority. 
Public comment. 
Criteria. 
Deadline. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
demonstration, and such a family shall not be considered a new 
admission for any purpose, including compliance with income tar-
geting requirements: Provided further, That in the case of a property 
with assistance converted under the demonstration from assistance 
under section 9 of the Act, section 18 of the Act shall not apply 
to a property converting assistance under the demonstration for 
all or substantially all of its units, the Secretary shall require 
ownership or control of assisted units by a public or nonprofit 
entity except as determined by the Secretary to be necessary pursu-
ant to foreclosure, bankruptcy, or termination and transfer of assist-
ance for material violations or substantial default, in which case 
the priority for ownership or control shall be provided to a capable 
public entity, then a capable entity, as determined by the Secretary, 
shall require long-term renewable use and affordability restrictions 
for assisted units, and may allow ownership to be transferred to 
a for-profit entity to facilitate the use of tax credits only if the 
public housing agency preserves its interest in the property in 
a manner approved by the Secretary, and upon expiration of the 
initial contract and each renewal contract, the Secretary shall offer 
and the owner of the property shall accept renewal of the contract 
subject to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of renewal 
and the availability of appropriations each year of such renewal: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may permit transfer of assist-
ance at or after conversion under the demonstration to replacement 
units subject to the requirements in the previous proviso: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may establish the requirements for 
converted assistance under the demonstration through contracts, 
use agreements, regulations, or other means: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall assess and publish findings regarding the impact 
of the conversion of assistance under the demonstration on the 
preservation and improvement of public housing, the amount of 
private sector leveraging as a result of such conversion, and the 
effect of such conversion on tenants: Provided further, That for 
fiscal years 2012 and 2013, owners of properties assisted under 
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, 
section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act, or section 8(e)(2) 
(except for funds allocated under such section for single room occu-
pancy dwellings as authorized by title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, for which an event after October 1, 2006 has caused or 
results in the termination of rental assistance or affordability 
restrictions and the issuance of tenant protection vouchers under 
section 8(o) of the Act, shall be eligible, subject to requirements 
established by the Secretary, including but not limited to tenant 
consultation procedures and agreement of the administering public 
housing agency, for conversion of assistance available for such 
vouchers to assistance under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, to which 
the limitation under subsection (B) of section 8(o)(13) of the Act 
shall not apply and for which the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive or alter the provisions of subparagraphs 
(C) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That 
with respect to the previous proviso, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study of the long-term impact 
of the previous proviso on the ratio of tenant-based vouchers to 
project-based vouchers. 
Study. 
Waiver authority. 
Vouchers. 
Assessment. 
Publication. 
Transfer 
authority. 
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125 STAT. 676 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), 
not otherwise provided for, $14,914,369,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2011 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available on October 1, 2011), and $4,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 
1, 2012: Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $17,242,351,000 shall be available for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2012 funding 
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 
by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making 
any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 
first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 
tenant protection and HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this paragraph may 
be used to fund a total number of unit months under lease 
which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 
units under contract, except for public housing agencies partici-
pating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which 
are instead governed by the terms and conditions of their 
MTW agreements: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 
Act), pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise 
established pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That 
except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 
specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
under this Act) shall be obligated to the public housing agencies 
based on the allocation and pro rata method described above, 
and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their 
annual budget not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 60- 
day notification period with the prior written approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating in the 
Moving to Work demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 
their Moving to Work agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Pro-
vided further, That up to $103,000,000 shall be available only: 
(1) to adjust the allocations for public housing agencies, after 
application for an adjustment by a public housing agency that 
Time period. 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Notice. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
Vouchers. 
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experienced a significant increase, as determined by the Sec-
retary, in renewal costs of tenant-based rental assistance 
resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability 
under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not 
in use during the 12-month period in order to be available 
to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; 
(3) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) 
for incremental tenant-based assistance for eligible families 
currently assisted under the Disaster Voucher Program as 
authorized by Public Law 109–148 under this heading and 
the Disaster Housing Assistance Program for Hurricanes Ike 
and Gustav on the condition that such vouchers will not be 
re-issued when families leave the program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the previous 
proviso based on need as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demol-
ished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion 
of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation 
of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under 
any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 
8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and voluntary 
conversions, and tenant protection assistance including replace-
ment and relocation assistance or for project-based assistance 
to prevent the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants cur-
rently residing in section 202 properties financed between 1959 
and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106– 
569, as amended, or under the authority as provided under 
this Act: Provided, That when a public housing development 
is submitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 
of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 
when the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
vide replacement vouchers for units that were occupied within 
the previous 24 months that cease to be available as assisted 
housing, subject only to the availability of funds: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, $10,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protec-
tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph, 
to residents residing in low-vacancy areas and who may have 
to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household income, 
as the result of (1) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD- 
held or section 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expiration of a 
rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible 
for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under 
existing law; or (3) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
accompanying a mortgage or preservation program adminis-
tered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such tenant 
protection assistance made available under the previous proviso 
may be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
Vouchers. 
