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1 1 1TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION H. R.
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Mak ing supplemental appropriations f or job preservation and creation, inf ra-structure investment, energy ef f iciency and science, assistance to theunemployed, and State and local f iscal stabilization, f or the f iscal yearendingSeptember 30 , 2 0 0 9 , andf or other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA TIVES
Mr. OBEY , f romthe Committee on A ppropriations, reported the f ollowing bill;which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the Stateof the Unionandorderedtobe printed
A BILL Mak ing supplemental appropriations f or job preservation and
creation, inf rastructure investment, energy ef f iciency and
science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and
local f iscal stabilization, f or the f iscal year ending Sep-
tember 30 , 2 0 09 , andf or other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.3
This A ct may be cited as the A merican Recovery4
andReinvestment A ct of 2 0 0 9 .5
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.1
Thetableof contents f or this A ct is as f ollows:2
TITLEI GENERA L PROVISIONS
TITLEII A GRICULTURE, NUTRITION, A ND RURA L DEVELOPMENT
TITLEIII COMMERCE, JUSTICE, A ND SCIENCETITLEIV DEFENSE
TITLEV ENERGY A ND WA TER
TITLEVI FINA NCIA L SERVICES A ND GENERA L GOVERNMENT
TITLEVII HOMELA ND SECURITY
TITLEVIII INTERIOR A ND ENVIRONMENT
TITLE IX LABOR, HEA LTH A ND HUMA N SERVICES, A ND EDU-
CA TION
TITLEX MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION A ND VETERA NS A FFA IRS
TITLEXI DEPA RTMENT OFSTA TE
TITLEXII TRA NSPORTA TION, A ND HOUSINGA ND URBA N DEVEL-
OPMENT
TITLEXIII STA TEFISCA L STA BILIZA TION FUND
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.3
The f ollowingsums inthis A ct are appropriated, out4
of anymoneyinthe Treasurynot otherwise appropriated,5
f or the f iscal year ending September 30 , 2 0 0 9 , and f or6
other purposes.7
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS8
Subtitle A—Use of Funds9
SEC. 1101. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES.10
(a) S TA TEMENT OF PURPOSES . The purposes of 11
this A ct includethef ollowing:12
(1 ) To preserve and create jobs and promote13
economic recovery.14
(2 ) Toassist those most impacted by the reces-15
sion.16
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(3) To provide investments needed to increase1
economic ef f iciency by spurring technological ad-2
vances inscience andhealth.3
(4) To invest in transportation, environmental4
protection, and other inf rastructure that will provide5
long- termeconomic benef its.6
(5 ) To stabilize State and local government7
budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions8
in essential services and counterproductive state and9
local taxincreases.10
(b) G ENERA L PRINCIPLES CONCERNING USE OF 11
F UNDS . The President andthe heads of Federal depart-12
ments and agencies shall manage and expend the f unds13
made available in this A ct so as to achieve the purposes14
specif iedinsubsection(a), includingcommencingexpendi-15
tures and activities as quick ly as possible consistent with16
prudent management.17
SEC. 1102. PREFERENCE FOR QUICK-START ACTIVITIES.18
In using f unds made available in this A ct f or inf ra-19
structure investment, recipients shall give pref erence to20
activities that canbe startedandcompletedexpeditiously,21
includinga goal of usingat least 5 0 percent of the f unds22
f or activities that canbe initiatednot later than 1 2 0 days23
af ter the date of the enactment of this A ct. Recipients24
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shall also use grant f unds in a manner that maximizes1
jobcreationandeconomicbenef it.2
SEC. 1103. REQUIREMENT OF TIMELY AWARD OF GRANTS.3
(a) F ORMULA GRA NTS . Formulagrants usingf unds4
made available inthis A ct shall be awardednot later than5
30 days af ter the date of the enactment of this A ct (or,6
in the case of appropriations not available upon enact-7
ment, not later than30 days af ter the appropriation be-8
comes available f or obligation), unless expressly provided9
otherwiseinthis A ct.10
(b) C OMPETITIVE GRA NTS . Competitive grants11
using f unds made available in this A ct shall be awarded12
not later than 9 0 days af ter the date of the enactment13
of this A ct (or, inthe case of appropriations not available14
upon enactment, not later than 9 0 days af ter the appro-15
priationbecomes available f or obligation), unless expressly16
providedotherwiseinthis A ct.17
(c) A DDITIONA L PERIOD FOR NEW PROGRA MS . The18
time limits specif ied in subsections (a) and (b) may each19
be extended by up to 30 days in the case of grants f or20
whichf undingwas not providedinf iscal year 2 0 0 8 .21
SEC. 1104. USE IT OR LOSE IT REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT-22
EES.23
(a) D EA DLINEFOR BINDING COMMITMENTS . Each24
recipient of a grant made using amounts made available25
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in this A ct in any account listed in subsection (c) shall1
enter into contracts or other binding commitments not2
later than 1 year af ter the date of the enactment of this3
A ct (or not later than9 months af ter the grant is award-4
ed, if later) tomak e useof 5 0 percent of the f unds award-5
ed, andshall enter intocontracts or other bindingcommit-6
ments not later than 2 years af ter the date of the enact-7
ment of this A ct (or not later than 2 1 months af ter the8
grant is awarded, if later) to mak e use of the remaining9
f unds. In the case of activities to be carried out directly10
bya grant recipient (rather thanbycontracts, subgrants,11
or other arrangements with third parties), a certif ication12
by the recipient specif ying the amounts, planned timing,13
andpurpose of suchexpenditures shall be deemeda bind-14
ingcommitment f or purposes of this section.15
(b) R EDISTRIBUTION OF UNCOMMITTED F UNDS . 16
The head of the Federal department or agency involved17
shall recover or deobligate anygrant f unds not committed18
in accordance with subsection (a), and redistribute such19
f unds toother recipients eligible under the grant program20
and able to mak e use of such f unds in a timely manner21
(includingbindingcommitments within 1 2 0 days af ter the22
reallocation).23
(c) A PPROPRIA TIONS TO WHICH THIS SECTION AP-24
PLIES . This section shall apply to grants made using25
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amounts appropriated in any of the f ollowing accounts1
withinthis A ct:2
(1 ) Environmental Protection A gency State3
andTribal A ssistance Grants .4
(2 ) Department of Transportation Federal5
A viation A dministration Grants- in- A id f or A ir-6
ports .7
(3) Department of Transportation Federal8
Railroad A dministration Capital A ssistance f or9
IntercityPassenger Rail Service .10
(4) Department of Transportation Federal11
Transit A dministration Capital Investment12
Grants .13
(5 ) Department of Transportation Federal14
Transit A dministration Fixed Guideway Inf ra-15
structure Investment .16
(6 ) Department of Transportation Federal17
Transit A dministration Transit Capital A ssist-18
ance .19
(7 ) Department of Housing and Urban Devel-20
opment Public and Indian Housing Public Hous-21
ingCapital Fund .22
(8 ) Department of Housing and Urban Devel-23
opment Public and Indian Housing Elderly, Dis-24
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abled, and Section 8 A ssisted Housing Energy Ret-1
rof it .2
(9 ) Department of Housing and Urban Devel-3
opment Public and Indian Housing Native A mer-4
icanHousingBlockGrants .5
(1 0 ) Department of Housing and Urban De-6
velopment Community Planning and Develop-7
ment HOMEInvestment Partnerships Program .8
(1 1 ) Department of Housing and Urban De-9
velopment Community Planning and Develop-10
ment Self - Help and A ssisted Homeownership Op-11
portunityProgram .12
SEC. 1105. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.13
(a) I N GENERA L . A ll f unds appropriatedinthis A ct14
shall remain available f or obligation until September 30 ,15
2 0 1 0 , unless expresslyprovidedotherwiseinthis A ct.16
(b) R EOBLIGA TION . A mounts that are not needed17
or cannot be usedf or the activityf or whichoriginallyobli-18
gatedmaybedeobligatedand, notwithstandingthe limita-19
tiononavailabilityspecif ied insubsection(a), reobligated20
f or other activities that have received f unding f romthe21
sameaccount or appropriationinthis A ct.22
SEC. 1106. SET-ASIDE FOR MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.23
Unless other provisionis madeinthis A ct (or inother24
applicable law) f or such expenses, up to 0 . 5 percent of 25
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eachamount appropriatedinthis A ct maybe usedf or the1
expenses of management and oversight of the programs,2
grants, and activities f unded by such appropriation, and3
maybe transf erredbytheheadof theFederal department4
or agencyinvolvedtoanyother appropriateaccount within5
the department or agency f or that purpose. Funds set6
aside under this section shall remain available f or obliga-7
tionuntil September 30 , 2 0 1 2 .8
SEC. 1107. APPROPRIATIONS FOR INSPECTORS GENERAL.9
Inadditiontof unds otherwise made available in this10
A ct, there are hereby appropriated the f ollowing sums to11
thespecif iedOf f ices of Inspector General, toremainavail-12
able until September 30 , 2 0 1 3, f or oversight andaudit of 13
programs, grants, andpro jects f undedunder this A ct:14
(1 ) Department of A griculture Of f ice of In-15
spector General , $2 2 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 .16
(2 ) Department of Commerce Of f ice of In-17
spector General , $1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .18
(3) Department of Def ense Of f ice of the In-19
spector General , $1 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .20
(4) Department of Education Departmental21
Management Of f ice of the Inspector General ,22
$1 4, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .23
(5 ) Department of Energy Of f ice of Inspec-24
tor General , $1 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .25
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(6 ) Department of Health and Human Serv-1
ices Of f ice of the Secretary Of f ice of Inspector2
General , $1 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .3
(7 ) Department of Homeland Security Of f ice4
of Inspector General , $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .5
(8 ) Department of Housing and Urban Devel-6
opment Management and A dministration Of f ice7
of Inspector General , $1 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .8
(9 ) Department of the Interior Of f ice of In-9
spector General , $1 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .10
(1 0 ) Department of Justice Of f ice of Inspec-11
tor General , $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .12
(1 1 ) Department of Labor Departmental13
Management Of f ice of Inspector General ,14
$6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .15
(1 2 ) Department of Transportation Of f ice of 16
Inspector General , $2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .17
(1 3) Department of Veterans A f f airs Of f ice18
of Inspector General , $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .19
(1 4 ) Environmental ProtectionA gency Of f ice20
of Inspector General , $2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .21
(1 5 ) General Services A dministration Gen-22
eral A ctivities Of f ice of Inspector General ,23
$1 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .24
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(1 6 ) National A eronautics andSpace A dminis-1
tration Of f ice of Inspector General , $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .2
(1 7 ) National Science Foundation Of f ice of 3
Inspector General , $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .4
(1 8 ) Small Business A dministration Of f ice of 5
Inspector General , $1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .6
(1 9 ) Social Security A dministration Of f ice of 7
Inspector General , $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .8
(2 0 ) Corporation f or National andCommunity9
Service Of f ice of Inspector General , $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .10
SEC. 1108. APPROPRIATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT-11
ABILITY OFFICE.12
Thereis herebyappropriatedas anadditional amount13
f or Government A ccountabilityOf f ice Salaries andEx-14
penses $2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or oversight activities relating to15
this A ct.16
SEC. 1109. PROHIBITED USES.17
None of the f unds appropriated or otherwise made18
available in this A ct may be used f or any casino or other19
gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, or20
swimmingpool.21
SEC. 1110. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER APPROPRIATIONS.22
Each amount appropriated or made available in this23
A ct is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated f or24
the f iscal year involved. Enactment of this A ct shall have25
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no ef f ect on the availability of amounts under the Con-1
tinuing A ppropriations Resolution, 2 0 0 9 (division A of 2
PublicLaw1 1 0 - 32 9 ).3
SEC. 1111. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.4
Each amount in this A ct is designated as an emer-5
gencyrequirement andnecessarytomeet emergencyneeds6
pursuant tosection2 0 4(a) of S. Con. Res. 2 1 (1 1 0 thCon-7
gress) and section 301 (b)(2 ) of S. Con. Res. 7 0 (1 1 0 th8
Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget f or9
f iscal years 2 0 0 8 and2 0 0 9 .10
Subtitle B—Accountability in11
Recovery Act Spending12
PART 1—TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT13
REQUIREMENTS14
SEC. 1201. TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.15
(a) R EQUIREMENTS FOR F EDERA L AGENCIES . 16
Each Federal agency shall publish on the website Recov-17
ery. gov (as established under section 1 2 2 6 of this sub-18
title)19
(1 ) a plan f or using f unds made available in20
this A ct tothe agency; and21
(2 ) all announcements f or grant competitions,22
allocations of f ormula grants, and awards of com-23
petitive grants usingthose f unds.24
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(b) R EQUIREMENTS FOR F EDERA L , STA TE , A ND 1
LOCA L GOVERNMENT AGENCIES . 2
(1 ) I NFRA STRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND -3
ING . With respect to f unds made available under4
this A ct f or inf rastructure investments to Federal,5
State, or local government agencies, the f ollowingre-6
quirements apply:7
(A ) Eachsuchagencyshall notif y the pub-8
lic of f unds obligated to particular inf rastruc-9
ture investments by posting the notif ication on10
the website Recovery. gov.11
(B) The notif ication required by subpara-12
graph(A ) shall include the f ollowing:13
(i) A description of the inf rastructure14
investment f unded.15
(ii) The purpose of the inf rastructure16
investment.17
(iii) The total cost of the inf rastruc-18
ture investment.19
(iv) The rationale of the agency f or20
f unding the inf rastructure investment with21
f unds made available under this A ct.22
(v) The name of the person tocontact23
at the agency if there are concerns with24
the inf rastructure investment and, with re-25
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spect toFederal agencies, anemail address1
f or the Federal of f icial inthe agencywhom2
the public cancontact.3
(vi) In the case of State or local agen-4
cies, a certif ication f rom the Governor,5
mayor, or other chief executive, as appro-6
priate, that the inf rastructure investment7
has received the f ull reviewand vetting re-8
quired by lawand that the chief executive9
accepts responsibility that the inf rastruc-10
ture investment is an appropriate use of 11
taxpayer dollars. A State or local agency12
may not receive inf rastructure investment13
f unding f romf unds made available in this14
A ct unless this certif icationis made.15
(2 ) O PERA TIONA L FUNDING . With respect to16
f unds made available under this A ct in the f ormof 17
grants f or operational purposes toState or local gov-18
ernment agencies or other organizations, the agency19
or organization shall publish on the website Recov-20
ery. gov a description of the intended use of the21
f unds, includingthe number of jobs sustainedor cre-22
ated.23
(c) A VA ILA BILITY ON INTERNETOF CONTRA CTS A ND 24
GRA NTS . Each contract awarded or grant issued using25
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f unds made available in this A ct shall be posted on the1
Internet and link ed to the website Recovery. gov. Propri-2
etary data that is required to be k ept conf idential under3
applicable Federal or State lawor regulation shall be re-4
dactedbef oreposting.5
SEC. 1202. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEWS.6
(a) R EVIEWS . A ny inspector general of a Federal7
department or executive agency shall review, as appro-8
priate, any concerns raised by the public about specif ic9
investments using f unds made available in this A ct. A ny10
f indings of an inspector general resulting f romsucha re-11
viewshall be relayed immediately to the head of each de-12
partment andagency. Inaddition, the f indings of suchre-13
views, along with any audits conducted by any inspector14
general of f unds madeavailableinthis A ct, shall beposted15
on the Internet and link ed to the website Recovery. gov.16
(b) E XA MINA TION OF RECORDS . The Inspector17
General of the agencyconcernedmayexamine anyrecords18
related toobligations of f unds made available in this A ct.19
SEC. 1203. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-20
VIEWS AND REPORTS.21
(a) R EVIEWS A ND REPORTS . The Comptroller Gen-22
eral of the United States shall conduct bimonthly reviews23
andpreparereports onsuchreviews ontheusebyselected24
States and localities of f unds made available in this A ct.25
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Such reports, along with any audits conducted by the1
Comptroller General of suchf unds, shall be postedonthe2
Internet andlink edtothewebsiteRecovery. gov.3
(b) E XA MINA TION OF RECORDS . The Comptroller4
General may examine any records related to obligations5
of f unds madeavailableinthis A ct.6
SEC. 1204. COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS REPORTS.7
The Chairman of the Council of Economic A dvisers,8
inconsultationwiththe Director of the Of f ice of Manage-9
ment andBudget andthe Secretaryof the Treasury, shall10
submit quarterly reports to Congress detailing the esti-11
matedimpact of programs under this A ct onemployment,12
economicgrowth, andother k eyeconomicindicators.13
SEC. 1205. SPECIAL CONTRACTING PROVISIONS.14
The Federal A cquisition Regulation shall apply to15
contracts awarded with f unds made available in this A ct.16
To the maximumextent possible, such contracts shall be17
awarded as f ixed- price contracts through the use of com-18
petitive procedures. Existingcontracts soawardedmaybe19
utilizedinorder toobligate suchf unds expeditiously. A ny20
contract awarded with such f unds that is not f ixed- price21
and not awarded using competitive procedures shall be22
posted in a special section of the website Recovery. gov.23
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PART 2—ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY1
BOARD2
SEC. 1221. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND3
TRANSPARENCY BOARD.4
There is establisheda boardtobe k nownas the Re-5
covery A ct A ccountability and Transparency Board 6
(hereaf ter in this subtitle ref erred to as the Board ) to7
coordinate and conduct oversight of Federal spending8
under this A ct toprevent waste, f raud, andabuse.9
SEC. 1222. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.10
(a) M EMBERSHIP . The Board shall be composed of 11
sevenmembers as f ollows:12
(1 ) The Chief Perf ormance Of f icer of the Presi-13
dent, whoshall chair the Board.14
(2 ) Six members designated by the President15
f romthe inspectors general and deputy secretaries16
of the Departments of Education, Energy, Health17
and Human Services, Transportation, and other18
Federal departments and agencies to which f unds19
are made available inthis A ct.20
(b) T ERMS . Each member of the Board shall serve21
f or atermtobedeterminedbythePresident.22
SEC. 1223. FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD.23
(a) O VERSIGHT . The Board shall coordinate and24
conduct oversight of spending under this A ct to prevent25
waste, f raud, andabuse. Inadditiontoresponsibilities set26
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f orthinthis subtitle, theresponsibilities of theBoardshall1
includethef ollowing:2
(1 ) Ensuring that the reporting of inf ormation3
regarding contract and grants under this A ct meets4
applicable standards andspecif ies the purpose of the5
contract or grant andmeasures of perf ormance.6
(2 ) Verif ying that competition requirements ap-7
plicable to contracts and grants under this A ct and8
other applicable Federal lawhave beensatisf ied.9
(3) Investigatingspendingunder this A ct tode-10
termine whether wastef ul spending, poor contract or11
grant management, or other abuses are occurring.12
(4) Reviewing whether there are suf f icient13
qualif ied acquisition and grant personnel overseeing14
spendingunder the this A ct.15
(5 ) Reviewing whether acquisition and grant16
personnel receive adequate training and whether17
there are appropriate mechanisms f or interagency18
collaboration.19
(b) R EPORTS . 20
(1 ) F LA SHA ND OTHER REPORTS . The Board21
shall submit to Congress reports, to be k nown as22
f lash reports , on potential management and f und-23
ing problems that require immediate attention. The24
Board also shall submit to Congress such other re-25
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ports as the Board considers appropriate on the use1
andbenef its of f unds made available inthis A ct.2
(2 ) Q UA RTERLY . The Board shall submit to3
the President and Congress quarterly reports sum-4
marizing its f indings and the f indings of agency in-5
spectors general and may issue additional reports as6
appropriate.7
(3) A NNUA LLY . On an annual basis, the8
Boardshall prepare a consolidated report on the use9
of f unds under this A ct. A ll reports shall be publicly10
available andshall be posted on the Internet website11
Recovery. gov, except that portions of reports maybe12
redacted if the portions would disclose inf ormation13
that is protected f rompublic disclosure under sec-14
tion 5 5 2 of title 5 , United States Code (popularly15
k nownas the Freedomof Inf ormationA ct).16
(c) R ECOMMENDA TIONS TO AGENCIES . The Board17
shall mak e recommendations toFederal agencies onmeas-18
ures toprevent waste, f raud, andabuse. A Federal agency19
shall, within 30 days af ter receipt of any such rec-20
ommendation, submit totheBoard, thePresident, andthe21
congressional committees of jurisdiction a report on22
whether the agency agrees or disagrees with the rec-23
ommendations and what steps, if any, the agency plans24
totak etoimplement therecommendations.25
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SEC. 1224. POWERS OF THE BOARD.1
(a) C OORDINA TION OF AUDITS A ND INVESTIGA TIONS 2
BY AGENCY INSPECTORS GENERA L . The Boardshall co-3
ordinate the audits and investigations of spending under4
this A ct byagencyinspectors general.5
(b) C ONDUCT OF REVIEWS BY BOA RD . The Board6
mayconduct reviews of spendingunder this A ct andmay7
collaborateonsuchreviews withanyinspector general.8
(c) M EETINGS . The Board may, f or the purpose of 9
carrying out its duties under this A ct, hold public meet-10
ings, sit andact at times andplaces, andreceive inf orma-11
tionas the Board considers appropriate. The Boardshall12
meet at least onceamonth.13
(d) O BTA INING OFFICIA L DA TA. The Board may14
secure directly f romany department or agency of the15
United States inf ormation necessary to enable it to carry16
out its duties under this A ct. Upon request of the Chair-17
manof the Board, the headof that department or agency18
shall f urnishthat inf ormationtotheBoard.19
(e) C ONTRA CTS . The Board may enter into con-20
tracts to enable the Board to discharge its duties under21
this A ct.22
SEC. 1225. STAFFING.23
(a) E XECUTIVE DIRECTOR . The Chairman of the24
Boardmayappoint andf ixthe compensationof anexecu-25
tive director and other personnel as may be required to26
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carry out the f unctions of the Board. The Director shall1
be paidat the rate of basic payf or level IV of the Execu-2
tiveSchedule.3
(b) S TA FFOF F EDERA L AGENCIES . Upon request4
of theBoard, theheadof anyFederal department or agen-5
cy may detail any Federal of f icial or employee, including6
of f icials and employees of of f ices of inspector general, to7
the Board without reimbursement f romthe Board, and8
such detailed staf f shall retain the rights, status, and9
privileges of his or her regular employment without inter-10
ruption.11
(c) O FFICE SPA CE . Of f ice space shall be provided12
tothe Boardwithinthe Executive Of f ice of the President.13
SEC. 1226. RECOVERY.GOV.14
(a) R EQUIREMENT TO ESTA BLISH WEBSITE . The15
Boardshall establishandmaintainawebsite ontheInter-16
net to be named Recovery. gov, to f oster greater account-17
ability and transparency in the use of f unds made avail-18
ableinthis A ct.19
(b) P URPOSE . Recovery. gov shall be a portal or20
gatewaytok eyinf ormationrelatedtothis A ct andprovide21
awindowtoother Government websites withrelatedinf or-22
mation.23
(c) M A TTERS COVERED . Inestablishingthe website24
Recovery. gov, theBoardshall ensurethef ollowing:25
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(1 ) The website shall provide materials explain-1
ing what this A ct means f or citizens. The materials2
shall be easy to understand and regularly updated.3
(2 ) The website shall provide accountability in-4
f ormation, includinga database of f indings f romau-5
dits, inspectors general, and the Government A c-6
countabilityOf f ice.7
(3) The website shall provide data on relevant8
economic, f inancial, grant, and contract inf ormation9
in user- f riendly visual presentations to enhance pub-10
lic awareness of the use f unds made available in this11
A ct.12
(4) The website shall provide detailed data on13
contracts awarded by the Government f or purposes14
of carryingout this A ct, includinginf ormationabout15
the competitiveness of the contracting process, noti-16
f ication of solicitations f or contracts to be awarded,17
and inf ormationabout the process that was used f or18
the awardof contracts.19
(5 ) The website shall include printable reports20
on f unds made available in this A ct obligated by21
monthtoeachState andcongressional district.22
(6 ) The website shall provide a means f or the23
public to give f eedback on the perf ormance of con-24
tracts awardedf or purposes of carryingout this A ct.25
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(7 ) The website shall be enhanced and updated1
as necessary to carry out the purposes of this sub-2
title.3
SEC. 1227. PRESERVATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF IN-4
SPECTORS GENERAL.5
Inspectors general shall retainindependent authority6
todetermine whether toconduct anaudit or investigation7
of spending under this A ct. If the Board requests that8
an inspector general conduct or ref rain f romconducting9
anaudit or investigationandthe inspector general re jects10
therequest inwholeor inpart, the inspector general shall,11
within30 days af ter receipt of the request, submit to the12
Board, theagencyhead, andthecongressional committees13
of jurisdiction a report explaining why the inspector gen-14
eral has re jectedtherequest inwholeor inpart.15
SEC. 1228. COORDINATION WITH THE COMPTROLLER GEN-16
ERAL AND STATE AUDITORS.17
The Board shall coordinate its oversight activities18
with the Comptroller General of the United States and19
Stateauditor generals.20
SEC. 1229. INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL.21
(a) E STA BLISHMENT . There is established a panel22
to be k nown as the Independent A dvisory Panel to ad-23
visetheBoard.24
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(b) M EMBERSHIP . The Panel shall be composed of 1
f ivemembers appointedbythePresident f romamongindi-2
viduals with expertise in economics, public f inance, con-3
tracting, accounting, or other relevant f ields.4
(c) F UNCTIONS . The Panel shall mak e rec-5
ommendations to the Board on actions the Board could6
tak e toprevent waste, f raud, andabuse inFederal spend-7
ingunder this A ct.8
(d) T RA VEL EXPENSES . Eachmember of the Panel9
shall receive travel expenses, including per diemin lieu10
of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions11
under subchapter I of chapter 5 7 of title 5 , UnitedStates12
Code.13
SEC. 1230. FUNDING.14
There is hereby appropriated to the Board15
$1 4, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 tocarryout this subtitle.16
SEC. 1231. BOARD TERMINATION.17
The Board shall terminate 1 2 months af ter 9 0 per-18
cent of the f unds made available under this A ct have been19
expended, as determined by the Director of the Of f ice of 20
Management andBudget.21
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PART 3—ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND1
TRANSPARENCY PROVISIONS2
SEC. 1241. LIMITATION ON THE LENGTH OF CERTAIN NON-3
COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS.4
No contract entered into using f unds made available5
in this A ct pursuant to the authority provided in section6
30 3(c)(2 ) of the Federal Property and A dministrative7
Services A ct of 1 9 4 9 (41 U. S. C. 2 5 3(c)(2 )) that is f or an8
amount greater than the simplif ied acquisition threshold9
(as def ined in section4(1 1 ) of the Of f ice of Federal Pro-10
curement PolicyA ct (41 U. S. C. (4)(1 1 ))11
(1 ) mayexceedthe time necessary12
(A ) tomeet the unusual andcompellingre-13
quirements of the work to be perf ormed under14
the contract; and15
(B) f or the executive agency to enter into16
another contract f or the requiredgoods or serv-17
ices through the use of competitive procedures;18
and19
(2 ) may exceed one year unless the head of the20
executive agency entering into such contract deter-21
mines that exceptional circumstances apply.22
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SEC. 1242. ACCESS OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-1
FICE AND OFFICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL2
TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.3
(a) A CCESS . Each contract awarded using f unds4
made available in this A ct shall provide that the Comp-5
troller General andhis representatives, andanyrepresent-6
atives of anappropriate inspector general appointedunder7
section 3 or 8 Gof the Inspector General A ct of 1 9 7 8 (58
U. S. C. A pp. ), areauthorized9
(1 ) to examine any records of the contractor or10
anyof its subcontractors, or anyState or local agen-11
cy administering such contract, that directly pertain12
to, and involve transactions relating to, the contract13
or subcontract; and14
(2 ) to interviewanycurrent employee regarding15
suchtransactions.16
(b) R ELA TIONSHIP TO EXISTING AUTHORITY . 17
Nothingin this sectionshall be interpretedto limit or re-18
strict inanywayanyexistingauthorityof theComptroller19
General or anInspector General.20
SEC. 1243. PROTECTING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT21
AND CONTRACTOR WHISTLEBLOWERS.22
(a) P ROHIBITION OF REPRISA LS . A n employee of 23
any non- Federal employer receiving f unds made available24
in this A ct may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise25
discriminated against as a reprisal f or disclosing to the26
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Board, an inspector general, the Comptroller General, a1
member of Congress, or a Federal agency head, or their2
representatives, inf ormationthat the employee reasonably3
believes is evidenceof 4
(1 ) gross mismanagement of an executive agen-5
cycontract or grant;6
(2 ) a gross waste of executive agencyf unds;7
(3) a substantial and specif ic danger to public8
healthor saf ety; or9
(4) a violation of lawrelated to an executive10
agencycontract (includingthe competitionf or or ne-11
gotiation of a contract) or grant awarded or issued12
tocarryout this A ct.13
(b) I NVESTIGA TION OF COMPLA INTS . 14
(1 ) A person who believes that the person has15
been sub jected to a reprisal prohibited by subsection16
(a) may submit a complaint to the inspector general17
of the executive agency that awardedthe contract or18
issued the grant. Unless the inspector general deter-19
mines that the complaint is f rivolous, the inspector20
general shall investigate the complaint and, upon21
completion of such investigation, submit a report of 22
the f indings of the investigation to the person, the23
person s employer, the head of the Federal agency24
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that awarded the contract or issued the grant, and1
the Board.2
(2 )(A ) Except as provided under subparagraph3
(B), the inspector general shall mak e a determina-4
tion that a complaint is f rivolous or submit a report5
under paragraph (1 ) within 1 8 0 days af ter receiving6
the complaint.7
(B) If the inspector general is unable to com-8
plete an investigation in time to submit a report9
within the 1 8 0 - day period specif ied in subparagraph10
(A ) and the person submitting the complaint agrees11
to an extension of time, the inspector general shall12
submit a report under paragraph(1 ) withinsuchad-13
ditional period of time as shall be agreed upon be-14
tween the inspector general and the person submit-15
tingthe complaint.16
(c) R EMEDYA ND ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY . 17
(1 ) Not later than 30 days af ter receiving an18
inspector general report pursuant to subsection (b),19
the head of the agency concerned shall determine20
whether there is suf f icient basis toconclude that the21
non- Federal employer has sub jected the complainant22
to a reprisal prohibited by subsection (a) and shall23
either issue an order denying relief or shall tak e one24
or more of the f ollowingactions:25
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(A ) Order the employer to tak e af f irmative1
actiontoabate the reprisal.2
(B) Order the employer to reinstate the3
person to the position that the person held be-4
f ore the reprisal, together with the compensa-5
tion (including back pay), employment benef its,6
and other terms and conditions of employment7
that would apply to the person in that position8
if the reprisal hadnot beentak en.9
(C) Order the employer to pay the com-10
plainant an amount equal to the aggregate11
amount of all costs and expenses (including at-12
torneys f ees and expert witnesses f ees) that13
were reasonably incurred by the complainant14
f or, or in connection with, bringing the com-15
plaint regarding the reprisal, as determined by16
the headof the agency.17
(2 ) If the headof anexecutive agencyissues an18
order denying relief under paragraph (1 ) or has not19
issuedanorder within 2 1 0 days af ter the submission20
of a complaint under subsection (b), or in the case21
of an extension of time under paragraph (b)(2 )(B),22
not later than30 days af ter the expirationof the ex-23
tension of time, and there is no showing that such24
delay is due to the bad f aithof the complainant, the25
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complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted all1
administrative remedies with respect to the com-2
plaint, and the complainant maybringa de novoac-3
tion at lawor equity against the employer to seek 4
compensatory damages and other relief available5
under this section in the appropriate district court6
of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction7
over suchanactionwithout regard to the amount in8
controversy. Such an action shall, at the request of 9
either party to the action, be tried by the court with10
a jury.11
(3) A n inspector general determination and an12
agency head order denying relief under paragraph13
(2 ) shall be admissible in evidence in any de novo14
actionat lawor equitybrought pursuant tothis sub-15
section.16
(4) Whenever a person f ails to comply with an17
order issued under paragraph (1 ), the head of the18
agency shall f ile an action f or enf orcement of such19
order in the United States district court f or a dis-20
trict in which the reprisal was f ound to have oc-21
curred. In any action brought under this paragraph,22
the court may grant appropriate relief , including in-23
junctive relief and compensatory and exemplary24
damages.25
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(5 ) A ny person adversely af f ected or aggrieved1
by an order issued under paragraph (1 ) may obtain2
review of the order s conf ormance with this sub-3
section, and any regulations issued to carry out this4
section, in the United States court of appeals f or a5
circuit in which the reprisal is alleged in the order6
to have occurred. No petition seek ing such review7
maybe f iledmore than 6 0 days af ter issuance of the8
order by the head of the agency. Reviewshall con-9
f ormtochapter 7 of title 5 .10
(d) C ONSTRUCTION . Nothinginthis sectionmaybe11
construed to authorize the discharge of , demotion of , or12
discrimination against an employee f or a disclosure other13
thana disclosure protectedbysubsection(a) or tomodif y14
or derogate f roma right or remedyotherwise available to15
theemployee.16
(e) D EFINITIONS . 17
(1 ) N ON -FEDERA L EMPLOYER RECEIVING 18
FUNDS UNDER THIS ACT . The termnon- Federal19
employer receivingf unds made available in this A ct 20
means21
(A ) with respect to a Federal contract22
awarded or Federal grant issued to carry out23
this A ct, the contractor or grantee, as the case24
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may be, if the contractor or grantee is an em-1
ployer; or2
(B) a State or local government, if the3
State or local government has received f unds4
made available inthis A ct.5
(2 ) E XECUTIVEA GENCY . The termexecutive6
agency has the meaning given that termin section7
4 of the Of f ice of Federal Procurement Policy A ct8
(41 U. S. C. 403).9
(3) S TA TEOR LOCA L GOVERNMENT . The term10
State or local government means11
(A ) the government of each of the several12
States, the District of Columbia, the Common-13
wealthof PuertoRico, Guam, A mericanSamoa,14
the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is-15
lands, or any other territory or possession of 16
the UnitedStates; or17
(B) the government of any political sub-18
division of a government listed in subparagraph19
(A ).20
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TITLE II—AGRICULTURE, NUTRI-1
TION, AND RURAL DEVELOP-2
MENT3
DEPA RTMENT OFA GRICULTURE4
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS A ND F A CILITIES A ND RENTA L 5
PA YMENTS 6
For anadditional amount f or A griculture Buildings7
and Facilities and Rental Payments , $44, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or8
necessaryconstruction, repair, andimprovement activities:9
Provided, That section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply10
tothis appropriation.11
AGRICULTURA L RESEA RCH SERVICE 12
BUILDINGS A ND FA CILITIES 13
For anadditional amount f or Buildings andFacili-14
ties , $2 0 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or workondef erredmaintenance at15
A gricultural Research Service f acilities: Provided, That16
priority in the use of such f unds shall be given to critical17
def erred maintenance, to pro jects that can be completed,18
and to activities that can commence promptly f ollowing19
enactment of this A ct.20
FA RM
SERVICE
AGENCY
21
SA LA RIES A ND EXPENSES 22
For an additional amount f or Salaries and Ex-23
penses, $2 45 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or the purpose of maintaining24
and modernizing the inf ormation technology system: Pro-25
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vided, That section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply to1
this appropriation.2
NA TURA L RESOURCES CONSERVA TION SERVICE 3
WA TERSHED A ND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERA TIONS 4
For anadditional amount f or WatershedandFlood5
Prevention Operations , $35 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which6
$1 7 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or necessary expenses to purchase and7
restore f loodplaineasements as authorizedbysection4038
of the A gricultural Credit A ct of 1 9 7 8 (1 6 U. S. C. 2 2 0 3)9
(except that nomorethan$5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 of theamount pro-10
videdf or the purchase of f loodplaineasements maybe ob-11
ligatedf or pro jects inanyone State): Provided, That sec-12
tion 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not applytothis appropriation:13
Provided further, That priority in the use of such f unds14
shall be given to pro jects that can be f ully f unded and15
completed with the f unds appropriated in this A ct, and16
toactivities that cancommence promptly f ollowingenact-17
ment of this A ct.18
WA TERSHED REHA BILITA TION PROGRA M 19
For anadditional amount f or WatershedRehabilita-20
tion Program , $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or necessary expenses to21
