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        <text>Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 83, enrollment corrections on H.R. 2608 have been made.</text>
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        <text>On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 352 - 66 (Roll no. 745). (text as House agreed to Senate amendment to House amendment to Senate amendment: CR H6529-6530)</text>
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        <text>POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2608, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Nugent demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion to concur until later in the legislative day.</text>
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        <text>Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations the House message to accompany the bill (H.R. 2608) with instructions to report back forthwith with SA 658 withdrawn in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5975)</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - Pursuant to H.Res. 412, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Rogers (KY) motion to agree to the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 2608.</text>
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        <text>Mr. Rogers (KY) moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment. (text of Senate amendment: CR H6399-6400; text of House amendment to Senate amendment: CR H6400-6402)</text>
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        <text>Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 412, Mr. Rogers (KY) took from the Speaker's table H.R. 2608 with the Senate amendment thereto, and was recognized for a motion. (consideration: CR H6399-6410)</text>
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        <text>Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 412 Reported to House. It shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table H.R. 2608 with the Senate amendment thereto and to consider in the House, without any intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the Chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment with the amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution modified by the amendment printed in part B of such report.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Small Business Program Extension and Reform Act of 2011 - Extends through December 31, 2011, under the same terms and conditions, with specified exceptions, the authorization for any program, authority, or provision, including any pilot program, that is currently authorized through July 31, 2011, under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA). </p> <p>Repeals the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make: (1) deferred participation loans to finance the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities; or (2) grants (including contracts and cooperative agreements) to any public or private institution of higher education for the establishment and operation of a small business institute.</p> <p>Repeals a requirement that small business development centers provide information and assistance to small business concerns regarding the establishment of certain drug-free workplace programs.</p> <p>Repeals the establishment of: (1) the Central European Enterprise Development Commission, (2) the Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace demonstration program, (3) the pilot technology access program, (4) the federally chartered National Veterans Business Development Corporation, (5) SBIA authority relating to commercial and industrial lease guarantees, and (6) the small business telecommuting pilot program under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</p> <p>Eliminates the authorization of certain high loss reserve premier certified lenders to elect to establish alternative loss reserves.</p> <p>Prohibits the SBA Administrator from carrying out: (1) the Emerging Leaders or any successor program with similar goals; or (2) any pilot program established between the enactment of this Act and December 31, 2011, that is not specifically authorized by federal statute, unless the program relates to the Administrator's authority to make certain disaster loans.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Small Business Program Extension and Reform Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Extends through December 31, 2011, under the same terms and conditions, with specified exceptions, the authorization for any program, authority, or provision, including any pilot program, that is currently authorized through July 31, 2011, under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA). </p> <p>(Sec. 3) Repeals the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make: (1) deferred participation loans to finance the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities; or (2) grants (including contracts and cooperative agreements) to any public or private institution of higher education for the establishment and operation of a small business institute.</p> <p>Repeals a requirement that small business development centers provide information and assistance to small business concerns regarding the establishment of certain drug-free workplace programs.</p> <p>Repeals the establishment of: (1) the Central European Enterprise Development Commission, (2) the Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace demonstration program, (3) the pilot technology access program, (4) the federally chartered National Veterans Business Development Corporation, (5) SBIA authority relating to commercial and industrial lease guarantees, and (6) the small business telecommuting pilot program under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</p> <p>Eliminates the authorization of certain high loss reserve premier certified lenders to elect to establish alternative loss reserves.</p> <p>(Sec. 4) Prohibits the SBA Administrator from carrying out the Emerging Leaders or any successor program with similar goals.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Small Business Program Extension and Reform Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Extends through July 31, 2012, under the same terms and conditions, with specified exceptions, the authorization for any program, authority, or provision, including any pilot program, that is currently authorized through July 31, 2011, under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA). </p> <p>(Sec. 3) Directs any savings resulting from this Act and its amendments to be returned to the Treasury for deficit reduction.</p> <p>Repeals the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make: (1) deferred participation loans to finance the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities; or (2) grants (including contracts and cooperative agreements) to any public or private institution of higher education for the establishment and operation of a small business institute.</p> <p>Repeals a requirement that small business development centers provide information and assistance to small business concerns regarding the establishment of certain drug-free workplace programs.</p> <p>Repeals the establishment of: (1) the Central European Enterprise Development Commission, (2) the Paul D. Coverdell drug-free workplace demonstration program, (3) the pilot technology access program, (4) the federally chartered National Veterans Business Development Corporation, (5) SBIA authority relating to commercial and industrial lease guarantees, and (6) the small business telecommuting pilot program under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</p> <p>Eliminates the authorization of certain high loss reserve premier certified lenders to elect to establish alternative loss reserves.</p> <p>Requires such repeals and terminations to become effective on October 1, 2011.</p> <p>(Sec. 4) Prohibits the SBA Administrator from carrying out the Emerging Leaders or any successor program.</p>]]></text>