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1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue guid-
ance to implement the previous provisos, including, but not 
limited to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk households 
within 120 days of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) $1,350,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 
8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 
$50,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 
public housing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associated with 
section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 
of disaster related vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing vouchers, and other incremental vouchers: Provided, 
That no less than $1,300,000,000 of the amount provided in 
this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
for the calendar year 2012 funding cycle based on section 8(q) 
of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in 
effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): 
Provided further, That if the amounts made available under 
this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage 
applicable to all agencies receiving funding under this para-
graph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, utilize 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryovers, 
remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under this heading from prior 
fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities 
related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance 
authorized under section 8, including related development 
activities; 
(4) $60,000,000 shall be available for family self-sufficiency 
coordinators under section 23 of the Act; 
(5) $112,018,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
administrative expenses; 
(6) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
for use through a supported housing program administered 
in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 
authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of this title, 
to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical 
Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical 
need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency adminis-
trative performance, and other factors as specified by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
Waiver authority. 
Vouchers. 
Guidelines. 
Deadline. 
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may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection 
with the use of funds made available under this paragraph 
(except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding 
by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative require-
ments are necessary for the effective delivery and administra-
tion of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That assist-
ance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 
remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and 
(7) The Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under this heading, $200,000,000 
are rescinded, to be effected by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development no later than September 30, 2012: Provided, That 
if insufficient funds exist under this heading, the remaining balance 
may be derived from any other unobligated balances available under 
any heading under this title funded in fiscal year 2011 and prior 
years: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the unobligated balances used to meet 
this rescission 30 days in advance of such rescission: Provided 
further, That any such balances governed by reallocation provisions 
under the statute authorizing the program for which the funds 
were originally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: 
Provided further, That any obligated balances of contract authority 
from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall 
be cancelled. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as 
authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $1,875,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2015: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2012 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate 
to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and 
the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 
under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the 
time periods under such section: Provided further, That for purposes 
of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to 
amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement 
that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided 
further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be to support the ongoing 
Public Housing Financial and Physical Assessment activities of 
the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC): Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make grants, 
Definition. 
Contract 
authority. 
Cancellation. 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
Vouchers. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well as 
needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and 
natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and 
natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 
2012: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading $50,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
coordinator and congregate services as authorized by section 34 
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 
et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, up to $5,000,000 is to support the costs of administra-
tive and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary shall pro-
vide bonus awards in fiscal year 2012 to public housing agencies 
that are designated high performers. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2012 payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), 
$3,961,850,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That in determining public housing 
agencies’, including Moving to Work agencies’, calendar year 2012 
funding allocations under this heading, the Secretary shall take 
into account public housing agencies’ excess operating fund reserves, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That Moving 
to Work agencies shall receive a pro-rata reduction consistent with 
their peer groups: Provided further, That no public housing agency 
shall be left with less than $100,000 in operating reserves: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not offset excess reserves by more 
than $750,000,000: Provided further, That in implementing such 
allocation reductions, the Secretary shall establish a process by 
which public housing agencies can appeal the initial allocation 
amounts and the Secretary shall consider adjustments based on 
such factors, including prior funding reservations, commitments 
related to mixed finance developments, or reporting errors: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
of such process and what documentation may be required as part 
of such appeal: Provided further, That following the appeals process 
established under the previous two provisos, the Secretary shall 
make final allocations: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading up to $20,000,000 may be set aside to 
provide assistance to any public housing authority who encounters 
financial hardship as a direct result of an excess reserve offset 
applied to an allocation of funding under this heading: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide flexibility to public housing 
agencies to use excess operating reserves for capital improvements. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initia-
tive (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this 
heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement 
Notification. 
Appeal process. 
Bonus awards. 
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125 STAT. 681 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to 
transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable 
mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, 
public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $120,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That grant 
funds may be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and 
for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing: Provided further, That use of funds made available under 
this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwith-
standing section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees 
shall commit to an additional period of affordability determined 
by the Secretary, but not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, 
That grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community, and that grantees shall 
provide a match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: 
Provided further, That grantees may include local governments, 
tribal entities, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided 
further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public 
entity: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not less 
than $80,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing authorities: 
Provided further, That such grantees shall create partnerships with 
other local organizations including assisted housing owners, service 
agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Com-
merce and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal 
resources: Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds 
made available under this heading may be provided to assist 
communities in developing comprehensive strategies for imple-
menting this program or implementing other revitalization efforts 
in conjunction with community notice and input: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the 
use of such competitive funds, including but not limited to eligible 
activities, program requirements, and performance metrics. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 
et seq.), $650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided, That, notwithstanding the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to deter-
mine the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 
each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under 
section 302 of such Act with the need component based on single- 
race census data and with the need component based on multi- 
race census data, and the amount of the allocation for each Indian 
tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation amounts: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $2,000,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 
or regional organizations representing Native American housing 
interests for providing training and technical assistance to Indian 
housing authorities and tribally designated housing entities and 
$2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing 
Contracts. 
Applicability. 
Guidelines. 
Publication. 
Consultation. 
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125 STAT. 682 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
units, contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the 
training, oversight, and management of such Indian housing and 
tenant-based assistance, including up to $200,000 for related travel: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes 
and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: 
Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 
such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin-
cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $20,000,000: Provided further, 
That the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as 
authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of this amount, $300,000 shall be for training and technical assist-
ance activities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by 
Hawaii-based HUD employees. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $360,000,000: Provided further, That up to $750,000 of this 
amount may be used for administrative contract expenses including 
management processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z) and for such costs for loans used for refinancing, 
$386,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$41,504,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
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125 STAT. 683 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $332,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2013, except that amounts allocated pursuant 
to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all 
expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that were 
funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program 
requirements before awarding funds for new contracts and activities 
authorized under this section: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local government, and 
to other entities, for economic and community development activi-
ties, and for other purposes, $3,308,090,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2014, unless otherwise specified: Provided, 
That of the total amount provided, not less than $2,948,090,000 
is for carrying out the community development block grant program 
under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): 
Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for under this 
heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be expended for planning 
and management development and administration: Provided fur-
ther, That $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith-
standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law (including section 204 of this Act), 
up to $3,960,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute 
imminent threats to health and safety: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be used for 
grants for the Economic Development Initiative (‘‘EDI’’) or Neighbor-
hood Initiatives activities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants 
pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 
60 days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $5,952,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013, as authorized by section 108 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5308): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $240,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Grants. 