carry out rehabilitation of structural measures: Provided,22
That section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply to this ap-23
propriation: Provided further, That priority in the use of 24
such f unds shall be given to pro jects that can be f ully25
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f undedandcompletedwiththe f unds appropriatedinthis1
A ct, and to activities that can commence promptly f ol-2
lowingenactment of this A ct.3
RURA L DEVELOPMENT PROGRA MS 4
RURA L COMMUNITY A DVA NCEMENTPROGRA M 5
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFERS OFFUNDS) 6
For an additional amount f or gross obligations f or7
the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as8
authorizedbysections 30 6 and31 0 B anddescribedinsec-9
tions 38 1 E(d)(1 ), 38 1 E(d)(2 ), and 38 1 E(d)(3) of the10
Consolidated Farmand Rural Development A ct, to be11
available f romthe rural community advancement pro-12
gram, as f ollows: $5 , 8 38 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which13
$1 , 1 0 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or rural community f acilities direct14
loans, of which$2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or business andindus-15
tryguaranteed loans, and of which$2 , 7 36 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or16
rural water andwastedisposal direct loans.17
For anadditional amount f or the cost of direct loans,18
loan guarantees, and grants, including the cost of modi-19
f yingloans, as def inedinsection 5 0 2 of the Congressional20
Budget A ct of 1 9 7 4, as f ollows: $1 , 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which21
$6 3, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or rural communityf acilities direct loans,22
of which $1 37 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or rural community f acilities23
grants authorized under section 30 6 (a) of the Consoli-24
dated Farm and Rural Development A ct, of which25
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$8 7 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or business and industry guaranteed1
loans, of which $1 3, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or rural business enter-2
prisegrants authorizedunder section31 0 B of theConsoli-3
dated Farm and Rural Development A ct, of which4
$40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or rural water andwaste disposal direct5
loans, andof which$1 , 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or rural water and6
waste disposal grants authorized under section 30 6 (a):7
Provided, That theamounts appropriatedunder this head-8
ing shall be transf erred to, and merged with, the appro-9
priation f or Rural Housing Service, Rural Community10
Facilities Program A ccount , the appropriation f or11
Rural Business- CooperativeService, Rural Business Pro-12
gramA ccount , andtheappropriationf or Rural Utilities13
Service, Rural Water and Waste Disposal ProgramA c-14
count : Provided further, That priority f or awardingsuch15
f unds shall be given to pro ject applications that dem-16
onstrate that, if the application is approved, all pro ject17
elements will be f ully f unded: Provided further, That pri-18
orityf or awardingsuchf unds shall be giventopro ject ap-19
plications f or activities that can be completed if the re-20
questedf unds areprovided: Provided further, That priority21
f or awarding such f unds shall be given to activities that22
can commence promptly f ollowing enactment of this A ct.23
Inadditiontoother available f unds, the Secretaryof 24
A griculture mayuse not more than3 percent of the f unds25
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made available under this account f or administrative costs1
to carry out loans, loan guarantees, and grants f unded2
under this account, whichshall be transf erredandmerged3
with the appropriation f or Rural Development, Salaries4
andExpenses andshall remainavailableuntil September5
30 , 2 0 1 2 : Provided, That the authority provided in this6
paragraph shall apply to appropriations under this head-7
ing in lieu of the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct.8
Funds appropriatedbythis A ct totheRural Commu-9
nityA dvancement Programf or rural communityf acilities,10
rural business, and rural water and waste disposal direct11
loans, loan guarantees and grants may be transf erred12
amongtheseprograms: Provided, That theCommittees on13
A ppropriations of the House of Representatives and the14
Senate shall be notif ied at least 1 5 days in advance of 15
anytransf er.16
RURA L HOUSING SERVICE 17
RURA L HOUSINGINSURA NCEFUND PROGRA MA CCOUNT 18
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFERS OFFUNDS) 19
For anadditional amount of gross obligations f or the20
principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as au-21
thorizedbytitleVof theHousingA ct of 1 9 49 , tobeavail-22
able f romf unds in the rural housing insurance f und, as23
f ollows: $2 2 , 1 2 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or loans to section 5 0 2 bor-24
rowers, of which$4, 0 1 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or direct loans,25
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and of which $1 8 , 1 1 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or unsubsidized1
guaranteedloans.2
For an additional amount f or the cost of direct and3
guaranteed loans, including the cost of modif ying loans,4
as def inedinsection 5 0 2 of the Congressional Budget A ct5
of 1 9 7 4, as f ollows: section 5 0 2 loans, $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of 6
which$2 7 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall bef or direct loans, andof which7
$2 30 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or unsubsidizedguaranteedloans.8
Inadditiontoother available f unds, the Secretaryof 9
A griculture mayuse not more than3 percent of the f unds10
made available under this account f or administrative costs11
tocarryout loans and loanguarantees f undedunder this12
account, of which$1 , 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 will be committedtoagency13
pro jects associatedwithmaintainingthe compliance, saf e-14
ty, and soundness of the portf olio of loans guaranteed15
through the section 5 0 2 guaranteed loan program: Pro-16
vided, These f unds shall be transf erred and merged with17
the appropriation f or Rural Development, Salaries and18
Expenses : Provided further, That the authority provided19
inthis paragraphshall applytoappropriations under this20
heading in lieu of the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this21
A ct.22
Funds appropriatedbythis A ct totheRural Housing23
Insurance Fund Programaccount f or section 5 0 2 direct24
loans and unsubsidized guaranteed loans may be trans-25
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f erred between these programs: Provided, That the Com-1
mittees onA ppropriations of theHouseof Representatives2
and the Senate shall be notif ied at least 1 5 days in ad-3
vanceof anytransf er.4
RURA L UTILITIES SERVICE 5
DISTA NCELEA RNING , TELEMEDICINE , A ND BROA DBA ND 6
PROGRA M 7
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFERS OFFUNDS) 8
For an additional amount f or the cost of broadband9
loans and loan guarantees, as authorized by the Rural10
Electrif icationA ct of 1 9 36 (7 U. S. C. 9 0 1 et seq. ) andf or11
grants, $2 , 8 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the cost of direct12
and guaranteed loans shall be as def ined in section 5 0 213
of the Congressional Budget A ct of 1 9 7 4: Provided fur-14
ther, That, notwithstanding title VI of the Rural Elec-15
trif icationA ct of 1 9 36 , this amount is availablef or grants,16
loans and loan guarantees f or open access broadband in-17
f rastructure in any area of the United States: Provided18
further, That at least 7 5 percent of the area to be served19
by a pro ject receiving f unds f romsuch grants, loans or20
loanguarantees shall be ina rural area without suf f icient21
access to high speed broadband service to f acilitate rural22
economic development, as determined by the Secretary of 23
A griculture: Provided further, That priority f or awarding24
f unds made available under this paragraphshall be given25
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topro jects that provide service tothe most rural residents1
that donot haveaccess tobroadbandservice: Provided fur-2
ther, That priority shall be given f or pro ject applications3
f romborrowers or f ormer borrowers under title II of the4
Rural Electrif icationA ct of 1 9 36 andf or pro ject applica-5
tions that include such borrowers or f ormer borrowers:6
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1 1 0 3 of 7
this A ct, 5 0 percent of thegrants, loans, andloanguaran-8
tees made available under this heading shall be awarded9
not later thanSeptember 30 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided further, That10
priority f or awarding such f unds shall be given to pro ject11
applications that demonstrate that, if the application is12
approved, all pro ject elements will be f ully f unded: Pro-13
vided further, That priorityf or awardingsuchf unds shall14
be given to pro ject applications f or activities that can be15
completed if the requested f unds are provided: Provided16
further, That priority f or awarding such f unds shall be17
given to activities that can commence promptly f ollowing18
enactment of this A ct: Provided further, That no area of 19
a pro ject f unded with amounts made available under this20
paragraphmayreceive f undingtoprovidebroadbandserv-21
ice under the Broadband Deployment Grant Program:22
Provided further, That the Secretaryshall submit a report23
onplannedspendingandactual obligations describingthe24
use of these f unds not later than 9 0 days af ter the date25
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of enactment of this A ct, and quarterly thereaf ter until1
all f unds are obligated, to the Committees on A ppropria-2
tions of theHouseof Representatives andtheSenate.3
In addition to other available f unds, the Secretary4
mayuse not more than3 percent of the f unds made avail-5
able under this account f or administrative costs to carry6
out loans, loan guarantees, and grants f unded under this7
account, which shall be transf erred and merged with the8
appropriation f or Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-9
penses and shall remain available until September 30 ,10
2 0 1 2 : Provided, That the authorityprovided in this para-11
graphshall apply to appropriations under this heading in12
lieuof theprovisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct.13
F OOD A ND NUTRITION SERVICE 14
SPECIA L SUPPLEMENTA L NUTRITION PROGRA MFOR 15
WOMEN , INFA NTS , A ND CHILDREN (WIC) 16
For an additional amount f or the special supple-17
mental nutrition programas authorized by section 1 7 of 18
the Child Nutrition A ct of 1 9 6 6 (42 U. S. C. 1 7 8 6 ),19
$1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or the purposes specif ied in section20
1 7 (h)(1 0 )(B)(ii) f or the Secretary of A griculture to pro-21
vide assistance to State agencies to implement newman-22
agement inf ormationsystems or improve existingmanage-23
ment inf ormationsystems f or theprogram.24
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GENERA L PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE1
SEC. 2001. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN BENEFITS UNDER2
THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST-3
ANCE PROGRAM.4
(a) M A XIMUM BENEFIT INCREA SE . 5
(1 ) I N GENERA L . Beginning the f irst month6
that begins not less than 2 5 days af ter the date of 7
enactment of this A ct, the value of benef its deter-8
mined under section 8 (a) of the Food and Nutrition9
A ct of 2 0 0 8 and consolidated block grants f or Puer-10
to Rico and A merican Samoa determined under sec-11
tion 1 9 (a) of such A ct shall be calculated using12
1 1 3. 6 percent of the June 2 0 08 value of the thrif ty13
f ood plan as specif ied under section 3(o) of such14
A ct.15
(2 ) T ERMINA TION . 16
(A ) The authority provided by this sub-17
section shall terminate af ter September 30 ,18
2 0 0 9 .19
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A ),20
the Secretaryof A griculture maynot reduce the21
value of the maximumallotment belowthe level22
in ef f ect f or f iscal year 2 0 0 9 as a result of 23
paragraph(1 ).24
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(b) R EQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECRETA RY . In car-1
ryingout this section, theSecretaryshall2
(1 ) consider the benef it increases described in3
subsection(a) tobe a mass change ;4
(2 ) require a simple process f or States tonotif y5
households of the increase inbenef its;6
(3) consider section 1 6(c)(3)(A ) of the Food7
and Nutrition A ct of 2 0 0 8 (7 U. S. C. 2 0 2 5 (c)(3)(A ))8
to apply to any errors in the implementation of this9
section, without regard to the 1 2 0 - day limit de-10
scribedinthat section; and11
(4) have the authority to tak e suchmeasures as12
necessary to ensure the ef f icient administration of 13
the benef its providedinthis section.14
(c) A DMINISTRA TIVE EXPENSES . 15
(1 ) I N GENERA L . For the costs of State ad-16
ministrative expenses associated with carrying out17
this section, the Secretary shall mak e available18
$1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ineachof f iscal years 2 0 0 9 and 2 0 1 0 ,19
to remain available through September 30 , 2 0 1 2 , of 20
which $4, 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or necessary expenses of the21
Food and Nutrition Service f or management and22
oversight of the programand f or monitoring the in-23
tegrity and evaluating the ef f ects of the payments24
made under this section.25
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(2 ) A VA ILA BILITY OFFUNDS . Funds described1
in paragraph (1 ) shall be made available as grants2
to State agencies based on each State s share of 3
households that participate in the Supplemental Nu-4
trition A ssistance Programas reported to the De-5
partment of A griculture f or the 1 2 - month period6
endingwithJune, 2 0 0 8 .7
(d) T REA TMENTOF J OBLESS WORKERS . Beginning8
with the f irst month that begins not less than 2 5 days9
af ter the date of enactment of this A ct, andf or eachsub-10
sequent month through September 30 , 2 0 1 0 , jobless11
adults whocomplywithworkregistrationandemployment12
and trainingrequirements under section 6 , section 2 0 , or13
section 2 6 of the Food and Nutrition A ct of 2 0 0 8 (714
U. S. C. 2 0 1 5 , 2 0 2 9 , or 2 0 35 ) shall not bedisqualif iedf rom15
the Supplemental Nutrition A ssistance Programbecause16
of the provisions of section 6 (o)(2 ) of such A ct (7 U. S. C.17
2 0 1 5 (o)(2 )). Beginning on October 1 , 2 0 1 0 , f or the pur-18
poses of section 6 (o), a State agency shall disregard any19
period during which an individual received Supplemental20
NutritionA ssistance Programbenef its prior toOctober 1 ,21
2 0 1 0 .22
(e) F UNDING . There is appropriated to the Sec-23
retaryof A griculture suchsums as are necessary tocarry24
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out this section, to remain available until expended. Sec-1
tion 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not applytothis appropriation.2
SEC. 2002. AFTERSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK3
CHILDREN.4
Section 1 7 (r) of the Richard B. Russell National5
School Lunch A ct (42 U. S. C. 1 7 6 6 (r)) is amended by6
strik ingsubsection(5 ).7
TITLE III—COMMERCE, JUSTICE,8
AND SCIENCE9
Subtitle A—Commerce10
DEPA RTMENT OFCOMMERCE11
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRA TION 12
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTA NCE PROGRA MS 13
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS )14
For an additional amount f or Economic Develop-15
ment A ssistance Programs , $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided,16
That the amount set aside f romthis appropriationpursu-17
ant tosection 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not exceed2 percent18
instead of the percentage specif ied in such section: Pro-19
vided further, That the amount set aside pursuant to the20
previous proviso shall be transf erred to and merged with21
the appropriation f or Salaries and Expenses f or pur-22
poses of programadministration and oversight: Provided23
further, That up to $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 may be transf erred to24
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f ederally authorized regional economic development com-1
missions.2
BUREA U OFTHE CENSUS 3
PERIODIC CENSUSES A ND PROGRA MS 4
For anadditional amount f or PeriodicCensuses and5
Programs , $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That section 1 1 0 66
of this A ct shall not apply to f unds provided under this7
heading.8
NA TIONA L TELECOMMUNICA TIONS A ND INFORMA TION 9
ADMINISTRA TION 10
SA LA RIES A ND EXPENSES 11
For an additional amount f or Salaries and Ex-12
penses , $35 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to remain available until Sep-13
tember 30 , 2 0 1 1 : Provided, That f unds shall be available14
to establish the State Broadband Data and Development15
Grant Program, as authorized by Public Law 1 1 0 38 5 ,16
f or the development and implementation of statewide ini-17
tiatives toidentif yandtrackthe availabilityandadoption18
of broadband services within each State, and to develop19
and maintain a nationwide broadband inventory map, as20
authorizedbysection31 0 1 of this A ct.21
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WIRELESS A ND BROA DBA ND DEPLOYMENT GRA NT 1
PROGRA MS 2
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 3
For necessary expenses related to the Wireless and4
Broadband Deployment Grant Programs established by5
section 31 0 2 of this A ct, $2 , 8 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which6
$1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or Wireless Deployment Grants7
and $1 , 8 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or Broadband Deployment8
Grants: Provided, That the National Telecommunications9
and Inf ormation A dministration shall submit a report on10
plannedspendingandactual obligations describingtheuse11
of these f unds not later than 1 2 0 days af ter the date of 12
enactment of this A ct, andanupdatereport not later than13
6 0 days f ollowingthe initial report, to the Committees on14
A ppropriations of the House of Representatives and the15
Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the16
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Com-17
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate: Pro-18
vided further, That notwithstanding section 1 1 0 3 of this19
A ct, 5 0 percent of the grants made available under this20
heading shall be awarded not later than September 30 ,21
2 0 0 9 : Provided further, That upto2 0 percent of thef unds22
provided under this heading f or Wireless Deployment23
Grants andBroadbandDeployment Grants maybe trans-24
f erredbetweentheseprograms: Provided further, That the25
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Committees onA ppropriations of the House of Represent-1
atives and the Senate shall be notif ied at least 1 5 days2
inadvanceof anytransf er.3
DIGITA L -TO -A NA LOGCONVERTER BOX PROGRA M 4
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in5
addition to amounts otherwise provided in any other A ct,6
f or costs associated with the Digital- to- A nalog Converter7
Box Program, $6 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to be available until Sep-8
tember 30 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided, That these f unds shall be9
available f or coupons and related activities, including but10
not limited toeducation, consumer support and outreach,11
as deemed appropriate and necessary to ensure a timely12
conversionof analogtodigital television.13
NA TIONA L INSTITUTEOF STA NDA RDSA ND TECHNOLOGY 14
SCIENTIFIC A ND TECHNICA L RESEA RCHA ND SERVICES 15
For an additional amount f or Scientif ic and Tech-16
nical ResearchandServices , $1 00 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .17
INDUSTRIA L TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 18
For anadditional amount f or Industrial Technology19
Services , $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which $7 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be20
available f or the necessaryexpenses of the TechnologyIn-21
novation Programand $30 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available f or22
the necessaryexpenses of the Hollings Manuf acturingEx-23
tensionPartnership.24
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CONSTRUCTION OFRESEA RCHFA CILITIES 1
For an additional amount f or Construction of Re-2
search Facilities , as authorized by sections 1 3 through3
1 5 of the A ct of March 1 3, 1 9 0 1 (1 5 U. S. C. 2 7 8 c- 2 7 8 e),4
$30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or a competitive construction grant pro-5
gramf or research science buildings: Provided further,6
That f or peer- reviewed grants made under this heading,7
the time limitationprovidedinsection1 1 0 3(b) of this A ct8
shall be 1 2 0 days.9
NA TIONA L OCEA NIC A ND ATMOSPHERIC 10
ADMINISTRA TION 11
OPERA TIONS , RESEA RCH , A ND FA CILITIES 12
For anadditional amount f or Operations, Research,13
andFacilities , $40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or habitat restorationand14
mitigationactivities.15
PROCUREMENT , A CQUISITION A ND CONSTRUCTION 16
For anadditional amount f or Procurement, A cquisi-17
tion and Construction , $6 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or accelerating18
satellite development and acquisition, acquiring climate19
sensors and climate modeling capacity, and establishing20
climate data records: Provided further, That not less than21
$1 40 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall beavailablef or climatedatamodeling.22
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GENERA L PROVISIONS, THIS SUBTITLE1
SEC. 3101. INVENTORY OF BROADBAND SERVICE CAPA-2
BILITY AND AVAILABILITY.3
(a) E STA BLISHMENT . To provide a comprehensive4
nationwide inventory of existing broadband service capa-5
bility and availability, the National Telecommunications6
and Inf ormation A dministration (NTIA ) shall develop7
and maintain a broadband inventory map of the United8
States that identif ies and depicts the geographic extent9
to which broadband service capability is deployed and10
available f roma commercial provider or public provider11
throughout eachState.12
(b) P UBLIC AVA ILA BILITY A ND INTERA CTIVITY . 13
Not later than2 years af ter the date of enactment of this14
A ct, the NTIA shall mak e the broadband inventory map15
developed and maintained pursuant to this section acces-16
sible bythe public ona WorldWide Website of the NTIA17
ina f ormthat is interactiveandsearchable.18
SEC. 3102. WIRELESS AND BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT19
GRANT PROGRAMS.20
(a) G RA NTS AUTHORIZED . 21
(1 ) I N GENERA L . The National Telecommuni-22
cations and Inf ormation A dministration (NTIA )23
is authorized to carry out a program to award24
grants to eligible entities f or the non- recurring costs25
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associated with the deployment of broadband inf ra-1
structure inrural, suburban, andurbanareas, inac-2
cordance withthe requirements of this section.3
(2 ) P ROGRA M WEBSITE . The NTIA shall de-4
velop and maintain a website to mak e publicly avail-5
able inf ormation about the program described in6
paragraph(1 ), including7
(A ) each prioritization report submitted by8
a State under subsection(b);9
(B) a list of eligible entities that have ap-10
plied f or a grant under this section, and the11
area or areas the entity proposes to serve; and12
(C) the status of each such application,13
whether approved, denied, or pending.14
(b) S TA TE PRIORITIES . 15
(1 ) P RIORITIES REPORT SUBMISSION . Not16
later than 7 5 days af ter the date of enactment of 17
this section, each State intending to participate in18
the programunder this section shall submit to the19
NTIA a report indicating the geographic areas of 20
the State which21
(A ) f or the purposes of determining the22
need f or Wireless Deployment Grants under23
subsection (c), the State considers to have the24
greatest priorityf or25
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(i) wireless voice service in unserved1
areas; and2
(ii) advanced wireless broadband serv-3
ice inunderservedareas; and4
(B) f or the purposes of determining the5
need f or Broadband Deployment Grants under6
subsection (d), the State considers to have the7
greatest priorityf or8
(i) basic broadband service in9
unservedareas; and10
(ii) advancedbroadbandservice inun-11
derservedareas.12
(2 ) L IMITA TION . The unserved and under-13
served areas identif ied by a State in the report re-14
quired by this subsection shall not represent, in the15
aggregate, more than 2 0 percent of the population16
or of the geographic area of suchState.17
(c) W IRELESS DEPLOYMENT GRA NTS . 18
(1 ) A UTHORIZED A CTIVITY . The NTIA shall19
award Wireless Deployment Grants in accordance20
with this subsection f rommoney appropriated f or21
Wireless Deployment Grants by this subtitle toeligi-22
ble entities todeploynecessaryinf rastructure f or the23
provision of wireless voice service or advanced wire-24
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less broadband service to end users in designated1
areas.2
(2 ) G RA NT DISTRIBUTION . The NTIA shall3
seek to distribute grants, to the extent possible, so4
that 2 5 percent of the grants awarded under this5
subsection shall be awarded to eligible entities f or6
providing wireless voice service to unserved areas7
and 7 5 percent of grants awarded under this sub-8
section shall be awarded to eligible entities f or pro-9
vidingadvancedwireless broadbandservice tounder-10
servedareas.11
(d) B ROA DBA ND DEPLOYMENT GRA NTS . 12
(1 ) A UTHORIZED A CTIVITY . The NTIA shall13
award Broadband Deployment Grants in accordance14
with this subsection f rommoney appropriated f or15
BroadbandDeployment Grants bythis subtitle toel-16
igible entities to deploy necessary inf rastructure f or17
the provisionof basic broadbandservice or advanced18
broadband service to end users in designated areas.19
(2 ) G RA NT DISTRIBUTION . The NTIA shall20
seek to distribute grants, to the extent possible, so21
that 2 5 percent of the grants awarded under this22
subsection shall be awarded to eligible entities f or23
providing basic broadband service to unserved areas24
and 7 5 percent of grants awarded under this sub-25
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section shall be awarded to eligible entities f or pro-1
viding advanced broadband service to underserved2
areas.3
(e) G RA NT REQUIREMENTS . TheNTIA shall4
(1 ) adopt rules toprotect against un just enrich-5
ment; and6
(2 ) ensure that grant recipients7
(A ) meet buildout requirements;8
(B) maximize use of the supported inf ra-9
structure bythe public;10
(C) operate basic and advanced broadband11
service network s onanopenaccess basis;12
(D) operate advanced wireless broadband13
service ona wireless openaccess basis; and14
(E) adhere to the principles contained in15
the Federal Communications Commission s16
broadband policy statement (FCC 0 5 - 1 5 1 ,17
adoptedA ugust 5 , 2 0 0 5 ).18
(f ) A PPLICA TIONS . 19
(1 ) S UBMISSION . To be considered f or a grant20
awardedunder subsection(c) or (d), aneligible enti-21
ty shall submit to the NTIA an application at such22
time, in such manner, and containing such inf orma-23
tion as the NTIA may require. Such an application24
shall include25
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(A ) a cost- study estimate f or serving the1
particular geographic area to be served by the2
entity;3
(B) anengineeringplan;4
(C) a proposed build- out schedule to resi-5
dential households and small businesses in the6
area;7
(D) f or applicants f or Wireless Deployment8
Grants under subsection (c), a build- out sched-9
ule f or geographic coverage of such areas; and10
(E) any other requirements the NTIA11
deems necessary.12
(2 ) S ELECTION . 13
(A ) N OTIFICA TION . The NTIA shall no-14
tif y each eligible entity that has submitted a15
complete application whether the entity has16
been approved or denied f or a grant under this17
sectionintimelyf ashion.18
(B) G RA NT DISTRIBUTION CONSIDER -19
A TIONS . In awarding grants under this sec-20
tion, the NTIA shall, to the extent practical21
(i) award not less than one grant in22
eachState;23
(ii) give substantial weight to whether24
an application is f roman eligible entity to25
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deploy inf rastructure in an area that is an1
area2
(I) identif ied by a State in a re-3
port submitted under subsection (b);4
or5
(II) in which the NTIA deter-6
mines there will be a signif icant7
amount of public saf ety or emergency8
response use of the inf rastructure;9
and10
(iii) consider whether an application11
f romaneligible entity todeployinf rastruc-12
ture inanarea13
(I) will, if approved, increase the14
af f ordability of , or subscribership to,15
service to the greatest population of 16
underservedusers inthe area;17
(II) will, if approved, enhance18
service f or health care delivery, edu-19
cation, or childrentothe greatest pop-20
ulation of underserved users in the21
area;22
(III) contains concrete plans f or23
enhancing computer ownership or24
computer literacyinthe area;25
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(IV) is f roma recipient of more1
than 2 0 percent matchinggrants f rom2
State, local, or private entities f or3
service in the area and the extent of 4
suchcommitment; and5
(V) will, if approved, result in6
un just enrichment because the eligible7
entity has applied f or, or intends to8
apply f or, support f or the non- recur-9
ring costs through another Federal10
programf or service inthe area.11
(g) C ONSULTA TION . The NTIA shall consult with12
the Federal Communications Commission and other ap-13
propriate Federal agencies in implementing this section.14
(h) D EFINITIONS . For the purpose of this section15
(1 ) the term advanced broadband service 16
means a service delivering data to the end user17
transmitted at a speed of at least 45 megabits per18
second downstreamand at least 1 5 megabits per19
secondupstream;20
(2 ) the term advanced wireless broadband21
service means a wireless service delivering to the22
end user data transmitted at a speed of at least 323
megabits per second downstream and at least 124
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megabit per second upstreamover an end- to- end1
internet protocol wireless network ;2
(3) the termbasic broadband service means3
a service delivering data to the end user transmitted4
at a speed of at least 5 megabits per second down-5
streamand at least 1 megabit per second upstream;6
(4) the termeligible entity means7
(A ) a provider of wireless voice service, ad-8
vanced wireless broadband service, basic9
broadbandservice, or advancedbroadbandserv-10
ice;11
(B) a State or unit of local government, or12
agency or instrumentality thereof , that is or in-13
tends to be a provider of any such service; and14
(C) any other entity, including construc-15
tion companies, tower- building companies, or16
other service providers, that the NTIA author-17
izes by rule to participate in the programs18
under this section, if such other entity is re-19
quired to provide access to the supported inf ra-20
structure on a neutral, reasonable basis to21
maximize use;22
(5 ) the termState includes the District of 23
Columbia andthe territories andpossessions;24
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(6 ) the termunderserved area shall be de-1
f ined by the Federal Communications Commission2
not later than 4 5 days af ter the date of enactment3
of this section;4
(7 ) the termunserved area shall be def ined5
by the Federal Communications Commission not6
later than 4 5 days af ter the date of enactment of 7
this section;8
(8 ) the termwireless voice service means the9
provision of two- way, real- time, voice communica-10
tions usinga mobile service;11
(9 ) the termopen access shall be def ined by12
the Federal Communications Commission not later13
than 4 5 days af ter the date of enactment of this sec-14
tion; and15
(1 0 ) the termwireless open access shall be16
def ined by the Federal Communications Commission17
not later than 4 5 days af ter the date of enactment18
of this section.19
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Subtitle B—Justice1
DEPA RTMENT OFJUSTICE2
STA TEA ND LOCA L LA WENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 3
OFFICEOF J USTICE PROGRA MS 4
STA TEA ND LOCA L LA W ENFORCEMENT A SSISTA NCE 5
For an additional amount f or State andLocal Law6
Enf orcement A ssistance , $3, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , tobe available7
f or the EdwardByrne Memorial Justice A ssistance Grant8
Programas authorized by subpart 1 of part Eof title I9
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Saf e Streets A ct of 10
1 9 68 , (except that section 1 0 0 1 (c), and the special rules11
f or Puerto Rico under section 5 0 5 (g), of such A ct shall12
not applyf or purposes of this A ct): Provided, That section13
1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply to f unds provided under14
this heading.15
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICINGSERVICES 16
For an additional amount f or Community Oriented17
Policing Services , $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to be available f or18
grants under section 1 7 0 1 of title I of the 1 9 6 8 A ct (4219
U. S. C. 37 9 6 dd) f or the hiring and rehiring of additional20
career lawenf orcement of f icers under part Q of suchtitle21
notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section: Provided,22
That f or peer- reviewed grants made under this heading,23
the time limitationprovidedinsection1 1 0 3(b) of this A ct24
shall be 1 2 0 days.25
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Subtitle C—Science1
NA TIONA L A ERONAUTICS A ND SPA CE2
A DMINISTRA TION3
SCIENCE 4
For an additional amount f or Science ,5
$40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which not less than $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall6
be solelyf or acceleratingthe development of the tier 1 set7
of Earth science climate research missions recommended8
bytheNational A cademies Decadal Survey.9
A ERONA UTICS 10
For an additional amount f or A eronautics ,11
$1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .12
CROSS A GENCY SUPPORT PROGRA MS 13
For anadditional amount f or Cross A gencySupport14
Programs , f or necessary expenses f or restoration and15
mitigationof National A eronautics andSpaceA dministra-16
tionownedinf rastructure andf acilities relatedtothe con-17
sequences of hurricanes, f loods, and other natural disas-18
ters occurring during 2 0 0 8 f or which the President de-19
clared a ma jor disaster under title IV of the Robert T.20
Staf f ordDisaster Relief andEmergencyA ssistance A ct of 21
1 9 7 4, $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .22
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NA TIONA L SCIENCEFOUNDA TION1
RESEA RCHA ND RELA TED A CTIVITIES 2
For anadditional amount f or ResearchandRelated3
A ctivities , $2 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That $30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 04
shall be available solely f or the Ma jor Research Instru-5
mentation programand $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or activi-6
ties authorizedbytitle II of Public Law1 0 0 5 7 0 f or aca-7
demicresearchf acilities modernization: Provided, That f or8
peer- reviewed grants made under this heading, the time9
limitationprovidedinsection1 1 0 3(b) of this A ct shall be10
1 2 0 days.11
EDUCA TION A ND HUMA N RESOURCES 12
For an additional amount f or Education and13
Human Resources , $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That14
$6 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or activities authorized by section15
7 0 30 of Public Law1 1 0 6 9 and$40 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or16
activities authorized by section 9 of the National Science17
FoundationA uthorizationA ct of 2 0 02 (42 U. S. C. 1 8 6 2 n).18
MA JOR RESEA RCHEQUIPMENT A ND FA CILITIES 19
CONSTRUCTION 20
For an additional amount f or Ma jor Research21
Equipment and Facilities Construction , $40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 ,22
whichshall beavailableonlyf or approvedpro jects.23
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TITLE IV—DEFENSE1
DEPA RTMENT OFDEFENSE2
F A CILITY INFRA STRUCTURE INVESTMENTS , DEFENSE 3
For expenses, not otherwise providedf or, toimprove,4
repair andmodernizeDepartment of Def ensef acilities, re-5
store andmodernize A rmybarrack s, andinvest inthe en-6
ergy ef f iciency of Department of Def ense f acilities,7
$4, 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or Facilities Sustainment, Restoration8
and Modernization programs of the Department of De-9
f ense (including minor construction and ma jor mainte-10
nanceandrepair), whichshall beavailableas f ollows:11
(1 ) Operation and Maintenance, A rmy ,12
$1 , 49 0 , 8 0 4, 0 0 0 .13
(2 ) Operation and Maintenance, Navy ,14
$6 2 4, 38 0 , 0 0 0 .15
(3) Operation and Maintenance, Marine16
Corps , $1 2 8 , 49 9 , 0 0 0 .17
(4) Operation and Maintenance, A ir Force ,18
$1 , 2 36 , 8 1 0 , 0 0 0 .19
(5 ) Def ense Health Program , $45 4, 6 5 8 , 0 0 0 .20
(6 ) Operation and Maintenance, A rmy Re-21
serve , $1 1 0 , 8 9 9 , 0 0 0 .22
(7 ) Operation and Maintenance, Navy Re-23
serve , $6 2 , 1 6 2 , 0 0 0 .24
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(8 ) Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps1
Reserve , $45 , 0 38 , 0 0 0 .2
(9 ) OperationandMaintenance, A ir Force Re-3
serve , $1 4, 8 8 1 , 0 0 0 .4
(1 0 ) Operation and Maintenance, A rmy Na-5
tional Guard , $30 2 , 7 0 0 , 0 0 0 .6
(1 1 ) OperationandMaintenance, A ir National7
Guard , $2 9 , 1 6 9 , 0 0 0 .8
ENERGY RESEA RCHA ND DEVELOPMENT , DEFENSE 9
For expenses, not otherwise provided f or, f or re-10
search, development, test andevaluationprograms f or im-11
provements inenergygeneration, transmission, regulation,12
use, and storage, f or military installations, military vehi-13
cles, and other military equipment, $35 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , which14
shall beavailableas f ollows:15
(1 ) Research, Development, Test and Evalua-16
tion, A rmy , $8 7 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 .17
(2 ) Research, Development, Test and Evalua-18
tion, Navy , $8 7 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 .19
(3) Research, Development, Test and Evalua-20
tion, A ir Force , $8 7 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 .21
(4) Research, Development, Test and Evalua-22
tion, Def ense- Wide , $8 7 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 023
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TITLE V—ENERGY AND WATER1
DEPA RTMENT OFTHEA RMY2
CORPS OF ENGINEERS C IVIL 3
CONSTRUCTION 4
For an additional amount f or Construction ,5
$2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That section 1 0 2 of Public6
Law 1 0 9 1 0 3 (33 U. S. C. 2 2 2 1 ) shall not apply to f unds7
provided in this paragraph: Provided further, That not-8
withstanding any other provision of law, f unds provided9
inthis paragraphshall not be cost sharedwiththe Inland10
Waterways Trust Fund as authorized in Public Law9911
6 6 2 : Provided further, That f unds provided in this para-12
graphmayonlybeusedf or programs, pro jects or activities13
previouslyf unded: Provided further, That theCorps of En-14
gineers is directedtoprioritize f undingf or activities based15
onthe abilitytoaccelerate existingcontracts or f ullyf und16
pro ject elements andcontracts f or suchelements ina time17
period of 2 years af ter the date of enactment of this A ct18
giving pref erence to pro jects and activities that are labor19
intensive: Provided further, That f unds provided in this20
paragraphshall beusedf or elements of pro jects, programs21
or activities that can be completed using f unds provided22
herein: Provided further, That f unds appropriated in this23
paragraphmaybeusedbythe Secretaryof theA rmy, act-24
ingthroughtheChief of Engineers, toundertak eworkau-25
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thorizedtobe carriedout inaccordance withone or more1
of section14 of the FloodControl A ct of 1 9 4 6 (33 U. S. C.2
7 0 1 r), section 2 0 5 of the Flood Control A ct of 1 9 48 (333
U. S. C. 7 0 1 s), section 2 0 6 of the Water Resources Devel-4
opment A ct of 1 9 9 6 (33 U. S. C. 2 330 ), and section1 1 355
of the Water Resources Development A ct of 1 9 8 6 (336
U. S. C. 2 30 9 a), notwithstanding the programcost limita-7
tions set f orth in those sections: Provided further, That8
the limitationconcerningtotal pro ject costs insection 9 0 29
of the Water Resources Development A ct of 1 9 8 6 , as10
amended (33 U. S. C. 2 2 8 0 ), shall not apply during f iscal11
year 2 0 0 9 to any pro ject that received f unds provided in12
this title: Provided further, That f or pro jects that are13
being completed with f unds appropriated in this A ct that14
are otherwise expired or lapsed f or obligation, expired or15
lapsedf unds appropriatedin this A ct maybe usedtopay16
the cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead,17
engineering and design on those pro jects and on subse-18
quent claims, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary19
of the A rmy shall submit a quarterly report to the Com-20
mittees onA ppropriations of theHouseof Representatives21
andthe Senate detailingthe allocation, obligationandex-22
penditures of these f unds, beginning not later than 4523
days af ter enactment of this A ct.24
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MISSISSIPPIRIVER A ND TRIBUTA RIES 1
For anadditional amount f or Mississippi River and2
Tributaries , $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That f unds pro-3
vided in this paragraph may only be used f or programs,4
pro jects, or activities previously f unded: Provided further,5
That the Corps of Engineers is directedtoprioritize f und-6
ingf or activities basedonthe abilitytoaccelerate existing7
contracts or f ully f und pro ject elements andcontracts f or8
such elements in a time period of 2 years af ter the date9
of enactment of this A ct givingpref erence topro jects and10
activities that are labor intensive: Provided further, That11
f unds provided in this paragraph shall be used f or ele-12
ments of pro jects, programs, or activities that canbecom-13
pletedusingf unds providedherein: Provided further, That14
f or pro jects that are being completed with f unds appro-15
priated in this A ct that are otherwise expired or lapsed16
f or obligation, expiredor lapsedf unds appropriatedinthis17
A ct maybe usedtopaythe cost of associatedsupervision,18
inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those19
pro jects and on subsequent claims, if any: Provided fur-20
ther, That the Secretaryof the A rmyshall submit a quar-21
terly report to the Committees on A ppropriations of the22
House of Representatives andthe Senate detailingthe al-23
location, obligationandexpenditures of thesef unds, begin-24
ning not later than 4 5 days af ter enactment of this A ct.25
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OPERA TION A ND MA INTENA NCE 1
For an additional amount f or Operation and Main-2
tenance , $2 , 2 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the Corps of 3
Engineers is directed to prioritize f unding f or activities4
basedontheabilitytoaccelerateexistingcontracts or f ully5
f und pro ject elements and contracts f or such elements in6
a time period of 2 years af ter the date of enactment of 7
this A ct giving pref erence to pro jects and activities that8
are labor intensive: Provided further, That f unds provided9
in this paragraph shall be used f or elements of pro jects,10
programs, or activities that canbe completedusingf unds11
provided herein: Provided further, That f or pro jects that12
are being completed with f unds appropriated in this A ct13
that areotherwiseexpiredor lapsedf or obligation, expired14
or lapsed f unds appropriated in this A ct may be used to15
pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, over-16
head, engineering and design on those pro jects and on17
subsequent claims, if any: Provided further, That the Sec-18
retary of the A rmyshall submit a quarterly report to the19
Committees onA ppropriations of the House of Represent-20
atives and the Senate detailing the allocation, obligation21
andexpenditures of these f unds, beginningnot later than22
45 days af ter enactment of this A ct.23
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REGULA TORY PROGRA M 1
For anadditional amount f or RegulatoryProgram ,2
$2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .3
DEPA RTMENT OFTHEINTERIOR4
BUREA U OF RECLA MA TION 5
WA TER A ND RELA TED RESOURCES 6
For an additional amount f or Water and Related7
Resources , $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That of the amount8
appropriated under this heading, not less than9
$1 2 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used f or water reclamation and10
reuse pro jects authorized under title XVI of Public Law11
1 0 2 5 7 5 : Provided further, That of the amount appro-12
priated under this heading, not less than $8 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 013
shall beusedf or rural water pro jects andthesef unds shall14
be expended primarily on water intak e and treatment f a-15
cilities of such pro jects: Provided further, That the costs16
of reimbursable activities, other thanf or maintenance and17
rehabilitation, carriedout withf unds madeavailableunder18
this heading shall be repaid pursuant to existing authori-19
ties and agreements: Provided further, That the costs of 20
maintenance and rehabilitation activities carried out with21
f unds providedin this A ct shall be repaidpursuant toex-22
isting authority, except the length of repayment period23
shall be determined on needs- based criteria to be estab-24
lished and adopted by the Commissioner of the Bureau25
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of Reclamation, but innocase shall the repayment period1
exceed 2 5 years.2
DEPA RTMENT OFENERGY3
ENERGY PROGRA MS4
ENERGY EFFICIENCY A ND RENEWA BLE ENERGY 5
For anadditional amount f or EnergyEf f iciencyand6
RenewableEnergy , $1 8 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , whichshall beused7
as f ollows:8
(1 ) $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or expenses nec-9
essaryf or energyef f iciencyandrenewable energyre-10
search, development, demonstration and deployment11
activities, to accelerate the development of tech-12
nologies, to include advanced batteries, of which not13
less than $8 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or biomass and14
$40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or geothermal technologies.15
(2 ) $5 0 0 , 0 00 , 0 00 shall be f or expenses nec-16
essary to implement the programs authorized under17
part E of title III of the Energy Policy and Con-18
servationA ct (42 U. S. C. 6 341 et seq. ).19
(3) $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or the cost of 20
grants to institutional entities f or energy sustain-21
ability and ef f iciency under section39 9 A of the En-22
ergyPolicyandConservationA ct (42 U. S. C. 6 37 1 h-23
1 ).24
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(4) $6 , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or the Weatheriza-1
tion A ssistance Programunder part A of title IV of 2
the Energy Conservation and Production A ct (423
U. S. C. 6 8 6 1 et seq. ).4
(5 ) $3, 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or Energy Ef f i-5
ciency and Conservation Block Grants, f or imple-6
mentation of programs authorized under subtitle E7
of title V of the Energy Independence and Security8
A ct of 2 0 0 7 (42 U. S. C. 1 7 1 5 1 et seq. ).9
(6 ) $3, 40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or the State En-10
ergy Programauthorized under part D of title III11
of the Energy Policy and Conservation A ct (4212
U. S. C. 6 32 1 ).13
(7 ) $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or expenses nec-14
essary to implement the programs authorized under15
section 1 31 of the Energy Independence and Secu-16
rityA ct of 2 0 0 7 (42 U. S. C. 1 7 0 1 1 ).17
(8 ) $30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or expenses nec-18
essary to implement the programauthorized under19
section 1 2 4 of the Energy Policy A ct of 2 0 0 5 (4220
U. S. C. 1 5 8 2 1 ) andthe EnergyStar program.21
(9 ) $40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or expenses nec-22
essary to implement the programauthorized under23
section 7 2 1 of the Energy Policy A ct of 2 0 0 5 (4224
U. S. C. 1 6 0 7 1 ).25
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(1 0 ) $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or expenses nec-1
essary f or the manuf acturing of advanced batteries2
authorizedunder section1 36 (b)(1 )(B) of the Energy3
Independence and Security A ct of 2 0 0 7 (42 U. S. C.4
1 7 0 1 3(b)(1 )(B)):5
Provided, That notwithstanding section 330 4 of title 5 ,6
UnitedStates Code, andwithout regard to the provisions7
of sections 330 9 through 331 8 of such title 5 , the Sec-8
retary of Energy may, upon a determination that there9
is a severe shortage of candidates or a critical hiringneed10
f or particular positions, recruit anddirectlyappoint highly11
qualif iedindividuals intothe competitive service: Provided12
further, That such authority shall not apply to positions13
in the Excepted Service or the Senior Executive Service:14
Provided further, That any action authorized herein shall15
be consistent with the merit principles of section 2 30 1 of 16
such title 5 , and the Department shall comply with the17
public notice requirements of section 332 7 of such title18
5 .19
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY A ND ENERGY RELIA BILITY 20
For an additional amount f or Electricity Delivery21
and Energy Reliability, $4, 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That22
f unds shall be available f or expenses necessary f or elec-23
tricity delivery and energy reliability activities to mod-24
ernize the electric grid, enhance securityandreliabilityof 25
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the energy inf rastructure, energy storage research, devel-1
opment, demonstration anddeployment, andf acilitate re-2
coveryf romdisruptions to the energysupply, andf or im-3
plementation of programs authorized under title XIII of 4
the Energy Independence and Security A ct of 2 0 0 7 (425
U. S. C. 1 7 38 1 et seq. ): Provided further, That of such6
amounts, $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or work er training: Pro-7
vided further, That the Secretary of Energy may use or8
transf er amounts providedunder this headingtocarryout9
newauthority f or transmission improvements, if such au-10
thority is enacted in any subsequent A ct, consistent with11
existingf iscal management practices andprocedures.12
ADVA NCED BA TTERY LOA N GUA RA NTEE PROGRA M 13
For the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized by14
section1 35 of the EnergyIndependence andSecurityA ct15
of 2 0 0 7 (42 U. S. C. 1 7 0 1 2 ), $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to remain16
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount,17
$1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used f or administrative expenses in18
carrying out the guaranteed loan program, and shall be19
inlieuof the amount set aside under section 1 1 0 6 of this20
A ct: Provided further, That the cost of suchloans, includ-21
ing the cost of modif ying such loans, shall be as def ined22
in section 5 0 2 of the Congressional Budget A ct of 1 9 7 4 .23
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INSTITUTIONA L LOA N GUA RA NTEE PROGRA M 1
For the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized by2
section39 9 A of the Energy Policy and Conservation A ct3
(42 U. S. C. 6 37 1 h1 ), $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That of 4
such amount, $1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used f or administra-5
tive expenses in carrying out the guaranteed loan pro-6
gram, and shall be in lieu of the amount set aside under7
section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct: Provided further, That the cost8
of such loans, including the cost of modif ying such loans,9
shall be as def ined in section 5 0 2 of the Congressional10
Budget A ct of 1 9 7 4.11
INNOVA TIVE TECHNOLOGY LOA N GUA RA NTEE PROGRA M 12
For anadditional amount f or InnovativeTechnology13
Loan Guarantee Program f or the cost of guaranteed14
loans authorizedbysection1 7 0 5 of the EnergyPolicyA ct15
of 2 0 0 5 , $8 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 , 0 00 : Provided, That of suchamount,16
$2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used f or administrative expenses in17
carrying out the guaranteed loan program, and shall be18
inlieuof the amount set aside under section 1 1 0 6 of this19
A ct: Provided further, That the cost of suchloans, includ-20
ing the cost of modif ying such loans, shall be as def ined21
in section 5 0 2 of the Congressional Budget A ct of 1 9 7 4 .22
F OSSIL ENERGY 23
For an additional amount f or Fossil Energy ,24
$2 , 40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or necessary expenses to demonstrate25
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carbon capture and sequestration technologies as author-1
ized under section 7 0 2 of the Energy Independence and2
SecurityA ct of 2 0 0 7 .3
SCIENCE 4
For an additional amount f or Science ,5
$2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That of suchamounts, not less6
than $40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used f or the A dvanced Re-7
searchPro jects A gency Energyauthorizedunder section8
5 0 1 2 of theA mericaCOMPETES A ct (42 U. S. C. 1 6 5 38 ):9
Provided further, That of such amounts, not less than10
$1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used f or advanced scientif ic com-11
puting.12
ENVIRONMENTA L A ND OTHER DEFENSE13
A CTIVITIES14
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTA L CLEA NUP 15
For an additional amount f or Def ense Environ-16
mental Cleanup, $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That such17
amounts shall be usedf or elements of pro jects, programs,18
or activities that can be completed using f unds provided19
herein.20
GENERA L PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE21
SEC. 5001. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ENERGY22
INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007.23
(a) Section 5 43(a) of the Energy Independence and24
SecurityA ct of 2 0 0 7 (42 U. S. C. 1 7 1 5 3(a)) is amended25
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(1 ) by redesignating paragraphs (2 ) through1
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5 ), respectively; and2
(2 ) by strik ing paragraph (1 ) and inserting the3
f ollowing:4
(1 ) 34 percent toeligible units of local govern-5
mentalternative 1 , in accordance with subsection6
(b);7
(2 ) 34 percent toeligible units of local govern-8
mentalternative 2 , in accordance with subsection9
(b); .10
(b) Section 5 4 8 (a)(1 ) of the Energy Independence11
and Security A ct of 2 0 0 7 (42 U. S. C. 1 7 1 5 8 (a)(1 )) is12
amending by strik ing ; provided and all that f ollows13
through5 4 1 (3)(B) .14
SEC. 5002. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ENERGY15
INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007.16
Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security17
A ct of 2 0 0 7 (1 5 U. S. C. 1 7 38 1 andf ollowing) is amended18
as f ollows:19
(1 ) By amending subparagraph (A ) of section20
1 30 4(b)(3) toreadas f ollows:21
(A ) I N GENERA L . In carrying out the22
initiative, the Secretary shall provide f inancial23
support to smart grid demonstration pro jects24
including those in rural areas and areas where25
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the ma jority of generation and transmission as-1
sets are controlledbya tax- exempt entity. .2
(2 ) By amending subparagraph (C) of section3
1 30 4(b)(3) toreadas f ollows:4
(C) F EDERA L SHA REOFCOST OFTECH -5
NOLOGY INVESTMENTS . The Secretary shall6
provide to an electric utility described in sub-7
paragraph (B) or to other parties f inancial as-8
sistance f or use in paying an amount equal to9
not more than 5 0 percent of the cost of quali-10
f ying advanced grid technology investments11
made by the electric utility or other party to12
carryout a demonstrationpro ject. .13
(3) By inserting a newsubparagraph (E) af ter14
1 30 4(b)(3)(D) as f ollows:15
(E) A VA ILA BILITY OF DA TA . The Sec-16
retaryshall establishandmaintaina smart grid17
inf ormation clearinghouse in a timely manner18
which will mak e data f romsmart grid dem-19
onstration pro jects and other sources available20
to the public. A s a condition of receiving f inan-21
cial assistance under this subsection, a utilityor22
other participant in a smart griddemonstration23
pro ject shall provide such inf ormation as the24
Secretary may require to become available25
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through the smart grid inf ormation clearing-1
house in the f ormandwithin the timef rames as2
directed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall3
assure that business proprietary inf ormation4
and individual customer inf ormation is not in-5
cluded in the inf ormation made available6
throughthe clearinghouse. .7
(4) By amending paragraph (2 ) of section8
1 30 4(c) toreadas f ollows:9
(2 ) to carry out subsection (b), such sums as10
maybe necessary. .11
(5 ) B y amendingsubsection(a) of section1 30 612
by strik ing reimbursement of one- f if th (2 0 per-13
cent) and inserting grants of up to one- half (5 014
percent) .15
(6 ) By strik ing the last sentence of subsection16
(b)(9 ) of section1 30 6 .17
(7 ) By strik ing are eligible f or in subsection18
(c)(1 ) of section1 30 6 andinsertingutilize .19
(8 ) B y amendingsubsection (e) of section1 30 620
toreadas f ollows:21
(e) P ROCEDURES A ND RULES . The Secretary22
shall23
(1 ) establish within 6 0 days af ter the enact-24
ment of the A merican Recovery and Reinvestment25
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A ct of 2 0 0 9 procedures by which applicants can ob-1
tain grants of not more than one- half of their docu-2
mentedcosts;3
(2 ) establishprocedures toensure that there is4
no duplication or multiple payment f or the same in-5
vestment or costs, that the grant goes to the party6
mak ing the actual expenditures f or qualif ying smart7
gridinvestments, andthat the grants made have sig-8
nif icant ef f ect inencouragingandf acilitatingthe de-9
velopment of a smart grid;10
(3) maintain public records of grants made,11
recipients, and qualif ying smart grid investments12
whichhave receivedgrants;13
(4) establish procedures to provide advance14
payment of moneys up to the f ull amount of the15
grant award; and16
(5 ) have and exercise the discretion to deny17
grants f or investments that do not qualif y in the18
reasonable judgment of the Secretary. .19
SEC. 5003. RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ELECTRIC POWER20
TRANSMISSION LOAN GUARANTEE PRO-21
GRAMS.22
(a) A MENDMENT . Title XVII of the Energy Policy23
A ct of 2 0 0 5 (42 U. S. C. 1 6 5 1 1 et seq. ) is amendedbyadd-24
ingthef ollowingat theend:25
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‘‘SEC. 1705. TEMPORARY PROGRAM FOR RAPID DEPLOY-1
MENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ELEC-2
TRIC POWER TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.3
(a) I N GENERA L . Notwithstanding section 1 7 0 3,4
the Secretary may mak e guarantees under this section5
only f or commercial technology pro jects under subsection6
(b) that will commence construction not later than Sep-7
tember 30 , 2 0 1 1 .8
(b) C A TEGORIES . Pro jects f romonly the f ollowing9
categories shall be eligible f or support under this section:10
(1 ) Renewable energysystems.11
(2 ) Electric power transmissionsystems.12
(c) W A GE RA TE REQUIREMENTS . The Secretary13
shall require that eachrecipient of support under this sec-14
tion provide reasonable assurance that all laborers and15
mechanics employedin the perf ormance of the pro ject f or16
whichthe assistance is provided, includingthose employed17
by contractors or subcontractors, will be paid wages at18
rates not less thanthose prevailingonsimilar workinthe19
localityas determinedbytheSecretaryof Labor inaccord-20
ancewithsubchapter IVof chapter 31 of part A of subtitle21
II of title 40 , United States Code (commonly ref erred to22
as theDavis- BaconA ct ).23
(d) S UNSET . The authority to enter into guaran-24
tees under this section shall expire on September 30 ,25
2 0 1 1 . .26
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(b) T A BLEOF CONTENTS AMENDMENT . The table1
of contents f or the EnergyPolicyA ct of 2 0 0 5 is amended2
by inserting af ter the itemrelating to section 1 7 0 4 the3
f ollowingnewitem:4
Sec. 1 7 05 . Temporary programf or rapid deployment of renewable energyand
electric power transmissionpro jects. .
SEC. 5004. WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION BOR-5
ROWING AUTHORITY.6
The Hoover Power Plant A ct of 1 9 8 4 (Public Law7
9 8 - 38 1 ) is amended by adding at the end the f ollowing:8
‘‘TITLE III—BORROWING9
AUTHORITY10
‘‘SEC. 301. WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION BOR-11
ROWING AUTHORITY.12
(a) D EFINITIONS . Inthis section13
(1 ) A DMINISTRA TOR . The term A dminis-14
trator means the A dministrator of the Western15
A rea Power A dministration.16
(2 ) S ECRETA RY . The termSecretary means17
the Secretaryof the Treasury.18
(b) A UTHORITY . 19
(1 ) I N GENERA L . Notwithstanding any other20
provision of law, sub ject to paragraphs (2 ) through21
(5 )22
(A ) the Western A rea Power A dministra-23
tion may borrowf unds f romthe Treasury; and24
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(B) the Secretary shall, without f urther1
appropriationandwithout f iscal year limitation,2
loan to the Western A rea Power A dministra-3
tion, on such terms as may be f ixed by the A d-4
ministrator and the Secretary, such sums (not5
to exceed, in the aggregate (including def erred6
interest), $3, 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 in outstanding repay-7
able balances at any 1 time) as, in the judg-8
ment of the A dministrator, are f romtime to9
time requiredf or the purpose of 10
(i) constructing, f inancing, f acili-11
tating, or studying construction of newor12
upgraded electric power transmission lines13
and related f acilities with at least 1 ter-14
minus within the area served by the West-15
ernA rea Power A dministration; and16
(ii) delivering or f acilitating the de-17
livery of power generated by renewable en-18
ergy resources constructed or reasonably19
expected to be constructed af ter the date20
of enactment of this section.21
(2 ) I NTEREST . The rate of interest to be22
charged in connection with any loan made pursuant23
to this subsection shall be f ixed by the Secretary,24
tak ing into consideration mark et yields on out-25
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standingmark etable obligations of the UnitedStates1
of comparable maturities as of the date of the loan.2
(3) R EFINA NCING . The Western A rea Power3
A dministration may ref inance loans tak en pursuant4
tothis sectionwithinthe Treasury.5
(4) P A RTICIPA TION . The A dministrator may6
permit other entities to participate in pro jects f i-7
nancedunder this section.8
(5 ) C ONGRESSIONA L REVIEW OF DISBURSE -9
MENT . Ef f ective uponthe date of enactment of this10
section, the A dministrator shall have the authority11
to have utilized $1 , 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 at any one time. If 12
the A dministrator seek s to borrow f unds above13
$1 , 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , the f unds will be disbursed unless14
there is enacted, within 9 0 calendar days of the f irst15
such request, a joint resolution that rescinds the re-16
mainder of the balance of the borrowing authority17
providedinthis section.18
(c) T RA NSMISSION LINEA ND RELA TED F A CILITY 19
PROJECTS . 20
(1 ) I N GENERA L . For repayment purposes,21
each transmission line and related f acility pro ject in22
which the Western A rea Power A dministration par-23
ticipates pursuant to this section shall be treated as24
separate anddistinct f rom25
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(A ) eachother suchpro ject; and1
(B) all other WesternA rea Power A dmin-2
istrationpower andtransmissionf acilities.3
(2 ) P ROCEEDS . The Western A rea Power4
A dministrationshall applythe proceeds f romthe use5
of the transmission capacity f rom an individual6
pro ject under this section to the repayment of the7
principal and interest of the loan f romthe Treasury8
attributable to that pro ject, af ter reserving such9
f unds as the Western A rea Power A dministration10
determines are necessary11
(A ) to pay f or any ancillary services that12
are provided; and13
(B) to meet the costs of operating and14
maintaining the new pro ject f romwhich the15
revenues are derived.16
(3) S OURCEOFREVENUE . Revenue f romthe17
use of pro jects under this section shall be the only18
source of revenue f or19
(A ) repayment of the associated loan f or20
the pro ject; and21
(B) payment of expenses f or ancillary22
services andoperationandmaintenance.23
(4) L IMITA TION ON A UTHORITY . Nothing in24
this sectionconf ers onthe A dministrator anyobliga-25
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tion to provide ancillary services to users of trans-1
missionf acilities developedunder this section.2
(d) C ERTIFICA TION . 3
(1 ) I N GENERA L . For each pro ject in which4
the Western A rea Power A dministration participates5
pursuant tothis section, the A dministrator shall cer-6
tif y, prior to committing f unds f or any such pro ject,7
that8
(A ) the pro ject is inthe public interest;9
(B) the pro ject will not adversely impact10
systemreliability or operations, or other statu-11
toryobligations; and12
(C) it is reasonable to expect that the13
proceeds f romthe pro ject shall be adequate to14
mak e repayment of the loan.15
(2 ) F ORGIVENESS OFBA LA NCES . 16
(A ) I N GENERA L . If , at the end of the17
usef ul lif e of a pro ject, there is a remainingbal-18
ance owed to the Treasury under this section,19
the balance shall be f orgiven.20
(B) U NCONSTRUCTED PROJECTS . Funds21
expended to study pro jects that are considered22
pursuant to this section but that are not con-23
structedshall be f orgiven.24
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(C) N OTIFICA TION . The A dministrator1
shall notif y the Secretary of such amounts as2
are tobe f orgivenunder this paragraph.3
(e) P UBLIC PROCESSES . 4
(1 ) P OLICIES A ND PRA CTICES . Prior to re-5
questing any loans under this section, the A dminis-6
trator shall use a public process to develop practices7
andpolicies that implement the authoritygrantedby8
this section.9
(2 ) R EQUESTS FOR INTERESTS . In the10
course of selecting potential pro jects to be f unded11
under this section, the A dministrator shall seek re-12
quests f or interest f romentities interested in identi-13
f ying potential pro jects through one or more notices14
publishedinthe Federal Register. .15
SEC. 5005. WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.16
(a) I NCOME LEVEL . Section 4 1 2 (7 ) of the Energy17
Conservation and Production A ct (42 U. S. C. 6 8 6 2 (7 )) is18
amendedbystrik ing1 5 0 percent bothplaces it appears19
andinserting2 0 0 percent .20
(b) A SSISTA NCE LEVEL PER DWELLING UNIT . 21
Section 4 1 5 (c)(1 ) of theEnergyConservationandProduc-22
tion A ct (42 U. S. C. 6 8 6 5 (c)(1 )) is amended by strik ing23
$2 , 5 0 0 andinserting$5 , 0 0 0 .24
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SEC. 5006. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION.1
For the purposes of providing f unds to assist in f i-2
nancing the construction, acquisition, and replacement of 3
the transmissionsystemof theBonneville Power A dminis-4
tration and to implement the authority of the A dminis-5
trator under the Pacif ic Northwest Electric Power Plan-6
ning and Conservation A ct (1 6 U. S. C. 8 39 et seq. ), an7
additional $3, 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 inborrowingauthorityis made8
available under the Federal Columbia River Transmission9
SystemA ct (1 6 U. S. C. 8 38 et seq. ), toremainoutstanding10
at anytime.11
SEC. 5007. RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION12
STUDY.13
In completing the 2 0 0 9 National Electric Trans-14
mission Congestion Study, the Secretary of Energy shall15
include16
(1 ) an analysis of the signif icant potential17
sources of renewable energy that are constrained in18
accessing appropriate mark et areas by lack of ade-19
quate transmissioncapacity;20
(2 ) an analysis of the reasons f or f ailure to de-21
velopthe adequate transmissioncapacity; and22
(3) recommendations f or achieving adequate23
transmissioncapacity.24
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SEC. 5008. APPROPRIATIONS TRANSFER AUTHORITY.1
Not toexceed 2 0 percent of the amounts made avail-2
able inthis A ct tothe Department of Energyf or Energy3
Ef f iciency and Renewable Energy , Electricity Delivery4
and Energy Reliability , and A dvanced Battery Loan5
Guarantee Program may be transf erred within and be-6
tween such accounts, except that no amount specif ied7
under any such heading may be increased or decreased8
bymore thana total of 2 0 percent bysuchtransf ers, and9
notif icationof such transf ers shall be submittedpromptly10
totheCommittees onA ppropriations of theHouseof Rep-11
resentatives andtheSenate.12
TITLE VI—FINANCIAL SERVICES13
AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT14
Subtitle A—General Services15
GENERA L SERVICES ADMINISTRA TION 16
FEDERA L BUILDINGS FUND 17
LIMITA TIONS ON A VA ILA BILITY OFREVENUE 18
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 19
For anadditional amount tobe depositedinthe Fed-20
eral Buildings Fund, $7 , 7 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or real propertyac-21
tivities withprioritygiventoactivities that cancommence22
promptly f ollowing enactment of this A ct; of which up to23
$1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be usedf or construction, repair, and24
alteration of border f acilities and land ports of entry; of 25
whichnot less than$6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be usedf or con-26
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struction, repair, and alteration of Federal buildings f or1
pro jects that will create thegreatest impact onenergyef f i-2
ciency and conservation; of which $1 0 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall re-3
main available until September 30 , 2 0 1 2 , and shall be4
usedf or rental of spacecosts associatedwiththeconstruc-5
tion, repair, and alteration of these pro jects; Provided,6
That of the amounts provided, $1 6 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall remain7
availableuntil September 30 , 2 0 1 2 , andshall be f or build-8
ingoperations insupport of the activities describedinthis9
paragraph: Provided further, That the preceding proviso10
shall apply to this appropriation in lieu of the provisions11
of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct: Provided further, That theA d-12
ministrator of General Services is authorized to initiate13
design, construction, repair, alteration, leasing, and other14
pro jects throughexistingauthorities of the A dministrator:15
Provided further, That the A dministrator shall submit a16
detailed plan, by pro ject, regarding the use of f unds to17
the Committees on A ppropriations of the House of Rep-18
resentatives and the Senate within 30 days af ter enact-19
ment of this A ct, and shall provide notif ication to the20
Committees within 1 5 days prior toanychanges regarding21
the use of these f unds: Provided further, That the A dmin-22
istrator shall report to the Committees on the obligation23
of these f unds ona quarterlybasis beginningonJune30,24
2 0 0 9 : Provided further, That of the amounts provided,25
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$4, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be transf erredtoandmergedwithGov-1
ernment- WidePolicy , f or theOf f iceof Federal High- Per-2
f ormance Green Buildings as authorized in the Energy3
Independence andSecurityA ct of 2 0 0 7 (Public Law1 1 0 4
1 4 0 ).5
ENERGY EFFICIENT FEDERA L MOTOR VEHICLEFLEET 6
PROCUREMENT 7
For capital expenditures and necessary expenses of 8
the General Services A dministration s Motor Vehicle A c-9
quisitionandMotor Vehicle Leasingprograms f or the ac-10
quisition of motor vehicles, including plug- in and alter-11
native f uel vehicles, $6 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the12
amount set aside f romthis appropriationpursuant tosec-13
tion 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be 1 percent instead of the14
percentage specif ied in such section: Provided further,15
That none of these f unds may be obligated until the A d-16
ministrator of General Services submits totheCommittees17
onA ppropriations of theHouseof Representatives andthe18
Senate, within 9 0 days af ter enactment of this A ct, a plan19
f or expenditureof thef unds that details thecurrent inven-20
tory of the Federal f leet owned by the General Services21
A dministration, as well as other Federal agencies, andthe22
strategytoexpendthese f unds toreplace a portionof the23
Federal f leet with the goal of substantially increasing en-24
ergy ef f iciency over the current status, including increas-25
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ing f uel ef f iciency and reducing emissions: Provided fur-1
ther, That the A dministrator shall report to the Commit-2
tees on the obligation of these f unds on a quarterly basis3
beginningonJune30 , 2 0 0 9 .4
Subtitle B—Small Business5
SMA LL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA TION 6
BUSINESS LOA NS PROGRA MA CCOUNT 7
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFERS OFFUNDS) 8
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees au-9
thorized by sections 6 2 0 2 through 6 2 0 5 of this A ct,10
$42 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That such cost, including the11
cost of modif yingsuchloans, shall beas def inedinsection12
5 0 2 of theCongressional Budget A ct of 1 9 7 4. Inaddition,13
f or administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan14
and loan guarantee programs authorized by this A ct,15
$4, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , whichmaybe transf erredtoandmergedwith16
the appropriations f or Salaries and Expenses: Provided,17
That this sentence shall applytothis appropriationinlieu18
of theprovisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct.19
GENERA L PROVISIONS, THIS SUBTITLE20
SEC. 6201. ECONOMIC STIMULUS LENDING PROGRAM FOR21
SMALL BUSINESSES.22
(a) P URPOSE . The purpose of this sectionis toper-23
mit the Small Business A dministration to guarantee up24
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to 9 5 percent of qualif ying small business loans made by1
eligiblelenders.2
(b) D EFINITIONS . For purposes of this section:3
(1 ) The termA dministrator means the A d-4
ministrator of the Small Business A dministration.5
(2 ) The termqualif ying small business loan 6
means any loan to a small business concern that7
would be eligible f or a loan guarantee under section8
7 (a) of the Small Business A ct (1 5 U. S. C. 6 36 ) or9
title V of the Small Business Investment A ct of 10
1 9 5 8 (1 5 U. S. C. 6 9 5 andf ollowing).11
(3) The termsmall business concern has the12
same meaning as provided by section 3 of the Small13
Business A ct (1 5 U. S. C. 6 32 ).14
(c) A PPLICA TION . Inorder toparticipateintheloan15
guarantee programunder this section a lender shall sub-16
mit anapplicationtothe A dministrator f or the guarantee17
of upto 9 5 percent of theprincipal amount of aqualif ying18
small business loan. The A dministrator shall approve or19
deny each such application within 5 business days af ter20
receipt thereof . The A dministrator may not delegate to21
lenders the authoritytoapprove or disapprove suchappli-22
cations.23
(d) F EES . The A dministrator may charge f ees f or24
guarantees issued under this section. Such f ees shall not25
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exceed the f ees permitted f or loan guarantees under sec-1
tion 7 (a) of the Small Business A ct (1 5 U. S. C. 6 31 and2
f ollowing).3
(e) I NTEREST RA TES . The A dministrator may not4
guarantee under this section any loan that bears interest5
at a rate higher than3 percent above the higher of either6
of the f ollowing as quoted in the Wall Street Journal on7
the f irst business dayof theweekinwhichsuchguarantee8
is issued:9
(1 ) The London interbank of f ered rate10
(LIBOR) f or a 3- monthperiod.11
(2 ) The Prime Rate.12
(f ) Q UA LIFIED BORROWERS . 13
(1 ) A LIENS UNLA WFULLY PRESENT IN THE 14
UNITED STA TES . A loan guarantee may not be15
made under this section f or a loan made to a con-16
cern if an individual who is an alien unlawf ully17
present inthe UnitedStates18
(A ) has an ownership interest in that con-19
cern; or20
(B) has an ownership interest in another21
concern that itself has an ownership interest in22
that concern.23
(2 ) F IRMS IN VIOLA TION OF IMMIGRA TION 24
LA WS. No loan guarantee may be made under this25
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section f or a loan to any entity f ound, based on a1
determination by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-2
rity or the A ttorney General to have engaged in a3
pattern or practice of hiring, recruiting or ref erring4
f or a f ee, f or employment in the United States an5
alien k nowing the person is an unauthorized alien.6
(g) C RIMINA L BA CKGROUND CHECKS . Prior to the7
approval of anyloanguaranteeunder this section, theA d-8
ministrator may verif y the applicant s criminal back -9
ground, or lackthereof , throughthe best available means,10
including, if possible, use of the National Crime Inf orma-11
tionCenter computer systemat theFederal Bureauof In-12
vestigation.13
(h) A PPLICA TION OF OTHER LA W. Nothing in this14
section shall be construed to exempt any activity of the15
A dministrator under this section f romthe Federal Credit16
Ref ormA ct of 1 9 9 0 (title V of the Congressional Budget17
andImpoundment Control A ct of 1 9 7 4; 2 U. S. C. 6 61 and18
f ollowing).19
(i) S UNSET . Loan guarantees may not be issued20
under this section af ter the date 9 0 days af ter the date21
of establishment (as determined by the A dministrator) of 22
theeconomicrecoveryprogramunder section6 2 0 4 .23
( j) S MA LL BUSINESS ACT PROVISIONS . The provi-24
sions of theSmall Business A ct applicable toloanguaran-25
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tees under section7 of that A ct shall applytoloanguaran-1
tees under this sectionexcept as otherwiseprovidedinthis2
section.3
(k ) A UTHORIZA TION . Thereareauthorizedtobeap-4
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out5
this section.6
SEC. 6202. ESTABLISHMENT OF SBA SECONDARY MARKET7
LENDING AUTHORITY.8
(a) P URPOSE . The purpose of this sectionis topro-9
vide theSmall Business A dministrationwiththeauthority10
toestablishaSecondaryMark et LendingA uthoritywithin11
theSBA tomak e loans tothesystemicallyimportant SBA12
secondary mark et brok er- dealers who operate the SBA13
secondarymark et.14
(b) D EFINITIONS . For purposes of this section:15
(1 ) The termA dministrator means the A d-16
ministrator of the SBA .17
(2 ) The termSBA means the Small Business18
A dministration.19
(3) The terms Secondary Mark et Lending A u-20
thority andA uthority meanthe of f ice established21
under subsection(c).22
(4) The termSBA secondary mark et means23
the mark et f or the purchase and sale of loans origi-24
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nated, underwritten, and closed under the Small1
Business A ct.2
(5 ) The term Systemically Important Sec-3
ondary Mark et Brok er- Dealers mean those entities4
designated under subsection (c)(1 ) as vital to the5
continued operation of the SBA secondary mark et6
by reason of their purchase and sale of the govern-7
ment guaranteed portion of loans, or pools of loans,8
originated, underwritten, andclosedunder the Small9
Business A ct.10
(c) R ESPONSIBILITIES , AUTHORITIES , ORGA NIZA -11
TION , A ND LIMITA TIONS . 12
(1 ) D ESIGNA TION OF SYSTEMICA LLY IMPOR -13
TA NT SBA SECONDA RY MA RKET BROKER -DEA L -14
ERS . The A dministrator shall establisha process to15
designate, in consultation with the Board of Gov-16
ernors of the Federal Reserve and the Secretary of 17
the Treasury, Systemically Important Secondary18
Mark et Brok er- Dealers.19
(2 ) E STA BLISHMENT OFSBA SECONDA RY MA R -20
KET LENDINGA UTHORITY . 21
(A ) O RGA NIZA TION . 22
(i) The A dministrator shall establish23
within the SBA an of f ice to provide loans24
to Systemically Important Secondary Mar-25
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k et Brok er- dealers to be used f or the pur-1
pose of f inancing the inventory of the gov-2
ernment guaranteedportionof loans, origi-3
nated, underwritten, and closed under the4
Small Business A ct or pools of such loans.5
(ii) The A dministrator shall appoint a6
Director of the A uthority who shall report7
tothe A dministrator.8
(iii) The A dministrator is authorized9
to hire such personnel as are necessary to10
operate the A uthority.11
(iv) The A dministrator may contract12
suchA uthorityoperations as he determines13
necessary to qualif ied third- party compa-14
nies or individuals.15
(v) The A dministrator is authorizedto16
contract with private sector f iduciary and17
custodial agents as necessary to operate18
the A uthority.19
(B) L OA NS . 20
(i) The A dministrator shall establish21
by rule a process under whichSystemically22
Important SBA Secondary Mark et Brok er-23
Dealers designated under paragraph (1 )24
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may apply to the A dministrator f or loans1
under this section.2
(ii) The rule under clause (i) shall3
provide a process f or the A dministrator to4
consider and mak e decisions regarding5
whether or not toextenda loanappliedf or6
under this section. Such rule shall include7
provisions to assure each of the f ollowing:8
(I) That loans made under this9
section are f or the sole purpose of f i-10
nancing the inventory of the govern-11
ment guaranteed portion of loans,12
originated, underwritten, and closed13
under the Small Business A ct or pools14
