On February 11, 2011, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ( H.R. 1 ) was introduced in the House. The bill passed the House on February 19, 2011. The House-passed version of H.R. 1 would have provided a total of $60.065 billion agencies and bureaus funded as a part of the annual appropriation for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS). This included $7.38 billion for the Department of Commerce, $27.123 billion for the Department of Justice, $24.697 billion for the Science Agencies, and $864.8 million for the related agencies. On April 15, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ( P.L. 112-10 , hereafter "the act"). The act provides a total of $61.202 billion for agencies and bureaus funded as a part of the annual appropriation for CJS. The $61.202 provided by the act includes $7.581 billion for the Department of Commerce, $27.389 billion for the Department of Justice, $25.314 billion for the Science Agencies, and $917.9 million for the related agencies. This report provides an overview of actions taken by Congress to provide FY2011 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. It also provides an overview of FY2010 appropriations for agencies and bureaus funded as a part of the annual appropriation for CJS. The source for the FY2010-enacted and FY2011 requested amounts is S.Rept. 111-229 . Amounts for H.R. 1 were taken from the text of the bill. The FY2011-enacted amounts were taken from H.Rept. 112-169 . The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 ( P.L. 111-117 ), included a total of $68.705 billion in new budget authority for the agencies and bureaus funded by the annual Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill. Of the $68.835 billion appropriated for FY2010, $14.164 billion was for the Department of Commerce, $28.078 billion was for the Department of Justice, $25.658 billion was for the Science Agencies, and $934.8 million was for the related agencies. For FY2011, the Administration requested a total of $66.109 billion for CJS, an approximately 4.0% decrease in budget authority compared with FY2010 appropriations. The FY2011 request included $8.968 billion for the Department of Commerce, $29.737 billion for the Department of Justice, $26.431 billion for the Science Agencies, and $973.4 million for the related agencies. H.R. 1 would have provided a total of $60.065 billion for CJS, 12.7% less than the FY2010-enacted amount and 9.1% less than the FY2011 request. H.R. 1 included $7.38 billion for the Department of Commerce, $27.123 billion for the Department of Justice, $24.697 billion for the Science Agencies, and $864.8 million for the related agencies. P.L. 112-10 provides a total of $61.202 billion for CJS, an amount that is 10.9% less than the FY2010-enacted amount and 7.4% below the Administration's FY2011 request. However, the amount provided in the act is 1.9% more than what would have been provided in H.R. 1 . The act includes $7.581 billion for the Department of Commerce, $27.389 billion for the Department of Justice, $25.314 billion for the Science Agencies, and $917.9 million for the related agencies. The amounts in this report reflect only new budget authority. Therefore, the amounts do not include any rescissions of unobligated or de-obligated balances that may be counted as offsets to newly enacted budget authority. Table 1 shows the FY2010 appropriation, FY2011 request, H.R. 1 amounts, and the FY2011 appropriations for the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Science Agencies, and the related agencies. Congress might have considered the following issues as part of the Department of Commerce FY2011 appropriations process: whether to accept the Administration's proposal to transfer funds from public works to economic adjustment and technical assistance programs under the Economic Development Administration to help distressed areas affected by unemployment as a result of the recession; whether to fund the Administration's proposed 19.6% increase in funding for the International Trade Administration for FY2011 that included a National Export Initiative expected to help increase U.S. exports and the competitiveness of U.S. companies in the global marketplace; whether to provide the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with the authority to use all the fees it collects in a fiscal year; and whether to support the Administration's proposal to increase support of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's satellite programs to ensure continuity of satellite operations and to provide coverage for weather forecasts and climate measurements. Some issues Congress might have considered while determining funding levels for DOJ accounts include the following: limitations on the use of funds for anticipated DOJ administrative costs related to transferring and prosecuting Guantánamo detainees; whether to accept the Administration's proposed increase in funding to improve law enforcement's capacity to combat the trafficking of illicit drugs and firearms along the Southwest border; continued oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) transformation and the redirection of a share of its resources away from traditional crime and toward combating domestic and international terrorism; permanent funding for FBI positions for white collar crime (financial and mortgage fraud) that were previously funded through supplemental appropriations; enhancement of FBI weapons of mass destruction response and render safe capabilities; increased protection of the U.S. information infrastructure from computer intrusions through additional FBI resources devoted to cyber threat investigations and intelligence analysis; whether to increase FBI's funding for investigating mortgage and financial fraud; whether to approve the Administration's request for funding for the Bureau of Prisons to acquire, renovate, and operate a high-security facility in Thomson, IL; increased funding for grant programs that either seek to divert offenders from the criminal justice system or reduce recidivism; and whether to accept the Administration's proposal to cease funding for the Weed and Seed Program. Among the issues facing Science Agencies that Congress may have opted to address in the FY2011 appropriations process are: whether to provide funding increases for research and related activities at the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE SC) at levels consistent with President Obama's goal of doubling aggregate funding for these agencies by FY2016, from their FY2006 aggregate funding level, or at levels consistent with the America COMPETES Act ( P.L. 110-69 ), which authorized funding for FY2008, FY2009, and FY2010 that set a seven-year doubling path; whether to fund climate change and clean energy research that has been requested in the NSF FY2011 budget request; whether to fund NSF's work under the National Nanotechnology Initiative directed at understanding and exploiting the unique properties of matter that can emerge at the nanoscale, as well as toward understanding and addressing nanotechnology-related environmental, health, and safety concerns; and whether the future direction of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) human spaceflight program will be determined in FY2011. Some issues Congress might have considered while debating FY2011 funding level for related agencies include the following: whether to provide additional funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to hire investigators, mediators, attorneys, and support staff to address a growing backlog of private sector cases; whether to eliminate the Legal Services Corporation restrictions on class action suits and attorneys' fees; and whether to increase funding for the State Justice Institute so it can award grants to support programs that might not be funded due the budget constraints most state courts are currently facing. The origin of the Department of Commerce (Commerce Department) dates to 1903 with the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The separate Commerce Department was established on March 4, 1913. The department's responsibilities are numerous and quite varied; its activities center on five basic missions: (1) promoting the development of U.S. business and increasing foreign trade; (2) improving the nation's technological competitiveness; (3) encouraging economic development; (4) fostering environmental stewardship and assessment; and (5) compiling, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information on the U.S. economy and population.