Native 
Americans. 
Grants. 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Contracts. 
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125 STAT. 684 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
Act, as amended, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 
available under this heading, the threshold reduction requirements 
in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to 
allocation of such amount: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading used for projects not completed within 
4 years of the commitment date, as determined by a signature 
of each party to the agreement shall be repaid: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may extend the deadline for 1 year if the 
Secretary determines that the failure to complete the project is 
beyond the control of the participating jurisdiction: Provided further, 
That no funds provided under this heading may be committed 
to any project included as part of a participating jurisdiction’s 
plan under section 105(b), unless each participating jurisdiction 
certifies that it has conducted an underwriting review, assessed 
developer capacity and fiscal soundness, and examined neighbor-
hood market conditions to ensure adequate need for each project: 
Provided further, That any homeownership units funded under 
this heading which cannot be sold to an eligible homeowner within 
6 months of project completion shall be rented to an eligible tenant: 
Provided further, That no funds provided under this heading may 
be awarded for development activities to a community housing 
development organization that cannot demonstrate that it has staff 
with demonstrated development experience: Provided further, That 
funds provided in prior appropriations Acts for technical assistance, 
that were made available for Community Housing Development 
Organizations technical assistance, and that still remain available, 
may be used for HOME technical assistance notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided fur-
ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $53,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $13,500,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, 
That $35,000,000 shall be made available for the second, third 
and fourth capacity building activities authorized under section 
4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 
of which not less than $5,000,000 may be made available for rural 
capacity-building activities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 
be made available for capacity-building activities for national 
organizations with expertise in rural housing, including experience 
working with rural housing organizations, local governments, and 
Indian tribes. 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
Determination. 
Repayment. 
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125 STAT. 685 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the emergency solutions grants program as authorized 
under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act, as amended; the continuum of care program as authorized 
under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing 
stability assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $1,901,190,000, of which $1,896,190,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014, and of which $5,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for project-based rental assistance 
with rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms and any rental 
assistance amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 
care program shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not less than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such emergency solutions grants 
program: Provided further, That not less than $1,593,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
such continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance pro-
grams: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for the national home-
less data analysis project: Provided further, That all funds awarded 
for supportive services under the continuum of care program and 
the rural housing stability assistance program shall be matched 
by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: 
Provided further, That for all match requirements applicable to 
funds made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
prior years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source 
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and 
other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall renew on an annual basis expiring con-
tracts or amendments to contracts funded under the continuum 
of care program if the program is determined to be needed under 
the applicable continuum of care and meets appropriate program 
requirements and financial standards, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance under this 
heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless 
programs with other mainstream health, social services, and 
employment programs for which homeless populations may be 
eligible, including Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, 
and services funding through the Mental Health and Substance 
Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare- 
to-Work grant program: Provided further, That all balances for 
Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter 
Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this account shall 
be available, if recaptured, for continuum of care renewals in fiscal 
year 2012: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allocated (which 
may represent initial or final amounts allocated) for the emergency 
solutions grant program within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Contracts. 
Deadlines. 
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125 STAT. 686 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 
$8,939,672,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2011 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2011), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2012: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for expiring 
or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to 
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 mod-
erate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant 
to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 
in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 
the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeowner-
ship Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses associ-
ated with project-based activities and assistance funded under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $289,000,000 shall be available 
for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 project- 
based assistance: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may also use such amounts in the previous 
proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the 
administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to section 
236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent 
supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) 
rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental 
assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance 
contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts 
pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided 
further, That amounts recaptured under this heading may be used 
for renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
or for performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding 
the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for housing for 
the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to con-
tracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preservation 
rental assistance contracts, as authorized by section 811(e) of the 
American Housing and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as 
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amended, and for supportive services associated with the housing, 
$374,627,000 to remain available until September 30, 2015: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided under this heading, up to 
$91,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation 
of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects, and of which up to $25,000,000 shall be for grants 
under section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q– 
2) for conversion of eligible projects under such section to assisted 
living, service-enriched housing, or related use for substantial and 
emergency repairs as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 202 capital advance projects: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 
governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, 
except that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 
exceed 5 years in duration. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for supportive 
housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013) and for project rental assistance for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act 
and for project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 
of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 
and for supportive services associated with the housing for persons 
with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 
$165,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2015: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 
811 governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, 
except that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 
exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 811 Capital Advance Projects: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall conduct a demonstration program 
to make available funds provided under this heading for project 
rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and other appro-
priate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(b)(3)). 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, 
as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1968, as amended, $45,000,000, including up to 
$2,500,000 for administrative contract services, to remain available 
until September 30, 2012: Provided, That grants made available 
from amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 
120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds 
shall be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to property 
maintenance, financial management/literacy, and such other mat-
ters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing 
Grants. 