of suchloans.15
(II) That loans made under this16
section are f ully collateralized to the17
satisf actionof the A dministrator.18
(III) That there is nolimit tothe19
f requency in which a borrower may20
borrowunder this section unless the21
A dministrator determines that doing22
so would create an undue risk of loss23
tothe agencyor the UnitedStates.24
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(IV) That there is nolimit onthe1
size of a loan, sub ject tothe discretion2
of the A dministrator.3
(iii) Interest on loans under this sec-4
tion shall not exceed the Federal Funds5
target rate as established by the Federal6
Reserve Board of Governors plus 2 5 basis7
points.8
(iv) The rule under this section shall9
provide f or such loandocuments, legal cov-10
enants, collateral requirements and other11
required documentation as necessary to12
protect the interests of the agency, the13
UnitedStates, andthe taxpayer.14
(v) The A dministrator shall establish15
custodial accounts to saf eguard any collat-16
eral pledgedto the SBA inconnectionwith17
a loanunder this section.18
(vi) The A dministrator shall establish19
a process to disburse and receive f unds to20
andf romborrowers under this section.21
(C) L IMITA TIONS ON USEOF LOA N PRO -22
CEEDS BY SYSTEMICA LLY IMPORTA NT SEC -23
ONDA RY MA RKET BROKER -DEA LERS . The A d-24
ministrator shall ensure that borrowers under25
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this sectionare usingf unds provided under this1
section only f or the purpose specif ied in sub-2
paragraph (B)(ii)(I). If the A dministrator f inds3
that such f unds were used f or any other pur-4
pose, the A dministrator shall5
(i) require immediate repayment of 6
outstandingloans;7
(ii) prohibit the borrower, its af f ili-8
ates, or anyf uture corporate manif estation9
of the borrower f romusing the A uthority;10
and11
(iii) tak e any other actions the A d-12
ministrator, inconsultationwith the A ttor-13
ney General of the United States, deems14
appropriate.15
(d) R EPORTTO CONGRESS . TheA dministrator shall16
submit a report toCongress not later thanthe thirdbusi-17
ness day of each month containing a statement of each18
of thef ollowing:19
(1 ) The aggregate loan amounts extended dur-20
ingthe precedingmonthunder this section.21
(2 ) The aggregate loan amounts repaid under22
this sectionduringthe proceedingmonth.23
(3) The aggregate loan amount outstanding24
under this section.25
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(4) The aggregate value of assets heldas collat-1
eral under this section;2
(5 ) The amount of anydef aults or delinquencies3
onloans made under this section.4
(6 ) The identity of any borrower f ound by the5
A dministrator to misuse f unds made available under6
this section.7
(7 ) A ny other inf ormation the A dministrator8
deems necessary to f ully inf ormCongress of undue9
risk of f inancial loss to the United States in connec-10
tionwithloans made under this section.11
(e) D URA TION . The authority of this section shall12
remain in ef f ect f or a period of 2 years af ter the date of 13
enactment of this section.14
(f ) F UNDING . Such sums as necessary are author-15
izedtobe appropriatedtocarryout the provisions of this16
section.17
(g) B UDGET TREA TMENT . Nothing in this section18
shall be construed to exempt any activityof the A dminis-19
trator under this section f romthe Federal Credit Ref orm20
A ct of 1 9 9 0 (title V of the Congressional Budget andIm-21
poundment Control A ct of 1 9 7 4; 2 U. S. C. 6 61 and f ol-22
lowing).23
(h) E MERGENCY RULEMA KING AUTHORITY . The24
A dministrator shall promulgateregulations under this sec-25
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tion within 1 5 days af ter the date of enactment of enact-1
ment of this section. In promulgating these regulations,2
the A dministrator the notice requirements of section3
5 5 3(b) of title5 of theUnitedStates Codeshall not apply.4
SEC. 6203. ESTABLISHMENT OF SBA SECONDARY MARKET5
GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.6
(a) P URPOSE . The purpose of this sectionis topro-7
vide the A dministrator with the authority toestablish the8
SBA Secondary Mark et Guarantee A uthority within the9
SBA toprovide a Federal guarantee f or pools of f irst lien10
5 0 4 loans that aretobesoldtothird- partyinvestors.11
(b) D EFINITIONS . For purposes of this section:12
(1 ) The termA dministrator means the A d-13
ministrator of the Small Business A dministration.14
(2 ) The term f irst lien position 5 0 4 loan 15
means the f irst mortgage position, non- f ederally16
guaranteed loans made by private sector lenders17
made under title V of the Small Business Invest-18
ment A ct.19
(c) E STA BLISHMENTOF AUTHORITY . 20
(1 ) O RGA NIZA TION . 21
(A ) The A dministrator shall establish a22
Secondary Mark et Guarantee A uthority within23
the Small Business A dministration.24
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(B) The A dministrator shall appoint a Di-1
rector of the A uthority who shall report to the2
A dministrator.3
(C) The A dministrator is authorized to4
hire such personnel as are necessary to operate5
the A uthorityandmaycontract suchoperations6
of the A uthorityas necessary to qualif ied third-7
partycompanies or individuals.8
(D) The A dministrator is authorized to9
contract withprivate sector f iduciaryandcusto-10
dial agents as necessary to operate the A uthor-11
ity.12
(2 ) G UA RA NTEEPROCESS . 13
(A ) The A dministrator shall establish, by14
rule, a process in which private sector entities15
may apply to the A dministration f or a Federal16
guarantee on pools of f irst lien position 5 0 417
loans that are to be sold to third- party inves-18
tors.19
(B) The A dministrator shall appoint a Di-20
rector of the A uthority who shall report to the21
A dministrator.22
(C) The A dministrator is authorized to23
hire such personnel as are necessary to operate24
the A uthorityandmaycontract suchoperations25
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of the A uthorityas necessary to qualif ied third-1
partycompanies or individuals.2
(D) The A dministrator is authorized to3
contract withprivate sector f iduciaryandcusto-4
dial agents as necessary to operate the A uthor-5
ity.6
(3) R ESPONSIBILITIES . 7
(A ) The A dministrator shall establish, by8
rule, a process in which private sector entities9
may apply to the SBA f or a Federal guarantee10
onpools of f irst lienposition 5 0 4 loans that are11
tobe soldtothird- partyinvestors.12
(B) The rule under this section shall pro-13
vide f or a process f or the A dministrator to con-14
sider and mak e decisions regarding whether to15
extend a Federal guarantee ref erred to in16
clause (i). Suchrule shall alsoprovide that:17
(i) The seller of the pools purchasing18
a guarantee under this section retains not19
less than5 percent of the dollar amount of 20
the pools to be sold to third- party inves-21
tors.22
(ii) The seller of such pools shall ab-23
sorb any and all losses resulting f roma24
shortage or excess of monthly cash f lows.25
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(iii) The A dministrator shall receive a1
monthly f ee of not more than 5 0 basis2
points on the outstanding balance of the3
dollar amount of the pools that are guar-4
anteed.5
(iv) The A dministrator mayguarantee6
not more than $3, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 0 of pools7
under this authority.8
(C) The A dministrator shall establish doc-9
uments, legal covenants, and other required10
documentation to protect the interests of the11
UnitedStates.12
(D) The A dministrator shall establish a13
process to receive anddisburse f unds toentities14
under the authority established in this section.15
(d) L IMITA TIONS . 16
(1 ) The A dministrator shall ensure that entities17
purchasing a guarantee under this section are using18
such guarantee f or the purpose of selling 5 0 4 f irst19
lienpositionpools tothird- partyinvestors.20
(2 ) If the A dministrator f inds that any such21
guarantee was used f or a purpose other than that22
specif iedinparagraph(1 ), the A dministrator shall23
(A ) terminate such guarantee immediately,24
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(B) prohibit the purchaser of the guar-1
antee or its af f iliates (withinthe meaningof the2
regulations under 1 3 CFR 1 2 1 . 1 0 3) f romusing3
the authority of this section in the f uture; and4
(C) tak e any other actions the A dminis-5
trator, in consultation with the A ttorney Gen-6
eral of the UnitedStates deems appropriate.7
(e) O VERSIGHT . The A dministrator shall submit a8
report to Congress not later than the third business day9
of eachmonthsettingf ortheachof thef ollowing:10
(1 ) The aggregate amount of guarantees ex-11
tended under this section during the proceeding12
month.13
(2 ) The aggregate amount of guarantees out-14
standing.15
(3) Def aults and payments on def aults made16
under this section.17
(4) The identity of each purchaser of a guar-18
antee f ound by the A dministrator to have misused19
guarantees under this section.20
(5 ) A ny other inf ormation the A dministrator21
deems necessary to f ully inf ormCongress of undue22
risk to the United States associated with the23
issuance of guarantees under this section.24
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(f ) D URA TION OF PROGRA M . The authority of this1
sectionshall terminate on the date 2 years af ter the date2
of enactment of this section.3
(g) F UNDING . Such sums as necessary are author-4
izedtobe appropriatedtocarryout the provisions of this5
section.6
(h) B UDGET TREA TMENT . Nothing in this section7
shall be construed to exempt any activityof the A dminis-8
trator under this section f romthe Federal Credit Ref orm9
A ct of 1 9 9 0 (title V of the Congressional Budget andIm-10
poundment Control A ct of 1 9 7 4; 2 U. S. C. 6 61 and f ol-11
lowing).12
(i) E MERGENCY RULEMA KING AUTHORITY . The13
A dministrator shall issue regulations under this section14
within 1 5 days af ter the date of enactment of this section.15
The notice requirements of section 5 5 3(b) of Title 5 ,16
United States Code shall not apply to the promulgation17
of suchregulations.18
SEC. 6204. ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM.19
(a) P URPOSE . The purpose of this section is to es-20
tablisha newlendingandref inancingauthoritywithinthe21
Small Business A dministration.22
(b) D EFINITIONS . For purposes of this section:23
(1 ) The termA dministrator means the A d-24
ministrator of the Small Business A dministration.25
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(2 ) The termsmall business concern has the1
same meaning as provided by section 3 of the Small2
Business A ct (1 5 U. S. C. 6 32 ).3
(c) R EFINA NCING AUTHORITY . 4
(1 ) I N GENERA L . Upon application f rom a5
lender (and with consent of the borrower), the A d-6
ministrator may ref inance existing non- Small Busi-7
ness A dministration or Small Business A dministra-8
tion loans (including loans under sections 7 (a) and9
5 0 4 of the Small Business A ct) made to small busi-10
ness concerns.11
(2 ) E LIGIBLELOA NS . In order to be eligible12
f or ref inancingunder this section13
(A ) the amount of the loanref inancedmay14
not exceed$1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 anda f irst lienmust be15
conveyedtothe A dministrator;16
(B) the lender shall of f er to accept f rom17
the A dministrator as f ull repayment of the loan18
an amount equal to less than 1 0 0 percent but19
more than 8 5 percent of the remaining balance20
of the principal of the loan; and21
(C) the loantobe ref inancedwas made be-22
f ore the date of enactment of this A ct and f or23
a purpose that would have been eligible f or a24
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loan under any Small Business A dministration1
lendingprogram.2
(3) T ERMS . The termof the ref inancing by3
the A dministrator under this section shall not be4
less than remaining termon the loan that is ref i-5
nanced but shall not exceed a termof 2 0 years. The6
rate of interest on the loan ref inanced under this7
section shall be f ixed by the A dministrator at a level8
that the A dministrator determines will result in9
manageable monthlypayments f or the borrower.10
(4) L IMIT . The A dministrator may not ref i-11
nance amounts under this section that are greater12
than the amount the lender agrees to accept f rom13
the A dministrator as f ull repayment of the loan as14
providedinparagraph(2 )(B).15
(d) U NDERWRITINGA ND OTHER LOA N SERVICES . 16
(1 ) I N GENERA L . The A dministrator is au-17
thorized to engage in underwriting, loan closing,18
f unding, and servicing of loans made to small busi-19
ness concerns and to guarantee loans made by other20
entities tosmall business concerns.21
(2 ) A PPLICA TION PROCESS . The A dminis-22
trator shall by rule establish a process in which23
small business concerns may submit applications to24
the A dministrator f or the purposes of securing a25
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loan under this subsection. The A dministrator shall,1
at a minimum, collect all inf ormation necessary to2
determine the creditworthiness and repayment abil-3
ityof the borrower.4
(3) P A RTICIPA TION OFLENDERS . 5
(A ) The A dministrator shall by rule estab-6
lisha process inwhichthe A dministrator mak es7
available loan applications and all accom-8
panying inf ormation to lenders f or the purpose9
of such lenders originating, underwriting, clos-10
ing, andservicingsuchloans.11
(B) Lenders are eligible to receive loanap-12
plications and accompanying inf ormation under13
this paragraph if they participate in the pro-14
grams established in section 7 (a) of the Small15
Business A ct (1 5 U. S. C. 6 36 ) or title V of the16
Small Business Investment A ct (1 5 U. S. C.17
6 9 5 ).18
(C) The A dministrator shall f irst mak e19
available such loan applications and accom-20
panyinginf ormationtolenders within 1 0 0 miles21
of a loanapplicant s principal of f ice.22
(D) If a lender described in subparagraph23
(C) does not agree to originate, underwrite,24
close, and service such loans within 5 business25
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days of receiving the loan applications, the A d-1
ministrator shall subsequently mak e available2
such loan applications and accompanying inf or-3
mationtolenders inthe Pref erredLenders Pro-4
gramunder section 7 (a)(2 )(C)(ii) of the Small5
Business A ct (1 5 U. S. C. 6 36 ).6
(E) If a lender described in subparagraph7
(C) or (D) does not agree to originate, under-8
write, close, and service such loans within 1 09
business days of receiving the loan applications,10
the A dministrator may originate, underwrite,11
close, and service such loans as described in12
paragraph(1 ) of this subsection.13
(4) A SSET SA LES . The A dministrator shall14
of f er to sell loans made or ref inancedby the A dmin-15
istrator under this section. Such sales shall be made16
through semi- annual public solicitation (in the Fed-17
eral Register and in other media) of of f ers to pur-18
chase. The A dministrator may contract withvendors19
f or due diligence, asset valuation, and other services20
related to such sales. The A dministrator may not21
sell any loanunder this section f or less than 9 0 per-22
cent of the net present value of the loan, as deter-23
minedandcertif iedbya qualif iedthird- party.24
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(5 ) L OA NS NOT SOLD . The A dministrator1
shall maintainandservice loans made bythe A dmin-2
istrator under this section that are not sold through3
the asset sales under this section.4
(e) D URA TION . The authority of this section shall5
terminate on the date two years af ter the date on which6
the programunder this section becomes operational (as7
determinedbytheA dministrator).8
(f ) A PPLICA TION OF OTHER LA W. Nothing in this9
section shall be construed to exempt any activity of the10
A dministrator under this section f romthe Federal Credit11
Ref ormA ct of 1 9 9 0 (title V of the Congressional Budget12
andImpoundment Control A ct of 1 9 7 4; 2 U. S. C. 6 61 and13
f ollowing).14
(g) Q UA LIFIED LOA NS . 15
(1 ) A LIENS UNLA WFULLY PRESENT IN THE 16
UNITED STA TES . A loan to any concern shall not17
be sub ject to this section if an individual who is an18
alienunlawf ullypresent inthe UnitedStates19
(A ) has an ownership interest in that con-20
cern; or21
(B) has an ownership interest in another22
concern that itself has an ownership interest in23
that concern.24
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(2 ) F IRMS IN VIOLA TION OF IMMIGRA TION 1
LA WS. No loan shall be sub ject to this section if 2
the borrower is an entity f ound, based on a deter-3
mination by the Secretary of Homeland Security or4
the A ttorney General to have engaged in a pattern5
or practice of hiring, recruiting or ref erring f or a6
f ee, f or employment in the United States an alien7
k nowingthe personis anunauthorizedalien.8
(h) R EPORTS . The A dministrator shall submit a re-9
port toCongress semi- annuallysettingf orththeaggregate10
amount of loans and geographic dispersion of such loans11
made, underwritten, closed, f unded, serviced, sold, guaran-12
teed, or held by the A dministrator under the authorityof 13
this section. Such report shall also set f orth inf ormation14
concerning loan def aults, prepayments, and recoveries re-15
lated to loans , made under the authority of this section.16
(i) A UTHORIZA TION . There are authorizedtobe ap-17
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out18
this section.19
SEC. 6205. STIMULUS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT20
LENDING.21
(a) R EFINA NCING UNDER THE LOCA L DEVELOP -22
MENT BUSINESS LOA N PROGRA M . Section 5 0 2 of the23
Small Business Investment A ct of 1 9 5 8 (1 5 U. S. C. 6 9 6 )24
is amendedbyaddingat theendthef ollowing:25
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(7 ) P ERMISSIBLEDEBTREFINA NCING . 1
(A ) I N GENERA L . A ny f inancing ap-2
proved under this title may include a limited3
amount of debt ref inancing.4
(B) E XPA NSIONS . If the pro ject involves5
expansion of a small business concern which6
has existing indebtedness collateralized by f ixed7
assets, any amount of existing indebtedness8
that does not exceed 12 of the pro ject cost of 9
the expansion may be ref inanced and added to10
the expansioncost, if 11
(i) the proceeds of the indebtedness12
were used to acquire land, including a13
building situated thereon, to construct a14
building thereon, or to purchase equip-15
ment;16
(ii) the borrower has beencurrent on17
all payments due on the existing debt f or18
not less than 1 year preceding the date of 19
ref inancing; and20
(iii) the f inancing under section 5 0 421
will provide better terms or rate of interest22
than exists on the debt at the time of ref i-23
nancing. .24
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(b) J OB CREA TION GOA LS . Section 5 0 1 (e)(1 ) and1
section 5 0 1 (e)(2 ) of the Small Business Investment A ct2
(1 5 U. S. C. 6 9 5 ) are eachamendedbystrik ing$5 0 , 0 0 0 3
andinserting$6 5 , 0 0 0 .4
SEC. 6206. INCREASING SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT.5
(a) S IMPLIFIED MA XIMUM LEVERA GE LIMITS . Sec-6
tion30 3(b) of the Small Business Investment A ct of 1 9 5 87
(1 5 U. S. C. 6 8 3(b)) is amended8
(1 ) by strik ing so much of paragraph (2 ) as9
precedes subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting10
the f ollowing:11
(2 ) M A XIMUMLEVERA GE . 12
(A ) I N GENERA L . The maximum13
amount of outstanding leverage made available14
to any one company licensed under section15
30 1 (c) of this A ct may not exceed the lesser16
of 17
(i) 30 0 percent of such company s18
private capital; or19
(ii) $1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .20
(B) M ULTIPLE LICENSES UNDER COM -21
MON CONTROL . The maximumamount of out-22
standingleverage made available totwoor more23
companies licensed under section 30 1 (c) of this24
A ct that are commonly controlled (as deter-25
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mined by the A dministrator) and not under1
capital impairment may not exceed2
$2 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . ; and3
(2 ) bystrik ingparagraph(4).4
(b) S IMPLIFIED AGGREGA TE INVESTMENT LIMITA -5
TIONS . Section306(a) of the Small Business Investment6
A ct of 1 9 5 8 (1 5 U. S. C. 6 8 6 (a)) is amended to read as7
f ollows:8
(a) P ERCENTA GE LIMITA TION ON PRIVA TE CA P-9
ITA L . If anysmall business investment companyhas ob-10
tainedf inancingf romthe A dministrator andsuchf inanc-11
ingremains outstanding, the aggregate amount of securi-12
ties acquired and f or which commitments may be issued13
bysuchcompanyunder the provisions of this title f or any14
singleenterpriseshall not, without theapproval of theA d-15
ministrator, exceed 1 0 percent of thesumof 16
(1 ) the private capital of such company; and17
(2 ) the total amount of leverage pro jected by18
the company in the company s business plan that19
was approved by the A dministrator at the time of 20
the grant of the company s license. .21
SEC. 6207. GAO REPORT.22
(a) R EPORT . Not later than30 days af ter theenact-23
ment of this A ct, the Comptroller General of the United24
States shall report to the Congress on the actions of the25
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A dministrator in implementing the authority established1
insections 62 0 1 through6 2 0 6 of this A ct.2
(b) I NCLUDED ITEM . The report under this section3
shall include a summary of the activity of the A dminis-4
trator under this section and an analysis of whether he5
is accomplishingthe purpose of increasingliquidity inthe6
secondary mark et f or Small Business A dministration7
loans.8
TITLE VII—HOMELAND9
SECURITY10
DEPA RTMENT OFHOMELA ND SECURITY11
U. S. CUSTOMS A ND BORDER PROTECTION 12
SA LA RIES A ND EXPENSES 13
For an additional amount f or Salaries and Ex-14
penses , $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or non- intrusive detection tech-15
nologytobedeployedat seaports of entry.16
CONSTRUCTION 17
For an additional amount f or Construction ,18
$1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , torepair andconstruct inspectionf acilities19
at landborder ports of entry.20
TRA NSPORTA TION SECURITY ADMINISTRA TION 21
A VIA TION SECURITY 22
For an additional amount f or A viation Security ,23
$5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or the purchase and installation of explo-24
sive detection systems and emerging check point tech-25
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nologies: Provided, That theA ssistant Secretaryof Home-1
land Security (Transportation Security A dministration)2
shall prioritize the award of these f unds to accelerate the3
installations at locations withcompleteddesignplans and4
toexpeditiouslyawardnewletters of intent.5
COA ST GUA RD 6
A LTERA TION OFBRIDGES 7
For an additional amount f or A lteration of 8
Bridges , $1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or alteration or removal of ob-9
structive bridges, as authorized by section 6 of the Tru-10
man- Hobbs A ct (33 U. S. C. 5 1 6): Provided, That the11
Coast Guardshall awardthese f unds tothosebridges that12
arereadytoproceedtoconstruction.13
F EDERA L EMERGENCY MA NA GEMENT AGENCY 14
EMERGENCY FOOD A ND SHELTER 15
For anadditional amount f or EmergencyFoodand16
Shelter , $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to carry out the emergency f ood17
and shelter programpursuant to title III of the McKin-18
ney- Vento Homeless A ssistance A ct (42 U. S. C. 1 1 331 et19
seq. ): Provided, That f or the purposes of this appropria-20
tion, the redistribution required by section 1 1 0 4 (b) shall21
be carried out by the Federal Emergency Management22
A gency and the National Board, who may reallocate and23
obligate any f unds that are unclaimed or returned to the24
program: Provided further, That the amount set aside25
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f romthis appropriation pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this1
A ct shall be3. 5 percent insteadof thepercentagespecif ied2
insuchsection.3
TITLE VIII—INTERIOR AND4
ENVIRONMENT5
DEPA RTMENT OFTHEINTERIOR6
BUREA U OF LA ND MA NA GEMENT 7
CONSTRUCTION 8
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFERS OFFUNDS) 9
For an additional amount f or Construction ,10
$32 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or priority road, bridge, and trail repair11
or decommissioning, critical def erred maintenance12
pro jects, f acilities constructionand renovation, hazardous13
f uels reduction, and remediation of abandoned mine or14
well sites: Provided, That f unds may be transf erred to15
other appropriate accounts of the Bureau of Land man-16
agement: Provided further, That the amount set aside17
f romthis appropriation pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this18
A ct shall be not more than 5 percent instead of the per-19
centagespecif iedinsuchsection.20
UNITED STA TES F ISHA ND WILDLIFE SERVICE 21
CONSTRUCTION 22
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 23
For an additional amount f or Construction ,24
$30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or priority roadandbridge repair andre-25
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placement, andcritical def erredmaintenanceandimprove-1
ment pro jects onNational Wildlif eRef uges, National Fish2
Hatcheries, and other Service properties: Provided, That3
f unds may be transf erred to Resource Management :4
Provided further, That the amount set aside f romthis ap-5
propriation pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be6
not more than 5 percent instead of the percentage speci-7
f iedinsuchsection.8
NA TIONA L PA RK SERVICE 9
CONSTRUCTION 10
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 11
For an additional amount f or Construction ,12
$1 , 7 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or pro jects to address critical def erred13
maintenance needs within the National Park System, in-14
cludingroads, bridges andtrails, andf or other critical in-15
f rastructure pro jects: Provided, That f unds maybe trans-16
f erred to Operation of the National Park System : Pro-17
vided further, That $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 of these f unds shall be18
f or pro jects related to the preservation and repair of his-19
torical and cultural resources within the National Park 20
System: Provided further, That the amount set aside f rom21
this appropriation pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct22
shall benot more than5 percent insteadof thepercentage23
specif iedinsuchsection.24
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NA TIONA L MA LL REVITA LIZA TION FUND 1
For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-2
ment of f acilities related to the revitalization of National3
Park Service assets on the National Mall in Washington,4
DC, $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall only be5
made available to the extent that f unds are matched by6
non- Federal contributions: Provided, That the amount set7
aside f romthis appropriationpursuant tosection 1 1 0 6 of 8
this A ct shall be not more than 5 percent instead of the9
percentagespecif iedinsuchsection.10
CENTENNIAL CHA LLENGE 11
To carry out provisions of section 8 1 4 (g) of Public12
Law1 0 4333 relatingtochallengecost shareagreements,13
$1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or National ParkServiceCentennial Chal-14
lengesignaturepro jects andprograms: Provided, That not15
less than 5 0 percent of the total cost of each pro ject or16
programis derived f romnon- Federal sources in the f orm17
of donated cash, assets, in- k ind services, or a pledge of 18
donationguaranteedbyanirrevocableletter of credit: Pro-19
vided further, That the amount set aside f romthis appro-20
priationpursuant tosection 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be not21
more than 5 percent instead of the percentage specif ied22
insuchsection.23
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UNITED STA TES GEOLOGICA L SURVEY 1
SURVEYS , INVESTIGA TIONS , A ND RESEA RCH 2
For an additional amount f or Surveys, Investiga-3
tions, and Research , $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or repair and res-4
torationof f acilities; equipment replacement andupgrades5
including streamgages, and seismic and volcano moni-6
toring systems; national map activities; and other critical7
def erred maintenance and improvement pro jects: Pro-8
vided, That the amount set aside f romthis appropriation9
pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be not more10
than5 percent insteadof the percentage specif iedinsuch11
section.12
BUREA U OF INDIA N AFFA IRS 13
CONSTRUCTION 14
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 15
For an additional amount f or Construction ,16
$5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or priority repair and replacement of 17
schools, detention centers, roads, bridges, employee hous-18
ing, and critical def erred maintenance pro jects: Provided,19
That not less than $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used f or new20
and replacement schools and detention centers: Provided21
further, That f unds may be transf erred to Operation of 22
IndianPrograms : Provided further, That the amount set23
aside f romthis appropriationpursuant tosection 1 1 0 6 of 24
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STA TEA ND TRIBA L ASSISTA NCE GRA NTS 1
For an additional amount f or State and Tribal A s-2
sistance Grants , $8 , 40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , whichshall be usedas3
f ollows:4
(1 ) $6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or capitalization5
grants f or the Clean Water State Revolving Funds6
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con-7
trol A ct (33 U. S. C. 1 38 1 et seq. ), except that such8
f unds shall not be sub ject to the State matching re-9
quirements in paragraphs (2 ) and (3) of section10
6 0 2 (b) of suchA ct or tothe Federal cost share limi-11
tations in section 2 0 2 of such A ct: Provided, That12
the amount set aside f romthis appropriation pursu-13
ant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be not more14
than2 percent insteadof the percentage specif ied in15
such section: Provided further, That, notwith-16
standing the limitation on amounts specif ied in sec-17
tion 5 1 8 (c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control18
A ct, up to a total of 1 . 5 percent of such f unds may19
be reserved by the A dministrator of the Environ-20
mental Protection A gency f or grants under section21
5 1 8 (c) of such A ct: Provided further, That the re-22
quirements of section5 1 3 of such A ct shall apply to23
the construction of treatment work s carried out in24
whole or in part with assistance made available25
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under this heading by a C lean Water State Revolv-1
ing Fund under title VI of such A ct, or with assist-2
ance made available under section 2 0 5 (m) of such3
A ct, or both: Provided further, That, notwith-4
standing the requirements of section 6 0 3(d) of such5
A ct, each State shall use 5 0 percent of the amount6
of the capitalization grant received by the State7
under title VI of such A ct to provide assistance, in8
the f ormof additional subsidization, including f or-9
giveness of principal, negative interest loans, and10
grants, to municipalities (as def ined in section 5 0 211
of such A ct) f or pro jects that are included on the12
State s priority list established under section 6 0 3(g)13
of suchA ct, of which 8 0 percent shall be f or pro jects14
to benef it municipalities that meet af f ordability cri-15
teria as determined by the Governor of the State16
and 2 0 percent shall be f or pro jects to address17
water- ef f iciency goals, address energy- ef f iciency18
goals, mitigate stormwater runof f , or encourage en-19
vironmentally sensitive pro ject planning, design, and20
construction, to the extent that there are suf f icient21
pro ject applications eligible f or suchassistance.22
(2 ) $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or capitalization23
grants f or the Drink ing Water State Revolving24
Funds under section 1 45 2 of the Saf e Drink ing25
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Water A ct (42 U. S. C. 30 0 j- 1 2 ), except that such1
f unds shall not be sub ject to the State matching re-2
quirements of section 1 4 5 2 (e) of suchA ct: Provided,3
That the amount set aside f romthis appropriation4
pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be not5
more than2 percent insteadof the percentage speci-6
f ied in such section: Provided further, That section7
1 4 5 2 (k ) of the Saf e Drink ing Water A ct shall not8
apply to such f unds: Provided further, That the re-9
quirements of section 1 45 0 (e) of such A ct (4210
U. S. C. 30 0 j- 9 (e)) shall apply to the construction11
carried out in whole or part with assistance made12
available under this heading by a Drink ing Water13
State Revolving f und under section 1 45 2 of such14
A ct: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the re-15
quirements of section 1 4 5 2 (a)(2 ) of such A ct, each16
State shall use 5 0 percent of the amount of the cap-17
italization grant received by the State under section18
1 4 5 2 of such A ct to provide assistance, in the f orm19
of additional subsidization, including f orgiveness of 20
principal, negative interest loans, andgrants, tomu-21
nicipalities (as def ined in section 1 4 0 1 of such A ct)22
f or pro jects that are included on the State s priority23
list established under section 1 45 2 (b)(3) of such24
A ct.25
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(3) $30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or grants under title1
VII, Subtitle Gof the Energy Policy A ct of 2 0 0 5 :2
Provided, That the amount set aside f romthis ap-3
propriation pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct4
shall be not more than 3 percent instead of the per-5
centage specif iedinsuchsection.6
(4) $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be to carry out section7
1 0 4 (k ) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-8
sponse, Compensation, and Liability A ct of 1 9 8 0 :9
Provided, That the amount set aside f romthis ap-10
propriation pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct11
shall be not more than 3 percent instead of the per-12
centage specif iedinsuchsection.13
DEPA RTMENT OFA GRICULTURE14
F OREST SERVICE 15
CA PITA L IMPROVEMENT A ND MA INTENA NCE 16
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 17
For an additional amount f or Capital Improvement18
andMaintenance , $6 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or reconstruction, cap-19
ital improvement, decommissioning, and maintenance of 20
f orest roads, bridges and trails; alternative energy tech-21
nologies, energy ef f iciency enhancements and def erred22
maintenance at Federal f acilities; and f or remediation of 23
abandoned mine sites, removal of f ish passage barriers,24
and other critical habitat, f orest improvement and water-25
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shed enhancement pro jects on Federal lands and waters:1
Provided, That f unds may be transf erred to National2
Forest System : Provided further, That the amount set3
aside f romthis appropriationpursuant tosection 1 1 0 6 of 4
this A ct shall be not more than 5 percent instead of the5
percentagespecif iedinsuchsection.6
WILDLA ND FIREMA NA GEMENT 7
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFERS OFFUNDS) 8
For an additional amount f or Wildland Fire Man-9
agement , $8 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which $30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or10
hazardous f uels reduction, f orest health, wood to energy11
grants and rehabilitation and restoration activities on12
Federal lands, andof which$5 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 is f or State f ire13
assistance hazardous f uels pro jects, volunteer f ire assist-14
ance, cooperative f orest health pro jects, city f orest en-15
hancements, andwoodtoenergygrants onState andpri-16
vate lands: Provided, That amounts inthis paragraphmay17
be transf erred to State andPrivate Forestry and Na-18
tional Forest System : Provided further, That the amount19
set asidef romthis appropriationpursuant tosection 1 1 0 620
of this A ct shall be not more than 5 percent instead of 21
thepercentagespecif iedinsuchsection.22
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DEPA RTMENT OFHEA LTHAND HUMA N1
SERVICES2
INDIA N HEA LTH SERVICE 3
INDIA N HEA LTHFA CILITIES 4
For anadditional amount f or IndianHealthFacili-5
ties , $5 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or priorityhealthcare f acilities con-6
structionpro jects anddef erredmaintenance, andthe pur-7
chase of equipment andrelatedservices, includingbut not8
limited to health inf ormation technology: Provided, That9
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts10
available under this paragraph shall be allocated at the11
discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service:12
Provided further, That the amount set aside f romthis ap-13
propriation pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be14
not more than 5 percent instead of the percentage speci-15
f iedinsuchsection.16
OTHER RELA TED A GENCIES17
SMITHSONIA N INSTITUTION 18
FA CILITIES CA PITA L 19
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 20
For an additional amount f or Facilities Capital ,21
$1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or def erredmaintenance pro jects, andf or22
repair, revitalization, and alteration of f acilities owned or23
occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract or24
otherwise, as authorizedbysection2 of the A ct of A ugust25
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2 2 , 1 9 49 (6 3 Stat. 6 2 3): Provided, That f unds may be1
transf erredto Salaries andExpenses : Provided further,2
That the amount set aside f romthis appropriationpursu-3
ant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be not more than4
5 percent instead of the percentage specif ied in such sec-5
tion.6
NA TIONA L F OUNDA TION ON THE ARTS A ND THE 7
HUMA NITIES 8
NA TIONA L ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 9
GRA NTS A ND A DMINISTRA TION 10
For an additional amount f or Grants andA dminis-11
tration , $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to be distributed in direct grants12
to f undarts pro jects andactivities whichpreserve jobs in13
thenon- prof it arts sector threatenedbydeclines inphilan-14
thropic and other support during the current economic15
downturn: Provided, That 40 percent of such f unds shall16
be distributedtoState arts agencies andregional arts or-17
ganizations in a manner similar to the agency s current18
practiceand 6 0 percent of suchf unds shall bef or competi-19
tivelyselectedarts pro jects andactivities accordingtosec-20
tions 2 and 5 (c) of the National Foundation on the A rts21
and Humanities A ct of 1 9 65 (2 0 U. S. C. 9 5 1 , 9 5 4(c)):22
Provided further, That matching requirements under sec-23
tion 5 (e) of such A ct shall be waived: Provided further,24
That the amount set aside f romthis appropriationpursu-25
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such f unds, section 1 0 1 (1 3)(A ) of the WIA shall be1
applied by substituting age 2 4 f or age 2 1 : Pro-2
vided further, That no portion of the additional3
f unds provided herein shall be reserved to carry out4
section 1 2 7 (b)(1 )(A ) of the WIA : Provided further,5
That f or purposes of section 1 2 7 (b)(1 )(C)(iv) of the6
WIA , such f unds shall be allotted as if the total7
amount of f unding available f or youth activities in8
the f iscal year does not exceed$1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ;9
(3) $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or grants to the States f or10
dislocated work er employment and training activi-11
ties;12
(4) $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or the dislocated work ers as-13
sistance national reserve to remain available f or14
Federal obligationthroughJune 30 , 2 0 1 0 : Provided,15
That such f unds shall be made available f or grants16
only to eligible entities that serve areas of high un-17
employment or high poverty and only f or the pur-18
poses described in subsection 1 7 3(a)(1 ) of the WIA :19
Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor shall20
ensure that applicants f or such f unds demonstrate21
howincome support, childcare, andother supportive22
services necessaryf or anindividual s participationin23
jobtrainingwill be provided;24
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(5 ) $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or YouthBuild activities,1
which shall remain available f or Federal obligation2
throughJune 30 , 2 0 1 0 ; and3
(6 ) $7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or a programof competitive4
grants f or work er training and placement in high5
growth and emerging industry sectors: Provided,6
That $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or research, labor ex-7
change and job training pro jects that prepare work -8
ers f or careers in the energy ef f iciency and renew-9
able energy industries specif ied in section10
1 7 1 (e)(1 )(B)(ii) of the WIA (as amended by the11
Green Jobs A ct of 2 0 0 7 ): Provided further, That in12
awarding grants f romthose f unds not designated in13