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Reduces the rate for operations by 1.503%.</p> <p>(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this Act for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) new production of items not funded for production in FY2011 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2011 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2011.</p> <p>Bars the use of DOD appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this Act to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. </p> <p>(Sec. 104) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted by this Act to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2011. </p> <p>(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this Act until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2012 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 18, 2011.</p> <p>(Sec. 111) Continues through November 18, 2011, certain activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in FY2011 appropriations Acts, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Declares that, notwithstanding such date, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month after October 2011 but within 30 days after November 18, 2011.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Authorizes apportionment of amounts made available under this Act for federal civilian personnel compensation and benefits up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within a department or agency. Prohibits the use of such authority until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.</p> <p>(Sec. 114) Designates specified funds for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, but only if the President subsequently makes such a designation and notifies Congress. </p> <p>Exempts from such requirement amounts for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for salaries and expenses. </p> <p>(Sec. 115) Requires discretionary amounts appropriated for FY2012 provided in advance by appropriations Acts to be available in the amounts provided in such Acts, reduced by 1.503%. </p> <p>(Sec. 116) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use through November 18, 2011, certain amounts for operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and security assistance teams. </p> <p>(Sec. 117) Makes certain funds available for Overseas Contingency Operations at a rate for operations permitted by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 as passed by the House of Representatives on July 8, 2011. </p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through November 18, 2011, DOD authority to pay monetary rewards for the provision to U.S. government personnel of information or nonlethal assistance beneficial to an operation, activity, or force protection for U.S. Armed Forces. </p> <p>(Sec. 119) Continues through November 18, 2011, DOD authority to use acquisition and cross-servicing agreements to lend certain military equipment to foreign forces in Iraq and Afghanistan for personnel protection and survivability purposes. </p> <p>(Sec. 120) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for salaries and expenses. </p> <p>(Sec. 121) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for programs and activities, subject to specified conditions. </p> <p>(Sec. 122) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations for necessary expenses of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board to carry out its functions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). </p> <p>(Sec. 123) Continues through November 18, 2011, the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out: (1) the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, (2) the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and (3) the Commercialization Pilot Program. </p> <p>(Sec. 124) Extends through November 18, 2011, the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service pay $5.5 billion into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund. </p> <p>(Sec. 125) Rescinds $500 million in unobligated balances remaining available to the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009.</p> <p>Transfers specified other DOE unobligated balances to and merges them with: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief, and (2) the Corps of Engineers-Civil for flood control and coastal emergencies. 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Reduces the rate for operations by 1.503%.</p> <p>(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this Act for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) new production of items not funded for production in FY2011 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2011 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2011.</p> <p>Bars the use of DOD appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this Act to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. </p> <p>(Sec. 104) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted by this Act to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2011. </p> <p>(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this Act until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2012 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 18, 2011.</p> <p>(Sec. 111) Continues through November 18, 2011, certain activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in FY2011 appropriations Acts, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Declares that, notwithstanding such date, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month after October 2011 but within 30 days after November 18, 2011.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Authorizes apportionment of amounts made available under this Act for federal civilian personnel compensation and benefits up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within a department or agency. 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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since the Senate agreed to the House amendment with amendment on September 26, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2012. </p> <p>(Sec. 101) Makes appropriations for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2011 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in: (1) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 (division A of Public Law 112-10); and (2) the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (division B of Public Law 112-10). Reduces the rate for operations by 1.503%.</p> <p>(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this Act for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) new production of items not funded for production in FY2011 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2011 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2011.</p> <p>Bars the use of DOD appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this Act to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. </p> <p>(Sec. 104) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted by this Act to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2011. </p> <p>(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this Act until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2012 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 18, 2011.</p> <p>(Sec. 111) Continues through November 18, 2011, certain activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in FY2011 appropriations Acts, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Declares that, notwithstanding such date, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month after October 2011 but within 30 days after November 18, 2011.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Authorizes apportionment of amounts made available under this Act for federal civilian personnel compensation and benefits up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within a department or agency. Prohibits the use of such authority until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.</p> <p>(Sec. 114) Designates specified funds for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, but only if the President subsequently makes such a designation and notifies Congress. </p> <p>Exempts from such requirement amounts for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for salaries and expenses. </p> <p>(Sec. 115) Requires discretionary amounts appropriated for FY2012 provided in advance by appropriations Acts to be available in the amounts provided in such Acts, reduced by 1.503%. </p> <p>(Sec. 116) Authorizes DOD to use through November 18, 2011, certain amounts for operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and security assistance teams. </p> <p>(Sec. 117) Makes certain funds available for Overseas Contingency Operations at a rate for operations permitted by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 as passed by the House of Representatives on July 8, 2011. </p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through November 18, 2011, DOD authority to pay monetary rewards for the provision to U.S. government personnel of information or nonlethal assistance beneficial to an operation, activity, or force protection for U.S. Armed Forces. </p> <p>(Sec. 119) Continues through November 18, 2011, DOD authority to use acquisition and cross-servicing agreements to lend certain military equipment to foreign forces in Iraq and Afghanistan for personnel protection and survivability purposes. </p> <p>(Sec. 120) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for salaries and expenses. </p> <p>(Sec. 121) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for programs and activities, subject to specified conditions. </p> <p>(Sec. 122) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations for necessary expenses of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board to carry out its functions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. </p> <p>(Sec. 123) Continues through November 18, 2011, the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out: (1) the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, (2) the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and (3) the Commercialization Pilot Program. </p> <p>(Sec. 124) Extends through November 18, 2011, the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service pay $5.5 billion into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund. </p> <p>(Sec. 125) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief. 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