Deadline. 
Waiver authority. 
Time period. 
Waiver authority. 
Time period. 
Grants. 
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125 STAT. 688 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the respon-
sibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; 
and for housing counselor training. 
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to or extensions for up to 1 year of contracts 
under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental 
housing projects, $1,300,000, to remain available until expended. 
RENT SUPPLEMENT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts recaptured from terminated contracts under 
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 
(12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) $231,600,000 are rescinded: Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufac-
tured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $6,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $4,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufac-
tured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 
the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 
to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt 
of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under this 
heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 
are received during fiscal year 2012 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $2,500,000 and fees pursuant to such section 
620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal 
year 2012 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute 
resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may assess and collect fees from any program 
participant: Provided further, That such collections shall be depos-
ited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may 
use such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, 
for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary 
may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act 
through the use of approved service providers that are paid directly 
by the recipients of their services. 
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125 STAT. 689 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured 
under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed 
$400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: 
Provided, That during fiscal year 2012, obligations to make direct 
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided 
further, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso shall 
be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection 
with sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 
and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. 
For administrative contract expenses of the Federal Housing 
Administration, $207,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013, of which up to $71,500,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That 
to 
the 
extent 
guaranteed 
loan 
commitments 
exceed 
$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2012, an additional $1,400 
for administrative contract expenses shall be available for each 
$1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including 
a pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no 
case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
During fiscal year 2012, commitments to guarantee loans 
incurred under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, 
as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed $25,000,000,000 
in total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed. 
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as 
authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National 
Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, which shall be for loans 
to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale 
of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
insured under such Act. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes 
of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1721(g)), shall not exceed $500,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided, That $19,500,000 shall be 
available for personnel compensation and benefits, and other 
administrative expenses of the Government National Mortgage 
Association: Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed 
loan commitments will and do exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2012, an additional $100 for personnel compensation and 
benefits, and administrative expenses shall be available until 
expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commit-
ments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
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$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from 
Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III 
of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited as 
offsetting collections to this account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), 
including carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $46,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That with respect to amounts made 
available under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of this 
title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements funded 
with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or 
local governments and their agencies for research projects: Provided 
further, That with respect to the previous proviso, such partners 
to the cooperative agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent 
match toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for 
non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the 
previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 
U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with 
respect to documentation of award decisions. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 
and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1987, as amended, $70,847,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, of which $42,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover 
the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use 
such funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 
in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 
shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment for the creation and promotion of translated materials and 
other programs that support the assistance of persons with limited 
English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
Lobbying. 
Compliance. 
Contracts. 
Fees. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992, $120,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2013: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 of that amount shall 
be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 
and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that 
shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poi-
soning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further the purposes 
of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation 
Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical 
Studies program under this heading or under prior appropriations 
Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be considered 
to be funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) 
of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 
1994: Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made available on a 
competitive basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement 
needs: Provided further, That each recipient of funds provided under 
the third proviso shall make a matching contribution in an amount 
not less than 25 percent: Provided further, That each applicant 
shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary 
to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of 
funding availability: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, and that 
still remain available, may be used for any purpose under this 
heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were 
appropriated if a program competition is undersubscribed and there 
are other program competitions under this heading that are over-
subscribed. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund (42 U.S.C. 
3535) for the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure 
for Department-wide and program-specific information technology 
systems, for the continuing operation and maintenance of both 
Department-wide and program-specific information systems, and 
for program-related maintenance activities, $199,035,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That any amounts 
transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred 
to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 
appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified under 
this Fund, in addition to any other information technology the 
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 25 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for Development, Modernization and Enhance-
ment, including development and deployment of a Next Generation 
of Voucher Management System and development and deployment 
of modernized Federal Housing Administration systems may be 
Expenditure 
plan. 
Certification. 
Notice. 
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obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a plan for expenditure that—(A) identifies for each mod-
ernization project: (i) the functional and performance capabilities 
to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, (ii) the 
estimated life-cycle cost, and (iii) key milestones to be met; (B) 
demonstrates that each modernization project is: (i) compliant with 
the department’s enterprise architecture, (ii) being managed in 
accordance with applicable life-cycle management policies and guid-
ance, (iii) subject to the department’s capital planning and invest-
ment control requirements, and (iv) supported by an adequately 
staffed project office; and (C) has been reviewed by the Government 
Accountability Office. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $124,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
have independent authority over all personnel issues within this 
office. 
TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE 
For necessary expenses of research, evaluation, and program 
metrics activities; program demonstrations; and technical assistance 
and capacity building, $50,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014: Provided, That with respect to amounts made 
available under this heading for research, evaluation and program 
metrics or program demonstrations, the Secretary may make grants 
or enter into cooperative agreements if such grants or agreements 
include a substantial match contribution, notwithstanding section 
204 of this title. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 
such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 
in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded 
or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and 
such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies 
with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 
in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sen-
tence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance 
their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under this 
Act may be used during fiscal year 2012 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 
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of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 
purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official 
or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any 
amounts made available under this title for fiscal year 2012 that 
are allocated under such section, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount 
determined under subsection (b), for any State that— 
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year under clause 
(ii) of such section; and 
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for fiscal 
year 2012 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the 
State outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
under clause (i) in fiscal year 2011 do not have the number 
of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 
required under such clause. 