the preceding proviso, the Secretary of Labor shall14
give priority topro jects that prepare work ers f or ca-15
reers in the health care sector: Provided further,16
That the provisions of section1 1 03 of this A ct shall17
not applytothis appropriation:18
Provided, That the additional f unds provided to States19
under this heading are not sub ject to section 1 9 1 (a) of 20
the WIA : Provided further, That notwithstanding section21
1 1 0 6 of this A ct, there shall be noamount set aside f rom22
the appropriations made in subsections (1 ) through (3)23
under this heading and the amount set aside f or sub-24
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sections (4) through (6 ) shall be up to 1 percent instead1
of thepercentagespecif iedinsuchsection.2
COMMUNITY SERVICEEMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 3
A MERICA NS 4
For an additional amount f or Community Service5
Employment f or Older A mericans tocarryout title V of 6
the Older A mericans A ct of 1 9 6 5 , $1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , which7
shall be available f or obligation on the date of enactment8
of this A ct: Provided, That f unds shall be allotted within9
30 days of suchenactment tocurrent grantees inpropor-10
tiontotheir allotment inprogramyear 2 0 0 8 .11
STA TEUNEMPLOYMENT INSURA NCEA ND EMPLOYMENT 12
SERVICEOPERA TIONS 13
For an additional amount f or State Unemployment14
Insurance and Employment Service Operations f or15
grants to the States in accordance with section 6 of the16
Wagner- Peyser A ct, $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , which may be ex-17
pendedf romtheEmployment SecurityA dministrationA c-18
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund, and whichshall19
beavailable f or obligationonthedateof enactment of this20
A ct: Provided, That such f unds shall remain available to21
the States throughSeptember 30 , 2 0 1 0 : Provided further,22
That, with respect to such f unds, section 6 (b)(1 ) of such23
A ct shall be appliedbysubstitutingone- third f or two-24
thirds insubparagraph(A ), withthe remainingone- third25
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of the sums to be allotted in accordance with section1
1 32 (b)(2 )(B)(ii)(III) of the Work f orce Investment A ct of 2
1 9 9 8 : Provided further, That not less than $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 03
of the amount provided under this heading shall be used4
byStates f or reemployment services f or unemployment in-5
surance claimants (including the integrated Employment6
Service and Unemployment Insurance inf ormation tech-7
nology required to identif y and serve the needs of such8
claimants): Provided further, That the Secretaryof Labor9
shall establish planning and reporting procedures nec-10
essary to provide oversight of f unds used f or reemploy-11
ment services.12
DEPA RTMENTA L MA NA GEMENT 13
SA LA RIES A ND EXPENSES 14
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 15
For an additional amount f or Departmental Man-16
agement , $8 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or the enf orcement of work er17
protection laws and regulations, oversight, and coordina-18
tionactivities relatedto the inf rastructure andunemploy-19
ment insurance investments in this A ct: Provided, That20
the Secretary of Labor may transf er such sums as nec-21
essary to Employment and Standards A dministration ,22
Occupational Saf ety and Health A dministration , and23
Employment and Training A dministration Program24
A dministration f or enf orcement, oversight, andcoordina-25
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tionactivities: Provided further, That theprovisions of sec-1
tion 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not applytothis appropriation.2
OFFICEOFJOB CORPS 3
For anadditional amount f or Of f ice of JobCorps ,4
$30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or construction, rehabilitationandacquisi-5
tion of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available upon6
the date of enactment of this A ct and remain available7
f or obligationthroughJune 30 , 2 0 1 0 : Provided, That sec-8
tion 1 5 5 2 (a) of title 31 , United States Code shall not9
apply to up to 30 percent of such f unds, if such f unds10
are used f or a multi- year lease agreement that will result11
in construction activities that can commence within 1 2 012
days of enactment of this A ct: Provided further, That not-13
withstanding section 332 4(a) of title 31 , United States14
Code, the f unds ref erred to in the preceding proviso may15
be used f or advance, progress, and other payments: Pro-16
vided further, That the Secretary of Labor may transf er17
up to 1 5 percent of such f unds to meet the operational18
needs of suchcenters, whichmayinclude the provisionof 19
additional trainingf or careers inthe energyef f iciencyand20
renewable energy industries: Provided further, That pri-21
ority should be given to activities that can commence22
promptly f ollowing enactment and to those pro jects that23
will create the greatest impact on the energyef f iciencyof 24
Job Corps f acilities: Provided further, That the Secretary25
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shall provide to the Committees on A ppropriations of the1
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the2
actual obligations, expenditures, andunobligatedbalances3
f or eachactivityf undedunder this headingnot later than4
September 30 , 2 0 0 9 and quarterly thereaf ter as long as5
f unding provided under this heading is available f or obli-6
gationor expenditure.7
Subtitle B—Health and Human8
Services9
DEPA RTMENT OFHEA LTHAND HUMA N10
SERVICES11
HEA LTH RESOURCES A ND SERVICES 12
For anadditional amount f or HealthResources and13
Services , $2 , 1 8 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 whichshall be usedas f ollows:14
(1 ) $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall15
not be available until October 1 , 2 0 0 9 , shall be f or16
grants to health centers authorized under section17
330 of the Public Health Service A ct (PHS A ct );18
(2 ) $1 , 0 00 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available f or ren-19
ovation and repair of health centers authorized20
under section330 of the PHS A ct andf or the acqui-21
sition by such centers of health inf ormation tech-22
nology systems: Provided, That the timef rame f or23
the award of grants pursuant to section 1 1 0 3(b) of 24
this A ct shall not be later than 1 8 0 days af ter the25
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date of enactment of this A ct instead of the time-1
f rame specif iedinsuchsection;2
(3) $8 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or f it- out and other3
costs related to moving into a f acility to be secured4
through a competitive lease procurement to replace5
or renovate a headquarters building f or Public6
HealthService agencies andother components of the7
Department of HealthandHumanServices; and8
(4) $6 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which $30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall9
not be available until October 1 , 2 0 0 9 , shall be f or10
the training of nurses and primary care physicians11
and dentists as authorized under titles VII and VIII12
of the PHS A ct, f or the provisionof healthcare per-13
sonnel under the National HealthService Corps pro-14
gramauthorizedunder title III of the PHS A ct, and15
f or the patient navigator programauthorized under16
title III of the PHS A ct.17
CENTERS FOR DISEA SE CONTROL A ND PREVENTION 18
DISEA SECONTROL , RESEA RCH , A ND TRA INING 19
For an additional amount f or Disease Control, Re-20
search, and Training f or equipment, construction, and21
renovation of f acilities, including necessary repairs and22
improvements to leased laboratories, $46 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Pro-23
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,24
the Centers f or Disease Control and Prevention may25
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award a single contract or related contracts f or develop-1
ment andconstructionof f acilities that collectivelyinclude2
the f ull scope of the pro ject: Provided further, That the3
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause avail-4
ability of f unds f ound at 48 CFR 5 2 . 2 32 - 1 8 : Provided5
further, That in accordance with applicable authorities,6
policies, and procedures, the Centers f or Disease Control7
andPreventionshall acquire real property, andmak e any8
necessary improvements thereon, to relocate and consoli-9
date property and f acilities of the National Institute f or10
Occupational Saf etyandHealth.11
NA TIONA L INSTITUTES OF HEA LTH 12
NA TIONA L CENTER FOR RESEA RCHRESOURCES 13
For an additional amount f or National Center f or14
Research Resources , $1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or grants or con-15
tracts under section 4 8 1 A of the Public Health Service16
A ct torenovateor repair existingnon- Federal researchf a-17
cilities: Provided, That sections 48 1 A (c)(1 )(B)(ii), para-18
graphs (1 ), (3), and (4) of section 4 8 1 A (e), and section19
48 1 B of suchA ct shall not applytothe useof suchf unds:20
Provided further, That theref erences to2 0 years insub-21
sections (c)(1 )(B)(i) and (f ) of section 4 8 1 A of such A ct22
are deemed to be ref erences to 1 0 years f or purposes23
of using such f unds: Provided further, That the National24
Center f or Research Resources may also use such f unds25
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to provide, under the authority of section 30 1 and title1
IV of such A ct, shared instrumentation and other capital2
research equipment to recipients of grants and contracts3
under section 4 8 1 A of suchA ct andother appropriate en-4
tities: Provided further, That the Director of the Center5
shall provide to the Committees on A ppropriations of the6
Houseof Representatives andtheSenateanannual report7
indicating the number of institutions receiving awards of 8
a grant or contract under section 4 8 1 A of such A ct, the9
proposed use of the f unding, the average award size, a10
list of grant or contract recipients, andtheamount of each11
award: Provided further, That the Center, in obligating12
suchf unds, shall require that eachentity that applies f or13
a grant or contract under section 4 8 1 A f or any pro ject14
shall include in its application an assurance described in15
section 1 6 2 1 (b)(1 )(I) of the Public Health Service A ct:16
Provided further, That theCenter shall givepriorityinthe17
awardof grants andcontracts under section 4 8 1 A of such18
A ct tothose applications that are expectedtogenerate de-19
monstrable energy- saving or benef icial environmental ef -20
f ects: Provided further, That theprovisions of section 1 1 0 321
of this A ct shall not apply to the peer- reviewed grants22
awardedunder this heading.23
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OFFICEOFTHEDIRECTOR 1
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 2
For an additional amount f or Of f ice of the Direc-3
tor , $1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which$7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall not be4
availableuntil October 1 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided, That suchf unds5
shall be transf erred to the Institutes and Centers of the6
National Institutes of Health and to the Common Fund7
establishedunder section40 2 A (c)(1 ) of the Public Health8
Service A ct in proportion to the appropriations otherwise9
made to such Institutes, Centers, and Common Fund f or10
f iscal year 2 0 0 9 : Provided further, That these f unds shall11
be usedtosupport additional scientif ic researchandshall12
be merged with and be available f or the same purposes13
as the appropriation or f und to which transf erred: Pro-14
vided further, That this transf er authority is in addition15
to any other transf er authority available to the National16
Institutes of Health: Provided further, That none of these17
f unds may be transf erred to National Institutes of 18
Health Buildings and Facilities , the Center f or Sci-19
entif icReview, theCenter f or Inf ormationTechnology, the20
Clinical Center, the Global Fund f or HIV/ A IDS, Tuber-21
culosis and Malaria, or the Of f ice of the Director (except22
f or the transf er to the Common Fund): Provided further,23
That the provisions of section1 1 0 3 of this A ct shall not24
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apply to the peer- reviewed grants awarded under this1
heading.2
BUILDINGS A ND FA CILITIES 3
For anadditional amount f or Buildings andFacili-4
ties , $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to f und high priority repair and im-5
provement pro jects f or National Institutes of Healthf acili-6
ties on the Bethesda, Marylandcampus andother agency7
locations.8
AGENCY FOR HEA LTHCA RE RESEA RCHA ND QUA LITY 9
HEA LTHCA RERESEA RCHA ND QUA LITY 10
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 11
For an additional amount f or Healthcare Research12
and Quality to carry out titles III and IX of the Public13
HealthService A ct, part A of title XI of the Social Secu-14
rity A ct, and section 1 0 1 3 of the Medicare Prescription15
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization A ct of 2 0 0 3,16
$7 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or comparative ef f ectiveness research: Pro-17
vided, That of theamount appropriatedinthis paragraph,18
$40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be transf erredtothe Of f ice of the Di-19
rector of the National Institutes of Health(Of f ice of the20
Director ) toconduct or support comparativeef f ectiveness21
research: Provided further, That f unds transf erred to the22
Of f ice of the Director may be transf erred to the national23
research institutes and national centers of the National24
Institutes of Healthandtothe CommonFundestablished25
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under section40 2 A (c)(1 ) of thePublicHealthServiceA ct:1
Provided further, That this transf er authority is in addi-2
tion to any other transf er authority available to the Na-3
tional Institutes of Health: Provided further, That thepro-4
visions of section1 1 03 of this A ct shall not apply to the5
peer- reviewed grants awarded under this paragraph: Pro-6
vided further, That the amount set aside f romthis appro-7
priationpursuant tosection 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be not8
more than 1 percent instead of the percentage specif ied9
insuchsection.10
Inaddition, $40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available f or com-11
parative ef f ectiveness research to be allocated at the dis-12
cretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services13
(Secretary ): Provided, That the f undingappropriatedin14
this paragraphshall beusedtoaccelerate thedevelopment15
and dissemination of research assessing the comparative16
ef f ectiveness of health care treatments and strategies, in-17
cludingthroughef f orts that: (1 ) conduct, support, or syn-18
thesize research that compares the clinical outcomes, ef -19
f ectiveness, and appropriateness of items, services, and20
procedures that areusedtoprevent, diagnose, or treat dis-21
eases, disorders, and other health conditions; and (2 ) en-22
couragethedevelopment anduseof clinical registries, clin-23
ical data network s, and other f orms of electronic health24
datathat canbeusedtogenerateor obtainoutcomes data:25
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Provided further, That the Secretary shall enter into a1
contract withthe Institute of Medicine, f or whichnomore2
than $1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be made available f romf unds pro-3
vided in this paragraph, to produce and submit a report4
tothe Congress andthe Secretarybynot later thanJune5
30 , 2 0 0 9 , that includes recommendations on the national6
priorities f or comparative ef f ectiveness researchtobe con-7
ductedor supportedwith the f unds providedinthis para-8
graph and that considers input f romstak eholders: Pro-9
vided further, That the Secretary shall consider any rec-10
ommendations of the Federal Coordinating Council f or11
ComparativeEf f ectiveness Researchestablishedbysection12
9 2 0 1 of this A ct and any recommendations included in13
the Institute of Medicine report pursuant tothe preceding14
proviso in designating activities to receive f unds provided15
in this paragraph and may mak e grants and contracts16
with appropriate entities, which may include agencies17
withintheDepartment of HealthandHumanServices and18
other governmental agencies, as well as privatesector enti-19
ties, that have demonstrated experience and capacity to20
achieve the goals of comparative ef f ectiveness research:21
Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish inf or-22
mation on grants and contracts awarded with the f unds23
provided under this heading within a reasonable time of 24
the obligationof f unds f or suchgrants andcontracts and25
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shall disseminate research f indings f romsuch grants and1
contracts to clinicians, patients, and the general public,2
as appropriate: Provided further, That, to the extent f ea-3
sible, the Secretaryshall ensure that the recipients of the4
f unds providedbythis paragraphof f er anopportunityf or5
public comment on the research: Provided further, That6
the provisions of section1 1 03 of this A ct shall not apply7
tothepeer- reviewedgrants awardedunder this paragraph:8
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the9
Committees onA ppropriations of the House of Represent-10
atives andtheSenate, theCommitteeonEnergyandCom-11
merce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the12
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health,13
Education, Labor, andPensions andtheCommitteeonFi-14
nanceof theSenate withanannual report ontheresearch15
conductedor supportedthroughthe f unds providedunder16
this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary, jointly17
withthe Directors of the A gencyf or Healthcare Research18
and Quality and the National Institutes of Health, shall19
provide the Committees on A ppropriations of the House20
of Representatives andtheSenateaf iscal year 2 0 0 9 oper-21
ating plan f or the f unds appropriated under this heading22
prior to mak ing any Federal obligations of such f unds in23
f iscal year 2 0 0 9 , but not later than 9 0 days af ter the date24
of enactment of this A ct, anda f iscal year 2 0 1 0 operating25
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plan f or such f unds prior to mak ing any Federal obliga-1
tions of suchf unds inf iscal year 2 0 1 0 , but not later than2
November 1 , 2 0 0 9 , that detail the type of research being3
conducted or supported, including the priority conditions4
addressed; and specif y the allocation of resources within5
the Department of HealthandHumanServices: Provided6
further, That the Secretary jointly with the Directors of 7
the A gency f or Healthcare Research and Quality and the8
National Institutes of Health, shall provide to the Com-9
mittees onA ppropriations of theHouseof Representatives10
andtheSenateareport ontheactual obligations, expendi-11
tures, and unobligated balances f or each activity f unded12
under this headingnot later thanNovember 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and13
every 6 months thereaf ter as long as f unding provided14
under this heading is available f or obligation or expendi-15
ture.16
ADMINISTRA TION FOR CHILDREN A ND F A MILIES 17
LOW -INCOMEHOMEENERGY A SSISTA NCE 18
For an additional amount f or Low- Income Home19
Energy A ssistance f or mak ing payments under section20
2 6 0 2 (b) and section 2 6 0 2 (d) of the Low- Income Home21
Energy A ssistance A ct of 1 9 8 1 , $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , which22
shall become available onOctober 1 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided, That23
the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply24
tothis appropriation.25
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PA YMENTS TO STA TES FOR THECHILD CA REA ND 1
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRA NT 2
For an additional amount f or Payments to States3
f or the Child Care and Development Block Grant ,4
$2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become5
available onOctober 1 , 2 0 0 9 , whichshall be used tosup-6
plement, not supplant State general revenue f unds f or7
child care assistance f or low- income f amilies: Provided,8
That the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not9
applytothis appropriation.10
CHILDREN A ND F A MILIES SERVICES PROGRA MS 11
For anadditional amount f or ChildrenandFamilies12
Services Programs , $3, 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , whichshall be used13
as f ollows:14
(1 ) $1 , 0 00 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or carrying out activities15
under the Head Start A ct, of which $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 016
shall become available onOctober 1 , 2 0 0 9 ;17
(2 ) $1 , 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or expansion of Early18
Head Start programs, as described in section 6 4 5 A19
of the Head Start A ct, of which $5 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall20
become available onOctober 1 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided, That21
of the f unds provided in this sentence, up to 1 0 per-22
cent shall be available f or the provision of training23
and technical assistance tosuchprograms consistent24
with section 6 4 5 A (g)(2 ) of such A ct, and up to 325
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percent shall be available f or monitoring the oper-1
ation of such programs consistent with section 6 4 1 A2
of such A ct: Provided further, That the preceding3
proviso shall apply to this appropriation in lieu of 4
the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct: Provided5
further, That the provisions of section 1 1 0 3 of this6
A ct shall not applytothis appropriation;7
(3) $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or carrying out activities8
under sections 6 7 4 through 6 7 9 of the Community9
Services Block Grant A ct, of which $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 010
shall become available on October 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and of 11
whichnopart shall be sub ject toparagraphs (2 ) and12
(3) of section 6 7 4(b) of such A ct: Provided, That13
notwithstandingsection 6 7 5 C(a)(1 ) of suchA ct, 1 0 014
percent of the f unds made available to a State f rom15
this additional amount shall be distributedtoeligible16
entities as def ined in section 6 7 3(1 ) of such A ct:17
Provided further, That f or services f urnished under18
such A ct during f iscal years 2 0 0 9 and 2 0 1 0 , States19
may apply the last sentence of section 6 7 3(2 ) of 20
such A ct by substituting 2 0 0 percent f or 1 2 521
percent : Provided further, That the provisions of 22
section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply to this ap-23
propriation; and24
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(4) $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or carrying out activities1
under section 1 1 1 0 of the Social Security A ct, of 2
which $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on Octo-3
ber 1 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided, That the Secretary of Health4
and Human Services shall distribute such amount5
under the CompassionCapital Fundtoeligible f aith-6
based and community organizations: Provided fur-7
ther, That the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct8
shall not applytothis appropriation.9
ADMINISTRA TION ON AGING 10
A GINGSERVICES PROGRA MS 11
For an additional amount f or A ging Services Pro-12
grams under section 31 1 , and subparts 1 and 2 of part13
C, of title III of the Older A mericans A ct of 1 9 6 5 ,14
$2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which$1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become avail-15
able on October 1 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided, That the provisions16
of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply to this appro-17
priation.18
OFFICEOFTHE SECRETA RY 19
OFFICEOFTHENA TIONA L COORDINA TOR FOR HEA LTH 20
INFORMA TION TECHNOLOGY 21
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 22
For anadditional amount f or Of f ice of the National23
Coordinator f or HealthInf ormationTechnology tocarry24
out section 9 2 0 2 of this A ct, $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to remain25
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available until expended: Provided, That of such amount,1
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall trans-2
f er $2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 to the Director of the National Institute3
of Standards andTechnology in the Department of Com-4
merce f or continuedworkonadvancinghealthcare inf or-5
mation enterprise integration through activities such as6
technical standards analysis and establishment of con-7
f ormance testing inf rastructure, so longas such activities8
are coordinated with the Of f ice of the National Coordi-9
nator f or Health Inf ormation Technology: Provided fur-10
ther, That the provisions of section1 1 0 3 of this A ct shall11
not applytothis appropriation: Provided further, That the12
amount set aside f romthis appropriationpursuant tosec-13
tion 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be 0 . 2 5 percent insteadof the14
percentage specif ied in such section: Provided further,15
That f unds available under this heading shall become16
available f or obligationonlyuponsubmissionof anannual17
operatingplanbythe Secretarytothe Committees onA p-18
propriations of the House of Representatives andthe Sen-19
ate: Provided further, That the f iscal year 2 0 0 9 operating20
planshall be providednot later than 9 0 days af ter enact-21
ment of this A ct and that subsequent annual operating22
plans shall be providednot later thanNovember 1 of each23
year: Provided further, That these operating plans shall24
describehowexpenditures arealignedwiththespecif icob-25
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jectives, milestones, andmetrics of the Federal HealthIn-1
f ormationTechnologyStrategicPlan, includinganysubse-2
quent updates to the Plan; the allocation of resources3
withintheDepartment of HealthandHumanServices and4
other Federal agencies; andthe identif icationof programs5
and activities that are supported: Provided further, That6
the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on A ppro-7
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate8
areport ontheactual obligations, expenditures, andunob-9
ligated balances f or each ma jor set of activities not later10
than November 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and every 6 months thereaf ter11
as longas f undingprovidedunder this headingis available12
f or obligation or expenditure: Provided further, That the13
Comptroller General of the United States shall reviewon14
an annual basis the expenditures f romf unds provided15
under this heading to determine if such f unds are used16
inamanner consistent withthe purposeandrequirements17
under this heading.18
PUBLIC HEA LTHA ND SOCIA L SERVICES EMERGENCY 19
FUND 20
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 21
For anadditional amount f or PublicHealthandSo-22
cial Services Emergency Fund to support advanced re-23
search and development pursuant to section 31 9 L of the24
Public Health Service A ct, $430 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That25
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the provisions of section1 1 03 of this A ct shall not apply1
tothis appropriation.2
For anadditional amount f or PublicHealthandSo-3
cial Services Emergency Fund to prepare f or and re-4
spond to an inf luenza pandemic, including the develop-5
ment and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary med-6
ical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools,7
$42 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the provisions of section8
1 1 0 3 of this A ct shall not applytothis appropriation: Pro-9
vided further, That products purchased with these f unds10
may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and11
Human Services (Secretary ), be deposited in the Stra-12
tegic National Stock pile: Provided further, That notwith-13
standingsection 4 9 6 (b) of the Public HealthService A ct,14
f unds may be used f or the construction or renovation of 15
privately owned f acilities f or the production of pandemic16
inf luenza vaccine andother biologics, where the Secretary17
f inds such a contract necessary to secure suf f icient sup-18
plies of such vaccines or biologics: Provided further, That19
f unds appropriated in this paragraph may be transf erred20
to other appropriation accounts of the Department of 21
Health and Human Services, as determined by the Sec-22
retarytobeappropriate, tobeusedf or thepurposedspeci-23
f iedinthis sentence.24
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For anadditional amount f or PublicHealthandSo-1
cial Services Emergency Fund to improve inf ormation2
technology security at the Department of Health and3
Human Services, $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the Sec-4
retaryshall prepare andsubmit a report bynot later than5
November 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and by not later than 1 5 days af ter6
the end of each month thereaf ter, updating the status of 7
actions tak enandf unds obligatedinthis andprevious ap-8
propriations A cts f or pandemic inf luenza preparedness9
andresponse activities, biomedical advancedresearchand10
development activities, Pro ject BioShield, andCyber Secu-11
rity.12
PREVENTION A ND WELLNESS FUND 13
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 14
For necessary expenses f or a Prevention and15
Wellness Fund to be administered through the Depart-16
ment of Health and Human Services Of f ice of the Sec-17
retary, $3, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the provisions of 18
section1 1 0 3 of this A ct shall not applytothis appropria-19
tion: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated20
under this heading not less than $2 , 35 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be21
transf erred to the Centers f or Disease Control and Pre-22
ventionas f ollows:23
(1 ) not less than$9 5 4, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be usedas24
an additional amount to carry out the immunization25
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program authorized by section 31 7 (a), ( j), and1
(k )(1 ) of the Public Health Service A ct (section2
31 7 immunization program ), of which3
$6 49 , 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available on October 1 , 2 0 0 9 ;4
(2 ) not less than$2 9 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be usedas5
an additional amount to carry out Part A of title6
XIX of the Public Health Service A ct, of which7
$1 48 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available on October 1 , 2 0 0 9 ;8
(3) not less than$5 45 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be usedas9
an additional amount to carry out chronic disease,10
health promotion, and genomics programs, as jointly11
determined by the Secretary of Health and Human12
Services (Secretary ) and the Director of the Cen-13
ters f or Disease Control and Prevention (Direc-14
tor );15
(4) not less than $335 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be usedas16
an additional amount to carry out domestic HIV/ 17
A IDS, viral hepatitis, sexually- transmitted diseases,18
and tuberculosis prevention programs, as jointly de-19
terminedbythe Secretaryandthe Director;20
(5 ) not less than $6 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used as21
an additional amount to carry out environmental22
health programs, as jointly determined by the Sec-23
retaryandthe Director;24
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(6 ) not less than $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used as1
an additional amount to carry out in jury prevention2
and control programs, as jointly determined by the3
Secretaryandthe Director;4
(7 ) not less than $30 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used as5
anadditional amount f or public healthwork f orce de-6
velopment activities, as jointly determined by the7
Secretaryandthe Director;8
(8 ) not less than $40 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used as9
an additional amount f or the National Institute f or10
Occupational Saf ety and Health to carry out re-11
search activities within the National Occupational12
ResearchA genda; and13
(9 ) not less than $40 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used as14
an additional amount f or the National Center f or15
HealthStatistics:16
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under17
this headingnot less than$1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available18
f or an additional amount to carry out activities to imple-19
ment a national action plan to prevent healthcare- associ-20
ated inf ections, as determined by the Secretary, of which21
not less $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be providedtoStates toimple-22
ment healthcare- associated inf ection reduction strategies:23
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under24
this heading$5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be used tocarryout evi-25
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dence- basedclinical and community- basedprevention and1
wellness strategies and public health work f orce develop-2
ment activities authorized by the Public Health Service3
A ct, as determinedby the Secretary, that deliver specif ic,4
measurable health outcomes that address chronic and in-5
f ectious disease rates and health disparities, which shall6
include evidence- based interventions in obesity, diabetes,7
heart disease, cancer, tobaccocessationandsmok ingpre-8
vention, and oral health, and which may be used f or the9
Healthy Communities programadministered by the Cen-10
ters f or DiseaseControl andPreventionandother existing11
community- based programs administered by the Depart-12
ment of Health and Human Services: Provided further,13
That f unds appropriated in the preceding proviso may be14
transf erredtoother appropriationaccounts of theDepart-15
ment of Health and Human Services, as determined by16
theSecretarytobeappropriate: Provided further, That the17
Secretary shall, directly or through contracts with public18
or private entities, provide f or annual evaluations of pro-19
grams carriedout withf unds providedunder this heading20
in order to determine the quality and ef f ectiveness of the21
programs: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, not22
later than 1 year af ter the date of enactment of this A ct,23
submit tothe Committees onA ppropriations of the House24
of Representatives andthe Senate, the Committee onEn-25
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ergyandCommerce of the House of Representatives, and1
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-2
sions of the Senate, a report (1 ) summarizing the annual3
evaluations of programs f romthe preceding proviso; and4
(2 ) mak ing recommendations concerning f uture spending5
on prevention and wellness activities, including any rec-6
ommendations made by the United States Preventive7
Services TaskForceintheareaof clinical preventiveserv-8
ices and the Task Force on Community Preventive Serv-9
ices intheareaof communitypreventiveservices: Provided10
further, That theSecretaryshall enter intoa contract with11
the Institute of Medicine, f or which no more than12
$1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be made available f romf unds provided13
in this paragraph, to produce and submit a report to the14
Congress and the Secretary byno later than 1 year af ter15
the date of enactment of this A ct that includes rec-16
ommendations on the national priorities f or clinical and17
community- based prevention and wellness activities that18
will have a positive impact in preventing illness or reduc-19
ing healthcare costs and that considers input f romstak e-20
holders: Provided further, That the Secretaryshall provide21
totheCommittees onA ppropriations of theHouseof Rep-22
resentatives and the Senate a f iscal year 2 0 0 9 operating23
planf or the PreventionandWellness Fundprior tomak -24
ing any Federal obligations of f unds provided under this25
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heading in f iscal year 2 0 0 9 (excluding f unds to carry out1
thesection31 7 immunizationprogram), but not later than2
9 0 days af ter the date of enactment of this A ct, and a3
f iscal year 2 0 1 0 operating plan f or the Prevention and4
Wellness Fund prior to mak ing any Federal obligations5
of f unds provided under this heading in f iscal year 2 0 1 06
(excluding f unds to carry out the section 31 7 immuniza-7
tionprogram), but not later thanNovember 1 , 2 0 0 9 , that8
indicate the prevention priorities to be addressed; provide9
measurable goals f or each prevention priority; detail the10
allocation of resources within the Department of Health11
and HumanServices; and identif ywhich programs or ac-12
tivities are supported, including descriptions of any new13
programs or activities: Provided further, That the Sec-14
retary shall provide to the Committees on A ppropriations15
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report16
on the actual obligations, expenditures, and unobligated17
balances f or each activity f unded under this heading not18
later than November 1 , 2 0 0 9 and every 6 months there-19
af ter as long as f unding provided under this heading is20
availablef or obligationor expenditure.21
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GENERA L PROVISIONS, THIS SUBTITLE1
SEC. 9201. FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR COM-2
PARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH.3
(a) E STA BLISHMENT . There is herebyestablisheda4
Federal Coordinating Council f or Comparative Ef f ective-5
ness Research (in this section ref erred to as the Coun-6
cil ).7
(b) P URPOSE ; DUTIES . TheCouncil shall8
(1 ) assist the of f ices and agencies of the Fed-9
eral Government, including the Departments of 10
Health and Human Services, Veterans A f f airs, and11
Def ense, andother Federal departments or agencies,12
to coordinate the conduct or support of comparative13
ef f ectiveness and related health services research;14
and15
(2 ) advise the President andCongress on16
(A ) strategies with respect to the inf ra-17
structure needs of comparative ef f ectiveness re-18
searchwithinthe Federal Government;19
(B) appropriate organizational expendi-20
tures f or comparative ef f ectiveness research by21
relevant Federal departments andagencies; and22
(C) opportunities to assure optimumco-23
ordination of comparative ef f ectiveness and re-24
lated health services research conducted or sup-25
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ported by relevant Federal departments and1
agencies, with the goal of reducing duplicative2
ef f orts and encouraging coordinated and com-3
plementaryuse of resources.4
(c) M EMBERSHIP . 5
(1 ) N UMBER A ND A PPOINTMENT . The Council6
shall be composed of not more than 1 5 members, all7
of whomare senior Federal of f icers or employees8
with responsibility f or health- related programs, ap-9
pointed by the President, acting through the Sec-10
retary of Health and Human Services (in this sec-11
tion ref erred to as the Secretary ). Members shall12
f irst be appointed to the Council not later than 3013
days af ter the date of the enactment of this A ct.14
(2 ) M EMBERS . 15
(A ) I N GENERA L . The members of the16
Council shall include one senior of f icer or em-17
ployee f romeachof the f ollowingagencies:18
(i) The A gency f or Healthcare Re-19
searchandQuality.20
(ii) The Centers f or Medicare and21
MedicaidServices.22
(iii) The National Institutes of 23
Health.24
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(iv) The Of f ice of the National Coor-1
dinator f or Health Inf ormation Tech-2
nology.3
(v) The Food and Drug A dministra-4
tion.5
(vi) The Veterans Health A dministra-6
tion within the Department of Veterans7
A f f airs.8
(vii) The of f ice within the Department9
of Def ense responsible f or management of 10
the Department of Def ense Military11
HealthCare System.12
(B) Q UA LIFICA TIONS . A t least half of the13
members of the Council shall be physicians or14
other experts withclinical expertise.15
(3) C HA IRMA N ; VICE CHA IRMA N . The Sec-16
retary shall serve as Chairman of the Council and17
shall designate a member toserve as Vice Chairman.18
(d) R EPORTS . 19
(1 ) I NITIA L REPORT . Not later than June 30 ,20
2 0 0 9 , the Council shall submit to the President and21
the Congress a report containing inf ormation de-22
scribing Federal activities on comparative ef f ective-23
ness research and recommendations f or additional24
investments insuchresearchconductedor supported25
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f romf unds made available f or allotment by the Sec-1
retary f or comparative ef f ectiveness research in this2
A ct.3
(2 ) A NNUA L REPORT . The Council shall sub-4
mit to the President and Congress an annual report5
regarding its activities and recommendations con-6