(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any State 
described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on the cumu-
lative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State that are 
outside of metropolitan statistical areas that qualify under clause 
(i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2012, in proportion 
to AIDS cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible under sub-
section (a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount 
allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the city of New 
York, New York, on behalf of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, 
New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropoli-
tan division’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY–NJ–PA Metro-
politan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development by: 
(1) allocating to the city of Jersey City, New Jersey, the 
proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 
is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 
portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 
in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 
of the metropolitan division’s high-incidence bonus if this area 
in New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita 
incidence of AIDS; and 
(2) allocating to the city of Paterson, New Jersey, the 
proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 
is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 
portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 
in Bergen County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and 
adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high 
incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 
than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient cities 
shall use amounts allocated under this subsection to carry 
out eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing 
Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their respective portions 
of the metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount 
allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to areas with a 
higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted 
Time period. 
New Jersey. 
Grants. 
AIDS. 
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by the Secretary on the basis of area incidence reported over a 
3-year period. 
SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title 
II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance 
with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 
regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 
for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal 
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, 
and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through 
a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available 
for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth 
in the budget estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 
such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2012 for such corporation or agency except 
as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corpora-
tions and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage pur-
chases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
States Government. 
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recap-
tured and excess funds in each program and activity within the 
jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated 
budget information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the city 
of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware- 
Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropoli-
tan division’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development by allocating to the State of New Jersey the 
proportion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 
the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropoli-
tan division that is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the 
AIDS. 
New Jersey. 
Deadlines. 
Reports. 
Budget. 
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proportion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if 
this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita 
incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall use amounts 
allocated to the State under this subsection to carry out eligible 
activities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division that 
is located in New Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to Wake County, 
North Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would be allocated 
for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing 
Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the city of Raleigh, North 
Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary North Carolina Metropolitan 
Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall be 
used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan statistical area. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Oppor-
tunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may adjust the allocation of the amounts that other-
wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2012 under section 854(c) 
of such Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunction 
with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli-
tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in which 
the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) 
of the allocation. In the case that a metropolitan statistical area 
involves more than one State, such amounts allocated to each 
State shall be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 
in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in that 
State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this section shall 
be used to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the 
metropolitan statistical area located in that State. 
SEC. 210. The President’s formal budget request for fiscal year 
2013, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment’s congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, shall use the identical account and sub-account struc-
ture provided under this Act. 
SEC. 211. A public housing agency or such other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority 
of the county of Los Angeles, California, the States of Alaska, 
Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident 
of public housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors 
or a similar governing board of such agency or entity as required 
under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
other entity that administers Federal housing assistance under 
section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, 
California and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that 
chooses not to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 
of section 8 assistance on the board of directors or a similar gov-
erning board shall establish an advisory board of not less than 
six residents of public housing or recipients of section 8 assistance 
to provide advice and comment to the public housing agency or 
other administering entity on issues related to public housing and 
section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 
SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sub-
ject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for fiscal years 2012 
Transfer 
authority. 
Meetings. 
State listing. 
Budget. 
North Carolina. 
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and 2013, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt 
and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use 
restrictions, associated with one or more multifamily housing project 
to another multifamily housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based assistance 
under this section may be done in phases to accommodate the 
financing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or con-
structing the project or projects to which the assistance is trans-
ferred, to ensure that such project or projects meet the standards 
under section (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the 
following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring project: the 
number of low-income and very low-income units and the 
configuration (i.e. bedroom size) provided by the transfer-
ring project shall be no less than when transferred to 
the receiving project or projects and the net dollar amount 
of Federal assistance provided by the transferring project 
shall remain the same in the receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: 
the Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number 
of dwelling units in the receiving project or projects to 
allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Secretary and pro-
vided there is no increase in the project-based section 8 
budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically non-
viable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
applicable physical standards established by the Secretary. 
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
transferring project and provide a certification of approval by 
all appropriate local governmental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project 
or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the 
transferring project or projects until new units in the receiving 
project are available for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the receiving project 
or projects meets the condition specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), 
any lien on the receiving project resulting from additional 
financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 
FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive 
this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 
necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, construction, 
and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
project or projects shall execute and record either a continuation 
of the existing use agreement or a new use agreement for 
Records. 
Contracts. 
Waiver authority. 
Determination. 
Notification. 
Consultation. 
Certification. 
Standards. 
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the project where, in either case, any use restrictions in such 
agreement are of no lesser duration than the existing use 
restrictions. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-income’’ shall 
have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
governing the program under which the project is insured or 
assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ means housing 
that meets one of the following conditions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under 
the National Housing Act; 
(B) housing that has project-based assistance attached 
to the structure including projects undergoing mark to 
market debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959 as amended by section 801 of the 
Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the 
enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable 
Housing Act; or 
(E) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
agreement; 
(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 
rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 
8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately 
before October 1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; 
(D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/ 
or additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) 
of the National Housing Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1959; 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ means the multi-
family housing project or projects to which some or all of 
the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required use 
low-income and very low-income restrictions are to be trans-
ferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the multifamily 
housing project which is transferring some or all of the project- 
based assistance, debt and the statutorily required low-income 
and very low-income use restrictions to the receiving project 
or projects; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development. 
SEC. 213. The funds made available for Native Alaskans under 
the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block Grants’’ in title III 
of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing 
block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005. 
Native Alaskans. 
Definitions. 
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SEC. 214. No funds provided under this title may be used 
for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association 
that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 215. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 
to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is defined 
in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive assist-
ance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess 
of amounts received for tuition and any other required fees and 
charges) that an individual receives under the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or 
an institution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income 
to that individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with 
dependent children. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence 
of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
g), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, until 
September 30, 2012, insure and enter into commitments to insure 
mortgages under section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–20). 
SEC. 217. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2012, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property 
that is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, and during the process of foreclosure 
on any property with a contract for rental assistance payments 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other 
Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assist-
ance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwelling 
units in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines, 
in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that 
such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is 
not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such 
section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the 
costs of rehabilitating and operating the property and all available 
Federal, State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 
under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental 
conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 
Determination. 
Contracts. 
Audits. 
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Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 
contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner 
or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other 
rental assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 
to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to 
foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem-
edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 
to health and safety after written notice to and informed consent 
of the affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 
as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of any multi-
family property described under this section, the contract and allow-
able rent levels on such properties shall be subject to the require-
ments under section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 218. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall report quarterly to the House of Representatives and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on HUD’s use of all sole-source con-
tracts, including terms of the contracts, cost, and a substantive 
rationale for using a sole-source contract. 
SEC. 219. During fiscal year 2012, in the provision of rental 
assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection with a program to dem-
onstrate the economy and effectiveness of providing such assistance 
for use in assisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 
of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and 
(18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in an assisted 
living facility in any such county, on behalf of which a public 
housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 8(o)(18) 
of such Act, may be required, at the time the family initially 
receives such assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 
percent of the monthly adjusted income of the family by such 
a percentage or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development determines to be appropriate. 
SEC. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
recipient of a grant under section 202b of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) after December 26, 2000, in accordance 
with the unnumbered paragraph at the end of section 202(b) of 
such Act, may, at its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit 
entity to own the project and may lend the grant funds to such 
entity, which may be a private nonprofit organization described 
in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Economic 
Opportunity Act of 2000. 
SEC. 221. The amounts provided under the subheading ‘‘Pro-
gram Account’’ under the heading ‘‘Community Development Loan 
Guarantees’’ may be used to guarantee, or make commitments 
to guarantee, notes, or other obligations issued by any State on 
behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in accordance 
with the requirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving such 
a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds subject to 
such guarantee to the units of general local government in non- 
entitlement areas that received the commitment. 
SEC. 222. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2012.’’; and 
Michigan. 
Determination. 
Reports. 
Deadlines. 
Contracts. 
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(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2012.’’. 
SEC. 223. Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 
or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any 
asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development in connection with the operating 
fund rule: Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of 
a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall 
not be exempt from asset management requirements. 
SEC. 224. With respect to the use of amounts provided in 
this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement 
and management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) 
and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any requirement 
or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits 
in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant 
to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a public housing 
agency may not use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) 
for activities that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance 
with amounts from the operating fund in excess of the amounts 
permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 
SEC. 225. No official or employee of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder 
unless the Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined 
that such allotment holder has implemented an adequate system 
of funds control and has received training in funds control proce-
dures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that, 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a trained allotment holder shall be designated for each HUD sub-
account under the heading ‘‘Administration, Operations, and 
Management’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations for 
‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ within the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 226. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall report quarterly to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the status of all section 8 project-based housing, 
including the number of all project-based units by region as well 
as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced 
under the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in the 
report identify all existing units maintained by region as section 
8 project-based units and all project-based units that have opted 
out of section 8 or have otherwise been eliminated as section 8 
project-based units. The Secretary shall identify in detail and by 
project all the efforts made by the Department to preserve all 
section 8 project-based housing units and all the reasons for any 
units which opted out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project- 
based units. Such analysis shall include a review of the impact 
of the loss of any subsidized units in that housing marketplace, 
such as the impact of cost and the loss of available subsidized, 
low-income housing in areas with scarce housing resources for low- 
income families. 
SEC. 227. Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 
must be paid from individual program office personnel benefits 
and compensation funding. The annual budget submission for pro-
gram office personnel benefit and compensation funding must 
Reports. 
Deadlines. 
Deadline. 
Designations. 
Allotment holder. 
Determination. 
42 USC 1437g 
note. 
Exemption. 
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include program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a sepa-
rate line item request. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development shall for fiscal year 2012 and subsequent fiscal 
years, notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of 
the availability of assistance or notice of funding availability 
(NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund administered by 
the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2012 and subsequent 
fiscal years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 
on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or through 
other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any 
office funded under the heading ‘‘Administration, Operations, and 
Management’’ to any other office funded under such heading: Pro-
vided, That no appropriation for any office funded under the heading 
‘‘Administration, Operations, and Management’’ shall be increased 
or decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less, without prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
is authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less, of the funds appropriated for any account funded under 
the general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ to 
any other account funded under such heading: Provided further, 
That no appropriation for any account funded under the general 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be increased 
or decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less, without prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may transfer funds made available for salaries and expenses 
between any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administration, Oper-
ations and Management’’ and any account funded under the general 
heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but only with 
the prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations. 
SEC. 230. The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, adminis-
tered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall 
be considered a ‘‘program of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development’’ under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the pur-
pose of income verifications and matching. 
SEC. 231. The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
carry out a study of the effectiveness of the block grant programs 
administered by the Office of Community Planning and Develop-
ment of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
including an examination of best practices utilized by program 
grantees and performance metrics utilized by the Department. Not 
later than 180 days of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit a report to the Congress describing its 
findings, including such best practices and performance metrics. 