cerning the inf rastructure needs, appropriate organi-7
zational expenditures and opportunities f or better8
coordinationof comparative ef f ectiveness researchby9
relevant Federal departments andagencies.10
(e) S TA FFING ; SUPPORT . Fromf unds made avail-11
able f or allotment by the Secretary f or comparative ef f ec-12
tiveness research in this A ct, the Secretary shall mak e13
available not more than1 percent to the Council f or staf f 14
andadministrativesupport.15
SEC. 9202. INVESTMENT IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECH-16
NOLOGY.17
(a) I N GENERA L . The Secretary of Health and18
Human Services shall invest in the inf rastructure nec-19
essary to allowf or and promote the electronic exchange20
and use of health inf ormation f or each individual in the21
United States consistent with the goals outlined in the22
Strategic Plandevelopedbythe Of f ice of the National Co-23
ordinator f or HealthInf ormationTechnology. Suchinvest-24
ment shall includeinvestment inat least thef ollowing:25
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(1 ) Health inf ormation technology architecture1
that will support the nationwide electronic exchange2
and use of health inf ormation in a secure, private,3
and accurate manner, including connecting health4
inf ormation exchanges, and which may include up-5
dating and implementing the inf rastructure nec-6
essary within dif f erent agencies of the Department7
of Health and Human Services to support the elec-8
tronic use andexchange of healthinf ormation.9
(2 ) Integration of health inf ormation tech-10
nology, including electronic medical records, into the11
initial and ongoing training of health prof essionals12
and others in the healthcare industry who would be13
instrumental to improving the quality of healthcare14
through the smooth and accurate electronic use and15
exchange of health inf ormationas determinedbythe16
Secretary.17
(3) Training on and dissemination of inf orma-18
tiononbest practices tointegrate healthinf ormation19
technology, including electronic records, into a pro-20
vider s delivery of care, including community health21
centers receivingassistance under section330 of the22
Public Health Service A ct and providers partici-23
pating in one or more of the programs under titles24
XVIII, XIX, andXXI of the Social SecurityA ct (re-25
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lating to Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Chil-1
drens HealthInsurance Program).2
(4) Inf rastructure and tools f or the promotion3
of telemedicine, including coordination among Fed-4
eral agencies inthe promotionof telemedicine.5
(5 ) Promotion of the interoperability of clinical6
data repositories or registries.7
The Secretaryshall implement paragraph(3) incoordina-8
tion with State agencies administering the Medicaid pro-9
gramandtheStateChildren s HealthInsuranceProgram.10
(b) L IMITA TION . None of the f unds appropriatedto11
carryout this sectionmaybe usedtomak e signif icant in-12
vestments in, or provide signif icant f unds f or, the acquisi-13
tionof hardwareor sof twareor f or theuseof anelectronic14
healthor medical record, or signif icant components there-15
of , unless suchinvestments or f unds aref or certif iedprod-16
ucts that wouldpermit the f ull andaccurate electronic ex-17
change anduse of healthinf ormationina medical record,18
including standards f or security, privacy, and quality im-19
provement f unctions adoptedbytheOf f ice of the National20
Coordinator f or HealthInf ormationTechnology.21
(c) R EPORT . The Secretaryshall annuallyreport to22
the Committees on Energy and Commerce, on Ways and23
Means, onScienceandTechnology, andonA ppropriations24
of the House of Representatives and the Committees on25
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Finance, onHealth, Education, Labor, andPensions, and1
onA ppropriations of theSenateontheuses of thesef unds2
and their impact on the inf rastructure f or the electronic3
exchangeanduseof healthinf ormation.4
Subtitle C—Education5
DEPA RTMENT OFEDUCA TION6
EDUCA TION FOR THE DISA DVA NTA GED 7
For anadditional amount f or Educationf or theDis-8
advantaged to carry out title I of the Elementary and9
Secondary Education A ct of 1 9 6 5 (ESEA ),10
$1 3, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That $5 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be11
available f or targeted grants under section 1 1 2 5 of the12
ESEA , of which$2 , 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall becomeavailableon13
July 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and shall remain available through Sep-14
tember 30 , 2 0 1 0 , and$2 , 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become avail-15
able on July 1 , 2 0 1 0 , and shall remain available through16
September 30 , 2 0 1 1 : Provided further, That17
$5 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall beavailablef or educationf inancein-18
centivegrants under section1 1 2 5 A of theESEA , of which19
$2 , 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on July 1 , 2 0 0 9 ,20
and shall remain available through September 30 , 2 0 1 0 ,21
and $2 , 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on July 1 ,22
2 0 1 0 , and shall remain available through September 30 ,23
2 0 1 1 : Provided further, That $2 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 , 0 00 shall be f or24
school improvement grants under section 1 0 0 3(g) of the25
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ESEA , of which$1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall becomeavailableon1
July 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and shall remain available through Sep-2
tember 30 , 2 0 1 0 , and$1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become avail-3
able on July 1 , 2 0 1 0 , and shall remain available through4
September 30 , 2 0 1 1 : Provided further, That theprovisions5
of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply to this appro-6
priation.7
IMPA CT AID 8
For anadditional amount f or Impact A id tocarry9
out section8 0 0 7 of title VIII of the ElementaryandSec-10
ondaryEducationA ct of 1 9 6 5 , $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , whichshall11
remain available through September 30 , 2 0 1 0 : Provided,12
That the amount set aside f romthis appropriationpursu-13
ant tosection 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be 1 percent instead14
of thepercentagespecif iedinsuchsection.15
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRA MS 16
For an additional amount f or School Improvement17
Programs to carry out subpart 1 , part D of title II of 18
the Elementary and Secondary Education A ct of 1 9 6 519
(ESEA ), and subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-20
Vento Homeless A ssistance A ct, $1 , 0 66 , 0 00 , 0 0 0 : Pro-21
vided, That $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available f or subpart22
1 , part D of title II of the ESEA , of which$5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 023
shall become available on July 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and shall remain24
available throughSeptember 30 , 2 0 1 0 , and$5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 025
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shall become available onJuly1 , 2 0 1 0 , andremainavail-1
able through September 30 , 2 0 1 1 : Provided further, That2
the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply3
to these f unds: Provided further, That $6 6, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall4
be available f or subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-5
Vento Homeless A ssistance A ct, of which $33, 0 0 0 , 0 0 06
shall become available on July 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and shall remain7
available through September 30 , 2 0 1 0 , and $33, 0 0 0 , 0 0 08
shall become available onJuly1 , 2 0 1 0 , andremainavail-9
ablethroughSeptember 30 , 2 0 1 1 .10
INNOVA TION A ND IMPROVEMENT 11
For an additional amount f or Innovation and Im-12
provement to carry out subpart 1 , part D and subpart13
2 , part B of titleVof theElementaryandSecondaryEdu-14
cation A ct of 1 9 6 5 (ESEA ), $2 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 : Provided,15
That $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available f or subpart 1 , part16
D of title V of the ESEA : Provided further, That these17
f unds shall be expendedas directedinthe f if th, sixth, and18
seventh provisos under the heading Innovation and Im-19
provement in the Department of Education A ppropria-20
tions A ct, 2 0 0 8 : Provided further, That a portionof these21
f unds shall alsobe usedf or a rigorous national evaluation22
by the Institute of Education Sciences, utilizing random-23
izedcontrolledmethodologytothe extent f easible, that as-24
sesses the impact of perf ormance- based teacher andprin-25
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cipal compensation systems supported by the f unds pro-1
videdinthis A ct onteacher andprincipal recruitment and2
retention in high- need schools andsub jects: Provided fur-3
ther, That $2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 shall be available f or subpart 2 ,4
part B of title Vof the ESEA : Provided further, That the5
amount set aside f romthis appropriationpursuant tosec-6
tion 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall be 1 percent instead of the7
percentagespecif iedinsuchsection.8
SPECIA L EDUCA TION 9
For an additional amount f or Special Education 10
f or carryingout section 6 1 1 andpart C of the Individuals11
with Disabilities Education A ct (IDEA ),12
$1 3, 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That $1 3, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall13
be available f or section 6 1 1 of the IDEA , of which14
$6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on July 1 , 2 0 0 9 ,15
and remain available through September 30 , 2 0 1 0 , and16
$7 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on July 1 , 2 0 1 0 ,17
and remain available through September 30 , 2 0 1 1 : Pro-18
vided further, That $6 00 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available f or19
part C of the IDEA , of which $30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become20
available on July 1 , 2 0 0 9 , and remain available through21
September 30 , 2 0 1 0 , and $30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become22
available on July 1 , 2 0 1 0 , and remain available through23
September 30 , 2 0 1 1 : Provided further, That by July 1 ,24
2 0 0 9 , theSecretaryof Educationshall reservetheamount25
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neededf or grants under section643(e) of the IDEA f rom1
f unds available f or obligation on July 1 , 2 0 0 9 , with any2
remainingf unds tobeallocatedinaccordance withsection3
6 43(c) of the IDEA : Provided further, That by July 1 ,4
2 0 1 0 , the Secretary shall reserve the amount needed f or5
grants under section6 43(e) of theIDEA f romf unds avail-6
able f or obligation on July 1 , 2 0 1 0 , with any remaining7
f unds to be allocated in accordance with section 6 43(c)8
of the IDEA : Provided further, That if everyState, as de-9
f ined by section 6 0 2 (31 ) of the IDEA , reaches its max-10
imumallocation under section 6 1 1 (d)(3)(B)(iii) of the11
IDEA , and there are remaining f unds, such f unds shall12
be proportionally allocated to each State sub ject to the13
maximumamounts contained in section 6 1 1 (a)(2 ) of the14
IDEA : Provided further, That the provisions of section15
1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not applytothis appropriation.16
REHA BILITA TION SERVICES A ND DISA BILITY RESEA RCH 17
For an additional amount f or Rehabilitation Serv-18
ices and Disability Research f or providing grants to19
States tocarryout the Vocational RehabilitationServices20
programunder part B of title I and parts B and C of 21
chapter 1 and chapter 2 of title VII of the Rehabilitation22
A ct of 1 9 7 3, $7 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 023
shall be available f or part B of title I of the Rehabilitation24
A ct, of which$2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available onOc-25
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tober 1 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided further, That f unds providedhere-1
in shall not be considered in determining the amount re-2
quired to be appropriated under section 1 0 0 (b)(1 ) of the3
RehabilitationA ct of 1 9 7 3 inanyf iscal year: Provided fur-4
ther, That, notwithstandingsection7 (1 4)(A ), the Federal5
share of the costs of vocational rehabilitationservices pro-6
videdwiththe f unds providedhereinshall be 1 0 0 percent:7
Provided further, That the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of 8
this A ct shall not apply to these f unds: Provided further,9
That $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be available f or parts B and C10
of chapter 1 and chapter 2 of title VII of the Rehabilita-11
tionA ct, of which$1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on12
October 1 , 2 0 0 9 : Provided further, That $34, 7 7 5 , 0 0 0 shall13
be f or State Grants, $1 1 4, 5 8 1 , 0 0 0 shall be f or inde-14
pendent livingcenters, and$5 0 , 6 44, 0 0 0 shall be f or serv-15
ices f or older blindindividuals.16
STUDENT F INA NCIA L ASSISTA NCE 17
For anadditional amount f or Student Financial A s-18
sistance to carry out subpart 1 of part A and part C19
of title IVof theHigher EducationA ct of 1 9 6 5 (HEA ),20
$1 6 , 1 2 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , which shall remain available through21
September 30 , 2 0 1 1 : Provided, That $1 5 , 6 36 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 022
shall be available f or subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the23
HEA : Provided further, That $49 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be avail-24
able f or part C of title IV of the HEA , of which25
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$2 45 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on October 1 , 2 0 0 9 :1
Provided further, That the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of 2
this A ct shall not applytothis appropriation.3
The maximumPell Grant f or which a student shall4
be eligible duringaward year 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 0 shall be $4, 8 6 0 .5
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRA TION 6
For anadditional amount f or Student A idA dminis-7
tration to carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1 ,8
3, and 4 of part A , and parts B, C, D, and Eof title9
IV of the Higher Education A ct of 1 9 65 , $5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ,10
whichshall remainavailable throughSeptember 30 , 2 0 1 1 :11
Provided, That suchamount shall alsobe available f or an12
independent audit of programs and activities authorized13
under section 4 5 9 A of such A ct: Provided further, That14
the provisions of section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall not apply15
tothis appropriation.16
HIGHER EDUCA TION 17
For anadditional amount f or Higher Education to18
carry out part A of title II of the Higher Education A ct19
of 1 9 65 , $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That section 2 0 3(c)(1 )20
of such A ct shall not apply to awards made with these21
f unds.22
INSTITUTEOF EDUCA TION SCIENCES 23
For an additional amount f or Institute of Education24
Sciences tocarryout section 2 0 8 of theEducational Tech-25
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nical A ssistance A ct, $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , which may be used1
f or Statewidedatasystems that includepostsecondaryand2
work f orce inf ormation, of whichupto$5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 maybe3
usedf or State data coordinators andf or awards topublic4
or private organizations or agencies to improve data co-5
ordination: Provided, That the amount set aside f romthis6
appropriation pursuant to section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct shall7
be 1 percent instead of the percentage specif ied in such8
section.9
SCHOOL MODERNIZA TION , RENOVA TION , A ND REPA IR 10
For carrying out section 9 30 1 of this A ct,11
$1 4, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That amount available under12
section9 301 of this A ct f or administration and oversight13
shall tak e the place of the set- aside under section 1 1 0 614
of this A ct.15
HIGHER EDUCA TION MODERNIZA TION , RENOVA TION ,16
A ND REPA IR 17
For carrying out section 9 30 2 of this A ct,18
$6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That amount available under19
section 9 30 2 of this A ct f or administration and oversight20
shall tak e the place of the set- aside under section 1 1 0 621
of this A ct.22
SEC. 9301. 21ST CENTURY GREEN HIGH-PERFORMING PUB-23
LIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.24
(a) D EFINITIONS . Inthis section:25
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(1 ) The termBureau- f unded school has the1
meaning given to such termin section 1 1 4 1 of the2
Education A mendments of 1 9 7 8 (2 5 U. S. C. 2 0 2 1 ).3
(2 ) The termcharter school has the meaning4
given such termin section 5 2 1 0 of the Elementary5
andSecondaryEducationA ct of 1 9 6 5 .6
(3) The termlocal educational agency 7
(A ) has the meaning given to that termin8
section 9 1 0 1 of the Elementary and Secondary9
Education A ct of 1 9 6 5 , and shall also include10
the Recovery School District of Louisiana and11
the NewOrleans Public Schools; and12
(B) includes any public charter school that13
constitutes a local educational agency under14
State law.15
(4) The termoutlyingarea 16
(A ) means the United States Virgin Is-17
lands, Guam, A merican Samoa, and the Com-18
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;19
and20
(B) includes the f reely associated states of 21
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Fed-22
erated States of Micronesia, and the Republic23
of Palau.24
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(5 ) The termpublic school f acilities includes1
charter schools.2
(6) The termState means each of the 5 03
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-4
wealthof PuertoRico.5
(7 ) The termLEED Green Building Rating6
System means the United States Green Building7
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental8
Design greenbuildingratingstandard ref erred toas9
the LEED GreenBuildingRatingSystem.10
(8 ) The termEnergy Star means the Energy11
Star programof the United States Department of 12
Energy and the United States Environmental Pro-13
tectionA gency.14
(9 ) The term CHPS Criteria means the15
green building rating programdeveloped by the Col-16
laborative f or HighPerf ormance Schools.17
(1 0 ) The term Green Globes means the18
Green Building Initiative environmental design and19
ratingsystemref erredtoas GreenGlobes.20
(b) P URPOSE . Grants under this sectionshall be f or21
the purpose of modernizing, renovating, or repairingpub-22
lic school f acilities, basedon their need f or such improve-23
ments, to be saf e, healthy, high- perf orming, and up- to-24
datetechnologically.25
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(c) A LLOCA TION OF F UNDS . 1
(1 ) R ESERVA TIONS . 2
(A ) I N GENERA L . Fromthe amount ap-3
propriated to carry out this section, the Sec-4
retary of Education shall reserve 1 percent of 5
such amount, consistent with the purpose de-6
scribedinsubsection(b)7
(i) to provide assistance to the out-8
lyingareas; and9
(ii) f or payments to the Secretary of 10
the Interior to provide assistance to Bu-11
reau- f undedschools.12
(B) A DMINISTRA TION A ND OVERSIGHT . 13
The Secretary may, in addition, reserve up to14
$6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 of such amount f or administration15
andoversight of this section.16
(2 ) A LLOCA TION TO STA TES . 17
(A ) S TA TE -BY-STA TE A LLOCA TION . Of 18
the amount appropriated to carry out this sec-19
tion, and not reserved under paragraph (1 ),20
each State shall be allocated an amount in pro-21
portion to the amount received by all local edu-22
cational agencies in the State under part A of 23
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-24
cation A ct of 1 9 65 f or f iscal year 2 0 0 8 relative25
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to the total amount received by all local edu-1
cational agencies ineveryState under suchpart2
f or suchf iscal year.3
(B) S TA TE A DMINISTRA TION . A State4
may reserve up to 1 percent of its allocation5
under subparagraph(A ) tocarryout its respon-6
sibilities under this section, including7
(i) providing technical assistance to8
local educational agencies;9
(ii) developing, within 6 months of re-10
ceiving its allocation under subparagraph11
(A ), a plan to develop a database that in-12
cludes an inventory of public school f acili-13
ties in the State and the modernization,14
renovation, andrepair needs of , energyuse15
by, and the carbon f ootprint of such16
schools; and17
(iii) developing a school energy ef f i-18
ciencyqualityplan.19
(C) G RA NTS TO LOCA L EDUCA TIONA L 20
A GENCIES . Fromthe amount allocated to a21
State under subparagraph (A ), each local edu-22
cational agency in the State that meets the re-23
quirements of section 1 1 1 2 (a) of the Elemen-24
tary and Secondary Education A ct of 1 9 6 525
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shall receive an amount in proportion to the1
amount receivedbysuchlocal educational agen-2
cy under part A of title I of that A ct f or f iscal3
year 2 0 0 8 relative to the total amount received4
by all local educational agencies in the State5
under suchpart f or suchf iscal year, except that6
no local educational agency that received f unds7
under part A of title I of that A ct f or such f is-8
cal year shall receive a grant of less than9
$5 , 0 0 0 .10
(D) S PECIA L RULE . Section 1 1 2 2 (c)(3)11
of the Elementary and Secondary Education12
A ct of 1 9 6 5 shall not apply to subparagraph13
(A ) or (C).14
(3) S PECIA L RULES . 15
(A ) D ISTRIBUTIONS BY SECRETA RY . The16
Secretary of Education shall mak e and dis-17
tribute the reservations and allocations de-18
scribedinparagraphs (1 ) and(2 ) not later than19
30 days af ter the date of the enactment of this20
A ct.21
(B) D ISTRIBUTIONS BY STA TES . A State22
shall mak e and distribute the allocations de-23
scribed in paragraph (2 )(C) within 30 days of 24
receivingsuchf unds f romthe Secretary.25
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(d) U SE ITOR LOSE IT REQUIREMENTS . 1
(1 ) D EA DLINEFOR BINDINGCOMMITMENTS . 2
Each local educational agency receiving f unds under3
this section shall enter into contracts or other bind-4
ing commitments not later than 1 year af ter the5
date of the enactment of this A ct (or not later than6
9 months af ter such f unds are awarded, if later) to7
mak e use of 5 0 percent of such f unds, and shall8
enter into contracts or other binding commitments9
not later than 2 years af ter the date of the enact-10
ment of this A ct (or not later than 2 1 months af ter11
such f unds are awarded, if later) to mak e use of the12
remaining f unds. In the case of activities to be car-13
ried out directly by a local educational agency (rath-14
er than by contracts, subgrants, or other arrange-15
ments with third parties), a certif ication by the16
agency specif ying the amounts, planned timing, and17
purpose of such expenditures shall be deemed a18
binding commitment f or purposes of this subsection.19
(2 ) R EDISTRIBUTION OF UNCOMMITTED 20
FUNDS . A State shall recover or deobligate any21
f unds not committed in accordance with paragraph22
(1 ), and redistribute such f unds to other local edu-23
cational agencies eligible under this section and able24
to mak e use of such f unds in a timely manner (in-25
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cluding binding commitments within 1 2 0 days af ter1
the reallocation).2
(e) A LLOWA BLE USES OF F UNDS . A local edu-3
cational agency receiving a grant under this section shall4
use the grant f or modernization, renovation, or repair of 5
publicschool f acilities, including6
(1 ) repairing, replacing, or installing roof s, in-7
cluding extensive, intensive or semi- intensive green8
roof s, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, sewage9
systems, lighting systems, or components of such10
systems, windows, or doors, includingsecuritydoors;11
(2 ) repairing, replacing, or installing heating,12
ventilation, air conditioning systems, or components13
of such systems (including insulation), including in-14
door air qualityassessments;15
(3) bringingpublic schools intocompliance with16
f ire, health, and saf ety codes, including prof essional17
installation of f ire / lif e saf ety alarms, including mod-18
ernizations, renovations, and repairs that ensure19
that schools are prepared f or emergencies, such as20
improving building inf rastructure to accommodate21
securitymeasures;22
(4) modif ications necessary to mak e public23
school f acilities accessible to comply with the A meri-24
cans withDisabilities A ct of 1 9 9 0 (42 U. S. C. 1 2 1 0 125
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et seq. ) and section 5 0 4 of the Rehabilitation A ct of 1
1 9 7 3 (2 9 U. S. C. 7 9 4), except that such modif ica-2
tions shall not be the primaryuse of the grant;3
(5 ) asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls abate-4
ment or removal f rompublic school f acilities;5
(6 ) implementation of measures designed to re-6
duce or eliminate human exposure to lead- based7
paint hazards through methods including interim8
controls, abatement, or a combinationof each;9
(7 ) implementation of measures designed to re-10
duce or eliminate human exposure to mold or mil-11
dew;12
(8 ) upgrading or installing educational tech-13
nology inf rastructure to ensure that students have14
access toup- to- date educational technology;15
(9 ) technology activities that are carried out in16
connectionwithschool repair andrenovation, includ-17
ing18
(A ) wiring;19
(B) acquiringhardware andsof tware;20
(C) acquiring connectivity link ages and re-21
sources; and22
(D) acquiring microwave, f iber optics,23
cable, andsatellite transmissionequipment;24
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(1 0 ) modernization, renovation, or repair of 1
science and engineering laboratory f acilities, librar-2
ies, and career and technical education f acilities, in-3
cluding those related toenergy ef f iciencyandrenew-4
able energy, and improvements to building inf ra-5
structure to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian ac-6
cess;7
(1 1 ) renewable energy generation and heating8
systems, including solar, photovoltaic, wind, geo-9
thermal, or biomass, including wood pellet, systems10
or components of suchsystems;11
(1 2 ) other modernization, renovation, or repair12
of public school f acilities to13
(A ) improve teachers ability to teach and14
students abilitytolearn;15
(B) ensure the health and saf ety of stu-16
dents andstaf f ;17
(C) mak e themmore energyef f icient; or18
(D) reduce class size; and19
(1 3) requiredenvironmental remediationrelated20
to public school modernization, renovation, or repair21
describedinparagraphs (1 ) through(1 2 ).22
(f ) I MPERMISSIBLE USES OF F UNDS . No f unds re-23
ceivedunder this sectionmaybeusedf or24
(1 ) payment of maintenance costs; or25
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(2 ) stadiums or other f acilities primarily used1
f or athletic contests or exhibitions or other events2
f or whichadmissionis chargedto the general public.3
(g) S UPPLEMENT , NOT SUPPLA NT . A local edu-4
cational agency receiving a grant under this section shall5
use such Federal f unds only to supplement and not sup-6
plant the amount of f unds that would, in the absence of 7
such Federal f unds, be available f or modernization, ren-8
ovation, or repair of publicschool f acilities.9
(h) P ROHIBITION REGA RDING STA TE AID . A State10
shall not tak e intoconsiderationpayments under this sec-11
tion in determining the eligibility of any local educational12
agencyinthat State f or State aid, or the amount of State13
aid, withrespect tof reepubliceducationof children.14
(i) S PECIA L RULE ON CONTRA CTING . Each local15
educational agency receiving a grant under this section16
shall ensure that, if the agencycarries out modernization,17
renovation, or repair through a contract, the process f or18
anysuchcontract ensures the maximumnumber of quali-19
f ied bidders, including local, small, minority, and women-20
andveteran- ownedbusinesses, throughf ull andopencom-21
petition.22
( j) S PECIA L RULE ON USE OF IRON A ND STEEL 23
PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STA TES . 24
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(1 ) I N GENERA L . A local educational agency1
shall not obligate or expend f unds received under2
this section f or a pro ject f or the modernization, ren-3
ovation, or repair of a public school f acilityunless all4
of the iron and steel used in such pro ject is pro-5
ducedinthe UnitedStates.6
(2 ) E XCEPTIONS . The provisions of paragraph7
(1 ) shall not apply in any case in which the local8
educational agencyf inds that9
(A ) their application would be inconsistent10
withthe public interest;11
(B) iron and steel are not produced in the12
United States in suf f icient and reasonably13
available quantities and of a satisf actory qual-14
ity; or15
(C) inclusion of iron and steel produced in16
the United States will increase the cost of the17
overall pro ject contract by more than 2 5 per-18
cent.19
(k ) A PPLICA TION OF GEPA . The grant program20
under this section is anapplicable program(as that term21
is def ined insection 4 0 0 of the General Education Provi-22
sions A ct (2 0 U. S. C. 1 2 2 1 )) sub ject tosection439 of such23
A ct (2 0 U. S. C. 1 2 32 b).24
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A dministrator of the Environmental Protection1
A gency, shall provide outreach and technical assist-2
ance to States and school districts concerning the3
best practices in school modernization, renovation,4
and repair, including those related to student aca-5
demic achievement and student and staf f health, en-6
ergyef f iciency, andenvironmental protection.7
(n) Y OUTHBUILD PROGRA MS . The Secretary of 8
Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor,9
shall work with recipients of f unds under this section to10
promote appropriate opportunities f or participants in a11
YouthBuild program(as def ined in section 1 7 3A of the12
Work f orce Investment A ct of 1 9 9 8 (2 9 U. S. C. 2 9 1 8 a)) to13
gainemployment experienceonmodernization, renovation,14
andrepair pro jects f undedunder this section.15
(o) R EPORTING . 16
(1 ) R EPORTS BY LOCA L EDUCA TIONA L A GEN -17
CIES . Local educational agencies receiving a grant18
under this section shall compile, and submit to the19
State educational agency (which shall compile and20
submit such reports to the Secretary), a report de-21
scribingthe pro jects f or whichsuchf unds were used,22
including23
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(A ) the number of public schools in the1
agency, including the number of charter2
schools;3
(B) the total amount of f unds received by4
the local educational agency under this section5
andthe amount of suchf unds expended, includ-6
ing the amount expended f or modernization,7
renovation, andrepair of charter schools;8
(C) the number of public schools in the9
agency with a metro- centric locale code of 41 ,10
42 , or 43 as determinedbythe National Center11
f or Education Statistics and the percentage of 12
f unds received by the agency under this section13
that were usedf or pro jects at suchschools;14
(D) the number of public schools in the15
agencythat are eligible f or schoolwide programs16
under section 1 1 1 4 of the Elementary and Sec-17
ondary Education A ct of 1 9 65 and the percent-18
age of f unds received by the agency under this19
section that were used f or pro jects at such20
schools;21
(E) the cost of each pro ject, which, if any,22
of the standards described in subsection (k )(1 )23
the pro ject met, and any demonstrable or ex-24
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pected academic, energy, or environmental ben-1
ef its as a result of the pro ject;2
(F) if f looringwas installed, whether3
(i) it was low- or no- VOC (Volatile4
Organic Compounds) f looring;5
(ii) it was made f romsustainable ma-6
terials; and7
(iii) use of f looringdescribed inclause8
(i) or (ii) was cost ef f ective; and9
(G) the total number and amount of con-10
tracts awarded, and the number and amount of 11
contracts awarded to local, small, minority-12
owned, women- owned, and veteran- owned busi-13
nesses.14
(2 ) R EPORTS BY SECRETA RY . Not later than15
December 31 , 2 0 1 1 , the Secretary of Education16
shall submit to the Committees on Education and17
Labor and A ppropriations of the House of Rep-18
resentatives and the Committees on Health, Edu-19
cation, Labor, and Pensions and A ppropriations of 20
the Senate a report on grants made under this sec-21
tion, including the inf ormation described in para-22
graph (1 ), the types of modernization, renovation,23
and repair f unded, and the number of students im-24
pacted, including the number of students counted25
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under section 1 1 1 3(a)(5 ) of the Elementary and1
SecondaryEducationA ct of 1 9 6 5 .2
SEC. 9302. HIGHER EDUCATION MODERNIZATION, RENOVA-3
TION, AND REPAIR.4
(a) P URPOSE . Grants awarded under this section5
shall be f or the purpose of modernizing, renovating, and6
repairinginstitutionof higher educationf acilities that are7
primarily used f or instruction, research, or student hous-8
ing.9
(b) G RA NTS TO STA TE HIGHER EDUCA TION AGEN -10
CIES . 11
(1 ) F ORMULA . From the amounts appro-12
priated to carry out this section, the Secretary of 13
Education shall allocate f unds to State higher edu-14
cation agencies based on the number of students at-15
tending institutions of higher education, with the16
State higher education agency in each State receiv-17
ing an amount that is in proportion to the number18
of f ull- time equivalent undergraduate students at-19
tending institutions of higher education in such20
State f or the most recent f iscal year f or which there21
are data available, relative to the total number of 22
f ull- time equivalent undergraduate students attend-23
ing institutions of higher education in all States f or24
suchf iscal year.25
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(2 ) A PPLICA TION . To be eligible to receive an1
allocation f romthe Secretary under paragraph (1 ),2
a State higher education agency shall submit an ap-3
plication to the Secretary at such time and in such4
manner as the Secretarymayreasonablyrequire.5
(3) R EA LLOCA TION . A mounts allocated to a6
State higher education agency under this section7
that are not obligated by such agency within 68
months of the date the agency receives such9
amounts shall be returned to the Secretary, and the10
Secretary shall reallocate such amounts to State11
higher education agencies in other States on the12
same basis as the original allocations under para-13
graph(1 )(B).14
(4) A DMINISTRA TION A ND OVERSIGHT EX -15
PENSES . Fromthe amounts appropriated to carry16
out this section, not more than $6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be17
available to the Secretary f or administrative and18
oversight expenses related to carrying out this sec-19
tion.20
(c) U SEOF GRA NTS BY STA TE HIGHER EDUCA TION 21
AGENCIES . 22
(1 ) S UBGRA NTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 23
EDUCA TION . 24
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(A ) I N GENERA L . Except as provided in1
paragraph (2 ), each State higher education2
agency receiving an allocation under subsection3
(b)(1 ) shall use the amount allocated to award4
subgrants to institutions of higher education5
withinthe State tocarryout pro jects inaccord-6
ance withsubsection(d)(1 ).7
(B) S UBGRA NT A WA RD A LLOCA TION . A8
State higher education agency shall award sub-9
grants to institutions of higher education under10
this section based on the demonstrated need of 11
each institution f or f acility modernization, ren-12
ovation, andrepair.13
(C) P RIORITY CONSIDERA TIONS . In14
awarding subgrants under this section, each15
State higher education agency shall give pri-16
orityconsiderationto institutions of higher edu-17
cation with any of the f ollowing characteristics:18
(i) The institution is eligible f or Fed-19
eral assistance under title III or title V of 20
the Higher EducationA ct of 1 9 6 5 .21
(ii) The institution was impacted by a22
ma jor disaster or emergency declared by23
the President (as def ined in section 1 0 2 (2 )24
of the Robert T. Staf f ord Disaster Relief 25
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and Emergency A ssistance A ct (42 U. S. C.1
5 1 2 2 (2 ))), including an institution af f ected2
by a Gulf hurricane disaster, as such term3
is def inedinsection8 2 4(g)(1 ) of the High-4
er Education A ct of 1 9 6 5 (2 0 U. S. C.5
1 1 6 1 1 3(g)(1 )).6
(iii) The institution demonstrates that7
the proposed pro ject or pro jects to be car-8
riedout witha subgrant under this section9
will increase the energyef f iciencyof the in-10
stitution s f acilities and comply with the11
LEED GreenBuildingRatingSystem.12
(2 ) A DMINISTRA TIVE A ND OVERSIGHT EX -13
PENSES . Of the allocation amount received under14
subsection (b)(1 ), a State higher education agency15
may reserve not more than 5 percent of such16
amount, or $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , whichever is less, f or adminis-17
trative and oversight expenses related to carrying18
out this section.19
(d) U SEOF SUBGRA NTS BY INSTITUTIONSOF HIGH -20
ER EDUCA TION . 21
(1 ) P ERMISSIBLEUSES OFFUNDS . A ninstitu-22
tion of higher education receiving a subgrant under23
this section shall use such subgrant to modernize,24
renovate, or repair f acilities of the institution that25
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are primarily used f or instruction, research, or stu-1
dent housing, which may include any of the f ol-2
lowing:3
(A ) Repair, replacement, or installation of 4
roof s, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, sew-5
age systems, or lightingsystems.6
(B) Repair, replacement, or installation of 7
heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems8
(includinginsulation).9
(C) Compliance with f ire and saf ety codes,10
including11
(i) prof essional installation of f ire or12
lif e saf etyalarms; and13
(ii) modernizations, renovations, and14
repairs that ensure that the institution s15
f acilities are prepared f or emergencies,16
such as improving building inf rastructure17
toaccommodate securitymeasures.18
(D) Retrof itting necessary to increase the19
energyef f iciencyof the institution s f acilities.20
(E) Renovations to the institution s f acili-21
ties necessary to comply with accessibility re-22
quirements in the A mericans with Disabilities23
A ct of 1 9 9 0 (42 U. S. C. 1 2 1 0 1 et seq. ) andsec-24
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tion 5 0 4 of the Rehabilitation A ct of 1 9 7 3 (2 91
U. S. C. 7 9 4).2
(F) A batement or removal of asbestos f rom3
the institution s f acilities.4
(G) Modernization, renovation, and repair5
relating to improving science and engineering6
laboratories, libraries, and instructional f acili-7
ties.8
(H) Upgrading or installation of edu-9
cational technologyinf rastructure.10
(I) Installation or upgrading of renewable11
energy generation and heating systems, includ-12
ingsolar, photovoltaic, wind, biomass (including13
wood pellet), or geothermal systems, or compo-14
nents of suchsystems.15
(J) Other modernization, renovation, or re-16
pair pro jects that are primarily f or instruction,17
research, or student housing.18
(2 ) G REEN SCHOOL REQUIREMENT . A n insti-19
tution of higher education receiving a subgrant20
under this section shall use not less than 2 5 percent21
of such subgrant to carry out pro jects f or mod-22
ernization, renovation, or repair that are certif ied,23
verif ied, or consistent with the applicable provisions24
of 25
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(A ) the LEED GreenBuildingRatingSys-1
tem;2
(B) EnergyStar;3
(C) the CHPS Criteria;4
(D) GreenGlobes; or5
(E) an equivalent programadopted by the6
State or the State higher educationagency.7
(3) P ROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS . No f unds8
awardedunder this sectionmaybe usedf or9
(A ) the maintenance of systems, equip-10
ment, or f acilities, including maintenance asso-11
ciated with any permissible uses of f unds de-12
scribedinparagraph(1 );13
(B) modernization, renovation, or repair of 14
stadiums or other f acilities primarily used f or15
athletic contests or exhibitions or other events16
f or which admission is charged to the general17
public;18
(C) modernization, renovation, or repair of 19
f acilities20
(i) used f or sectarian instruction, reli-21
gious worship, or a school or department22
of divinity; or23
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(ii) in which a substantial portion of 1
the f unctions of the f acilities are subsumed2
ina religious mission; or3
(D) constructionof newf acilities.4
(4) U SEIT OR LOSEIT REQUIREMENTS . 5
(A ) D EA DLINE FOR BINDING COMMIT -6
MENTS . Each institution of higher education7
receiving a subgrant under this section shall8
enter into contracts or other binding commit-9
ments not later than 1 year af ter the date of 10
the enactment of this A ct (or not later than 911
months af ter the subgrant is awarded, if later)12
to mak e use of 5 0 percent of the f unds award-13
ed, and shall enter intocontracts or other bind-14
ing commitments not later than 2 years af ter15
the date of the enactment of this A ct (or not16
later than 2 1 months af ter the subgrant is17
awarded, if later) to mak e use of the remaining18
f unds. In the case of activities tobe carriedout19
directlybyaninstitutionof higher educationre-20
ceiving such a subgrant (rather than by con-21
tracts, subgrants, or other arrangements with22
third parties), a certif ication by the institution23
specif ying the amounts, planned timing, and24
purpose of such expenditures shall be deemed a25
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binding commitment f or purposes of this sec-1
tion.2
(B) R EDISTRIBUTION OF UNCOMMITTED 3
FUNDS . A State higher education agency shall4
recover or deobligate any subgrant f unds not5
committed in accordance with subparagraph6
(A ), and redistribute such f unds to other insti-7
tutions of higher educationthat are8
(i) eligible f or subgrants under this9
section; and10
(ii) able to mak e use of such f unds in11
a timely manner (including binding com-12
mitments within 1 2 0 days af ter the re-13
allocation).14
(e) A PPLICA TION OF GEPA . Thegrant programau-15
thorized in this section is an applicable program(as that16
termis def ined in section 4 0 0 of the General Education17
Provisions A ct (2 0 U. S. C. 1 2 2 1 )) sub ject to section 43918
of such A ct (2 0 U. S. C. 1 2 32 b). The Secretary shall, not-19
withstanding section 437 of such A ct (2 0 U. S. C. 1 2 32 )20
and section 5 5 3 of title 5 , United States Code, establish21
such programrules as may be necessary to implement22
suchgrant programbynoticeintheFederal Register.23
(f ) R EPORTING . 24
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(1 ) R EPORTS BY INSTITUTIONS . Not later1
than September 30 , 2 0 1 1 , each institution of higher2
education receiving a subgrant under this section3
shall submit to the State higher education agency4
awarding such subgrant a report describing the5
pro jects f or which such subgrant was received, in-6
cluding7
(A ) a description of each pro ject carried8
out, or planned to be carried out, with such9
subgrant, including the types of modernization,10
renovation, and repair to be completed by each11
suchpro ject;12
(B) the total amount of f unds received by13
the institution under this section and the14
amount of such f unds expended, as of the date15
of the report, onthe suchpro jects;16
(C) the actual or plannedcost of eachsuch17
pro ject and any demonstrable or expected aca-18
demic, energy, or environmental benef its result-19
ingf romsuchpro ject; and20
(D) the total number of contracts, and21
amount of f unding f or such contracts, awarded22
by the institution to carry out such pro jects, as23
of the date of such report, including the num-24
ber of contracts, and amount of f unding f or25
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such contracts, awarded to local, small, minor-1
ity- owned, women- owned, and veteran- owned2
businesses, as such terms are def ined by the3
Small Business A ct.4
(2 ) R EPORTS BY STA TES . Not later than De-5
cember 31 , 2 0 1 1 , each State higher education agen-6
cy receiving a grant under this section shall submit7
to the Secretarya report containinga compilationof 8
all of the reports under paragraph (1 ) submitted to9
the agencybyinstitutions of higher education.10
(3) R EPORTS BY THESECRETA RY . Not later11
than March 31 , 2 0 1 2 , the Secretary shall submit to12
the Committee on Education and Labor in the13
House of Representatives and the Committee on14
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Sen-15
ate and Committees on A ppropriations of the House16
of Representatives and the Senate a report on17
grants and subgrants made under this section, in-18
cluding the inf ormation described in paragraph (1 ).19
(g) D EFINITIONS . Inthis section:20
(1 ) C HPS CRITERIA . The termCHPS Cri-21
teria means the green building rating programde-22
veloped by the Collaborative f or High Perf ormance23
Schools.24
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(2 ) E NERGY STA R . The termEnergy Star 1
means the Energy Star program of the United2
States Department of Energyand the United States3
Environmental ProtectionA gency.4
(3) G REEN GLOBES . The term Green5
Globes means the Green Building Initiative envi-6
ronmental design and rating systemref erred to as7
GreenGlobes.8
(4) I NSTITUTION OFHIGHER EDUCA TION . The9
term institution of higher education has the10
meaninggivensuchterminsection 1 0 1 of the High-11
er EducationA ct of 1 9 6 5 .12
(5 ) LEED GREEN BUILDING RA TING SYS -13
TEM . The term LEED Green Building Rating14
System means the United States Green Building15
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental16
Design greenbuildingratingstandard ref erred toas17
the LEED GreenBuildingRatingSystem.18
(6 ) S ECRETA RY . The termSecretary means19
the Secretaryof Education.20
(7 ) S TA TE . The termState has the mean-21
ing given such termin section 1 0 3 of the Higher22
EducationA ct of 1 9 6 5 (2 0 U. S. C. 1 0 0 3).23
(8 ) S TA TEHIGHER EDUCA TION A GENCY . The24
termState higher educationagency has the mean-25
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ing given such termin section 1 0 3 of the Higher1
EducationA ct of 1 9 6 5 (2 0 U. S. C. 1 0 0 3).2
SEC. 9303. MANDATORY PELL GRANTS.3
Section 4 0 1 (b)(9 )(A ) of the Higher EducationA ct of 4
1 9 6 5 (2 0 U. S. C. 1 0 7 0 a(b)(9 )(A )) is amended5
(1 ) in clause (ii), by strik ing $2 , 0 9 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 6
andinserting$2 , 7 33, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ; and7
(2 ) inclause (iii), bystrik ing$3, 0 30 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 8
andinserting$3, 8 6 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .9
SEC. 9304. INCREASE STUDENT LOAN LIMITS.10
(a) A MENDMENTS . Section 4 2 8 H(d) of the Higher11
Education A ct of 1 9 6 5 (2 0 U. S. C. 1 0 7 8 - 8 (d)) is amend-12
ed13
(1 ) inparagraph(3)14
(A ) in subparagraph (A ), by strik ing15
$2 , 0 0 0 andinserting$4, 0 0 0 ; and16
(B) in subparagraph (B), by strik ing17
$31 , 0 0 0 andinserting$39 , 0 0 0 ; and18
(2 ) inparagraph(4)19
(A ) insubparagraph(A )20
(i) in clause (i)(I) and clause (iii)(I),21
by strik ing $6 , 0 0 0 each place it appears22
andinserting$8 , 0 0 0 ; and23
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graph shall be applied by substituting1
the rate that is the average rate of 2
the 3- month London Inter Bank Of -3
f ered Rate (LIBOR) f or United4
States dollars in ef f ect f or each of the5
days in such quarter as compiled and6
released by the British Bank ers A sso-7
ciation, minus 0 . 1 3 percent, f or the8
average of the bond equivalent rates9
of the quotes of the 3- month commer-10
cial paper (f inancial) rates in ef f ect11
f or each of the days in such quarter12
as reported by the Federal Reserve in13
PublicationH- 1 5 (or its successor) f or14
such3- monthperiod .15
(II) P A RTICIPA TION INTER -16
ESTS . Notwithstanding subclause (I)17
of this clause, the special allowance18
paidonanyloanheldbya lender that19
has sold participation interests in20
suchloantothe Secretaryshall be the21
rate computed under this subpara-22
graph without regard to subclause (I)23
of this clause, unless the lender agrees24
that the participant s yield with re-25
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spect to such participation interest is1
to be calculated in accordance with2
subclause (I) of this clause. .3
(b) C ONFORMING AMENDMENTS . Section4
438 (b)(2 )(I) of the Higher Education A ct of 1 9 65 (2 05
U. S. C. 1 0 8 7 - 1 (b)(2 )(I)) is f urther amended6
(1 ) in clause (i)(II), by strik ing such average7
bond equivalent rate and inserting the rate deter-8
minedunder subclause (I) ; and9
(2 ) in clause (v)(III), by strik ing (iv), and10
(vi) andinserting(iv), (vi), and(vii) .11
Subtitle D—Related Agencies12
CORPORA TION FOR NA TIONA L A ND COMMUNITY SERVICE 13
OPERA TINGEXPENSES 14
For anadditional amount f or OperatingExpenses 15
to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service A ct of 1 9 7 316
and the National and Community Service A ct of 1 9 9 017
(1 9 9 0 A ct ), $1 6 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 , which shall be used to ex-18
pand existing A meriCorps grants: Provided, That f unds19
made available under this headingmaybe usedtoprovide20
ad justments toawards made prior toSeptember 30 , 2 0 1 021
inorder towaivethematchrequirement authorizedinsec-22
tion 1 2 1 (e)(4) of part I of subtitle C of the 1 9 9 0 Act,23
if the Chief Executive Of f icer of the Corporation f or Na-24
tional and Community Service (CEO ) determines that25
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thegranteehas reducedcapacitytomeet this requirement:1
Provided further, That inaddition to requirements identi-2
f ied herein, f unds provided under this heading shall be3
sub ject tothe terms andconditions under whichf unds are4
appropriated in f iscal year 2 0 0 9 : Provided further, That5
the CEO shall provide the Committees on A ppropriations6
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a f iscal7
year 2 0 0 9 operatingplanf or thef unds appropriatedunder8
this heading prior to mak ing any Federal obligations of 9
suchf unds inf iscal year 2 0 0 9 , but not later than 9 0 days10
af ter the date of enactment of this A ct, and a f iscal year11
2 0 1 0 operating plan f or such f unds prior to mak ing any12
Federal obligations of suchf unds in f iscal year 2 0 1 0 , but13
not later thanNovember 1 , 2 0 0 9 , that detail theallocation14
of resources and the increased number of volunteers sup-15
ported by the A meriCorps programs: Provided further,16
That the CEO shall provide to the Committees onA ppro-17
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate18
areport ontheactual obligations, expenditures, andunob-19
ligatedbalances f or eachactivity f undedunder this head-20
ingnot later thanNovember 1 , 2 0 0 9 , andevery6 months21
thereaf ter as longas f undingprovidedunder this heading22
is availablef or obligationor expenditure.23
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NA TIONA L SERVICE TRUST 1
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS )2
For an additional amount f or National Service3
Trust established under subtitle D of title I of the Na-4
tional andCommunityService A ct of 1 9 9 0 (1 9 9 0 A ct ),5
$40 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , whichshall remainavailable until expended:6
Provided, That the Corporationf or National andCommu-7
nity Service may transf er additional f unds f rom the8
amount providedwithin OperatingExpenses f or grants9
made under subtitle C of the 1 9 9 0 A ct to this appropria-10
tion upon determination that such transf er is necessary11
to support the activities of national service participants12
andaf ter notice is transmitted to the Committees onA p-13
propriations of the House of Representatives andthe Sen-14
ate: Provided further, That the amount appropriated f or15
or transf erred to the National Service Trust may be in-16
vested under section 1 4 5 (b) of the 1 9 9 0 A ct without re-17
gard to the requirement to apportion f unds under 3118
U. S. C. 1 5 1 3(b).19
SOCIA L SECURITY ADMINISTRA TION 20
LIMITA TION ON A DMINISTRA TIVEEXPENSES 21
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 22
For anadditional amount f or LimitationonA dmin-23
istrative Expenses , $9 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , whichshall be usedas24
f ollows:25
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(1 ) $40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or the constructionandasso-1
ciated costs to establish a newNational Computer2
Center, which may include lease or purchase of real3
property: Provided, That the construction plan and4
site selection f or such center shall be sub ject to re-5
viewand approval by the Of f ice of Management and6
Budget: Provided further, That the Committees on7
A ppropriations of the House of Representatives and8
the Senate shall be notif ied 1 5 days in advance of 9
the lease or purchase of such site: Provided further,10
That such center shall continue to be a government-11
operatedf acility; and12
(2 ) $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f or processing disability and13
retirement work loads: Provided, That up to14
$40 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 may be used by the Commissioner of 15
Social Security f or health inf ormation technology re-16
search and activities to f acilitate the adoption of 17
electronic medical records in disability claims, in-18
cluding the transf er of f unds to Supplemental Se-19
curity Income Program to carry out activities20
under section 1 1 1 0 of the Social SecurityA ct.21
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TITLE X—MILITARY CONSTRUC-1
TION AND VETERANS AF-2
FAIRS3
DEPA RTMENT OFDEFENSE4
MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION , ARMY 5
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,6
A rmy , $9 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That notwithstanding7
any other provision of law, such f unds may be obligated8
and expended to carry out planning and design and mili-9
taryconstructionpro jects in the UnitedStates not other-10
wise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the11
amount provided under this heading, $6 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall12
be f or training and recruit troop housing, $2 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 013
shall be f or permanent party troop housing, and14
$1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or childdevelopment centers: Pro-15
vided further, That not later than30 days af ter the date16
of enactment of this A ct, the Secretary of Def ense shall17
submit tothe Committees onA ppropriations of the House18
of Representatives andthe Senateanexpenditure planf or19
f unds providedunder this heading.20
MILITA RY
CONSTRUCTION
, NA VY A ND
MA RINE
CORPS
21
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,22
Navy and Marine Corps , $35 0 , 0 00 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That23
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such f unds24
maybe obligatedandexpendedtocarryout planningand25
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design and military construction pro jects in the United1
States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further,2
That of the amount provided under this heading,3
$1 7 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or sailor and marine housing and4
$1 8 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or childdevelopment centers: Pro-5
vided further, That not later than30 days af ter the date6
of enactment of this A ct, the Secretary of Def ense shall7
submit tothe Committees onA ppropriations of the House8
of Representatives andthe Senateanexpenditure planf or9
f unds providedunder this heading.10
MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION , AIR F ORCE 11
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,12
A ir Force , $2 8 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That notwith-13
standing any other provision of law, such f unds may be14
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design15
andmilitaryconstructionpro jects intheUnitedStates not16
otherwise authorizedbylaw: Provided further, That of the17
amount provided under this heading, $2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall18
be f or airmenhousing and$8 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or child19
development centers: Provided further, That not later than20
30 days af ter the date of enactment of this A ct, the Sec-21
retary of Def ense shall submit to the Committees on A p-22
propriations of the House of Representatives andthe Sen-23
ate an expenditure plan f or f unds provided under this24
heading.25
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MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION , DEFENSE - WIDE 1
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,2
Def ense- Wide , $3, 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , f or the construction of 3
hospitals andambulatorysurgerycenters: Provided, That4
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such f unds5
maybe obligatedandexpendedtocarryout planningand6
design and military construction pro jects in the United7
States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further,8
That not later than 30 days af ter the date of enactment9
of this A ct, the Secretary of Def ense shall submit to the10
Committees onA ppropriations of the House of Represent-11
atives and the Senate an expenditure plan f or f unds pro-12
videdunder this heading.13
MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION , ARMY NA TIONA L GUA RD 14
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,15
A rmy National Guard , $1 40 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That16
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such f unds17
maybe obligatedandexpendedtocarryout planningand18
design and military construction pro jects in the United19
States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further,20
That not later than 30 days af ter the date of enactment21
of this A ct, the Secretary of Def ense shall submit to the22
Committees onA ppropriations of the House of Represent-23
atives and the Senate an expenditure plan f or f unds pro-24
videdunder this heading.25
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MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION , AIR NA TIONA L GUA RD 1
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,2
A ir National Guard , $7 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That not-3
withstanding any other provision of law, such f unds may4
be obligated and expended to carry out planning and de-5
sign and military construction pro jects in the United6
States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further,7
That not later than 30 days af ter the date of enactment8
of this A ct, the Secretary of Def ense shall submit to the9
Committees onA ppropriations of the House of Represent-10
atives and the Senate an expenditure plan f or f unds pro-11
videdunder this heading.12
MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION , ARMY RESERVE 13
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,14
A rmy Reserve , $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That notwith-15
standing any other provision of law, such f unds may be16
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design17
andmilitaryconstructionpro jects intheUnitedStates not18
otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That not19
later than30 days af ter the dateof enactment of this A ct,20
the Secretary of Def ense shall submit to the Committees21
onA ppropriations of theHouseof Representatives andthe22
Senate anexpenditure plan f or f unds providedunder this23
heading.24
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MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION , NA VY RESERVE 1
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,2
Navy Reserve , $30 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That notwith-3
standing any other provision of law, such f unds may be4
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design5
andmilitaryconstructionpro jects intheUnitedStates not6
otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That not7
later than30 days af ter the dateof enactment of this A ct,8
the Secretary of Def ense shall submit to the Committees9
onA ppropriations of theHouseof Representatives andthe10
Senate anexpenditure plan f or f unds providedunder this11
heading.12
MILITA RY CONSTRUCTION , AIR F ORCE RESERVE 13
For anadditional amount f or MilitaryConstruction,14
A ir ForceReserve , $6 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That notwith-15
standing any other provision of law, such f unds may be16
obligated and expended to carry out planning and design17
andmilitaryconstructionpro jects intheUnitedStates not18
otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That not19
later than30 days af ter the dateof enactment of this A ct,20
the Secretary of Def ense shall submit to the Committees21
onA ppropriations of theHouseof Representatives andthe22
Senate anexpenditure plan f or f unds providedunder this23
heading.24
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DEPA RTMENT OF DEFENSE BA SE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 1
1 9 9 02
For an additional amount to be deposited into the3
Department of Def ense Base Closure A ccount 1 9 9 0 , es-4
tablished by section 2 9 0 6 (a)(1 ) of the Def ense Base Clo-5
sureandRealignment A ct of 1 9 9 0 (1 0 U. S. C. 2 6 8 7 note),6
$30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That not later than30 days af ter7
thedateof enactment of this A ct, theSecretaryof Def ense8
shall submit to the Committees on A ppropriations of the9
House of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure10
planf or f unds providedunder this heading.11
DEPA RTMENT OFVETERA NS A FFA IRS12
VETERA NS HEA LTH ADMINISTRA TION 13
MEDICAL FA CILITIES 14
For anadditional amount f or Medical Facilities f or15
non- recurring maintenance, including energy pro jects,16
$9 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That not later than30 days af ter17
the date of enactment of this A ct, the Secretary of Vet-18
erans A f f airs shall submit to the Committees on A ppro-19
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate20
an expenditure plan f or f unds provided under this head-21
ing.22
NA TIONA L CEMETERY ADMINISTRA TION 23
For an additional amount f or National Cemetery24
A dministration f or monument and memorial repairs,25
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$5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That not later than30 days af ter1
the date of enactment of this A ct, the Secretary of Vet-2
erans A f f airs shall submit to the Committees on A ppro-3
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate4
an expenditure plan f or f unds provided under this head-5
ing.6
TITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF7
STATE8
DEPA RTMENT OFSTA TE9
ADMINISTRA TION OF F OREIGN AFFA IRS 10
CA PITA L INVESTMENT FUND 11
For an additional amount f or Capital Investment12
Fund , $2 7 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of whichupto$1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall13
be available f or the design and construction of a back up14
inf ormation management f acility in the United States to15
support mission- critical operations and pro jects, and up16
to$9 8 , 5 2 7 , 0 0 0 shall be available tocarryout the Depart-17
ment of State s responsibilities under the Comprehensive18
National CybersecurityInitiative: Provided, That the Sec-19
retaryof State shall submit to the Committees onA ppro-20
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate21
within 9 0 days of enactment of this A ct a detailedspend-22
ingplanf or f unds appropriatedunder this heading.23
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INTERNA TIONA L COMMISSIONS 1
INTERNA TIONA L BOUNDA RY A ND WA TER COMMISSION ,2
UNITED STA TES A ND MEXICO 3
CONSTRUCTION 4
(INCLUDINGTRA NSFER OFFUNDS) 5
For anadditional amount f or Construction f or the6
water quantityprogramtomeet immediate repair andre-7
habilitation requirements, $2 2 4, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That8
upto$2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 maybe transf erredto, andmergedwith,9
f unds available under the heading International Bound-10
ary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico11
Salaries andExpenses , andsuchamount shall be inlieu12
of amounts available under section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct: Pro-13
vided, That the Secretary of State shall submit to the14
Committees onA ppropriations of the House of Represent-15
atives andthe Senate within 9 0 days of enactment of this16
A ct a detailedspendingplanf or f unds appropriatedunder17
this heading.18
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TITLE XII—TRANSPORTATION,1
AND HOUSING AND URBAN2
DEVELOPMENT3
DEPA RTMENT OFTRA NSPORTA TION4
F EDERA L AVIA TION ADMINISTRA TION 5
GRA NTS -IN -A ID FOR A IRPORTS 6
For anadditional amount f or Grants- in- A idf or A ir-7
ports , toenable the Secretaryof Transportationtomak e8
grants f or discretionary pro jects as authorized by sub-9
chapter I of chapter 47 1 andsubchapter I of chapter 4 7 510
of title49 , UnitedStates Code, $3, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided,11
That suchf unds shall not besub ject toapportionment f or-12
mulas, special apportionment categories, or minimumper-13
centages under chapter 47 1 : Provided further, That the14
conditions, certif ications, and assurances required f or15
grants under subchapter I of chapter 47 1 of such title16
apply: Provided further, That f or purposes of applyingsec-17
tion 1 1 0 4 of this A ct to this appropriation, the deadline18
f or grantees toenter intocontracts or other bindingcom-19
mitments to mak e use of not less than 5 0 percent of the20
f unds awardedshall be 1 2 0 days af ter awardof the grant.21
F EDERA L HIGHWA Y ADMINISTRA TION 22
HIGHWA Y INFRA STRUCTUREINVESTMENT 23
For pro jects andactivities eligible under section1 3324
of title 2 3, United States Code, section144 of such title25
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(without regardtosubsection(g)), andsections 1 0 3, 1 1 9 ,1
1 34, 1 48 , and 1 49 of such title, $30 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of 2
which $30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or Indian reservation roads3
under section2 0 4 of suchtitle; $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or4
park roads andpark ways under section 2 0 4 of such title;5
$2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or highway surf ace transportation6
andtechnologytrainingunder section140(b) of suchtitle;7
and $2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or disadvantaged business en-8
terprises bonding assistance under section 332 (e) of title9
49 , United States Code: Provided, That the amount set10
aside f romthis appropriationpursuant tosection 1 1 0 6 of 11
this A ct shall not be more than 0 . 2 percent of the f unds12
made available under this heading insteadof the percent-13
age specif iedinsuchsection: Provided further, That, af ter14
mak ingthe set- asides authorizedbythe previous provisos,15
the f unds made available under this heading shall be dis-16
tributed among the States, and Puerto Rico, A merican17
Samoa, Guam, the VirginIslands, andtheCommonwealth18
of the NorthernMariana Islands, inthe same ratioas the19
obligation limitation f or f iscal year 2 0 0 8 was distributed20
amongtheStates inaccordancewiththe f ormulaspecif ied21
insection 1 2 0 (a)(6 ) of divisionK of Public Law1 1 0 1 6 1 ,22
but, inthe case of the PuertoRicoHighwayProgramand23
theTerritorial HighwayProgram, under section 1 2 0 (a)(5 )24
of such division: Provided further, That 45 percent of the25
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f unds distributed to a State under this heading shall be1
suballocated within the State in the manner and f or the2
purposes described in section 1 33(d) of title 2 3, United3
States Code, (without regard to the comparison to f iscal4
year 2 0 0 5 in paragraph (2 )): Provided further, That in5
selecting pro jects to be f unded, recipients shall give pri-6
oritytopro jects that canawardcontracts within 1 2 0 days7
of enactment of this A ct, are included in an approved8
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program(STIP)9
and / or Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Pro-10
gram(TIP), are pro jected f or completion within a three-11
year time f rame, and are located in economically dis-12
tressed areas as def ined by section 30 1 of the Public13
Work s and Economic Development A ct of 1 9 6 5 , as14
amended (42 U. S. C. 31 6 1 ): Provided further, That f unds15
made available under this heading shall be administered16
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 2 3, United17
States Code, except f or f unds made available f or Indian18
reservation roads and park roads and park ways which19
shall be administeredinaccordance withchapter 2 of title20
2 3, United States Code: Provided further, That the Fed-21
eral share payable on account of any pro ject or activity22
carried out with f unds made available under this heading23
shall, at the optionof the recipient, be up to 1 0 0 percent24
of the total cost thereof : Provided further, That f unds25
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made available by this A ct shall not be obligated f or the1
purposes authorized under section 1 1 5 (b) of title 2 3,2
UnitedStates Code: Provided further, That the provisions3
of section 1 1 0 1 (b) of Public Law 1 0 9 5 9 shall apply to4
f unds madeavailableunder this heading: Provided further,5
That, in lieu of the redistribution required by section6
1 1 0 4 (b) of this A ct, if less than 5 0 percent of the f unds7
made available to each State and territory under this8
heading are obligated based on awarded contracts within9
1 2 0 days af ter the date of distribution of those f unds to10
the States andterritories, then the portionof the 5 0 per-11
cent of the total f undingdistributed to the State or terri-12
tory that has not been obligated based on awarded con-13
tracts shall be redistributed, in the manner described in14
section 1 2 0 (c) of division K of Public Law 1 1 0 1 6 1 , to15
those States and territories that have obligated, based on16
awardedcontracts, at least 5 0 percent of the f unds made17
available under this heading and are able to obligate18
amounts inadditiontothosepreviouslydistributed, except19
that, f or those f unds suballocatedwithinthe State, if less20
than 5 0 percent of the f unds so suballocated within the21
State are obligated, based on awarded contracts, within22
9 0 days of suballocation, then the portion of the 5 0 per-23
cent of f unding so suballocated that has not been obli-24
gated, basedonawardedcontracts, will be returnedtothe25
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State f or use anywhere in the State prior to being redis-1
tributed in accordance with the f irst part of this proviso:2
Provided further, That, in lieu of the redistribution re-3
quired by section 1 1 0 4 (b) of this A ct, any f unds made4
available under this headingthat are not obligated, based5
on awarded contracts, by A ugust 1 , 2 0 1 0 , shall be redis-6
tributed, inthemanner describedinsection 1 2 0 (c) of divi-7
sion K of Public Law 1 1 0 1 6 1 , to those States able to8
obligate amounts in addition to those previously distrib-9
uted, except that f unds suballocatedwithinthe State that10
are not obligated, basedonawardedcontracts, byJuly1 ,11
2 0 1 0 , will be returned to the State f or use anywhere in12
the State prior to being redistributed in accordance with13
the f irst part of this proviso: Provided further, That not-14
withstanding section1 1 0 3 of this A ct, f unds made avail-15
ableunder this headingshall beapportionednot later than16
7 days af ter thedateof enactment of this A ct.17
F EDERA L RA ILROA D ADMINISTRA TION 18
CA PITA L A SSISTA NCEFOR INTERCITY PA SSENGER RA IL 19
SERVICE 20
For anadditional amount f or Capital A ssistance f or21
Intercity Passenger Rail Service to enable the Secretary22
of Transportation to mak e grants f or capital costs as au-23
thorized by chapter 2 44 of title 49 United States Code,24
$30 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That notwithstanding section25
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1 1 0 3 of this A ct, the Secretary shall give pref erence to1
pro jects f or the repair, rehabilitation, upgrade, or pur-2
chase of railroad assets or inf rastructure that can be3
awarded within 1 8 0 days of enactment of this A ct: Pro-4
vided further, That inawardinggrants f or the acquisition5
of apieceof rollingstockor locomotive, theSecretaryshall6
give pref erence to FRA- compliant rolling stock and loco-7
motives: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give8
pref erence to pro jects that support the development of 9
intercityhighspeedrail service: Provided further, That the10
Federal share shall be, at the option of the recipient, up11
to 1 0 0 percent.12
CA PITA L A ND DEBT SERVICEGRA NTS TO THENA TIONA L 13
RA ILROA D PA SSENGER CORPORA TION 14
For an additional amount f or Capital and Debt15
Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-16
poration (A mtrak ) to enable the Secretary of Transpor-17
tationtomak e capital grants toA mtrakas authorizedby18
section 1 0 1 (c) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im-19
provement A ct of 2 0 0 8 (Public Law 1 1 0 432 ),20
$8 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That priority shall be given to21
pro jects f or the repair, rehabilitation, or upgrade of rail-22
roadassets or inf rastructure: Provided further, That none23
of the f unds under this headingshall be usedtosubsidize24
theoperatinglosses of A mtrak : Provided further, Notwith-25
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standing section 1 1 0 3 of this A ct, f unds made available1
under this headingshall be awardednot later than7 days2
af ter thedateof enactment of this A ct.3
F EDERA L TRA NSIT ADMINISTRA TION 4
TRA NSIT CA PITA L A SSISTA NCE 5
For transit capital assistance grants,6
$6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of which $5 , 40 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or7
grants under section 5 30 7 of title 4 9 , UnitedStates Code8
andshall be apportioned inaccordance withsection5 3369
of such title (other than subsections (i)(1 ) and ( j)) but10
maynot be combinedor commingledwithanyother f unds11
apportioned under such section 5 336 , and of which12
$6 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be f or grants under section 5 31 1 of 13
suchtitleandshall beapportionedinaccordancewithsuch14
section5 31 1 but maynot becombinedor commingledwith15
anyother f unds apportionedunder that section: Provided,16
That of the f unds provided f or section 5 31 1 under this17
heading, 3 percent shall be made available f or section18
5 31 1 (c)(1 ): Provided further, That applicable chapter 5 319
requirements shall applyexcept that the Federal share of 20
the costs f or which a grant is made under this heading21
shall be, at the optionof the recipient, upto 1 0 0 percent:22
Provided further, In lieu of the requirements of section23
1 1 0 3 of this A ct, f unds made available under this heading24
shall be apportioned not later than 7 days af ter the date25
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of enactment of this A ct: Provided further, That f or pur-1
poses of applying section 1 1 0 4 of this A ct to this appro-2
priation, the deadline f or grantees to enter into contracts3
or other binding commitments to mak e use of not less4
than 5 0 percent of the f unds awarded shall be 1 2 0 days5
af ter apportionment: Provided further, That the provisions6
of section 1 1 0 1 (b) of Public Law 1 0 9 5 9 shall apply to7
f unds madeavailableunder this heading: Provided further,8
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the9
f unds apportioned inaccordance withsection5 336 , up to10
three- quarters of 1 percent shall be available f or adminis-11
trative expenses and programmanagement oversight and12
of the f unds apportionedinaccordance withsection5 31 1 ,13
uptoone- half of 1 percent shall be available f or adminis-14
trative expenses and programmanagement oversight and15
both amounts shall remain available f or obligation until16
September 30 , 2 0 1 2 : Provided further, That the preceding17
provisoshall applyinlieuof theprovisions insection 1 1 0 618
of this A ct.19
FIXED GUIDEWA Y INFRA STRUCTUREINVESTMENT 20
For an amount f or capital expenditures authorized21
under section5 30 9 (b)(2 ) of title 4 9 , UnitedStates Code,22
$2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-23
portationshall apportionf unds under this headingpursu-24
ant to the f ormula set f orth in section 5 337 of title 4 9 ,25
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UnitedStates Code: Provided further, That the f unds ap-1
propriated under this heading shall not be commingled2
with f unds available under the Formula and Bus Grants3
account: Provided further, In lieu of the requirements of 4
section1 1 0 3 of this A ct, f unds made available under this5
heading shall be apportioned not later than 7 days af ter6
the date of enactment of this A ct: Provided further, That7
f or purposes of applying section 1 1 0 4 of this A ct to this8
appropriation, the deadline f or grantees toenter intocon-9
tracts or other binding commitments to mak e use of not10
less than 5 0 percent of the f unds awarded shall be 1 2 011
days af ter apportionment: Provided further, That applica-12
ble chapter 5 3 requirements shall apply except that the13
Federal shareof thecosts f or whicha grant is madeunder14
this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up15
to 1 0 0 percent: Provided further, That the provisions of 16
section 1 1 0 1 (b) of PublicLaw1 0 9 5 9 shall applytof unds17
made available under this heading: Provided further, That18
notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 1 per-19
cent of the f unds under this headingshall be available f or20
administrative expenses and programmanagement over-21
sight and shall remain available f or obligation until Sep-22
tember 30 , 2 0 1 2 : Provided further, That the preceding23
provisoshall applyinlieuof theprovisions insection 1 1 0 624
of this A ct.25
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CA PITA L INVESTMENT GRA NTS 1
For an additional amount f or Capital Investment2
Grants , as authorized under section 5 338 (c)(4) of title3
49 , United States Code, and allocated under section4
5 309 (m)(2 )(A ) of such title, to enable the Secretary of 5
Transportationtomak ediscretionarygrants as authorized6
by section5 309 (d) and (e) of such title, $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 , 0 00 :7
Provided, That suchamount shall be allocatedwithout re-8
gard to the limitation under section 5 30 9 (m)(2 )(A )(i):9
Provided further, That in selecting pro jects to be f unded,10
priorityshall begiventopro jects that arecurrentlyincon-11
struction or are able to award contracts based on bids12
within1 2 0 days of enactment of this A ct: Provided further,13
That f or purposes of applying section 1 1 0 4 of this A ct14
to this appropriation, the deadline f or grantees to enter15
intocontracts or other bindingcommitments tomak e use16
of not less than 5 0 percent of the f unds awarded shall17
be1 2 0 days af ter award: Provided further, That theprovi-18
sions of section 1 1 0 1 (b) of PublicLaw1 0 9 5 9 shall apply19
to f unds made available under this heading: Provided fur-20
ther, That applicable chapter 5 3 requirements shall apply,21
except that notwithstanding any other provision of law,22
up to 1 percent of the f unds under this heading shall be23
available f or administrative expenses and programman-24
agement oversight and shall remain available f or obliga-25
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tionuntil September 30 , 2 0 1 2 : Provided further, That the1
preceding proviso shall apply in lieu of the provisions in2
section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct.3
DEPA RTMENT OFHOUSINGA ND URBA N4
DEVELOPMENT5
PUBLIC A ND INDIA N HOUSING 6
PUBLIC HOUSINGCA PITA L FUND 7
For an additional amount f or Public Housing Cap-8
ital Fund tocarryout capital andmanagement activities9
f or public housing agencies, as authorized under section10
9 of the United States Housing A ct of 1 9 37 (42 U. S. C.11
1 437 g) (the A ct ), $5 , 0 00 , 0 00 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the12
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall dis-13
tribute at least $4, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 of this amount by the14
same f ormula used f or amounts made available in f iscal15
year 2 0 0 8 : Provided further, That public housingauthori-16
ties shall give priority to capital pro jects that can award17
contracts based on bids within 1 2 0 days f romthe date18
the f unds are made available to the public housing au-19
thorities: Provided further, That public housing agencies20
shall givepriorityconsiderationtothe rehabilitationof va-21
cant rental units: Provided further, That notwithstanding22
anyother provisionof the A ct or regulations, (1 ) f unding23
provided herein may not be used f or Operating Fund ac-24
tivities pursuant to section 9 (g) of the A ct, and (2 ) any25
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restriction of f unding to replacement housing uses shall1
be inapplicable: Provided further, That public housing2
agencies shall prioritize capital pro jects underway or al-3
ready in their 5 - year plans: Provided further, That of the4
amount provided under this heading, the Secretary may5
obligate up to $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 , 0 00 , f or competitive grants to6