SEC. 232. The Secretary shall take actions necessary to improve 
data quality, data management, and grantee oversight and account-
ability with respect to programs and activities administered by 
the Office of Community Planning and Development. The Secretary 
shall address the problems identified by the Inspector General 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Study. 
Transfer 
authority. 
Web posting. 
Notification. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
42 USC 3545a. 
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125 STAT. 702 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
of the Department in audits and audit reports since 2006, including 
ongoing audits, with respect to such programs and activities. Not 
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Congress on progress achieved by 
the Department with respect to addressing such problems and 
identifying further improvements that can be made (including 
improvements relating to information technology) and proposed 
actions and timelines to carry out such improvements. 
SEC. 233. Of the amounts made available for salaries and 
expenses under all accounts under this title (except for the Office 
of Inspector General account), a total of up to $10,000,000 may 
be transferred to and merged with amounts made available in 
the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ account under this title. 
SEC. 234. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with respect to the 
tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 9 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) may be used 
by any public housing agency for any amount of salary, for the 
chief executive officer of which, or any other official or employee 
of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic pay payable for 
a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during 
any public housing agency fiscal year 2012. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 235. Title II of division I of Public Law 108–447 and 
title III of Public Law 109–115 are each amended by striking 
the item related to ‘‘Flexible Subsidy Fund’’. 
SEC. 236. Of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ 
under the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011’’, 
$650,000,000 are rescinded from the $4,000,000,000 which are avail-
able on October 1, 2011: Provided, That such amounts may be 
derived from reductions to public housing agencies’ calendar year 
2012 allocations based on the excess amounts of public housing 
agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, including the net restricted 
assets of MTW agencies (in accordance with VMS data in calendar 
year 2011 that is verifiable and complete), as determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 237. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended 
by striking ‘‘October 1, 2011’’ each place it appears and inserting 
in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
SEC. 238. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for mort-
gages for which a Federal Housing Administration case number 
has been assigned during the period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2013, the dollar 
amount limitation on the principal obligation for purposes of section 
203 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709) shall be considered 
to be, except for purposes of section 255(g) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–20(g)), the greater of— 
(1) the dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation 
of a mortgage determined under section 203(b)(2) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)); or 
(2) the dollar amount limitation that was prescribed for 
such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 
202 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
185; 122 Stat. 620). 
Time period. 
Rescissions. 
12 USC 1715z–1 
notes. 
Effective date. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
SEC. 239. Of the funds made available for the ‘Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and 
Development, Community Development Fund’, up to $300,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for necessary expenses 
for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–383) related to disaster 
relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, 
and economic revitalization in the most impacted and distressed 
areas resulting from a major disaster declared pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in 2011: Provided, That funds shall be 
awarded directly to the State or unit of general local government 
at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided further, That prior 
to the obligation of funds a grantee shall submit a plan to the 
Secretary detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria 
for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address long- 
term recovery and restoration of infrastructure: Provided further, 
That such funds may not be used for activities reimbursable by, 
or for which funds are made available by, the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency or the Army Corps of Engineers: Provided 
further, That funds allocated under this heading shall not be consid-
ered relevant to the non-disaster formula allocations under the 
Community Development Fund: Provided further, That a State 
or subdivision thereof may use up to 5 percent of its allocation 
for administrative costs: Provided further, That in administering 
the funds under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
isters in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the 
use by the recipient of these funds or guarantees (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, 
and the environment), upon a request by a State or subdivision 
thereof explaining why such waiver is required to facilitate the 
use of such funds or guarantees, if the Secretary finds that such 
waiver would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register 
any waiver of any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
isters pursuant to title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 no later than 5 days before the effective date 
of such waiver: Provided further, That an additional $100,000,000 
shall be available for the same purposes and terms described in 
this section and shall be designated by Congress as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
Deadline. 
Waiver authority. 
Plans. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 
$7,400,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received 
for publications and training expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $24,100,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE OF 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provi-
sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $20,500,000: 
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 
authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector 
General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, 
That the Inspector General may enter into contracts and other 
arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with 
public agencies and with private persons, subject to the applicable 
laws and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ 
such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out 
the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, 
subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern such 
selections, appointments, and employment within Amtrak: Provided 
further, That concurrent with the President’s budget request for 
fiscal year 2013, the Inspector General shall submit to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
fiscal year 2013 in similar format and substance to those submitted 
by executive agencies of the Federal Government. 
Budget request. 
Investigation 
authority. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS– 
15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902), $102,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be 
used for official reception and representation expenses. The amounts 
made available to the National Transportation Safety Board in 
this Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments on 
an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101– 
8107), $135,300,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family 
rental housing program: Provided, That in addition, $80,000,000 
shall be made available until expended to the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 
activities, under the following terms and conditions: 
(1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (‘‘NRC’’) 
shall make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
(with match to be determined by the NRC based on affordability 
and the economic conditions of an area; a match also may 
be waived by the NRC based on the aforementioned conditions) 
to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance primarily 
to States and areas with high rates of defaults and foreclosures 
to help eliminate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of 
owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk of such 
foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates of defaults and 
foreclosures, grants may also be provided to approved coun-
seling intermediaries based on a geographic analysis of the 
Nation by the NRC which determines where there is a preva-
lence of mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, including 
any trends for mortgages that are likely to default and face 
foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency may also be 
eligible where the State Housing Finance Agency meets all 
the requirements under this paragraph. A HUD-approved coun-
seling intermediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure 
mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as determined 
by the NRC, and shall be approved by HUD or the NRC 
as meeting these requirements. 