public housing authorities f or activities including: (1 ) in-7
vestments that leverage private sector f unding or f inanc-8
ing f or housing renovations and energy conservation ret-9
rof it investments; (2 ) rehabilitationof units usingsustain-10
ablematerials andmethods that improveenergyef f iciency,11
reduce energy costs, or preserve and improve units with12
good access to public transportation or employment cen-13
ters; (3) increase theavailabilityof af f ordable rental hous-14
ing by expediting rehabilitation pro jects to bring vacant15
units into use or by f illing the capital investment gap f or16
redevelopment or replacement housingpro jects whichhave17
been approved or are otherwise ready to proceed but are18
stalled due to the inability to obtain anticipated private19
capital; or (4) address the needs of seniors and persons20
withdisabilities throughimprovements tohousingandre-21
lated f acilities which attract or promote the coordinated22
deliveryof supportive services: Provided further, That the23
Secretarymaywaive statutoryor regulatoryprovisions re-24
lated to the obligation and expenditure of capital f unds25
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if necessary to f acilitate the timely expenditure of f unds1
(except f or requirements related to f air housing, non-2
discrimination, labor standards, andtheenvironment).3
ELDERLY , DISA BLED , A ND SECTION 8 A SSISTED HOUSING 4
ENERGY RETROFIT 5
For grants or loans toowners of properties receiving6
pro ject- based assistance pursuant to section 2 0 2 of the7
Housing A ct of 1 9 5 9 (1 2 U. S. C. 1 7 0 1 2 ), section 8 1 1 of 8
the Cranston- Gonzalez National A f f ordable Housing A ct9
(42 U. S. C. 8 0 1 3), or section8 of theUnitedStates Hous-10
ing A ct of 1 9 37 (42 U. S. C. 1 4 37 f ), to accomplish energy11
retrof it investments, $2 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That such12
loans or grants shall be provided through the Of f ice of 13
A f f ordable Housing Preservation of the Department of 14
HousingandUrbanDevelopment, onsuchterms andcon-15
ditions as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-16
ment deems appropriate: Provided further, That eligible17
owners must have at least a satisf actory management re-18
viewrating, be in substantial compliance with applicable19
perf ormance standards and legal requirements, and com-20
mit toanadditional periodof af f ordabilitydeterminedby21
the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall22
undertak eappropriateunderwritingandoversight withre-23
spect tosuchtransactions: Provided further, That theSec-24
retary may set aside f unds made available under this25
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heading f or an ef f iciency incentive payable upon satisf ac-1
tory completion of energy retrof it investments, and may2
provide additional incentives if such investments resulted3
inextraordinaryjobcreationf or low- income andverylow-4
income persons: Provided further, that of the f unds pro-5
videdunder this heading, 1 percent shall be available only6
f or staf f ing, training, technical assistance, technology,7
monitoring, researchandevaluationactivities.8
NA TIVEA MERIC A N HOUSINGBLOCK GRA NTS 9
For an additional amount f or Native A merican10
HousingBlockGrants , as authorizedunder title I of the11
Native A mericanHousingA ssistance andSelf - Determina-12
tion A ct of 1 9 9 6 (NA HA SDA ) (2 5 U. S. C. 41 1 1 et13
seq. ), $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 of the14
amount appropriated under this heading shall be distrib-15
utedaccordingtothe same f undingf ormula usedinf iscal16
year 2 0 0 8 : Provided further, That in selecting pro jects to17
be f unded, recipients shall give priority to pro jects that18
can award contracts based on bids within 1 2 0 days f rom19
the date that f unds are available to the recipients: Pro-20
vided further, That in allocating the f unds appropriated21
under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban22
Development shall not require an additional action plan23
f romgrantees: Provided further, That the Secretary may24
obligate $2 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 of the amount appropriated under25
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this headingf or competitive grants toeligible entities that1
applyf or f unds as authorizedunder NA HA SDA : Provided2
further, That inawardingcompetitivef unds, theSecretary3
shall give priority to pro jects that will spur construction4
and rehabilitation and will create employment opportuni-5
ties f or low- incomeandunemployedpersons.6
COMMUNITY PLA NNINGA ND DEVELOPMENT 7
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 8
For an additional amount f or Community Develop-9
ment Fund $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , tocarryout the community10
development block grant programunder title I of the11
Housing and Community Development A ct of 1 9 7 4 (4212
U. S. C. 5 30 1 et seq. ): Provided, That the amount appro-13
priated in this paragraph shall be distributed according14
tothesamef undingf ormulausedinf iscal year 2 0 0 8 : Pro-15
vided further, That in allocating the f unds appropriated16
in this paragraph, the Secretary of Housing and Urban17
Development shall not require an additional action plan18
f romgrantees: Provided further, That inselectingpro jects19
tobe f unded, recipients shall give prioritytopro jects that20
can award contracts based on bids within 1 2 0 days f rom21
the date the f unds are made available to the recipients;22
Provided further, That inadministeringf unds providedin23
this paragraph, the Secretary maywaive any provision of 24
any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers25
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in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the1
use by the recipient of these f unds (except f or require-2
ments related to f air housing, nondiscrimination, labor3
standards, andtheenvironment), upona f indingthat such4
waiver is requiredtof acilitate thetimelyuseof suchf unds5
andwould not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of 6
thestatute.7
For af urther additional amount f or CommunityDe-8
velopment Fund , $4, 1 9 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to be used f or neigh-9
borhood stabilization activities related to emergency as-10
sistance f or the redevelopment of abandoned and f ore-11
closed homes as authorized under division B, title III of 12
the HousingandEconomic RecoveryA ct of 2 0 0 8 (Public13
Law1 1 0 2 8 9 ), of which14
(1 ) not less than $3, 440 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be allo-15
cated by a competition f or which eligible entities16
shall be States, units of general local government,17
and nonprof it entities or consortia of nonprof it enti-18
ties: Provided, That the awardcriteria f or suchcom-19
petition shall include grantee capacity, leveraging20
potential, targeted impact of f oreclosure prevention,21
and any additional f actors determined by the Sec-22
retaryof HousingandUrbanDevelopment: Provided23
further, that the Secretarymayestablisha minimum24
grant size: Provided further, That amounts made25
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available under this Section may be used to (A ) es-1
tablish f inancingmechanisms f or purchase andrede-2
velopment of f oreclosed- upon homes and residential3
properties, including such mechanisms as sof t- sec-4
onds, loan loss reserves, and shared- equity loans f or5
low- andmoderate- income homebuyers; (B) purchase6
and rehabilitate homes and residential properties7
that have been abandoned or f oreclosed upon, in8
order to sell or rent such homes and properties; (C)9
establish and operate land bank s f or homes that10
have been f oreclosed upon; (D) demolish f oreclosed11
properties that have become blighted structures; and12
(E) redevelop demolished or vacant f oreclosed prop-13
erties in order to sell or rent such properties; and14
(2 ) up to $7 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be awarded by15
competition tononprof it entities or consortia of non-16
prof it entities to provide community stabilization as-17
sistance by (A ) accelerating state and local govern-18
ment and nonprof it productivity; (B) increasing the19
scale and ef f iciency of property transf ers of f ore-20
closed and vacant residential properties f romf inan-21
cial institutions and government entities to qualif ied22
local housing providers in order to return the prop-23
erties to productive af f ordable housing use; (C)24
building industry and property management capac-25
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ity; and (D) partnering with private sector real es-1
tate developers and contractors and leveraging pri-2
vate sector capital: Provided further, That suchcom-3
munity stabilization assistance shall be provided pri-4
marily in States and areas with high rates of de-5
f aults andf oreclosures tosupport the acquisition, re-6
habilitationandpropertymanagement of single- f am-7
ily and multi- f amily homes and to work in partner-8
ship with the private sector real estate industry and9
to leverage available private and public f unds f or10
those purposes: Provided further, That f or purposes11
of this paragraph qualif ied local housing providers12
shall be nonprof it organizations with demonstrated13
capabilities in real estate development or acquisition14
andrehabilitationor propertymanagement of single-15
or multi- f amily homes, or local or state governments16
or instrumentalities of such governments: Provided17
further, That qualif ied local housing providers shall18
be expected to utilize and leverage additional local19
nonprof it, governmental, f or- prof it and private re-20
sources:21
Provided further, That in the case of any f oreclosure on22
anydwellingor residential real propertyacquiredwithany23
amounts made availableunder this heading, anysuccessor24
in interest in such property pursuant to the f oreclosure25
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shall assume such interest sub ject to (1 ) the provision1
by such successor in interest of a notice to vacate to any2
bona f ide tenant at least 9 0 days bef ore the ef f ective date3
of suchnotice; and(2 ) the rights of anybona f ide tenant,4
as of the date of suchnotice of f oreclosure (A ) under any5
bonaf ideleaseenteredintobef orethenoticeof f oreclosure6
tooccupythepremises until theendof theremainingterm7
of the lease, except that a successor ininterest maytermi-8
nate a lease ef f ective on the date of sale of the unit to9
a purchaser who will occupy the unit as a primary resi-10
dence, sub ject to the receipt by the tenant of the 9 0 - day11
noticeunder this paragraph; or (B) without aleaseor with12
a lease terminable at will under State law, sub ject to the13
receipt bythe tenant of the 9 0 - daynoticeunder this para-14
graph, except that nothing in this paragraph shall af f ect15
therequirements f or terminationof anyFederal- or State-16
subsidized tenancy or of any State or local lawthat pro-17
vides longer time periods or other additional protections18
f or tenants: Provided further, That, f or purposes of this19
paragraph, aleaseor tenancyshall beconsideredbonaf ide20
only if (1 ) the mortgagor under the contract is not the21
tenant; (2 ) the leaseor tenancywas the result of anarms-22
length transaction; and (3) the lease or tenancy requires23
the receipt of rent that is not substantially less than f air24
mark et rent f or the property: Provided further, That the25
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recipient of any grant or loan f romamounts made avail-1
able under this headingmaynot ref use tolease a dwelling2
unit inhousingassistedwithsuchloanor grant toa hold-3
er of a voucher or certif icate of eligibility under section4
8 of the United States Housing A ct of 1 9 37 (42 U. S. C.5
1 437 f ) because of the status of the prospective tenant as6
such a holder: Provided further, That in the case of any7
qualif ied f oreclosed housing f or which f unds made avail-8
able under this headingare usedandinwhicha recipient9
of assistance under section 8 (o) of the U. S. Housing A ct10
of 1 9 37 resides at the time of acquisition or f inancing,11
the owner and any successor in interest shall be sub ject12
to the lease and to the housing assistance payments con-13
tract f or the occupied unit: Provided further, That14
vacating the property prior to sale shall not constitute15
goodcausef or terminationof the tenancyunless theprop-16
erty is unmark etable while occupied or unless the owner17
or subsequent purchaser desires the unit f or personal or18
f amilyuse: Provided further, That this paragraphshall not19
preempt anyState or local lawthat provides more protec-20
tion f or tenants: Provided further, That amounts made21
available under this heading may be used f or the costs22
of demolishing f oreclosed housing that is deteriorated or23
unsaf e: Provided further, That the amount f or demolition24
of such housing may not exceed 1 0 percent of amounts25
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allocatedunder this paragraphtoStates andunits of gen-1
eral local government: Provided further, That noamounts2
f roma grant made under this paragraph may be used to3
demolish any public housing (as such termis def ined in4
section 3 of the United States Housing A ct of 1 9 37 (425
U. S. C. 1 4 37 a)): Provided further, That section2 301 (d)(4)6
of theHousingandEconomicRecoveryA ct of 2 0 0 8 (Pub-7
licLaw1 1 0 2 8 9 ) is repealed.8
HOMEINVESTMENT PA RTNERSHIPS PROGRA M 9
For an additional amount f or HOME Investment10
Partnerships Program as authorizedunder TitleII of the11
Cranston- GonzalezNational A f f ordableHousingA ct (the12
A ct ), $1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That the amount appro-13
priated under this heading shall be distributed according14
tothesamef undingf ormulausedinf iscal year 2 0 0 8 : Pro-15
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban16
Development maywaive statutoryor regulatoryprovisions17
related to the obligation of such f unds if necessary to f a-18
cilitatethetimelyexpenditureof f unds (except f or require-19
ments related to f air housing, nondiscrimination, labor20
standards, and the environment): Provided further, That21
inselectingpro jects tobe f unded, recipients shall give pri-22
ority to pro jects that can award contracts based on bids23
within 1 2 0 days f romthe date that f unds are available24
totherecipients.25
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SELF -HELP A ND A SSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 1
OPPORTUNITY PROGRA M 2
For an additional amount f or Self - Help and A s-3
sistedHomeownershipOpportunityProgram , as author-4
ized under section 1 1 of the Housing Opportunity Pro-5
gramExtensionA ct of 1 9 9 6 , $1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That6
in awarding competitive grant f unds, the Secretary of 7
HousingandUrbanDevelopment shall giveprioritytothe8
provisionandrehabilitationof sustainable, af f ordable sin-9
gle and multif amily units in low- income, high- need rural10
areas: Provided further, That in selecting pro jects to be11
f unded, grantees shall give priority to pro jects that can12
award contracts based on bids within 1 2 0 days f romthe13
datethef unds aremadeavailabletothegrantee.14
HOMELESS A SSISTA NCEGRA NTS 15
For an additional amount f or Homeless A ssistance16
Grants , f or the emergencyshelter grants programas au-17
thorizedunder subtitleB of tileIVof theMcKinney- Vento18
Homeless A ssistance A ct, $1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided, That19
in addition to homeless prevention activities specif ied in20
the emergency shelter grant program, f unds provided21
under this headingmaybe usedf or the provisionof short-22
termor medium- termrental assistance; housingrelocation23
and stabilization services including housing search, medi-24
ationor outreachtopropertyowners, legal services, credit25
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repair, resolutionof securityor utilitydeposits, utilitypay-1
ments, rental assistance f or a f inal month at a location,2
and moving costs assistance; or other appropriate home-3
lessness preventionactivities; Provided further, That these4
f unds shall be allocated pursuant to the f ormula author-5
ized by section 41 3 of such A ct: Provided further, That6
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may7
waivestatutoryor regulatoryprovisions relatedtotheobli-8
gationanduseof emergencyshelter grant f unds necessary9
tof acilitatethetimelyexpenditureof f unds.10
OFFICEOF HEA LTHY HOMES A ND LEA D HA ZA RD 11
CONTROL 12
LEA D HA ZA RD REDUCTION 13
For an additional amount f or Lead Hazard Reduc-14
tion , f or theLeadHazardReductionProgramas author-15
izedbysection 1 0 1 1 of the Residential Lead- BasedPaint16
Hazard Reduction A ct of 1 9 9 2 , $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : Provided,17
That f or purposes of environmental review, pursuant to18
theNational Environmental PolicyA ct of 1 9 6 9 (42 U. S. C.19
432 1 et seq. ) andother provisions of lawthat f urther the20
purposes of such A ct, a grant under the Healthy Homes21
Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination A ction Plan22
(LEA P), or the Lead Technical Studies programunder23
this heading or under prior appropriations A cts f or such24
purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be25
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f unds f or a special pro ject f or purposes of section30 5 (e)1
of the Multif amily Housing Property Disposition Ref orm2
A ct of 1 9 9 4: Provided further, That of the total amount3
made available under this heading, $30 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall be4
made available on a competitive basis f or areas with the5
highest leadpaint abatement needs.6
GENERA L PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE7
SEC. 12001. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND REPORTING8
REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY9
AND ACCOUNTABILITY.10
(a) M A INTENA NCEOF EFFORT . Not later than 3011
days af ter the date of enactment of this A ct, f or each12
amount that is distributed to a State or agency thereof 13
f roman appropriation in this A ct f or a covered program,14
the Governor of the State shall certif y that the State will15
maintain its ef f ort with regard to State f unding f or the16
types of pro jects that are f undedbythe appropriation. A s17
part of this certif ication, the Governor shall submit tothe18
covered agency a statement identif ying the amount of 19
f unds the State plannedtoexpendas of the date of enact-20
ment of this A ct f romnon- Federal sources in the period21
beginning on the date of enactment of this A ct through22
September 30 , 2 0 1 0 , f or the types of pro jects that are23
f undedbytheappropriation.24
(b) P ERIODIC REPORTS . 25
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(1 ) I N GENERA L . Notwithstanding any other1
provisionof law, eachgrant recipient shall submit to2
the coveredagencyf romwhichtheyreceivedf unding3
periodic reports onthe use of the f unds appropriated4
in this A ct f or covered programs. Such reports shall5
be collected and compiled by the covered agency and6
transmittedtoCongress.7
(2 ) C ONTENTS OFREPORTS . For amounts re-8
ceived under each covered programby a grant re-9
cipient under this A ct, the grant recipient shall in-10
clude in the periodic reports inf ormation track ing11
(A ) the amount of Federal f unds appro-12
priated, allocated, obligated, andoutlayedunder13
the appropriation;14
(B) the number of pro jects that have been15
put out to bid under the appropriation and the16
amount of Federal f unds associated with such17
pro jects;18
(C) the number of pro jects f or which con-19
tracts have been awarded under the appropria-20
tion and the amount of Federal f unds associ-21
atedwithsuchcontracts;22
(D) the number of pro jects f or which work 23
has begun under such contracts and the24
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amount of Federal f unds associated with such1
contracts;2
(E) the number of pro jects f or which work 3
has been completed under such contracts and4
the amount of Federal f unds associated with5
suchcontracts;6
(F) the number of jobs created or sus-7
tained by the Federal f unds provided f or8
pro jects under the appropriation, including in-9
f ormationonjobsectors andpaylevels; and10
(G) f or each covered programreport inf or-11
mation track ing the actual aggregate expendi-12
tures by each grant recipient f romnon- Federal13
sources f or pro jects eligible f or f unding under14
the programduringthe periodbeginningonthe15
date of enactment of this A ct through Sep-16
tember 30 , 2 0 1 0 , as compared to the level of 17
such expenditures that were planned to occur18
during such period as of the date of enactment19
of this A ct.20
(3) T IMINGOFREPORTS . Eachgrant recipient21
shall submit the f irst of the periodic reports required22
under this subsection not later than 30 days af ter23
the date of enactment of this A ct and shall submit24
updated reports not later than 6 0 days, 1 2 0 days,25
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1 8 0 days, 1 year, and 3 years af ter suchdate of en-1
actment.2
(c) D EFINITIONS . Inthis section, the f ollowingdef i-3
nitions apply:4
(1 ) C OVERED A GENCY . The term covered5
agency means the Federal A viation A dministration,6
the Federal Highway A dministration, the Federal7
Railroad A dministration, and the Federal Transit8
A dministration of the Department of Transpor-9
tation.10
(2 ) C OVERED PROGRA M . The termcovered11
program means f unds appropriated in this A ct f or12
Grants- in- A idf or A irports to the Federal A viation13
A dministration; f or Highway Inf rastructure Invest-14
ment to the Federal Highway A dministration; f or15
Capital A ssistance f or Intercity Passenger Rail16
Service to the Federal Railroad A dministration; f or17
Transit Capital A ssistance , Fixed Guideway In-18
f rastructure Investment , and Capital Investment19
Grants tothe Federal Transit A dministration.20
(3) G RA NT RECIPIENT . The termgrant re-21
cipient means a State or other recipient of assist-22
ance provided under a covered programin this A ct.23
Such termdoes not include a Federal department or24
agency.25
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SEC. 12002. FHA LOAN LIMITS FOR 2009.1
(a) L OA N LIMIT F LOOR BA SED ON 2 0 0 8 LEVELS . 2
For mortgages f or which the mortgagee issues credit ap-3
proval f or the borrower duringcalendar year 2 0 0 9 , if the4
dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation of a5
mortgage determined under section 2 0 3(b)(2 ) of the Na-6
tional Housing A ct (1 2 U. S. C. 1 7 0 9 (b)(2 )) f or any size7
residencef or anyareais less thansuchdollar amount lim-8
itation that was in ef f ect f or such size residence f or such9
area f or 2 0 0 8 pursuant to section 2 0 2 of the Economic10
Stimulus A ct of 2 0 0 8 (Public Law1 1 0 - 1 8 5 ; 1 2 2 Stat.11
6 2 0 ), notwithstandinganyother provisionof law, themax-12
imumdollar amount limitationonthe principal obligation13
of a mortgage f or such size residence f or such area f or14
purposes of suchsection2 0 3(b)(2 ) shall beconsidered(ex-15
cept f or purposes of section 2 5 5 (g) of suchA ct (1 2 U. S. C.16
1 7 1 5 z2 0 (g))) to be such dollar amount limitation in ef -17
f ect f or suchsizeresidencef or suchareaf or 2 0 0 8 .18
(b) D ISCRETIONA RY AUTHORITY FOR SUB - AREA S . 19
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Sec-20
retaryof HousingandUrbanDevelopment determines, f or21
anygeographicareathat is smaller thananareaf or which22
dollar amount limitations on the principal obligation of a23
mortgage are determined under section 2 0 3(b)(2 ) of the24
National HousingA ct, that ahigher suchmaximumdollar25
amount limitation is warranted f or any particular size or26
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Stat. 6 1 9 ), notwithstandinganyother provisionof law, the1
limitationonthe maximumoriginal principal obligationof 2
a mortgage f or suchA ssociationandCorporationf or such3
sizeresidencef or suchareashall besuchmaximumlimita-4
tion in ef f ect f or such size residence f or such area f or5
2 0 0 8 .6
(b) D ISCRETIONA RY AUTHORITY FOR SUB - AREA S . 7
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Direc-8
tor of the Federal Housing Finance A gency determines,9
f or any geographic area that is smaller than an area f or10
which limitations on the maximumoriginal principal obli-11
gation of a mortgage are determined f or the Federal Na-12
tional Mortgage A ssociation or the Federal Home Loan13
MortgageCorporation, that ahigher suchmaximumorigi-14
nal principal obligation limitation is warranted f or any15
particular size or sizes of residences in such sub- area by16
higher medianhome prices insuchsub- area, the Director17
may, f or mortgages originated during 2 0 0 9 , increase the18
maximumoriginal principal obligation limitation f or such19
size or sizes of residences f or suchsub- area that is other-20
wise inef f ect (includingpursuant tosubsection(a) of this21
section) f or such A ssociation and Corporation, but in no22
case to an amount that exceeds the amount specif ied in23
the matter f ollowing the comma in section 2 0 1 (a)(1 )(B)24
of theEconomicStimulus A ct of 2 0 0 8 .25
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SEC. 12004. FHA REVERSE MORTGAGE LOAN LIMITS FOR1
2009.2
For mortgages f or whichthe mortgagee issues credit3
approval f or the borrower duringcalendar year 2 0 0 9 , the4
secondsentenceof section 2 5 5 (g) of theNational Housing5
A ct (1 2 U. S. C. 1 7 1 5 2 0 (g)) shall be considered to require6
that in no case may the benef its of insurance under such7
section 2 5 5 exceed 1 5 0 percent of the maximumdollar8
amount in ef f ect under the sixth sentence of section9
30 5 (a)(2 ) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corpora-10
tionA ct (1 2 U. S. C. 1 45 4(a)(2 )).11
TITLE XIII—STATE FISCAL12
STABILIZATION FUND13
DEPA RTMENT OFEDUCA TION14
STA TE F ISCA L STA BILIZA TION F UND 15
For necessary expenses f or a State Fiscal Stabiliza-16
tion Fund, $7 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , which shall be administered17
by the Department of Education, of which18
$39 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on July 1 , 2 0 0 919
and remain available through September 30 , 2 0 1 0 , and20
$39 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 shall become available on July 1 , 2 0 1 021
and remain available through September 30 , 2 0 1 1 : Pro-22
vided, That theprovisions of section11 0 3 of this A ct shall23
not apply to the f unds reserved under section 1 30 0 1 (c)24
of this title: Provided further, That the amount made25
available under section1 30 0 1 (b) of this title f or adminis-26
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tration and oversight shall tak e the place of the set- aside1
under section 1 1 0 6 of this A ct.2
GENERA L PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE3
SEC. 13001. ALLOCATIONS.4
(a) O UTLYING AREA S . Fromeachyear s appropria-5
tion to carry out this title, the Secretary of Education6
shall f irst allocate one half of 1 percent to the outlying7
areas onthe basis of their respective needs, as determined8
by the Secretary, f or activities consistent with this title9
under suchterms andconditions as the Secretarymayde-10
termine.11
(b) A DMINISTRA TION A ND OVERSIGHT . The Sec-12
retary may, in addition, reserve up to $1 2 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 each13
year f or administrationandoversight of this title, includ-14
ingf or programevaluation.15
(c) R ESERVA TION FOR ADDITIONA L PROGRA MS . 16
A f ter reserving f unds under subsections (a) and (b), the17
Secretary shall reserve $7 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 each year f or18
grants under sections1 300 6 and1 30 0 7 .19
(d) S TA TE ALLOCA TIONS . A f ter carrying out sub-20
sections (a), (b), and (c), the Secretary shall allocate the21
remaining f unds made available to carry out this title to22
theStates as f ollows:23
(1 ) 6 1 percent on the basis of their relative24
populationof individuals aged5 through2 4.25
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(2 ) 39 percent on the basis of their relative1
total population.2
(e) S TA TE GRA NTS . Fromf unds allocated under3
subsection (d), the Secretary shall mak e grants to the4
Governor of eachState.5
(f ) R EA LLOCA TION . The Governor shall return to6
theSecretaryanyf unds receivedunder subsection(e) that7
theGovernor does not obligatewithinoneyear of receiving8
a grant, and the Secretary shall reallocate such f unds to9
the remaining States in accordance with subsection (d).10
SEC. 13002. STATE USES OF FUNDS.11
(a) E DUCA TION F UND . 12
(1 ) I N GENERA L . For each f iscal year, the13
Governor shall use at least 6 1 percent of the State s14
allocation under section 1 30 0 1 f or the support of el-15
ementary, secondary, andpostsecondaryeducation.16
(2 ) R ESTORING2 0 0 8 STA TESUPPORT FOR EDU -17
CA TION . 18
(A ) I N GENERA L . The Governor shall19
f irst use the f unds describedinparagraph(1 )20
(i) to provide the amount of f unds,21
through the State s principal elementary22
and secondary f unding f ormula, that is23
neededtorestore State support f or elemen-24
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tary and secondary education to the f iscal1
year 2 0 0 8 level; and2
(ii) to provide the amount of f unds to3
public institutions of higher education in4
the State that is needed to restore State5
support f or postsecondary education to the6
f iscal year 2 0 0 8 level.7
(B) S HORTFA LL . If the Governor deter-8
mines that the amount of f unds available under9
paragraph (1 ) is insuf f icient to restore State10
support f or education to the levels described in11
clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A ), the12
Governor shall allocate those f unds between13
those clauses inproportiontothe relative short-14
f all in State support f or the education sectors15
describedinthose clauses.16
(3) S UBGRA NTS TO IMPROVEBA SIC PROGRA MS 17
OPERA TED BY LOCA L EDUCA TIONA L A GENCIES . 18
A f ter carryingout paragraph(2 ), the Governor shall19
use any f unds remaining under paragraph (1 ) to20
provide local educational agencies in the State with21
subgrants based on their relative shares of f unding22
under part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-23
ondary Education A ct of 1 9 6 5 (2 0 U. S. C. 6 31 1 et24
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f unds f or educationandgeneral expenditures, andinsuch1
a way as to mitigate the need to raise tuition and f ees2
f or in- Statestudents.3
(b) P ROHIBITION . A n institution of higher edu-4
cation may not use f unds received under this title to in-5
creaseits endowment.6
(c) A DDITIONA L PROHIBITION . A n institution of 7
higher education may not use f unds received under this8
titlef or construction, renovation, or f acilityrepair.9
SEC. 13005. STATE APPLICATIONS.10
(a) I N GENERA L . The Governor of a State desiring11
to receive an allocation under section 1 30 0 1 shall submit12
an annual application at such time, in such manner, and13
containingsuchinf ormationas the Secretarymayreason-14
ablyrequire.15
(b) F IRST YEA R APPLICA TION . In the f irst of such16
applications, theGovernor shall17
(1 ) include the assurances described in sub-18
section(e);19
(2 ) provide baseline data that demonstrates the20
State s current status in each of the areas described21
insuchassurances; and22
(3) describe howthe State intends touse its al-23
location.24
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(c) S ECOND YEA R APPLICA TION . Inthesecondyear1
application, theGovernor shall2
(1 ) include the assurances described in sub-3
section(e); and4
(2 ) describe howthe State intends touse its al-5
location.6
(d) I NCENTIVE GRA NT APPLICA TION . TheGovernor7
of a State seek ing a grant under section 1 30 0 6 shall8
(1 ) submit anapplicationf or consideration;9
(2 ) describe the status of the State s progress10
in each of the areas described in subsection (e), and11
the strategies the State is employing to help ensure12
that high- need students in the State continue mak -13
ing progress towards meeting the State s student14
academic achievement standards;15
(3) describe howthe State would use its grant16
f unding, including howit will allocate the f unds to17
give priority to high- need schools and local edu-18
cational agencies; and19
(4) include a plan f or evaluating its progress in20
closingachievement gaps.21
(e) A SSURA NCES . A n application under subsection22
(b) or (c) shall includethef ollowingassurances:23
(1 ) M A INTENA NCEOFEFFORT . 24
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(A ) E LEMENTA RY A ND SECONDA RY EDU -1
CA TION . The State will, in each of f iscal years2
2 0 0 9 and 2 0 1 0 , maintain State support f or ele-3
mentary and secondary education at least at4
the level of suchsupport inf iscal year 2 0 0 6 .5
(B) H IGHER EDUCA TION . The State will,6
ineachof f iscal years 2 0 0 9 and2 0 1 0 , maintain7
State support f or public institutions of higher8
education (not including support f or capital9
pro jects or f or research and development) at10
least at the level of such support in f iscal year11
2 0 0 6 .12
(2 ) A CHIEVINGEQUITY IN TEA CHER DISTRIBU -13
TION . The State will tak e actions to comply with14
section 1 1 1 1 (b)(8 )(C) of ESEA (2 0 U. S. C.15
631 1 (b)(8 )(C)) in order to address inequities in the16
distribution of teachers between high- and low- pov-17
erty schools, and to ensure that low- income and mi-18
nority children are not taught at higher rates than19
other children by inexperienced, unqualif ied, or out-20
of - f ieldteachers.21
(3) I MPROVING COLLECTION A ND USE OF 22
DA TA . The State will establish a longitudinal data23
systemthat includes the elements described in sec-24
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tion 6 4 0 1 (e)(2 )(D) of the A merica COMPETES A ct1
(2 0 U. S. C. 9 8 7 1 ).2
(4) A SSESSMENTS . The State3
(A ) will enhance the quality of academic4
assessments described in section 1 1 1 1 (b)(3) of 5
ESEA (2 0 U. S. C. 6 31 1 (b)(3)) through activi-6
ties such as those described in section 6 1 1 2 (a)7
of suchA ct (2 0 U. S. C. 7 30 1 a(a)); and8
(B) will comply with the requirements of 9
paragraphs 3(C)(ix) and (6 ) of section 1 1 1 1 (b)10
of ESEA (2 0 U. S. C. 6 31 1 (b)) and section11
6 1 2 (a)(1 6 ) of IDEA (2 0 U. S. C. 1 41 2 (a)(1 6 ))12
related to the inclusion of children with disabil-13
ities and limited English prof icient students in14
State assessments, the development of validand15
reliable assessments f or those students, and the16
provision of accommodations that enable their17
participationinState assessments.18
SEC. 13006. STATE INCENTIVE GRANTS.19
(a) I N GENERA L . Fromthe total amount reserved20
under section1 30 0 1 (c) that is not usedf or section1 30 0 7 ,21
the Secretary shall, in f iscal year 2 0 1 0 , mak e grants to22
States that have made signif icant progress inmeetingthe23
ob jectives of paragraphs (2 ), (3), and (4) of section24
1 30 0 5 (e).25
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(b) B A SIS FOR GRA NTS . The Secretary shall deter-1
mine which States receive grants under this section, and2
the amount of those grants, on the basis of inf ormation3
provided in State applications under section 1 30 0 5 and4
such other criteria as the Secretary determines appro-5
priate.6
(c) S UBGRA NTS TO LOCA L EDUCA TIONA L AGEN -7
CIES . Each State receiving a grant under this section8
shall use at least 5 0 percent of the grant to provide local9
educational agencies inthe State withsubgrants basedon10
their relative shares of f unding under part A of title I of 11
ESEA (2 0 U. S. C. 6 31 1 et seq. ) f or the most recent year.12
SEC. 13007. INNOVATION FUND.13
(a) I N GENERA L . 14
(1 ) P ROGRA M ESTA BLISHED . Fromthe total15
amount reserved under section 1 30 0 1 (c), the Sec-16
retary may reserve up to $32 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 each year to17
establish an Innovation Fund, which shall consist of 18
academic achievement awards that recognize States,19
local educational agencies, or schools that meet the20
requirements describedinsubsection(b).21
(2 ) B A SIS FOR A WA RDS . The Secretary shall22
mak e awards to States, local educational agencies,23
or schools that have made signif icant gains in clos-24
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ing the achievement gap as described in subsection1
(b)(1 )2
(A ) to allowsuch States, local educational3
agencies, and schools to expand their work and4
serve as models f or best practices;5
(B) to allowsuch States, local educational6
agencies, and schools to work in partnership7
with the private sector and the philanthropic8
community; and9
(C) toidentif yanddocument best practices10
that canbe shared, and tak en toscale basedon11
demonstratedsuccess.12
(b) E LIGIBILITY . To be eligible f or such an award,13
aState, local educational agency, or school shall14
(1 ) have signif icantly closed the achievement15
gaps betweengroups of students describedinsection16
1 1 1 1 (b)(2 ) of ESEA (2 0 U. S. C. 6 31 1 (b)(2 ));17
(2 ) have exceeded the State s annual measur-18
able ob jectives consistent with such section19
1 1 1 1 (b)(2 ) f or 2 or more consecutive years or have20
demonstrated success in signif icantly increasing stu-21
dent academic achievement f or all groups of stu-22
dents described in such section through another23
measure, such as measures described in section24
1 1 1 1 (c)(2 ) of ESEA ;25
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(3) have made signif icant improvement in other1
areas, such as graduation rates or increased recruit-2
ment and placement of high- quality teachers and3
school leaders, as demonstrated with meaningf ul4
data; and5
(4) demonstrate that they have established6
partnerships with the private sector, which may in-7
clude philanthropic organizations, and that the pri-8
vate sector will provide matching f unds in order to9
helpbringresults toscale.10
SEC. 13008. STATE REPORTS.11
For eachyear of theprogramunder this title, aState12
receiving f unds under this title shall submit a report to13
the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the14
Secretarymayrequire, that describes15
(1 ) the uses of f unds provided under this title16
withinthe State;17
(2 ) howthe State distributed the f unds it re-18
ceivedunder this title;19
(3) the number of jobs that the Governor esti-20
mates were savedor createdwithf unds the State re-21
ceivedunder this title;22
(4) tax increases that the Governor estimates23
were averted because of the availability of f unds24
f romthis title;25
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(5 ) the State s progress in reducing inequities1
in the distribution of teachers, in implementing a2
State student longitudinal data system, andindevel-3
oping and implementing valid and reliable assess-4
ments f or limited English prof icient students and5
childrenwithdisabilities;6
(6 ) the tuition and f ee increases f or in- State7
students imposed by public institutions of higher8
education in the State during the period of avail-9
ability of f unds under this title, and a description of 10
any actions tak en by the State to limit those in-11
creases; and12
(7 ) the extent to which public institutions of 13
higher educationmaintained, increased, or decreased14
enrollment of in- State students, including students15
eligible f or Pell Grants or other need- based f inancial16
assistance.17
SEC. 13009. EVALUATION.18
The Comptroller General of the United States shall19
conduct evaluations of theprograms under sections 1 30 0 620
and 1 30 0 7 which shall include, but not be limited to, the21
criteria usedf or the awards made, the States selected f or22
awards, award amounts, howeach State used the award23
received, and the impact of this f unding on the progress24
madetowardclosingachievement gaps.25
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SEC. 13010. SECRETARY’S REPORT TO CONGRESS.1
TheSecretaryshall submit areport totheCommittee2
onEducationandLabor of the House of Representatives,3
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-4
sions of the Senate, and the Committees on A ppropria-5
tions of the House of Representatives and of the Senate,6
not less than 6 months f ollowing the submission of State7
reports, that evaluates the inf ormation provided in the8
Statereports under section1 30 08 .9
SEC. 13011. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF CERTAIN AS-10
SISTANCE.11
No recipient of f unds under this title shall use such12
f unds toprovide f inancial assistance tostudents toattend13
privateelementaryor secondaryschools.14
SEC. 13012. DEFINITIONS.15
Except as otherwise provided in this title, as used in16
this title17
(1 ) the terminstitution of higher education 18
has the meaning given such termin section 1 0 1 of 19
the Higher Education A ct of 1 9 6 5 (2 0 U. S. C.20
1 0 0 1 );21
(2 ) the termSecretary means the Secretary22
of Education;23
(3) the termState means each of the 5 024
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-25
wealthof PuertoRico; and26
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(4) any other termused in this title that is de-1
f ined in section 9 1 0 1 of ESEA (2 0 U. S. C. 7 8 0 1 )2
shall have the meaning given the termin that sec-3
tion4
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