(2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance shall only 
be made available to homeowners of owner-occupied homes 
with mortgages in default or in danger of default. These mort-
gages shall likely be subject to a foreclosure action and home-
owners will be provided such assistance that shall consist of 
activities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and result 
in the long-term affordability of the mortgage retained pursuant 
to such activity or another positive outcome for the homeowner. 
Grants. 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
No funds made available under this paragraph may be provided 
directly to lenders or homeowners to discharge outstanding 
mortgage balances or for any other direct debt reduction pay-
ments. 
(3) The use of Mortgage Foreclosure Mitigation Assistance 
by approved counseling intermediaries and State Housing 
Finance Agencies shall involve a reasonable analysis of the 
borrower’s financial situation, an evaluation of the current 
value of the property that is subject to the mortgage, counseling 
regarding the assumption of the mortgage by another non- 
Federal party, counseling regarding the possible purchase of 
the mortgage by a non-Federal third party, counseling and 
advice of all likely restructuring and refinancing strategies 
or the approval of a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 
(4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the total funds 
under this paragraph to its own charter members with expertise 
in foreclosure prevention counseling, subject to a certification 
by the NRC that the procedures for selection do not consist 
of any procedures or activities that could be construed as an 
unacceptable conflict of interest or have the appearance of 
impropriety. 
(5) HUD-approved counseling entities and State Housing 
Finance Agencies receiving funds under this paragraph shall 
have demonstrated experience in successfully working with 
financial institutions as well as borrowers facing default, delin-
quency and foreclosure as well as documented counseling 
capacity, outreach capacity, past successful performance and 
positive outcomes with documented counseling plans (including 
post mortgage foreclosure mitigation counseling), loan workout 
agreements and loan modification agreements. NRC may use 
other criteria to demonstrate capacity in underserved areas. 
(6) Of the total amount made available under this para-
graph, up to $3,000,000 may be made available to build the 
mortgage foreclosure and default mitigation counseling capacity 
of counseling intermediaries through NRC training courses with 
HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their partners, 
except that private financial institutions that participate in 
NRC training shall pay market rates for such training. 
(7) Of the total amount made available under this para-
graph, up to 5 percent may be used for associated administra-
tive expenses for the NRC to carry out activities provided 
under this section. 
(8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance grants may 
include a budget for outreach and advertising, and training, 
as determined by the NRC. 
(9) The NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as well as 
the Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services 
Committee on its efforts to mitigate mortgage default. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 
Reports. 
Deadline. 
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125 STAT. 707 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant 
to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended, $3,300,000. Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is amended by striking all that 
follows ‘‘on’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012 
pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within 
the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2012, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 
for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, 
office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or 
department different from the budget justifications submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, whichever 
is more detailed, unless prior approval is received from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Contracts. 
Pay raises. 
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125 STAT. 708 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of 
the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for 
application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report shall 
include: 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
column to display the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted 
rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each appropriation 
both by object class and program, project, and activity 
as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appro-
priation; and 
(C) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 
be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 
required date that the report has not been submitted to 
the Congress. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2012 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2012 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2013, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogram-
ming guidelines under section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. All Federal agencies and departments that are funded 
under this Act shall issue a report to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on all sole-source contracts by no later 
than July 30, 2012. Such report shall include the contractor, the 
amount of the contract and the rationale for using a sole-source 
contract. 
SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be obligated or expended for any employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end 
of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ 
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 
the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 409. No funds in this Act may be used to support any 
Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of 
Eminent domain. 
Reports. 
Deadline. 
Submission. 
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125 STAT. 709 
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eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a 
public use: Provided, That for purposes of this section, public use 
shall not be construed to include economic development that pri-
marily benefits private entities: Provided further, That any use 
of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the general 
public (including energy-related, communication-related, water- 
related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other structures 
designated for use by the general public or which have other 
common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve the general 
public and are subject to regulation and oversight by the govern-
ment, and projects for the removal of an immediate threat to 
public health and safety or brownsfield as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public 
Law 107–118) shall be considered a public use for purposes of 
eminent domain. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 411. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, 
other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee 
who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and 
has satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naval 
service, and has within 90 days after his release from such service 
or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of 
not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former 
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position 
and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 412. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 
of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known 
as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 413. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of 
sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available under this Act 
or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, 
subsidiaries, or allied organizations. 
SEC. 416. All agencies and departments funded by this Act 
shall send to Congress at the end of the fiscal year a report con-
taining a complete inventory of the total number of vehicles owned, 
permanently retired, and purchased during fiscal year 2012 as 
well as the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, 
fuel, storage, purchasing, and leasing. 
Inventory 
reports. 
Deadline. 
Time period. 
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125 STAT. 710 
PUBLIC LAW 112–55—NOV. 18, 2011 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2112: 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 112–101 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 112–284 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 112–73 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011): 
June 14–16, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 17–20, Nov. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Nov. 17, House and Senate agreed to conference report. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2012’’. 
DIVISION D—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 
2012 
SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 
Law 112–36) is amended by striking the date specified in section 
106(3) and inserting ‘‘December 16, 2011’’. 
Approved November 18, 2011. 
Ante, p. 387. 
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